In melee, you can attack Bernard in order to skip the current attack and skip to the next. Useful for especially hard to dodge attacks. You cannot do this if Bernard is invincible (orange)
It is like cycling, but faster. You hit and miss Bernard until you force a counterattack. Use this if you are low health and/or do not know how to parry and dodge Bernard's attacks consistently.

You can either parry the balls or dodge. Dodging is safer, as parrying can only remove one ball, other in sequence hitting you.


Probably the hardest attack type of this bullethell section. Timing is pretty tight, the second dodge is delayed just slightly after the first


This attack is extremely easy to exploit. Simply dodge behind bernard with two uncharged dodges or one half charged one. If he starts this attack right next to the edge of the arena, chances are that you take one hit.


A rather difficult attack. Homing on you is extremely strong, you have to dodge right before the attack happens. Up to practice really.


Harder than it looks! Get used to this melee attack, as the timing seems a bit off. Every other phase uses this attack, both in bullethell and melee parts


A simple combo, timing is same between each strike. Free 1.5 health



Wait for the attack to actually happen to be able to counter attack fully.


Charged dodge is the way to go, use short dash for the wave. Be careful if you have charged your sword, the knockback on bernard will mean you hitting the wave if you are too fast


Dodge to the back of the arena to have an easier time dodging the wave.


Is it frame perfect? Probably not, but I get a perfect parry rather often here. As I said, get used to this one, it stays here for the entire fight

Timing is pretty tight and can be extremely tight, if Bernard decides to do this attack right next to a wall. If you have time, teleport behind Bernard, if not, the second dodge is about half a second after the first


Dodge right before the laser goes up, if you dodge sooner, it will just home into you and hit you


You need charged dodge for this one.


Use fully charged shot to clear many of the orbs and potentially hit Bernard and knock him down, you can then either use charged shots to clear the rest or just regular shots


If you get hit by the first wave, just wait till the second one passes you and use a slightly charged dodge to dodge the last one


Same as in the first phase.


Same as in the first phase.


Instead of counterattacking and giving you a window for damage, Bernard will create a damaging area around him, being invincible himself.



Wait till the laser is just about to hit you, then dodge behind Bernard and counter attack.


Same case as the double laser. Just before the attack happens, dodge behind and counter attack.


All up to practice.


Same as first phase.


Dodge to the edge and then slightly charge your dodge. It is not necessary, but its good to be safe.


Just as in the bullethell, Bernard counterattacks with a damaging area around him. You can start to charge your sword while it happens.

A different counterattack again, single teleport should be enough to dodge it. However, if you are mid combo, you are kinda boned.


Same size of damage area as the counterattack.


Dodge or parry, your choice. I feel like parrying is more consistent and its rather easy to learn the timing.


I am unsure if this is a single combo or a 3 single attacks. Bernard sometimes attacks once, sometimes twice and sometimes all three times.


Timing is consistent and pretty easy to learn


Can be rather annoying to dodge if Bernard decides to teleport right on top of you. Try to stay near the middle of the arena to avoid that.


Is easier than it looks. You can risk and try to hit Bernard just after the balls pass you but its not necessary. Be careful to not dodge inward while being close, you might hit his middle area.



A simple dodge will suffice.


Combo is the easy part, watch the cam and be ready for a single fast dodge into Bernard as fast as you can. For the wave, dodge into the edge of the arena, then dodge into the wave.


Same timing as bullet hell combo.


Bernard sometimes does not do the area attack.

Not much to say here, try to dodge aiming towards Bernard as precisely as you can and perform only a short dodge. Otherwise you risk hitting one of the trails


As in a normal Scale fight, you can parry the initial poison ball, but it is not necessary, as this attack is rather easy to dodge. As long as you perform a short dodge aiming towards the initial poison ball, you should not hit any trails.


Occasionally, Bernard will perform this attack after either of the two shown above. It't almost always aimed at you pretty much perfectly, so after each attack be prepared to backpedal a little bit.

We had this same combo before, same timing and everything


The easier of the two middle ultimates. All you have to do is strafe and short dodge while shooting. I usually strafe left then right to remain in the middle.


Positioning is key here. At the beginning, move to the edge of the arena, then do exclusively short dodges, while always going down. With this strat, you will dodge right in front of the wave.
It takes practice but once you get the positioning right, you wont get hit.



Same as before.


Same as before and bullet hell.


In order to connect the hit, you need to wait till the first arc is pretty much done, then attack. Otherwise Bernard will simply dodge away.


Pretty tough overall. Positioning is key again. Go to the edge of the arena as far as you have time for, dodge inward and instantly back. Do that three times and then counter-attack.
If you do get hit, lay on the ground just before the last wave passes you. The invincibility frames should protect you and allow you to counter-attack.

Welcome to the middle difficulty spike of the fight! :)

The hardest attack in this phase, if not this entire fight. I got through this damage-less maybe like twice.
In order to do it, you need to be to the left or right to bernard, move from him while strafing to dodge the arcs, doing short dodges to avoid the waves. In case you do get hit, stay on the ground and let the waves pass you.


Charge your dodge a little bit, just in case.


Dodge away from the laser just before it goes off. After you dodge the first wave, I recommend strafing a little bit back before dodging again.


You don't need to move too much, if anything, strafe away from the waves before dodging them.


Last hit is a bit delayed, keep that in mind.


We have seen this before.


You can't always dodge in the little safe area in the arc. In that case dodge backwards, if you have time to do it, of course.


Stay in the middle, so the arcs don't overtake you but you also don't get hit by the waves.
When dodging waves, dodge as diagonally as possible, so you don't hit the damage area.



Dodge much later than you think! Just before the waves get to you.


In certain circumstances, this attack can become undodgable. I would advise against rushing this melee.


Be ware! Even after you hit Bernard once, the laser hitbox is still there, your second melee should be a bit delayed to avoid getting hit.


Same as bullet hell.

Before I start, there is something that connects all of these attacks: STAY CLOSE TO BERNARD.
By doing that, you avoid getting wave'd by Bernard.


Strafing away from the arc should be sufficient, if you are to get hit by anything, get hit by the balls.


Dodging both can be rather difficult, after you dodge the laser, backpedal then immediately dodge the wave


You can try to parry while constantly shooting, just be careful to not get hit by the wave. Better to get hit by the balls than the wave.


If you are not ready for it, this attack can be almost impossible to dodge. Strafe or dodge away from Bernard, do it opposite, then middle and dodge towards to close the distance.


Feel free to make some tea or something, these melee attacks take forever.



You can parry the balls if you want to, it is not necessary. More of a style strat than anything.


I do not fight against any other attack, other than the melee combo, as it is the most consistent for me.


Melee combo is 100% consistent and gives you 2 health.

Similar to what you have seen prior with the Hand


Only difference with the combos are that Bernard is invisible.






Two quick dodges in succession, sometimes i backpedal for a bit before the second dodge.


Very easy to dodge overall, get as many shots in while you back away from Bernard.


You don't need to risk as much as I do shown here, fully charged dodge is the safe bet for this one.


This attack can happen immediately with no warning after any and all attacks. Be always ready to parry.


Similarly, this one can also happen any time, but Bernard likes to ping-pong it around, so after the first parry dodge away.



All combos are known to use, but one




Just an addition of the wave.


We already have seen this before.

There is only one attack, split into two sub-attacks



For the first part, keep in mind that you have time between parrying the purple balls and dodging the waves. Take at least half a second between each to not get overwhelmed.



For the second part, I choose to spin, as the spinning is rather slow and allows me to fire almost constantly. Take your time, breathe regularly, chill out and just fire.
You are close, you can do this!


I'm not gonna sugarcoat it, I rush this ♥♥♥♥ ALWAYS. Here are all the possible counterattacks Bernard can do, they are easily readable and you can tell them apart as they happen

Thank you for reading, I wish you luck in your fights.

If you found an attack I have missed, comment down below and I'll add it when I can.