Lunge Attack:
The Control Node will wind up backwards before lunging across the battlefield towards Clive.

Horizontal Laser:
A protrusion will come out of the top of the Control Node. This is its laser beam gun. It will rotate downward toward Clive and begin glowing before emitting a laser beam in its direction. It will then rotate towards Clive horizontally. This attack is easy to dodge if you see the laser beam charging up.

Vertical Laser:
This attack is similar to the Horizontal Laser except that the protrusion will begin by pointing downward before rotating upward toward the ceiling.

Electric Field:
The Control Node will split into two halves and begin emitting an electric field. After a short amount of time, an electrical explosion will deal damage in an area around its body.

Lightning Balls:
The Control Node will move to the edge of the stage and split in half with electricity flowing between the two halves. Three balls of electricity will shoot out from the Control Node towards Clive, which can be dodged or counterattacked with Heatwave.

Short Circuit:
The words “Short Circuit” will appear on the screen when this attack is used. All of the nodes on its body will begin emitting lasers, and the Control Node will rotate the forward-facing laser towards Clive’s location. You can just run or dodge to the left or right to avoid the attack. Make sure not to get too close during the attack sequence.

Charging Cells:
The Control Node will move to the center of the room and begin charging a powerful attack. As it does this, it will slowly rise upwards and slam down to the ground, emitting an electrical discharge in all directions. Be sure to get out of range when it slams down. Use some of your Eikonic Abilities, like Gigaflare, to burn through it quickly and prevent the attack from going off.

Triple Attack:
This attack has several different combo forms. It will sometimes swing its sword overhead towards you three times. Sometimes the third attack will be a horizontal swing.

Swipe and Shield Smash:
Aurum Giant will swing his sword horizontally towards Clive and then raise his shield. The shield will glow slightly before it smashes back down to wherever Clive is standing.

Stomp:
Aurum Giant will lift its leg in the air before smashing it down.

Charge and Underhanded Swing:
Aurum Giant will drop its sword down to the right and charge towards wherever Clive is standing.

Celestial Sphere:
Aurum Giant will shoot a beam of energy skyward, which will land in a circle around the spot where Clive is standing. A second set of circles of energy will follow the first one. Dodge away from the glowing areas on the ground to avoid the damage.

Sword Energy Blast:
You can tell when Aurum Giant is about to use this attack because it will jump around the arena twice, and then it will get ready for an overhanded swing. This attack launches a wave of energy at Clive for all three of Aurum Giant’s swings, and all three of them can be counterattacked with Heatwave.

Shield Energy Blast:
This attack is similar to Sword Energy Blast, except Aurum Giant will only attack with it once rather than three times in a row, and it involves a glowing shield animation just before it launches energy in your direction. This makes it more challenging to counterattack. You have to be ready to get out of the way quickly, and Atlas can add this attack to its “Triple Attack” while it’s in close range, making it difficult to dodge.

Golden Section and Saber Dance:
It’s unclear why these two moves have different names, as they’re the same attack. Once Atlas reaches 50% HP, it will use Golden Section, followed by a “Charge/Underhanded Swing”, and then use Saber Dance. Aurum Giant will summon a giant light sword from wherever it’s standing and swing it from left to right. It reaches a considerable distance, but you can jump far enough away from Aurum Giant to not be in range; otherwise, you will have to time the dodge for the attack.

Vertical Magic Blade Slash:
This is the first attack that Barnabas does at the start of every battle. He will hold his blade up with two hands as it begins glowing and then slash downwards, emitting a large magic energy wave that pushes towards Clive. This attack is easily countered with Heatwave. Time your counter for when Barnabas swings downward with the blade because the magic wave advances quickly.

Physical Blade Attacks:
Barnabas employs several physical attacks that involve lunging or slashing with his blade. These are all well telegraphed, and unlike the first battle, each of them now includes two attacks, one after the other, but they are both easy to dodge. This two-attack combo is something he will use during every phase of this fight.

Counterattack:
At times, Barnabas will begin deflecting Clive’s blade attacks. If he deflects three attacks, he will counterattack with a wide horizontal swing. You can either stop attacking while he is deflecting your blows or dodge his horizontal counterattack and swing at him with another counterattack of your own.

Dancing Steel (Lite):
Barnabas will crouch down as though he’s about to pull his weapon (Odin’s Sword) out of its sheath. Rotate around behind him before he unsheathes his weapon; otherwise, this miniature version of Dancing Steel will hit Clive a few times in succession. Barnabas has a lengthy recovery time after using this attack, even if he doesn’t connect, so take the opportunity once you get behind him to unleash a combo of attacks.

The Lord’s Measure:
The words “The Lord’s Measure” will appear on the screen for this attack, along with blue and red energy beams running in parallel and perpendicular lines. Escape into an area that isn’t in these energy beams to escape the damage.

Gungnir:
The words “Gungnir” will appear on the screen. His weapon, Gungnir, will illuminate, and then he will throw it at wherever Clive is currently standing. There’s a short ripple outwards after it lands, so it’s usually best to wait for the Gungnir spear to land rather than trying to dodge too early, as you’ll end up getting hit by the ripple. After this, he will follow the attack up with either a “Vertical Magic Blade Slash” or “The Lord’s Measure.”

The Lord’s Measure (Updated):
The name of the attack will appear on the screen, just as before, but a multitude of light beams will appear all over the battlefield. Find a spot where the beams aren’t touching and stand there until the attack is concluded. Barnabas will typically follow this up with a “Magic Blade Slash.”

Magic Blade Slash (Updated):
This attack used to just be “Vertical Magic Blade Slash,” but now Barnabas will attack vertically and follow it up with a horizontal blade slash. The most effective strategy is to dodge the vertical wave and counterattack the horizontal wave (which is harder to dodge). It’s definitely possible to dodge the horizontal magic slash, but your timing needs to be perfect.

Gungnir:
This attack is the same, but Barnabas will follow it up with a “Magic Blade Slash,” which can be problematic because you have to stay out of the zone where his Gungnir spear landed; otherwise, you will take damage.

Blinding Steel:
This is a new attack that Barnabas will use at the beginning of the fight. A line of magic will appear in front of Barnabas. If you’re standing in front of him when the attack is triggered, you will take damage. In other words, when you see the words “Blinding Steel” on the screen, get behind Barnabas as quickly as you can. The attack animation takes a very long time, giving you plenty of time to get some attacks in or a Diamond Dust cast.

Two-Handed Aerial Chop:
Barnabas will appear in the air holding his sword with two hands above Clive and will slam it down into the ground. This attack is well telegraphed and easy to dodge.

The Lord’s Measure (Update):
He has access to both the smaller version (used in Phase 1) and the larger attack, which covers the whole battlefield. When he covers the entire battlefield, he will follow the attack up with a Gungnir.

Quieting:
This isn’t an attack on its own, but after Barnabas uses it, he will begin glowing bright blue, and his attacks will deal more damage. He will use “Quieting” after you deplete the “Gathering darkness…” bar.

Great Divide:
This attack behaves exactly like Squall’s Blasting Zone Limit Break. A large beam of light/magic will extend out from Barnabas’ sword, and he will attack you with it three times. First, an overhanded swing landing directly down on the spot where Clive is standing, followed by a horizontal swing from the side through the middle, and then one more overhanded swing downward (called “The All-wielder”). All three of these attacks will need to be dodged, and the final ‘All-wielder’ attack is a lengthy blast of energy that deals a massive amount of damage if you get hit by it. Still, it also gives you plenty of time to deal some damage to Barnabas if you rotate around and behind where he is standing.

Woden Worhte Weos:
Barnabas will transform into the gigantic Odin Eikon and begin whacking away with his sword. This sequence includes a horizontal swing, a straight thrust, another horizontal swing from the opposite side, and an overhanded blast. All of these attacks need to be dodged, and during this entire sequence, you can blast away at him with Charged Magic. You’ll have to press to re-target him after he transforms.

Circle of Malius:
Barnabas will split his blade in two and begin cycling around the battlefield, attempting to hit Clive. These attacks are easy to dodge, but be ready to dodge two physical attacks he does with his split swords that follow after he comes out of the Circle.