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>using allies

ditch those fuckers. As for how to approach bosses, the typical thing to do is to wait for them to attack and then dodge/block and then attack yourself, and return yourself to neutral before they attack again, so you can properly react.

To solve your slow attack problem, there are lots of ways to speed it up. The number one way is that you can canceling your skill attacks by chain cancelling them (changing jobs). After blocking or soul shielding or even chain cancelling, you can press forward and attack to near instantly start attacking. Use lightbringer to not only get iframes and restore your break gauge, but to use it as another cancel option. Also further in the game you can start stacking haste, which among the other broken things in the game, reaaaaaaally makes your more effective in combat.