Talk:Sariel/@comment-26202836-20160320121423

Easy way to understand (and bully) Sariel and her variants:

1) Bring a Buster Blade. Tail her and devour for Burst benefits (suggested; I don't use Burst often except for Charge Crushing spam since Sariel can disrupt your meal). Once you're in Burst (or not), stand under her back skirt, never the front unless you wanna eat poison and spam Charge Crush. Once she falls down (with her skirt unbound as well), her feet will die easily from a Charge Crush + Combo Devour combo so get to work. When she enters rage, just repeat the same tactic until she drops, then CC the head if you want to break it. Rinse and repeat until Sariel dies (which she does easily with a Buster Blade)

2) For anyone wishing to shoot Sariel down instead, your best choice would be either a Sniper or Assault, as the Blast gun can't fire fast enough, and cannot break her head easily. Both weapons have separate tactics however;

Sniper: If you need anything from Sariel's head, use a Sniper and any high-powered laser shot. Do NOT open fire until Sariel falls down, which if she does, then aim at her face or head and fire away. This might take 3-6 shots for high-powered lasers to break. After her head breaks, just fire away, since your main target is done anyway.

Assault: For assaults, their rapidfire capability is what aids you. Make a Grenade (Normal shot that, on impact, explodes via Bomb), bring it, fire at her skirt. Once she falls (usually breaking her skirt along the way), switch to pierce-based bullets and shoot her head. Combine that with Charge Crush spam to knock Sariel down (read point 1), and all her parts should break before she dies.

3) Bring debuff cures (Detox, Anti-leak) since Sariel and co. love to drop status problems like nuts.

4) Note about Sariel: If she stands in a spread-arm formation while about to float higher, GUARD IMMEDIATELY. Sariel generates a barrier that throws melee God Eaters backwards. If you block or get hit, you can enter the barrier safely to kill her. In Rage state (or Sariel's variants), the barrier can swell way larger so take caution.