Every time a phalanx bashes his shield into my face, I lose my footing and fly directly against a wall resulting in an instant kill.
I'm seriously scared being near those things.
They ruin no-death strikes like it's their daily job.
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Phalanx are intended to be this way, you clearly aren't supposed to get next to an add that has a giant shield and is massive in size in comparison to you. If they didn't do this everything would be easy it's a specialty move of theirs. Every mob should have ways of fighting them, some ranged some melee. You have a gun, you use your gun. From a distance that isn't melee range. We are not in a game that requires swords & shields and magic powers.