Greetings from 2009. How do I defeat the spider boss in Xenoblade Chronicles...

Greetings from 2009. How do I defeat the spider boss in Xenoblade Chronicles. The first true boss is the hardest boss I ever fought and I can't figure out how to survive. You can not time the shield right because of all the little enemies it is too hard.

I could never get that far, the robot with a stupid name that didn't get hurt by my attacks always defeated me instantly.

You don't even fight that enemy, it's a story element. Oh well I guess I never will see how good this game is because they throw a really hard boss at you near the beginning of the game that requires mechanics you can't utilize with so many enemies.

Xord, that was his name. Fuck that nigger

use the skill that just unlocked

You can shield whoever you want but the little spiders knock the shield off before the boss uses it's KO attack. It's not possible to do what the game tells you to do. Not with 8 spiders attacking you.

the shield only blocks monster's unique skills. With this boss's case it only blocks Arachnae strike I or whatever the fuck it's called. Normal skills without a roman numeral are not blocked by the shield, a separate mondo art you get much later in the game deals with normal damage. When you get the vision of the boss killing shulk/reyn with that skill, toss up the shield and you'll get a special screen effect showing you blocked it.

I'll try it I guess. They just shouldn't give you so many enemies…

And then the music will go BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
BWWA WA WA WA WAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
WA WA A A AWAW

Feelio when I want to play this game, but it freezes incessantly when I emulate it.