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70 SP waking on Blazing Spine + cat statue gives along with counter is enough of a loop to keep flamebreaths up.
Blazing Spine has incredible range. If you abuse it, you don't need i-frames or speed. It's still faster than the LLLR and LLLLR combo of the other characters.
You can block if you don't want to lose Hydra buff, but it doesn't seem to matter, the counter and flamebreath both restore enough stamina to keep attacking non-stop even without Hydra.
For me the gameplay is generally cat stat, camp, 3-4 chainswing, a few LR, counter, cat, 3-4 chainswing, counter, trans, RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR (with some tabs, mostly careful positioning with WASD though), 3 chainswing, cat, counter, Blazing Spine , 3+ chainswing, counter, Blazing Spine , 3+ chainswing, counter, Blazing Spine , 3+ chainswing, counter, Blazing Spine , 3+ chainswing, counter, etc. Slice and Dice if I need a flinch like in Siglint otherwise I save for the end as a finisher. I rarely need to spam LRLRLRLR with cat.
EDIT for Miri nerf:
Can't RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR any more, you need stamina now so you need to counter a few times during Garb.
Also if you go for Paw instead of Cat (better for fast battles, for more info see this: http://forums.vindictus.nexon.net/discussion/comment/55219/#Comment_55219), the gameplay is generally like this:
Paw, Scorching Streak [ 3+ chainswing if 5 stack go LR for SP instead until the boss attacks, counter it ] repeat this. Garb when there's 30 sec or less cd left on Paw. [ chainswing spam until around a third stamina left then look for a good timing to counter ] repeat this. [ 3+ chainswing until the boss attacks, counter it, blazing spine if you need flamebreath, don't need LR much now unless part is weak and battle is long ] repeat this.
Abomination on the other hand... still no idea if it's his head, wings, neck or butt. (can hand bomb his butt and still break, haven't noticed any difference anywhere yet though)
