Tactics in a BRUTAL Boss Fight in Pathfinder 2e (Deleted from "Illusion of Choice? Tactics Pt. 2")

Grab some popcorn, kick up your heels and get comfy, 'cause this one's a doozy! MMO-style "rotations" have even less of a place when our Level 5 heroes fight a BOSS. This is the deleted combat from PART 2 of my series on Tactics & Strategies in Pathfinder 2e.

For the full experience, the original video began with (and ended with the conclusion of) "Let's Test the "Illusion of Choice" of Pathfinder 2e in a Combat - Tactics & Strategies Part 2!" If I had kept it in, it would've been 2.5 hours! (Did I really just make a feature-length film?)
CONCLUSION AT:    • Let's Test the "Illusion of Choice" o...  

Also see PART 1 "This Ain't D&D: Tactics + Strategies for Pathfinder 2e, Part 1 (Basic/Skill Actions)", where a Level 1 party fights a Giant Scorpion:
   • This Ain't D&D: Tactics + Strategies ...  

ADDITIONS: At 44:35, the Fighter missed a chance to use an Attack of Opportunity on the specter. Also, I had planned to (but didn't find a place to) highlight how the Swashbuckler can also gain Panache by succeeding on a check while doing "a particularly daring action, such as swinging on a chandelier or sliding down a drapery," at the GM's discretion.

0:00 - Introduction
2:32 - Hunted Shot
4:36 - NOT using Wild Shape
4:55 - Treat Poison
6:02 - PTSD
10:55 - Shield Block
11:37 - Paralysis + the Incapacitation trait
13:48 - Aggressive Block + Powerful Shove
14:24 - The Boss
16:05 - Opportune Riposte
17:32 - Wild Shape: A Choice?!?
22:56 - Feinting to gain Panache
23:43 - NOT using a Finisher
24:20 - Confident Finisher
25:47 - Switching to Melee
29:39 - NOT using Double Slice
31:53 - Goading Feint
33:36 - Learning + Adapting to Monster Defenses
39:10 - Using a Finisher Early
40:08 - Preparing a Crit with Hide
42:10 - Stupefied on a Spellcaster
43:06 - Prepared Spellcasting = Difficult Decisions
50:30 - Attack of Opportunity + Critical Specialization!
56:20 - Bon Mot
57:36 - Untrained Skills?
58:43 - Close Call

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