Fighting Tips?

Hey everyone!!

I've been playing Crosscode for a LONGG time now and I would consider myself a pretty good fighter. I make use of a lot of throw arts but I can perfect shield sometimes and I can keep moving while I shoot pretty well, usually aiming to inflict status effects. I tend to focus more on ranged combat instead of melee, but I do both fine I think;

I thought that I was good at the PVP matches during one of my NG+ runs where I had enabled Sergey Hax because...actually I don't know why I thought I was good. It's blatant cheating tbh💀. LMAO! I went to the arena and just dimly remembered it being easy the last time I played. Now that I can't one-shot things, I guess I was in for a surprise.

Anyways! Back to what I was saying. Does anyone have any pointers for PVP matches (specifically against Lily, if possible?)

I have a lot of pretty decent equipment from late-game shops as well as arena-related buys but I don't know how to combine them in my favor. Another post here is something I referenced to get those stats, and I have the equipment for it, and it seems to work wonderfully in the arena, but against Lily, the lower HP really stings.

Pls let me know <3 thanks :D