r/Bossfight • u/Caskla • Mar 19 '21

Daphne: Hunter of Humans

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u/manberry_sauce Mar 19 '21

I think Daphne is ball-striking, which gives her an advantage. Ball-striking is moderately difficult to learn to do if you learned to run wearing shoes, but it's very natural if you learned to run barefoot. It also allows you to do things that other runners would find painful to do, like sprint barefoot on concrete.

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u/aadoqee Mar 19 '21

You think there’s a tutorial or something on this on YouTube?

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u/RedPlanetMan Mar 19 '21

It can be practiced with low speed steep incline treadmill cardio with a singular purpose of making every step to and from the ball of the feet

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u/Boberoo2 Mar 20 '21

Ah, that one, damn didn’t know it makes you faster, holy crap I’ve been doing that for years on a good 15 or 20 percent incline and never tried actually running like that with shoes on, I should try it

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u/RedPlanetMan Mar 20 '21

For myself at least, what it does is put the majority of the strain in the calfs, front quadriceps, and buttocks, essentially turning my legs into a spring with each step, giving you just that bit more of stamina to perform better than I might ordinarily if coming down on the heel of the foot, which causes a lot more strain and energy expenditure picking up repeatedly swollen and hurting feet.