Full 10 Zote strats (differs from pantheon Zote):
All shock waves are single jumps. Double only in emergencies. The biggest trick to the fight for me was nailing my jump arc so I'd skim the shock wave and land within striking distance.
It's a two hit fight so forget healing.
Dont use spells. They take too long to launch and I can't afford the charm set up.
Speed is key because I'm not good enough to endlessly avoid being hit. The longer it goes the higher the chance of getting hit.
Good RNG will decide if you have a shot at winning. You can die in the first 10 seconds, or just before you are about to kill him. Thems the breaks.
Forget the shadow dash strike charm and learn the distance of normal dash, you'll need the notches for I frames, quick slash, fury of the fallen and the one-mask health calculation. I do use shadow dash for zote in the pantheon though.
Stand to the left of his initial spawn within hitting distance, two strikes then watch he doesn't walk towards you, if he does try to dash out (not through). He'll still probably tag you.
When he runs at you with sword , slash bounce three times on his head, then double jump up and land over the shockwave for a couple of slashes. (25% chance of missing a slash bounce and getting hit)
When he fake out runs with sword and just falls over, dash out (75% chance of still getting hit).
When he jumps out of screen, dash as far as possible to the largest open area of the screen and he should spawn the other side of you, jump just over shock wave then a few slashes then out. (10% chance he spawns on top of you)
When he shoots mini zotes hit them asap, unless it's late fight then wail on him.
When he summons exploding zotes, dash out and try to find space but keep him in sight if possible, also pray. (50% chance of getting hit by something).
3 and 4 were the hardest zotes.
This is just my strats, other methods might be better.
