Was wondering what the HP barriers are for Ansem II DM, as well as what stops his DM? Thanks!

The two triggers are at 2 bars of health gone is and I believe at half health of the final bar but I'm not quite sure about that one. What stops it is usually doing 3 air hits landing 1 air hit and then an Ars. This should knock him into an animation meaning you skipped the DM if you did it fast enough.

Thanks!

No problem. I've run this game for like a year. It took me a long time to figure that out. XD I'm stubborn and don't ask for help.

And should the air hits before the ars cross the hp barrier, or should the barrier be crossed during ars?

In case you never got a reply to this or anything I believe Ars Arcanum should be used just as you cross the HP Barrier for the DM Skip.

Nope, you can pass the barrier with the air combos as well

To be honest if you're either very good or very lucky you can DM Skip without using Ars at all. I'm personally trying to get the DM Skip with a No Abilities Restriction. Closest I've ever been is something like 3 Combos out before getting DM'ed.