[SPOILER] Beating the Hooligans without using a certain item?

[Skub lite]

In case this is unclear, I'm referring to the Day 2 real world fight where you can instantly beat the Hooligans with pepper spray from Kel's mom's purse. I saw someone claim that they beat them WITHOUT using this item (i.e. using normal attacks and bandages/medkits).

I haven't had the chance to re-attempt this fight with a ton of healing items myself, but I've heard various people say that below a certain health threshold (around 20% or so left), the Hooligans will go all out and attack all at the same time, easily one-shotting both Sunny and Kel even at full health. My understanding is that they will do this every single time they get to low health, and that there is no way around this, as it's not even remotely possible to deal enough damage to defeat the Hooligans before they reach this point--thus making it impossible to beat the Hooligans in the normal way like the person I mentioned earlier said.

Can anyone confirm what I've read about the all-out attack or whether this fight can be beaten in the normal way? Otherwise, I'm inclined to believe the guy who said he did this was lying about it

[IdleThoughts]

Can confirm the All-Out attack thing. I originally didn't know about the pepper-spray so I stocked up on bandages so I could heal Kel every turn.

[Asra]

He was lying. He also needs video proof.

[cst1992]

It might be possible, but I am not thrilled about the grind. Makes no difference, really; the outcome seems to be the same whether you win or lose.

[Xorik]

There are a few videos on Youtube where this fight is won, but they say you need the Seashell Necklace, which is from doing Cris's quest. Otherwise, Sunny will be defeated by the damage from the All-Out attack.

Mind that this a 9 month old thread. Remember to check dates before responding to threads.

[The Milk Man]

Eventually the Hooligans 1-hit KOs Kel. Sunny can't do damage to them without focus. Even then, Sunny will have to heal after he uses focus, thus wasting the turn. So no, you can't beat the Hooligans without the pepper spray.

Edit: Nevermind.

[Duckboycool]

Not sure why this got posted on again, but here's one of the previously mentioned videos of doing it.

https://youtu.be/0ldjCr8ZnLw

Because of the team attack, it looks like it might require some luck to beat while never getting one shot (especially without the necklace, which is also possible). https://youtu.be/UeCIU72kWbI