Stuck on Brumak, any advice? i'm playing on Intermediate

[Freezen]

So far i like this game alot. Reminds me of XCOM series. I just reached Chapter 1 episode 6 the Brukmak boss and feel highly under level'd or geared or something... since the level is U shaped i find my soldiers cant get behind him for the tanks without getting stomped, or have enough ammo when they do get behind him because the adds soak that up.

Since the beginning i level'd up my guys as we went but i found the skill trees very underwhelming but so far wasen't to difficult untill i ran into this boss. What am i doing wrong? i shoot both of his guns but i find i run out of turns just avoiding the rockets and killing adds and when i do get a few extra moves to try and get behind him its not enough distance and he just stomps me dead (1 stomp takes my guys down about 60%).

thanks for any advice. i did google it but all i found was "kill guns, get behind and and its easy" type posts.

[dejavu89]

ignore his guns shoot his tank,those guns do very little damage even on insane difficulty.
here i made a video a while back getting him down in 4 turns on insane :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDU8IcHkMJ0

or here is another video where i speedrun the whole Act 1 on easy difficulty,pretty much doing the same thing,the only difference is that Sid has a weapon mod that can trigger a second shot which can help,also frag granades do fair damage.
Brumak fight starts at 59:25. :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v7cNcGjtu4


in skill tree you want to focus on skills that gives you more action points,with everyone,especially gabe, snipers can clear out a whole map with two supports.
the more action points you got the less chance the enemy has to attack you.
and forget about the healing stim, anything below insane difficulty the enemy do little damage if you play clever, on insane,well they one shot you,so better have a frag with gabe too,which can make or break the fight.
I haven`t played the game in a little while but from what i remember all the usefull skills are towards the top right corner except the scouts.

[Freezen]

I watched your video Dejavu89, thanks. Your soldiers seems to do more damage than mine and the adds didn't spawn right away where as after my 1st turn i get the adds in 2 spots after have only taken down the first tank. then it gets hectic.

Anyways, i finally won just now out of pure luck after atleast 10 try's. My soldiers were at a sliver and the boss decided to go after jack which saved me. 1 more turn and i would have wiped.

i was able to respec 2 of my guys to the top right corner which allowed a few extra turns which helped alot :) That's a brutal boss fight. Maybe i had bad luck on loot drops from the earlier missions. I wonder if i should start over...

[dejavu89]

thank you for watching i hope it helped even a little bit,if you stuck on the second boss i have a video for that too,but it should be easier.
yes the brumak fight is a tough one,but i am glad you made it.
for restart? well it`s up to you really,you can still re-spec skills and hire npc`s.
you can actually take their weapon mods and armor off them and then fire them.
Here i found a list of mine i have saved what worked best for each class, its not even the crit its about the bonuses you getting from each mod and armor.

SUPPORT :
Weapons :
- sleek stock
- expert mag
- precision scope
- power barrel
Armor :
- onyx retro helmet
- commando vest
- hunter braces

VANGUARD :
Weapons :
- sleek stock
- extended mag
- digital scope
- power barrel
Armor :
- uir regulator [helmet]
- uir regulator [chest]
- uir holsters

SNIPER :
Weapons :
- padded stock
- sleek bolt
- precision scope
- wrapped barrel
Armor :
- onyx retro helmet
- onyx shell
- delta straps

SCOUT :
Weapons :
- precision grip
- extended handle
- precision sight
- power barrel
Armor :
- uir regulator [helmet]
- uir regulator
- uir holsters

in early game put the uir regulator armor on sid so he can throw frags, then late game scouts will be op, they can decimate an entire map by themselves, throwing frags and cloaked every single turn.
if you playing with jack try to send him out collect as many boxes as you can i believe its 3 on each mission plus side objectives if they not too hard. for jack i found the best skill on the bottom left corner i think,he trows an emp and the enemy cant move or shoot for 3 turns,thats a big help.

[joebruce185]

Glad you got it done. Dejavu gives solid advice above; did not watch his video. Extra actions are the way to go, forget healing or defensive skills. I like boosting crit chance and damage for snipers and vanguard.

Brumack is probably hardest fight in the game. Keep leveling your core characters and you'll be alright.

Also see my response to similar post on next page of threads:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1184050/discussions/0/4336483930453564381/

[kcnue]

destroy the guns first, with grenades and whatnot, then it's a breeze, you just play him like the lil btch he is

[dejavu89]

Originally posted by kcnue:

destroy the guns first, with grenades and whatnot, then it's a breeze, you just play him like the lil btch he is

I can get him down on my first turn without him having a turn, not sure why would you waste turns on destroying his guns which barely does any damage.

https://youtu.be/jL_OoxKOzFk

[kcnue]

Originally posted by dejavu89:

Originally posted by kcnue:

destroy the guns first, with grenades and whatnot, then it's a breeze, you just play him like the lil btch he is

I can get him down on my first turn without him having a turn, not sure why would you waste turns on destroying his guns which barely does any damage.

https://youtu.be/jL_OoxKOzFk

on what difficulty? i wasn't able to do that on lvl 3 difficulty, i don't think.

and the guns did massive damage to where he downed my guys from full health


edit: ah naw dawg, i just watched your vid, half a tank in what hit is ridiculous. idk what diff that is, but i only did around 10-20% of his tank in one hit.

[dejavu89]

Originally posted by kcnue:

on what difficulty? i wasn't able to do that on lvl 3 difficulty, i don't think.

and the guns did massive damage to where he downed my guys from full health


edit: ah naw dawg, i just watched your vid, half a tank in what hit is ridiculous. idk what diff that is, but i only did around 10-20% of his tank in one hit.

it is on insane difficulty, the highest there is. as you can see i got one full health bar, on lower difficulties you got your health bar divided into small squares.
Unfortunately there is about a 10 seconds missing from the start of the video, where i do a "lock and load" with Gabe. Top right corner of his skill tree, which gives a reload to all teammates and everybody gets 50% more damage, i also give 2 action points to my heavy and with that he gets an additional 20% more damage.

[kcnue]

Originally posted by dejavu89:

Originally posted by kcnue:

on what difficulty? i wasn't able to do that on lvl 3 difficulty, i don't think.

and the guns did massive damage to where he downed my guys from full health


edit: ah naw dawg, i just watched your vid, half a tank in what hit is ridiculous. idk what diff that is, but i only did around 10-20% of his tank in one hit.

it is on insane difficulty, the highest there is. as you can see i got one full health bar, on lower difficulties you got your health bar divided into small squares.
Unfortunately there is about a 10 seconds missing from the start of the video, where i do a "lock and load" with Gabe. Top right corner of his skill tree, which gives a reload to all teammates and everybody gets 50% more damage, i also give 2 action points to my heavy and with that he gets an additional 20% more damage.

well, since you would have to have a very specific build to pull this off, you can't say "pffft... what? i only got him in one turn"

everyone ariving at this fight would have a different build with their skills, so i think it's very logical that you would take out the arm-guns first. the dialogue throughout the mission even tells you that right from the get go - to destroy the machineguns on his arms.