Mantis Shrimp Fight

[Black Jack ♠]

I think i'm dumb, i have no idea how to deal with the mantis shrimp boss, cant seem to find anything to block the punch

[JIN]

shoot shrimp in eye

[炸弹哥不打上单]

you are not alone, I think that boss fight is very confusing.

[sam]

idk why you lose character control when the camera focus on the boss

[Naning]

So you have to shoot the shrimp in the eye after it let its guard down a few times first. "After that" it will wind up for a super punch, which will trigger a grabbable part of the chain at the far upper left part of the map. Pull down the chain to lift up the punching bag to block the super punch.
The confusing part about all of these is that the dialogue hinting at finding something to block the punch comes up at the start of the fight. Since there is like a cutscene every time the boss winds up for the super punch maybe they could move the dialogue to that part or something.

[DerKawo]

If this game could just not do these ♥♥♥♥♥♥ boss fights...
They are all bad, boring and tedious. Jesus Christ what is that camera refocus and recharge time on him

[Sebine]

Originally posted by Naning:

So you have to shoot the shrimp in the eye after it let its guard down a few times first. "After that" it will wind up for a super punch, which will trigger a grabbable part of the chain at the far upper left part of the map. Pull down the chain to lift up the punching bag to block the super punch.
The confusing part about all of these is that the dialogue hinting at finding something to block the punch comes up at the start of the fight. Since there is like a cutscene every time the boss winds up for the super punch maybe they could move the dialogue to that part or something.

>This will trigger a grabbable chain that you will INEVITABLY be BEHIND when the current blows you into the spike plates. And thus you won't actually have enough time to grab the chain and pull it down because the boss can't be forced backwards without decimating half your O2.

Well that's ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ peachy.


Also let's talk about the lack of 02 and ammo in this fight.

[YourLastWill:)]

Originally posted by DerKawo:

If this game could just not do these ♥♥♥♥♥♥ boss fights...
They are all bad, boring and tedious. Jesus Christ what is that camera refocus and recharge time on him

Just go try elden ring <3

[jewelllbby2]

The window to hit the eye is way too short as well if you're trying to take advantage of the animation where he looks for you if you get behind him instead of just the whiffed punch animation. When hit enough to jump into position to start the super punch he consistently hits me with contact damage before I regain control of Dave. Boss definitely needs work, pretty scuffed as it is.

[SpectralCicada]

Has anyone been able to defeat it then? Love that I’m stuck in here and just perpetually getting my ass kicked by a shrimp.

[Ukiestudmfn]

Originally posted by SpectralCicada:

Has anyone been able to defeat it then? Love that I’m stuck in here and just perpetually getting my ass kicked by a shrimp.

Same thing I cant dodge most of his attacks then get thrown into spike wall anytime i actually need to do something to block attacks.

[Ukiestudmfn]

And half the time I can even pull the thing down. He attacks to fast to even dodge some of the attacks and cant even get to ammo.

[Ukiestudmfn]

Finally beat him but i just ignored the "block super attack" since that never worked and he was to far for me to hit him more than once.

[jewelllbby2]

For the one who asked if it's beatable. Yes. It's just not very clean to do so.

[justin_84]

Originally posted by Sebine:

Originally posted by Naning:

So you have to shoot the shrimp in the eye after it let its guard down a few times first. "After that" it will wind up for a super punch, which will trigger a grabbable part of the chain at the far upper left part of the map. Pull down the chain to lift up the punching bag to block the super punch.
The confusing part about all of these is that the dialogue hinting at finding something to block the punch comes up at the start of the fight. Since there is like a cutscene every time the boss winds up for the super punch maybe they could move the dialogue to that part or something.

>This will trigger a grabbable chain that you will INEVITABLY be BEHIND when the current blows you into the spike plates. And thus you won't actually have enough time to grab the chain and pull it down because the boss can't be forced backwards without decimating half your O2.

Well that's ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ peachy.


Also let's talk about the lack of 02 and ammo in this fight.

Lack of O2 yes, ammo not even close. When he does one of his big attacks it spawns an ammo container. I fought him on the left and it dropped down about his torso area, landing somewhat right of where the weapon crate spawns in.

I beat him with only the supplied O2 and a 376ish tank. Level 2 normal rifle. Had scooters as my items, ended with like 200 O2. Really need to learn the rhythm of this fight, moving from the chain to the range to hit his eyes was the biggest thing for me. Scooters let me get a few extra shots in each time, was able to get a few hits on his small unguarded portion with them as well. High level sniper rifles would probably make this fight the easiest, saving time with the range

[Doctor_Nightshade]

Hi, just found this earlier because I also got super frustrated with the mantis boss. It's a hard boss, thats for sure, but I did manage to defeat it!

I used the basic sniper rifle instead of the gun provided in the chest, and kept swiming above/over the mantis shrimp's "gloves" to ensure it attacked the ceiling. That keeps it backing up and not cornering you against the spikes for that cutscene where it causes a current to push you back.

You will still get hit at times, thats kind of unavoidable, but use the sniper rifle deals a lot of damage per bullet and if you're quick you can get two shots to his eyes whenever he lets his gaurd down.

I hope this helps other folks who fight him in the future!