*SPOILERS* John Watson Fight

[Aether]

Am I the only one who has difficulty in progressing the story because John Watson fight is so obnoxious because he's so OP and fast meanwhile Dave is so freaking slow and awkward? Can't even have a break to grab the bat and when I hit the missile with the bat FACING John Watson, it doesn't work??? Like it blows up in Dave's face. Idk please fix it 😭

[Traver]

Just finished this fight about half an hour ago, on my fifth attempt (hardest boss so far for me).

This might help, as soon as a rocket is fired, you can swim through him without taking damage. So if you are close enough to him, swim through him and the rocket will hit him. I found the baseball bat to be useless...

[Kirby890]

legitimately all of my damage in this fight is coming from boost swimming not being fast enough to avoid the times when he changes position only to swim directly into you, not even an attack, just him swimming straight into you with 0 warning. Its bad enough that if anything like this was earlier I probably would've refunded the entire game :/ makes me want some movement speed upgrades, in all parts of the game too

[bea]

I finished this fight, when he fire the rocket go behind him and always swin around him, like a circle.

[♡ ɐ ɹ o ɯ ǝ ɹ p]

Went from animal crossing to elden ring T_T wish I could at least change to my octo/dolphin charms, our man Dave is out here getting decimated

[Tombs]

I managed to get my sniper rifle as the weapon I dive with so was pretty easy tbh

[Aether]

I did it guys! After more than frustrating 10 attempts, I finally did it! Going around him in a circle (just like beapoison said) works like a charm. Thank you for all of your suggestions

[swightly]

Yea this boss fight sucks and went on for too long. They should give you a qte instead with the bat for the bomb. Was impossible to send them back at the right angle when the bomb slowdowns.

[Teatime]

This fight is just insane out of nowhere, I keep getting killed. He is too fast for me. Keeps hitting me. And when I manage to hit the bomb, it misses him. I even sometimes guided a bomb back to him but no damage registered. 3 times i damaged him max... I think that I lost 20 times already, at this point think I'll just give up on progress.

[Jeff]

I found better luck if I move forward toward the bomb as I swing. It felt like a more forgiving time window

[Teatime]

Game only offers "Restart" fight option and during fight there is no option to leave game in F1 settings, making me locked in battle. I actually had to Alt+F4 the game to exit.
I really loved this game untill this battle...

[sealsnoot]

It sounds like the rocket is hitting you before you hit it; try using the bat right before it reaches you not as it reaches you, that helped me some. When I did the battle it seemed like as long as I hit the bomb facing John it would auto-lock on him and hit him. Or, like the others said, if you're close enough you can swim around him and it'll hit him that way.

You can also hit the mines he throws out in the second half of the fight. Once you swim close they'll activate and start pulsating, then you just need to hit them with the bat facing John. I had more trouble getting these to hit him, but I think it was timing mostly.

[Tiddalik]

After my fifth... sixth attempt I decided to not even bother with the bat, the bat is a waste of time and wastes oxygen.

Treat him like a shark but keep a little closer, always move in circles, watch the charge attacks and every time he fires the missile arch back towards him and swim straight through him, don't stay close or you will also take damage and the missile damages him and leaves you untouched. Once you noticed the pattern of attacks and charges it's a doable fight and you will roll your eyes at the attempts of trying to use the bat.

[Enter the Wang]

Just about all the Boss fights seem to require the Dolphin '+30% Dash Speed' charm. If you don't have it equipped you are out of luck.

As you don't know when the Boss fights are on your first play through, you are practically forced to keep this charm equipped the entire game.

[falkathemage]

Originally posted by Traver:

Just finished this fight about half an hour ago, on my fifth attempt (hardest boss so far for me).

This might help, as soon as a rocket is fired, you can swim through him without taking damage. So if you are close enough to him, swim through him and the rocket will hit him. I found the baseball bat to be useless...

Thank you so much! I was so frustrated. Tried this and won!

[Amok]

Oddly enough I found the bat to be the clear cut and best option. Somehow never managed to have any problems with the timing, you do know you can hold in the bat to charge up, yeah?

3 returns I believe kills him and you don't have to do gymnastics around him. Fight shouldn't take too long.