Need some help/pointers on NG+ V.II Snail Belteus Boss

[Mortus Eclipse]

I've tried multiple weapons configurations and strategies against him. Get him almost down then get taken out. Needless to say nothing I tried is getting me over the finish line with him. Thus I want to see if I can get any build suggeations or strategies that has worked for you.

[Silamon]

I used 2 zimmermans, a laser lance, and a laser orbit.

[ajv941]

I play the game with non firing-stance shoulders (usually missiles, sometimes drones), a melee left, and a minigun right which is sometimes a plasma, laser, or coral rifle. In every case vs him it was missiles, minigun, pulse blade or pilebunker or laser lance. If you want the easiest possible build then he's ridiculously weak to shoulder cannons since he stands still for so long. Use them to break his shield -> pilebunker + assault armor.

[Oobaneko]

Songbird, stun needle, pile bunker and zimmerman. He do not care about dodging plasma rockets, so you need just more impact at shield, then just charged pile bunker. Three times and he is toasted.

[ImHelping]

Machineguns are actually good against pulse shields. Even when you unlock the back mounted pulse cannon, that is trash compared to how well a machinegun deals with final boss grade pulse shields.

Why a machinegun instead of gattling guns people cry about? Gattling guns are prone to be overheated or near overheated by the time the shield is down if you are using them as anti shield weapons. MG shred shields and have a reasonable reload speed to get back to shooting them.

Try a single box fed machinegun + shotgun instead of twin shotguns. Snail 2 belt baby edition is so big that you don't need a high recoil arm to ensure MG fire hits them.

Also remember, the good part of stun needles is their high direct hit value to punish a boss when they stagger, without missing like songbirds love to miss flying stagger targets (though snail so huge they will still hit). If your shot that breaks the shield is a twin stun needle shot, then you have wasted the needles by having them need to reload while the boss runs away. spam them only when they have high shields, then make sure they are ready to go shield is low to ensure you can nail him the instant shield breaks. (this way you can get by with a single one and a melee weapon, if you want melee burst as well)

[k-ricks]

learn to dodge his move and look at his barrier hp if it's about to go down wait for your high directhit to loaded when he around 1/2 hp stay away from him recharge your en and when he use that double purple laser just fly above him until he finished his move

[StuffedPlatypusLuvsOrigamiRabbit]

I downed every boss in the game with double zimmy, double worm cannons. Just dashed around with biped or reverse joint and unloaded when ever on cool down. Used blast armor and kicks for extra dps.

[Mortus Eclipse]

This have given me some thoughts to ponder on.

I had been trying to use my reverse jointed Balthazar trying to tune it toward the best possible manoeuvrability to dodge attacks. I think I need to try my tetrapod Archangel and attempt to hover above him as that has been something I was doing with Balthazar.

So I guess I will have to run some weapons variations on Archangel and see if something clicks to get my fight across the finish line.

[Charsiew]

Originally posted by ImHelping:

Machineguns are actually good against pulse shields. Even when you unlock the back mounted pulse cannon, that is trash compared to how well a machinegun deals with final boss grade pulse shields.

Why a machinegun instead of gattling guns people cry about? Gattling guns are prone to be overheated or near overheated by the time the shield is down if you are using them as anti shield weapons. MG shred shields and have a reasonable reload speed to get back to shooting them.

Try a single box fed machinegun + shotgun instead of twin shotguns. Snail 2 belt baby edition is so big that you don't need a high recoil arm to ensure MG fire hits them.

Also remember, the good part of stun needles is their high direct hit value to punish a boss when they stagger, without missing like songbirds love to miss flying stagger targets (though snail so huge they will still hit). If your shot that breaks the shield is a twin stun needle shot, then you have wasted the needles by having them need to reload while the boss runs away. spam them only when they have high shields, then make sure they are ready to go shield is low to ensure you can nail him the instant shield breaks. (this way you can get by with a single one and a melee weapon, if you want melee burst as well)

What are your thoughts about trueno stun needle missile?

[Silamon]

Trueno is nice. I like them a lot.

[Charsiew]

Originally posted by Silamon:

Trueno is nice. I like them a lot.

Hm, maybe i should try to make needle build: trueno,needle launcher, needle gun and pilebunker (i mean its a huge needle) on my Bashoo AC just to derp around XD

[Wutever]

Truenos are monsters, but the needle gun is just a worse Coquillett. You're better off just using the pistols, though you really need to use two of them to be relevant, which means no Pile Bunker if you wanna run double Truenos.

On the bright side, Coquillettes chew through pulse shields real well.

Either way, ain't a thing in the game that double Zimmers, Pile Bunker with Basho arms and a grenade launcher of choice can't kill. The BU-TT pulse blade might be better for both Balteuses though because of better tracking and bonus damage to the shield. Kinda down to preference, really.

[Odzianna]

I got him with 2 pulse guns to absolutely melt his shield whenever it was up, then a Pile Bunker and a Zimmermann for big damage and stagger. Slap it all on the Spring Chicken Reverse Joints and you can pretty much jump jump over most of his attacks, and once he uses his sword/laser attacks? Just assault boost up.

Still took me a few tries, but I beat him way faster than the normal Balteus