The Mask Axon Fight Is Masochistic

[Mugiwara]

Whoever designed this is evil.

Before anyone gets the wrong idea I just beat him. The only thing I had going for me is I am good at dodging but the debuffs he applies, the shields, the heals unnecessarily drag on the fight.

No doubt there was a smarter way to beat him than the method I used but WOW.

[Leopanther]

Did you directly go for the boss or beat the side paths first? It's likely a lot harder if you fight it without defeating the 3 mask fights first.

[Mugiwara]

You saying that just explained eveything lol. I took the direct route.

[Veylox]

I think I skipped major parts of the fight because my double-attack build Verso bugged out and got like 10 turns in a row


I don't know what interaction caused it, probably something with the invisible phase and the masks

[Helldivers™ 2]

Even if you destroy the masks it is a very hard and very long battle.

Also if you destroy all masks in phase 1 it does an attack thsy instantly reduces the party health to 1. That is stupidly lame design

[['w']]

missed out on a lot of loot, which you still can get, at least I hope so

[Mugiwara]

I am able to return to the area and collect the world space loot, but I guess I missed the drops by the sub-bosses...

[Croxio]

Originally posted by Veylox:

I think I skipped major parts of the fight because my double-attack build Verso bugged out and got like 10 turns in a row

Towards the end of Act 1 I was able to reach a hit of 9,999 with Maelle. So in Act 2 I opted for a "verso" which SPAMs attacks like never before, empties your magazines => hits hard => free turn with 6 AP.

10 gun strikes in one turn is not a bug, it's a build.

[Veylox]

Originally posted by Croxio:

Originally posted by Veylox:

I think I skipped major parts of the fight because my double-attack build Verso bugged out and got like 10 turns in a row

Towards the end of Act 1 I was able to reach a hit of 9,999 with Maelle. So in Act 2 I opted for a "verso" which SPAMs attacks like never before, empties your magazines => hits hard => free turn with 6 AP.

10 gun strikes in one turn is not a bug, it's a build.

Yeah no I'm using exactly that, that's not my point. Dualiso Verso spamming attack/gun pictos is kind of an obvious build, and usually it would let your turn look like ;

gunx8 => attack => gunx5 => attack, or maybe use a skill instead of the second gun rotation. Except during that one specific fight, whenever I launched the second attack or the actual skill, Verso just immediately started getting the turn again, and could start the entire combo all over again

[Bagheadt]

I managed to beat him on my first try, but he was definitely a challenging boss

[DaylightDemon]

i dont know what to tell you i didnt find him that hard and i didnt parry half of his attacks (normal difficulty). it was pretty doable. sometimes you need to invest 10 minutes into a new build to make stuff easier.

[Mugiwara]

Originally posted by DaylightDemon:

i dont know what to tell you i didnt find him that hard and i didnt parry half of his attacks (normal difficulty). it was pretty doable. sometimes you need to invest 10 minutes into a new build to make stuff easier.

Can I ask did you like myself go straight for the boss? Or did you instead take the alternative paths? I am curious as to whether the first response in this thread explains what I encountered.

There is no question that I didn't have the strongest builds for all the cfharacters at that point, but my Verso build definitely resembles what has been discussed here, so I can't have been that far off with them at that point in the game.

[Croxio]

For weakest axion there is loot. So as much as you can just kill the boss, just looting the side paths is very useful.

[DaylightDemon]

Originally posted by Mugiwara:

Originally posted by DaylightDemon:

i dont know what to tell you i didnt find him that hard and i didnt parry half of his attacks (normal difficulty). it was pretty doable. sometimes you need to invest 10 minutes into a new build to make stuff easier.

Can I ask did you like myself go straight for the boss? Or did you instead take the alternative paths? I am curious as to whether the first response in this thread explains what I encountered.

There is no question that I didn't have the strongest builds for all the cfharacters at that point, but my Verso build definitely resembles what has been discussed here, so I can't have been that far off with them at that point in the game.

ah yes, ofc i did it the intended way. maybe this time around i will try beating him without going for the other paths.