fighting joker in the steel mill seems impossable

[DeathMedic]

I've been trying to beat the joker in the steel mill with the titan and the one armed guy with the sledge hammer.

but it always boils down to me dying before making any headway.
I can clear the normal thugs easily and have most of my hp but after that it turns into a game of how quickly can the guy with the hammer get rid of my hp while seemingly not taking any damage himself.
It's really winding me up that this is so hard to get past.

[JonoAMano]

You'll get past it. Mr. Hammer can only strike from one angle at a time, so build up a fast rabbit-punch combo to keep your Bat Swarm charged up. Releasing the Bat Swarm will keep the thugs at bay, and marginally stun Mr. Hammer. As he raises his hammer, redirect (somersault) over him and rabbit-punch him from behind. Always stay in his blind spot. Somewhere between 40 or 50 hits will down him, I forget which.

The Titan can be weakend and ridden into the horde of thugs, Joker and Mr. Hammer to soften them up. He can be defeated just like the one in the Museum. Save the Joker for last by freezing him or using Ultra-Stun. Good luck.

[DeathMedic]

Thanks, I managed to get past it with ample use of the elctro projectile

I was using the ultra stun on the titan but the guy with the hammer was there the second I got away to hit me.

[<< BATFINK >>]

I'm playing through again and now I'm stuck at this exact same spot. Didn't seem as hard the first time around! Explosives, electro gun all seem to help. Strangely enough, it's the knife weilding thugs that are seeming to give me the most trouble!

[Sgt. Pepper]

1) Keep punching the one armed guy with the hammer
2) Use "R" Bat Swarm attack special
3) Repeat steps 1 through 2 until knocked out
4) Attack remaining henchmen or focus on titan thug
5) Remaining men since step 4
6) Cape stun and knock out Joker
7) Continue to finish game

[Buck]

My advice is similar to the above. Take advantage of Mr. Hammer and the Titan Thug. Using the Rec Gun on Mr.Hammer is a great way to make him do collateral damage to some of the other thugs.

Taking advantage of the Titan thug is a little trickier because you need to ultra stun him, something the other small thugs simply won't give you room or time to do. To work around that, build up your combo till you have a takendown, then use the Bat swarm. This will buy you the time you need to perform the ultra stun.