Does Del Lago the lake monster have weak points on its body?

[1290132316]

Spots that when hit by harpoon inflicts more damage?

[<W F> Ævil-Blondi-E]

No. With how many harpoons you have to hit it depends on difficulty you choose and on games auto hidden difficulty. But each harpoon takes same amount of damage. Also boss regenerates some health after it dives.

[Dou B Jin]

Only real weakspot is when he breaks away and charge at you. A hit in the mouth when it comes at you seems to do more damage.

This is noticable on higher difficulty when bosses always seem to die in that section due to that spike of damage taken vs regular harpoon toss.

[Platapoop]

Hitting him in the mouth does 50% more damage. You can hit one when he's jumping out of the water trying to eat you, and few other times when he's swimming, but it's difficult.

[dethtrain]

Yeah I'm pretty sure inside his mouth is his weak point. I definitely notice him dying in lesser hits if I get him for that initial dive he makes towards you.

[REhorror]

Before I thought the body shot was not resigistering as damage, but nope, just throw the harpoon at him till he's dead.

[mons]

He does have weak points.
You can kill him with only 7 or 8 harpoons if you hit the worms on his back side.(The moving things looking like ropes...)

[<W F> Ævil-Blondi-E]

Originally posted by mons:

He does have weak points.
You can kill him with only 7 or 8 harpoons if you hit the worms on his back side.(The moving things looking like ropes...)

How many harpoons you have to throw at boss depends of difficulty youre playing on and even within your chosen difficulty it varies depending on dynamic difficulty.

Also after each cycle boss regenerates some health back.

[1290132316]

Originally posted by mons:

He does have weak points.
You can kill him with only 7 or 8 harpoons if you hit the worms on his back side.(The moving things looking like ropes...)

Yeah when you view the model of this monster you can actually see two unique spots on its body where the parasites stick out, one on the front left and the other rear right.

[Platapoop]

When I was playing with the health mod, I do not believe those parasite spots deal extra damage.

[ggAkatsukiP]

Simple guide on how to trigger easy kill Del Lago even in Pro difficulty
https://youtu.be/HrcoTrAvVPQ

Just to clarify one common misconception :
Your damage base value is fixed, enemies health value do not change based on on difficulty but solely on a set range of health rng except boss. The reason enemies are harder to kill is because the formula to calculate damage reduce your damage too much.

[1290132316]

Originally posted by ggAkatsukiP:

Simple guide on how to trigger easy kill Del Lago even in Pro difficulty
https://youtu.be/HrcoTrAvVPQ

Just to clarify one common misconception :
Your damage base value is fixed, enemies health value do not change based on on difficulty but solely on a set range of health rng except boss. The reason enemies are harder to kill is because the formula to calculate damage reduce your damage too much.

I cannot understand Japanese. How can he throw harpoons that fast?

[[{******---Dead4Life---******}]]

It doesn't really.

[sidewinder_G]

Sort of.

The first few times I fought him, I hit only his tail. After that, I started aiming a bit more towards his belly and it took way less hits.

From my playthroughs, I figured out that the more you hit him in the middle, the less harpoons it takes. I think I finished Chapter 3 in about 16 minutes just now and I am on my S+ run.

[[{******---Dead4Life---******}]]

Originally posted by sidewinder_G:

Sort of.

The first few times I fought him, I hit only his tail. After that, I started aiming a bit more towards his belly and it took way less hits.

From my playthroughs, I figured out that the more you hit him in the middle, the less harpoons it takes. I think I finished Chapter 3 in about 16 minutes just now and I am on my S+ run.

Didn't notice that, thanks for tip

[ggAkatsukiP]

Originally posted by 1290132316:

I cannot understand Japanese. How can he throw harpoons that fast?

He simply did not hit the designated "Attack" button, all he do is hit the ready harpoon button and release it. Leon take more frames until next harpoon if you hold ready harpoon and hit the attack button. If you release the ready button, Leon do not put down harpoon but instantly swoop the harpoon flying.