To whoever thought that the golden knight needed to be the only strong threat with adds

[Syro System]

Sincerely, go sit on a cactus.
Fighting this jittery, bullet spongy douchebag in that arena is irritating enough as it is, and then he's got not one but TWO adds who are also annoying to deal with.
The amount of restarts needed to kill him without spending to many resources is staggering.

[Jalir]

Both the adds on his side can be dealt with by 1 rifle round + a kick + another rifle round, and the main golden guy can be dealt with by 1 rifle round + 1 flash grenade. This is how I deal with them on Pro mode.

You can even start the fight by shooting an add, it makes it 10x easier.

[Syro System]

Originally posted by Jalir:

Both the adds on his side can be dealt with by 1 rifle round + a kick + another rifle round, and the main golden guy can be dealt with by 1 rifle round + 1 flash grenade. This is how I deal with them on Pro mode.

You can even start the fight by shooting an add, it makes it 10x easier.

I hit the golden guy with 2 magnum rounds and 2 shotgun rounds to finally get his helmet of. and my magnum hits harder than my rifle does on a headshot.
And their flesh isn't exposed before they start moving how are you suppose to shoot it before the fight starts?

[Jalir]

Originally posted by Syro System:

Originally posted by Jalir:

Both the adds on his side can be dealt with by 1 rifle round + a kick + another rifle round, and the main golden guy can be dealt with by 1 rifle round + 1 flash grenade. This is how I deal with them on Pro mode.

You can even start the fight by shooting an add, it makes it 10x easier.

I hit the golden guy with 2 magnum rounds and 2 shotgun rounds to finally get his helmet of. and my magnum hits harder than my rifle does on a headshot.
And their flesh isn't exposed before they start moving how are you suppose to shoot it before the fight starts?

They do not aggro until you are rather close to them, this allows you to take a few steps to the side in order to see their weak spot on the back of their necks and take a free shot. I believe personally that the magnum (broken butterfly, I am assuming) is worse than the BAR due specifically to it's natural aim bloom effect leading to most shots actually not hitting where you think they will. The Bolt Action Rifle will hit with practically 100% accuracy to the crosshair, while the BB is almost laughably bad with it's precision. Given this, the BAR seems to consistently deliver it's x3 dmg on weakspots way more often than the BB will deliver it's full dmg, as it seems to be more of a crap shoot whether or not you will hit the weak spot with the Broken Butterfly.

[Phil Matic]

Fighting him for the first time I had no idea you could keep shooting the helmet until it came off. I kept thinking you had to go around him to shoot the plaga. Took way too much damage. I’m much more prepared now

[Syro System]

Originally posted by Jalir:

Originally posted by Syro System:

I hit the golden guy with 2 magnum rounds and 2 shotgun rounds to finally get his helmet of. and my magnum hits harder than my rifle does on a headshot.
And their flesh isn't exposed before they start moving how are you suppose to shoot it before the fight starts?

They do not aggro until you are rather close to them, this allows you to take a few steps to the side in order to see their weak spot on the back of their necks and take a free shot. I believe personally that the magnum (broken butterfly, I am assuming) is worse than the BAR due specifically to it's natural aim bloom effect leading to most shots actually not hitting where you think they will. The Bolt Action Rifle will hit with practically 100% accuracy to the crosshair, while the BB is almost laughably bad with it's precision. Given this, the BAR seems to consistently deliver it's x3 dmg on weakspots way more often than the BB will deliver it's full dmg, as it seems to be more of a crap shoot whether or not you will hit the weak spot with the Broken Butterfly.

Oh the magnum hit the flesh alright. Got both the visual and audio indicator, and I was also close enough that no amount of bloom could have made it miss.

[Coffee Addict]

Originally posted by Syro System:

go sit on a cactus.

there are some who would find joy in doin that

[Vagrant]

Just make him wiff a swing and try to stay directly behind him at all times. It will be uncomfortable to aim and shoot but he won't ever swing at you if you stick behind him.

[Xengre]

You can also just use throwables for ez win.

[Syro System]

Originally posted by Vagrant:

Just make him wiff a swing and try to stay directly behind him at all times. It will be uncomfortable to aim and shoot but he won't ever swing at you if you stick behind him.

It's exactly this that his adds like to screw up for you, hence why I have a problem with them.
And when you try to kill them the golden boy typically hits you with his BS mega lunge attack.

[Larry]

When they first become active they all lean forward and expose their plagas during their entering combat animations; you can get at least one free shot to any of them here, which will put you off to a great start for the fight.

Bolt thrower tends to cause the knights to stagger really consistently when you hit a weak spot. If you manage to get more than one helmet off, or even just the gold helmet, throw a flashbang.

[Han Daimond]

It's an optional fight for a reason.

[Syro System]

Originally posted by Han Daimond:

It's an optional fight for a reason.

Yes, but the super dog and regenerator do not get adds. At least not if you were smart enough to kill all the tank boys in that room beforehand, which you really should considering you get a free shot on them as an opener so you can line it up to hit 2 parasites, plus the fact that the ganados bring dynamite that can easily break their containment tanks so you want them dealt with before you trigger that event.

[TyresTyco]

Originally posted by Syro System:

Originally posted by Han Daimond:

It's an optional fight for a reason.

Yes, but the super dog and regenerator do not get adds. At least not if you were smart enough to kill all the tank boys in that room beforehand, which you really should considering you get a free shot on them as an opener so you can line it up to hit 2 parasites, plus the fact that the ganados bring dynamite that can easily break their containment tanks so you want them dealt with before you trigger that event.

While thats true. The dog "can" have adds if you didnt clear the village first. A brute and a couple of ganados + the dog.. is a deadly combo. Especially if you know what comes next... when you have to hold most of your ressources.

[Syro System]

Originally posted by TyresTyco:

Originally posted by Syro System:

Yes, but the super dog and regenerator do not get adds. At least not if you were smart enough to kill all the tank boys in that room beforehand, which you really should considering you get a free shot on them as an opener so you can line it up to hit 2 parasites, plus the fact that the ganados bring dynamite that can easily break their containment tanks so you want them dealt with before you trigger that event.

While thats true. The dog "can" have adds if you didnt clear the village first. A brute and a couple of ganados + the dog.. is a deadly combo. Especially if you know what comes next... when you have to hold most of your ressources.

It's possible to stealth kill the entire village square including the brute, and that's HIGHLY prefferable to do since you got cabin coming up like you said.

[Hash]

When it comes to the golden boy: the game conveniently provides you with a free rifle close by that comes with enough ammo to handle all three. They can be annoying but it's hardly unfair.