10 Hints on HOW TO BEAT "DEATHSTROKE"

[robynn144]

Allow me to quote a GUIDE to "BATMAN: Arkham Origins"; "The fight against Deathstroke is the hardest part of the whole game..."
I sure hope they are correct. Rarely, if ever, have I spend so much time beating a "game hurdle" or "boss figjt" as I have with Deathstroke.
I was perhaps a litte "rusty" - well, lacked recent game experiences - when I started BATMAN: Arkham Origins about 10 days ago
(though I DID fight and kick my way through "Sleeping Dogs" a while ago. Good game, btw. If u like GTA, Hong Kong - with very few guns around. Only martial arts and lots of cars!"

But I digress, Deathstroke is reay TOO hard to beat, especially this early in the game. He has no real weaknesses. He is lightning fast, heavily armed, armoured like a tank - and only becomes real frustrating when he draws his sword!
Sady I haven't found any easy way to KO Deathstroke, but after many a fight I have leatned some useful stuff - which are NOT hints given by the game, You won't get much help in the game.

My advice on Striking out DEATHSTROKE (aka Slade Wilson) are:

1) As Deathstroke (DS -shorter) seem to become both faster and more deady in the proces of the 3 "rounds" f the fight. So in round 1, practice countering and follow most counters with 2-4 hits on him. In round 1 DS is apparenty lazy and not as fast as round 2 and 3. If you are confident you can get past round 1 without injury, just hurry up and bash DS up - after you have countered his attack succesfully.
When you've hit several times, he will go beserk and hit, hit, hit you. Just right click / counter your way through wild attack. Then punch the hell out of him, when he is done, This happens twice, and tells you that a new round has begun,

2) Never attack DS directly! Wait and take the taunting. Watch DS' very carefully. DO NOT mash the key to counter. ONLY click to Counter when he moves. Counter and then (if possibe) make a short counter-attack. But no more than 4 hits (or less). You don't need HIS counterattacks, cause they are near impossible to dodge.
So no matter how tempting, do NOT beat him up too much. Especially not in round 2 and 3. He is ONY vulnerable for a few seconds AFTER you have countered his attack. Then withdraw and wait for his next move. And so on.

3) Keep the fight in the center of the screen. So you can see both Batman and Deathstroke.
Keep your eyes on HIM!

4) Be patient. Wait for his attack, then counter and strike back if possible. But just a few punches. Dont tangle with him or he will smash you,

5) When / if (he does it in most fight, but not all) he throws gas containers at you, counter and try to hit HIM with the tank. Then jump/evade forwards so he can't shoot you. Avoid his red dot gun sight - or die!

6) In round 3, when the samurai sword comes out, be extra carefull! Deathstroke is now faster now, and his blade does serious damage. Stay with the counter tactic, and keep attack to a minimum. Try and jump over him. Counter and avoid. Get the feel of dodging the sword, which is different from the staff.
If you try to escape by jumping, DS will attack at once when you land. In that way you have some control of when the atttack will come. Some!
Train yourself so you are mostly unharmed by round 3. By playing it safe in round 2 and 1. You'll need your strength for the sword fight.

7)Also, you can usually break Deathstrokes attacks or shooting by using the batclaw. Double tap the button and you'll pull him towards you. If combined with a comb-takedown, you'll knock to the floot - for a second. He will not suffer much damage, but you will break his initiative - briefly.
Unfortunately, the Cape Stun and batarangs are pretty useless against this human killing machine. Smoke pellets can be used for a little cover. But not for long.

8) Just at "normal" difficulty, the boss fight against Deathstroke is TOUGH with a capital T. It requires many attempts to learn to "read" his attacks and then counter at exacrly THE right millisecond!

9)DS' sword cuts through the Batmanian armoursuit like a hot meat cleaver through butter, and it is hard to survive round 3 unscathed. But possible somehow, Surviving your run-in with Deathstroke -without any injury - is actually an "achievement"" in the game!! I think I'll pass on that!
Don't despair. It is a hard fight. Be sure to upgrade all the combat armour you can get during the start of the game. Get all melée armour upgrade points you can get in the game - before meeting Deathstroke. And try to get the skill to counter and/or disarm blades.

The game doesn't get any harder than this fight, and as the frustrated players; I think this challenge of a fight, is put so early in the game to learn us how to fight properly and using all Batman's tricks and abilities. Just a theory.

10) Did I mention that everyone write how inhumanly hard Deathstroke is to beat? I agree, but it is not impossible.

Good luck, Batmans and Batgirs! ;)

If you have comments, advice or an opinion on this or other parts of the game, please feel free to write!
Best regards to all
Robynn

[<< BATFINK >>]

In my view, the first Bane fight is the hardest.

[robynn144]

Originally posted by Lord von Ramjet:

In my view, the first Bane fight is the hardest.

Yes, but in a different way. Deathstrokes fight just put a very hard obstacle in way of players very eary in the game. Deathstroke is very wel made, and I actually LIKE that it is a "game of patience" to beat him, to some extend. Plus you'll develop superfast reflexes if u hang on to beat him. Some would just quit the game, I think, and thats too bad.

[<< BATFINK >>]

True, he is hard when you first play, it took me some time to beat him. Even after several playthroughs, while he seems less difficult, if you are complacent, you will lose.

[I Trust The Trashcan]

Ok ya'll are trolling me. There is no way so many people are having trouble on this. He is literally the easist part of the game. How is he so hard to so many people? I just don't understand!

[Buck]

Originally posted by Wildest Memes:

There is no way so many people are having trouble on this.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=524383280

[I Trust The Trashcan]

Originally posted by Buck:

Originally posted by Wildest Memes:

There is no way so many people are having trouble on this.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=524383280

Ok but like the game teaches you button mashing is bad from the start. Timing is the key to victory through every Arkham game. It was originally planned to be a rythm based game and they took some of that design to the final product. Seriously once you get into the rythm nothing this game throws at you is that hard.

[Buck]

Originally posted by Wildest Memes:

Ok but like the game teaches you button mashing is bad from the start.

What people are "taught" and what they "do" are often mutually exclusive things.

[[TUUONCUOGB]BothChicken]

Originally posted by Lord von Ramjet:

In my view, the first Bane fight is the hardest.

Depends, it was just the same copy pasted fight from Asylum. So I fyou had played the other two you had already beaten Bane and just needed to do it again.

[<< BATFINK >>]

Correct, I didn't say it was not possible, I just said it was hard, a careless mistake will see you lose very easily.

In my view if you ranked the AO boss fights, then Bane #1 was the hardest (at leat for me).

[BloodyMares]

To me avoiding being bit by Killer Croc or run over by Bane was way harder than beating Deathstroke without being hit.

[Stormspark]

Deathstroke is easy. Killer Croc is harder than Deathstroke. And Bane is much harder. I didn't even have any problems with Deathstroke on New Game+ without counter indicators.

The Deathstroke fight is designed to punish you for button mashing, that's it. If you get by in the game by button mashing, well you're going to have trouble. All you have to do is counter at the right time, and you can get it done without getting hit.

[jozef_the_grey]

None of the modern Batman games are a challenge, at all. They are not meant to be challenging. They are meant to be an immersive Batman experience, true to the comics. How people are having problems with this game is beyond me (get it, he he he). But seriously, try out the NES/SNES versions if you want a challenge.

[Baphomet]

Had trouble beating him the first time i met him, got tired of the game and took a long break and then started the fight again and won at first try.
Beat Deathstroke by simply counter a few attacks and then use the batclaw and punch him and then counter a few times followed by the batclaw again. Repeat until victory.
Being patient is important with this fight.

[Janthis]

I also thought the fight against Bane was the hardest. Beating DS was a matter of concentration and being good at counters.

[Mongorii]

Ok ok ok...so, before I played the game I saw all this ♥♥♥♥ about Deathstroke being so hard. I didn't think he'd be the first boss of the game...and he's really not hard lol. I beat him on my first attempt...if you've played Arkham games before, you should know how important timing your counter move is, and if you haven't played them before, this is your very first lesson to the franchise. Don't suck so bad ya'll :P