Armstrong Rock Throw WTF

[Crowley42]

I've been trying to beat this thing for like 30 minutes now and every time Armstrong throws the rock at me I die instantly, if I make one cut then the zandatsu time-stop just, uh, stops and I die. Am I really supposed to line up a single cut to slice all 4 squares in like 4 seconds? This is a nightmare on KB+M and I can't imagine it being any better with a controller, what am I doing wrong?


Also ♥♥♥♥ the elevator part with the gorillas and flying birds, I lost like 8 healing items there cause the damn camera kept jerking out of position not letting me block and now I gotta fight the first and only hard enemy in the game with 1 healt pack left, damnit.

[D-ray]

First: remember that you have to keep holding the the Blade Mode button.
Second: try to use a battery before he throws you a rock.
Third: you have to ATLEAST slice 3 of the 4 squares to destroy the rock.

And yes, ♥♥♥♥ that lift part. I feel you bud.

[Crowley42]

Thanks mate, I beat him since, I completely forgot those battery packs were even a thing, beat the whole game without using any... not very smart on my end.

But yeah, I just got gud and saved up my blue energy meter for that one part.

Also for everyone else reading this, you can evade the rocks by sprinting to the side, you will however get 4 healing packs and deal like 25% damage to Armstrong if you manage to execute the rock-throw QTE, so if you manage to pull it off once you've basically already won the fight.

[D-ray]

All good that ends good comrade!
You can do the thing you said with Monsoon too.
If you want to play the game on harder difficulties, with no damage, it will be useful!

[Crowley42]

Originally posted by D-ray:

All good that ends good comrade!
You can do the thing you said with Monsoon too.
If you want to play the game on harder difficulties, with no damage, it will be useful!

I'm on KB+M which makes certain moves very, very hard to execute so not sure if I'll be up for an S rank playthrough... I just really wish you could bind actions to the alternate mouse buttons.

[Ichmag 🔑🌙]

Originally posted by Crowley42:

Originally posted by D-ray:

All good that ends good comrade!
You can do the thing you said with Monsoon too.
If you want to play the game on harder difficulties, with no damage, it will be useful!

I'm on KB+M which makes certain moves very, very hard to execute so not sure if I'll be up for an S rank playthrough... I just really wish you could bind actions to the alternate mouse buttons.

KBM shouldnt really be a handicap imo (i think it should be better than controller? at least thats what it feels like for me) i did fine with default controls

[Crowley42]

Originally posted by Ichmag:

Originally posted by Crowley42:

I'm on KB+M which makes certain moves very, very hard to execute so not sure if I'll be up for an S rank playthrough... I just really wish you could bind actions to the alternate mouse buttons.

KBM shouldnt really be a handicap imo (i think it should be better than controller? at least thats what it feels like for me) i did fine with default controls

The problem is that there is one extra move which you cannot bind to any button. you mave only two moves on your right hand since only left and right mouse works, these are the basic combo buttons, and for your left hand your thumb and your pinky are pressing Space, Alt, Shift and Ctrl, then you use the 3 in the middle for movement, this way there is no room for offensive defense. Maybe I could remap the controls so that Left Alt becomes offensive defense, Left Ctrl becomes blade mode and then leave the slow walk unbound since that is basically useless?

[Ichmag 🔑🌙]

Originally posted by Crowley42:

Originally posted by Ichmag:

KBM shouldnt really be a handicap imo (i think it should be better than controller? at least thats what it feels like for me) i did fine with default controls

The problem is that there is one extra move which you cannot bind to any button. you mave only two moves on your right hand since only left and right mouse works, these are the basic combo buttons, and for your left hand your thumb and your pinky are pressing Space, Alt, Shift and Ctrl, then you use the 3 in the middle for movement, this way there is no room for offensive defense. Maybe I could remap the controls so that Left Alt becomes offensive defense, Left Ctrl becomes blade mode and then leave the slow walk unbound since that is basically useless?

Isnt Z fine for you?

[Ghoster]

Originally posted by Crowley42:

I've been trying to beat this thing for like 30 minutes now and every time Armstrong throws the rock at me I die instantly, if I make one cut then the zandatsu time-stop just, uh, stops and I die. Am I really supposed to line up a single cut to slice all 4 squares in like 4 seconds? This is a nightmare on KB+M and I can't imagine it being any better with a controller, what am I doing wrong?


Also ♥♥♥♥ the elevator part with the gorillas and flying birds, I lost like 8 healing items there cause the damn camera kept jerking out of position not letting me block and now I gotta fight the first and only hard enemy in the game with 1 healt pack left, damnit.

Wait till you get in the unskippable roll credits

[D-ray]

Originally posted by Ghoster:

Originally posted by Crowley42:

I've been trying to beat this thing for like 30 minutes now and every time Armstrong throws the rock at me I die instantly, if I make one cut then the zandatsu time-stop just, uh, stops and I die. Am I really supposed to line up a single cut to slice all 4 squares in like 4 seconds? This is a nightmare on KB+M and I can't imagine it being any better with a controller, what am I doing wrong?


Also ♥♥♥♥ the elevator part with the gorillas and flying birds, I lost like 8 healing items there cause the damn camera kept jerking out of position not letting me block and now I gotta fight the first and only hard enemy in the game with 1 healt pack left, damnit.

Wait till you get in the unskippable roll credits

Doing S rank run in the last chapter in a nutshell.

[cometgm]

This is where I'm currently struggling. Also used up all my nanopaste left. I gotta retry some other time.

[Crowley42]

The godstrat is to either git gud and beat him without nanopaste, or to hold onto your electrolyte meter and turn on ripper mode before going into Blade Mode, this will slow time down even more, although with a bit of trial and error you can do it without the ripper mode exploit as well, its not as hard as it feels at first.

[Petulkovova]

none of these strats work. i get to cut trough all of them but when youre suppose to hit his head, for me it just never happens. i have no idea how other people are getting it. but i noticed the parts are much closer in my game than in any other video. so i really dont know what i am suppose to do

[Crowley42]

Originally posted by Petulkovova blw.tf:

none of these strats work. i get to cut trough all of them but when youre suppose to hit his head, for me it just never happens. i have no idea how other people are getting it. but i noticed the parts are much closer in my game than in any other video. so i really dont know what i am suppose to do

Restart your game maybe? Sounds like a very odd bug. What happens after you slice all 4 rocks he throws at you?

[Petulkovova]

Originally posted by Crowley42:

Originally posted by Petulkovova blw.tf:

none of these strats work. i get to cut trough all of them but when youre suppose to hit his head, for me it just never happens. i have no idea how other people are getting it. but i noticed the parts are much closer in my game than in any other video. so i really dont know what i am suppose to do

Restart your game maybe? Sounds like a very odd bug. What happens after you slice all 4 rocks he throws at you?

i restarted the game and no effect. also he only throws 3 rocks before he shows himself, but after the last rock, the game dosent slow down so i can slash his head. it like skips that part.

[Crowley42]

Are you still holding down the time-slow button? If you let go at any point during the rock-cutting QTE then you can not reinitiate it again, once you cut all the rocks, just don't let go of the time-slow button and wait for Armstrong to jump at you.

Every time-slowed QTE works like this, you get one opportunity to freeze time and if you miss it, you don't get to try again. If you press it for just a second you can't reinitiate it.