I give up. (The Final Boss rant)

[Hevihenkka]

I bought this game on sale. I started on Hard and it has been quite adventure. My fingers are dying, my patience is running short and I can't believe I made it to the end with Wings of Vi, but not Axiom Verge.

I reached the final boss and this guy is just... impossible. I checked how people do it on youtube. Looks like Iam in bad luck. No flamethrowers, no tether balls. I didn't do enough exploration so the game is now punishing me for it. I have to go back and later deal with those laser balls again and tedious platforming just to get a better equipment? Hell no!

..and people say bosses in Deus Ex: Human Revolution are bad. I had more fun fighting against those bosses than in Axiom Verge.

[Doc Holiday]

I beat him on Hard without getting Flamethrower (I don't even know how to get it, even though I found the room where it is) and I didn't use the Tethered charge weapon. I also didn't have to look up on youtube. Each to their own.
Difficult but far from impossible.

[inappropriately_gendered_fungus]

There's a way to kind of cheese the final fight, if you're okay with that. Aside from that, I think you just have to spam shots at his weak point and kill the drones when they're in your way. Your standard blaster does pretty good damage and the piercing shot is good as well.

[Brian (The Schmaltzy Cynic)]

You might fare better with the Lightning Gun and using the dash-attack ability. I somehow beat the boss on my first go when I thought it was going to be a lost cause.

Also, using the glitch bombs and weapons on the drones can be helpful too.

I wouldn't say the final-boss is well-made either but it's definitely do-able.

[Ghost_Train]

Serves your right you young whipper snapper.
Do'n Hard mode on your first try.
Why, back in my day, we didn't even have save points OR electricity.
But that didn't stop me from beating Ninja Gaiden on NES. Pshhh.
We just had to git gooder.

[MindfulOcean]

The lightning gun is your friend. Actually, I thought the second to last boss (not the optional one) was worse. The unavoidable damage was a real pain. And yeah, the laser ball enemies were super frustrating.

[shponglefan]

I beat it on Normal (haven't tried on hard), but using just the regular axiom disruptor. Didn't have too much difficulty once I figured out the pattern of attack.

My strategy was:

1) Fire out a glitch bomb and glitch the orbs
2) Move under the screen and duck and shoot up (use the "lock" function)
3) When I did start to decline in health, I'd then shoot orbs until I'd get a refill of life

Repeated that until he died, which didn't take too long.

[Nyagamun]

if you want to exploit, I made a video a long time ago for an easy way to kill the final boss (assuming this isn't fixed)
https://youtu.be/ZAcQ5zfjsow

[Bza]

I used regular blaster on him. Just kept shifting right and left with the red coat, and took health when needed.

[Hevihenkka]

I see this topic is nearly 2 months old and people are still responding to it. I gave the final boss a try after I wrote this rant, but I still never managed to beat it. I gave up, uninstalled the game and moved on. Indeed it was my fault entirely for starting the game on hard. The biggest problem with my struggle against the final boss is that I didn't get enough health/damage upgrades. Once I noticed this mistake, I also noticed that there's a long way back from where I came before the Boss Fight.... Heh, no way Iam going to try this again. Considering the long break I've been having from Axiom Verge. I barely remember the controls anymore.

I should've wrote a Steam User Review of this game instead of ranting about it here, I guess. The game was great, but I keep telling my friends. If you wanna enjoy the Axiom Verge from start to finish; DO NOT start the game on hard difficulty. Especially for the first time.

[Silentknyght]

Originally posted by Treble110:

Beat it on normal by using normal blaster for weak point, and the green electricity gun on the drones (which is, imo, the best gun in the game). Don't know about the difference between normal and hard, but general tips I found are killing the drones while the pod is being attacked from outside. Try and bank heals if possible, the ones that do drop health drop a lot. If you get low, like a third of the way and don't have banked heals, forget the weak point and hit the drones

The "green electricity gun" IS, by far, the best gun in the game.

[ExaltedDuck]

The kilver works well, especially if you're good with the dash warping coat power (which itself does good damage and provides brief invicibility). Otherwise, backtrack a few screens and get the reverse slicer . It is an excellent choice for fighting the boss.

[Leudic]

Originally posted by Doc Holiday:

I beat him on Hard without getting Flamethrower (I don't even know how to get it, even though I found the room where it is) and I didn't use the Tethered charge weapon. I also didn't have to look up on youtube. Each to their own.
Difficult but far from impossible.

Took me a couple tries, but, this.

[Herr Sten]

Or you could backtrack for flamer. Doesn't take that long. Use drone telelport and rush through rooms. Just don't forget to get the password on your way out.

[Tazor]

Originally posted by Doc Holiday:

I beat him on Hard without getting Flamethrower (I don't even know how to get it, even though I found the room where it is) and I didn't use the Tethered charge weapon. I also didn't have to look up on youtube. Each to their own.
Difficult but far from impossible.

Ok. Cool. What did you use to beat him?