STORY MODE Devil Kazuya fight

[Superman]

This is mostly to vent, but jesus ♥♥♥♥ this must be the most unfair boss fight in a fighting game to date. It's more cheap, unfair and unfun than Shao Khan was!

[クラゲくん]

Shao Khan... And suddenly I felt a shiver down my spine

[SpaceGoatMage]

Originally posted by Supes:

Shao Khan

I suddenly have painful memories returning.

[Lord Touch Me]

Wait till you get to the final fight, man. I've just finished it and feel like a squeezed lemon right now -_-

[Lusus Symphonia]

Originally posted by CinnamonCoffin:

Wait till you get to the final fight, man. I've just finished it and feel like a squeezed lemon right now -_-

Wait until you get to the special fight, you'll feel like lemonade.

[Lord Touch Me]

Originally posted by Red Monk:

Originally posted by CinnamonCoffin:

Wait till you get to the final fight, man. I've just finished it and feel like a squeezed lemon right now -_-

Wait until you get to the special fight, you'll feel like lemonade.

I entered it for a minute and then i was like "♥♥♥♥ it, i'm outta here".
Gonna save it for later xD

[Morgalad]

Agree 100%, it's the most ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ fight I've seen since Shao Khan in Mortal Kombat trilogy for ps1. Dunno if it's the final fight or not but that kazuya with the eyes in the volcano is unfair as ♥♥♥♥. Specially since you can only use heihachi.

[Sonicfanx1]

To be honest, he's fine. Devil Kazuya is fair. Only that last bit when he Rages the 2nd time, that's unfair.

[Morgalad]

Originally posted by Sonicfanx1:

To be honest, he's fine. Devil Kazuya is fair. Only that last bit when he Rages the 2nd time, that's unfair.

Well that's what we're talking about.

[Superman]

I beat him, but only by reducing it to the easiest difficulty and cheesing it. The Devil Kazuya vs Akuma fight however...♥♥♥♥ that.

There is a difference between fun, challenging boss fights, and unfair, annoying please god make this end boss fights.

[Sonicfanx1]

Originally posted by Supes:

I beat him, but only by reducing it to the easiest difficulty and cheesing it. The Devil Kazuya vs Akuma fight however...♥♥♥♥ that.

There is a difference between fun, challenging boss fights, and unfair, annoying please god make this end boss fights.

(On the easiest difficulty) Kazuya VS Akuma was easier than Heihachi VS Kazuya. You can dodge his attacks and punish using your own teleport.

[Cipher Esteria]

Read Shao Khan and I had to laugh heartly.

Want to know what a real nightmare is? Parace I'sa
Every singel SNK Boss is worse than Shao Khan, too.

Devil Kazuya wasn't that hard, I beat him on second highest diffiuclty (the one you can use, before unlocking the hardest) and made it fairly easy.
Just block if he has rage, sidestep beams and wait for his rageart, which comes after roughly 10 seconds. Then continue. Also if you get him into a corner and knock him down, spam d+3 (left kick) with Heihachi, the Ai can't deal with it.

[Lord Touch Me]

Originally posted by Cipher:

Read Shao Khan and I had to laugh heartly.

Want to know what a real nightmare is? Parace I'sa
Every singel SNK Boss is worse than Shao Khan, too.

Devil Kazuya wasn't that hard, I beat him on second highest diffiuclty (the one you can use, before unlocking the hardest) and made it fairly easy.
Just block if he has rage, sidestep beams and wait for his rageart, which comes after roughly 10 seconds. Then continue. Also if you get him into a corner and knock him down, spam d+3 (left kick) with Heihachi, the Ai can't deal with it.

The trick is Devil Kaz won't use his 2nd Rage Art untill you will be 100% wrecked by it. You have to wait for him to do his laser thing and kick him just after that. You have a very short window cause otherwise he beats the crap out of you with his armor. At least that how it was for me.

[Shifty]

I found Grab -> D + LK -> D + LK to be a fairly effective cheese.

That and knowing that you need to go on the defensive and bait his super on the first rage, then poke him down with safe moves through the armor on the second.

[Tiranasta]

My strategy was basically this: When you start out, be hyper aggressive, keep him constantly on the defensive. When he rages for the first time, go completely defensive until he uses his rage art (which you should block). Then go aggressive again for the rest of the fight (DON'T go defensive when he rages a second time, he'll wear you down if you don't wear him down first, and he won't use his rage art this time). I doubt this strategy is optimal, but it worked better than anything else I tried. The really frustrating part was figuring this strategy out through trial and error.

It's not impossible to do some damage during his first rage, but it's not worth the risk, as he has high damage reduction during this phase and can pull out his rage art at any time (which will wreck you if you're not blocking).

[iluspook]

Originally posted by Cipher:

Also if you get him into a corner and knock him down, spam d+3 (left kick) with Heihachi, the Ai can't deal with it.

This was my go-to anytime the AI was on the ground and near a wall. I'm surprised at the ineptitude of the AI regarding that.