Mutated Lucas (Professional)

[Sovereign]

Playing Not a Hero on Professional for the first time and I just can't beat Lucas. It's ammo that's the problem, I dodge all his attacks easily and land almost every shot but then I just run out of ammo and can't kill him, knife is literally useless.

Is there something I'm missing or am I just going to have to restart the whole dlc from scrach?

[Lanzagranadas]

No need to restart all over again. Just reload an early save from before you screwed it up, which I guess it's most likely the Molded boss or the Molded horde at lab entrance, then try to save some more ammo and check if you missed any pickups. Then once you reach the lab try to run past enemies.

You surely had to do the first chunk of the game with no ammo so replaying all that would hardly change anything.

[Sovereign]

Originally posted by Lanzagranadas:

No need to restart all over again. Just reload an early save from before you screwed it up, which I guess it's most likely the Molded boss or the Molded horde at lab entrance, then try to save some more ammo and check if you missed any pickups. Then once you reach the lab try to run past enemies.

You surely had to do the first chunk of the game with no ammo so replaying all that would hardly change anything.

Thanks for the response, was kinda hoping there was some kind of ammo dispenser I was missing XD. Honestly it seems like very poor design that a mode with so little ammo would force you into multiple combat encounters and then completely screw you over if you arrive at the boss even a couple of bullets short, especially since supply crates can randomly give 24 shotgun shells one moment and 6 pistol rounds the next.

[Uh oh Stinky c:]

I managed to beat him and i had about 2 shotgun shells to spare, i started with 90 or so rounds.

If you have any RAMROD rounds, try to save them for shooting his heart to get him into the second stage with the spores, as the RAMRODS act as a magnum to him.

For me it took trial and error and learning what to use on him and when. Like using Incendiary grenades after he reaches his second stage, when he winds up his arm to close the distance between you, throwing a Incendiary grenade at this moment will stun him, giving you a few shots.

[Sovereign]

Originally posted by Zengro:

I managed to beat him and i had about 2 shotgun shells to spare, i started with 90 or so rounds.

If you have any RAMROD rounds, try to save them for shooting his heart to get him into the second stage with the spores, as the RAMRODS act as a magnum to him.

For me it took trial and error and learning what to use on him and when. Like using Incendiary grenades after he reaches his second stage, when he winds up his arm to close the distance between you, throwing a Incendiary grenade at this moment will stun him, giving you a few shots.

Yeah I tried using RAMRODs on the heart but I only had 4. Having to use up almost 90 shells is ridiculous, you'd have to save almost every shell you found and get lucky with the random crates. I had about 52 shells and only one of the crates in his arena had more shells.

[Uh oh Stinky c:]

Originally posted by Sovereign:

Originally posted by Zengro:

I managed to beat him and i had about 2 shotgun shells to spare, i started with 90 or so rounds.

If you have any RAMROD rounds, try to save them for shooting his heart to get him into the second stage with the spores, as the RAMRODS act as a magnum to him.

For me it took trial and error and learning what to use on him and when. Like using Incendiary grenades after he reaches his second stage, when he winds up his arm to close the distance between you, throwing a Incendiary grenade at this moment will stun him, giving you a few shots.

Yeah I tried using RAMRODs on the heart but I only had 4. Having to use up almost 90 shells is ridiculous, you'd have to save almost every shell you found and get lucky with the random crates. I had about 52 shells and only one of the crates in his arena had more shells.

Yeah the crates are RNG, I'd say if you saved before you went in, just keep going in and make sure you get a healthy amount of shotgun shells, if you fall a bit short, re-load your save and try again., there's also some RAMRODS kicking around in the middle of the room somewhere.

[Sovereign]

Just beat him! Restarted from scratch, used the attack coin, the block enhancer, the shotgun sight C and I was stingy as hell with my ammo up until Lucas. I literally only used shells and RAMRODs on the white puker, Lucas and the fumers and pukers during the horde arena fight.
Was well worth it though. :D

[Lanzagranadas]

Did you miss the lockpick by chance? The locked box gave me a bunch of extra RAMROD. Also there's an area at the west of the fat boss which is easy to miss when you're during the bomb countdown.

[Sovereign]

Originally posted by Lanzagranadas:

Did you miss the lockpick by chance? The locked box gave me a bunch of extra RAMROD. Also there's an area at the west of the fat boss which is easy to miss when you're during the bomb countdown.

Yeah I got the lockpick, thx. I'm pretty sure I got all the RAMRODs, they help a lot.

[Jessay]

Make sure to find all the coins as well so you can get those upgrades

[Uh oh Stinky c:]

I'll leave this here as a tip for those still running Not A Hero on Professional:

When you unlock the Shield Machine, basically almost all enemies in the previous area's despawn, use this as an opportunity to re-visit these area's for ammunition, coins and the like, it'll make the end game much easier if you've missed any ammo. Be sure to proceed with caution as i've had a few enemies still be present in previous areas.

Hopefully this helps!

[Martyboi]

Yup, he don't like RAMROD's, sounds like pro mode is a ramp up from normal, haha. next playthrough, it's happening :D