Great Ape Battle - Nappa and Vegeta issue.

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Currently at the start of the game and fighting both Nappa and Vegeta in their Great Ape form.

In the previous game I was able to grab their tail and do some serious guard damage. Before the battle started I read through the tutorial messages and it sounded like this feature carried over. However during my first grab on Nappa's tail, I was thrown away. I knew this could happen in the previous game so I kept trying.

10+ tail grabs later and I keep getting thrown away. Am I missing something or did they just tell me I can use a mechanic but actually remove my ability to do so? I'm already tired of hearing Nappa say "What's that" in rapid succession when trying to get behind him...doesn't help that for some reason I can't do a proper tail grab.

Anyone else having this issue or is that just part of the mission?

[[MeX]]

Break his stamina bar first, then grab, just finished it myself.

[Tarkin <3]

Took me 3 tries to beat them I found it best to just start using a super attack on his tail when he's getting he's stamina back and then last sec grab it and it makes the fight way easier

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Originally posted by Skeletor:

Break his stamina bar first, then grab, just finished it myself.

I'm aware of the damage you can deal after the bar is depleted, but are we not able to do the tail grab anymore to help deplete the bar?

[sleazyhunterx]

Stamina bar must be depleted...then he is wide open for tail grab...however, it is not as damaging as it was in X1

[[MeX]]

Originally posted by Saiyer:

Originally posted by Skeletor:

Break his stamina bar first, then grab, just finished it myself.

I'm aware of the damage you can deal after the bar is depleted, but are we not able to do the tail grab anymore to help deplete the bar?

Nope, the only grab you can do is after the bar is depleted, the old grab with the bar intact got removed.

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Originally posted by Skeletor:

Nope, the only grab you can do is after the bar is depleted, the old grab with the bar intact got removed.

Seems like a step backwards for close range characters if you ask me. I guess I'll just super spam until he's down, and then continue to super spam.

[Malsvir Ixen]

I'm currently PQ training so I can tackle Nappa and Vegeta. I'm only level 10.

[Metal Izanagi]

Apologies for the slight necro, but this might help anyone else having trouble with fighting Great Apes:

After a bit of getting my ass kicked by Great Ape Vegeta in the story, I figured out what my mistake was. I kept doing the tail grab when his stamina bar was depleted.

Don't bother with the tail grab. It can only be done when the ape's stamina bar is depleted, and the damage it does is at best on par with just punching and kicking them when their guard is down. Get their stamina bar down however you want, and then just keep beating on and blasting the Great Apes while they're down.

Tail-grabbing seems to have been nerfed to hell from how it was in XV1, so now Great Apes are effectively just really big normal enemies with super armor that you have to break, instead of glorified QTE battles.

[WickedTruth]

meh i just threw super vanishing balls at them. worked great.