Do Cortex Reavers seem ridiculously unbalanced to anyone else?

[Worm🐛]

I guess I just have to activate the med bay on that level and zerg it, but it simply melts me and seems to be a massive sponge.

[tritscwa]

Activating the med bay won't help. It is scripted to bypass that.

It is a boss so yeah it is tough. Time to break out all your best stuff. Don't be afraid to abuse those pillars too.

[Worm🐛]

Yeah I don't know what I've got to break out, frankly. How much damage do I need to pour into the thing? It ♥♥♥♥♥ out damage and takes none.

Bringing the health bar makes it even MORE confusing because sometimes proximity mines do massive damage sometimes they do ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, there's just no rhyme or reason here.

[JonBolds]

EMP Grenades and Mag Pulse Shots, baby.

[TheBaumfaeller]

I did it with reflex booster and berserk booster than stunned it with an emp grenade and beat it to death with the energy sword.

[Worm🐛]

Yeah I got it eventually. I didn't have the mag pulse and didn't think of the reflex boosters which are a good idea

[Bakity Bak]

this boss was hard? I just used my turbo shoes to slide around the pillars and shot it with grenades and my magnum+shotgun it died in like a minute

[LegendaryThunder]

Originally posted by Worm🐛:

Yeah I got it eventually. I didn't have the mag pulse and didn't think of the reflex boosters which are a good idea

You can also use Rapier + Reflex + Stam + Berserk which makes your DPS on the same level as the best end game weapons. Remember, TTLG would often make melee a viable option in system shock.

[Kyorisu]

EMP + Berserk + Rapier.

[Ricky Icky]

Tossed like 4 prox mines about 8 frags and ran screaming like a little girl around a pillar and it did the trick...

[MaikElPipas]

I obliterated every boss in the game with berserk rapier and reflex so IDK, felt pretty easy.

The fight lasted 5 seconds or so lol

[ParasiteX]

If you find it unbalanced, then simply break the balance by lobbing EMP nades

Al-tough i do also suggest getting the Grenade Launcher on lv 4 Storage. As it makes the grenades explode on impact instead.

[Matuse]

EMP grenades completely wreck the Cortex Reaver. I beat it in less than 10 seconds. EMP grenade, berzerk patch, laser rapier. EZ.