Boss Battle Edward Diego Finale Form

[AKA-Liam]

Just before you get to the Bridge level after climbing the ladder up from the security level you are treated to another Edward Diego fight this time in his finale form. When at distance he fires rockets that have a lot of splash damage, the pillars do not stop that much even if you keep moving. Up close he has a plasma rifle that also melts through your health.

I had some issues with this boss fight however I did find an easy way of beating him.

As soon as you enter, rail gun him to the face. Sprint with the boots upgrade on, right up to the wall of the raise platform hes on, and crouch. He cant see you and for whatever reason just kinda stands there. Back up and fire your rail gun again. then go back against the wall. He looks like he does walk to the platform edge, but if you stay against the wall and crouch, he wont do anything. Repeat until dead. To note he can hit you while your here, but only when you back up. Use the moments while hidden to heal and reload. He took 5 rail gun shots on normal, but I also may have maybe missed one. If you don't have a rail gun then I'm sure any weapon will also work.

For anyone who is more visual here is a video of the boss fight from my first play through.
https://youtu.be/A1iLdTuT45A

[Solid Gamer]

I use same strategy by him, however I run to the right side and duck under those "spikes", then shoot with magnum in his chest. Fight with him on distance is suicide.

[AKA-Liam]

Originally posted by Solid Gamer:

I use same strategy by him, however I run to the right side and duck under those "spikes", then shoot with magnum in his chest. Fight with him on distance is suicide.

Yeah I'm not sure what went on with the design of this fight honestly. The pillars can be destroyed, but they also don't really block the rocket barrage either so is weird either way.

He punishes you up close, and punishes you at a distance, hugging the wall hardly feels intended but its fairly in balanced which was one of the reason I didnt really feel bad about hugging the wall

[lazyd00d]

The upgraded assault rifle(automatic and 30 round mag) with penetration rounds and a reflex patch shreds him to pieces if anyone wants an ez hold m1 strat.

[(N☆G) Jackal ★JJ★]

Originally posted by lazyd00d:

The upgraded assault rifle(automatic and 30 round mag) with penetration rounds and a reflex patch shreds him to pieces if anyone wants an ez hold m1 strat.

On hard I tried that and it took way to long.
I ended up just hitting him with a plasma round and then used 4 rail gun shots.

[Doorman]

Used the time stop, beserk, and speed patches coupled with EMP grenades you can kill him EZ with Lazer rapier.

[Some Random Guy]

i just use a berserk patch then emp him and beat him to death with the laser rapier lol

[UG || Pilot007]

Originally posted by Some Random Guy:

i just use a berserk patch then emp him and beat him to death with the laser rapier lol

Berserk, reflex and then booty clap with the green laser rapier. It's the same strat as the OG game.

[(N☆G) Jackal ★JJ★]

Originally posted by UG || Pilot007:

Originally posted by Some Random Guy:

i just use a berserk patch then emp him and beat him to death with the laser rapier lol

Berserk, reflex and then booty clap with the green laser rapier. It's the same strat as the OG game.

For final form?
He has a 1 shot mechanic for melee in that fight.

I did that on his other two forms but on hard his last fight doing that was resulted in getting 1 shot.

[AKA-Liam]

Thanks for the input everyone, just seeing if other people had any better ways, as he hits like a truck. I didn't really used many of the patches in my run of the game. I may try a patch boots and rapier run at some point, ans running straight in and whacking also seems like a viable tactic

[Cinn]

Thank you! Your strategy worked perfectly!

[trgz]

I'm amazed I'm one of the 5% that have killed him with the rapier, only because 17% have killed him, which means 12% did it with another weapon! How?!!! At least I'm past him...

[Crypto Gamer]

Second berserk also gives dmg boost just less than the first one.
Third has no effect.

Emp duration got nerfed.


Still you can use reflex path+2 berserk boosters pre battle.

Emp him and laser rapier down his weakspot in 1 cycle.

With just 1 berserk he will likely go online on combat 3 due to emp duration nerf.

[Ninn]

Before the fight starts use the reflex patch that slows down time, then hit him with EMP grenade launcher as soon as you get control back. Run up to him, EMP him again as he starts to wake up, hit him once or twice with a charged rapier attack. Switch back to grenade launcher and reload as he's teleporting. Have sensaround enabled so you can see on the minimap where he teleports to, then hit him with another EMP as soon as he appears. Repeat 4 times or so.

I beat him this way and he never even had the chance to fire off a single rocket. It took me a few tries, but all my deaths were from him boxing me into an alcove and punching me to death because I forgot to check the minimap.