First Diego Fight

[Mademoiselle Karma]

Okay, I'm about to give up, I've been trying the last hour to defeat Diego in the first fight and he just keeps killing me like crazy. I tried all kinds of strategies, but he is just too fast and overpowered. I play on lowest combat difficulty it shouldn't be so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hard.

How am I supposed to beat him?

[Ark Strike]

How? He was so easy, just keep your distance, avoid the grenades, hide behind pillars, you can get in melee range to bait his melee attack and pump him full of lead while pressing shift and S since you are faster than him

[Mademoiselle Karma]

He is faster than me though and once he gets in Melee Range I'm dead. :(

[kumadonburi]

The fight in the executive deck after you rifle through his apartment? Ngl, I didn't even realize I was fighting Diego the first time until the achievement popped. I wasn't expecting him to be a robo man.

Honestly that fight was quick for me, I just ran to opposite ends of the room and shot him with a combination of the Ion Pulse rifle, a railgun shell, and some teflon SMG rounts. Just keep moving and shooting, since he rarely got close to me when I did that.

[(N☆G) Jackal ★JJ★]

Rapier + berserk + reflex patch = easy win.

For the first and second fight thats the easiest strat even on hard.
He lacks abilities to counter close easily so you can just rip him to shreds.

On the final fight.... don't do that. He has a 1 shot mechanic for meleers. xD

[Myztkl©-Kev]

I just threw a bunch of mines in a row on the path coming up to the door and waited for him to push, insta-dead. I had like 7 mines cuz I never use them.

[moat]

I just kept my distance, turned on my projectile shield, used my movement boost to zip away, and just kept headshotting him with a magnum until he gave up.

Yeah, he's faster than you, but that's why I used the staircases and terrain to trip him up. I always made sure he didn't have a straightforward route to get to me. He either has to climb up or go around something.

Originally posted by Myztkl©-Kev:

I just threw a bunch of mines in a row on the path coming up to the door and waited for him to push, insta-dead. I had like 7 mines cuz I never use them.

See, this is brilliant, I have a big fat stack of mines saved up and I can't think of a better use for them either.

[Mademoiselle Karma]

I guess I will just rest a bit an try again using your guyses hints once my frustration level went down a bit. I have been a gamer since the early 90s, but I'm not really good in fighting, hence I always play games with as easy of a combat as possible. 90s system shock feels a lot easier than this... oh well I doubt I can "git good" but I will try.

[ParasiteX]

To make it stupidly easy, stock up on EMP grenades (and hope you haven't wasted them) and find the grenade launcher on lv 4 Storage. Pop a berserk stim, blast him with an EMP nade, rush in with Laser Rapier and spam like your life depended on it. When he comes to, as the stun is fairly short, rinse and repeat.

If needed, pop a reflex stim at start of fight to make it even easier.

[moat]

Originally posted by ParasiteX:

To make it stupidly easy, stock up on EMP grenades (and hope you haven't wasted them) and find the grenade launcher on lv 4 Storage. Pop a berserk stim, blast him with an EMP nade, rush in with Laser Rapier and spam like your life depended on it. When he comes to, as the stun is fairly short, rinse and repeat.

If needed, pop a reflex stim at start of fight to make it even easier.

Oh yeah.. where IS that grenade launcher? I feel like I've been all over Storage from top to bottom.

[ParasiteX]

Originally posted by moat:

Originally posted by ParasiteX:

To make it stupidly easy, stock up on EMP grenades (and hope you haven't wasted them) and find the grenade launcher on lv 4 Storage. Pop a berserk stim, blast him with an EMP nade, rush in with Laser Rapier and spam like your life depended on it. When he comes to, as the stun is fairly short, rinse and repeat.

If needed, pop a reflex stim at start of fight to make it even easier.

Oh yeah.. where IS that grenade launcher? I feel like I've been all over Storage from top to bottom.

It's in same room with the laser bridge jump puzzle. Just behind the switches for the bridges. I completely missed it myself my first time in Storage.

[Proudly Toxic]

Just go to storage before you fight him.

If you fully explore the place and reduce the security level to 0% you'll be walking out of there with goodies that will make everything easier.

Alternatively, you can find the Railgun in Executive level. There is not going to be more ammo for it for a long time, and the only enemies worth killing with it are bosses like Diego, and enemies you aren't going to run into until you reach the Security Deck (Which is when ammo for it starts becoming available again).

[moat]

Originally posted by ParasiteX:

Originally posted by moat:

Oh yeah.. where IS that grenade launcher? I feel like I've been all over Storage from top to bottom.

It's in same room with the laser bridge jump puzzle. Just behind the switches for the bridges. I completely missed it myself my first time in Storage.

*slaps forehead* I'm going back to get it. I must get it. For my collection.

[LegendaryThunder]

Originally posted by moat:

Originally posted by ParasiteX:

It's in same room with the laser bridge jump puzzle. Just behind the switches for the bridges. I completely missed it myself my first time in Storage.

*slaps forehead* I'm going back to get it. I must get it. For my collection.

I personally use the secret security room on flight deck as my personal armory. It has a lot of shelves with good lighting, good distance from several central elevators and a stash, but most importantly it has a charge station to boot.

[Mademoiselle Karma]

I finally managed by running away and shooting him with the mag pulse gun :O

[Kain]

Just kept my distance since he can't jump over gaps.