anybody knows any cheese or strats for the guardian ape that cuts his had off?

[Thy GoD]

i always like to know starts for certain big bosses like these but of course i always try to go in blindly first. pwease halp >_<

[flow]

Set him on fire, deflect through one combo and repeat

[Powercow]

When he stands up tall and slams down you can parry that and he'll be knocked down for a little bit. If you have the spear prosthetic (the piercing one) you can stab into his neck hole and pull out a fun surprise!

[MundM]

To defeat the ape, one must become the ape! That helped me! Stay on your feed. Don't just walk around or side step, use the jump button and your grappling hook often! Don't try to defeat him quickly, for me, it took at least 10 minutes to kill him.

Really, keep your distance, learn his move set, he really only has a few combos to learn and all of them leave him open for 2-3 attacks. He can even be stun locked.

Watch out for his throw, best run left or right when he jumps and then jump away a second after he's thrown the boulder.

That's it, you got phase 1...

[Xengre]

Phase 1 you can set him on fire after tossing oil on him for a good long stun (much better than fireworks) and extra dmg then wail on him a bunch while he is stunned. Beside that just fight him per usual.

Phase 2 with no attached head you can cheese it by keeping away (get close enoughish to make him swap up attack patterns or he will just perma chase) until he does his slide attack on his stomach and jump over to around neck or further behind and hit him a bunch quickly and back off once he decides to do something else. Back off when he is about to scream ASAP. Rinse repeat for easy win.

[Thy GoD]

Originally posted by Powercow:

When he stands up tall and slams down you can parry that and he'll be knocked down for a little bit. If you have the spear prosthetic (the piercing one) you can stab into his neck hole and pull out a fun surprise!

wait what

[chmbr]

I sprinted around constantly, staying just out of reach of his attacks, dodging or grappling when needed, and getting in 1-4 hits here and there. Takes a long time but it's a pretty safe method, I think. Works in all phases

[:D]

Originally posted by chmbr:

I sprinted around constantly, staying just out of reach of his attacks, dodging or grappling when needed, and getting in 1-4 hits here and there. Takes a long time but it's a pretty safe method, I think. Works in all phases

yep, exactly this method

[Powercow]

Originally posted by ✪TGP25✪:

Originally posted by Powercow:

When he stands up tall and slams down you can parry that and he'll be knocked down for a little bit. If you have the spear prosthetic (the piercing one) you can stab into his neck hole and pull out a fun surprise!

wait what

Yeah you can go spearfishing inside the Guardian Ape's neck after that attack. Get a special animation and everything. Does a whole lotta damage too.