Boss - The sword

[Guardian50]

has anyone managed to defeat this boss?

i manage to lower his health bar to 1/4 with mines and grenades, but then his mode changes to were you cannot really damage it otherwise than in close combat and well then he simply roast you with his flamethrowers.

[FXKLM]

I don't think there is a secret to it, but it's tough. Hiding behind the car usually buys enough time to use a bandage. And it's better to damage it with melee weapons before resorting to grenades since its attacks are tougher at the end. And then fully upgraded grenades and a bandolier are helpful.

[Guardian50]

thx

[Aniaran]

Just get up close and kick the ♥♥♥♥ out of it with the sledge. It's honestly not hard if you don't try to stay at distance.

Dodge the heavy stomps and just heavy attack with the sledge and it'll go down in about 30/40 seconds.

Edit: Oh, and obviously circle-strafe to keep ahead of the gunshots. Might need to stop attacking for a moment to dodge the flamethrowers but it's not too bad.

[Bazerkerjoe]

Originally posted by FXKLM:

I don't think there is a secret to it, but it's tough. Hiding behind the car usually buys enough time to use a bandage. And it's better to damage it with melee weapons before resorting to grenades since its attacks are tougher at the end. And then fully upgraded grenades and a bandolier are helpful.

When you first encounter him its a pain in the arse. If you die, just work your way around to his backside and hit him with a power attack. That should peel a good chuck of his health. Then just keep him in melee range and move around him, tying to keep behind him. He will go down easy enough.

[Neyreyan_Youtube]

after using mines, grenades and rifle you can run away and bandage.
There is a nice window when he crouched down and becomes a turret, the pattern is made so you have 3-4 seconds to hit it if you are behind it before it gets up again.

I wouldnt try to hit it any other way since it's a 1 shot barbecue fest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJCjlA17cvE

[lexilogo]

I recommend just trying to get into a rhythm of circling it in melee range. If you get the speed right, and use your roll to reposition when necessary, you can pretty comfortably dodge both the stomp attacks and the rotating gun.

[Duke Zymurgy]

I ran circles around him and hit him with a sledgehammer. When my health got below 50%, I ran NW to the house by the tomb and cooked some food to heal. come back he's shut down but still damaged. Just start him up and repeat until dead.

[wilhelmyang]

Pretty simple if you have 'culinarist' perk (the one enables you to eat food you are carrying for health). Put the bridge down, if your health is in a critical state rush back to the nearest bonfire crate and take out food in it, eat them, then go back fighting with full health. Since you don't activate the bonfire the Sword will not replenish its health so you can use this trick to slowly grind it. But I'd advise you to use this trick quick since dev may see this as kinda bug and get it fixed.

[zen]

Get close enough to him to bait the flamethrower ,as soon as he stops using it get in close whack him a couple time and back off.. rinse and repeat. Its actually quite an easy boss.

[marco]

For someone with my bad reflexes, this is the most annoying thing in the game yet :(

Edit: Ok it took my a dozen attempts and a lot of foul language but I finally did it and the gratification is real.

[[TB]Turbotobi]

Originally posted by zenFX:

Get close enough to him to bait the flamethrower ,as soon as he stops using it get in close whack him a couple time and back off.. rinse and repeat. Its actually quite an easy boss.

This doesn´t work for me, every time I come closer, he will start autoaiming me permanently, no chance to flip around him. I´m trying it for several hours and nothing works for me...

[crazyoldjay]

I see all these people talking about sledgehammer? Um What? Katana+5 all the way, katana hits 2.5? times faster then sledge for 126 with motorcycle helmet on. Strafe, roll and katana. Equip run speed, and dodge items and sword went down on 3rd try

[iMatrix7]

Originally posted by FXKLM:

I don't think there is a secret to it, but it's tough. Hiding behind the car usually buys enough time to use a bandage. And it's better to damage it with melee weapons before resorting to grenades since its attacks are tougher at the end. And then fully upgraded grenades and a bandolier are helpful.

I quote him.
Used the same technique and he felt down quiiiiiiiiite easily. You need to follow this guide at letter. I also used the sledgehammer, not even the katana. :) Wasn't necessary.

[Sushi_Rocks]

It's really easy. Just take bandages with you, grenades and knifes. You also need the sledge hammer, the street warrior outfit and the baseball cap.
Then equip the rolling upgrade and develop it to the maximum level. Also equip the bandolier and the coffee can.

You will be so freaking fast that you can just roll around the enemy and then you just have to use heavy hits on him to get his health down. Once it's down to 1/4, drop all the grenades and knifes with the baseball hat on on him.

Also get 12 hours of sleep before going into the boss fight.
Eazy peezy.

[zen]

I didnt even take bandages, warrior outfit or the cap. I just danced around him baited flamethrower, hit him 2-3 times back off and repeat for each phase.