Strategies for dodging g2's hand coming through the roof?

[bulldog0890]

The only thing i've found that usually works is standing riiight up against the right side of the shutter g2 rips down later. but when the hand comes down, you HAVE to move because when he pulls his hand back up the sway will hit you. then go back to that corner and repeat until he rips the door down

is there anything else and even lazier that works?

[Explodium]

Yes actually.

To the right of the circuit box, there is some clutter between it and the shutter. Just hug up alongside its left side and the wall and you're completely untouchable.

[Strike]

Just to the left of the door birkin bursts out of there is a bucket with a green hose wrapped around it. If you stand in front if it just slightly to the left you can just stand still and he cant hit you

[Xengre]

Yes. Take a single grenade and throw it right at the left side of the shutter. G2 has its real primary hitbox on the other side due to lazy programming and the explosion will hit him through the shutter instantly ending that phase. If you do it fast enough the hand wont even come from the roof once after the initial fight activation.

[cpwarrior88]

Originally posted by Xengre:

Yes. Take a single grenade and throw it right at the left side of the shutter. G2 has its real primary hitbox on the other side due to lazy programming and the explosion will hit him through the shutter instantly ending that phase. If you do it fast enough the hand wont even come from the roof once after the initial fight activation.

This ^

Done this forever, speeds it up for real serious speedruns.

[talgaby]

If you don't want to use a hand grenade, just stand beside the clutter as was mentioned or on the left side of the shutter. He can only push through some pre-determined spots, if you stand between them, he won't hit you.

[Bullett00th]

I wonder what the LEGIT tactic for avoiding the hand is.

It was clearly designed with not letting Birkin read your movement. Sure, you can nade him or hug one of the two invincible spots but that's cheese. Just wondering if there's a reliable way to dodge

[Raemnant]

Originally posted by Bullett00th:

I wonder what the LEGIT tactic for avoiding the hand is.

It was clearly designed with not letting Birkin read your movement. Sure, you can nade him or hug one of the two invincible spots but that's cheese. Just wondering if there's a reliable way to dodge

I've always just ran back and forth in a random pattern. I dont get hit this way. I didnt know about the grenade trick though, thats really cool

[NeoRizer]

Two ways:

Shove your head under the fan and wait for about a minute for his 4 claw attacks through the ceiling, you lose about a minute on a speed run.

- OR -

Toss a nade at the door... take your pick.

Those are the safest ways...

I mean if you really want to run circles around the room and rely on RNG, go for it but that's just idiotic. I mean if you were really in that situation would you run around the room or would you stand in a spot the monster couldn't kill you?

[BassChamber]

There are some blind spots where he can not reach you.

You can also shot the hand with magnum, ending the attacks sequence.

[Bullett00th]

Originally posted by Raemnant:

I've always just ran back and forth in a random pattern. I dont get hit this way. I didnt know about the grenade trick though, thats really cool

You're extremely lucky then or figured out proper timing. before I knew about the safe spots it was completely random for me. Sometimes he wouldn't get me once, other times it seemed like he knew where to hit every time.

Originally posted by NeoRizer:

I mean if you really want to run circles around the room and rely on RNG, go for it but that's just idiotic. I mean if you were really in that situation would you run around the room or would you stand in a spot the monster couldn't kill you?

There's no RNG. He tracks where you are, the trick is to fool him and chenge your location just before the arm hits.

As for comparing this to a supposed real life situation - I doubt there would be an 'exploit' that allowed you to stay in one place safely given that he knows where you are. It was designed to be dodged so I want to know how to do it legit.

Originally posted by holychair:

Question is: Are there any clues that let you predict where the claw comes down here in the 2019 version?

There is dust coming from the ceiling as well, just more subtle, as well as sound clues as to where he is located. Also after he's made some holes with his hand you can actually see him walking on the ceiling when he passes by these openings, so it's not like he magically teleports around the place.

It's definitely not random.

[GustavGlaven]

Just stand to the left of the door that he busts through and hug the wall. He can't touch you there.

[TheSwampylad]

I like to run from one side to the other in a zig zag formation. Always works for me

[talgaby]

The "legit" tactic is running in a circle. You can see where hs is pushing through since he can only do it at the center of the ceiling panels, and they shake before he hits, but there is not enough time to get out of the way, like in the old RE2. However, he always targets the panel you were currently under the frame the attack is winding up, so if you keep moving, you will never get hit.