Killing the assistance manager is almost impossible

[Kleementin]

I have an upgraded ant lion club and ant lion armor and not a chance to kill the assistance manager.
Compared to the whole game this is way too hard to do.
Tried it several times now, even with health+damage boost drinks, but naaah...
It's just not possible to do. The more you hurt that guy the more you can prepare for death by...well, too many possibilites in one room. :D

[broncowitz]

I got him in 5 tries on mild setting. The tip of standing by the blast door when the electric things go off is what got me through it. There is quite a bit of randomness to how the battle goes. Also, shooting with the bow (and I still have weakest bow and arrows) help a lot.

[Jynn]

I used lady bug armor, tier 2 hammer, and smoothies / first aid bandages and made sure to kill the minions ASAP becuase if too many are down and around you, you can be overwhelmed

during the electricity i hug the laser and wait for it to end, it took a long time but it is possible

[Makeithappen]

引用自 DootieFinger：

idk what you talking about ....... kill adds , use shield and tier 2 hammer. Watch his aoe move if it orange = laser if blue = electric corners. duck or jump over lasers. literally easy boss even on whoa cause you dont have to worry about blocking or parry just from the adds.

its all about how good was your super mario brothers skills at jumping and dodging. It took me I think 3 tries. Easily telegraphed pattern. I'll have to see how good I do on the next attempt after 1.0.

[Death]

I'm with you. It's ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ stupid that you can't even create a good weapon to use against him until after you've already beaten him. (yeah yeah. I know you can craft salt arrows, but that doesn't change the fact that it's dumb, because you shouldn't have to go ranged for one ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ fight) It's just a frustrating and very unfun experience. It also seems that once you get his health down to a certain point, he starts using lasers and the shock ♥♥♥♥ every few seconds after it ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ends giving you no time to do anything to him. Whoever thought this fight up should be kicked in the nuts. (Or box. Whatever the case may be.)

[GamingWithSilvertail]

引用自 Sadist_cain：

How did you manage to beat the broodmother? By comparison the assistant manager is fairly easy.

Antlion greatsword* not club, there is no antlion club and this Boss is resistant to slashing damage so you're making it harder for yourself there if you're not making the most of the added speed from the greatsword.
However they are weak to busting, salt & spice so using these will yield a better damage bonus.

Antlion armour is only a medium armour and it provides absolutely no benefits to melee, if you're using a bow/crossbow with salty arrows (which I would advise having available) then it will help with that through quickdraw but literally any other armour would be better imo, if you're digging the bows then try out bee armour and a marksmans cap.

Barring the red ant armour literally ANY other armour is better than what you're using.

Several safe places from the attacks and you can block them with a shield or just dodge them, lots of options.

Change your gear and your approach and you won't have a problem honestly it's not THAT difficult, I find an infected ladybug or a roly poly harder to deal with.

Obligatory git gud and madcuzbad.

The broodmother is ad control.

This fight is harder because its ad control + envorimental control

I do not understand why you think Broodmother is harder mechanically.

[Jynn]

Broodmother is annoying due to the adds and the venom, but over all not as difficult due to less environmental hazards, especially now in Full-release compared to early access Broodmother, who i struggled with a lot more

[blackphoenixx]

引用自 Jynn：

Broodmother is annoying due to the adds and the venom, but over all not as difficult due to less environmental hazards, especially now in Full-release compared to early access Broodmother, who i struggled with a lot more

The broodmother was introduced before weapon upgrades, damage types or elemental weaknesses. And before t3 weapons and armor aside from the mint mace. You actually had to work to put down the adds fast enough and not die in the process, now with good gear it's pitifully easy.

Assistant manager on the other hand still just requires you to stand in one of the many safe spots, jump or duck the lasers and shoot salt arrows. Or normal ones, that just takes a little longer.
It's not exactly the height of challenge either unless you're trying to facetank the lightning bolts instead of paying attention to where it doesn't strike.

[D. Edwards]

If ya'll think assistant manager is hard... oh boy are you in for a treat...

[HearNoEvil]

引用自 D. Edwards：

If ya'll think assistant manager is hard... oh boy are you in for a treat...

LOL facts. AM was my first boss of choice, I went into that mfer with a T2 axe and a dream. Only took 1 try but he kept me on the edge of my seat.

[MRV1N]

引用自 broncowitz：

I got him in 5 tries on mild setting. The tip of standing by the blast door when the electric things go off is what got me through it. There is quite a bit of randomness to how the battle goes. Also, shooting with the bow (and I still have weakest bow and arrows) help a lot.

u play on mild,there is no challenge at all at assist manager lol

[Sketchazoid]

If you keep stunning/staggering the Assistant Manager he will never even use his laser or electric pylon ability. When my wife and I figured this out he became a complete pushover of a boss. Just keep the aggression going and don't let up.

[MRV1N]

引用自 Death：

I'm with you. It's ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ stupid that you can't even create a good weapon to use against him until after you've already beaten him. (yeah yeah. I know you can craft salt arrows, but that doesn't change the fact that it's dumb, because you shouldn't have to go ranged for one ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ fight) It's just a frustrating and very unfun experience. It also seems that once you get his health down to a certain point, he starts using lasers and the shock ♥♥♥♥ every few seconds after it ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ends giving you no time to do anything to him. Whoever thought this fight up should be kicked in the nuts. (Or box. Whatever the case may be.)

me and my friend fought him with 1 crossbow and 1 black ant sword on whoa mode,cleared him frist try,thanks to burgl's white board hint to the boss fight,which u can find in the lab.

[CodyShaffer1025]

Assistant manager is arguably the easiest boss in the game.

What you could do is use a partially upgraded Tier 2 hammer, the insect hammer, and then while your at a distance from him use a crossbow to shoot during lazer phases if needed.

Also use smoothies as healing potions, i prefer the fuzz on the rocks with muscle sprout as a base as my healing potions, and throw in a liquid rage potion if the damage is needed.

But all and all on woah mode assistant kinda still fell over, the other bosses are harder, the hardest one i fully upgraded a sour ox hammer + a full stack of healing pots, 3 damage pots, and the spider sliders because he was an actual nightmare if you didnt stagger him effectively.

[Ǵ̶͓̂͑lí̴̤̀̄́tcĥ̸]

To hide from the lightning while lazers are going, hug the center pylon in the room and just jump or crouch under whatever lazer you have to dodge (depending on the angle you circle it). Trust me, it's easy, and the lightning doesn't hit the middle pylon.

You can also simultaneously use this to block the shots from the assistant manager itself as they bounce off the pylons. Basically keep him on the other side of the middle pylon while hugging it until the electricity disappears, then beat on him. 3 hit combo between shots and while he begins to activate the hazards you have a free like 6 hit combo there (more with lighter weapons of course).

[Dark]

When I first faced assistant manager, the only busting tool I had was my Hammer, +my crow crossbow. But got overwhelmed.

For some reason, on my second attempt when I went to fist build and focused on adds, I actually beat him. Was not expecting that. Lil fist + truffle shuffle go face. Occasional crossbow when I have to dodge environmental.