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[Resident Evil Revelations] Campaign Boss - Draghignazzo. Knife-Only. No Damage Taken.

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This boss is alone, and appears to be easy at first. But only at first.

First of all - defence:
Boss has 3 points, which can be hit with a knife. Left hand (with soft tissue in it’s “palm”), right side and it’s head. 
Head takes 20% more damage, but it can be reached only when boss gets stunned. 
And boss gets stunned after ~30-40 stabs. Exact number depends on Parker’s aim. When boss is stunned, new hits do not count towards next one. 
Explosions stun boss instantly, but as far as I know - damage is not very high. Don’t have exact numbers, but my feeling it’s ~5% of full HP. Still, my advice is to keep explosive tanks until phase 3 (see below).
Last but not least - Parker's damage actually helps, especially on phase 3. Which makes it less "knife-only", but it's not like I can do anything about it.

Boss has 4 attacks:
1 - Ram. Boss faces you, puts it’s left hand in front of itself and runs ahead. Direction may be corected a bit ti reach player. After that, boss stops for a few seconds and gives chance to be hit up to 8 times (if it stopped close to you). Also, as boss turns around before the ram itself, it’s left hand or right side can be hit once, if you can reach those. After phase 3 starts, this attack is used more rarely, and In ~50% cases, instead of full run, boss stops almost right away - you can be far away from him at that point, so it’s hard to do some damage.
2 - Turnaround. Used if you are close but not in front of the boss. Cannot be dodged. But if you hitting the right side of the boss and stand at the right angle, it can be consistently avoided. Still, by phase 3 it may get dangerous, because boss may either start rush right after that turn, or it may randomly turn around twice. Also, if you stand there, you must be extra aware of ground shake.
3 - Ground shake. Only used at phases 2 and 3. Every ~30 seconds (there is cooldown) boss rises his hand, then slams the ground with it. Huge area of effect, and low damage, but it knocks you down. Normally, you can shoot it to stun the boss, but with knife it’s impossible, so the only way to avoid it is to run far away. Running behind corner helps, even if you are too close. This attack makes it very dangerous to hit bosses right side, because slightest delay will get you damaged. Also, very rarely, this attack also makes boss stop for few seconds - but it is very inconsistent.
4 - Rush. Only used at phase 3. Very similar to ram, but it is used instantly and only if you are in front of the boss. And last difference - after rush, boss doesn’t stop for few seconds to rest - it is instantly ready to hit you again with something. If you slowly strafe to your left, while being on average distance from the boss, you may direct his rush. Rush doesn’t start between steps, and since 2 steps take ~1 second, you have a small window to stand in it’s way and prepare to dodge.

Now to tactics:
Phase 1 - Only ram and turnaround are used. Rams can be easily avoided and countered.

Phase 2 starts after ~130 hits (~1/3%hp off), which is 2 stuns and at least 30-40 more stabs (more, if you didn’t hit boss while it was stunned). Same tactic as phase 1, but now ground shake must be taken into account, so player should run away every half a minute (usually every 3-4 rams, or 1-2 rams and 1 stun).

Phase 3 starts after ~260 hits (~2/3%hp off), which is 5 stuns and at least 20-30 more stabs. First thing - it’s best to use exploding tanks at that phase, to shorten it. 
I’ll be honest - I cannot say for sure if I find best consistent tactic against that boss.
My approach is to be extra careful, wait for rams and hit boss’ hand after it. Sometimes I can hit it couple of times after rush. Also, I try to manupulate boss into rushing into the corners - so possible ground shakes get less dangerous, plus I’ve noticed, that ram is more often used from there for some reason. But maybe it’s just my imagination.
_Maybe_ it’s possible to hit bosses right side, make it turn around and then either quickly move away, or dodge rush. But it’s very risky on that distance, plus ground shake gets way harder to avoid - so to me this tactic is inconsistent.

If you have any questions or suggestions - be my guest and leave a comment :)

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