METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE – How to Beat Armstrong

Guide to Beat Armstrong

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You need to learn the pattern of attacks that he has, surely, it will seem to you that they are different in each fight, because they really are.

I calculated at least 5 different patterns (For all the times he defeated me) but I will tell you the easiest pattern to deduce: At the start of the fight, he will shoot an underground stream of fire at you, which is easy to dodge, just by running. But if he throws a second current at you (which is also easy to dodge) once you have dodged the two currents, attack him and be careful with the 4 hits he makes (with the parri you protect yourself easily).

So attack him every time you have to chance, after the two streams were thrown at you.

It is very likely that his next attack will be to create cracks in the ground from which lava will come out (You can deduce this because before performing this attack, he charges his fist and objects begin to levitate, this attack it’s easy to avoid, just look for an area that has no grains) after that last attack, his next ability will be the columns of fire that enclose you…

Note: Try to get away and then run to end up next to him, and position yourself behind of the. Don’t let him lock you in) after this attack, he will proceed to do area damage abilities, such as the direct lunge (which you can dodge if you have enough space, or by jumping at the right time) or charge up an explosion that does area damage (To avoid it, just walk away).

You have to reduce his life to 170% – 165% once that’s done, possibly some button sequence will happen that drops Armstrong between 160% – 140% health, at which point Armstrong will start throwing items at you… (If you’re like me, you don’t have good accuracy with the sword, so reduce the sensitivity of your mouse or your controller, that helped me).

Once that part is over, life pieces will fall that will ease your battle… However, Armstrong, too he will start to recover health when you see a green aura coming out of him (To prevent him from recovering all his health, use Sandatzu to hit him and stop him from doing it, although this will make him proceed to hit you)…

But you will have enough life to endure that damage… At this point, the battle continues and repeats, until Armstrong is at 10% – 0% health.