Now all you have to do is get his HP to 10%. It's really just a matter of waiting for the right time to strike and precision with blade mode. Metal Gear Solid: Rising Revengeance Walkthrough - Metal Gear-Solid-Rising-Revengeance 304Īnd that's basically how the whole battle will go. Get behind him and go into blade mode, then slash at the red box to deal some damage and stun him for a short time. You'll know he's doing it when he starts to glow green. Metal Gear Solid: Rising Revengeance Walkthrough - Metal Gear-Solid-Rising-Revengeance 303Īfter a while of dealing some damage on him, Armstrong will start sucking out life force from the machines around. Although you'll lose your sword and you'll have to reclaim it by approaching it and pressing B. Block it and you'll go into QTE, press the buttons correctly and you'll shave off atleast 30% of his health. Metal Gear Solid: Rising Revengeance Walkthrough - Metal Gear-Solid-Rising-Revengeance 302Īnother great attack that you should be looking out for is Armstrong charging his left hand and coming after you with his left hand raised and engulfed in flames. This will also drop some items like health kits for you if you hit him.
Armstrong will emerge from the rocks and you'll be able to hit him in blade mode. Metal Gear Solid: Rising Revengeance Walkthrough - Metal Gear-Solid-Rising-Revengeance 301Īfter the third boulder, don't let go of the blade mode button. I tried doing this level with a mouse and keyboard and it was just nearly impossible to get through this part, so I highly recommend a controller. This is what all those blade mode practices were for. Go into blade mode and take your time with destroying the rocks. When you get his HP down to 150%, Armstrong will jump up where you can't reach him and start throwing large rocks at you. Metal Gear Solid: Rising Revengeance Walkthrough - Metal Gear-Solid-Rising-Revengeance 300 This guy is no joke with the sheer amout of damage he can do and his near peerless defence. Just focus on surviving and putting in some damage here and there whenever you can safely land some hits.ĭon't be too greedy with hits, you'll die.
It's going to take a while to drop his HP but you'll get there. Metal Gear Solid: Rising Revengeance Walkthrough - Metal Gear-Solid-Rising-Revengeance 299īasically the only time that you can damage Armstrong is after blocking his attack and when you do a perfect parry. It may take a bit of practice to get the technique down, but you'll eventually get it. Ninja run as soon as you see him do this, then jump away as he's about to grapple you.
It's the same one as the previous battle, where he glows yellow and dashes after you. He will also have 1 unblockable move at this stage. Metal Gear Solid: Rising Revengeance Walkthrough - Metal Gear-Solid-Rising-Revengeance 298
The first 2 is easy to avoid, the third one you'll have to avoid the crack and wait for them to burst into flames and disappear before you move around again.
These will always mean either a straight line of fire, a fire wall or cracks on the ground. Metal Gear Solid: Rising Revengeance Walkthrough - Metal Gear-Solid-Rising-Revengeance 297Įvery time he uses an attack that looks flashy, like the first one where there's a tremendous amount of aura around him, you should ninja run around and watch out for his attack. Metal Gear Solid: Rising Revengeance Walkthrough - Metal Gear-Solid-Rising-Revengeance 296Īt the very beginning of the battle, Armstrong will charge up an attack and slam the ground twice in a row, run up to him immediately after the second one and start attacking him. Oh yeah, and also he has 200% HP instead of 100% and he can easily cleave off 25% of your HP. Meaning if you die, you repeat everything from when he had 200% HP. Much like Sam's and Sundowner's boss battle, there aren't any checkpoints mid battle. And by my word this was not an easy boss battle. This is when the real boss battle begins. Boss Battle: Senator Armstrong Part 2 Metal Gear Solid: Rising Revengeance Walkthrough - Metal Gear-Solid-Rising-Revengeance 295 You can jump to nearby pages of the game using the links above. 20 - Boss Battle: Senator Armstrong Part 2