I didn't have too much of an issue fighting the Shapechanger. Admittedly, I needed to replace Lelianna with Alistair, or Sten, since she just died when the dragon looked at her too hard. Between us, though, we knocked her down to a quarter of her health...but then it was just me fighting her on my own. Wynne had already died...even though she survived a fair while.Irriduccibilli said:
Wait a second, that WORKED?!
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In fighting Kefka's final form, I decided to mix it up a bit seeing as how I was just casting Ultima+Quick followed by a quad Ultima attack. I had Locke steal from every target on the way up to the boss, one of which was the Ragnarok sword. When I got up to Kefka, I decided to not cast Quick (unless it was to save my team) or Ultima, thinking it would add a little to the difficulty. Enter Shadow, who was also on my team at this time, who I had THROW the afore mentioned Ragnarok sword.
One. Hit. Kill.
I then spent the next 20 minutes explaining why I shouted "You've gotta be fucking kidding me!" as loud as I did to my mother. I didn't get grounded, though she did warn me to refrain me from using that kinda language loudly. When I retorted, "Kinda like you do when this sorta thing happens to you?", I got grounded for a week.
One. Hit. Kill.
I then spent the next 20 minutes explaining why I shouted "You've gotta be fucking kidding me!" as loud as I did to my mother. I didn't get grounded, though she did warn me to refrain me from using that kinda language loudly. When I retorted, "Kinda like you do when this sorta thing happens to you?", I got grounded for a week.
Not a boss exactly, but I was once playing MW2 and I randomly threw Semtex over a wall where I though someone was. It stuck on to someone who panicked and ran into someone else, killing them both. MY reaction was "Wow, that actually worked."
First play-through of Mass Effect 2 I bought the Cain towards the end of the game. The only time I had enough ammo to really use it was on the final boss and ended up one hitting it. It was rather anti-climactic.
Oddly enough the other is another Bioware game. The Archdemon battle on my first play-through consisted of an archer rogue and I sat in one spot after the halfway point of the battle where no darkspawn would approach me and the Archdemon wouldn't move around. It then consisted of me sitting in that spot picking him off with my bow. Took far longer than it should have, but I was just sitting there sipping on my drink laughing that it was working. Mind you, getting to that point alone was a daunting task on hard.
Oddly enough the other is another Bioware game. The Archdemon battle on my first play-through consisted of an archer rogue and I sat in one spot after the halfway point of the battle where no darkspawn would approach me and the Archdemon wouldn't move around. It then consisted of me sitting in that spot picking him off with my bow. Took far longer than it should have, but I was just sitting there sipping on my drink laughing that it was working. Mind you, getting to that point alone was a daunting task on hard.
And from Deus Ex:
pretty much this but with gunther hermann in the cathedral.
On the carrier plane not too far into the game, you have the choice to either murder a prime resistance leader, or let your partner kill him, or kill your partner yourself to get all the info from the leader.
I could not kill my partner, since she was WAAAAY too strong. So I thought...Huh...she always runs in from this one hallway...what if I just stick a mine to the wall? And I did, and then when she was supposed to run in, on cue....BOOM. One hit kill, very big mess.
I could not kill my partner, since she was WAAAAY too strong. So I thought...Huh...she always runs in from this one hallway...what if I just stick a mine to the wall? And I did, and then when she was supposed to run in, on cue....BOOM. One hit kill, very big mess.
pretty much this but with gunther hermann in the cathedral.
I was just playing Pokemon: White, and I actually killed my rival's Servine with my weaker Drilbur.
That is awesome, Necromancers FTWlordofthenight said:
OT, you can counter attack with the hidden blade in the final boss fight of Assassin's Creed for an instant kill. Nice way to skip a lot of annoying dialogue and running around
I have to admit that someone else's strategy of kneeing Cesare in the balls to death sounds even better though
The big dinosaur boss in the goron temple in Zegend of Zelda oot. We spent ages trying to figure out what to do, I leave my brother fighting it but before I leave I jokingly say "Ha woundn't it be funny if you had to throw a bomb in its mouth?" and we both laughed. I come back later, find out that is EXACTLY what you have to do.
A prime example of a tactic that you wouldn't expect to work at all is the Krouser fight in re4. Knife the bastard and he goes down quicker than a virgins undies in a brothel.
A prime example of a tactic that you wouldn't expect to work at all is the Krouser fight in re4. Knife the bastard and he goes down quicker than a virgins undies in a brothel.
Besides the ever common, "use a life item" to kill undead in FF, the one think that that springs to my mind come from Mass Effect 1.
The easiest way too kill a thresher maw. find the "sweet" spot, just far enough away it can't melee you, but close enough that it won't go under ground again. Then, shot it, and "hop" each time it fires it's acid at you. Once he fingls his head back to spit, hit the jets. You'll never take damage. Ever. Once he's down to a sliver, hop out, pop a cap in his head, and collect full XP.
Now granted, i never considerd the maw's hard per say, but more time consuming. This method is easy and fast, as they'll never reground themselves if your in the right spot.
The easiest way too kill a thresher maw. find the "sweet" spot, just far enough away it can't melee you, but close enough that it won't go under ground again. Then, shot it, and "hop" each time it fires it's acid at you. Once he fingls his head back to spit, hit the jets. You'll never take damage. Ever. Once he's down to a sliver, hop out, pop a cap in his head, and collect full XP.
Now granted, i never considerd the maw's hard per say, but more time consuming. This method is easy and fast, as they'll never reground themselves if your in the right spot.
AvauntVanguard said:
Yeah but he comes back to life afterwards and you still have to kill his posessed form.
OT: In Fallout New Vegas I mostly buggered about rather than follow the main mission. I had Rex and Boone with me. I went to Cottonwood Cove, quite by accident really. Managed to slaughter everyone there, got on the raft to Caesar's camp, walked right in with Boone and Rex and pretty much just let them tear everyone appart. Caesar and his entire army was dead in a few minutes. I was like... "Yeah so what was the problem then? Why couldn't the god damned NCR do that!?"
My method for her was, hide on one of the taller buildings, devour a couple hunters till I was critical mass. At that point I would take a flying leap above her and do a Groundspike Graveyard right on top of her, doing major damage to all portions of her body. Rinse and repeat.Varanfan9 said:
So I'm playing Battlefield 1942 on the Midway map, and I'm at the helm of the Yamato battleship. Having just shelled the crap out of Midway island and sunk a destroyer, I'm feeling pretty satisfied when I feel the dreaded thump-thump of two torpedo impacts. Knowing I'm probably screwed, I look for the damn sub, hoping enough of the conning tower is visible enough for me to shoot him. He's submerged, but to my surprise, he's directly in front of me.
Several things from an old submarine game I used to play shoot through my mind:
"Japanese warships are perfectly willing to ram your sub."
"Just submerging won't prevent a ramming attack, as your periscope and conning tower can still be hit."
"Ramming does massive damage, more even than a depth charge attack."
I mash the W key down, pouring on as much steam as I can. Truthfully, I didn't expect it to work. Subs are ridiculously agile in that game, and he could just dive under me and finish me at his leisure. But he doesn't. He stays at periscope depth, lobbing torpedoes at me as I'm gaining speed. By now I'm driving that 80,000 ton battleship faster than I ever thought it could go. I'm nearly on him, and still he doesn't dive, and I think "Holy crap, this is going to work." I switch to the outside view, and make sure I get a good look.
The impact lifted his sub clean out of the water, crushing him against the bow of my battleship, rolls completely over, and is crushed under the Yamato's keel.
I was laughing my ass off after that, believe me.
Several things from an old submarine game I used to play shoot through my mind:
"Japanese warships are perfectly willing to ram your sub."
"Just submerging won't prevent a ramming attack, as your periscope and conning tower can still be hit."
"Ramming does massive damage, more even than a depth charge attack."
I mash the W key down, pouring on as much steam as I can. Truthfully, I didn't expect it to work. Subs are ridiculously agile in that game, and he could just dive under me and finish me at his leisure. But he doesn't. He stays at periscope depth, lobbing torpedoes at me as I'm gaining speed. By now I'm driving that 80,000 ton battleship faster than I ever thought it could go. I'm nearly on him, and still he doesn't dive, and I think "Holy crap, this is going to work." I switch to the outside view, and make sure I get a good look.
The impact lifted his sub clean out of the water, crushing him against the bow of my battleship, rolls completely over, and is crushed under the Yamato's keel.
I was laughing my ass off after that, believe me.