How to defeat all bosses in the Evil Within 2

How to defeat all bosses in the Evil Within 2

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Valentini Stefano

You will face Valentini Stefano in the first half of The Evil Within 2 . This will happen sooner than you might expect. This is a strong, difficult and annoying opponent, especially if you are used to going through the game in stealth. In our article on eliminating bosses, we will show you how to destroy Stefano using specific tactics.

Battle with Stefano

How Stefano Fights Against You

Stefano has several different abilities and attacks:

Teleportation, due to which accurate and targeted shooting at the enemy is significantly complicated.
A flying knife attack that is fairly easy to dodge.
A knife attack with a slashing blow at close range, which is much more difficult to dodge.
Dash attack followed by several hits.
Explosive boxes that spawn on the battlefield (cause a slowdown).
In the background, in the sky, you can see a huge eye – a camera lens. If he finds you, he will immediately hit with his long branches (breaking down the walls).

As such, he has several advantages, and that is why we recommend not joining his game – it is better to lure Stefano closer to Castellanos, and not vice versa.

How to beat Stefano

Our strategy is related to the use of two types of weapons – the “Sentinel” crossbow and a shotgun. Instead of the latter, you can use any other, but our choice was made in favor of a shotgun for the reason that it gives out powerful damage at close ranges, and this is how you will have to attack a distraught photographer.

In addition, the strategy also focuses on principled defense. Let Stefano be the aggressor and get close to you. You can predict most of his actions and adapt to the movements of the enemy, which will allow you to set traps for him that he can no longer avoid.

When the battle begins, then turn around and turn to the back wall. Stop somewhere between two wall sections that form a corridor and shelter from Stefano and his lens.
Use the Sentinel Crossbow to fire bolts that trap (mostly explosive and shock / electric) between the walls and the back wall.
Wait until Stefano gets close to you.
When he gets trapped, then attack him with your second weapon (for example, a shotgun).
Walk to another wall and repeat the process.

These five steps will greatly simplify your task. Of course, the fight is still tough, but repeating this sequence is a surefire way to destroy the photographer Stefano.

There are a few more things to keep in mind:

Do not run out into open areas of the arena unless there is some urgent need to do so. These wall pieces located on the battlefield are very important. If the lens spots you, it will immediately attack and break the wall. If you lose one wall, you can adapt to what is already on the battlefield. If you lose two walls, the battle will become much more difficult.
Don’t attack Stefano from a distance. Most likely, he will have time to teleport before you shoot, and this will lead to a waste of precious ammunition. Make him come to you.
Use wall parts to hide from Stefano and the lens.
Look outside the walls to see where Stefano is.
When Stefano teleports, then approach him – in this case, he will continue to teleport, but will no longer throw a knife at you.
Shoot at the floor with an electric bolt and position yourself so that it is between you and Stefano. When the enemy begins to approach Castellanos, he will be trapped.
You can also shoot explosive bolts so that when Stefano approaches, although he is not temporarily stunned, he takes huge damage from the explosion of both arrows. Two explosive arrows – double damage, three – triple.
You need to shoot Stefano the moment he falls into the shock trap.

Guardians and Laura

Towards the end of the fourteenth chapter of The Evil Within 2, you will face a whole chain of bosses. The first one is easy to kill, the two second waves are safe-headed guardians, and then Laura will be a little more difficult. You’ve defeated all of them in the original game, but this time things will be a little different.

Fighting the Guardians

The key to defeating the keepers is to prevent getting close to them. Keep your distance, set up crossbow bolt traps and shoot from afar. These are big, strong, but not fast and not smart enough opponents. This should be your advantage!

As soon as the battle begins, turn around and run away. If you have little ammunition, then inspect the location, because some of them are scattered on it. The Guardians will begin to chase you, but you move faster than they, so with each next step you buy yourself time to attack.

Equip a crossbow and any bolts that stun or freeze your opponent. I personally like shock bolts. Shoot the wall with your crossbow, creating a trap for the keeper. Move away from it and wait for the enemy to get here.

When the keeper passes through the trap, he will be temporarily stunned and immobilized (for a few seconds). Shoot at its huge silhouette, aiming at the torso, but not at the head. It doesn’t take many successful shots for the Guardian to be defeated.

If you don’t have crossbow bolts that freeze the enemy in place, then the strategy above will still be relevant. But it’s a little more dangerous – run away from the enemy to create some safe distance between you and the guardian, turn around, aim and fire a few shots.

Fight with Laura

There are two ways to destroy Laura – one easy and the other more difficult. We’ll discuss both strategies, but if you have a flamethrower, jump over to the Easy Way section right away.

In any case, you have to destroy Laura, whose weakness is fire. In addition, Laura only has two different attacks in her arsenal, but they are very powerful. If she attacks you with her claws, she will take away a huge supply of HP. If she succeeds in grabbing Castellanos, the game will end. As with the Guardians (and other powerful opponents), the key to survival is maintaining a safe distance and planning attacks.

More time consuming way

The key to destroying Laura is associated with the location in which you find yourself, and this is how you will need to fight this boss in the event that you do not have a flamethrower in your arsenal (you did not have time to repair it) or there is no ammunition for it.

There are two valves around you and Laura in the arena. You will need to interact with the valve and press the E key several times. Repeat this process twice, because you will need to turn both valves to open the pipes with flame. This is dangerous. You will be vulnerable to devastating boss attacks. It is best to run away from Laura and start turning the valve if you are sure that she is not near you.

After turning both valves, go to the switch that resembles a yellow lantern). When Laura is in the place where the pipes under the ceiling are directed, then click on the switch and damage her.

Note . You can also defeat Laura with firearms, but you will need a lot of ammunition.

Easy way

If you have a flamethrower and bolts that stun the enemy, then the fight with Laura will turn into an easy test. Equip the Guardian and fire your Shock Bolt or Freeze Bolt. I even find it difficult to say which one to give the advantage to. Here’s what to do next:

Shoot Laura with a crossbow to freeze her in place.
Shoot her with a flamethrower until she screams.
Run away to create a safe distance and reload your crossbow.
Repeat the first and second steps.
It really is as simple as it sounds.

Mother

The final boss of The Evil Within 2, The Mother, will present you with a grueling battle in which Castellanos and Mira clash face to face – or at least a genetically modified and mutated version of the protagonist’s wife. Now we will tell you how to defeat Mira in the game. The fight will begin at the end of the sixteenth chapter.

First meeting with Mira

Mira has several stages, but your goal in each of them is almost identical – you need to shoot at the glowing area on Mira’s torso.

At the beginning of the fight, shoot Mira in the stomach.
In the next step, aim for the shoulders (there will be two glowing dots).
Next, shoot at the place where the shoulder of the world used to be.
At the final stage, you need to attack the monster’s mouth.

Since Mira is the size of a multi-story building, you will need a ranged weapon here. Basically, you can use absolutely everything except the shotgun. The explosive bolts for the Sentinel do an excellent job. Most likely, this happens for the reason that in the case of explosive bolts, you do not need to conduct aimed shooting – it is enough to hit a huge body somewhere near the luminous point, due to which the explosion will touch the vulnerable spot you need.

There is another part of the battle that will take place between the second and third phases. Mira will let large spiders in your direction, which you will have to shoot. But from this you can get just the greatest benefit – ammunition and other useful items fall out of each spider.

Otherwise, during the fight with the boss, you need to shoot at him and avoid his attacks. The latter is not so difficult to implement! Just move left or right while facing the monster.