Concrete Man

25 September 2008
S.A. Renegade

Concrete Man is one of the harder bosses. He'll probably take you a few tries to bring down. He can also sometimes be a little cheap.

He's got 3 modes of attack. His first, and probably most dangerous one, is his Concrete Shot. He'll shoot 3 blocks of concrete at you. If any of these touch you you'll not only receive damage but also get turned to stone. Uh, I mean, concrete.

The trick to fighting Concrete Man is to stay relatively close to him. You heard right. The reason for this is that when he shoots you, he actually AIMS at your current position. Now, if you'll look at the battlefield, you can spot 4 green tiles on the floor. We'll call the ones near the walls the outer tiles, and the ones in the middle the inner tiles. When Concrete Man is standing on either side of the room, you'll want to be standing somewhat close to him. To be more specific, between the mid point of the arena and the inner tile closest to him. Not ON the inner tile. That's too close.

Learn to gauge how long it takes for him to attack, and a few moments before he does, start running AWAY from him. When he shoots you, you should be able to outrun the blocks flying at you, and even be able to jump on top of the last one and shoot him from there before he triggers his next attack. Which could be one of the next:

His second mode of attack is to charge across the room. Simply jump over him when he does this. If you're on top of a concrete block it'll be even easier since you have a height advantage. When you're close to him and anticipating a concrete shot, he might do this attack instead. Therefore you have to stay on your toes. But don't worry. Since you started running away from him in anticipation of the concrete shot, this should give you enough distance so that you can see the charge coming and be able to jump over him. You still need to be quick and alert though.

His third mode of attack, which can be a bit dangerous, is a ground pound move. He'll jump way high up and come down on your current position. When he lands, you NEED to be in the air or the tremor will make you fall down and put you in a vulnerable state. To avoid the ground pound, simply move to either side. The most important thing when it comes to this attack is to make absolutely sure that the side you move to is the one with the most space! This is important because you need a minimum amount of space to run in order to avoid the concrete shot which will surely come afterwards. Don't ever let Concrete Man corner you with this attack, because then you're pretty much screwed and avoiding damage in that situation is all but impossible.

Speaking of impossible... when the fight starts, Concrete Man will randomly do any of his attacks. However, a concrete shot right at the start of the fight is, as far as I'm aware, impossible to dodge. You'll have to hope he doesn't start with that attack or just take the damage.

The hardest part of the fight is probably when he ground pounds near the center of the arena as this leaves you with precious little room in which to dodge the subsequent concrete shot no matter which side you walk off to. However, it is still very possible to take no damage in this situation, so just get close to him before he shoots and go through the usual motions.

As always, be very alert because it's very hard to know exactly which move he will do next.

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