Draexzhan wrote: ↑5 years ago
Question: Is there a method for the One Arm / One Finger achievements for Viy that
doesn't involve a bunch of face-tanking?
For those unfamiliar: the achievements Draexzhan's asking about are achievements for beating all of the guardians and the final boss without using subweapons. One Arm is doing so on normal mode. One Finger is doing so on hard mode.
In my opinion, the four most important elements (in no particular order, except that the last one is a spoiler) are:
- Using the better-air-control-during-double-jumps method described by FPZero above.
- Patience later in the fight, when Viy starts angling the laser and destroying more of the platforms. Rather than charge the eyestalk every time it emerges, I prefer towards the end of the fight to wait until it extends WITHOUT the laser first having been fired, so I have far more intact platform space to attack it.
- Relying on the Silver Shield, which can be used for the One Arm / One Finger achievements without repercussions. It can block the small fireballs launched when the eyestalk extends AND the small beams fired by the extended eye.
- Facing this battle with better damage output and better defense than raocow currently has. Both of which is possible.