The Hanged Man is a strong, complex boss for the last Void Intercept in The First Descendant and unlocks Hard mode upon his defeat. His attacks can wipe out squads if not taken care of properly.
"The Hanged Man stands as unique in The First Descendant's Void Intercept missions. Unlike the rest of the encounters, this elite enemy won't be taken down single-handedly, which will demand that you eventually get other players on board. Whether it's going to be with friends or your searched crew of like-minded adventurers, teamwork will be required to take down this threat.
However, numbers alone don't overcome the Hanged Man's challenge. A decent strategy is an essential element, too. To put up a good plan of action, one should know their enemy-weaknesses, strengths, and attack patterns. By better structuring the team's actions and using the characters' capabilities, you will surely win in this battle."
The Hanged Man: A Challenging Void Intercept Boss
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The Hanged Man is the powerful final boss in Story Mode in the game The First Descendant. This gigantic, stationary enemy creates a different experience compared to other bosses, with his electric attacks being very strong. If anything, the fact that he is stationary could be seen as a plus, but his wide array of deadly electrical attacks can quickly end your team's time out there.
Key Strategies for Victory:
• Resistance and Weakness: Equip at least 3100 electric resistance on gear to lessen the taken damage. Utilize Toxin-type weapons to take advantage of his weak point against toxin-type attacks.
• Hit the weak points: attacking Sensor, Rear Cover, and Core Cover can inflict most damage. Core Cover, especially, is tough to hit as it's located on the rear section of the boss's head.
• Deadly Attack Avoidance: Learn to dodge regular missiles, blasters, electric storm, orbs, and laser blast from the Hanged Man. The grappling and distance holding may turn to be effective in this respect.
Detailed Attack Breakdown:
•-Regular Missiles: These shoulder-fired projectiles can be simply dodged or grappled away.
•-Regular Blasters: The blasts from the boss's hands can be countered with a roll or double jump.
•-Electric Storm: In this attack, a blue circle appears on the ground, lighting striking it; hence, moving out of the blue circle before the strike may save you from damage and knockdowns.
• Electricity Orbs: Grapple away or keep yourself airborne to avoid these homing orbs along with their electric charges that stay.
• Laser Blast: Stay behind the shoulders of the boss when it's charging to avoid the heart-shaped cone field of attack.
Knowing all the attacks of the Hanged Man and keeping your resistance at maximum, you will definitely know where exactly to strike to finish off this behemoth of an opponent and win the game in The First Descendant.
Hanged Man Enraged
Well, actually, the most tricky part of the fight against the Hanged Man is the Rage Mode, in which the boss fills the rage gauge and becomes more dangerous each moment. When fully filled up to 100%, he strikes with a one-hit, unavoidable KO attack. To avoid such an outcome, players should remove the cube under the boss.
The cube being out lowers the rage gauge, but the boss is enraged in said mode-targeting the player with the cube. Only his mouth is vulnerable in this mode. When the gauge depletes, the cube has to be returned in order to get the boss back to normal from the enraged state.
Hanged Man Loot
The best in-game loot is retrieved after a victory against the Hanged Man Colossus. In the First Descendant, this includes the crafting materials for the most potent descendants, such as Ultimate Bunny and Enzo. He drops weapons of epic grade and modules of legendary grade. Here's a breakdown of Amorphous Patterns you can get:
Amorphous PatternReward And Drop Chances
050 Energy Activator Blueprint, Gley Spiral Catalyst Blueprint, Enzo Enhanced Cells Blueprint, Nazeistra's Devotion Nano Tube Blueprint, The Final Masterpiece Nano Tube Blueprint 051 Clairvoyance Polymer Syncytium Blueprint, Enzo Stabilizer Blueprint, Crystallization Catalyst Blueprint, Albion Cavalry Gun Polymer Syncytium Blueprint, Greg's Reversed Fate Nano Tube Blueprint
052× Ultimate Bunny Code [3%], Smithereens Nano Tube Blueprint [6%], Crystallization Catalyst Blueprint [15%], Wave of Light Nano Tube Blueprint [38%], The Final Masterpiece Synthetic Fiber Blueprint [38%]
053× Energy Activator Blueprint [3%], Enduring Legacy Nano Tube Blueprint [6%], Piercing Light Synthetic Fiber Blueprint [15%], Enzo Code [38%], Gley Enhanced Cells Blueprint [38%]
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Tips for Defeating the Hanged Man
Learning how to counter the Hanged Man's Rage mode and all his electric attacks will just not be enough. You should prepare well and thoroughly for this boss. Here are some of the most important tips: Descendants: Lepic or Ultimate Lepic-he would be the best due to his very high DPS and because he can keep a safe distance from the Hanged Man. Freyna-she deals poison-based attacks and can wipe out Kingfisher mobs. Weapons: The best working ones against the boss are Crush-type weapons-Machine Guns and Launchers with Toxin ATK modifier.
• Toxin Enhancement and Toxin Priority modules, which enhance Toxin ATK and overall damage.
Having grasped these few tips, you should know how the Hanged Man works in order to successfully beat this difficult encounter.
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