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BOSS 2: THESEUS (Thes1)
Recommended Upgrades:
Athena’s Blades: LvL. 2
Typhon’s Bane: LvL. 1
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This guy is a hell of a lot of fun to fight. He has 3 forms.
FORM 1:
He attacks in two ways. Sometimes he tries to combo on you (3 hits), and
sometimes he just lifts his spear and tries to slash you. Luckily, all these
attacks are blockable.
Immediately when the battle begins, block his initial attack(s). IMMEDIATELY
when he's finished, hold triangle to launch him up in the air. Then Press L1
and Circle to hit him a numerous amount of times.
That's basically the flow of this form. There may be trouble if you wait to
long to hold Triangle, causing him to counter you immediately, so make sure
your timing is right. You may also miss when you try to launch him into the
air, but you should have enough time to block his upcoming move. As long as
you consistently block his attacks and counter by holding Triangle to toss him
up into the air, you can beat this part with a full health bar. When he holds
his spear into the air and blue energy appears on both ends, you've defeated
his first form.
As an E-Mail from Imxinxcamoxflage pointed out, I forgot the attack where he
sticks his spear in you, and you have to rotate the analog stick to counter
this. He points out that doing this will dramatically shorten the time it
takes to complete the first two forms. The reason I forgot this move was,
truthfully, that I never get hit using this strategy, so he never has a chance
to nail me with it. Sorry if that threw anyone off before!
+++++super_emu writes+++++
“quite possibly the easiest fight in the whole game. this is easier than
regular baddies. as soon as the battle starts, throw him (o button). he will
block it and either throw you or attack. if he attacks, parry him. you can
parry all of his attack. if he throws you, you'll get an opportunity to
counter throw. This is the beautiful part. since you do normal damage with
throws, it only takes three throws to make him change forms. and if you mess
up the counter throw, he won't hurt too much because enemies also do normal
damage with throws.”
Note to Readers: This strategy also applies to Form 2.
FORM 2:
All right, most of what happened in Form 1 will happen again in Form 2.
However, if you catch him not attacking you and instead running to the left or
right side of the map, he is about to launch his special move. What he does
his he drives his spear into the ground, causing large blue spikes of energy
to appear three at a time. The first wave surrounds him, while the second
appear slightly ahead of them. When you see this happen, make sure you're
far away from him, and you won't be hit. If you can get a few weak hits on
him as he's running, by all means do so.
When he's done using this move, he'll charge you. Get a few hits as he's
running, then simply block whatever attack he tries to do on you, then hold
triangle to launch him up into the air. At this point, you have all the
information you need to defeat this form. Using this information and the Form
1 strategy, you should be able to get enough hits on him to cause him to
retreat to the top of the building. When that happens, you're done with Form
2.
+++++Neoflash writes+++++
“after blocking and launching his ass into the air during forms 1 and 2...YOU
CANNOT JUMP and use the special attack. you must hold triangle in order to
launch but not to jump. if you jump and do the attack....you will take a spear
to the chest and lose a more than exceptable amount of life....forms one and
two should be easily killable without taking any damage.”
I don’t believe I’ve had this problem before, come to think of it. Weird.
FORM 3:
Before I go, I’d just like to say that during Titan Mode, this is usually the
point where people start to get bitchy. This part of the fight seems to be
responsible for at least 20 of each player’s deaths while playing the game.
Never fear – that’s what the FAQs are for. =P
When he runs to the top of the building, whip out your Typhon Bane and
unload onto him. After a few seconds, he'll start launching energy balls at
you. Dodge roll each one. He launches six of them, stops a moment, then
launches five more. At this point, two minotaur will appear from the ground.
You may be able to get a few hits at them, but not too much.
This is where it gets tricky. While the minotaurs attack you, Theseus will
either launch three energy balls at you, or he'll dig his spear into the roof
and cause blue spikes to form on the ground. You have to try to kill the
minotaur for some health/magic boost while avoiding Theseus's attacks. In
order to successfully avoid his attacks, you have to keep one eye on him every
now and then. When you see him swinging his spear behind him, he's about
to dig it into the roof and use his blue spike attack. If he swings it in
front, he will launch energy balls at you.
I would use Square, Square, Triangle from afar to stun the minotaurs.
Sometimes, holding triangle to launch them up into the air and then
grabbing them using Circle works wonders. Remember, Theseus gives a physical
cue before each and every move he does, so keep a third eye on him so he
doesn’t catch you off guard with his energy balls/blue spikes.
After killing the minotaurs, use your Typhon Bane to attack him from afar
again. After a while, he'll start launching energy balls again. You will have
to repeat this strategy until a Circle Command appears above him. Press
Circle, then press the indicated buttons on the screen. You will send Theseus
to a bloody death.
This form takes a while to beat, so don't fret if it's been 10 - 15 minutes and
you're still on the boss.
SPECIAL NOTE: After killing him, do NOT go into the building, yet. Instead,
go outside to the right and drop downward to find two chests for you to open.
A very well-deserved reward.
