Dave the Diver is a casual, single player adventure RPG. In this game, you’ll be able to experience deep-sea exploration and fishing during the day. At night, you will open a sushi restaurant which you need to manage at night. The deep sea has many secrets for you to discover.
As you do the quests, you will need to defeat many of the monsters and bosses in-game. In order to do the Stormy Night 2 Quest, you will need to defeat the Mantis Shrimp. In this guide, we will show you some tips on how you can defeat this Mantis Shrimp boss.
How To Beat Mantis Shrimp Guide
The Mantis Shrimp is a giant boss monster that you will encounter in the Stormy Night 2 Quest. It has a green look to it with some boxing gloves equipped. This is how the boss will mainly do damage to you, by punching using these gloves. All of the boss’ attacks are quite predictable, so you will only need to pay attention and be patient when it comes to dodging all his attacks.
His first attack is when he does his punch attack. This is when he charges up his fist before he punches at you. Keep it in mind that he will punch downwards, this will allow you to easier dodge his attack. His punch is incredibly fast, so it is recommended for you to position yourself early before the boss performs his attack.
In order to dodge it, you will want to move closer to the boss as he punches. In the image down below, you can see that the Diver is moving into the boss to dodge the punch attack. After you have successfully dodged the attack, you can use this time to move back up and shoot his eyes.
For this boss, you will only be able to damage his eyes. After he performs each attack, you will have a small window to do 1 or 2 bullet shots for extra damage. This makes the fight longer since you cannot do damage to him consistently but only small chip damage. In the end, patience is key to helping you win against this one boss.
Its next attack is also really easy to dodge, simply by staying still or moving away from him. During this attack, the boss will hop backwards. Then, he will perform rapid slams in front of him. To dodge this, you will want to move further away from him to avoid taking any damage.
After he performs the slam attack, he will charge up his boxing gloves and ready to perform another attack. During this animation, you will see that he will pull one fist to his back before launching it towards you. What you want to do is to swim to the top of the cave to dodge his attack. Remember to maintain a distance from his as well to avoid any potential damage.
He will also have another punch attack that uses his other fist. This also has a charge up animation but it is harder to notice. This is because the fist that is in front of the screen is blocking part of the animation so it makes it harder for you to see. In the end, remember to pay close attention.
That are all of the bosses’ attacks. The only one important thing that you need to do is to pay attention to whenever the boss leaves his eyes exposed. This is when you are able to do some damage to him. You will only need to stay consistent at dodging the boss’ attacks and do damage whenever you can.
As you fight, the boss will keep jumping back and forth, making it difficult for you to maintain the right distance for a counter attack. However, all the attacks all have indicators to tell you what move the boss is going to perform next, so don’t worry!
As you fight the boss, be aware of the spike walls to the left of the area. If you get punched by the boss, you’ll be pushed backwards and onto the spike walls. On contact with this spike wall, you will lose some of your oxygen.
Do note that some of his attacks spawn small currents that pushes you backwards. If you stay near the spike wall, you will have a chance of taking damage from being pushed into it. For example, you will see these currents when he does the uppercut punch, the slam attack, or the charged punch.
You can also utilize the punching bag by pulling it upwards using the chain. Once the boss punches the bag, you will avoid damage while also stunning him for a short duration. During this time, you can use your weapons and shoot him for the extra damage. If you fail to make him hit the bag, then that’s fine! Sometimes it’s better for you to avoid taking the damage first before trying to stun the boss.
After the boss hits the boxing bag, he will be stunned and pushed backwards. You will see him in this position where he holds his one fist, leaving his eye exposed. You can use this opportunity to deal damage to him, change weapons to refill ammo or pick up the oxygen packs to heal yourself up.
We all make mistakes, that’s why this game allows you to recover your oxygen during the fight. If you look at the ground, you’ll be able to see oxygen packs that you can pick up for some extra survivability. Other than that, there are also some weapons on the ground that you can collect in case you run out of ammo of your current weapon.
That is how you beat the Mantis Shrimp in Dave The Diver! This is one of the more difficult bosses that you will eventually face as you play in this fun ocean exploring RPG game. This boss is only one of the difficult ones out there, are you ready for more challenges like this? We believe that you are a real adventurer and nothing can stop you!
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