This is a free damage moment you'll want to take advantage of. A good strat is to do damage to it with Rockets/Gauss until it does its first electric attack. Turn on relevent runes, like Vacuum, Rich Get Richer, or Saving Throw. The Spider Mastermind is legitimately hard and requires preparation. This part features the last two boss fights, the Hell Guards at the end of 11 Necropolis and the Spider Mastermind at the end of 13 Argent D'Nur. You also have max Praetor Suit upgrades, near max Argent Cell Upgrades giving you max Health, max Armor, and max ammo, 3 active rune slots, and the entire modified arsenal at your disposal. In these last four levels, you can use Saving Throw, giving you two or three lives per level. The Cyberdemon's demise marks another hurdle, the end of the middle part.Īfter defeating the Cyberdemon, you begin the home stretch of the final four levels, which are more nervous than difficult, because of the high stakes. 09 is the longest level in the game, and culminates with the Cyberdemon boss battle.

07 Argent Facility Destroyed and 08 Advanced Research Complex (where you acquire the BFG) are among the easiest levels in the game, and are a nice break from difficulty between the two hardest levels in the game, the first being 06 and the second being 09 Lazarus Labs. 06 Kadingir Sanctum is perhaps the hardest level in the game, so I consider it the first big hurdle.Īfter 06, you begin the middle part, 07-09. This is the part of the game where you will be dying and learning from your mistakes. It is proportionally longer than the other parts, and is by far the most difficult section of the game. The 3-Part ApproachIt's helpful to think of the game in three parts.

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