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Apex strategies! Tell us how to take down the Sun Giant

Posted by Alex Sinclair in Nightingale

We previously ran a bounty asking you to tell us how to take down the Humbaba. Now we're tackling the next apex creature: the lumbering Sun Giant! By now, many of you will have taken the humungous beast down, and we want you to tell us the best way to do it.

To win a prize, give us some Sun Giant takedown tips. They could range from how to find it and how to do the most damage to how to... not die.

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Created at 9:35am, 17th July, 2024. Page last updated at 9:35am, 29th July, 2024.
Deadline at 11:00pm, 28th July, 2024.

Limal 7/28/2024, 9:10:43 PM

By the way, on a bounty picture, not a sun giant. And that's important because the actual sun giant is carrying the backpack and some sort of giant lamp on his chest. This lamp is actually a weak spot and serves two purposes: it adds extra damage based on your critical rating, and it interrupts his offensive spellcasting.

So if you are good at aiming, this boss is very easy to kill.

But I still prefer to use fire/poison ammo for the damage over time effect and then running in circles.

Sturmer 7/28/2024, 6:38:55 PM

The safest way to slay Sun Giant is by using the Summon Swarm spell, which you can unlock pretty early.

Remember, he is not hostile, meaning you can follow him until you find a good spot and then engage.
For this fight keep an umbrella in your hands or be ready to use it as the boss have a gravity attack which will kill you from fall damage (safer to use grapple, but req. knowledge of how to use it right before the ground)
The LoS-tactic (Line of Sight) is pretty simple: the boss is locked on you and tries to cast his coral attack. Since he can't see you, he is unable to place a marker underneath your feet. So you can either be on higher ground than him or hide behind a rock or building.

Here is a video of me doing it on extreme difficulty, both methods are shown:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/oRfgDmC2hTs?feature=oembed

Alex SinclairMod7/29/2024, 8:58:01 AM

Sturmer

Resists urge to reshare Nicolas Cage 'not the bees!' meme

Sturmer 7/29/2024, 9:11:44 AM

Alex Sinclair

Thanks for the idea for my next funny montage!

Foolish_Imp 7/26/2024, 1:48:20 AM

Truth be told, I'm a horrible fighter in almost every game I play.

So far, my best strategy for fighting anything big in Nightingale is to run in circles while my brother kills it. I always seem to be targeted so it works out well for us. I do offer the occasional support when I can, but I really do seem to have a knack for being the victim of every boss's ire. So, my strategy for the sun giant is basically being carried through the fight.

On a more serious note, stocking on healing items and bullets should get you through the fight. If you're not an all-in, guns blazing, type of fighter, putting distance between you and the sun giant is the best plan. Just hit him with ranged attacks and watch out for his ranged attacks. Of course, if you're into a riskier take down, you could do like my brother and enact a sort of guerrilla warfare like attack where you take the giant down in a series of hit and runs.

Sturmer 7/27/2024, 6:31:02 AM

Foolish_Imp

Here, I have your strategy plan visualization =)

Foolish_Imp 7/27/2024, 5:19:51 PM

Sturmer

Lmao😂 I'm making that my profile pic now, I love it!

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