Thalius Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 I'm playing the game on the hardest setting and was enjoying it very much... everything was going well got 3 out of the 4 missable trophies until i got to Tiamat... I've read and saw every gorram guide out there cant fraking do it... Already broke one controller out of rage(thank god was a ps2 controller) Every time is in the same place. When she's on the "ground" chasing you around the rooftop i keep hitting her with the crossblade she starts throwing 3 fire balls i cant run away from the 3rd. The gorram dash move always stops between two moves she always kills me... Does anyone know the best way to escape that?? Tips? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdrcraig Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 I escaped it by dashing. I think I would wait until the first fireball was almost to me and then I would dash two or three times out of the way and was good to go. It's been a few weeks since I did that fight on Apocolyptic so I'm not 100% on that. It's definitely the most frustrating fight in the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archangel59 Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 kdrcraig is correct. The dash move at the very last second is how you avoid this particular attack. It took me several times to get it as well. The Abyssal armor (requires a full playthrough and new game) and the stone skin ability help a lot to mitigate the damage that you do end up taking though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ifrit616 Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 you can also use the what's left of the stone pillars around the outside to hide behind, until she destroys them that is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Labartu Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Or you just lock on to her and keep running in circles...that's what did the trick for me when she used those attacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdrcraig Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 ^ Oh yeah you definitely want to be locked on to her when you dash to miss her fireballs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thalius Posted March 13, 2010 Author Share Posted March 13, 2010 FINALLY!!!!! What i ended up doing was keep away from her. Minimal safe distance just enough for the crossblade to hit her. When she throught the fireballs no dash was necessary just keep 'strafe-ing' she through up to 6 fireballs, sometimes i only dashed in the last one. The fight does take longer almost 30m because the damage i did was lower but well safer for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicken_sniffer Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 this boss is pissing me off i cant get the hang of the sticky bombs at the beginning most of the time i stick one on him, focus on the flame, then TRY and focus on the bomb but it wont let me i have no idea why? sometimes the bomb even dissapears after i've clearly landed one on him again i have no idea why? and the most annoying thing is when the bombs end up hitting the wall even though you have aimed no where near it is anyone else having this trouble? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdrcraig Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 Yeah I noticed throughout the game when you throw stuff it kind of hooks. So if there is something in front of you a little off to the side of where you are aiming but between you and your target, it's gonna hit what's in front of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicken_sniffer Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 Yeah I noticed throughout the game when you throw stuff it kind of hooks. So if there is something in front of you a little off to the side of where you are aiming but between you and your target, it's gonna hit what's in front of you. ok yeah that makes sense i will stand further back from the walls this time but this doesnt explain why i am not locking on to the bombs 50% of the time if you hit the bomb in his face does it dissapear? cos sometimes they just vanish even after i've hit him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Labartu Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 As far as I remember you have to hit her body, otherwise it won't count. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicken_sniffer Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 As far as I remember you have to hit her body, otherwise it won't count. it dissapears when i hit the body too i am using the aim cursor so i know i am not missing its extremely inconsistent with no visible pattern i think my game is glitched or something as i said before even if i do hit it i can only highlight the bomb 1 time out of 2 it just wont let me highlight it and i have to throw another bomb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Labartu Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 You know that the bomb disappears after a while, right? Or when she does certain moves, like dashing in your direction. Just throwing in some more ideas why your bombs could disappear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicken_sniffer Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 it dissapears as soon as i hit her luckily i managed to do it in the end, after about 5 hours of frustration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moving On Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Throwing and hitting the sticky bombs was the hardest part of this fight for me, too. It's annoying that the bombs dissappear after a bit. Safest thing that worked for me: don't use R3 to aim the bomb, just use L2 to focus on Tiamat and the game will throw the bomb right at her torso (if not blocked by any of the pillars, of course). Setting off the bomb requires some luck... sometimes Tiamat hovers right in front of one of the flames for a very easy aim, throw and hit. This definitely is among the hardest boss fights, but once you get her on the ground, it gets a lot easier. I used a double dash to escape those fireballs mentioned by the OP and that never failed me. The rest just comes down to patience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figma Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 I found this boss really easy killed him on second try with no damage on apocalyptic (my first playthru) I think the ice warriors are even harder than this boss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChilliBeer Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 I started the game on Apocolyptic for the challenge and as I got to Tiamat I began to wonder if it was the right thing to do. I sucessfully defeated her last night by simply following the tactics on here. I found the following worked for me: 1: Pickup inert bomb, hold down to lockon and throw at Tiamat (don't bother with the reticule, pointless for this part). 2: Use reticule to select firepit and then the inert bomb, throw the blade and have the bomb explode. Move out of the way when Tiamat falls down. 3: Rush up to her and get as many hits in as possible, as she stirs dash away from her to avoid getting hit. 4: Keep held down whilst she circles the cathedral so you know where she is, she'll now do the divebomb, dash out of the way as she heads towards you. Repeat this 2 more times. 5: Repeat steps 1-3. 6: At this stage Tiamat is no longer airborne and attacks from the ground. All I did was strafe her and keep the maximum distance I could to use the spinning blade. Lockon with the blade and have it grind on her (hold down ). When she rushes you (which she will on occasion) press to enter a cinematic event where you punch her back. 7: After several blade grinds she will collapse. Rush in an do as much damage as possible, dash out as she stirs again. 8: Repeat for about 10 minutes and if you do it right you'll beat her. This way on Apocolyptic I only got hit once and I'm far from a hardcore gamer. Other things to avoid are the fireball spits (avoided whilst strafing and the ground pound when she flys up in the air (just keep a distance). It's a very hard fight when you have your first few goes at it, but if you keep a constant lockon and strafe about you'll beat her. Goodluck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicken_sniffer Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 I started the game on Apocolyptic for the challenge and as I got to Tiamat I began to wonder if it was the right thing to do. I sucessfully defeated her last night by simply following the tactics on here. I found the following worked for me: 1: Pickup inert bomb, hold down to lockon and throw at Tiamat (don't bother with the reticule, pointless for this part). 2: Use reticule to select firepit and then the inert bomb, throw the blade and have the bomb explode. Move out of the way when Tiamat falls down. 3: Rush up to her and get as many hits in as possible, as she stirs dash away from her to avoid getting hit. 4: Keep held down whilst she circles the cathedral so you know where she is, she'll now do the divebomb, dash out of the way as she heads towards you. Repeat this 2 more times. 5: Repeat steps 1-3. 6: At this stage Tiamat is no longer airborne and attacks from the ground. All I did was strafe her and keep the maximum distance I could to use the spinning blade. Lockon with the blade and have it grind on her (hold down ). When she rushes you (which she will on occasion) press to enter a cinematic event where you punch her back. 7: After several blade grinds she will collapse. Rush in an do as much damage as possible, dash out as she stirs again. 8: Repeat for about 10 minutes and if you do it right you'll beat her. This way on Apocolyptic I only got hit once and I'm far from a hardcore gamer. Other things to avoid are the fireball spits (avoided whilst strafing and the ground pound when she flys up in the air (just keep a distance). It's a very hard fight when you have your first few goes at it, but if you keep a constant lockon and strafe about you'll beat her. Goodluck! i had to use the reticule if i just pressed R2 it would hit the wall every time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChilliBeer Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 i had to use the reticule if i just pressed R2 it would hit the wall every time I stood to the right of the pillars so that I had LOS. Never hit a pillar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moving On Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 I stood to the right of the pillars so that I had LOS. Never hit a pillar. Same here. My first playthrough I did use the reticule, but that made things harder. On Apocalyptic, I just used L2 and with line of sight, you will always hit Tiamat spot on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuteMe Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Once she wasnt flying anymore, I just ran behind her, kept some distance though. She attacked me just about 4 times. When the QTE comes, press circle and she will collapse, which was when I just went bersek on her birdy ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kargorath Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 My God that was annoying! Got towards the end a few times then died and back to the beginning. Especially annoying there's a mini cutscene you can't skip announcing 'Tiamat' before you get to go again, wish you could just reload straight back into the boss fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swordsman83 Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 i find that she is the toughest boss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Bonk Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 I remember having problems with her on my normal difficulty back in the days She was by far the most difficult boss to fight. Quite sad actually, as all the other bosses where fun to fight against, but the final boss was a total push-over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xortin Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Maybe I was just lucky with Timat but I found the ghost things harder to kill than she was, especially when there were two of them. For the bombs, I found the best place to aim was the stomach, they didn't disappear when I did this. As long as you are locked on the dash should take you out of range of the fireballs, otherwise, hide by the pillars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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