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admiralnova64's avatar
5 years ago

Mass Effect 2: Grunt Loyalty mission Thresher Maw

I'm not sure if this is a bug, but I feel like the boss fight with the Thresher Maw is incredibly difficult even on Normal and Casual difficulty.  Its spit attacks do damage to Shepard even if it misses Shepard completely and if Shepard is in cover. Those hitboxes in my opinion are super huge with no real reason. I can't beat it. Even when I get close to killing it, most of the cover is gone and attacks kill Shepard in 3 hits because there is no cover. 

I feel like I can't beat it at all. The lack of cover is one thing but the fact that the spit attacks hit Shepard even if Shepard either avoids it or is in cover is ridiculous. The spit attacks need to be turned down on lower difficulties so they don't count as direct hits if Shepard avoids it or is in cover.  

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  • You don't have to kill it you can just wait for the timer to run out unless you're after the achievement. The stone pillars and rail at the center platform can't be destroyed and provides you some cover from the spit. If you want to kill it the cain will drop it to half health.

  • SofaJockeyUK's avatar
    SofaJockeyUK
    Hero+
    4 years ago

    I find the Particle Rifle works well.

    I can kill it on insanity difficulty with that.

  • Run around. I've played on insanity, it wasn't anything special.

    Gotta mention though, I always play as infiltrator on insanity, so my cloaked sniper shots do kinda crazy damage on armors, and I also brought Garrus with his armor-piercing rounds for this mission, so these factors also made the fight quicker.

    Anyway, by running in circles, I think I got hit only one time, because Shepard did the infamous ME2 "sprint in one place" bullshite.

  • Brandin01's avatar
    Brandin01
    4 years ago

    That is how i also killed it :D

    The good old M-920 Cain. Never fail to get rid of the big enemies.

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