- Type: Neutralize
- Location: Bastion Dam
- Time Limit: 15 minutes
- Reward: $3400.00
- Par Time:
Objectives
- Main: Neutralize Doomsday Harrier
- Secret:
Walkthrough
It's time to fight against the Baron, who will be using the Doomsday Harrier. Before you start the mission, it is extremely beneficial to purchase 3 Shock Bombs from Golden Gate, as well as two First Aids. If you never tried it before, the Shock Bomb stuns enemies, making it so they can't move or attack. Also, it has one additional effect, which is to make all damage dealt to the enemy cause double damage when stunned.
When you begin the mission, there will be three skulls on your map, all of which are fairly close together. The Baron has a set attack pattern that will repeat until you get him to critical status (flashing). First and foremost, avoid standing directly underneath the jet's middle portion, as the Harrier's jets will hurt you.
It is equipped with two machines underneath each wing. After the Harrier hovers down (with the jet in the middle), it will fire the two machine guns simultaneously, starting from the outer edge of the arena and ending up just underneath it. This is one opportunity for you to get some shots off on it, as its shots don't go directly underneath.
After that attack, it will fire shots straight down while strafing to the right, where it will sweep across the arena with its one gun. Once it does this, it will fly off and then back down into the middle, where he will do the same attacks, but he will go left instead of right.
Upon completing the second round of machine gun fire, he will fly off and start dropping big bombs onto the arena, which have a fairly sizeable blast radius. The good thing is that you can destroy these bombs without fear of an explosion. About halfway through this attack, the Baron will come down on the left side of the screen, wait some seconds and fly to the right. You can avoid this by going to either corner and crouching.
Now, the Baron and the Doomsday Harrier will continue this entire pattern until his health becomes critical (flashing). At this point, Baron will crash land the Harrier wherever you are standing, then proceed to toss two grenades out the side. The Harrier will hover a bit, move to your position, slam down and the Baron will throw two grenades. He will continue this short pattern until his defeat.
Strategy
During the first phase, the Baron and his Doomsday Harrier have a few moments where you can get a few shots off on it. The first time is during the first machine gun attack with both guns, but you will need to roll out of the way during the subsequent attack. While you can roll back underneath for the sweeping gun attack, it might be best to wait.
The best opportunity to attack, which is when the Shock Bombs come in handy, is when the Baron appears during the big bombs. As soon as he's in range, toss a Shock Bomb to stun the Baron, then start wailing on him with your bullets. If you run out of Shock Bombs, you can attempt to call in more.
