Everyone's favorite parts of Borderlands: platforming, insta-kills, bosses with long immunity times, and best of all weapons not worth the extremely long grind.
Honestly I love this raid. With how awful Destiny 2 turned out, all I've wanted for Borderlands are raids in that style. I'm hoping they do more of this stuff. I know I'm in the minority on that but I seriously want more complex raids.
Enemy health scaling has been adjusted! It’s still a challenge but should be doable for most vault hunters by following this guide.. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 First Three Crystal Encounter 02:05 Bridge Room 03:05 First Platform room 03:56 Ramps & Hidden Chests 04:35 Anathema the Relentless Fight & Mechanics 08:18 First checkpoint 08:30 SKIP (Amara and Zane only) 08:53 Second Three Crystal Encounter 10:39 Platform Cavern 12:44 FINAL BOSS - Scourge the Invincible Martyr
Regarding Anathema, I have found it easier to simply air jump to any platform and then airjump back to the middle platform. Anathema's death burst ignites first so there is time to simply go back and forth. I started out doing the look thing as you describe but towards the end, I have experienced where all five platforms have a death burst.
@@Ki11ersix I don't understand how underwhelming this update that took Gearbox MONTHS for this to happen. Glad they are fixing it but that's besides the point.
I don’t think I’d have as much of an issue with this takedown if they allowed you to respawn if you miss a jump when you’re out of combat. There have been quite a few times when I have missed a jump due to lag, and just have to start over
One thing to note: killing the final boss will not give you a second wind, but you will have completed the challenge and will respawn at the boss arena (or very close) so you can get the loot.
This takedown is hard but had a lot of fun doing it. I solo it on M11, I could probably do it on true trial with the right build set up. Quick tip: bring a fish slap, and knife drain artifact combo. It will keep you alive.
Yeah, gonna wait 'till the try to fix this..... Lot of "misses" lately from Gearbox regarding BL3. They better get some things right fast, 'cause game has been kinda pointless to play for quite some time now.
Little tip against Anathema is that you can actually keep him on the middle platform. When he hits his immunity phase and does his sphere, the sphere actually has a set radius. If he stands in the centre of the platform, it will cover all of it, but if you bring him over to the edges, the opposite of the platform will be safe. Plus the sphere kills all enemies, meaning you only have to worry about the ones close to you and let him kill the rest. Getting a high dps corrosive and shock weapon, you can lock him in place, as he only teleports when you move onto another platform.
An hour?😂 it took me and my cousin 4 whole hours to complete this, both as Moze lv60 with op set ups and launchers, it was mayhem mode 10 btw and we on ps4
@@Nicholas_JC Being on Mayhem Mode 10 is why it took you so long. This raid has terrible balancing. K6 said in the video that it was still hard for him in Mayhem 4 with Mayhem 10 guns.
I think I can beat this but to be honest, watching this made me never want to try it. It looks tedious and annoying with a side of pointless because it has no relevant drops. The stinger is not worth this kind of excessive madness.
@@barmitzvahelmo2799Sure, but in this game, it's stupid easy to fall off with no way of recovering. It's often not even your fault, especially as a Zane/Amara main.
This takedown looks absolutely insane, hyped to play it finally. I’ve been looking for something more challenging to do in BL3 and this is definitely it, thanks for the tutorial
I needed this video, I absolutely love the way u explain things, you make everything all so clear and to the point. I just couldn't help but laugh at how disappointed you sounded through out the breakdown.
“This boss is pretty straightforward” proceeds to explain multiple immunity phases, two separate healing phases, two separate teleports, and a death that looks like it needs an extra step to complete. Lol
SaaltyHellenBaab RUDALPH 2:30 Redistributor (can only get from Valkyrie Squad or Wotan in Maliwan takedown) 5:30 O.P.Q. System (Deep Nebula skin) (can only get OPQ from the now-ended Revenge of Cartels) 12:55 Monarch (from Killavolt only) I may be wrong, but that’s what they look like and those are some of the best weapons in the game. If you are struggling, I suggest farming Killavolt for the Monarch and Lasodactyl for the Light Show in DLC 3: Bounty of Blood. Those 2 weapons shred everything and aren’t super hard to get. (Light Show is a fairly easy farm, Killavolt sometimes doesn’t want to drop the Monarch). If those 2 weapons do not help, maybe switch class mod or re-spec points?
It's really a shame the loot from this is soooo bad because it looks like its actually pretty fun, I mean, there's actually substance to it,,not just run and gun from point a to b, rinse and repeat....
There should be a boss drop thing that scales with mayhem modes. Like in M5 when you kill takedown boss your guaranteed 8 legendaries and 1 of those 8 is a guaranteed legendary from the final boss. This takedown is fun yes but the loot drops aren’t really worth it they need to add some legendary chest or guaranteed loot at the end
Fist time for me. Couldn't have done it without your guild, so thank you. I did it on Mayhem 10 lvl 72 and got second wind 4 times at the end. My bag was full of legendries already so I checked a bit and left it all behind.
Even with a strong Zane build and a M10 OPQ 200% ASA it still takes around 5-10 clips to kill 1 enemy. Do devs not test any of their games anymore or do they leave it to us?
Same here bro, I use a crit fl4k build with a monarch/opq and sand hawk and it was multiple clips in fade away all crits, I was able to melt enemies on M10 before
I’ve been waiting for a guide type video of the takedown before I tried it myself cause I don’t have anyone to play it with, but after watching I’m not sure its worth it. The video is great, don’t get me wrong. I just feel there’s no enthusiasm, like you are forcing yourself to play through it. I know that’s not your fault, gearbox really needs to get those patches out quick and maybe the takedown will be more enjoyable. Thanks for the content as always K6!
One thing that helped me during the platforming parts is having my digi clone active cause if I ever fell I could teleport back to before the platforms
I really needed this. I tried to beat is solo with no mayhem level just to take a look at it, but I could not for the life of me figure out the first boss mechanics and died, and then gave up. Now I stand a chance :)
Tried soloing it with my Zane on op 10 with op 10 gear and despite hitting basically all crits, I still ran out of ammo in everything just at the end of the area with the 3 chargeable crystals. It's honestly only difficult because even the best guns in the game take ages to kill a single mob! I was using the Unkempt Harold and it took a minimum of like 50-100 rounds to kill the medium difficulty mobs... Fuck this Takedown.
I've been trying to solo Zane on op10 because my friends refuse to even attempt it once. It's been a living hell but I want to do it so bad lol, but it's so infuriating to get the mid boss on its last phase and get yeeted by a guardian as you're trying to escape a mini nuke.
i don’t see myself coming back to this game. literally lacks the key elements of a successful borderlands game. limited time events should never exist, we need actual dedicated rare loot drops to make a grind interesting, and we need invincible bosses that we can spawn in and directly farm. even one of them being a bullet sponge with a good loot pool so we can actually farm and enjoy the game. those 3 things alone would make all the difference
Negru Alexandru yeah you’d think they would test the guns and character skills before launching the game. just to have the players to find OP guns and builds just for them to nerf it :) did they not remember what they did for borderlands 1 and 2???? HELL the pre sequel wasn’t this big of a train wreck !! that speaks VOLUMES !
Pedro Verissimo no there are but they’re not that good like For instance the only invincible enemy is in the wedding DLC for three and the boss is self is not even that good The only good raid Is the first one
Excellent guide, thank you. Made it nearly all the way through then died on the jump right before final boss... I did get 2 dedicated drops from Anathema though so I was super happy
Thanks a lot for the explanation of charging those energy things. Also the help with the platforming ( I suck at platforming in general, lol ). The way you explained everything really cleared it up. Much appreciated!
Rad! Happy to see that better balancing is coming. Takedowns are really cool and a welcomed addition, but I hope they throw in some traditional raids, as well. I’d also like the heck and cartel map to be permanent. It’s all really cool content, super fun stuff.
I feel like a new rarity is needed for takedown weapons, the legendary guns in this game are way too plenty and most of them dont stick out, however i really like the concept of this raid but i probably wont play it until they fix mayhem mode
I’ll wait for the balancing just like how they did Maliwan Takedown considering he’s on mayhem 4 and they have like mayhem 10 health and as always I appreciate the help
I think the boss would be really cool if, when it's making those radiation domes, it isn't immune and can still take damage. Do you want to take the risk for extra damage? Or are you just going to play it safe? Could make the boss either more interesting, or easier to cheese.
@@RoachDoggJR.- I have to disagree with that. You see I feel as though it is simply there to punish you for not minding your surroundings/ being careless.
dragonovboy productions yeah, in destiny you had to squadwipe a ton because of people falling of the map and it was still Fine (i only played year 1 though)
Thanks for the guide, K6. Will put it to use when I go for the Takedown after they fix the enemies health. Although the boss mechanics seem neat (minus the 11 immunity phases each), I doubt I will keep running this Takedown after I get 1 of each new legendary and all the new cosmetics.
tacoburrito Swanson for real. Just get good at shooting basic enemies for longer than you have to shoot story bosses. Very challenging and very rewarding gameplay!
One thing I learned as flak is through his fade away Not my circus skill or the gamma burst plus a red fang class mod you can have your pet lure enemies away from the crystals while you charge it. I did the two crystal sections without shooting. As for the two bosses you can somewhat cheese them with The he bites skill if your pet has enough HP and you use gamma burst right as the bosses are about to use their insta down moves. If your pet survives Your pet will reflect the insta kill damage right back at the bosses tearing away a fourth of they're HP to trigger the next insta kill move. Same thing goes for wotan not sure if this has already been discovered but this is just what I use to make the two hours of guardian takedown easier for me.
With Anathema, if taken down to the immune phase towards the side of the main platform, the bubble will not hit the entire platform meaning you can out distance it on the one platform completely skipping the mechanics of the fight. Flak’s pet and Gamma Burst is great for keeping it in one place to avoid having to jump to any other platform to dodge.
Im not necessarily saying they are bad fights, but goddamn I hate those 18381 immunity phases. Its like you only get a chance to take 1 bite of your favourite food every 5 mins. To the point where, yeah, you ate the hotdog, but you feel like you didn't because you didnt get the pleasure of basking in it you know, just eating it as you please, while you appreciate how good it tastes. Thats the cool thing about bosses. They either are hard and you either comeback later or push through in one intense fight, or you are already strong enough that you can kind of melt it, which feels good, feels like a reward for all the time you spent farming ur current loot. Like spending couple hours preparing idk a turkey or something, and instead of getting to have the time to rest, eat and collect the fruits of your hard work, someone keeps calling you to go somewhere every five goddamn minutes. It just feels like you keep getting blue balled over and over just to never had the chance to release it anyway. At least make a huge final bar or something man. And if it would be too hard for u to beggin with, it just makes it feel even more painful while also cutting the pace... Sorry for the rant i really dont like excess Immunity bars and im also kinda hungry lol
Think of it like PacMan. Everyone loves eating the ghosts, but they have immune phase too. But what makes that (and these bosses) fun is that you’re moving and using strategy (a bit) to stay alive until you can eat another ghost
@@Ki11ersix well I can see that yeah. On the same note i can also see how they could want to avoid players just one shot-ing the boss and move on, in a very not too interesting way (even if satisfying/rewarding). And yes sure, but dont you think 12 phases is kind of pushing it wayyy too far? I feel like theres a middle ground to be found here. For example, lets say idk, just doing a final full bar, without any of the platforming, mob sections, etc... Just you, the boss and your gear, would already go a long way into making a more satisfying battle conclusion, without having to remove the rest... Thats how I feel about it at least...
For the last phase of Anathema, rather than looking for red beams, some people might find it easier to jump to the middle platform, turn a full 180, wait on the first platform exploding and then jumping back. It gives you plenty of time to do it before it explodes and that way you don't need to worry about which platform has a red beam or not. Also, if you're at the final boss and not able to hit him with one of the brain dudes, his charged up attack will insta-down you unless you hide behind one of the pillars. Just get a pillar in between you and the boss and you should be able to survive it
I managed to get past the mini boss on M10 solo, then not all the mobs loaded so I was stuck. This whole takedown feels like a mess, they've used some really dirty tactics to make it artificially more difficult, platforming and ridiculous health bars. I don't think I'm going to bother playing it again, just going to finish this vid so I can see it all the way through.
I completed this on Mayhem 1 just to get the jumping/platforming mechanics down. Then I played again on Mayhem 10, and everything was going fine up until I was sliding towards the first boss fight - I fell just short of the platform and died, and had to restart from the beginning. >_< I didn't think that was even possible.
Nice vid but, looks like a lot of effort and uneccesary and pointless difficulty for 2 good raid fights. All feels like the devs are trying to be too clever and to really rub salt in the wound, the chance of the exclusive loot is minimal and the loot itself is weak sauce. I don't think just scaling the enemies health is the whole fix. Bin the platforming for a start.
I think calling them raids which is a generic term for PVE group content in a mmo is wrong for BL3 because the devs clearly tried to make the “raids” real raids and some people don’t like it. In borderlands 2 there were raid bosses without the raid lol.
coming back to this, there is a piece of info that might ease the worry on the Anathema fight. If you feel like you can't escape a Radiation Nova, go ahead and take it...if there are guardians on that platform. You'll get a SECOND WIND easy.
At 2:28 you say there isn't a chest up top but at 2:31 you can see an eridium chest and a weapon chest next to it.They're not red chests or great but takes 2 seconds to get them so it's worth it usually. Easy source of ammo if needed or a legendary or two if lucky. Just for anyone watching in 2022.
8:17 I died behind that door, game spawned me in front of those door at the chceckpoint, but the buttin is red and says "Locked" Do I have to go again?:/ Whats the point of chceckpoint than?
That nightmare platform where speed is a curse, it's 10x even more nightmarish in mayhem 6 and above. I saw "REAPERS" didn't spawn, they're basically bigger melee Eridians and they absolutely love punching you off into space with no remorse.
I was following your guide (thanks!) and it looks like the last two platforming sections before Scourge were completely removed. There were just air jets that shot past those sections. The purple platforms didn't even appear which really confused me. Anyway, onto Scourge for the first time!
Late to the raid party. But i just done solo it using normal weapon on mayhem 1 takedown. Without using guide and took me 6 hour to beat it. Figuring out and actually beat it feel rewarding. Since i like dark soul type of game.
Everyone's favorite parts of Borderlands: platforming, insta-kills, bosses with long immunity times, and best of all weapons not worth the extremely long grind.
Hey, at least the loot isn't S-tier forcing people to actually grind this awful map
You forget money shot
they're definitely listening to the community
Platforming would be fine if there were more checkpoints.
Honestly I love this raid. With how awful Destiny 2 turned out, all I've wanted for Borderlands are raids in that style. I'm hoping they do more of this stuff. I know I'm in the minority on that but I seriously want more complex raids.
Enemy health scaling has been adjusted! It’s still a challenge but should be doable for most vault hunters by following this guide..
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 First Three Crystal Encounter
02:05 Bridge Room
03:05 First Platform room
03:56 Ramps & Hidden Chests
04:35 Anathema the Relentless Fight & Mechanics
08:18 First checkpoint
08:30 SKIP (Amara and Zane only)
08:53 Second Three Crystal Encounter
10:39 Platform Cavern
12:44 FINAL BOSS - Scourge the Invincible Martyr
How to go that map?
Regarding Anathema, I have found it easier to simply air jump to any platform and then airjump back to the middle platform. Anathema's death burst ignites first so there is time to simply go back and forth. I started out doing the look thing as you describe but towards the end, I have experienced where all five platforms have a death burst.
Tannis tells you that she has a mission for you. In her lab in Sanctuary
How early exactly? Like Tuesday or something?
@@Ki11ersix I don't understand how underwhelming this update that took Gearbox MONTHS for this to happen. Glad they are fixing it but that's besides the point.
I don’t think I’d have as much of an issue with this takedown if they allowed you to respawn if you miss a jump when you’re out of combat. There have been quite a few times when I have missed a jump due to lag, and just have to start over
It’s the stupidest thing ever
K6: and there is the skip for you.
Joltz: k6 how dare you
Read it in both their voices
One thing to note: killing the final boss will not give you a second wind, but you will have completed the challenge and will respawn at the boss arena (or very close) so you can get the loot.
That makes sense since you can still deal damage to him and he pops a portal underneath to escape, meaning you don't kill him afterall.
This takedown is hard but had a lot of fun doing it. I solo it on M11, I could probably do it on true trial with the right build set up.
Quick tip: bring a fish slap, and knife drain artifact combo. It will keep you alive.
Here's a tip for playing the new raid: Don't.
@Sefton Marshall THE MAILMANTAKEDOWN XDDDDD
Yeah, gonna wait 'till the try to fix this..... Lot of "misses" lately from Gearbox regarding BL3. They better get some things right fast, 'cause game has been kinda pointless to play for quite some time now.
I beat it on mayhem 10 with modded guns I wanted to do with legit stuff but it was impossible as hell
@@stephenmadrox2597 I feel the same!
@@chris-ee1ur finally someone feels my pain . Maaaaan if u're legit u'll NEVER WIN!!! when modded i have no challange😂😂😂 still fun though
Man, you can REALLY tell how much he loves this takedown in the first few minutes hahahah
Everyone is reading too much into my “energy”. I stream early in the morning dude. Do you wake up and start bouncing off walls?
Every time I’ve failed this is from falling off the map
Little tip against Anathema is that you can actually keep him on the middle platform. When he hits his immunity phase and does his sphere, the sphere actually has a set radius. If he stands in the centre of the platform, it will cover all of it, but if you bring him over to the edges, the opposite of the platform will be safe. Plus the sphere kills all enemies, meaning you only have to worry about the ones close to you and let him kill the rest. Getting a high dps corrosive and shock weapon, you can lock him in place, as he only teleports when you move onto another platform.
Could you imagine taking an hour to go through this entire raid and getting nothing good I am done with gearbox and their raids
I can because I did
An hour?😂 it took me and my cousin 4 whole hours to complete this, both as Moze lv60 with op set ups and launchers, it was mayhem mode 10 btw and we on ps4
@@Nicholas_JC Being on Mayhem Mode 10 is why it took you so long. This raid has terrible balancing. K6 said in the video that it was still hard for him in Mayhem 4 with Mayhem 10 guns.
This is the most serious and somber I've ever heard K6 be
Takedown must be really fun!!
lol
I would rather fight every raid boss in bl2 than try this one
Lol BorE-ing Hyperius or making Pyro Pete go kablam
@D better than bl2 at least
I did this solo using Kaoson
I think I can beat this but to be honest, watching this made me never want to try it. It looks tedious and annoying with a side of pointless because it has no relevant drops. The stinger is not worth this kind of excessive madness.
@@koltonvanderwerf8967 Now the takedown is relevant because the stinger is used in some good builds. Melee rules BL3 meta
They can't get balancing right so they make things difficult by making it easy to fall off the map.........
Financialstorm7 raids Often have jumping puzzles and stuff in these types of games though, this actually feels a bit like a destiny raid
@@barmitzvahelmo2799Sure, but in this game, it's stupid easy to fall off with no way of recovering. It's often not even your fault, especially as a Zane/Amara main.
@@barmitzvahelmo2799 Destiny has universal double jumps for every class this shouldnt even be up for debate, this content is terrible
I'm so dumb because the begging of the video I was already doing something wrong the crystels😭🤚 thanks for the video it helped a lot.
This takedown looks absolutely insane, hyped to play it finally. I’ve been looking for something more challenging to do in BL3 and this is definitely it, thanks for the tutorial
I needed this video, I absolutely love the way u explain things, you make everything all so clear and to the point. I just couldn't help but laugh at how disappointed you sounded through out the breakdown.
Thank you K6, I kept dying with the crystal phases and had no clue why!
“This boss is pretty straightforward” proceeds to explain multiple immunity phases, two separate healing phases, two separate teleports, and a death that looks like it needs an extra step to complete. Lol
Great vid..I'm so ready for things to get fixed in this game..
Seems like we have been saying this for quite some time....
What weapons did he use because im struggling on mayhem 6 on this dude with mayhem 10 weapons
SaaltyHellenBaab RUDALPH
2:30 Redistributor (can only get from Valkyrie Squad or Wotan in Maliwan takedown)
5:30 O.P.Q. System (Deep Nebula skin) (can only get OPQ from the now-ended Revenge of Cartels)
12:55 Monarch (from Killavolt only)
I may be wrong, but that’s what they look like and those are some of the best weapons in the game.
If you are struggling, I suggest farming Killavolt for the Monarch and Lasodactyl for the Light Show in DLC 3: Bounty of Blood. Those 2 weapons shred everything and aren’t super hard to get. (Light Show is a fairly easy farm, Killavolt sometimes doesn’t want to drop the Monarch).
If those 2 weapons do not help, maybe switch class mod or re-spec points?
after dying multiple times on the first boss because of platforming, I watched your video to help figure out the mechanics.
It's really a shame the loot from this is soooo bad because it looks like its actually pretty fun, I mean, there's actually substance to it,,not just run and gun from point a to b, rinse and repeat....
I agree. They just need to buff the new weapons and make them drop more often.
@9BeastKing As a veteran destiny player coming recently to this game, I couldn't agree more with you: having fun playing > loot
There should be a boss drop thing that scales with mayhem modes. Like in M5 when you kill takedown boss your guaranteed 8 legendaries and 1 of those 8 is a guaranteed legendary from the final boss. This takedown is fun yes but the loot drops aren’t really worth it they need to add some legendary chest or guaranteed loot at the end
Something thats actually a challenge. Games where you can kill everything in a matter of seconds arent enjoyable. No challenge, no stimulation.
The jumping/platforming in this is what game devs do when they fail Game Design 101 in college.
Luckily they removed that stuff
Fist time for me. Couldn't have done it without your guild, so thank you. I did it on Mayhem 10 lvl 72 and got second wind 4 times at the end. My bag was full of legendries already so I checked a bit and left it all behind.
Nice!
Just completed it the first time with the help of your guide. Thanks k6.
The best you can do is… *Prepare thyself!*
Thank you for breaking it down for us slower people 😂😂 great job!
Even with a strong Zane build and a M10 OPQ 200% ASA it still takes around 5-10 clips to kill 1 enemy. Do devs not test any of their games anymore or do they leave it to us?
ummm...yes?!
We are the testers
Same here bro, I use a crit fl4k build with a monarch/opq and sand hawk and it was multiple clips in fade away all crits, I was able to melt enemies on M10 before
I’ve been waiting for a guide type video of the takedown before I tried it myself cause I don’t have anyone to play it with, but after watching I’m not sure its worth it. The video is great, don’t get me wrong. I just feel there’s no enthusiasm, like you are forcing yourself to play through it. I know that’s not your fault, gearbox really needs to get those patches out quick and maybe the takedown will be more enjoyable. Thanks for the content as always K6!
One thing that helped me during the platforming parts is having my digi clone active cause if I ever fell I could teleport back to before the platforms
I really needed this. I tried to beat is solo with no mayhem level just to take a look at it, but I could not for the life of me figure out the first boss mechanics and died, and then gave up. Now I stand a chance :)
Thank you K6! You're a gentleman and a scholar!
When the final boss is changing the red ball .. don't be in direct vision of it when it explods or you will get downed !
Yep, also fun fact. It will guaranteed down your pet even if the pet is Gamma Bursted.
Tried soloing it with my Zane on op 10 with op 10 gear and despite hitting basically all crits, I still ran out of ammo in everything just at the end of the area with the 3 chargeable crystals. It's honestly only difficult because even the best guns in the game take ages to kill a single mob! I was using the Unkempt Harold and it took a minimum of like 50-100 rounds to kill the medium difficulty mobs... Fuck this Takedown.
I've been trying to solo Zane on op10 because my friends refuse to even attempt it once. It's been a living hell but I want to do it so bad lol, but it's so infuriating to get the mid boss on its last phase and get yeeted by a guardian as you're trying to escape a mini nuke.
just use radiation aka
handsome jackhammer (rad variant)
You had one job Gearbox one job!
i don’t see myself coming back to this game. literally lacks the key elements of a successful borderlands game. limited time events should never exist, we need actual dedicated rare loot drops to make a grind interesting, and we need invincible bosses that we can spawn in and directly farm. even one of them being a bullet sponge with a good loot pool so we can actually farm and enjoy the game.
those 3 things alone would make all the difference
You forgot the nerfing of "OP" gear in a singleplayer game. Not to even mention the glitches and laughable performance
Negru Alexandru yeah you’d think they would test the guns and character skills before launching the game. just to have the players to find OP guns and builds just for them to nerf it :) did they not remember what they did for borderlands 1 and 2???? HELL the pre sequel wasn’t this big of a train wreck !! that speaks VOLUMES !
Are there not raid/invincible bosses in the base game or even dlcs?
Pedro Verissimo no there are but they’re not that good like For instance the only invincible enemy is in the wedding DLC for three and the boss is self is not even that good The only good raid Is the first one
Nope
Great video, thanks as always for no fluff, being straightforward and informative. You rock.
Excellent guide, thank you. Made it nearly all the way through then died on the jump right before final boss... I did get 2 dedicated drops from Anathema though so I was super happy
Thanks a lot for the explanation of charging those energy things. Also the help with the platforming ( I suck at platforming in general, lol ). The way you explained everything really cleared it up. Much appreciated!
Rad! Happy to see that better balancing is coming. Takedowns are really cool and a welcomed addition, but I hope they throw in some traditional raids, as well. I’d also like the heck and cartel map to be permanent. It’s all really cool content, super fun stuff.
I feel like a new rarity is needed for takedown weapons, the legendary guns in this game are way too plenty and most of them dont stick out, however i really like the concept of this raid but i probably wont play it until they fix mayhem mode
Thank you K6 for this guide! Much love- you’re the best.
Wotan was hiding extra loot in his legs. Maybe there's extra loot from this boss too which we have yet to discover?
Getting strong destiny raid vibes from this and I love that
Thanks for this. Tried this a few times, and kept dying on the 1st 3-crystal encounter and had no idea what was killing me.
Found a great way to stop the mobs while charging. Its a Shock Lob it takes the mobs out quickly!
Thanks for the vid K6. Stopped playing myself and this helps keep me up to date on what goes on in BL3
I’ll wait for the balancing just like how they did Maliwan Takedown considering he’s on mayhem 4 and they have like mayhem 10 health and as always I appreciate the help
YAASSS!! I was doing the same with ZANE yesterday and was like...DAMN! M10 weapons on M4 and wasn't doing crazy damage?!
I'm glad they are making it easier soon; I legit thought I had enabled True Takedown by accident.
Step 1- wait for the enemies nerf
Step 2- enjoy
Finally did it on M10 with Flare Bear. The platforms made it twice as long. They need a checkpoint after the crystals before the final boss! Lol
Yeah the platforming is where 99% of my deaths comes from
I think the boss would be really cool if, when it's making those radiation domes, it isn't immune and can still take damage. Do you want to take the risk for extra damage? Or are you just going to play it safe? Could make the boss either more interesting, or easier to cheese.
Dude like i only just recently subscribed to your channel and you know what, I am very satisfied! Great work buddy! Cheers
i wouldn't mind the new take down being so difficult if the game had a matchmaking system that worked at all
Or if they didn't spawn you like an hour away from the boss if you accidentally fall off.
@@RoachDoggJR.- I have to disagree with that. You see I feel as though it is simply there to punish you for not minding your surroundings/ being careless.
dragonovboy productions yeah, in destiny you had to squadwipe a ton because of people falling of the map and it was still Fine (i only played year 1 though)
Thanks for the guide, K6. Will put it to use when I go for the Takedown after they fix the enemies health. Although the boss mechanics seem neat (minus the 11 immunity phases each), I doubt I will keep running this Takedown after I get 1 of each new legendary and all the new cosmetics.
I really love the bus fights in battleborn and the first boss fight of the Guardian takedown reminds me boss fight so much
This is not fun.
Neither was your mom
@@RealShrimpu you must be 12 and if even so this still isn't fun so they are still right.
@tacoburrito Swanson exactly
tacoburrito Swanson for real. Just get good at shooting basic enemies for longer than you have to shoot story bosses. Very challenging and very rewarding gameplay!
Thanks for the guide, I was losing my mind on the crystals
Thank You!!
Cool guide!
One thing I learned as flak is through his fade away Not my circus skill or the gamma burst plus a red fang class mod you can have your pet lure enemies away from the crystals while you charge it. I did the two crystal sections without shooting. As for the two bosses you can somewhat cheese them with The he bites skill if your pet has enough HP and you use gamma burst right as the bosses are about to use their insta down moves. If your pet survives Your pet will reflect the insta kill damage right back at the bosses tearing away a fourth of they're HP to trigger the next insta kill move. Same thing goes for wotan not sure if this has already been discovered but this is just what I use to make the two hours of guardian takedown easier for me.
With Anathema, if taken down to the immune phase towards the side of the main platform, the bubble will not hit the entire platform meaning you can out distance it on the one platform completely skipping the mechanics of the fight.
Flak’s pet and Gamma Burst is great for keeping it in one place to avoid having to jump to any other platform to dodge.
Missed a jump a second before I killed the boss. Almost broke my tv 😭
Wow man.....
Nice video my broo
Im not necessarily saying they are bad fights, but goddamn I hate those 18381 immunity phases. Its like you only get a chance to take 1 bite of your favourite food every 5 mins. To the point where, yeah, you ate the hotdog, but you feel like you didn't because you didnt get the pleasure of basking in it you know, just eating it as you please, while you appreciate how good it tastes. Thats the cool thing about bosses. They either are hard and you either comeback later or push through in one intense fight, or you are already strong enough that you can kind of melt it, which feels good, feels like a reward for all the time you spent farming ur current loot. Like spending couple hours preparing idk a turkey or something, and instead of getting to have the time to rest, eat and collect the fruits of your hard work, someone keeps calling you to go somewhere every five goddamn minutes. It just feels like you keep getting blue balled over and over just to never had the chance to release it anyway. At least make a huge final bar or something man. And if it would be too hard for u to beggin with, it just makes it feel even more painful while also cutting the pace... Sorry for the rant i really dont like excess Immunity bars and im also kinda hungry lol
Think of it like PacMan. Everyone loves eating the ghosts, but they have immune phase too. But what makes that (and these bosses) fun is that you’re moving and using strategy (a bit) to stay alive until you can eat another ghost
@@Ki11ersix well I can see that yeah. On the same note i can also see how they could want to avoid players just one shot-ing the boss and move on, in a very not too interesting way (even if satisfying/rewarding). And yes sure, but dont you think 12 phases is kind of pushing it wayyy too far? I feel like theres a middle ground to be found here. For example, lets say idk, just doing a final full bar, without any of the platforming, mob sections, etc... Just you, the boss and your gear, would already go a long way into making a more satisfying battle conclusion, without having to remove the rest... Thats how I feel about it at least...
nice video k6, this boss fight reminds me of deadlift from the borderlands TPS
For the last phase of Anathema, rather than looking for red beams, some people might find it easier to jump to the middle platform, turn a full 180, wait on the first platform exploding and then jumping back. It gives you plenty of time to do it before it explodes and that way you don't need to worry about which platform has a red beam or not.
Also, if you're at the final boss and not able to hit him with one of the brain dudes, his charged up attack will insta-down you unless you hide behind one of the pillars. Just get a pillar in between you and the boss and you should be able to survive it
I wanna get to a point where I can run through this as easily as any other fight, but man is this challenging as all hell.
Anyone have issues with Iron Bear turrets during the teleport phases of the last boss? How long to stay in to avoid instagib when you get out.
Man k6j is so much older than I remember haven't clicked on his channel in forever
This takedown feels impossible to solo. Even on mayhem 1
Ikr?...like wtf?...real hard and possibly some small pay off....but they sure do stay on top of nerfing bull shit ....THIS is how games die
I managed to get past the mini boss on M10 solo, then not all the mobs loaded so I was stuck. This whole takedown feels like a mess, they've used some really dirty tactics to make it artificially more difficult, platforming and ridiculous health bars. I don't think I'm going to bother playing it again, just going to finish this vid so I can see it all the way through.
I beat the two raids easily with kaoson SMG
Finally beat it after months of trying to beat the takedown
Congrats
I am still stuck at the second area. I’ve got shock and corrosive guns. I’ve tried it like 6 times and I’m on mayhem 2. Any ideas how to help?
I completed this on Mayhem 1 just to get the jumping/platforming mechanics down. Then I played again on Mayhem 10, and everything was going fine up until I was sliding towards the first boss fight - I fell just short of the platform and died, and had to restart from the beginning. >_< I didn't think that was even possible.
I spent so long trying to shoot the crystals that heal the scourge tysm for the info i would have been so tilted if i died because of that 😂
Nice vid but, looks like a lot of effort and uneccesary and pointless difficulty for 2 good raid fights. All feels like the devs are trying to be too clever and to really rub salt in the wound, the chance of the exclusive loot is minimal and the loot itself is weak sauce. I don't think just scaling the enemies health is the whole fix. Bin the platforming for a start.
I'm ok with the platforming, but I agree with you on the other stuff. I just want traditional raids.
@@Ki11ersix me too. Bring back Crawmerax I say
I think calling them raids which is a generic term for PVE group content in a mmo is wrong for BL3 because the devs clearly tried to make the “raids” real raids and some people don’t like it.
In borderlands 2 there were raid bosses without the raid lol.
Paul Oddie Don’t you think he was kind of boring to fight? He was only good for loot.
@@firstnamelastname6520that's kinda what all the raid bosses are isn't it
Anathema is probably my favorite boss. With my favorite shield drop for my Fl4k. The Asclepius.
Nice vid bro some tweaks are needed for new takedown
coming back to this, there is a piece of info that might ease the worry on the Anathema fight. If you feel like you can't escape a Radiation Nova, go ahead and take it...if there are guardians on that platform. You'll get a SECOND WIND easy.
At 2:28 you say there isn't a chest up top but at 2:31 you can see an eridium chest and a weapon chest next to it.They're not red chests or great but takes 2 seconds to get them so it's worth it usually. Easy source of ammo if needed or a legendary or two if lucky. Just for anyone watching in 2022.
With anathema on the last phases u can jump to 1 platform and jump back right after it explodes and live
DUUUUUUDE!!!!!!!! THANK U SO MUUUUCH!!!!! I kept dying and I'm like: NOBODY SHOT NE!!!! WHY AM I DYING???!!!!! Ur 1st 5 sec is the answer
You rocked this breakdown.
8:17 I died behind that door, game spawned me in front of those door at the chceckpoint, but the buttin is red and says "Locked" Do I have to go again?:/ Whats the point of chceckpoint than?
lol just came to this video after getting bodied by only the first boss oof at least they got rid of the platform bit near then end xd
I hate these charging crystal sh*t
Finally someone who's not a dumbass that knows how to explain this level. Thanks!
P.S. Wow this guy sounds exactly like Kevin Smith😂
Face cam upside down had me flipping my phone all dif ways till I noticed it was the video
Anyone else having a problem with the purple platforms throwing you off . I can’t even get to the final boss
Yea no, i'm done. Screw this.
I tried doing this takedown and most of my deaths happened because of those three crystals
That nightmare platform where speed is a curse, it's 10x even more nightmarish in mayhem 6 and above. I saw "REAPERS" didn't spawn, they're basically bigger melee Eridians and they absolutely love punching you off into space with no remorse.
Love ya videos keep up the good work and I'm a big fan
I was following your guide (thanks!) and it looks like the last two platforming sections before Scourge were completely removed. There were just air jets that shot past those sections. The purple platforms didn't even appear which really confused me. Anyway, onto Scourge for the first time!
Good luck! Yeah thanks to community feedback about the raid they made those changes
Straight up did the same thing at the start like 15 times wondering why I was instant killed and it turns out to be this lmao
Late to the raid party. But i just done solo it using normal weapon on mayhem 1 takedown. Without using guide and took me 6 hour to beat it. Figuring out and actually beat it feel rewarding. Since i like dark soul type of game.
For the last boss if you do not interrupt you can use the pillars also to help some him from
knocking you down
Thanks for the tips. Having a rough time with it
Love this video. You could not sound less impressed with the Takedown if you tried LOL
It’s just not the best experience in the game. I like the boss fights though
@@Ki11ersix lot of effort for little reward in my experience of it
you can die on the first jump platform if the large rock you normally fly over is vertical, instead you smack into it and fall to your death
which is soooo much fun, right?