How to defeat The Burst boss in Furi?
Last update: 08 August 2016
The encounter with The Burst differs slightly from your previous battles. During the early phases of the encounter you will first need to find the boss. All of that was described in the following chapter.
Phase 1
Your first task is to find the enemy. It won't be so easy, however, as small robots shooting balls of energy will try to prevent you from doing that. You can either destroy or avoid contact with those balls. It's worth to kill the creatures firing the projectiles before they can do so.
While searching through the location you might be targeted by a red line. It means that the boss will soon fire a deadly ray at you. Hide behind the nearest cover to protect yourself from the enemy fire and then start running towards the source of the light. You should soon find the enemy.
Phase 1.5
1. Melee attacks: delayed, fast and delayed.
2. The boss fires balls of energy that explode after a short while - stay away from them.
3. When the boss starts glowing in Purple it means that he will soon launch a round shockwave. Dodge it with the charged dodge.
4. From time to time the boss will fire blue projectiles that are easy to destroy and / or dodge.
Phase 2
At the beginning get rid of the robots standing nearby. When the last one of them is gone, the wall blocking the arena will disappear.
This time you will be interrupted in your search for the boss by yellow mines. Fortunately, they are easy to dodge or destroy.
Phase 2.5
1. From time to time the enemy will launch a pink ball of energy that will follow the hero. Parry those projectiles three times.
2. The enemy will repeat his sequence of melee attacks: delayed, quick and delayed.
3. When the boss fires a blue ball be prepared, as it will soon explode and create a round shockwave.
4. After the enemy stands in the middle of the arena and starts charging a powerful attack, quickly hide behind cover. You will be able to dodge the upcoming shockwaves this way.
Phase 3
During this phase you will be interrupted by both robots and mines, but the rest of the encounter looks exactly the same. Unfortunately, this time you need to locate the boss several times before he decides to fight with you.
Phase 3.5
1. At the beginning of the phase the enemy will shoot deadly laser beams at you. Protect yourself by hiding behind covers until the last cover is gone. Then you will be able to attack the boss.
2. When the enemy stands in the middle of the arena and starts charging in blue, quickly run behind the nearest wall. There you must prepare to dodge the blue shockwaves that will be created from the projectiles. Your goal is to get to the safe center of the arena as quickly as possible.
3. Additionally, the enemy will perform the well-known melee combination and from time to time will fire a powerful cannon - in the latter case you must hide behind a wall.
Phase 4
1. During this phase the enemy will perform various melee sequences. In most cases a single delayed attack and a number of quick ones. Parrying those attacks is not the problem - the problem is that the enemy is parrying yours as well. In such a situation you should fire your weapon when you parry the enemy attack, instead of using your sword. If the enemy parries your attack be prepared to block his two quick counter strikes.
2. From time to time the enemy will summon the robots known from the previous phases. Kill them and destroy the projectiles they shoot to heal yourself from the green balls.
3. When the walls appear on the battlefield the boss might use two attacks. The first one is a pink shockwave that you must avoid. The second one is several pink waves circling counter-clockwise. Avoid them by using the charged dodge and destroy the incoming balls of energy - there will be some green ones there as well, allowing you to heal yourself.
Phase 4.5
During this phase the boss will again use different sequences of attacks. Parry all of them and then shoot at the foe. From time to time the enemy will start glowing red. When it happens, run away from him as quickly as possible, as he will create a small explosion.
Phase 5
1. During this phase the enemy will perform two sequences of melee attacks: two delayed attacks, or a delayed, quick, delayed and quick attack. Only after the second sequence you will be able to attack him with your sword.
2. From time to time the enemy will summon robots - you can quickly destroy them or heal yourself off the balls they shoot.
3. The main attack of this phase is quite complicated. The enemy will start by creating a blue circle in the middle of the arena that you can't enter. Afterwards, pink shockwaves circling in the counter-clockwise manner will appear. Before you perform a charged dodge you should shoot at the balls flying from the center of the arena to clear the path and gain some healing balls. After a short while the blue circle will move to the outer side of the area. You will be forced to move inside of it and jump through the pink waves there.
Phase 5.5
In this phase you must focus on parrying enemy attacks. Two delayed or four quick ones that end in an explosion of red energy. Additionally, the enemy will disappear from time to time. Perform the actions shown on the screen and you won't receive any damage.
Phase 6
This phase begins with a very difficult sequence of dodging shockwaves. The yellow ones will come at you constantly, while the blue ones sometimes from the middle, sometimes from the side. To prevent the second ones from hurting you, dodge the yellow diagonally - this way you will appear in a place where there's no blue wave.
At some point the encounter will become even more difficult, as there will be yellow waves coming from both right and left side of the arena. To dodge them, move from one side of the arena to the other, focusing on dodging the side waves. Running from the side corners of the arena is crucial, as the boss will fire from his cannon - the obstacles that can protect you from that will appear once on the left side, once on the right side.
Phase 6.5
The last phase of the encounter is very simple. The enemy will become invisible, but you will still see the flash of his attack. This will be either a single delayed attack, or a sequence of delayed and quick ones. After you parry them, attack in the direction they came from and the encounter should soon end.