

Now, equip the Laser Rapier, dash behind the Cortex Reaver using the Motion Boots and attack relentlessly. Your vision will glow purple to indicate it's working. While behind it, equip the Beserk consumable and take it. When the fight starts, make a dash towards the pillar on the right-hand side of the arena. Have both items assigned to your hotkeys. However, it's made even better by the Beserk consumable, which makes your strikes incredibly powerful. This is arguably among the best weapons in the game, doing huge damage. First, is the Laser Rapier sword that you find down on the Maintenance level. There's a very effective method to defeating this boss, but it requires you to have two different items. It also moves quickly and will take you down in seconds, so we need to act fast. It does a ton of damage, wielding rockets that it fires in short bursts.

This part man, part machine, part monster is known as the Cortex Reaver. Make sure you save and, when you're ready, enter the room.Īfter stepping foot in the room, Shodan will taunt you, summoning a giant mech. As mentioned above, there is no respawning if you die here. The location is shown in the image below.īefore you enter the area, heal up as much as possible and ready your best weapons. Follow the path and you'll reach the boss arena. There, you'll find a door marked with graffiti. To find the Cortex Reaver, head to the Flight Deck and enter the South Quadrant. Below, we'll run through the battle, giving you a surefire strategy to take this hulking monster down. Worse yet, you're unable to respawn during the encounter, meaning you'll need to take him down in one life. This cyborg monster packs a big punch, bombarding you with missiles and taking you down quickly.
