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    Ethan

    Any tips on defeating Ethan? It seems every time I take some of Ethan's health by shooting him in the glowing patches of his body, it unlocks a new ability for him.... he started off hurling rocks and stomping then fire balls then hulk smash on ground with blazing fire.... I managed to get him down to 50% health. The YouTube videos I have seen make it look so straight forward.... Any advice on how to slay the Goliath?
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    What rank are your weapons? What weapons do you have?

    Do you have the double jump ability?

    What about upgrades, do you have 4 bars of health, aka did you upgrade Infirmary to level 3?
    Put some perk points into More Medkits, so that you can heal more often.
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    I realised my L2 grade weapons weren't doing it so since I spent most of the Ethonol upgrading the garage etc I was stuck so I purchased Far Cry points and now I have heavy machine gun L4 (I think, it has the yellow crown logo) and a Bow Arrow L4 plus various other weapons i bought. My health bars at 2 and what's this jump ability? I have 2nd orange bar (directly underneath health bars) which is meant to give me super peggie powers or something but I don't know how make use of that.... I managed to get him down to about 45% health lols!
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    thanks

    Oh yeah thats one of edens gifts to 2x jump.... guess I'm buying perk points as I have 0! Thanks for the assistance.
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    Ubi-CJ's Avatar Community Manager
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    Hey there,

    I'll chime in, just incase it helps:
    I might be wrong on this count, but as far as I know, Ethan will always change his approach when his health goes below a certain level - it does not depend on where you hit him or with what weapon.

    I stuck with a high-level bow and aimed for the glowing weak spot on his side. I kept close to the wall (either on the higher surface or near the ammo on the lower surface) and I moved as quickly to the other side as possible whenever Ethan got close.

    That was my only real strategy - the rest was just a question of time.

    Good luck in any case!

    /CJ
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    I ended up using mostly explosive arrows, which from an Elite bow do 2400 DMG each (on Tough mode) no matter where you hit him.
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    if you already have the elite compound bow when you start the mission,, it ends up being even the first bow .. and it is the way to go.. I have got him 3 times 3 games so far fairly fast with it.. I keep using the zip lines.. turn throw a few pipe bombs mines down.. back up and fire a few arrows into him.. next zip line.. ect.. same thing.. ect ect.. I also got him once using the DA50 upgraded 8 times with amour piercing rounds.. as soon as I could switch from the bow.. just for a change.. .. yeh I have played through 4 times total.. going slow and doing all the side stuff, and farming perk points.. I'm playing the "game" not blasting through the story.
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    I used the Blunderbuss M642. I play on the tough level. As a straight out the box MG it has a score of 115 DMG. I couldn't kill him on that level so I eventually upgraded it to about 156 DMG and was able to kill him on the first go. Also upgrade the more ammo perks and more health kits perk so you have more ammo and health kits.
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    I acquired all the Eden's gifts perks. The double jump and sprinting came in handy. I managed to defeat him!
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    Thank you for the all help. I really appreciate it. 👍😊👍
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