Conan - Game Guide - The Gamers Temple

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                           BOSS FIGHT - GIANT SQUID

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A'Kanna's ship sets sail for Argos in a bid to find Kalden, and is promptly
set upon by a HUGE Squid that swims up to it from the sea, slamming its 
tentacles down onto the main deck.

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The Giant Squid Boss Fight is just like any other - it comes to you in 
sections, being :-

     GIANT SQUID BOSS FIGHT STAGE 1 - Slap Happy
     GIANT SQUID BOSS FIGHT STAGE 2 - Mast Stranglehold #1
     GIANT SQUID BOSS FIGHT STAGE 3 - Infection #1
     GIANT SQUID BOSS FIGHT STAGE 4 - Mast Stranglehold #2
     GIANT SQUID BOSS FIGHT STAGE 5 - Infection #2
     GIANT SQUID BOSS FIGHT STAGE 6 - Mast Stranglehold #3
     GIANT SQUID BOSS FIGHT STAGE 7 - Desperation and Anger

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GIANT SQUID BOSS FIGHT STAGE 1
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There are 2 green urns in the bottom right-hand corner, and top-left corner
of the boat should you start to take a pounding.  There are also 2 blue urns
in the bottom left-hand corner, and top-right corner of the boat for you as 
well.

In this first stage of the fight, the Giant Squid flings its tentacles out
of the water and slams them down onto the deck.  You must sever the suckers
from the tentacles, causing pain to the beast.

The easiest way of doing this is to hand back behind the mast, as the Squid
cannot really attack you there, and to just slice off the tentacles as they
come right, left, right, left, repeat ad nauseum until he is down to zero 
health - two strong attacks will sever a tentacle, in case you're wondering.

When he's done and dusted, we move on to ...

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GIANT SQUID BOSS FIGHT STAGE 2
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Frustrated at its inability to pound the ship to pieces, the Giant Squid 
decides to try and wrap a single tentacle around the mast, and capsize the
boat.  Use strong attacks to batter the tentacle until it can take no more
pain, and falls back.

We then come to ...

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GIANT SQUID BOSS FIGHT STAGE 3
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The Giant Squid decides to use one of its more icky powers, and wraps a 
sucker around one of the crewmen, infecting him with its inky darkness, and
turning him into its slave.  The crewman then proceeds to attack you !!

Keep striking at the tentacles that are poisoning the crew, and you will do
damage to the beast.

Once he has taken enough punishment, you can move onto ...

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GIANT SQUID BOSS FIGHT STAGE 4
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Back to his old tricks again - the Giant Squid decides to try once again to
pull the mast towards it, capsizing the boat.  Slice its tentacle with strong
attacks to put pay to its plans in short order.

Then we can move onto ...

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GIANT SQUID BOSS FIGHT STAGE 5
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Another attempt to infect the crew, save this time the Giant Squid combines
its sucker-hold on crewmembers with slapping the deck with OTHER suckers, 
making it more awkward to reach your comrades.

Stand behind the mast again and your expose to the Squid will be minimised.

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NB. IF YOU NEED TO USE EITHER THE BLUE OR GREEN URNS, NOW IS THE LAST TIME
    YOU WILL BE ABLE TO GET AWAY WITH IT.
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Keep slicing and dicing those tentacles and you will be just fine.  Then
we get to ...

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GIANT SQUID BOSS FIGHT STAGE 6
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YET ANOTHER attempt to capsize the BLOODY boat !!  Although this time he's 
really quite desperate so you MUST get to his tentacle quickly, or you will
lose BIG stylee.

Once you've struck him again - BAD Squid BAD !!  We can go on to ...

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GIANT SQUID BOSS FIGHT STAGE 7
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Now he's getting REALLY mad.  The Squid latches onto the vessel with as many
tentacles as he has left it seems, pulling himself up onto it and partially
capsizing it in the process.

This means you are no longer able to reach either the blue or green urns !!

In this final stage, the Giant Squid exhibits the following attacks :-

   A)  Sucker Smash (as per his previous attacks - he raises up his suckers
       and smashes them down onto the main deck);
   B)  Ink Spray (he sprays about 75% of the deck with oil, leaving only the
       very far left and very far right untouched, and instantly poisoning
       any crewmen that come into contact with him);

Best way to defeat him here is to hang on the VERY far left, wait for him to
spray his gunk all over the boat (he will travel from left to right), and then
LEG it after him and unleash a strong combo whilst avoiding the crewmen, 
before rolling back to the safety of the very left-hand side of the boat.

Once the Squid is down to zero health, Conan will automatically engage it
in a 

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Conan enters the mouth of the beast, stabbing it behind its eye and up through
its skull, before pushing one of its eyes out so that he can escape its skull.

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Congratulations !  You have now completed Act Eight.