Yep. Big damage is his only strength. I killed him without any problem when he was at phase 2 with roughly 80% HP. Maybe it's defensive offence skill, maybe i cut his shields too fast, but he is kinda easy.
I'm more impressed by the fact you got this far with no upgrades than that you beat him, I'm in a Revengeance run myself rn, Armstrong is the first really challenging thing in Revengeance difficulty since the 2 grad boss fight in like chapter 2 or 3, to be fair, for him I didn't make it to phase 2 before he died, I tried to just wait for him to present so I could get there but he never did, and because I didn't wanna restart, I never heard the lyrics in this run... I'll have to go back to this fight
Did you know if you destroyed that shield and enters his next phase, there's a chance that despite you leaving his health at 100%, there's a chance it might randomly get down to 65%>
@@-Astolfo_Lover- Fun Fact: sundowning or sundown syndrome is actually a syndrome known to occur in people either with dementia or alzheimer, people with sundown syndrome get their symptoms increased at evening and night, in other words "when the sun goes down". When you first meet Sundowner, it's a relatively sunny day. But when you fight Sundowner, it's raining and the sun is not visible. At day Sundowner was relatively calm and joking but when you fight him, he just doesn't give a shit
I'm going to echo another comment and say that Sundowner should be actually invincible while his shields are up and that in phase 2 Ripper Mode is the only thing that'll deal good damage. I think the thing that makes Sundowner so easy is the fact that his whole shtick is being slow but very powerful when he attacks but to the player it's still the same flick of the joystick and button press no matter how much damage the attack deals. It'd be nice if it was like MG Excelsus how even if you parry it still takes away health so that his attacks still feel weighty. Give him an extra attack or two to spice things up (sorta stupid idea but a fake-out attack where he pretends like he's going to swing but delays it to throw you off sounds kinda cool) and you've got a pretty solid boss now.
I would be intrigued if Sundowner didn't cheat but that's apart of his character. The health damage while parrying is also very interesting, makes you need to learn how to dodge. Removal of Battlefield Acquisition and the Helicopters. You got what you just said. Additionally you also take parry damage from Jetstream Sam in R-00.
Sundowner should be faster in second phase and have quick, strong attacks like he does in cutscenes- and how he can literally outrun raiden. Maybe since he's one to cheat he could've at some point in the fight called in a gekko and rid atop it as a move? It's such a shame such a cool character has the worst fight
The most impressive thing in this run isn't that it was done with no upgrades (health/fuel cell - this is the requirement of an in-game achievement in fact). The impressive point is that it was done *without* Defensive Offense, the single most important buyable skill. Well done my dude.
Sundowner really deserved better, perhaps there is another timeline where he's actually a harder boss than Monsoon and Mistral combined. Oh well we can only dream
The simple way to do this is by tripling his health and doubling his damage. Also he does damage even if you block his attack, albeit said damage is considerably reduced.
I swear, these clips make the parries in this game look like a total childs play. I only started using them more frequentley during the boss fights after Monsoon and even after that fight I struggled.
First time I beat him, I skipped the second phase entirely due to just dealing too much damage before all the shields were cut. I actually never knew about him grabbing the towers or calling for basic enemy grunts during his second phase until this video.
The first time I fought Sundowner I didn't even know you could control the cutting angle in blade mode so I just beat him while he had all his shields up. A lot of repair nanopaste was used lol
Hey, i’m the dude who left that “how are you doing those moves if it’s no upgrades” comment on the last video. In case you see this before my reply to what you said, I probably should’ve done a bit more gameplay and research before posting that comment xD
*Red sun. Red sun over paradise. ×2* Golden rays of the glorious sunshine. *Setting down, such a blood-red light.* Now the animals slowly retreat to the shadows. Out of sight. *Arid breeze blows across the mountains.* Giving flight to the birds of prey. *In the distance machines come to transform Eden. Day by day.* Only love is with us now. Something warm and pure. *Find the peace within ourselves.* No need for a cure. *When the wind is slow. And the fire's hot.* The vulture waits to see what rots. *Oh how pretty. All the scenery.* This is nature's sacrifice. *When the air blows through. With a brisk attack.* The reptile tail ripped from its back. *When the sun sets.* We will not forget the Red sun over paradise. *Red sun.*
played it a lot back in the day. never used any one the boss's weapons just for the hell of how raiden looked cool with his own sword and the leg combos
the next step from that is to make it as cinematic as possible dying at the checkpoint was an annoying one for me aswell, so i made to restart the whole thing each time xd
This is why I REFUSE to upgrade damage. It's weird that it's even a thing because neither the bosses nor the regular enemies really need it. I go as far as finding the health extensions and level up my energy bar. And the skills of course.
For some reason, this boss fight fucked me up, I couldn’t tell you why, other than I was maybe a bit too cocky, and was a bit tired, but sundowner was a pain in the ass, I think I had less trouble with monsoon than I did with sundowner, idk
Will anyone believe me if I say that sundowner was the hardest boss besides Sam and Armstrong when I first played the game? I found that bosses got harder and harder as I played through. Well blade wolf was harder than mistral but that’s it.
if you had not died at phase 2 start, and if the developers didnt make the annoying ass decision to put a fucking helicopter into the bossfight, this could have been a perfect S run
Tbh I’d really like a Sundowner DLC. Maybe like his origin before Desperado (I’m pretty sure he became a cyborg while fighting in the military) or something about his missions.
![Metal Gear Rising Revengeance - Sundowner Boss Fight [4K 60FPS]](/img/n.gif)
"I like your eyes Jack. A murderer's eyes"
Jack, with only one eye: 👁👄✖
Him also wearing a mask: 🤖
He actually has both eyes, he just prefers the bandanna
@@ALJ9000 or rather, the bandana *is* the eye
@@SaladSneky Better depth and zoom according to a conversation with the Dok
@@ALJ9000 pretty sure they didn't make him a new eye until the after credit scene
Sundowner has such a good boss fight yet it always disappoints when his health pool is so small.
Yep. Big damage is his only strength. I killed him without any problem when he was at phase 2 with roughly 80% HP. Maybe it's defensive offence skill, maybe i cut his shields too fast, but he is kinda easy.
I want him to have a bigger health pool, and only ripper mode deals meaningful damage, attacking him normally does nearly nothing.
if his first phase faster it would be more challenging
His boss theme is my 2nd favorite in the game, the first being IT Has To Be This Way, and 3rd being The Only Thing I Know For Real
I'm more impressed by the fact you got this far with no upgrades than that you beat him, I'm in a Revengeance run myself rn, Armstrong is the first really challenging thing in Revengeance difficulty since the 2 grad boss fight in like chapter 2 or 3, to be fair, for him I didn't make it to phase 2 before he died, I tried to just wait for him to present so I could get there but he never did, and because I didn't wanna restart, I never heard the lyrics in this run... I'll have to go back to this fight
I just noticed that Sundowner says "I like your eyes, Jack, a murderers eyes" Raiden has one fucking eye
DownSunner was trolling
@@Chris_HT S tier explanation
💀💀💀
@@XXSHREKDXX 💯%
@@Chris_HT What was your explanation? It got deleted
We will not forget the Red Sun over paradise
Golden rays of the glorious sunshine
*red sun in the sky starts faintly playing in the background*
@@myaze7147 setting down such a blood-red light
@@Goldusfellow343 Now the animals slowly retreat to the shadows out of sight
@@justanormalguy8809 only love is with us now
Did you know if you destroyed that shield and enters his next phase, there's a chance that despite you leaving his health at 100%, there's a chance it might randomly get down to 65%>
That’s only if you die afterwards, it will reset automatically to 65% no matter his health
@@blu4390 Oh sorry I forgot, if you reset the game right after you destroyed the shields, the game will also lower his hp.
It's because he's called sun"downer"
@@-Astolfo_Lover- Fun Fact: sundowning or sundown syndrome is actually a syndrome known to occur in people either with dementia or alzheimer, people with sundown syndrome get their symptoms increased at evening and night, in other words "when the sun goes down". When you first meet Sundowner, it's a relatively sunny day. But when you fight Sundowner, it's raining and the sun is not visible. At day Sundowner was relatively calm and joking but when you fight him, he just doesn't give a shit
@@maxmanchik i can tell you were just waiting for the excuse to share this fact with someone, and I highly appreciate it.
I'm going to echo another comment and say that Sundowner should be actually invincible while his shields are up and that in phase 2 Ripper Mode is the only thing that'll deal good damage. I think the thing that makes Sundowner so easy is the fact that his whole shtick is being slow but very powerful when he attacks but to the player it's still the same flick of the joystick and button press no matter how much damage the attack deals. It'd be nice if it was like MG Excelsus how even if you parry it still takes away health so that his attacks still feel weighty. Give him an extra attack or two to spice things up (sorta stupid idea but a fake-out attack where he pretends like he's going to swing but delays it to throw you off sounds kinda cool) and you've got a pretty solid boss now.
I would be intrigued if Sundowner didn't cheat but that's apart of his character.
The health damage while parrying is also very interesting, makes you need to learn how to dodge.
Removal of Battlefield Acquisition and the Helicopters. You got what you just said.
Additionally you also take parry damage from Jetstream Sam in R-00.
Sundowner should be faster in second phase and have quick, strong attacks like he does in cutscenes- and how he can literally outrun raiden. Maybe since he's one to cheat he could've at some point in the fight called in a gekko and rid atop it as a move? It's such a shame such a cool character has the worst fight
The most impressive thing in this run isn't that it was done with no upgrades (health/fuel cell - this is the requirement of an in-game achievement in fact). The impressive point is that it was done *without* Defensive Offense, the single most important buyable skill.
Well done my dude.
I dont even use defensive offense and i beat the game on hard
@@ErenJeager535 did you fully S-rank no damage all ranked battles?
@@ErenJeager535 How did you beat Excelsus and Armstrong then? No offense, just genuinely curious.
@@notsobadbones exelus is actually pretty easy without it, and with armstrong it is some good old running and parrying.
@@notsobadbones you can block excelsus attacks, but ofcourse for a no damage run you need to avoid the attack
“Fair fight”
Sundowner: *proceeds to grab long pole thing to beat you with* ah this looks useful!
My first playthrough I ended up fighting sundowner like this cuz I didnt know you could upgrade...
Maybe if you actually took the time to analyze the game you'd know how to upgrade, Gyro!
@@iamblue9976 Stop watching MGR gameplay and go back to finding jesus' remains or the US president will beat you to it. Smh my head
@@iamblue9976 how bout you analyze my functioning legs crippleboy
Ew, jojo fans
@@gyrozeppeli7296 aight which one of you MFs activated D4C
It's so sad that his Health is soo low, Like I didn't even know he fought you with a whole ass pillar lol
He'll do it with all four pillars if you give him the chance.
I didn't even see his 2nd phase
I wish his fight was more like this. Would’ve been great if it was even harder than that too
‘Can’t lay a finger on me!’
Also Sundowner: *Leaves his entire bottom half exposed
"I like your eyes jack"
**His only eye being covered by the visor**
Sundowner: I'll split you in two
Also Sundowner: *Get split in two*
Ok, but are we just gonna ignore the PERFECT music sync between phases 1 and 2?
In phase one I can still hear the lyrics just by the instrumental
Bro same I listen to it that much lol
Pretty sure the lyrics are baked into the song, meaning they're still there in the instrumental, just really quiet.
@@yapflipthegrunt4687 nope actually, there’s a thing with our brains that just automatically does that
“Like I said. Kids are cruel, Jack. And I love minors.”
sussy
That was the most merciful MGR kill I've ever seen.
Sundowner really deserved better, perhaps there is another timeline where he's actually a harder boss than Monsoon and Mistral combined.
Oh well we can only dream
The simple way to do this is by tripling his health and doubling his damage. Also he does damage even if you block his attack, albeit said damage is considerably reduced.
@@monsterfanatic5344 how do you do this though? Haven't found a single mod that raises his health
When I 1st played through this I didn't know you can actually break his Shields and just beat him by using the sai's to detonate his shields.
Same
"I instantly died at the checkpoint"
Guess you could say he split you in two
LOL true
"This music is a gift from god"
"Kids are cruel jack and love Miners"
-Maxor
MG-EXCELSUS, sundowner and, Jetstream Sam are the best bosfights.
The Sussy MG is unfair with parrying tho.
@@SPURIONOG Yes, but the music, is awesome.
3:26
I love that you timed the instrumental to when the climax of the vocals kicks in his 2nd phase.
Well done!
It’s programmed to do that
That's just how Rising handles boss music. It's dynamic.
That's actually in the game
lmaoo that's not editing it's how the game works it's like that for every boss
I am aware it is not editing. It was just synced perfectly
I swear, these clips make the parries in this game look like a total childs play. I only started using them more frequentley during the boss fights after Monsoon and even after that fight I struggled.
Monsoon is a nightmare
@@SPURIONOG i beat him first try. Got confused about the emp part, but one pause to google it helped. I got confused on BD monsoon, but all is good.
3:10 this shot is one of the coolest things I've ever seen.
imposter!
@@Sp7836-d3c susdowner
When sundowner is actually invincible
Uzaki was playing this
0:13 "Th'fuck" best line
Sundowner fight must be more hard like fair battle in original fight
Raiden is clearly being best a man can be and fight fair
Let me refrase that raiden is clearly being the better person by fighting fair
First time I beat him, I skipped the second phase entirely due to just dealing too much damage before all the shields were cut. I actually never knew about him grabbing the towers or calling for basic enemy grunts during his second phase until this video.
Lol same
Finally, someone that fights him correctly!!!
Not only the music but the game is gift from god 🤟🏻
Now I see him as Adam smasher man
Guys I think he likes CP.
The first time I fought Sundowner I didn't even know you could control the cutting angle in blade mode so I just beat him while he had all his shields up. A lot of repair nanopaste was used lol
Hey, i’m the dude who left that “how are you doing those moves if it’s no upgrades” comment on the last video. In case you see this before my reply to what you said, I probably should’ve done a bit more gameplay and research before posting that comment xD
*Red sun. Red sun over paradise. ×2*
Golden rays of the glorious sunshine.
*Setting down, such a blood-red light.*
Now the animals slowly retreat to the shadows. Out of sight.
*Arid breeze blows across the mountains.*
Giving flight to the birds of prey.
*In the distance machines come to transform Eden. Day by day.*
Only love is with us now. Something warm and pure.
*Find the peace within ourselves.*
No need for a cure.
*When the wind is slow. And the fire's hot.*
The vulture waits to see what rots.
*Oh how pretty. All the scenery.*
This is nature's sacrifice.
*When the air blows through. With a brisk attack.*
The reptile tail ripped from its back.
*When the sun sets.*
We will not forget the Red sun over paradise.
*Red sun.*
Red sus
Red sus over parasus.
@@nicholasfly5914 Golden rays of the glorious susshine
@@Iraxtar setting down such a bloodsus light
@@STALKER59349 now the anisus slowly retreat.
@@nicholasfly5914 to the veeents sus by sus
I love the fact you put "Fair Fight" at the title, just so you won't to try to cheese him by using Mistral's weapon infinite air juggle combo.
After 0:21 you made the scene even more action pack with sync
Damn that Adam Smasher boss fight is insane
In some stream some guy said "why did you turn off the lyrics?" Before Sundowner's shields were down my live reaction be like 💀
played it a lot back in the day. never used any one the boss's weapons just for the hell of how raiden looked cool with his own sword and the leg combos
This was the best boss when I did this challenge myself, he was still super easy lol
Damm didnt know he had a 2 phase killed him in phase one without destroying The shields
the next step from that is to make it as cinematic as possible
dying at the checkpoint was an annoying one for me aswell, so i made to restart the whole thing each time xd
this guy is a true chad
0:20 raiden stand
Thank you for making this interesting.
I like your eyes jack
What a roast
You i never knew had had a bit where he picks up the poles, he always died before he got to.
The fight sundowner deserved
*no death* *rip jack checkpoint2*
I never knew he picked up a pole and fought with it! Maybe I took him out too fast...
For some reason the thumbnail reminded me of prophet
Master death mod armageddon bossrush malice iron heart
5:38 NO VIBING 😢
Bruh, I didint know that there was a phase 2, I Best Red Sun without cutting his shield lol
This is why I REFUSE to upgrade damage. It's weird that it's even a thing because neither the bosses nor the regular enemies really need it. I go as far as finding the health extensions and level up my energy bar. And the skills of course.
When I fought him he went into phase 2 at 5 percent. I did not understand how to chop his shield off. I also then kept chopping only one off at a time
I completely forgot that he grabs the pole and attacks you with it
I always found it a bit disappointing that this guy wasn't more of a fight considering he practically kickstarts everything that follows in the story.
Wow, now because he can't be beated in two minutes, he actaully said some voice lines I've never heard before.
Who has the best theme music in your opinion?
IDK im just bored.
Jetstream Sam and Khamsin.
@@SPURIONOG Cool
helicopter kinda defeats the whole concept of a fair fight cause outside help yknow
For some reason, this boss fight fucked me up, I couldn’t tell you why, other than I was maybe a bit too cocky, and was a bit tired, but sundowner was a pain in the ass, I think I had less trouble with monsoon than I did with sundowner, idk
Wait a sec
Why is Sundowner commenting on Raiden’s eyes when he’s wearing a mask that covers his eyes? He doesn’t even HAVE both of his eyes!
I LOVE THIS STHIT
the perfect parries/juggles that people do is not fun to watch at all imo.
Obviously. It's rewarding but it's boring for the viewer to see a fun boss get ruined like a joke.
@@SPURIONOG try some stuff with the downgraded wooden sword if you havent already
I have. Its kind of tedious.
Pro gamer!
I tried doing a run like this with the wood sword, terrible to actually set up tho. Takes forever
Christ
Now make it no hits
I feel like he should have more health than Sam cos he has more cybernetic enhancements
i was waiting for you to just spam perfect parry and for me to yell at ya, but you dident do that it really was a fair fight.
wait is this hitless because he took damage
I disregarded damage from helicopters because there's absolutely nothing I can do to them.
Is it just me or anyone else think that sundowners chest looks like someone's face?
Someone told me that metal Gear rising when I was cosplaying as sundower on roblox is that true?
Will anyone believe me if I say that sundowner was the hardest boss besides Sam and Armstrong when I first played the game? I found that bosses got harder and harder as I played through. Well blade wolf was harder than mistral but that’s it.
sir, this isnt what they mean by get good.
I didn't know people normally got rid of his shield cause i killed sundowner without taking down his shield i didn't even know you could do that.
Nice
if you had not died at phase 2 start, and if the developers didnt make the annoying ass decision to put a fucking helicopter into the bossfight, this could have been a perfect S run
"Fair fight" lmao
How you complete Mistral, I need it.
shoulda done it with wooden sword
Help i can hear the lyrics
Перехочешь
Helicopter is sooo annoying
I have absolutely no choice with it in this challenge to be fair.
Just use homing missile
Now do it without getting hit
No do a no hit one full fight no with no checkpoint’s lOlOllOl
nah
I'll be honest, I never knew Sundowner ever even grabbed those poles to use as weapons. Man its such a shame his hp pool is so low.
Tbh I’d really like a Sundowner DLC. Maybe like his origin before Desperado (I’m pretty sure he became a cyborg while fighting in the military) or something about his missions.
Red sus
Huh... I never knew he could grab those poles to attack you with. That's super interesting. I always beat him too quick to see that part of the fight.
I hate this video cause he didn't let the theme do the epik part and instead cut, you could have at least waited until the epik drop happened dude...
Nahhhh I restarted the second he hit me anyway so I couldn't get the drop.
@@SPURIONOG damn, it's the best part of the fight
@@burgerpolice1193 as he said, he'd split me in two and that he did.
The only way to see all of his attacks
why does sundowner die so fast even without upgrades and the worst part is that his got the best soundtrack his and Sam's compete for me
Weakest Mgr fan vs Strongest Genshin fan