It should only take you one turn, two at most, to take out the Locust. You’ll take a few enemies out because they’ll walk right through the mines trigger and detonate them, which kills two birds with one stone for you. Your best bet during this phase of the battle is to position your soldiers where the proximity mines’ trigger area is between them and the Locust. The most significant danger on this turn is the Boomer that emerges from the E-Hole. As long as you held a grenade in reserve, you can collapse the hole immediately and not have to worry about it spawning more Locust. Fortunately, the mines will always land in a way to where none of your soldiers will be in the trigger area. The Corpser will spawn four proximity mines in the center of the area. If you followed directions, you should already be in an excellent position to avoid the boss’s attacks.Īfter the Corpser makes, his attack is where things start to get tricky. For me, it was the pattern heading diagonally towards the corners of the map, leaving the center of the map as the only safe spot. This phase starts with the Corpser targeting two areas emerging from it. This is going to be your ticket to killing this big damn spider. Once you deplete the Corpser’s first health bar, you’ll notice it jostles a crane hanging above it.
You likely won’t do enough damage in one turn to interrupt the second attack, so positioning yourself early in the fight to shift quickly to the center of the map is key to avoiding damage. If you can pull this off and keep your squad in the center of the arena, you’ll find yourself in a good position to avoid the area the Corpser will attack next. If you can deplete the first third of the beast’s health bar, you can cancel its attack. This might freak you out a bit, but don’t worry.
However, aside from that, the areas it’ll attack will be random. I’m pretty sure the Corpser will always attack the middle of the arena as his first move. This is the area where the Corpser’s attack will hit on the next enemy turn. When you’ve damaged the Corpser enough, it will extend its legs, and you’ll see a long, wide red attack indicator extending through the center of the arena. Once you’ve taken care of that, pelt the Corpser with grenades (make sure to keep at least one grenade in reserve) and the Explosive Shot ability from your Heavy until it unfurls its legs. The biggest worry you’ll have during the first part of the Corpser fight in Gears Tactics is closing up the E-Hole that appears shortly after the battle begins. Explosives Vulnerability: Receives extra damage from explosions.Large Target: +60% accuracy when shooting this target.