Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name

Oh boy, this one is a pain in the behind. You're fighting the Third King as well as the previous two kings and seventeen other goons. All of them have insane HP. All enemies will also periodically heal a good amount. And on top of all that, you have a timer counting down during the whole fight. Time will be the biggest impediment here and the entire battle boils down to a matter of DPS.

Note: Below is the strategy I used and the prep required for it. After that, I list several other methods that other players have gotten to work. If you discover a particular technique that works well for you but is not listed here, please comment so below.

First, some prep:

You'll need to get the Dragon God Amulet (buy from Akame's shop for 60,000 points after upgrading the store four times). Then equip that and the best gear you can otherwise buy or find. The Great Gold Undies are fantastic for this. Damage per second is also key here so I completely maxed out my attack stat, including all ten levels of the Boost Attack Kiwami.

You will also need to get a team of ten followers, preferably gold rank, maxed out at level 20. It's crucial that you have NO HEALERS in your party. Otherwise the method below won't work. Keep that in mind before spending the several hours you need to max out your posse's levels.

Now the strategy for beating the Third King:

To pull this off, we're going to use the Essence of Dragon God heat action. When using the Yakuza style, if you enter extreme heat and have low health (the health bar will be flashing) you can pull off an attack on any enemy using that cuts through their defenses and can one-hit most of the weaker troops.

To keep your heat refilling, equip the Dragon God Amulet. This will refill your heat gauge so long as your health is low.

Now to get your health low, start another Coliseum match, preferably platinum, and let yourself get hit until your health is low. Pause and quit out of the match. You'll still be at low health. Smoke cigarettes (never thought I'd ever tell that to someone) to max out your heat. Save, and then start the fight with the Third King.

Once in the fight you need to run around trying to pick off the weaker enemies using the Essence of Dragon God. Try to avoid too many cluttered enemies since your health is low and you can't heal. Also try to avoid the kings until they are the last enemies remaining. When you deplete your heat, run away until you get another heat bar or two filled. Then repeat.

When you're finally down to just the kings, your teammates should cluster around them and whittle away at their health. Attack the kings if you see an opening, but don't let yourself get killed in the process.

Here's a video of this method, all credit to lilfarmboi:
Even with the above help, it still took me three tries to pull it off. The hardest part is not getting tagged by Daft Punk's laser face.

Alternative strategy 1:

If you have a hard time pulling off the above, others have suggested staying in agent style, popping extreme heat, and then spamming the Hornet drones. In extreme heat, the hornets do far more damage and can clear out some of the lesser goons allowing you to focus on the kings earlier.

Alternative strategy 2:

Another strategy is to play as Majima and spam his spin-attack using . His knife cuts through enemy blocks and induces bleeding. Others have recommended this method, however I personally could not get this to work.

Alternative strategy 3:

xDisturbedx666 points out that there is another strategy for this that includes packing your team with as many machinegun-wielding fighters as you can. These fighters will then spray away at the enemy, giving them no time to focus on you. The only downside is if you already have a fully-trained team, you will have to raise another set of allies up to level 20.

Credit to CyricZ, here is a link to a list showing the different recruitable fighters and whether or not they have the machinegun ability: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps5/380362-like-a-dragon-gaide...


Good luck. This was by far the hardest battle in the game for me.