Max: The Curse of Brotherhood

Video-guide of Max: The Curse of the Brotherhood to get theNo stranger to danger achievement. For this select chapter 7 - 2 and we must defeat the boss without dying.

Tips: The boss follows a simple patern. I suggest that when he is giving punchs you start on one side and star moving forward slowly to the other side.
So every time he finishes you just have to build a pillar to aboid the slap or shoot a fire ball if he attacks with posion. Don't stay in the center or you'll die.

This solution and video was originally posted to my blog at http://coldjustice.blogspot.com/2014/01/no-stranger-to-dange...

For this achievement you need to defeat the villain Mustacho -- who has taken over your kid brother's body and grown it to ten times its normal size -- and do so without dying and respawning. This means that if you fail, you need to restart the level rather than continuing from a checkpoint.

I recommend running the level a couple of times before trying for the achievement in order to get a feel for the rhythm of the battle. Use your checkpoints and figure it out.

The battle has two major phases.


PHASE ONE: RESTORE POWER

In the first phase, you need to restore power to the mind transfer device. You will first need to avoid Mustacho's pounding fists. Throughout the battle, he will pound the ground three times and then set up to swipe across the stage to kill you. This "Pound Phase" is the same every time -- three pounds and a swipe -- though the hands used change depending on the situation. If you watch my video, you will get a feel for how to avoid getting pounded. Note that I'm leading Mustacho, pretty much picking which hand he will use for each pounding.

Once the first Pound Phase has gotten to the swipe, jump on either exposed earth pillar spot, quickly build the pillar and jump to the wall. For this first time, it doesn't matter which earth pillar you use, left or right, but probably only one is exposed. Immediately whip out your marker and blast a fireball into Mustacho's face when you get on the wall. Now step onto the water spot and draw a water column up to the ladder at the top of the screen. You will get a quick prompt to draw a branch to use as a lightning rod. Draw the rod and you will be thrown to the ground.

Run around through another Pound Phase up to the swipe. Again, as Mustacho prepares for the swipe, get on either earth spot and ride a pillar up to the top. Jump on the wall and prepare to put another fireball in Mustacho's ugly gob. Now draw a vine from the power source to the closest node. Toss another fireball at Mustacho and then complete the circuit on that side with the second vine. You will again be thrown to the ground.

Run around a third time through a Pound Phase up to the swipe. This time go to the other earth point where we will again be connecting nodes. As before, ride the earth pillar and jump to the wall. Fireball, vine, fireball, vine and get thrown to the ground. Now we start Phase 2.


PHASE TWO: DEFEAT MUSTACHO

(This part starts at 1:32 in the video below.)

We start out with another Pound Phase, and the steps we'll take repeat three times without any alteration if you follow my steps exactly. (You can see how it works in the video.) I'm going to enumerate each step.

The second phase starts with Mustacho pounding the stage with both hands. He will then use his right hand to start the Pound Phase.

1. As soon as you see Mustacho prep his right hand to start the Pound Phase, run right. Do not enter the earth circle, though.

2. As soon as the first pound happens, run left and run all the way into the earth circle on the left side. Be sure to enter the earth circle. THIS IS CRITICAL. If you don't run far enough to the left, then Mustacho's swipe hand will end up in a position where your marker will glitch against the background artwork in such a way that in step 5 you will not be able to hit the hand with a fireball.

3. While you are running, Mustacho will pound twice with his left hand.

4. As soon as the last pound hits, run back toward the center, but stop to the left of the center point. THIS IS CRITICAL. Running back to this point gives you some time in step 6 to shoot the second fireball without getting vomited on and ensures that Mustacho will use his right hand to start the next pound sequence. You'll see me do this each time in the video.

5. Immediately fire a fireball from the right side at the swiping hand -- note that he will have already had the swipe prepared for about a half-second.

6. Without releasing the trigger, immediately use the left fireball circle to fire toward the top of Mustacho's head. It should hit his head just as he leans forward to vomit on the stage.

7. Repeat steps 1-6 two more times.


Once you've hit Mustacho in the head with three fireballs he will fall forward onto the stage. Connect a vine from each side of the stage to the electrodes on his head to complete the level and accept your achievement.

The video below shows how I popped the achievement. Note that it is from an Xbox One Game DVR recording, so the achievement notification will not be displayed.

For me it was very difficult achievement. I did it about an hour. Sometimes it was my mistakes, sometimes game's lags. What you need to do, it's defeat Mustacho without dying.
Watch my video guide

A videoguide to how to beat chapter 7-2 without being downed. If you get knocked out quit out to menu and choose chapter again. No worries as you get directly in the fight.


Hope you find it usefull!

Defeat mustacho flawlessly. If you die before defeating Mustacho, you'll have to restart the whole level. While trying to defeat mustacho, there are the following phases needed to be done:

The first phase is to restore power. First you'll need to avoid the pounding fists. Throughout the battle, he'll pound the ground three times and then set up to swipe across the stage to kill you. This "Pound Phase" is the same every time -- three pounds and a swipe -- though the hands used change depending on the situation.

Once the first Pound Phase has gotten to the swipe, jump on either exposed earth pillar spot, quickly build the pillar and jump to the wall. For this first time, it doesn't matter which earth pillar you use, left or right, but probably only one is exposed. Immediately whip out your marker and blast a fireball into Mustacho's face when you get on the wall. Now step onto the water spot and draw a water column up to the ladder at the top of the screen. You will get a quick prompt to draw a branch to use as a lightning rod. Draw the rod and you will be thrown to the ground.

Run around through another Pound Phase up to the swipe. Again, as Mustacho prepares for the swipe, get on either earth spot and ride a pillar up to the top. Jump on the wall and prepare to put another fireball in Mustacho's ugly gob. Now draw a vine from the power source to the closest node. Toss another fireball at Mustacho and then complete the circuit on that side with the second vine. You will again be thrown to the ground.

Run around a third time through a Pound Phase up to the swipe. This time go to the other earth point where we will again be connecting nodes. As before, ride the earth pillar and jump to the wall. Fireball, vine, fireball, vine and get thrown to the ground.

The second and last phase is to defeat Mustacho.

You'll face another Pound Phase, and the steps we'll take repeat three times without any alteration if you follow my steps exactly.

He'll start by pounding the stage with both hands. He will then use his right hand to start the Pound Phase.

1. As soon as you see Mustacho prep his right hand to start the Pound Phase, run right. Do not enter the earth circle, though.

2. As soon as the first pound happens, run left and all the way into the earth circle on the left side. Be sure to enter the earth circle. THIS IS CRITICAL. If you don't run far enough to the left, then Mustacho's swipe hand will end up in a position where your marker will glitch against the background artwork in such a way that in step 5 you will not be able to hit the hand with a fireball.

3. While running, Mustacho will pound twice with his left hand.

4. As soon as the last pound hits, run back toward the center, but stop to the left of the center point. THIS IS CRITICAL. Running back to this point gives you some time in step 6 to shoot the second fireball without getting vomited on and ensures that Mustacho will use his right hand to start the next pound sequence.

5. Immediately fire a fireball from the right side at the swiping hand -- note that he'll have already had the swipe prepared for about a half-second.

6. Without releasing the trigger, immediately use the left fireball circle to fire toward the top of Mustacho's head. It should hit his head just as he leans forward to vomit on the stage.

7. Repeat steps 1-6 two more times.

Once that's done, his head will fall to the ground. You'll then connect the sockets to his head. Achievement pops upon defeating the boss without death.

Note to self: After defeating the boss, you'll also unlock the "Your Brother's Keeper achievement too.