Stranger Things 3: The Game

Story-related and cannot be missed.

There's a fight at Weathertop before this mission that actually represents another increase in difficulty, because the game sends a several waves of enemies who all want to attack the Cerebro antenna and, of course, once the antenna falls so do you. I got through this with Dustin, who deals chem damage (and quickly), while equipping trinkets that boosted chem attack and kids' attacks. However you deal with this fight, ranged fighters are not your best bet here, because the enemies' priority is that antenna, not you – and nearly all of the ranged attack characters have a hesitation between you pressing the button and their attack landing that can really hurt you for time here.

The actual Mall Showdown mission isn't that bad – it's mostly just avoiding enemies while solving door-opening puzzles. There are two points to note: one of the rooms has three floor switches. There's no dumpster to move – you need to position your characters on the bottom/right two panels and wait for one of the Mindflayer's tentacles/arms to come out from the wall and weigh down the third panel. There's also a room with a bolt cutter door – make the effort to go through this and the two behind it – it will lead you to another of the best armor in the game and you'll need it for the upcoming fight.

This trophy will unlock when you get through the clothing store and into a hallway with a vending machine, on the way to the final battle.