The Surge

The Surge

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The Black Cerberus

The Black Cerberus

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How to unlock the The Black Cerberus achievement in The Surge - Definitive Guide

I have discovered an exploit which makes defeating this guy 10 times easier.

If like me you found that Cerberus wasn't the problem it was the PAX units then this will benefit you. During the fight Cerberus will call in a PAX 3 to 4 times and while you are fighting his health recharges.

the following method prevents Cerberus calling in ANY additional PAX after the first one is defeated. It also prevents him from leaving the battle and recharging

What you need to do is simple but can be tricky. There are 2 large white metal silos with flashing red lights. When the first PAX comes out charge up the orange bar. However instead of hiding from his rockets you need to stand in front of EACH silo and Dodge the rockets. When the silos are destroyed finish off the PAX.

You now have CERBERUS all to yourself.

In terms of defeating him the most important tactic is stamina management. Don't blindly swing he will always win. Instead run in with sliding attacks no more then 2 at a time and only when the stamina has recharged. Also collecting the drone upgrade to provide shielding can be a massive help.

Stay close he has a deadly elemental ranged attack which he uses if you stray.

Here is a video I was able to defeat this guy my second attempt using this method after nearly 2 hours of relentless defeat. The video only captures me having PAX destroy one silo but you must have him destroy both.
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23 Aug 2017 17:21

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This was an incredible tip. If I could add I used the drone which pulled the enemy as it allowed me to get some free hits
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By Saint Yates on 15 Dec 2018 21:39
It would probably also be helpful to note that this boss has a secret achievement tied to it as well
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By Kanchanaburi on 03 Aug 2019 19:30
The Black Cerberus fight has 2 phases. In the first phase you fight against the Black Cerberus and in the second phase you fight against a robot like P.A.X, the first boss in the game.

The 2 phases are repeated over and over again depending on damage done and/or time. Black Cerberus regenerates health in the robot phase. If it takes you too much time he will regenerate a lot of health. You have also a limited time during the fight against Black Cerberus and after a while he calls the robot and is hiding.

During the Black Cerberus fight dodge the attacks and wait that the attacks are over and hit Black Cerberus with your weapon 1 or 2 times and then dodge again the attacks and wait.

The robot phase is a little bit tricky. For the entire fight you have to hide under the roboter or he will hit you massivly. To force the robot to its knees so that you can do damage you have to do 2 things. At first remove the armor from the robots legs. After you destroy the armor the robot lifts one of his two legs. If one leg is in the air hit the other leg to force the robot to kneel down. For this step I use a fast weapon.

Kill the robot and the Black Cerberus enter the room again, rinse and repeat the steps until Black Cerberus is down.

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19 May 2017 13:50

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I found a video on youtube how to beat him easy use concussive drone and put on a mg gorgan head gear the drone will knock the boss down so you can get a easy hit and the head gear uses less energy consumption for drone so you can use drone more often it should take 1 or 2 hits to get enough energy to call out your 1st drone after that it should only take 1 hit
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By Goggs25 on 23 May 2017 23:17

The Black Cerberus is the fourth boss in the game. Once the match starts, you will be able to do damage to him instantly. Depending on your weapon, the playstyle may be different. From a single-rigged weapons perspective, you will want to do 1-3 hits on him at a time then hop back because he will be able to start attacking you. Just keep doing this after he stops his attacks. After you’ve taken almost 25% of his health he will retreat back behind the glass and a PAX robot will come out that you will need to destroy. You will be able to take down the robot the same way as the original PAX except for the face: this one doesn’t shoot missiles that can hit it, so you will have to use the second method of taking it down which is going for its legs. Keep repeating that process until you destroy the robot.

After you’ve destroyed the robot, Black Cerberus will come back out and fight with a little more health than he had before. Repeat the process of attacking him and backing up until he is at 50% health, then he will retreat again behind the glass which will bring on another PAX robot. Repeat the process of destroying the PAX robot until it's destroyed, and Black Cerberus will come back out. You will be able to defeat him on this turn if you do it quickly, but if you take your time you will have to go through another PAX fight.

Video Guide

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Story-related and cannot be missed. You fight The Black Cerberus in Executive Forum. Please refer to "Guard Dog" for hints to acquire his armor and weapon.

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Advice one: we beat the boss, almost immediately the familiar PAX comes out, the boss leaves. We kill the pax and take out the boss as quickly as possible. If you hesitate, he will summon another PAX. Well, don’t go to the boss until he finishes the “planning meeting” with his subordinates, wait for them to leave.

If you want to get both the boss’s improved weapon and his entire set of armor at one time, then to do this you need to destroy two modules located in the corners of the arena and cut off the boss’s hand with the weapon. We hit PAX on the legs until the scale is full and run back to the modules, PAX will start launching missiles, we dodge the missiles so that they hit the modules. It may take up to two missiles to hit, the modules must burn entirely. By the way, if you destroy the modules and PAX will no longer appear. So we kill the boss this way and get a full set of armor and an improved version of his weapon (MG Judge v2.0).

Guide to obtaining improved weapons from all five bosses.
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22 May 2017 21:14

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My advice, it’s better to make a save to a flash drive before the 4th boss, not everyone will be able to hit the boss the first time and get the entire set of equipment (Cerberus) for the first playthrough.
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By nick22011985 on 11 May 2019 14:49