Gang Wars

Gang Wars

Want to be the Boss of the Borough? Once you’ve completed all of the conquest activities in a Borough, a Gang War unlocks. Gang Wars pit you against the toughest Crime Bosses and their crews. Fight side by side with your Rooks until you’ve earned your one on one showdown with the Boss.

Winning the Fight

Unlike other activities, there is no challenge requiring you to complete this memory a specific way. All you have to do is kill all of the Blighters, then kill their boss. This leaves you to rely heavily on your combat abilities to get through this fight.

Smoke Them Out

During the initial confrontation, your gang of Rooks throws some smoke bombs putting up a wall in front of the advancing enemies. Run in and assassinate as many enemies as possible before the smoke dissipates.

Upgrades

Gang upgrades within the Ringleader tree help strengthen your Rooks. Other upgrades in the tree take health away from the Blighters, as well as make their ranged attacks much less effective.

Keeping your distance

If you are facing the Gang Leader and you aren’t doing much melee damage, resort to you ranged weapons. Circle around your foe, keeping yourself far enough away to force them to range attack you. Use Counter-Shot to either fire your pistol or throw knives at the target. When they are stunned from the counter, quickly aim for a headshot and deal some extra damage.

Up Close and Personal

Be ready for a fight. Gang bosses hit incredibly hard, so you need to be ready to counter their attacks at all times. The counter window is much shorter with gang bosses. Throw in some Guard Breaking moves while comboing on the boss. This keeps them from regaining their composure and allows your onslaught of attacks to continue.

End of the Fight

With the exception of the first Gang War, discussed during Sequence 3 of the Story Walkthrough, the boss comes to fight you in the same arena as the initial battle. Once the boss is dead, that’s the end; the turf is yours. Rook presence increases in the area as now most of the Blighters in the area have decided to join.