Fireman

Tactics and Strategy

These heavy hitter enemies are trapped in iron maiden-like devices that are constantly burning them for their wrongdoings in life. They use the Devil’s Kiss Vigor in combat, allowing them to attack you with the fire that surrounds them.

The Fireman generally attacks by throwing Devil’s Kiss projectiles at you. While these fireballs are slow and easy to avoid, they explode shortly after hitting the ground, damaging anything nearby. This explosion has enormous range, so even if you dodge the initial fireball, run as fast as you can to get away from it!

If you get too close, the Fireman attacks with a close-range explosive attack. Before this attack occurs, the Fireman glows brighter and brighter before exploding. You can bait this attack by moving close to the Fireman, causing him to stop and charge up. Then, move backwards out of his range to fire at him.

To take a Fireman out, keep aiming at his head while moving from side to side to avoid the attacks he throws at you. Once you get used to his methods of attack, bait him into exploding by moving close, then backpedal while firing at him to stop him from throwing fireballs.

Be careful once you have the Fireman near death—he’ll charge at you and then self-destruct, causing big damage while wiping himself out. Early in the game, keep firing at him even once he starts running toward you, since you won’t be able to do much to stop him. You’ll slow him down with every shot, so make sure you keep unloading on him until he explodes.

After you get Bucking Bronco, you can use this to both take him out quickly and completely avoid his self-destruct attack. Lift him up in the air, and quickly unload on him to dispatch this foe in a flash!