Resident Evil 2 Super Tyrant Boss - How to Defeat the Super Tyrant as Leon Kennedy

When given the option of playing as either Leon Kennedy or Claire Redfield, you’re going to facing off against the Super Tyrant as the final boss of the game. In our Resident Evil 2 Super Tyrant boss guide , we’ll be explaining how you can easily defeat the final boss for Leon Kennedy’s campaign.

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In this guide we’ll be detailing the Super Tyrant’s weakness, as well as the one fatal attack that the boss can pull off.

• How to Defeat the Super Tyrant in Resident Evil 2
• Super Tyrant Weakness
• Super Tyrant’s Ultimate Attack

How to Defeat the Super Tyrant in Resident Evil 2

The Super Tyrant is, as you might have guessed from the name, a super version of the Mr. X Tyrant, who poor Leon Kennedy has spent a large part of Resident Evil 2 running from. Note that the Super Tyrant is only the final boss of the Leon Kennedy campaign, as Claire Redfield will have a different final boss to face at the conclusion of her story.

You’re going to need more than just that pistol for this fight. |Hirun Cryer/USG, Capcom

When the Super Tyrant descends onto the platform with Leon Kennedy, you’ll immediately notice that you’ve got a very limited amount of space to work with. In this first stage, the Super Tyrant attacks with either one big jab of his oversized arm, or three successive swings with the arm. After each swing he’ll get closer to Leon, so make sure to constantly stay on the move for this attack.

Super Tyrant Weakness

If you, like me, thought that the head of the Super Tyrant was the weak point, then guess again. You can actually see the exposed heart of the Super Tyrant directly in the middle of its chest, so hit home at this with either Leon’s pistol/magnum or shotgun for maximum effect.

Deal enough damage to the heart, and the Super Tyrant will temporarily stagger. Keep hitting the heart with all you’ve got, and the Super Tyrant will stagger again. Rain down with all the bullets you’ve got at the heart of the Super Tyrant, and instead of staggering a third time, the Super Tyrant will charge up a huge attack, by raising its head to the sky and groaning.

Super Tyrant’s Ultimate Attack

In this phase, you need to hit either the head or the heart of the Super Tyrant with enough force to stagger it out of the build up. If you fail to do this, the boss will rush at Leon, impaling him on its claws in an attack which can’t be dodged, which spells instant death on even the lowest difficulty Resident Evil 2 has to offer. If you’ve got magnum bullets left, now would be the ideal time to use them.

After you’ve dealt with the build up attack, you need to go back to hitting the heart of the Super Tyrant with whatever ammo you’ve got left. After two one final stagger, a cutscene will play out, where a very much alive Ada Wong will throw down an anti-tank rocket launcher onto the platform for Leon to retrieve.

When you’re back in control of Leon, do not run to the rocket launcher straight away. Since the weapon is directly between you and the Super Tyrant, doing this will cause the boss to attack you instantly. Instead, you need to bait the Super Tyrant off to the side of the platform, run around it, and then go back to pick up the rocket launcher.

Deal one direct hit to the boss with the rocket launcher, and this boss battle is all over. Finally, the nightmare of Resident Evil 2 is over for our Leon Kennedy.

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As Resident Evil remakes continue to print money, Capcom confirms plans for more of them

But no conirmation as to which games it plans to remake.

To the surprise of presumably no one, Capcom has in fact confirmed that it’s planning another Resident Evil remake - but it hasn’t said which game’s getting one.

It’s no secret that Capcom’s Resident Evil remakes have been doing exceptionally well - Resident Evil 4 Remake sold three million copies within its first two days . So hearing that Capcom is working on more was pretty much a given. Resident Evil 4 Remake director Yasuhiro Anpo was the one to confirm more remakes are on the way, quite simply replying “Yes,” when asked by IGN if the developer had plans for more. “We’ve released three remakes so far and they have all been received very well. Since it allows a modern audience to play these games, it is something I am happy to do as someone that loves these older games, and we want to continue doing more.

“What game we will remake in the future is something that we would like to announce in the future, so please look forward to it.” There hasn’t been any kind of hints so far as to which games Capcom might remake, though it has been trying to figure out which games you want to see remade . Code Veronica seemingly isn’t off the table , but of course there are games like the original Resident Evil or Resident Evil 0. Plus, there’s the more actiony Resident Evil 5, which is the next one numerically, though that one obviously marked quite a shift for the survival horror series.

Capcom does have an “unannounced major title” due out before March 2024 , though I personally wouldn’t bet on a new Resident Evil game. Dragon’s Dogma 2 is out March 22 , but that one was already announced, so it can’t be that. Perhaps there’s a new Monster Hunter on the horizon? We could always hope for a new Lost Planet or Darkstalkers too.

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