[2020] How to Destroy all of Basilisk’s armor before defeating him on Roosevelt Island - Field Gunner Research Stage 5 (Easy Method)

Hey guys, this topic has come up a lot lately so I thought I would put up a quick ‘guide’ to help with this task. This is a mixture of different recommendations found on here and essentially the ‘easiest’ way of doing so (no skill required)

This mission IS a huge pain in the ass.

But I have replicated this twice and this is the ‘easiest’ way IMO.

First load up an all skills build (an Acosta go bag helps), focus on haste.

Have a fixer drone and the Chem launcher with the oxider mod as the other skill.

EDIT: The Bulwark shield skill is a good substitute for the fixer drone. You can take a beating with this and not worry about much damage (thanks u/Yvng_Mxx).

The unbreakable talent for your chest piece helps incase he tags you, so you don’t have to worry about dying. I would recommend having this talent for this task.

Play on normal. Kill all the other Outcast members first so you only have to worry about Basilisk. BE CAREFUL NOT TO SHOOT BASILISK.

Once this is done, go near any of the pallets in the middle. Just have him follow you around, stop for a second for him to swing at you and roll/jump out of the way. You will then hit him with the chem/oxidizer launcher. If you have the +1 ammo mod and with the Acosta bag you should have 3 shots per go. With a haste skill build they will come back quickly.

Be sure to only hit him with the oxider as he is ‘fragile’ and if he takes other damage, he might die before the armor is all gone. You can either shoot him directly or at his feet, either method will work.

Anyways, keep shooting him with the chem oxidizer. This will seemingly take forever but then all the armor will drop off at one time. If the helmet remains, another shot or two and this should pop off as well.

For good measure, just hit him with the oxider until he dies (incase any armor pieces remain).

The fixer drone + unbreakable talent should be enough to make sure you don’t die.

Be patient. When hitting him, the hit points show up in white instead of blue so it looks like you’re taking off health instead of armor but this is not the case.

This may take you a long time but if you try this method, you’ll only have to do it once. It will at some point feel like this isn’t working, but it definitely is so don’t get frustrated and start shooting him with a regular weapon (he might die before all the armor is gone).

Thanks for reading!

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