• Greater number of guards compared to Normal
• Greater number of cameras compared to Normal
• Available ammo pickups are greatly reduced
• Snake takes maximum damage from enemy attacks
• You have 2 ration capacity to start, 3 after Owl, 4 after Havoc (Normal maxes at 5)

Stage 12 Map by Eishiya

CORRECTION - You can throw grenades at the shoulder cannons.

• Nikita do not spawn on the right side of the road.

• Metal Gear shoots at you while walking down the road.

• The Machine gun shoots more quickly.

• Nikita ammo does not spawn in the Metal Gear fight.

• HP: 48

• Takes 8 damage per hit

• 6 hits to destroy

• If you are not confident in a C4 plant, due to the Machine Gun messing up your movement, don't go for the C4 plant and risk getting stomped. It isn't worth it.

• HP: 96

• Damage Dealt to Machine Guns: 1 HP

• Damage Dealt to Upper Cannons: 3 HP, Final Hit is 8 HP

• Damage Dealt to Missile Launcher: 6 HP

• Damage Dealt to Flame Thrower: 4 HP

• Machine Guns can be damaged by Nikita or Grenades

• Upper Cannons can be damaged only by Nikita

• Missile Launcher can be damaged only by Nikita

• Flame Thrower can be damaged only by Grenades

• Upper Cannons are destroyed after 4 hits, totaling 17 damage per Cannon destroyed

• Once GANDER reaches 31 HP, Flame Thrower attack begins

• To finish phase 2, up to 8 grenades are required

• It is best RTA to pace out your grenade throws, so that you have a better chance of stunning the Machine Gun and opening up the upper cannons.

• When Machine Guns are flashing, Gander can choose to use the upper turrets, use UAVs, or fire missiles (when it reaches a low enough HP)

• If a grenade is thrown onto Gander on Fl 98 or Fl 99, it will deal 4 damage at the start of Body per throw. Video shown below.

• Missiles track you based on your initial X/Y Coordinates¹⁾ when the first whoosh noise is played.

• But, later missiles in the sequence check your X/Y Coordinates again, so don't get lazy and stand still

• 3 missiles fire from the left, 3 fire from the right. The order (e.g. L, L, R, R, L, R, etc.) is not set.

• You can somewhat manipulate the missiles based on your initial position, but don't only rely on that.

• Even if you do manipulate based on the initial position, the first missile could come out quickly and hit you.

• IGT Abuse by pausing can be very helpful to give you time to study the radar and the incoming missiles on screen.

• It is better to be below a missile than above. A missile will not do damage if they fly through Snake's head. But they will do damage if they fly through his body or legs.

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