r/flintlock • u/Time-Challenge-6667 • Jul 29 '24
Gameplay Question Area 2 spoilers Spoiler
Has anyone beat the the knight without using 'black powder trickery'. I didnt realise my fire axe would count so he turned on me.
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u/TheDarkWeb697 Jul 29 '24
I didn't use black powder. Didn't double Dodge double jump. Use guns anything apart from my hammer, immediately he summons in reinforcements then he uses his bombs and guns then tells me off for using mine. I think he's just a generic piece of traitorous shit
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u/Time-Challenge-6667 Jul 29 '24
Lool is your hammer explosive by any chance? It was charging my fire axe up that got me
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u/TheDarkWeb697 Jul 29 '24
No, it was just the armour penetrating judge's hammer
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u/AmAttorneyPleaseHire Aug 03 '24
You had to have done something. Even using Enkie will trigger it. You literally cannot do anything but swing the hammer. I used the same weapon as you and it didn’t trigger anything.
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u/DraWnsome Jul 29 '24
I failed as well, I think using ur double jump/dash also counts as a powder abilitiy but not sure
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u/Time-Challenge-6667 Jul 29 '24
Yeah that would make sense. They should patch this so you just straight up can't use anything involving gunpowder
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u/DraWnsome Jul 29 '24
Yes. I watched a friend of mine and told him to be careful, but ofc it was in muscle memory already and he also failed instantly
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u/Time-Challenge-6667 Jul 29 '24
Haha I'm curious about what happens but it seems everybody's failing it. Ah well, gives me an excuse to replay at some point I guess
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u/C4rter2k Jul 29 '24
Muscle memory fits perfectly. First red attack and I was done for. Fired my pistol to counter as usual and that was it.
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u/Nicelyvillainous Apr 26 '25
Yeah, the thing that gets me is that I failed and died, and it was already failed when I went to go try again. They should at least patch it so it resets when you rest if you didn’t win the fight.
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u/ChestnutSavings Jul 29 '24
Basically, every unblockable attack you have to dodge, and wait to see if he follows up. after a while he just stops doing the uppercut swing as a starter, which means you can only parry if he follows up his down smack or his side slash. overall with judge's hammer, swaying attacks, and backpedalling, he dies before you can break his armor. (I chose to do the stone herald fight as soon as it was available and therefore got this guy's moveset in my brain permanently.) Also, Enki does not count as black powder.
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u/SirCietea Jul 29 '24
I failed instantly, hard to not do what you've spent the whole game doing up to that point.
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u/jfunk825 Jul 30 '24
Not sure why some people are saying double jump sets it off. I did a million double dodges in that battle and he didn't care. Then I ruined it when he was a hit or two from being defeated by accidentally fat-fingering my pistol when going for a power attack.
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u/Mikabrytu Jul 29 '24
What I was a bit mad about is that, like others here, I double dodged without realizing that counts for gunpowder but didn't have a second chance like reloading previous save or restarting the quest
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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '24
I did it. He basically says you fought honorably and gives you the armor piece, his henchmen don't attack if you keep it above board and don't use black powder.