Dahaka Hard Mode Video (2 minutes/no damage/very easy)

[ToxicMegacolon]

I was able to do it on hard without a secondary weapon, but it took good timing and luck. As soon as the battle begins, go berserk and wail on him. When the first beserk ends, start a second one immediately and continue to wail. Near the end of this second beserk period, he'll hop away, and I would not pursue. Then, I stayed back and dodged his tentacles while refilling all six sand tanks. Then I ran up to him and attacked with my regular weapon while rolling around him until his health dropped to the point where the cutscene activated. Then, with six full tanks, I would run to the edge where the dahaka was hanging and do 3 beserks in a row, and I killed him at the very end of the third activation. One second more, and he probably would have leapt back up.

Oh, I also found a nasty glitch where if you run up too close to the dahaka hanging on the edge and hit the block button, the prince will get frozen in space until something hits him out of it. This was, unfortunately, very reproducible in my game, and was the main reason I didn't beat the challenge sooner.

[KAP]

"1. I did the same as in video and... after 3rd fury ended - Dahaka still have 20-25%hp and then you !@#$up. So video it's definitely a normal not hard difficulty"

Your wrong, I did exactly what was shown on the video on HARD... If u don't believe me check my trophies

[Ev-Geniy]

Originally Posted by KAP

Your wrong, I did exactly what was shown on the video on HARD... If u don't believe me check my trophies

Trophies doesn't show how you kill Dahaka. So there is no point watching them.

Unless it critical that you start fury half way to him(i started when I get near him). I don't see how it can be done wrong.

[jigsaw]

Originally Posted by Ev-Geniy

Trophies doesn't show ho you kill Dahaka. So there is no point watching them.

you see that he has the hard mode trophy,why would he say it works when it isn't?

Unless it critical that you start fury half way to him(i started when I get near him). I don't see how it can be done wrong.

it was done on hard (on normal he dies within seconds) and yes,if you run to close to him you waste too much time

timing on when to press r1+l1 again is essential,if you press it too early you will cancel the slow mo effect when fury ends and if you press it too late he will have the time to climb up....but it definitely works,youtube comments confirm this also

[kyorml007]

It worked for me, altough i screwd a few times, just once he beated me. But in my batle something shitti happend, i couln't activate the furys! So he gor up twice, but in the end he died! Note that i did this on normal, but this defenitly works

[Zallera]

Personally I found it easier to just use the fury attack to whittle him down to just above 60% and fill up my sand tanks before starting phase 2, and then using the method Ev-Geniy's suggested.

[CogniVision]

By the time this works for you ya may as well have just killed Dahaka without it. Cause if you fuck up and he gets up your out of sand tanks, and he goes all berserk mode.
I say screw this strategy after i tried it he had about 5% health left and got back up. So i just did it without it.
Too luck based for my tastes.

Though if you cant do it this way and you're fighting Dahaka on hard you'll have to go through about 4 rounds of him getting up from the cliff and goin crazy.

I'd suggest instead just doin the time ability once or twice so you have sand tanks left, and to weaken him up more for the next round.

Originally Posted by jigsaw

i thought this breakable wall in the caverns is so obvious there is no way to miss it,but i will update it in the opening post

I did too, it's the least hidden, hidden weapon in the game... you even need to stand down next to where the wall is to activate the pressure point. So it's kinda wtf anyone would miss it xD

[simula67]

This method worked great for me. I had tried about a dozen times to beat Kaileena on Hard and kept getting killed by her ridiculous unblockable sweep attack and those damn sand tornadoes.

Someone mentioned that they couldn't prevent the Dahaka from facing them. Just wanted to point out that at the very beginning of the video, you'll notice that the Prince rolls twice. This is crucial if you want to stay "ahead" of the Dahaka's animation loop. For those having trouble getting the roll and attack down, muting your television may help you keep your rhythm.

Also, I didn't bother trying the Fury method... I used all 6 sand tanks to slow down time and whack him with the Light Sword. Beat him on my first attempt and got a shiny new platinum for my troubles.

[orobourous]

First and foremost thanks for this video, saved me a LOT of hassle. Secondly to all the naysayers this CAN be done on hard but I recommend using the 6 timestops and lightsword method rather than the 3 berserks...works like a charm.

Good luck everyone.

[mantrox]

Sorry to refresh an old thread but I just did it without the special secondary weapon (I had a normal sword that you can get just before the fight from the stand) and yes, on hard. More so - I did it with just 2 ravages of time (because I lost one sand tank during the "roll and smash" part) and still managed to do it during his first hanging. So for non-believers - this method works perfectly and thanks very much for discovering and sharing with us