Case 08: Head of the Demon is a Main Mission in Gotham Knights. This walkthrough will guide you through all Sub-Chapters and Objectives of the Case 08: Head of the Demon main story quest.
Requirement: having completed Case 07: The League of Shadows
Reward:
- Subcase 8.1 – Dangerous Skies: 8,760 XP
- Subcase 8.2 – The Lazarus Pit: 9,780 XP
Mission Info: Talia was sending out her Man-Bats from the Gotham City Cemetery. She’s got her operation hidden somewhere under there.
Objectives:
- 8.1 – Dangerous Skies
- Check the Man-Bat Locations on the Evidence Boards
- Defeat the Man Bat 0/1
- Defeat the Man Bat 0/1
- Defeat the Man Bat 0/1
- 8.2 – The Lazarus Pit
- Reach Gotham Cemetery
- Enter the Crypt
- Search the Tunnels
- Reach Other Side of the Collapsed Batcave
- Search the Collapsed Batcave
- Defeat the Man-Bat
- Search the Caverns
- Defeat the Assassins
- Search for an Exit
- Reach the Lower Caverns
- Reach the Lower Caverns – Defeat the Assassins
- Reach the Lower Caverns
- Reach the Ancient Door
- Defeat the League Guards
- Enter the Temple
- Defeat Bruce Wayne
- Defeat Talia al Ghul
8.1 – Dangerous Skies
Check the Man-Bat Locations on the Evidence Boards
Approach the Evidence Boards and hover over the Leads section to complete this objective. Now we need to head outside and find three Man-Bats to defeat.
Defeat the Man-Bat 0/1
Head outside and proceed to the first Man-Bat’s location in Elliot Center in the Financial District. The exact location of the Man-Bat is in the map screenshot below.
When fighting Man-Bats remember to avoid both his swoop and wing attacks. As you’re fighting the Man-Bat, some League Assassins will show up as well.
Defeat the Man-Bat 0/1
Now proceed to the next Man-Bat’s location on Gotham City General Hospital’s rooftops in the West End district. The exact location of the Man-Bat is in the map screenshot below.
Defeat the Man-Bat 0/1
Now proceed to the third and final Man-Bat’s location on WayneTech’s rooftops in Southside. The exact location of the Man-Bat is in the map screenshot below.
8.2 – The Lazarus Pit
Reach Gotham Cemetery
Now head for Gotham Cemetery in the northern part of Bristol.
At the cemetery entrance, park outside and climb over the wall.
Enter the Crypt
Now proceed to the entrance of the crypt, following the door icon.
Search the Tunnels
Jump down the hole in the ground and slide all the way down. When you reach the lanterns, you need to shoot their chains with a Batarang to then be able to access the ledges and continue on.
Keep going down the tunnel until a new objective unlocks.
Reach Other Side of the Collapsed Batcave
Grapple onto the lantern ledges to make it to the other side of the Batcave.
Search the Collapsed Batcave
Now squeeze through the cranny and resume sliding down, readying yourself to grapple onto a lantern ledge.
Then, drop down and defeat the Assassin. Now continue along the tunnels and down the slide and defeat the next three Assassins. Now continue past the gap and you’ll have to defeat another Man-Bat.
Defeat the Man-Bat
As usual, avoid his swoop and wing attacks and only then can you land your standard or heavy melee attacks.
Search the Caverns
Now open the chest in the arena where you’ve fought the Man-Bat and continue past the joker card.
Squeeze through and keep running along the tunnels, then shoot your Batarang to release the chain from the lantern ledges and continue forward, sliding and grappling as you go.
Defeat the Assassins
At the bottom of the grappling and sliding sections, defeat the Assassins.
Search for an Exit
Open the chest in the area and then squeeze through the cranny.
Reach the Lower Caverns
Now continue down the slide and keep grappling your way forward.
Reach the Lower Caverns – Defeat the Assassins
At the bottom, defeat the enemies.
Reach the Lower Caverns
Squeeze through the crack and open the chest from the ledge halfway through.
Reach the Ancient Door
Drop down and defeat the Assassins, then shoot the chains to release the ledge and continue forward.
Now grab the chest on your left and continue forward.
Defeat the League Guards
Defeat the Assassins standing in your way. When you’re done, open the chest by the entrance to the temple
Enter the Temple
Before squeezing through, make sure you have equipped your best gear, are powerful enough to face the two boss fights awaiting us and that you have enough Momentum Abilities at your disposal, especially the Tonfa Jackhammer.
Defeat Bruce Wayne
The entire fight is more of a matter of patience rather than skill. You basically need to avoid Bruce’s attacks when they turn red and stepping on the Lazarus Pits in the arena. Make sure you keep avoiding and landing swift melee attacks to quickly recharge your Momentum. Once it’s recharged, land Momentum Ability attacks to deal a bit more damage. Otherwise, take your time and dodge and you will eventually be able to plead to him for a third and final time.
Defeat Talia al Ghul
The fight against Talia spans over two phases and it’s more or less the same as the one against Bruce, with the only difference that she lands much faster attacks, giving you very few windows of opportunity to land yours.
During phase one, she basically spams her attacks without interruption, and you need to try avoiding them at all times, leaving you very little time to land a few attacks, 1 or 2 at most. Over time your Momentum Abilities will charge up. When any Momentum Ability reaches its second bar, unleash it on Talia for some considerable damage.
During phase two, she uses the same fighting patterns, but this time wields a halberd and some of her attacks don’t give you a red warning, especially after she rises in the air. Use the same strategy as in phase one and when two bars of Momentum Ability are charged up, land the attack for some considerable damage. Eventually, a cutscene will start, ending phase two.
The fight against Talia is the reason why we recommended making sure you’re powerful enough before entering the temple. It’s during this fight that you will need to be powerful enough to sustain lots of damage, but deal as much at the same time.
This finishes Case 08: Head of the Demon in Gotham Knights.
For all other Main Missions, check out the complete Gotham Knights Walkthrough.
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