(Deck13)
The first boss of The Surge, P.A.X., can be pretty tricky. Here’s everything you need to know to take it down.
When you attack P.A.X., you don’t actually damage it’s health. You instead raise a threat meter (the orange bar under the health bar). This is the key to attacking it’s weak spot: the top part of the robot.
What you have to do is constantly attack its legs. Keep out of the way of the front of the robot as much as possible as that’s where most of its attacks hit. When it starts picking up its legs, move out of the way briefly before it stomps you.
Once its threat meter builds up from repeated attacks, it will start launching rockets. Before it does, sprint underneath the robot so the rockets hit it. You’ll be knocked back but take no damage. The robot will start kneeling. Target the left or right side of the robot and attack it repeatedly. Use quick combos with multiple hits to build up damage. You’ll be dealing damage to its real health.
Once you start damaging the legs enough, it will start to kneel even without taking a rocket barrage. Once a side of the robot has taken enough damage, damage won’t register so move to the other side of the robot.
Do all that and it should go down within minutes. Then take the lift to the right of the area and interact with the monorail to move on to the next area.
