As soon as this battle starts, pick up the stinger lying in front of you. Don't get the ammo just yet. Fire off the stinger at the harrier (it's right infront of from where you start) as fast as you can. You can get as many as 3 on him if you fire fast enough. This battle is pretty easy. You can basically survive anything, because Snake will throw rations to you. Just keep shooting, basically. When you hear that sound of his cluster bomb, go down to the bottom level, towards the southern end.
-By Ryeguy457
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This battle is a pain! Espcially on extreme! Snake does NOT hand out rations on extreme. Also, Snake doesn't say "Raiden, I'll take care of it" on extreme, either!
I fought this entire battle on the stairs and on the top. His attacks are as follows: strafing missiles, flyby missiles, homing missiles, cluster bomb, machine gun, engine heat. He fires the strafing missiles alot, they actually sound like a machine gun. When he flies very very far out, so far out that sometimes you can't see him anymore, he usually does this. Make sure you have your stinger readily pointed at him, and make sure it's pointed RIGHT at him, you won't have time to dodge the missiles if you have to re-aim with your stinger. Fire the stinger, tap R2 to unequip the stinger, then right when the missile is about to hit, flip over the railing. This works because you are invincible when you're fliping up or down over a railing! Use this same exact strategy for the homing missiles. These are easier to time because they beep quicker as they get closer, kind of like RAY's back missiles do. When he hovers above the top for his engine heat, simply flip to the bottom and hit him as many times as you can with the stinger before he flies away. When you hear the cluster bomb's signature sound, run to the bottom level, towards the southern side, and you'll be safe. The machine gun..ugh. You want to use the box on the bottom level as a barrier. Make sure you're always on the opposite side the harrier is on. For example, if he's on the left, you should be on the right side of the box. The best thing you can wear at this time is a cardboard box! Yes, it has a use! The good thing about it is you'll be able to duck AND run quickly at the same time. As for the single most annoying attack ever, the strafing missiles, these are hard to dodge and they can kill you in one hit on extreme, and maybe hard if I remember right. When the camera view changes to a side view, the time has come for the strafing missiles of doom. What I do is go on the stairs, and run up and down, doing flips. WARNING: Make sure you don't over-flip on your way down; you can fall off! GOOD LUCK on this battle, you WILL need it.
-By Ryeguy457
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This battle is somewhat easy on extreme difficulty if you know what you're doing. The bad thing is on extreme Snake doesn't give you ammo, rations, or any help with the harrier either, so you're pretty much on your own. Because Snake doesn't give you any ammo you'll have to consider your shooting options. When the harrier is circling around the struts, don't shoot when he is close to a wall because you will just waste your ammo. You will have to shoot him when he is in an open view of your stinger. The stinger homes him so don't worry about keeping your scope on him. Just keep doing this until he shoots a bunch of bombs at you and blows half of the connecting bridge off. To avoid the bombs, just flip over the railing as soon as the bombs hit. The bombs won't leave a scratch on you. After you avoid the bombs Solidus will say "you're tougher than i thought." Then he will shoot a homing missle at you. Just jump over a railing again as soon as the missle gets close. After this happens you should just keep trying to hit him until he comes up underneath you and says "Try dodging this," Then he will keep shooting a bunch of missles at you so just keep jumping on and off the railing, that should keep you safe. After he is done shooting the missles he will pause and hover for a little while. This is where you do some massive damage to him. Just keep blasting at one of his wings because the missles will miss the middle of the plane. Just keep repeating these steps and you'll be good after a long and hard fight to the finish.
- By Ry41akaSnakester
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