Joker Fight

Batman: Arkham Asylum Guide - Walkthrough

Joker Fight

You already know how to take out Titans and what to do when there are Thugs around – in fact you should be pretty good at taking down the Titans by now.   You have a long CS to sit through before the fight begins – and when it begins you are facing a pair of Titans and anywhere form five to seven Thugs, with more dropping into the ring from above as you fight.

Your best strategy here is to try to keep some distance between you and the Titans while you beat on the Thugs – the idea being you want to thin out their numbers to make your life a little easier.  You do not actually have to kill them to do this – if you combo them enough you can stun them – you will know they are stunned because they go down with gold stars circling their heads.  At that point they are out of action for as much as 30 seconds.

Try to keep the Titans in sight as you do this, and as soon as one or the other starts their run, do a Quick Batarang move and then dodge out of the way but not far away.  You want to be able to engage the Titan as quickly as possible in the hopes of getting enough combo strikes in to stun him so you can get on his back.  A word of caution – these Titans are a little different than the ones we fought previously in that you do not get as much riding time on them as you did on the others, so make it count!

You will very likely have taken out the Thugs with the Titans before a Titan goes down – and when one goes down it does not mean he is out!  When their health bar is depleted and they are down on their knees this is when you MUST deliver the coup de grace to take them out completely.  That is the acrobatic Hulk Hogan style move that breaks their neck – fail to get to them and do that move, and they get up and get a big chunk of health restored, making your job all that much harder.

After I took down the final Titan I got my next Upgrade – I chose the Sonic Shock Batarang since there were only two left to choose and who knows, that might come in handy :)  Certainly it will be more useful than the range extender for your sequencer.

Once you take out the last Titan you will get another long CS in which Joker tries to shoot the Commissioner with the Titan formula – and hist you!  But you resist the change, making Big J very upset, and he knocks you around to punish you.  In the end you choose to use the one dose of the Titan antidote on yourself rather than on Joker – and personally I think that was a good call.  Now it is time to fight Titan Joker, while the Commissioner sits in a nearby electrified chair being tortured – which should motivate you to try to end this thing quickly, right?

The Titan Joker is a little different – your strategy with him is going to be to dodge around and not get hit by him until, after a certain point, he retreats to the level above you and summons his minions.  A half dozen Thugs will drop into the ring, and as you fight them bomb-boxes and some over-sized Dancing Teeth Bombs will also drop in.

The Bomb Boxes are simple – just stay away from them so that when they explode they do not damage you.  If they damage Thugs, all the better, just be sure that they do not hurt you.  As for the large Dancing Teeth Bombs – those you can use to your advantage – wait until they are near some of the Thugs then do a Quick Batarang attack to detonate them!  Be sure that you stay away from the walls that make up the cage – these are electrified and while it does not always hurt you it does stun you, and a badly timed stun can get you seriously hurt by the Thugs!

After you take down all of the Thugs in the wave, Joker turns his back to you – I guess to look out at the helicopters.  At that point you target him with your Grappler and shoot him with it, pulling him down so he slams into the floor and takes a little damage.  You have a few seconds now to run over to him and tune up on him before he gets up – so use that time wisely!  Once he is up it is time for you to run away again and dodge some more – and then rinse and repeat until you get through all the waves and pull him down three times.

During the second wave of Thugs a pair of Knife Thugs drops in – remember that you have to stun them with your cape (B) first before you can combo or take them down with damage.  These ones actually have two knives each, and they are pretty good at hurting you so be aware of that and try to take some of the regular Thugs down first to make your life easier.

The third wave of Thugs includes one with a shock baton – you will need to snag and disarm him before you can take him down.  The last wave seemed to be the easiest to me, but that may be a perspective thing.

The last time you pull him down the fight – and story mode – are over.  Good on ya mate!  You beat the game!  Well done!

The closing CS is pretty cinematic, and you should pay attention to the radio broadcast that is sort of subdued in the background – it may be a hint on the sequel?  Your last line is “Stay safe Jim” and then the credits roll!

I picked up the Achievements: 'Big Bang' (50 GP) and 'Bigger Bang' (50 GP) there at the end because I was too chicken to make my first run through on the hard setting.  Your mileage may vary, but if you did decide to do this on the hardest setting your first play through, well, kudos to you!  The walkthrough will still be useful to you however you may find the opponents to be a lot stiffer.