Knife and Spork Breakthrough

I have tried, I don’t know, 20 or so different setups to attempt to beat the seemingly indestructible Diner Contestant40, or E3 with a RuneHawk Star Commander V.3 without access to Nova Gems (but access to Star Captain-only weapons). I was going to give up when I decided to try another strategy, and I am extremely pleased to report that it worked! I was not only able to defeat Contestant40 three times straight (all in the same challenge), but I was also able to finish off the other various enemies that popped up and beat the final challenge!

Here’s the setup I used:

Front Arm: Mechronomicon Ch. 6
Back Arm: Stun Gun RC1
Front Shoulder: Shadow Napalm
Back Shoulder: Shadow Napalm
Head: Psychic Force
Body: Mana Focus

And here’s the order in which I used the attacks (for Diner Contestant40):

FS
BS
FA
Body
Head
FS
BS (If needed)

I was able to beat the E3 even while getting a ghostly gun from the Mechronomicon and a normal attack from the Mana Focus (albeit with 35 hitpoints left). I’m seriously thinking that AE decided to slightly nerf the E3 because it hasn’t used its stun for a long while and it’s bonuses are only occurring some of the time (as opposed to all the time). You’ll also notice that I never once used my Back Arm, the Stun Gun RC1. The fact is the E3 has a 60 immobility resist, and the odds aren’t good enough that the stun will pull through to warrant taking the risk, because if it doesn’t work, to put it bluntly, you’re screwed. The only reason that weapon is there is for the four other enemies you can face at the final challenge (April Fools mech and the three house mechs). The Stun Gun is a vital aspect in those fights, and in many of them without it I probably would have lost.

Feel free to continue to post comments regarding the Knife and Spork here (or in the other post, it doesn’t really matter). Enjoy!

P.S. I will be writing up a nice, long post about different strategic weapon setups soon, so stay tuned and keep your eyes peeled!