Hello, I have serious problem with Del Lago, especially with 4th hit. Everytime i am trying to hit the BigFish, he shakes with my boat and i cannot even target him. I am speedruning RE4 for only one month and my personal best is 01:37:44 (thanks to your website) on the PC steam 60fps NG+ Normal with keyboard and mouse, but the fish is really thorn in the ass :( Is there a proper tutorial with a commentary and so on? Thanks for your response
Hey Gheko, welcome! There is no tutorial right now unfortunately, I've been meaning to make one for 30fps at least. I don't know too much about 60fps other than that the turns required are more sharp. It sounds like your problem with the 4th hit can be fixed with better movement and also by landing the first 2 hits faster. Getting those first 2 hits faster will not only give you more time to set up for the 4th hit but it will also improve your chances to get a good dive (it's possible to get a good dive every time with precise movements.) There are 2 different methods for the 4th hit, I recommend studying the Del Lago fight in Auddy's 60fps WR and using this method. Another thing, if you can not turn the boat at all after your 3rd hit, it means time timing on your movements were bad and/or that your hits were too slow. If you get that situation where you can't turn the boat, let go of aim and don't move at all, then when he comes back up you should be able to aim and hit him (he will be passing you on your right side, narrowly missing you.) Lastly, I have known people who used keyboard and mouse who would actually switch to a controller specifically for the Del Lago fight, so I'd also recommend giving that a try to find out if it will be better for you or not. Overall, don't get discouraged! this fight is very hard to master and takes a lot of time practicing to understand fully. The most important thing while practicing it is to complete every fight, you can't understand everything about Lago by only completing the fights where you are playing correctly, it's important to figure out what you can do when something goes wrong. Always pay attention to what you did when something goes wrong so you can identify what you have to do differently to fix the problem (that applies while learning anything, not just this!)
(THIS IS JUST FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE) The toughest technique to get down is the movement. Try to study the exact movements that the top runners do. One thing that helped me personally was to try and guess exactly how much time they held the analog stick during turns. Don't get too bent out of shape if del lago isn't being nice, he gets everyone all the time. No matter how good you are he can give you troubles from time to time. In the end, just try to nail the precise movements and everything else should come natural. I agree with carp, try swapping out to a controller during this fight, the lower sensitivity can help a lot. You can also up the sensitivity while you are aiming by using the d-pad instead of the stick for the harder to get hits. GL on your further practices.
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