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Guide to Low Blow mission
By Emptea
Low Blow is the first mission in the Hades Campaign. It has a difficult first phase that can be ruined without good strategy. This guide will help you to beat this mission up faster and get higher rewards.
   
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First Phase
Phase summary: you need to load Aleph into the reactor and wait until pressure rises to critical point. There are four segments, after the segment is complete pressure will fall until the start of the current segment’s limit. You need to kill the engineers spawning on the map (enemies in yellow suit, they have blue nerv-system x-ray) before they release all the pressure from the generator.

Phase features:
  • Engineers will start to spawn right after the first time you charge the generator no matter how many Aleph you loaded in.
  • The antagonist can release the pressure!
  • There are 4 active levers on the map where engineers can release the pressure! (their location can differ with each playthrough, 9 possible location)
  • engineers will release pressure faster on higher MMR
  • First elite snipers and berserkers starts to spawn later captains and 2 rocket guy drops from an airship as a reinforcement
  • Aleph spawns on the map naturally, elites will focus on getting those!
  • This phase will only have Hadis Division units!
How to get through:
Don’t keep the generator on a low Aleph amount, gather 10 Aleph overall and charge the generator at the same time (the progress bar fills up faster the more Aleph is in the generator!
Locals load Aleph 300% faster than any other faction.
After loading Aleph all you should do is to control engineers. Engineers should be stopped before they reach the cranes. If you play a mission on high MMR, engineers can release 1-2 Aleph per second.
The best character to control engineers is Harec. He can control all cranes staying close to the reactor because of his ability.
Second Phase
Phase summary: you need to pull 3 levers in 3 different locations, reach the elevator and evacuate. This phase has a timer.

Phase features:
  • Three machine guns that can kill you in a couple of seconds. You should destroy them because after every killed Hades bot another one will try to replace him (there are 3-4 bots per machine gun)
  • Machine guns spawns is the same every time
  • You don’t need to brake the big shield at the other side of the spawn
  • You can shoot through the wall
  • There are no elite soldiers on this phase
  • This segment has both Hadis Division and Umbra Wardogs! (the Wardogs are non-stop spawning!)
How to get through
This segment is straightforward but can go wrong really easily if the team doesn’t work together! To make your life easier: if you run towards the machine gunner on the second floor and keep up your speed you can jump to the left and grab the edge for a shortcut! This way not only you save some time but can support your team by killing the grunts from behind!
Third Phase
Phase summary: you need to pull 3 levers in 3 different map locations, reach the elevator and evacuate. This phase has a timer.

Phase features:
  • a lot of machine guns that can kill you in a couple of seconds. You should destroy them because after every killed Hades bot another one will try to replace him (there are 3-4 bots per machine gun)
  • there is a possibility that the lever will spawn at a location that is hard to reach for Fifth Council members (opposite side of where raider spawn both left and right)
  • it’s easier to get round the wall than to break it
  • you can shoot through the wall
  • Aleph near elevator spawns with high frequency
  • after pressing elevator button Umbra Wardogs grunts and elite berserkers will begin to spawn in a large packs
  • elite soldiers will frequently have Aleph in this phase
How to get through:
This segment is straightforward. Just don’t try to break walls, you will just lose time doing this.
Last Phase
Phase summary: you need to get to the evacuation point and break the wall right ahead of it.

Phase features:
  • three machine guns - one is on the upper platform and the others are on the lower one
  • one of lower machine guns will probably be broken by Wardogs
  • there is an Aleph spawn right under the first players spawn platform but if you’re playing as Fifth Council character you can’t jump into the next one
  • Aleph bombs are your best bet to break the energy wall
  • there is no elite soldiers on this phase
How to get through:
Break all the machine guns, gather all Aleph and break the wall with it. You should evacuate immediately - finishing the mission faster gives more endgame point bonus than kill amount!
Credits and links
Thanks to Sevinss for proofreading.

This guide was written by Renegade Project guild.
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