Darkwatch - Curse of the West
Curse of the West - Walkthrough
This final battle is the last thing that stands in your way. Depending on your decision after battling Lazarus, you will face either Tala or Cassidy in this epic confrontation. While both fights are very similar, you will need to keep mindful of each lady's unique attacks in order to deal with her appropriately.
In general, you will want to jump backward while circling around the outside of the pillars that make up the arena. Unload your ammo stocks and try to peg the enemy with a dynamite stick directly. Though the dynamite will not explode on contact, it will fall slowly and should explode under the lady you are battling.
Running around the pillars in the center of the arena accomplishes a couple of things. First and foremost, the pillars will serves as shields for some of the projectiles the enemy launches your way. The other gain is the health and magic orbs that appear around the pillars. As the women make sacrifices of other women, orbs will appear at the pillars that you should grab. In fact, it is a good idea to use a magic attack as soon as you have got one to deal a chunk of damage to the enemy. If you are playing sharp, you should be able to collect enough orbs to launch two or three more magic attacks during the course of the battle.
Tala
Tala is the more difficult boss to battle. Though her damage potential is about the same as Cassidy's, her attacks are much harder to avoid.
Tala's first attacks are not much to worry about. She fires either a wide spray of fireballs (similar to Lazarus) or launches three large red projectiles that slowly float toward you. These large projectiles are very damaging, but their turning radius is pretty small. You can easily dodge these shots by jumping back and sidestepping around them. Just be sure to jump when they pass you — even if they hit only close to you, their blast can take you down with them.
The next attack Tala unleashes is a lightning-like wave that strikes the ground repeatedly as it moves toward you. Again, this attack is pretty powerful but it is also very easy to dodge. Simply jump backward and sidestep around the arena to avoid the burn of this attack.
The one attack that makes Tala so dangerous is her feathery cloud of doom. This cloud attack swoops toward you with good speed and is very hard to avoid if you are not ready for it. To best avoid this attack, stay grounded as the cloud moves toward you. At the last second, perform a sideway double jump to leap over the bulk of the cloud. As long as none of the yellow spires within the cloud touch you, you should escape unscathed.
Cassidy
Cassidy's attacks are pretty similar to Tala's, but still unique enough to warrant study. Like Tala, Cassidy's first attack is a spread attack that sends multiple projectiles your way. This attack is easily dodged simply by backpedaling and sidestepping. Cassidy's second attack is a single giant projectile that slowly floats toward you.
Unlike Tala's similar attack, this shot is neary impossible to dodge. Your only hope here is to shoot the projectile out of the sky, though that is luckily not too difficult. One Shotgun blast will destroy the projectile, letting you continue your attack.
Cassidy also has an attack that resembles Tala's lightning strike. Large plumes of light beat the ground as it moves in wave-like form toward you. As with Tala, jump backward and sidestep around this attack to avoid it entirely.
The main attack from Cassidy that you need to watch for is a giant explosion of light. Cassidy curls up in a ball and lets out a massive blast that bathes half the arena in light. The only way to dodge this attack is to put distance between you and the enemy; the moment you see Cassidy curl up to attack, start jumping backward as fast as possible to avoid the shockwave.