Bandit Boss

The Bandit Boss is the final boss of the canyon, but not the final stage of the game. After defeating the Bandit Boss the player will still have to fight its way back home, through the B-Levels.

The Bandit Boss is the only one in the canyon owning a Gatling gun. A very strong and state of the art weapon, but also very ammo-hungry. He will use the Gatling gun to fight off anyone daring to visit his realm but also likes to use it just for fun. Because its very expensive to use a Gatling gun he frequently kidnaps loved-ones to blackmail their significant others for exorbitant sums of ransom money. The ammo and cash earned this way is also used for all kinds of amenities for his large followings, providing them with food, medicine, weapons and ammo.

Behavior
The Bandit Boss has two stages, the second of which starts after the boss has lost half of his health, but even earlier in looped runs. He will always use his Gatling gun, but in the first phase he will only shoot a bunch of bullets at a time. Only in the second phase he will keep shooting for long periods of time and keep aiming for the player. Sometimes he will also use an attack pattern where a lot of bullets are expelled in various random directions.

In the second phase the Bandit Boss will equip a strong shield protecting his front from attacks. Because of an invisible force and the attacks of the boss it is difficult to get behind him to attack his unprotected back.

After looping two times the boss also sometimes uses dynamite himself and extinguishes dynamite thrown by the player.

He is 25% resistant to explosives.

Every now and then some minion bandits will spawn behind the bandit boss and attack the player with melee weapons. These bandits are easy to kill and can bring some additional ammo that can be helpful but can also hurt the player or force him out of cover.

Tactics
Because of the shield and the massive amounts of health it is necessary to pack a lot of ammo before starting to fight the Bandit Boss.

It is recommended to keep distance from the boss and use the large amounts of destructible cover whenever he is about to attack.

Dynamite should be saved for the second phase of the fight where the shield will make direct attacks more difficult.

A weapon with a lot of penetration power can shoot through the shield.

Trivia
The total health of the Boss is scaling with the amount of players in Co-op.

The Gatling gun will be dropped when the boss dies and can be used by players but slows down movement a lot and takes up both weapon slots.

The partner is located in the same level as the Bandit Boss.

The Bandit Boss is the only boss with a cutscene triggered on his death.