How to Beat Sentinel Prototype

The prototype flips the usual script: instead of a duel, it is Wolverine versus armor plating, reach and area pressure. Expect to work angles rather than stand in front of it, and to use the arena — the fight is as much about where you stand as how fast you swing.

A machine this size answers sustained aggression with sweeps and slams. The rhythm that works: dash in during its recovery, empty a short combo or a Tornado Spin, dash out before the counter. Rage spent during a staggered window is Rage spent well.

By this mission you should have a couple of suits crafted and a few Adaptation levels — the encounter is tuned for a mid-act kit. On the lowest difficulty (The Man) you cannot be knocked out at all, so trophy hunters can ride that setting through the whole campaign.

• Attack the flank and rear; the front is where the weapons point.
• Respect every wind-up — its heavy attacks are the reason your dodge exists.
• Bank Rage for stagger windows and burn it with Tornado Spin inside them.
• Use takedowns the moment they light up: invulnerability plus damage is the best trade in the game.

Kicked the Bucket lands and the story rolls toward Japan. The Sentinels as a concept do not go away — Trask's program is the spine of the plot.