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Darkborn Leader Boss Guide and How to Beat

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Code Vein 2 Darkborn Leader Boss Guide and How to Beat
Darkborn Leader is a Mini Boss you can find at Seized Substation on Sunken City in Code Vein 2. Check out Darkborn Leader's weaknesses and resistances, its location, tips on how to beat the boss, and the drops and achievements after defeating Darkborn Leader here!

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Darkborn Leader Weakness and Resistances

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Darkborn Leader Boss Guide
Boss Type Related Quest
Mini Boss Slaying the Hero Josee

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How to Beat Darkborn Leader

Checkmark Jump and Dodge His Lightning Attacks
Checkmark Utilize Your Partner to Deal Damage

Jump and Dodge His Lightning Attacks

Darkborn Leader has various lightning attacks that can be difficult to avoid due to their timings. Make sure to watch out for Thunderbolt, which calls down lightning on your position, as you will have to dodge at the last second in order to avoid getting hit.

Additionally, it can also perform a Lightning Slam that jumps towards you and slams the ground with arcs of lightning. For moves with lightning ground effects, we recommend jumping as soon as it slams the ground to easily avoid most of their attacks.

Utilize Your Partner to Deal Damage

Utilize Your Partner to Deal Damage

Since most of Darkborn Leader's moves are fairly simple to telegraph, you can easily draw aggro from him while your partner Josee can continue dealing damage without any concerns.

If you want to help buff your Partner, you can also make use of support forma such sa Soul Stimulant for more partner damage, and Defensive Order to boost both you and your partner's defenses.

Darkborn Leader Location

Found at the Seized Substation in Sunken City

Darkborn Leader Location

You can find Darkborn Leader at the Seized Substation in Sunken City during the Slaying the Hero Josee questline. Take note that this has to be in the 2179: The Hero Josee's Era timeline in order for you to access the Darkborn Leader boss fight.

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• 3,430 Haze

Defeating Darkborn Leader will drop 3,430 Haze that you can use to level up, upgrade your equipment, and buy items from merchants.

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Darkborn Leader Moveset

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