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Silent Hill 2 Remake

Flesh Lips Boss Fight Guide

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Silent Hill 2 - Flesh Lips Boss Guide and How to Beat

Here's how to beat Flesh Lips in the Silent Hill 2 Remake. Check out our guide for the boss fight walkthrough and information on the Flesh Lips encounter!

How to Beat Flesh Lips

Watch The Tiles

The ceiling tiles where Flesh Lips is about to emerge will slightly shake, warning you to avoid that area.

Tiles that are broken remain broken for the rest of the fight, so use them to help keep track of Flesh Lips whenever it retreats.

Shoot Its 'Hand'

Whenever Flesh Lips comes out from the ceiling, you will see that its hand is grabbing one of the supports. Shooting it causes the monster to drop and be momentarily stunned. Use this strategy to get in some melee attacks.

Save Your Ammo for Phase 2

During Phase 1 of this fight, focus on melee as that helps you more easily break Flesh Lips's cage.

Once it enters Phase 2, it's faster and more aggressive, but also squishier since the cage no longer protects its body. Use your guns to whittle down Flesh Lips from range. Like in the original, the Shotgun is particularly effective here.

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Defeat the Flesh Lip.
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Flesh Lips Moves

Phase 1

Move Description
Ceiling Drop Flesh Lips violently swings down from the ceiling. Ceiling tiles will be broken off where he does this.
Arm Strike Swings at you with one of its spider-like cage limbs.
(Can perform from the Ceiling or on the Floor)

Phase 2

Move Description
Roar Lets out an ear-piercing shriek. Does no damage but always causes stagger.
Spindle Sweep Flesh Lips swipes the area around it with its cage limbs.
(Can perform from the Ceiling or on the Floor)
Charging Skewer Flesh Lips quickly charges up before rushing at you in a straight line, ending in a thrust with one of its cage limbs.
Stomp Flesh Lips raises its right limb before bringing it down. It then alternates with its left and marches forward.
(Does 3 to 4 of this)

Flesh Lips Encounter

Brookhaven Hospital

Flesh Lips Brookhaven Hospital Encounter
We fight Flesh Lips at the last leg of the Brookhaven Hospital area. Laura tricks you and locks you in a room with Flesh Lips by stating that there's a letter there from Mary.

Flesh Lips Boss Information

Flesh Lips Enemy Profile

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Flesh Lips is a monster that looks like someone trapped in a cage. The frames of the cage are actually its 'limbs'.

Monster Stats

Weakspot Body
Attack Strength Strong
Movement Speed Fast
Durability High

Flesh Lips Comparison From The Original

Reworked Combat

In the original Silent Hill 2, you have to fight 2 Flesh Lips at once, shooting at them as you move to evade when they come towards you. There is a third Flesh Lips you'll have to dispatch after dealing with the first two.

Flesh Lips Phase 2

Reimagined Design

The new Flesh Lips keeps much of the original design, but has newer mechanics to make for a more thrilling boss battle. While you fight just one Flesh Lips this time, it has a whole new set of moves other than just trying to grab you.

Once you break Flesh Lips's cage, it enters its 2nd Phase, becoming more nimble and aggressive.

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