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Beating Poison Ivy on Hard

By Edjoman

This guide is not for beginners, but players who decided they needed a challenge. Poison Ivy is one of the most difficult fights on hard difficulty, but if you keep a few things in mind, it sure won't be impossible.

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Part 1:

Part 1 of the Poison Ivy boss is not that hard, all you need to do is dogde here AOE attacks and the projectiles she fires, while hitting her with batarangs. As long as you are carefull with where you step, this part should be easy. It's worth to note that even though it seems like Ivy has a pattern for where she lands her AOE's, she will break it and hit you if you stand still.

Part 2:

This is the part I made the guide for, so quit looking at Ivy's boobs, and learn how to beat her!

The difference between part 1 and 2 is that Ivy will spawn possesed guards during part 2. These guards might not look like a difficulty, but believe me, they are. The problem we encounter while trying to fight the guards is the randomness of the combat in Arkham Asylum; Batman will start to beat up guards inside Ivy's AOE, causing him to get strangled, and lose a lot of health.

To solve this, it is best to just ignore the guards. Let them run after you while they express their intense love for Isley, while they try to knock you out. The guards do quite a bit of damage, so double-pressing SPACEBAR is recommended. This will of course let you escape them. You can also use double or triple batarangs to stun the guards, but be careful, as you don't want to stand still for too long. (thanks to SpaceKitty646)

The second strategy is about the batarangs; the game doesn't tell you much about how to use them, other than hitting Ivy while she laughs at you. The thing is, You want to avoid the escape-projectiles-while-batarang-scenes. Her projectiles seems to be quite random, and extremely difficult to avoid. Insted, spam batarangs every time you can. The batarangs won't do the same amount of damage, but if you hit enough, it is possible to only face Ivy without her guards once.

As long as you bring Ivy's health down, you won't have to worry about the guards, they will be knocked out for good when Ivy "dies". With these strategies, the fight will be much easier. Good luck!

-Edjoman

Congratulations!

Only one more to go, the Joker himself.

If you need help with the beloved villain, check this out:
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15 Comments

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ericrahn 9 Apr, 2024 @ 1:37am

Fuck Poison Ivy! I hate this fucking bitch! I wish Batman used guns because I want to blow her head off! I cannot win this fucking fight, no matter what I do. I was really enjoying this game until this green bitch came along. The biggest problem is Batman is too damn slow. Sure, he's got awesome fighting moves, but he runs and dodges like a limp-dicked, fat old man.

zePierre 12 Sep, 2023 @ 1:26pm

- be very careful not finishing them on the ground: you could jump into a plant zone, or plants could come up in the zone where you are immobilized during the ground takedown
- pushing them offcliff is the most efficient
- once all guards are down, run in circles, you need to absolutely evade the spores, but remember you have 3 chances to hit Ivy
- when the first spore lights up, wait 0.25 second and throw the batarang and immediately start running: by the time it arrives, Ivy's protective shell will be open
- don't wait for the batarang to touch to start running or you will be hit
- once she is hit you can count 8 seconds then it's time to throw the batarang again
- after 3 chances, she will summon more guards, go back to the beginning of the strategy again
- do not hurry to eliminate the guards, the most important is not being caught in the plants and not being hit by spores (or guards of course) ; evade as much as necessary

zePierre 12 Sep, 2023 @ 1:25pm

What I found out on my side is a bit different:
- the objective is to bring down Ivy, yes
- but it can only be done by a batarang when the shell opens, otherwise she's protected
- the shell only opens 3 times when she starts firing spores from above
- she only starts firing spores when all guards are done

Therefore my strategy to pass this boss was:
- focus on evading the plants & evading the guards
- when you can, hit a guard, but never go into the plant zone, keep running
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foxydemonslayer 1 Sep, 2022 @ 9:47am

i never had a hard time fighting her are you sure she is the hardest boss in the game? just seems weird to me

Mary Virgin 7 Jan, 2021 @ 10:10am

I visited thus this thread again in 2 days. previous day I was dying pathetically and complaining and now today I beat it with almost 90% armor left comfortably not getting snagged even once. LOLOL. https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2353373296

Mary Virgin 7 Jan, 2021 @ 10:09am

I stopped placing explosive gels, fighting guards. You get to hit maximum batarangs at start before guards get active almost 10 hits. So jumped, watched grass, kept hitting batarang jumping. If most guards get caught in vines, you get a safe corner you can keep hitting more batarangs almost 5-7. I allowed the guards a couple of hits in, did not waste time fighting.

Fool Vines: when in center, If grass grows right side, jump that side, then back jump away on left before Vines sprout. Then grass grows left, jump in left almost touching grass, jump back to right before vines solidify. Fool Ivy staying at center pretending to be jumping at sides, trapping guards on sides. Standing at center without moving makes vines grow there. A player can manipulate where vines will grow. If safe in a far left or right side corner when vines grow move to other extreme end fast. As your side will get vines next. Move fast, avoid guards, non stop quick batarang.

Mary Virgin 5 Jan, 2021 @ 11:20pm

Dodging the idiots is no solution the longer they stay the longer the pathetic Vines attack stage goes and the idiots keep damaging you messing your rythmn getting you in vines. Attacking them you get caught in auto combos and miss dodging vines in time. Its a stupid fight.. The projectile stage is easiest and preferable. I do not know how people claim they knocked the gurads down when they climb up I have not been able to send a single guard down and get caught up in vines trying to belt them where they spawn . Dodging them just prolongs the pathetic stage of vine attacks and batman ends up getting caught losing HP too many times.

Ewok 17 Sep, 2016 @ 11:03pm

I definitely reccomend focusing on the guards. You can actually knock them off the edge right at the beginning when they are dropped in

Shinpool 13 Dec, 2015 @ 1:36am

i did it as your guide said, which was bad. waiting the guard to die by Ivy's AOE attacks took forever, and it was bad enough to ignore them. So I hit them whenever I could while observing Ivy's vines direction and ready to run from her AOE. I made it on my 4th tries. Just hit those guards as soon as you can while dodging Ivy's AOE attacks, dont force it. If the guards didnt die its hard to progress to the part where she shot those projectiles.

Parboleum Loyce 3 Oct, 2014 @ 1:06pm

Do you have one for killer croc? I'm not playing on hard, but a guide would help anyway, i played the game on xbox years ago, and died on killed croc like for the second time then ragequited and never went back to it, but you have 3 guesses to guess where i am in the game now ;-;

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