Well met fellow forsaken dungeon divers. If you are reading this before even starting the game, I advise you to try it blind for a bit. Take it as a test run! lose, learn, and make the next try better. Every enemy in this game is like a little puzzle, and in this guide I will be spoiling the solution for this one.

1) Go for his left arm. It does most of the damage and can cut limbs.

2) Guard!

The guard will try to grab you with his right arm in the second round and if you fail the coin toss you will automatically lose and not only the battle.

If you guard yourself he will always miss the grab attack.
3) Take out the "stinger".

It has a small chance to attack you every turn after it pulsates. It may be a small chance, but the attack is strong. On top of that, your ass is safe even if you lose after taking the "stinger" out.
4) Attack the torso for nice damage to his main health.

5) Guard again.
6) Attack the torso until it is dead. He will try to grab you again every 3 turns so attack twice then guard in a loop until he is dead.
7) Beat up his corpse to assert dominance.


Congratulations! You defeated the guard with minimal health damage taken and 0 anal damage taken.

If you got the book "Assassin's Handbook I" you will learn how to make a guard disguise. While wearing it the guard will ignore you. You need a skinning knife, then to skin 2 dead guards and you are ready to make the disguise.