Lou = easy, here's how (on expert)

**arks** · Joined: 09 Aug 2007 Posts: 124

So I was bashing my head against Lou for at least an hour, when I finally decided to sit down and think through why I was failing so many times. So here's what I thought up, put into motion, and beat him on the VERY NEXT ATTEMPT!!!

First off, hyper scribe = a no no. Why? Well first off because you can't see the battle modes coming up as easily, and that's a HUGE KEY TO SUCCESS! Also too, and this is un-confirmed, but it seems that Lou has an easier time with his overload/double note sections when hyper is on.

Next, when you have a broken string, just keep playing as you normally would if it weren't broken. I found that the notes come so fast on expert, that when you hit the notes as if you normally would, you cure the broken string after only 4 or 5 hits, and have kept your rock meter in the green by not neglecting the other notes.

When you see a set of battle notes coming up, focus on them! It doesn't matter if you miss the notes just before them in preparing, you won't go to instant red, and it's more important to combo those than anything else. I found that when I started ignoring the song and focusing only on the bonus chords, I hit them every time. Granted you can't be TOO liberal with this, but there's no need to FC a boss battle anyhow.

When you get double notes, FLAIL THE STRUM BAR LIKE IT'S YOUR JOB!
Seriously, I never once died to double notes, even on the insane solos, because I'd just flail the strum bar and mash the buttons. This is a rather cheesy and childish strategy, but hey, it works.

Also, I found that stacking 3 attacks helps a ton, but after that just give it to him as you get it. You need 3 stacked attacks to get him to the yellow initially, but once he's yellow, he really blows it after every attack. I managed to get him glowing red before the break the first time I won, then the next attack finished him (and guess what, it was a double note! That's right, I finished him with a double note, which some people were claiming did not affect him!)

Since doing this, I went back and tried him two more times, both were successful.

Oh one final note, once you think you've won, you have a little solo to play (it makes you finish out the song by yourself) so stay on your toes, I almost failed here my first time lol. That woulda sucked.

Hope this was helpful, because this guy was making me very upset at about 5:45am this morning!

**InflatablePie** · Joined: 21 Aug 2007 Posts: 2022 Location: Syrinx

Also, if I could add in, it helps to try and launch some attacks before his come up, so he doesn't screw you over.
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**batsmak** · Joined: 27 Jan 2007 Posts: 853 Location: Fredericksburg, VA

I noticed that he doesn't lose easily until after the long break in the song, but as soon as you reach the

trill, any sections after there can wipe him out with ease if you use an attack.
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**franciss** · Joined: 07 Jul 2007 Posts: 744

Another thing that might help is getting 3 attacks and using them together (I mean, you use one, when it finishes, another one)

Anyway, that's just how I beat him

**Kant** · Joined: 30 Mar 2007 Posts: 143

If you're lucky enough to get a whammy attack on the first power up hit him with it as he's going into the long alt strum section of greens and that alone will beat him.
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**Matmut** · Joined: 13 Oct 2006 Posts: 19

Heh that's exactly how I beat him.
Got hit by the broken button (the green one, which is completely useless in your solo lmao) and then I send him the whammy attack: bye Lou.
Seems like the best way if you suck.
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**LeCoy** · Joined: 07 Oct 2007 Posts: 373 Location: Long Island

The the "steam of green" that stream in the beginning-sorta of the solo? Or is it farther back?
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**ODSTCommando** · Joined: 17 Oct 2007 Posts: 7

i support this thread. it works

**dogfb** · Joined: 06 Sep 2007 Posts: 932 Location: Kitchener, ON

I beat lou on my first try, I was so stoked when I did it. I survived 2 lefty flips and a double note attack. Finished him with amp overload.

**Coolmarve** · Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 160

lou is fucking bullshit ive been sitting here for hours trying to beat him none of this shit works because he always every time either lefty flips doubles or whammys me during my solos and i dont even have a chance to grab my powerups.

I 5star almost every song on expert sightreading, and only failed the slipknot and slayer songs yet I cant even come close to getting the devil out of green.

**Bulkyvendor** · Joined: 17 Aug 2007 Posts: 83 Location: San Antonio, TX

I agree with coolmarve.

This is luck, like wtf neversoft...you fail hardcore.
I wouldn't even care about this if I didn't need to beat it to get to TTFATF

I too have 5* most songs while sightthreading and only failed Raining Blood.
This is all luck. Just play until your luck happens.
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**TheGlow** · Joined: 18 Feb 2006 Posts: 2748 Location: J Train Brooklyn!

Nod, its all a gamble.
hope to get hit with something you can handle, broken button or a whammy.
Since playing the damn thing so many times i know when to have my hand holding the whammy.
then pray you hit the first power up and get break whammy. about 5-8 secs after that youll see Lou have a stream of green notes. Hit em wit that sh!t
Feels good. Im talking a less than 1 sec victory.
Specially when he took 30 mins.
Why it takes so long to get to the meat of the song I dunno.

**ocelot11** · Joined: 04 Oct 2006 Posts: 263 Location: Lino Lakes, MN

**directshot999** · Joined: 16 Oct 2007 Posts: 3838 Location: Birmingham, AL

I just got him with Lefty Flip, Broken String, and Double Notes back to back.

He fell quickly =D
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