🎮 Death Stranding – Combat Tips vs. Cliff (Episode 4)

Shared from personal experience – on Very Hard difficulty (until the end…)

🧠 Combat & Strategy Advice:

1. Stick to grenades and rifles – handguns and shotguns are useless here.

2. Aim for Cliff – once he's down, the zombie soldiers vanish too.

3. If overwhelmed, back off and deal with one enemy at a time.

4. When Cliff is isolated, unload your rifle, throw grenades, then finish him quickly before reinforcements come.

5. Never stay exposed in the middle of WWI trenches – cover is your best friend.

6. Clear empty blood bags and weapons before combat to switch gear fast when needed.

7. Go for headshots – even zombie soldiers fall faster.

8. Cliff spawns in the same spot – memorize it to sneak up from behind.

9. Crouch, move slowly, and check behind you often – stealth matters.

💉 Health & Equipment

10. Keep blood bags in your utility pouch – they auto-activate when needed.

11. Use cryptobiotes when your HP drops below 75%.

12. Choose Speed Skeleton at the end of Episode 3 – speed beats cargo capacity during combat.

😅 Final Confession:

Despite following all these tips…
I couldn’t beat the episode on Very Hard.
The only way to succeed in the end was to lower the difficulty to Hard.

Sorry guys — but hey, sometimes you have to adapt!