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How to Beat HOG-7 Hedgie in Atomic Heart – Boss Fight Guide

No robot can beat me!

Boss battles are very important events during our video game adventures. In fact, I would say that these bosses are essential to give a game its identity, and are instrumental on defining whether a game is well-designed or not. Mechanics, balance, space awareness, skill. All of this make up a good boss fight. Today, we will deal with one of those. Here is how to beat HOG-7 Hedgie in Atomic Heart.

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How to Beat HOG-7 Hedgie in Atomic Heart

The HOG-7 Hedgie, more than a machine, is a beast. In the sense that it is a force to be reckoned with. Not only will it have very varied powerful attacks, but it is extremely fast. Yes, a deadly thing indeed. However, it has its own weaknesses, and you will have to follow a bit of strategy if you don’t wish to spam your weapons and use all the ammunition in the world. And boy, we will get that thing down in no time, or at least in a very decent amount of time. I don’t make false promises, after all.

Anyway, the first thing you will have to do is to scan Hedgie. This is because this is a missable scan, and also you will unveil some weaknesses. However, shooting your way to victory will take a long time. Instead, you will have to use your environment in your favor. You will notice several podiums around the ground. Attack them with a Shock attack, and they will make a statue to appear and rise from the ground up. You know what this means, right? Once Hedgie begins rolling, be sure to direct it straight to the statue to knock it down and hit will fall. This will unveil some glowing parts that are sticking out of Hedgie. Shoot them with your guns, and they will explode and deal huge amounts of damage.

An alternative way to deal some damage is to continue dodging and evading Hedgie’s attacks until it becomes overloaded. You will see its glowing discs began to cool off, so attack them and destroy them to heavily damage Hedgie. Do a combination of these two strategies and you will be good to go.

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Be sure to save up your bullets to deal those heavy hitting attacks. Use some energy weapon as well to keep tings varied, and it will help you save some ammo as well. Continue doing the strategy above, and you will be able to defeat this huge robot. Just keep dodging its attacks and you won’t even get a scratch.


Atomic Heart is available on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and Windows. . Please check out Gamer Journalist on Facebook to join the discussion and keep up to date with our content. You might also like to check out or guides on How to Retrieve Claire’s Head from the Icarus Hall in Atomic Heart or How to Find the Key to the Administration Service Room in Atomic Heart.

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Alejandro Josan
A musician with a heart of a gamer, Alejandro's life has always been accompanied by adventures on Nintendo platformers, countless hours of fantasy RPGs and several third-party FPSs. Currently, he is studying Game Design and Development, preparing for a long career in the video game industry.