This video is part guide, part statement. You don't need any exploits, cheats, or special builds to finish this mission. The Ming Xiao boss fight is very easy once you know what to look for. And contrary to popular opinion, you DON'T NEED TO BUILD YOUR WHOLE CHARACTER around Firearms. A melee character can EASILY finish Ming Must Die. A melee character with TWO DOTS in Firearms can also easily use the best guns in the game and finish this fight in under 5 minutes if that's what you want to do.

Every so often, I come across someone who insists that anyone who plays a melee character in VTMB is some kind of idiot because it "makes the endgame impossibly difficult" or some such nonsense. These people invariably always insist that the "only way" to play this game properly is by building your whole character around Firearms from the very start of the game until the end of it. This is nothing more a massively flawed assumption OR bad information taken from very old guides that have never been properly tested/disputed by other players.

JUST TO BE CLEAR: If you WANT to build a Firearms character, go for it. USING a Firearm actually does make the game's last boss fights easier. But there's absolutely NO REASON you should avoid building/playing a melee character. Not only is beating the hardest boss in the game EASY with a melee character, but a melee character can simply pick up the best Firearms in the game and start using them at the end of the game. With NO POINTS in Firearms whatsoever.

If you're one of the people who's blood boils at the thought of what I'm saying, at least skim through the video to see what I'm really getting at. I went back into this cold and I did all this from memory. I haven't actually played this game (much less this mission) in a long time. I even make some very clear mistakes in each of these demonstrations - and I still managed to finish this one easily. I encourage anyone who sees this to try this for themselves. I almost guarantee you'll do better than I did with the same methods.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Strategy
01:02 - Ming Must Die: Boss Fight
02:32 - Method 1: Melee Combat (Fight)
08:06 - Stats (Method 1)
09:02 - Why You DON'T NEED a High Firearms Stat
10:03 - Stats (Method 2)
10:30 - Method 2: Ranged Combat (Fight)
13:58 - Proof: Beating Ming Xiao With a 0 in Firearms
15:26 - Lowest Possible Ranged Combat Rating

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