Key Highlights:
- A Resident Evil 4 player demonstrated a Separate Ways strategy for defeating Saddler without buying a Rocket Launcher.
- Testing on Professional Max Adaptive Difficulty put Saddler at 23,500 HP and measured damage from the SR M1903 and Tactical Knife.
- The method uses accurate rifle shots followed by knife prompts when Saddler exposes his Plaga weak point.
A Resident Evil 4 Remake player has broken down how much damage Ada Wong needs to deal to Osmund Saddler in Separate Ways when fighting him without a Rocket Launcher.
Reddit user Drunken_Gaming shared the testing shortly after Capcom released Separate Ways on 21 September 2023. The expansion follows Ada alongside events from Leon’s campaign and was first confirmed as part of Capcom’s Separate Ways DLC announcement.
Using Professional Max Adaptive Difficulty, the player recorded 23,500 HP for Saddler.
Their maxed SR M1903 dealt 1,068 damage to Saddler’s head and 1,282 damage when hitting the exposed Plaga inside his mouth. A maxed Tactical Knife dealt 1,800 damage through the prompted knife attack.
The resulting strategy combines repeated rifle shots with three knife prompts rather than buying a Rocket Launcher.
13 Shots and 3 Knife Prompts is all it takes if you don’t want to use a rocket.
The numbers apply specifically to the player’s Professional Max Adaptive Difficulty testing and should not be treated as fixed damage values for every difficulty or weapon-upgrade state.
Saddler exposes the Plaga in his mouth after taking enough damage. Players can shoot the weak point before activating the knife prompt, allowing additional damage during the stagger.
One commenter noted that several rifle shots can still be fired after the knife prompt appears before using it, potentially extracting more damage from each opening.
The discussion also produced alternative strategies. Some players preferred saving Pesetas for a Rocket Launcher, while others recommended keeping distance and using rifle shots against Saddler’s head.
Separate Ways arrived six days after Capcom formally announced the expansion. A later Separate Ways launch trailer gave players another look at Ada’s campaign ahead of its 21 September release.
The Saddler testing shows that the Rocket Launcher is an optional shortcut rather than a requirement. Accurate shots to the head and exposed Plaga, combined with the available knife prompts, provide another route through the encounter.
Source – Reddit
