Abby is about to have the fight of her life in The Last of Us Part II.

How to survive the toughest boss fight in The Last of Us Part II (spoilers)

No doubt you’ve played through a lot of The Last of Us Part II by now and aren’t worried about spoilers. But warning: this story has some spoilers for you, as we try to show you tips on how to survive the toughest boss fight in the game from Naughty Dog.

I played on the Moderate level the first time, and I survived this scene in a place called Ground Zero only after many attempts in my first encounter. I also went back after I was done and played through it on Survivor, the hardest level. But my daughter Danielle also played it on Survivor and she did better than I did. So this video shows her gameplay against this beast, which is an amalgam of multiple Infected beasts, or zombies, in the game. It’s called the Rat King.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.