I have been meaning to put up an FAQ/Boss Guide of sorts for Resident Evil 5. I know I had trouble with a few of them. I did looked around for suggestions regarding a few of the baddies and I figured I would help add to the hints and tips out there. This is the Boss Guide for Chapter 1 of Resident Evil 5.

The Executioner (Chapter 1-1)

This is your first big boss and it might be one of the most frustrating battles in game. As it is, you are fending off a horde of majini and picking up ammo without getting nabbed by the blood crazy baddies before … the executioner shows up. Suddenly the building is too small and you can't run far enough from the big guy. Here are a few things you can try. Alright, first do search the room thoroughly whilst waiting for the guys to swarm in. The pile of apples hide either a grenade or extra ammo so do nab it. Secondly, you can block the door and window by pushing the cupboards over them. What also helped was getting a friend to play co-op. Sheva can be tiresome at the best of times and this is one of those moments when you don't want her running up to greet the Executioner.

Once the Executioner breaks into the room, try hitting him with a grenade. Run out of the room through that hole and keep a safe distance from him. Collect as many grenades as you can and attack him using these. I ended up running through a previously fenced off area and climbing up a ladder. From this high point, it was easier to fight both the majini and the Executioner.

Cephalo (Chapter 1-2)

This one was nasty. It's that frightened blond lady who turns out to be a mutant majini, a Cephalo. Alright, there are a few ways to defeat her. You can use a combination of shotgun attacks and grenades to hit her. Be sure to aim at the head with shotgun since it is more likely to reel back/stop for a minute if bashed up in this way. There will be plenty of majini coming at you so running around outside might be a better bet.

Here's one silly way to defeat her (works best in co-op). Run outside and get to the area that has ladders placed against buildings diagonal to each other. Climb up one and your partner can climb up the other. Here, keep fending off the majini whilst watching out for the Cephalo. It will approach one of the ladders and try to climb up. Wait until it is halfway up the ladder and then push ladder away from roof. It will fall down, with ladder atop it and lie still for a bit. Get your partner to shoot at its head at this moment. The Cephalo will get up, place the ladder against the roof and try climbing again. Repeat until it's dead. Insert evil laugh.

Uroboros (Chapter 1-2)

This is the big Boss for Chapter 1. It's a gigantic mess that looks like an oil spill gone awry. I didn't find this monster that hard, at least not compared to some of the other that came along. Run back to furnace room and drop one of the canisters onto the ground. Fire at it when the monster has reached it. Now, run into furnace room with your partner keeping a distance from it. Move slowly to other side so that it is slithering across the furnace towards you. Run out through the door on the other side when the monster is halfway across the room. Give Sheva the signal to shut the doors and start the furnace. Enjoy the oily barbecue!