A lot of sources suggest to just bite the bullet and run in the water without trying to kill the Albinoid, healing as needed (and definitely needed). Even though the game drops a bunch of healing items on you leading up to this fight, I always found it odd how people thought this was a forced damage area. Even the people that said you could kill it claimed it required a heaping ton of ammo.
The secret is the shotgun. Not only does it have a wide enough damage radius to actually hit him, you also can stun-lock him and empty an entire cartridge into him, as you see me doing here. At first I fiddled around with the handgun, sub-machine guns, and assault rifle, but I could never hit him with them. No wonder people thought this battle was just a waste of ammo; those were the wrong guns to use!
I also wanted to show off how much shotgun ammo you get to this point. I grabbed all the shells that I am aware of, and didn't use a single one up until this point. So if you want to know how much you can freely waste and still be able to kill this guy, just look at what I have left afterward.
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