how to kill the giant bug in arena wave 3

[Delivery cat]

i keep trying to shoot it at multiple areas, the front has armor but attacking its back also does no damage? how to kill it?

[[MNI] Kisune]

You can destroy its armor if you shoot it eneught (forcus on 1 Specific plate) Though it does take a lot of punishment

btw do you happen to know how to dodge its spike attack?

[Delivery cat]

im pretty sure you just gotta keep moving to dodge the spike

[Koh]

Originally posted by Kyurem0321:

im pretty sure you just gotta keep moving to dodge the spike

Nope. Even whiling moving it still hits me most of the time. This monster is badly made. lol

[Cabalius]

Am I the only one that heavily dislikes the Arena? Not for its wave, but the fact that it offers zero indicators of attacks. You get instantly swarmed upon spawning if you aren't careful, they rip you to shreds even if you carry a two-plate armor, and the Boss attack is simply just... Stupidly developed. You have to somehow know WHEN the boss attacks without looking while managing the mobs.

They need to add some indicator, a little more obvious then a slight ground rumbling to know when the Boss throws you it's meat stick from beneath you.

[MrFisse]

Originally posted by Cabalius:

Am I the only one that heavily dislikes the Arena? Not for its wave, but the fact that it offers zero indicators of attacks. You get instantly swarmed upon spawning if you aren't careful, they rip you to shreds even if you carry a two-plate armor, and the Boss attack is simply just... Stupidly developed. You have to somehow know WHEN the boss attacks without looking while managing the mobs.

They need to add some indicator, a little more obvious then a slight ground rumbling to know when the Boss throws you it's meat stick from beneath you.

Lol NO, the arena is AWFUL. There are sooo many arena based shooters to look at for inspiration, clearly they have done no such thing. The enemies are braindead just rushing you. The big baddie takes large amounts of damage, and it's attacks are pretty much impossible to dodge, tried running around in circles away from it, jumping etc most of the times you just get hit and sometimes several times pretty much killing you instantly. Just a slog

[Polecat]

I think it's not just the arena. Combat itself needs some serious looking at in the game. BUT I can also see that it's slated to be worked on in "phase 2" of the dev cycle, so I am assuming it'll be worked on. Hopefully it'll fix the insane level of accuracy from enemies too, as they never seem to miss...

[Kailen]

More practice in.

1) The feet are not armored. You can do full damage there.
2) The spike can be dodged, but only while running.
3) Armor is your best friend. The spike really is just an annoyance if you have some armor plates handy. Once the rest of the bugs are down, just pistol the big bug. I don't even use my machine gun until wave 4 anymore.

[Vital]

get a shotgun with around 10+ pellets and use the ice clip that gives it armor piercing. i kill those big guys in 6 shots 99% of the time. sometimes i get hit by his spikes/knockup but i usually kill him to fast

[Vital]

the ice clips are meant to shred armor guys and i have been rocking them left and right/ only ones that give me trouble are the mega commandos with like 500 pounds of armor

[Vhalkyrie]

I carry 3 different guns into the arena so I can swap between hunter, rifle, and buckshot ammo types.

- 2 rapid fire "machine gun" types with hunter/rifle bullet types for clearing the mob waves
- 1 shotgun with armor piercing for the armored bug.
- 2-3 ammo boxes so I can refresh ammo if needed.
- 10 replacement armor plates
- 10 bandages.

I have the 2nd grade leather armor, so I can wear 2 plates. I try to replace the first plate just before it is broken because when the second plate is broken, replacing the plate will override the whole plate. If the 2nd plate is broken, I'll just let it get near broken or broken before replacing it.

I've never had a problem clearing the bug. The only annoying thing is I haven't quite got the hang of dodging its attack, which is why I bring so many replacement armor plates with me, but I rarely need to use the bandages. Only if I miss replacing the first plate before it is broken.

[Pappy Hodunk]

I agree 100% with what Vhalkyrie just posted. I don't have an ice clip for AP, but I did stumble across a work-around. The big bug "thumped" me up onto one of the stone pillars around him. From there, I no longer took damage from his attack, and could take my time and pistol away an armor plate. It was easy from there.

[Delivery cat]

that was a very late response

[BIGKHALA]

Originally posted by Kyurem0321:

i keep trying to shoot it at multiple areas, the front has armor but attacking its back also does no damage? how to kill it?

Face it upfront. In between it’s armour, just shoot it’s legs it’s takes pure flesh damage that way and dies pretty fast.

[DankWestern]

I fought this thing today, and it kicked my butt. I unloaded every bit of ammunition I had for my assault rifle, and an endless barrage of pistol bullets once that was emptied. Nothing ever broke, and it barely took 5% of it's HP in damage, and despite crushing every enemy with ease, I was eventually killed by invisible explosions that hit me from every angle except the one I was facing with no exception.

[Necroscourge]

The idea that the bug automatically hits every player no matter where they are is more than slightly bad enemy design. The way it's supposed to be is that you should get up to a second before the tremor hits so that you can atleast try to get out of the way. We tried a 3 player arena on my stream and the big bug wiped the floor with us in seconds.