About Chaos Spawns!

[Pride Lizard Pride Lizard]

Hey, I wanna get better at fighting Chaos Spawns but I haven't really had much luck at getting any of those spawns in a place that isn't super ♥♥♥♥♥♥ (or without me using a thunder hammer)
Any advice? Generally I just tend to block and dodge back the best I can manage to buy as much time as I can. Feels like there's gotta be a better method, I just haven't figured it out yet.

[Macrollium]

Originally posted by Pride Lizard Pride Lizard:

Generally I just tend to block and dodge back the best I can manage to buy as much time as I can.

This is the same tactic I use when targeted by the aggro of any Monstrosity in addition to quickly applying and maintaining burn stacks on them with my Purgatus, but it's substantially harder to do than with any other save for the Daemonhost due to the Chaos Spawn's remarkable speed and aggression.

Honestly, the introduction of the Chaos Spawn does a great deal to further the case of Traitor Captains, Beasts of Nurgle, and Plague Ogryns deserving significant buffs. The latter 3 as they currently stand aren't bosses. Bosses should be especially meaningful threats on their own not merely massive sponges that are only threatening because they distract you from other lesser enemies spawning in that you've already been painting the walls with up until then.

[Pride Lizard Pride Lizard]

See, or Beasts of Nurgle, Captains or Ogryns I know how to deal with relatively well in melee.
Plague Ogryns are easy to dodge. BoN are like.. just easy to bait into leaving themselves vulnerable or kiting them. Captains are a mix of block, dodging and spacing depending on what they do.

Chaos Spawn for me right now sorta just is "I never thought a flailing sack of meat could be so combat effective." xD

[varicose 'vascular' vinny]

If you're really spammy with dodge he'll keep doing that flurry that puts him right on your heels. If you don't he'll be in prime position for a grab. Seems like he was designed around it being a coop game, the aggro swaps are erratic and keep one player from ending up getting snacked on but when he's on your tail and backed up by anything even like 3 shooters he's far and away the most threatening enemy. At least when you're in his grasp you're immune to non environmental damage.

[Dingo]

Proper use of grenades and a more liberal use of ranged weapons does wonders. Stun him, wen he puts to much preassure on the defending player. Spread out so the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ has to spend as much time traveling between players as possible. its not a melee-friendly boss by design

[Pride Lizard Pride Lizard]

Originally posted by Of Iron and Gold:

Since you mention the Thunder Hammer then I assume you're looking for advice as Zealot. Killing it with the Thunder Hammer in 3 seconds is the best strategy.

Otherwise, my only other advice is to not spam dodge because the Chaos Spawn will punish you for that. Timed dodges and using objects to block the Spawn while you do so is the best way to tank it.

But you're Thunder Hammer Zealot, just kill it.

Advice for any class is nice. I know that Hammer is a clean and efficient kill but that's not what I always have!

[Dingo]

Originally posted by Of Iron and Gold:

The part I love the most about the grenade feat for the box is the psychological effect it has on your teammates. It really gives people confidence when they see 20 grenades popping off and a staggering boss.

There are several things like this, including aggressive Ogryns and Zealots in general. Sometimes the hesitation of teammates to get into the fray, instead taking potshots at shoters, is what ruins runs. A frontliner-ogryn with a psychology degree going to town can really rally a team and promote some much needed aggression

[Pride Lizard Pride Lizard]

Aye, my first concern when a boss isn't aggro'd on me is "Is there ANYTHING else in this room?", sometimes a boss pulls in a bunch of other guys and the other guys *gotta* go first.

[Wazi]

Had a match this week where we got 2 spawns. One was on me so I kited it away because I didn't know what else to do in that situation. Found a ladder I could climb up and down on that it couldn't figure out, but my teammates died fighting the other one so it was GG. There was also a demon host on the floor where they attacked us, but we never aggroed it that just made kiting harder. FYI when you get 2 bosses at the same time one boss' hp bar takes the top left half of the screen and the other is the top right half.