How do you kill the regenerators?

[nub]

How do you kill them? I'm using so much ammo on them.

[AllergicToBrainRot]

you need to find the scope for the mp5 in that area, equip it onto it. Aim and you will see their hearts(weak points) shoot them.

[BaLuX]

Attach a biosensor (thermal) scope to your rifle that will show you the parasites it has in its body. Destroy them and the regenerator will die.

[nub]

So just run away from the first two?

[ANTI 666 LXIX]

Running from them is a valid tactic, like other enemies in the other RE games. Obviously it might be kind of hard since they're quick, but you can try to shoot their legs off or any other body part to give yourself a momentary advantage before they regenerate, and then come back and kill them (if you have to) when you've got the thermal scope or other tools more apt for finishing them.

[BaLuX]

Originally posted by nub:

So just run away from the first two?

Exactly!

[TyresTyco]

Yes you run past the first two of them. The third one explains itself tho. Just go and do it. It's not a long section.

[Chicken Jockey]

You can blast away enough of their skin with a shotgun that you can see the parasites without the scope.

[Reggae Sauce]

Shoot their legs off with the shotgun until you find the bio-sensor scope. Always consider whether it's worth fighting them or saving the ammo.

[Salfaden]

Originally posted by nub:

So just run away from the first two?

I killed the first two with the explosive bolts

[dethtrain]

Originally posted by Salfaden:

Originally posted by nub:

So just run away from the first two?

I killed the first two with the explosive bolts

How many bolts did it take to kill each one?

[sixten]

Its easier with the thermal scope, but if you concentrate your shots to the body, there is between 1 - 4 parasites you need to shoot when enough flesh is exposed. They will look like beating hearts.

Otherwise just shoot their legs off to slow them if you dont want to kill them.

[D. Flame]

I finished them off with shots from a magnum. Once you have the scope, just snipe the two inside them.

When you get to the spikey ones, snipe the two inside of them, then they will generate a 3rd that is always in the head, no just head shot them with a regular gun..

[80TCS]

Knife

[Commander Hitman2b]

you can kill them but the first 2 are a waste of bullet until you get the MP5 and the biodectector

[Xengre]

Biosensor shows you were to shoot. However, here are some additional tips:

Shotgun their leg knocks them down. Once they are down as long as you don't stand there in front of them they have issues turning and hitting you. You can even stand behind them (ex in the freezer waiting on the card to finish updating) and they can't hit you so you can break their legs and just not fight them.

Another option is to disable their leg and while they are weaker and less mobile THEN shoot them.

The rifles are the best options due to penetration stat. If you have the combat rifle upgraded sufficiently you can use it as the best anti-regenerator weapon but there is a special trick required. It does not penetrate correctly while they are standing unlike the other rifles either due to a bug or weird design. However, once you knock them down by breaking their legs (like 1-shotgun round to the leg) then you can shoot them while they are down and the combat rifle kills them in under 1s of firing (so usually 1-2 bullets or so). Further, you can sell your weapon for almost all of your money back so sell your main rifle (bolt action / stingray, upgrade combat rifle) use it until you are past regenerators then sell it and rebuy from merchant (buyback section of the buy tab) your old bolt action/stingray and reinvest upgrades for almost no loss of money as an effective way to kill them.

The only benefit of killing them over running is you get some gems, otherwise just break their leg and avoid them.