MY Ammo is getting depleted killing these nurses in the hospital

[Viper]

Theres a lot of them. You have to hit them about 10 or more times with the pipe 6-7 with the handgun and a couple of times with the shotgun. I had like 55 handgun rounds when I entered the place.Down to 22 and 3 shotgun shells.

[Frag Maniac]

What difficulty are you on? On Normal mode, they should go down with one close range aimed shotgun round. By aimed I mean let the reticule shrink so the shot is more pinpointed at their head. And you need a shoot a centered shot, not a glancing shot.

It's best to get one separated if you can. You can even hide behind tall objects or doorways, then walk (not run) and whack them from behind when they start walking away, which will immediately drop them. You need to use melee a fair amount, especially at the start.

Either way with gun or melee, once they're down you must whack them at least a few times to make sure they don't get back up. Occasionally some will anyway, on Normal mode anyhow, probably even more so on harder modes. It's a horror game after all.

[Viper]

normal difficulty.. Probably shooting them at range is not as effective. I start firing the handgun as soon as I see them.

[bschaff2001]

There's no way it should be taking anywhere near that much ammo on any difficulty... 2 head shots with the pistol and a couple pipe swings were enough to knock them down and get the kill stomp. One headshot and 3-4 body shots was also enough to just kill them outright in 99% of cases, and one shotgun blast at close range was either fatal or one stomp / pipe hit away when they were knocked down. Using the pipe by itself can take a bunch of swings but again, if you can land a headshot or two first then they're very easily dealt with.

Only thing I can think of is you're missing a bunch of pistol shots that you think are hitting - nurses don't really react to handgun bullets that aren't headshots, so it can be hard to tell sometimes with that coupled with the poor lighting. Be sure and aim down the sight long enough to line your shot up, they also move a lot more than other enemies so just blindly firing even at closer ranges is going to result in a lot of missed shots.

[Frag Maniac]

Originally posted by Viper:

normal difficulty.. Probably shooting them at range is not as effective. I start firing the handgun as soon as I see them.

I started out pistol shooting them 3 times in the head, which kills them, but that gets harder as you get to the ones that stagger more.

When I had enough room and good lighting, like outdoors daytime, I'd do as mentioned above, often times just one pistol round to the head, and a few melee hits. I am 66 though and indoors and/or in the dark it's a lot harder for me to see them well.

[Viper]

Originally posted by bschaff2001:

There's no way it should be taking anywhere near that much ammo on any difficulty... 2 head shots with the pistol and a couple pipe swings were enough to knock them down and get the kill stomp. One headshot and 3-4 body shots was also enough to just kill them outright in 99% of cases, and one shotgun blast at close range was either fatal or one stomp / pipe hit away when they were knocked down. Using the pipe by itself can take a bunch of swings but again, if you can land a headshot or two first then they're very easily dealt with.

Only thing I can think of is you're missing a bunch of pistol shots that you think are hitting - nurses don't really react to handgun bullets that aren't headshots, so it can be hard to tell sometimes with that coupled with the poor lighting.

Not in my game. It takes 3 to kill a basic zombie,

[Viper]

Originally posted by Frag Maniac:

Originally posted by Viper:

normal difficulty.. Probably shooting them at range is not as effective. I start firing the handgun as soon as I see them.

I started out pistol shooting them 3 times in the head, which kills them, but that gets harder as you get to the ones that stagger more.

I am generally hitting the body. Usually belly or chest. Bigger target ..NOt as much movement ...easier to hit. There heads sway all over the place. I guess I should try and hit them in the head.

[avestruzrock]

just shoot them in the knees

[Viper]

Originally posted by avestruzrock:

just shoot them in the knees

good idea. Does that knock them down.

[Frag Maniac]

Originally posted by Viper:

Originally posted by bschaff2001:

There's no way it should be taking anywhere near that much ammo on any difficulty... 2 head shots with the pistol and a couple pipe swings were enough to knock them down and get the kill stomp. One headshot and 3-4 body shots was also enough to just kill them outright in 99% of cases, and one shotgun blast at close range was either fatal or one stomp / pipe hit away when they were knocked down. Using the pipe by itself can take a bunch of swings but again, if you can land a headshot or two first then they're very easily dealt with.

Only thing I can think of is you're missing a bunch of pistol shots that you think are hitting - nurses don't really react to handgun bullets that aren't headshots, so it can be hard to tell sometimes with that coupled with the poor lighting.

Not in my game. It takes 3 to kill a basic zombie,

Three well placed pistol rounds to a nurse's head at semi close range WILL kill them. Doesn't need to be point blank, but you don't want to be far away either. The way to tell if you get a good headshot with the pistol is the nurses head will sort of splash this yellow/gold spew. Otherwise count it as a bad shot.

Honestly though, when they're staggering a lot after they detect you, the better tactic is to center shot them in the head with the pistol, lead them away from any other nurses as it comes at you, then dodge/whack, dodge/whack, dodge/whack. The bloody ones are best for shotgun.

With these tactics I always had plenty ammo in the hospital and prison, well over 100 pistol rounds and over 50 shotgun rounds sometimes.

[Viper]

Thanks guys for the advice. I don't want to run out of ammo. ..ENjoy the game.

[Darrow Lykos]

I just pipe bash the crap out of them. One you have their patterns down it's easy to dodge and whack. :)

[Scraps]

I've played on hard a couple times, and honestly? I recommend using the steel pipe on the regular nurses. They're not hard to learn and can be dealt with pretty reliably unlike the mannequins; the double and triple attacks are pretty telegraphed. The bloody nurses I just use the shotgun point blank, since the environments they're in are often dark, they deal very high damage and they like being in groups.

Works often.

[Spookshow]

If you're patient you can sneak up behind them (walking) before they notice you. Sneak attacks to the back of the head knock them down in one hit and you can stomp them to death. They also have a hard time noticing you if you stand still just like in the movie so you can just hang out in doorways and ambush them as they walk passed you.

If you don't like stealth then pop them in the knees or go for head shots.

[Frag Maniac]

Originally posted by Spookshow:

If you don't like stealth then pop them in the knees or go for head shots.

LOL,
zombie nurse says
"What you lookin at handsome,..."?
player says,
"Just wondering whether your knees or head are easier to shoot mam".

[RetraBlaze]

im gonna say, need to conserve your ammo a bit more. I had over 230 pistol rounds by the time i entered the other world hospital on normal.

3 head shots kills a nurse on normal, the other world nurses are the same. Yeah they stagger a bit more, but take your time, or go for the knees to stun them, then a good ol wack with the pipe.

If your more confident, turn off the radio, and the flashlight when coming up behind enemies. Hit them in the back for essentially a critical hit and knocks them down.

Other than that, save, then practice their moveset. Get the dodge timing down. By the time you enter the otherworld hospital, you should be able to dodge them more than not.

If there is more than one, I will use the handgun to take one out asap, then melee the other. Or at the very least, shoot one a couple times to get it weak, then do the good ol Callisto Protocol dance around, 1 hit, dodge, 1 hit, dodge.