How do you kill Vay Hek?

[EasyDubai]

I've gotten up to Oro on Earth and I'm now trying to kill Hek, he flies so I don't use melee on him but the real problem is that I can't deal any damage to him whatsoever so I try and try until eventually I realize you can only damage him by hitting him on the head, alright but his movement is like a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Cokehead's he'll intentionally face me and not (as in look away) while shooting his lasers, how the hell do I kill him? Should I get a Sniper or something?

[Sunstrider]

Shoot his ugly face when it's open

[EasyDubai]

Originally posted by Sunstrider:

Shoot his ugly face when it's open

Yeah I tried that even stating that in this post, but his herky jerky movements make it near impossible, he'll just face away from me.

[r-kid]

Shoot the glowing part on his back instead then, that moves around a lot less.

Also worth striping his armour off using a 100% status weapon with corrosive. You can apply the corrosive procs even when he's invulnerable.

[EasyDubai]

Originally posted by r-kid:

Shoot the glowing part on his back instead then

The Engine?

[[R] Nerva]

One of the best early-game guns for killing Vay Hek is, ironically enough, the Hek. Only four rounds per magazine, but if you mod it right, you can blast him in the face four times and be done until the next stage of the fight.

Vay Hek is one of the first bosses you'll fight where you really have to wait for your opportunity to kill him - his biggest weak point is only opened when he's buffing his troops, and like you said, he likes to fly around wildly. Bring a Rhino built for Iron Skin durability to make the fight easier - he can't zap you or chip at you with his machineguns if you're protected by Iron Skin.

[Grey Star, The Rival Defender]

Originally posted by r-kid:

Shoot the glowing part on his back instead then, that moves around a lot less.

Also worth striping his armour off using a 100% status weapon with corrosive. You can apply the corrosive procs even when he's invulnerable.

That removes any damage bonus you can get from attacking his alloy armor, FYI. He's too robotic to be affected by flesh, and too machine to be affected by robotics.

[r-kid]

Originally posted by Grey Star, The Rival Defender:

That removes any damage bonus you can get from attacking his alloy armor, FYI. He's too robotic to be affected by flesh, and too machine to be affected by robotics.

He doesn't have any alloy armour, it's ferrite. Plus the damage reduction % from armour is worth getting rid of.


There is no robotics in him. Check your codex.

[RussianGatsby]

get other players to run of and kill him before u get there (my first experince with him