How the ♥♥♥♥ do I beat Sahelanthropus?

[Pocket Scout]

Around 5th time trying to beat him. Battles last around a half hour or longer.
NOTHING seems to damage him after I destroy his missiles, whenever I hop in a tank he just throws rust and forces Snake to hop out. Everything I do, he seems to have a more powerful counterattack that insta kills me.
This is not even fun anymore, this feels like I'm facing every Skull Unit on steroids.

[Ketchdown]

Then you're doing it wrong. Grom-11 on third level was more than enough for me.

[Exbeyonder]

I used D-Walker with minigun, was enough to bring him down to 1/4 HP, and finished using rockets while kiting around the hills.

[killall -q]

Brute force. All you need is the strongest rocket launcher you have, and a pistol to hit Mantis with during reflex mode. Destroy the white canisters sticking out, the backs of his knees, and his head, or just shoot center mass.

Sprint a lot, dive away from the exploding rock bombs, use flare grenade to get resupplied faster.

[Morgz]

Hit and run with walker buddy worked best for me<exrteme was rough lol> n as for wehical i liked the rocket tank over reg. My weapns were gernade gun and the 5 launch rockets<fk spellin lol>

[Hugopalma]

The first time we challenge him only with the launch Rocket is enough, I always use the south hills to hide and go around to recover from his hits.
The second time use a Tank to destroy him should be enough, it took me 3 days the second time I challenged him to pass the "guy".

[HYDRUS]

Carefully

[Joemah]

Shoot into his core when he pulls his sword out.

[zz_tophat]

CGM 25 will turn him in to scrap in very short order but it will require supply drops.

[Pocket Scout]

Well uh, I figured it out.
APC autogun spam on his limbs ftw

[GrayHound]

Shoot rockets, duh.

[ZetaZaku]

Order supply right away, empty your launchers, pick up supply, order supply, empty your launchers, pick up supply etc. Pretty easy.

[FarVision]

Just watch and pay attention. You know how when he does that one thing, his chest opens up and two big glowy things show up? And when you shoot them while zoomed in, it makes a BONG noise that lets you know you're doing more damage? Do that.

Also, the tanks and AGV's lying around the map, you should get into those.

And the air support flares, you should throw those.

Only had to run it once before figuring it out. If you hide behind a rock when he's at 1/4 health, the railgun can't hit you. It hits the top edge of the rock.

The fear of getting hit is worse than getting hit. The thing does almost no damage to you. Hold still for a bit and watch it's rotation. The code walker downed chopper rescue with the skulls was more difficult.

[supertrooper225]

I must have just gotten lucky. I got a tank and literally sat in place pelting Sour Puss with shells.

[spreyz]

shoot the 4 round thingys on his back > then just grab a heavy machine gun and gun him it will take a while > when he attacks pequod you can plant some c4 on his feet, also good dmg > also when spraying your machine gun aim for his legs there are bombs or something on his feet which also damage him if you make em explode. And learn his attack pattern, learn to avoid. Its not that hard of a fight, there are harder ones in ohter MGS games :3

P.S. i know you bet him, just for other players :>

[Lis Pustyni]

Just Use tanks and IFV , you cant find some around. And MOVE. Quite easy (after some practice) on EXTREME MODE in vehicles.
I used 2 IFV and 1 tank+my granade launcher