Mission 31: Sahelanthropus

[Archangel]

I seriously need help with this one.
What do I use as weapons and how do I stop from getting raped by the mech.

[lexilogo]

Use a rocket launcher for obvious reasons. Shoot his chest when he glows orange. Don't be afraid to call in Supply Drops or prep by researching more launchers.

For Buddies, bring D-Horse or D-Walker. D-Walker will be destroyed the instant Sahelanthropus uses it's rusting move, but it packs far more firepower than D-Horse, obviously. A highly improved D-Walker will utterly destroy Sahelanthropus. D-Horse allows you to ride on him and easily shoot Sahelanthropus while remaining mobile.

If you still need more firepower, there's some vehicles lying around nearby guard posts (They're unoccupied, don't worry). Using them can provide extra damage, but they probably won't last long (Like D-Walker, they'll be destroyed when he uses his rusting attack).

Other than that, just avoid damage. If you're heavily damaged, put some rocks and hills between Sahelanthropus and you, go prone and press E to maximise health regeneration.

[Fitne Por]

Shoot the flamethrower to disable flamethrower, shoot the backpack thing to reduce the number of probe-missiles launched, shoot the archaea canisters (they're white) with a powerful weapon for massive damage.

I wonder if modders can find the code that determines Sahelanthropus' health.

[Panfilo]

There are a few vehicles down the parth you can use so long as he didn't use his rust grenade. Try He rocket IFV comes in handy.

[Frag Maniac]

I used the FB MR R-Launcher Rocket Launcher, and the Hail MGR-4 Grenade Launcher. Both are pretty powerful. I also recommend developing the Battle Dress if you can, and as many Mobility and Precision upgrades for the Bio Arm as you can, because they will make you more damage resistant, faster running, and faster and more precise with weapons.

Whatever you do, DON'T waste time developing guided missile launchers, they are not as powerful, and have less ammo. Look at the Damage specs on the weapons. You won't need guided missiles anyway, he's mostly close enough to aim at him.

Also, try to upgrade the chopper as much as possible, because once it's taken out, you're pretty much on your own. It can be a good distraction to get behind Sahelanthropus and pummel him.

That said, the most important thing about this fight is the end phase where he can target and one shot kill you. You DO NOT want to be stuck hauling tail WAY down the hill to a distant supply drop point, so just before that phase, get to the opposite end of where you start from on the top part where there's a nice size pointy rock on a very slanted slope to run around.

You can't count on having enough time to pinpoint a supply drop, and from that spot, the auto dropped ones are MUCH closer. That rock is just the right size to circle around quickly, and take cover behind when he goes into the slo mo targeting phase.

I started the fight however by immediately running up to the right of him then behind him, as he's scripted to start off with his whip, which leaves him stationary for a while as it's stuck in the ground. Use that time to fire one RL shot, then empty the Hail clip, shooting the white tanks on his back.

In fact if you're quick enough to sprint after shooting your barrage, you can avoid his flamethrower and stay out of sight for two or three close combat barrages like that. Plus he often gets distracted by the chopper if he can't locate you.

When he starts up his whip attack that spawns rock spikes, immediately sprint laterally if you're in the open in front of him, or stay in one spot if you're behind large cover, and wait for the rocks encircling you to self destruct.

After numerous attempts, all ending being one shotted going for a long haul on a supply drop, I finally took him out in under 12 minutes for an S score my first time using that rock location for the final phase I mentioned. I also didn't have any Mobility upgrades or Battle Dress or chopper upgrades, and only level one Hail and FB MR.

The point being, if you're limited on what you can develop, the tactics can definitely make up for it.

[Voryn Dagoth Ur]

D walker is great with the minigun. He doesnt get rusted by the archea unless u arernt moving while driving hime

[DesertFox]

Originally posted by Frag Maniac:

I used the FB MR R-Launcher Rocket Launcher, and the Hail MGR-4 Grenade Launcher. Both are pretty powerful.

I agree with this, but I also recommend an smg (dmg) for when it slows down and your target gets close... hitting the "floating" target with an explosive can damage you.

Plus all the weak spots other people mentioned. Good luck

[Deathraven13]

Water pistol on the orange part one shot him since it destroy electronic stuff.

Ps: I'm joking =)

[UDR43]

I used the guided launcher that looks like a javelin the hail and one of those single shot noob tubes in the pistol/SMG slot and just did laps round rock formations using the one shot grenade launcher to clear the rick spike things.
I really thought I'd suck at that mission but did quite well on that and extreme

[strikertlj]

Hmm I just did that mission trying to get floating boy.. about 5 times i did it .. what rockets you got developed. CGM works the best. for me anyway.. do not wait for it to lock aim for his head. hit him there it is a side task, Wear battle dress if you have it. Surprisingly you do not have to really run around much. makes it harder kinda like the skulls the more you run the worse it gets.. I also use the hailmanger if thats how you spell it granade launcher. you might not have that but the best one you can get. and the hand granade launcher. Point here is to beat his head as fast as possible. near the end when he is almost dead. he bends down and screems well Floating boy should be there shoot him too. keep some granade from that granande launcher just for that. I played this alot just for that task. but I always killed it to fast

Funny thing is I did everything on the extreme one the first time.. weird.