What are you supposed to do to avoid 'hitscan' enemies?

[Ven]

Arachnotron and shield soldiers both kinda just laser beam you at insane ranges. You supposed to just run around holding your shield up or am I missing something? On Nightmare+ the damage they do is unreasonable considering you pretty much cant dodge their shots

[EmpathyandEntropy]

They die really quickly and you have a shield. You can also throw your shield to stun the spydas. That's kinda all there is to it. Personally, I shield dash and SSG. Also, like Eternal, you can keep up on your armor by setting demons on fire to just make sure that you keep your resources high so that you are not completely blind-sided.
Anyways hope this helps. GLHF

[Ven]

Originally posted by EmpathyandEntropy:

They die really quickly and you have a shield. You can also throw your shield to stun the spydas. That's kinda all there is to it. Personally, I shield dash and SSG. Also, like Eternal, you can keep up on your armor by setting demons on fire to just make sure that you keep your resources high so that you are not completely blind-sided.
Anyways hope this helps. GLHF

The chip damage just bothers me. The damage they deal feels very disproportionate. May have to use SSG, havent really touched it in Dark ages, getting that close seems way to dangerous for ultra nightmare compared to the last two titles

[M.T. Fish]

Originally posted by Ven:

Originally posted by EmpathyandEntropy:

They die really quickly and you have a shield. You can also throw your shield to stun the spydas. That's kinda all there is to it. Personally, I shield dash and SSG. Also, like Eternal, you can keep up on your armor by setting demons on fire to just make sure that you keep your resources high so that you are not completely blind-sided.
Anyways hope this helps. GLHF

The chip damage just bothers me. The damage they deal feels very disproportionate. May have to use SSG, havent really touched it in Dark ages, getting that close seems way to dangerous for ultra nightmare compared to the last two titles

Super shotty becomes a monster when upgraded. It does bonus damage against armor and can one-shot Hellknights, Arachnotrons, and Revenants on Hurt Me Plenty if you hit them with a charged bash first. It will wreck the larger demons if you can stay in their face too.

[EmpathyandEntropy]

Fully upped SSG is really strong. So far it's basically the only weapon I need. As long as your parry game is on point and can stand toe to toe most demons.

[BEEP!]

Use the environment pieces to break line of sight or block and charge forward, plus all the shield guys are super easy to kill you either throw your shield they die for energy shield guys or you shoot the shield a couple time throw shield everything around it dies if small.

[jscjml]

SSG oneshots the spider things, just dash into it and blow it up