Easiest way to kill Big Daddies

[Stabbed]

1. Have a fair amount of EVE Hypos, 00 Bucks, and Electric Bucks. If you feel unsafe, have a health kit.

2. When you see the Big Daddy, shock him with Electro Bolt.

3. Use your Shotgun to deal loads of damage to him while he is stunned.

4. When he is no longer stunned, he should be at roughly half health.

5. Use any offensive plasmid you want, such as Insect Swarm or Winter Blast.

6. Finish him off with Electric Bucks.

If you are smart, you should be able to kill him with minimal/no damage done. Hope this helps when doing a Survivor run.

[BardzBeast]

electric gel. electric buck

[JoshuaRH97]

With my experience, movement is key, and Big Daddies only remain stunned until you shoot them. Then they come storming right at you.

Grenades and incendiary bolts are amazing against them. Somewhere between 4-8 incendiary bolt can take one out and each hit stuns them.

[loc]

A couple things to note here. When he's stunned with electro bolt, one shot will free him so not sure 1-3.

Secondly, there are different types of Big Daddies. For instance, your strategy wont work well on Bouncers who ram and drill you.

[tin]

Finding a space they can't enter works fairly well. Obviously this works great in some areas and not at all in others.
Honestly though, they aren't really a chellenge. I hate "mini-boss" fights in most games. But the Big Daddies only bothered me the first time I took one on. I started to work out their patterns mid fight, and after that I wasn't bothered anymore.

[JoshuaRH97]

Originally posted by tin:

Finding a space they can't enter works fairly well. Obviously this works great in some areas and not at all in others.

Remembering one time I was just passing by and accidentally angered one, so I ran and tried to find a hiding spot, but there wasn't a single one, other than behind a bunk bed. I crouched behind that thing. The Bouncer found me and started swining his drill at me and nothing happened. Then suddenly I died, instantly. Lol!

The more advanced ones in BioShock 2 are much more difficult. Like the ones that place turrets. Generally BioShock 2 is more difficult anyway.

[VensLegend]

I am playing this on insane difficulty. The dude is a fkn boss. there is no way hahaha. Maybe on NORMAL or EASY mode but.. yeah. Not on my difficulty

[JoshuaRH97]

Originally posted by sblackwayne:

I am playing this on insane difficulty. The dude is a fkn boss. there is no way hahaha. Maybe on NORMAL or EASY mode but.. yeah. Not on my difficulty

Maybe play through on normal and then start a new game plus to keep all your weapons, upgrades, tonics, and plasmids.