How do you kill crystalisks efficiently?

[WickedRequiem]

Playing as Maya, I've been using the "phaselock, walk forward, point blank shotgun to the three legs" tactic.

Is there a better way? Killing them just seems so different from killing most other enemies in the game. I've been targeting their crystal legs, but am I doing something wrong?

Also, is the volcano/magma crystalisks in the Warrior stage significantly weaker than the default crystalisks in places like caustic caverns?

I've beaten the base game on UVHM (still need to start on dlc for uvhm), but I don't think I've ever found a satisfactory way of killing them with the green / blue non-shotgun weapons.

[Mister Torgue Flexington]

believe it or not, the DPUH is probably the best weapon to use on Crystalisks

[CoolingGibbon]

Not sure about Maya or other classes, but yes that's the general strategy at least with Krieg. Crystalisks take minimal damage when attacked elsewhere... it's just easier to get up close and shoot the crystals off. Snipers "might" work, but I haven't really tried it myself.

As for the volcanic crystalisks, yes they are much weaker than their standard counterparts.

[Sirius]

Explode their crystal covered legs with explodey weapons.

Originally posted by Mister Torgue Flexington:

believe it or not, the DPUH is probably the best weapon to use on Crystalisks

Well, DPUH is pretty much easy mode with everything.

[CoolingGibbon]

Originally posted by |x|SiriuS|x|:

Explode their crystal covered legs with explodey weapons.

Originally posted by Mister Torgue Flexington:

believe it or not, the DPUH is probably the best weapon to use on Crystalisks

Well, DPUH is pretty much easy mode with everything.

Well, ALMOST everything. :) Exceptions being Oney, SPR-TNK, BAR-TNK... and most infamously Vermi. I had to find that out the hard way since I happen to use the Harold almost exclusively and my build sucks with non-explosive weapons.

[trukr]

The crystals are exactly what you want to take out, a good shottie to the legs is good. May fave way used to be a Jakobs shottie to blast them, then I tried snipers, SMGs and pistols. Torgue weapons are good, they go boom and that works well on the crystals.

[Mister Torgue Flexington]

Originally posted by trukr:

The crystals are exactly what you want to take out, a good shottie to the legs is good. May fave way used to be a Jakobs shottie to blast them, then I tried snipers, SMGs and pistols. Torgue weapons are good, they go boom and that works well on the crystals.

you can also use the Ahab on them, as one rocket pretty much wrecks their asses

[Watereaters]

Punch their legs

[Stalker.]

I see peeps all the time just blind shooting them & it doesn`t work Always shoot the crystals on their legs, this is their crit spot. Any gun will work preferably non elemental. Explosive or a real good shotty

[Valden21]

Originally posted by Watereaters:

Punch their legs

Exactly my strategy. Hitting the crystals on their legs with a melee attack will drop their health in big chunks, like about 1/3 per hit. Plus, you only need to do this once per leg.

[dontu_worry]

Originally posted by Mister Torgue Flexington:

believe it or not, the DPUH is probably the best weapon to use on Crystalisks

No. Ladyfist. Their legs are crit areas. Ladyfist has +800 percent crit bonus. Collect your crystals.

[SunDrippedDevil]

Just circle strafe and shoot at their legs? What's so hard?

[Mihryazd]

Originally posted by dontu_worry:

Originally posted by Mister Torgue Flexington:

believe it or not, the DPUH is probably the best weapon to use on Crystalisks

No. Ladyfist. Their legs are crit areas. Ladyfist has +800 percent crit bonus. Collect your crystals.

IIRC using explosive weapons on Crystalisks makes all shots count as criticals.

[ShinkuTear]

The crystals on standard Crystalisks(ie not named ones) will instantly break on Melee, so 3 melee strikes, one per crystal, instantly kills a Crystalisk.

[Killzone]

Do it the Torgue way, explosions!

[Mister Torgue Flexington]

Originally posted by Killzone:

Do it the Torgue way, explosions!

HA!!