Is there any easier way to kill big daddys?

[tomatocultivator]

im fairly early in the game and i always keep dying in the encounters with the big daddys. can you help?

[Peltron5000]

Save the little sisters, exorcise them instead of killing them (especially the first one) You'll get something useful so you don't even need to kill the big daddys. If this doesn't help, use the most powerful gun you have in your disposal.

[tomatocultivator]

What do you get?

[Peltron5000]

Allright, but I'm breaking out the spoiler text for folks who haven't gotten this far.

If you spare I believe three little sisters, you get a power that pacificies the big daddies called hypontise big daddy (google list of bioshock plasmids, you'll see it in the bioshock wiki) into believing you are a little sister and they will protect you and you won't need to fight them.

[tomatocultivator]

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[JellyStorm]

Keep using the combination of Shotgun + Electric Bolt and you should be fine, also take photos of them so you can get bonus damage against the big daddies.

[Volatile Creation]

Take photos of all big daddies,go back to earlier levels if you need to you earn bonus research,use electro bolt or insect swarm to to distract and stun them while using shotgun blasts at close range to deal heavy damage.

[Volatile Creation]

Originally posted by Source heart Tux the programmer:

Allright, but I'm breaking out the spoiler text for folks who haven't gotten this far.

If you spare I believe three little sisters, you get a power that pacificies the big daddies called hypontise big daddy (google list of bioshock plasmids, you'll see it in the bioshock wiki) into believing you are a little sister and they will protect you and you won't need to fight them.

If you do that,you can't get the ADAM from Little Sisters,they'll run back to a hidey hole when thier Big Daddy is hypotized.

[Смерть неизбежна]

You'll get grenade launcher really soon. Mines and frag grenades help a LOT. Until then, electric buck.

[K poppa]

crossbow does some heavy damage to them, or the electric liquid

[No-Name-Man]

^^

[Ryu Oki]

No easy way to kill Big Daddies. The bouncer is probably the easiest of them. The Rosie is probably the toughest one. Those rivets hurt bad and you can't see them to dodge (godd@mn sniper mofo). Aside from that use your terrain to your advantage. Take the first one for instance. There is a counter with cash register as you enter the medical section. Get the big daddy there before you initiate combat. Them do your best to jump from one side of the counter to the other. The big daddy will run around the long way giving you the opportunity to put some bullets in him.

Electric attacks work well (electric liquid, elec buck, lightning plasmid) and the rocket launcher helps immensly as does the exploding buck. Electric liquid probably best as it stuns and kills at the same time and keeps them there.

[david2587]

Originally posted by The One Medic to heal them all:

Originally posted by Source heart Tux the programmer:

Allright, but I'm breaking out the spoiler text for folks who haven't gotten this far.

If you spare I believe three little sisters, you get a power that pacificies the big daddies called hypontise big daddy (google list of bioshock plasmids, you'll see it in the bioshock wiki) into believing you are a little sister and they will protect you and you won't need to fight them.

If you do that,you can't get the ADAM from Little Sisters,they'll run back to a hidey hole when thier Big Daddy is hypotized.

Agreed. I don't think it's really worth it. Bes way for me was shck then any 'speciality' ammo. Electric liquid works particularly well iirc.

[Jarvid 9: Gecko]

Electric Bolts, Armor-Piercing rounds, Grenades. . . All good for big daddy encounters.

[Gutzs]

Dont forget that armor piercing rounds also do extra damage to them, nice in the early game when you don't have a lot of weapons to work with.

[Jarvid 9: Gecko]

Originally posted by Quantum Glitch:

What do you get?

If you spare multiple Little Sisters, you will get a teddy bear at Gatherer's Garden I believe. It has 200 or so ADAM and some other rare things. The ending also changes depending on whether or not you rescue the little sisters.[spoiler/]