Early tips for mancubus?

[Monkey Man]

Mancubus's are the only issue with cultist base i get and i can't efficiently kill these guys.

Usually I use precision bolt and a sticky to remove their weapoints but after that i dunno what's the best it's easier when you get the rocket but the room with the 3 of them becomes an easy death for me.

EDIT - it's confused some peeps and im talking about nightmare/ultra nightmare when you first meet these dudes.

[~Neon Doom~]

full lock on burst with RL then one shot with SSG dead
no need to destroy weak points
thats what i do

[Monkey Man]

Originally posted by Gestapo:

full lock on burst with RL then one shot with SSG dead
no need to destroy weak points
thats what i do

I mean when you start at cultist base, you only have heavy cannon, shotgun and plasma

[Zapmaster]

Originally posted by Malekith:

Originally posted by Gestapo:

full lock on burst with RL then one shot with SSG dead
no need to destroy weak points
thats what i do

I mean when you start at cultist base, you only have heavy cannon, shotgun and plasma

In that corridor just use the swing blades to kill the first two easily. When you open the door, snipe his cannons and let him walk towards you until he is on the red lines, than just shot the button to kill him with the blade. Than just run down where he was, and wait for the other one to approach and do the same. The third one will either get stuck on the platform or try to approach you as well. Very easy if you play it that way.

[Monkey Man]

Originally posted by Zapmaster:

Originally posted by Malekith:

I mean when you start at cultist base, you only have heavy cannon, shotgun and plasma

In that corridor just use the swing blades to kill the first two easily. When you open the door, snipe his cannons and let him walk towards you until he is on the red lines, than just shot the button to kill him with the blade. Than just run down where he was, and wait for the other one to approach and do the same. The third one will either get stuck on the platform or try to approach you as well. Very easy if you play it that way.

I'll give that a go been practising this level and they are the worst in this.

[(MP) Bud Tendy]

Mind you have ice bomb to buy you time & space

[Grampire]

Originally posted by Zapmaster:

Originally posted by Malekith:

I mean when you start at cultist base, you only have heavy cannon, shotgun and plasma

In that corridor just use the swing blades to kill the first two easily. When you open the door, snipe his cannons and let him walk towards you until he is on the red lines, than just shot the button to kill him with the blade. Than just run down where he was, and wait for the other one to approach and do the same. The third one will either get stuck on the platform or try to approach you as well. Very easy if you play it that way.

This is one of the most consistent options when you get it down.

Definitely focus on taking out the cannons. The swing blade traps are the best and safest way to take them out, there's boxes you can hide behind for cover and they will approach.

[~Neon Doom~]

Originally posted by Malekith:

Originally posted by Gestapo:

full lock on burst with RL then one shot with SSG dead
no need to destroy weak points
thats what i do

I mean when you start at cultist base, you only have heavy cannon, shotgun and plasma

ahh i see

well what i do is save your 3 pips for chain saw as soon as the door opens freeze the mancubus then chain saw him switch to your heavy cannon or plasma and start shooting at the big green target above you that makes the axe blades swing from one side to the other

just keep hiding behind the box beside you (with the plasma rifle ammo ontop of it) peek out and keep shooting that green target eventually they will start walking towards you wait till they are in the kill zone of the axe blades and wallah


Or
you can do it the hard way and try to destroy the weak points and kill them

Good luck just keep at er those axe blades are your best friends

[Hundinger]

I snipe the first one's weak points and wait for him to be in axe range, then use them. The other two won't spawn until he's dead. I turn right and chainsaw the one in the narrow hallway. The last one isn't too much of a threat when he's alone. Beware the imps.

The two mancubi in the pit are much more dangerous. If you don't kill one of them fast it gets hairy. Use the suicide thingys. If you fail to do so jumping on the platform in the middle gives you a little breathing room to rethink your actions. Grenade and ice grenade are your friend. If you have a blood punch, use it, it removes their cannons. But don't forget to freeze/falter the little fecker first.

[Monkey Man]

Originally posted by Hundinger:

I snipe the first one's weak points and wait for him to be in axe range, then use them. The other two won't spawn until he's dead. I turn right and chainsaw the one in the narrow hallway. The last one isn't too much of a threat when he's alone. Beware the imps.

The two mancubi in the pit are much more dangerous. If you don't kill one of them fast it gets hairy. Use the suicide thingys. If you fail to do so jumping on the platform in the middle gives you a little breathing room to rethink your actions. Grenade and ice grenade are your friend. If you have a blood punch, use it, it removes their cannons. But don't forget to freeze/falter the little fecker first.

Yeah the pit is the only place i die now, the cueballs are the easiest option but i have lock on by then so a lock on + precision bolt is the way to go for me right now.

[Monkey Man]

Thanks for the help guys so far i shoot the weak points off the first one, sticky him till he dies or glory kill him, chainsaw the one in the corridor and use the blades for the final one.

[la creatura]

I like to quickswitch between the precision bolt and rocket launcher back and forth

[Red™]

Ice bomb, frag, precision mods, full auto mods

[Sein]

blood punch- ssg - ballista - PB that's how i do it

[Fred the Undead]

Flaming Meathook with Armor to Bloodpunch, Bloodpunch the Manc, Freeze, switch to frag, drop a frag at his feet, SSG blast, Quickswitch to Ballista.

If that doesn't drop him on UN (it does), then I don't know how to help you.

The Microwave Beam can also be used to lock down a Heavy Demon for a second, if you're okay with focusing on one enemy like that for a time.

[~Neon Doom~]

Originally posted by Fred the Undead:

Flaming Meathook with Armor to Bloodpunch, Bloodpunch the Manc, Freeze, switch to frag, drop a frag at his feet, SSG blast, Quickswitch to Ballista.

If that doesn't drop him on UN (it does), then I don't know how to help you.

The Microwave Beam can also be used to lock down a Heavy Demon for a second, if you're okay with focusing on one enemy like that for a time.

that seems like alot of extra risk for one kill honestly nothing is faster then a full lock on burst +ssg
i would never get close to a mancubus
But OP was asking about cultist base to start not after completing