What's the most effect way to deal with ivy zombies as Claire?

[Master Cheeks]

With Leon it was pretty straightforward; fry the ♥♥♥♥♥ extra crispy with the flamethrower. Claire's only fire weapon is her grenade launcher tho, and ammo has been far more strained since I've been using it to deal with lickers so I've only got 6 shots currently. If I remember correctly, there's at least that many ivy zombies in this area and that doesn't count the lickers downstairs Are acid rounds worth using? I've got some stockpiled but the fire grenades have been working so well that I never felt the need to switch.

[Gian]

You can always stun them by shooting the orange bulbs on them.

Big tip, do not use anything beside a knife on Lickers, knife just shreds them and makes them flinch so you can 9/10 times kill a licker with just a knife and take no damage.

[Master Cheeks]

Originally posted by Zeus:

You can always stun them by shooting the orange bulbs on them.

Big tip, do not use anything beside a knife on Lickers, knife just shreds them and makes them flinch so you can 9/10 times kill a licker with just a knife and take no damage.

Wait, is that real or are you just trying to usher me into an early grave? If it's true that sounds ridiculous lol but I'll keep it mind for my second run playthroughs.

[V I D A L]

I used the electric gun.. the one you get from the same place you got the flamethrower.. I found that gun pretty meh... So I just used them in the ivy zombies. It won't kill them, but will put them dawn without the hassle of hitting the bulbs. You will have to put them down everytime you go through them but you will have just enough ammo to do so.

Unless this gun has a better use I don't know about. Never used it in regular zombies, or bosses or anything else.. only on the Ivy zombies.

[Gian]

Originally posted by Booty Prospector:

Originally posted by Zeus:

You can always stun them by shooting the orange bulbs on them.

Big tip, do not use anything beside a knife on Lickers, knife just shreds them and makes them flinch so you can 9/10 times kill a licker with just a knife and take no damage.

Wait, is that real or are you just trying to usher me into an early grave? If it's true that sounds ridiculous lol but I'll keep it mind for my second run playthroughs.

Nope knives are really powerful against lickers. And yeah it does sound kinda weird. But it's true.

[talgaby]

Use 4-8 SMG ammo to shoot the bulbs, then use a flame grenade to fry them permanently.
Or use one acid round to down them, and then fry them. It is my preferred method.

Yes, the knife can stunlock a licker on 60 fps and above, assuming it is on the ground, alone, and you can also inch forward while slashing.

[ColdNhungry]

Originally posted by V I D A L:

I used the electric gun.. the one you get from the same place you got the flamethrower.. I found that gun pretty meh... So I just used them in the ivy zombies. It won't kill them, but will put them dawn without the hassle of hitting the bulbs. You will have to put them down everytime you go through them but you will have just enough ammo to do so.

Unless this gun has a better use I don't know about. Never used it in regular zombies, or bosses or anything else.. only on the Ivy zombies.

IIRC, the Spark Shot one-shots the G-types in the sewers for one, when fully charged.

Op, the flame rounds are the way to go, two to kill them, or deal enough damage and then one to burn them (they'll get a different animation when they die permanently from being burned). That's for the lab, but generally you can just shoot their bulbs with a pistol and run past them if you want to conserve ammo.

[Cursed Hawkins]

Originally posted by Zeus:

Originally posted by Booty Prospector:

Wait, is that real or are you just trying to usher me into an early grave? If it's true that sounds ridiculous lol but I'll keep it mind for my second run playthroughs.

Nope knives are really powerful against lickers. And yeah it does sound kinda weird. But it's true.

You do understand that should the knife break and the Ivy isn't dead or if there's multiple which is a strong case with the greenhouse you are ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ dead if they grab you.

[Cursed Hawkins]

Anyway as VIDAL said try using the spark shot to stun them because you're given enough ammo to get by just by knocking them down, yeah they'll get back up but if you plan your routes in advance then you'll rarely have to go through an area more than the required amount of times, however when it comes to getting the five kills with it I'd just use it on normal zombies when you can because they actually die to it faster (at least in my opinion they do) than ivy.

[talgaby]

Five sparkshot kills are way easier by just using Flan in the Tofu Survivor, considering she has 200 ammo for it.

[Cursed Hawkins]

Originally posted by talgaby:

Five sparkshot kills are way easier by just using Flan in the Tofu Survivor, considering she has 200 ammo for it.

You're assuming people have beaten 4th survivor there pal!

[Rekta]

Claire Grenade launcher is only good for one boss and the ivy people heck I did not pick it up tell I got to the Nest it’s pretty much useless tell then

[Cursed Hawkins]

Originally posted by Stephen Bowman:

Claire Grenade launcher is only good for one boss and the ivy people heck I did not pick it up tell I got to the Nest it’s pretty much useless tell then

You can't go back to the RPD to get the grenade launcher once you go to the Nest so unless you just put it in the box then you missed that weapon.

[Rekta]

Originally posted by Cursed Hawkins:

Originally posted by Stephen Bowman:

Claire Grenade launcher is only good for one boss and the ivy people heck I did not pick it up tell I got to the Nest it’s pretty much useless tell then

You can't go back to the RPD to get the grenade launcher once you go to the Nest so unless you just put it in the box then you missed that weapon.

Nope it’s on the desk as you bring sherry in at the Nest it’s how I’m playing my Hardcore run Leon’s shogun is same way if you don’t pick it up

also pickup all the flame ammo still for the grenade launcher you can basically rotate between flame and acid and chain lock the third boss

[ColdNhungry]

Yeah both the shotgun on Leon, and the grenade launcher on Claire can be found in the first room to the left when you enter the labs (where you put Sherry to rest (*well not that way... lol*)), if you didn't pick them up in the station's armory.

[PieFoot]

Originally posted by V I D A L:

Unless this gun has a better use I don't know about. Never used it in regular zombies, or bosses or anything else.. only on the Ivy zombies.

Spark gun on G4 is the way to go