1/27/2024 0 Comments Flood halo photoLike many Flood Forms, Ranged Forms possess a small cluster of sensory appendages emitting from their "mouths". There are many deployable covers on the levels Cortana and Floodgate for just this purpose. A very helpful strategy is dropping Deployable Cover because the shield cannot be weakened or penetrated by the needles they shoot. The Brute Shot's higher melee attack damage should kill them in one hit after knocking them off. The Brute Shot is a good choice for these Pure Forms as one or two grenades will, while not killing them out right (on Normal, it is possible to kill a Ranged Form with 2 well placed shots), knock them off the wall they tend to be stuck to allowing you to get close enough to kill them effectively. Another tactic which works 1-1 is the Unggoy method of, "shoot enough bullets and at least some of them will hit.", which can apply to the more primitive weapons like plasma pistols. The Needler is very effective when attacking at medium to medium-long range. One good idea when dealing with Ranged Forms is to continually advance towards them, dodging their projectiles, and melee them though make sure this is only done 1 to 1, especially on higher difficulties. As true with all Pure forms the Flamethrower is an excellent weapon, as do dual-wielding Spikers and Sentinel Beam. Ultimately, if you get within melee distance of a Ranged Form they are just as easily destroyed as any other combat form with close ranged weapons like the Brute Mauler, Shotgun, Gravity Hammer, Energy Sword or a melee attack with any weapon. In this case, well-placed Plasma Grenades and/or Spike Grenades work well, and so does a Firebomb, which requires much less accuracy as it explodes on impact next to the enemy. The Ranged Form is an anomaly in the mostly melee-based Flood combat and are normally hard to kill due to the simple fact that you do not normally have the ranged weapons required to take one out. Note that Plasma Rifles and Brute Spikers are found easily therefore, one should be kept as a precaution. When you are within sighting range, any weapon with any sort of range will do, the Okarda'phaa-pattern plasma rifle and the Brute Spiker used in short bursts (long bursts with the Plasma Rifle causes it to overheat, not good on the level Cortana) seem to do just as well as more accurate weapons like the Carbine and the Battle Rifle, and are more common on a Flood infested battlefield so they may be your only choice. Your first goal should be to close the distance as normally you can, only tell which direction they are firing from-they blend in quite well in the dark places they inhabit and are hard to see. Ranged Forms are an extremely powerful Flood form on the battlefield and thus are very difficult to dispatch, without first exposing yourself to fire. Ranged Forms will also occasionally mutate to/from Tank Forms. Once the Stalker mutates into it, it will get stuck on that spot until it dies or mutates again. Ranged form is the only Flood form that cannot move. When a Pure Form is killed on a wall or ceiling, they will fall off. In this state, they are far more resistant to damage, but are unable to fire. When harassed, Ranged Forms will curl up to shield their heads, their weak point. They are also distinctive because of their eyespots on both sides. These spikes, constructed from scavenged bone and biomatter, can be shot out of the abdomen with extreme force and accuracy, relentlessly pelting targets from afar. The Stalker's body reconfigures itself into a tripodal configuration, and the abdomen morphs into a living missile platform of regenerating spikes. The Ranged Form is formed when a Flood stalker form chooses to mount itself in a stationary position either on the walls, ceiling, or ground.
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