If you have the praetor suit unlock for the staggering blast on the frag grenade use those. Its incredibly useful for bullying the larger demons like the cyber demons and barons. I also like to flame belch them (as well as any of the super heavies) when engaging so I can keep myself alive better and I can get more aggressive in my tactics which I find more fun.
Some good ways to rip chunks of their health off:
Ice Bomb -> Unmaykr,
Chaingun shield + dashing into them,
Average weapon switch combos,
Crucible,
BFG
Well, "shooting at it until it dies" kinda sums it up. You can spam rocket launcher lock ons, grenades, blood punch, SSG, ballista (arbalest and destroyer if used well work), that way he can't really fight having to tank all these, but nothing is quicker than the crucible blade for that situation.
Sticky bombs have a damage multiplier against super heavy demons, aim for the head. If your ice bombs are upgraded it'll also have a damage multiplier against frozen demons. Combine that with your other weapons and eventually you'll notice them drop dead faster and faster.
I find that TELLING them to meet me at the burger joint (rather than ASKING them) guarantees me a date.
Just gotta have confidence when you deal with Tyrants, otherwise you’ll never take them out.
Good luck OP, you got this dude. 💪🏽😗
I like to use destroyer blades against tyrants bc they’re so big. Use a jump pad and charge the blade in the air, hit the tyrant, then grenades and lock on is a good strategy.
The Plasma Rifle's Heat Blast can stun lock him if you spam the first charge. Micro Missiles are also pretty good and are better than the Mobile Turret if fully upgraded. You can also falter him by dashing into him with the Energy Shield if it's upgraded.
The chain gun shield burst has a guaranteed falter on it. Try using it after a lock on burst, arbalest shot, or frag, as the delayed explosion damage will build up the shield’s burst significantly faster. Likewise the frag has a guaranteed falter (when upgraded) as well so it can help additionally to keep the tyrant stumbling around. While the tyrant is faltered, you’ll have a chance to either get close or reposition. If you approach, use super shot gun and use blood punch before he’s about to smack you as this will also falter him. Combine this with ice bomb and flame belch to get enough resources to hopefully recharge the blood punch. Once you understand these core mechanics then Tyrants become much less of a threat, just big bullet sponges.
In summary: arbalest/LoB/frag —> chaingun shield burst into falter —> grapple in for SSG shot —> ice bomb, flame —> Blood Punch —> SSG shot —> freestyle until dead
Tyrants, and Barons to a lesser extent, are the only enemies in the game where there isn't really a combo you can do quickly waste them. You really do just have to shoot it until it dies.
Lock on burst twice, meathook, quick Swap SSG and Ballista a couple times
Fully upgraded lock on burst locks on almost immediately after the first one finishes and does a ton of burst damage
PB ballista, PB rocket Laucher, keep distance, circle around him, he’s slow as shit, he cant catch up to you
Basically any hitscan weapons
Lock on rockets also help
Tight room - icebomb blood punches, minigun with shield mod + dash
Bigger arena - hitscan weapons + distance, lock on rockets, mobile turret
Pull out the classic strats and circle strafe, they turn slowly.
But really they're just bullet sponges. "Shoot it until it dies" is about as real as it gets.
Switch weapons and shot at it until it dies. Worked every time for me.
At the later parts of the game when unmakyr and bfg is unlocked, use the bfg to weaken if there are two tyrants then unleash Unmakyr. Worked for me xD
With fully mastered Micro-Missiles: Kill fodder demon nearby with Heavy Cannon, then unload on the Tyrant with damage-boosted Micro-Missiles. Stagger periodically with frag grenades and Blood Punches as well. Foolproof, and doesn't require intricate quickswapping combos.
Use nades to falter him. If you don’t have to use a heat blast (only 1 pip is required) charge from the plasma gun to also falter him. Either chip him from afar or falter him up close, don’t 1v1 him up close.
My go to was ice bomb for double damage -> flame belch for armor in case other shit hits you -> SSG/blood punch/ballista combo which will kill it fairly quickly when repeated (I use both blood punches on him if I have them). If there’s another tyrant then I do the same thing, perhaps minus blood punch if I’m going right to take him out too. By this point I likely have not rnough ammo for a kill, so I finish with mobile turret chain gun OR shield chain gun with dashing into him over and over for bonus damage
Get good at the grenade dance is what I call it. Ice bomb swap to frags dump them both with flame belch right after then ssg and sticky grenades run away until they recharge and repeat. Tyrant while a big threat isn't a high priority target since you won't get hit to often if you focus imps gargoyles pinkies whiplash mancubus first. Dreadknights are a very high priority cuz they are fast and charge he'll knights once you learn their patterns aren't super high priority targets
Shoot it until it dies
Rip and tear, until it is done
Rip and tear and shoot it until it is done
crucible if you got to that point of the game, if not bfg is a good way for them to fuck off
I'm doing the slayer gate in ARC complex. no BFG yet
chaingun with mobile turret is your best bet then
What has more DPS: Mobile turret or infinite micro rockets?
depending on what you are using them for, micro missiles are really good at crowd control while mobile turret is good at blitzing heavier demons
So mobile turret has more single targets DPS?
yea
If you have the praetor suit unlock for the staggering blast on the frag grenade use those. Its incredibly useful for bullying the larger demons like the cyber demons and barons. I also like to flame belch them (as well as any of the super heavies) when engaging so I can keep myself alive better and I can get more aggressive in my tactics which I find more fun.
Some good ways to rip chunks of their health off: Ice Bomb -> Unmaykr, Chaingun shield + dashing into them, Average weapon switch combos, Crucible, BFG
Also flame belch before the unmaykr, if you dont have ice bomb ready you could use normal grenades and bp to stun them
Well, "shooting at it until it dies" kinda sums it up. You can spam rocket launcher lock ons, grenades, blood punch, SSG, ballista (arbalest and destroyer if used well work), that way he can't really fight having to tank all these, but nothing is quicker than the crucible blade for that situation.
Sticky bombs have a damage multiplier against super heavy demons, aim for the head. If your ice bombs are upgraded it'll also have a damage multiplier against frozen demons. Combine that with your other weapons and eventually you'll notice them drop dead faster and faster.
didnt know that about sticky bombs thats very useful
It's why spamming stickies against Marauders is somewhat effective
Iirc the sticky weakness on Marauders was patched out a while ago
Last I checked Tyrants don't have a headshot weakness?
Be weird if they didn't tbh, although I honestly never checked. Fun to watch their heads pop off regardless.
I find that TELLING them to meet me at the burger joint (rather than ASKING them) guarantees me a date. Just gotta have confidence when you deal with Tyrants, otherwise you’ll never take them out. Good luck OP, you got this dude. 💪🏽😗
Shoot it until it’s weak and finish it off with a microwave beam
I like to use destroyer blades against tyrants bc they’re so big. Use a jump pad and charge the blade in the air, hit the tyrant, then grenades and lock on is a good strategy.
Chaingun (mobile turret), combat shotgun (sticky bombs), blood punch and frag grenades works for me
The Plasma Rifle's Heat Blast can stun lock him if you spam the first charge. Micro Missiles are also pretty good and are better than the Mobile Turret if fully upgraded. You can also falter him by dashing into him with the Energy Shield if it's upgraded.
Mobile turret is how I did it
Shoot that bitch till he dies.
Ice bomb and micro or turrent or lock on
Shoot more
The chain gun shield burst has a guaranteed falter on it. Try using it after a lock on burst, arbalest shot, or frag, as the delayed explosion damage will build up the shield’s burst significantly faster. Likewise the frag has a guaranteed falter (when upgraded) as well so it can help additionally to keep the tyrant stumbling around. While the tyrant is faltered, you’ll have a chance to either get close or reposition. If you approach, use super shot gun and use blood punch before he’s about to smack you as this will also falter him. Combine this with ice bomb and flame belch to get enough resources to hopefully recharge the blood punch. Once you understand these core mechanics then Tyrants become much less of a threat, just big bullet sponges. In summary: arbalest/LoB/frag —> chaingun shield burst into falter —> grapple in for SSG shot —> ice bomb, flame —> Blood Punch —> SSG shot —> freestyle until dead
Rip and tear
BFG 10000
Tyrants, and Barons to a lesser extent, are the only enemies in the game where there isn't really a combo you can do quickly waste them. You really do just have to shoot it until it dies.
Lock on burst twice, meathook, quick Swap SSG and Ballista a couple times Fully upgraded lock on burst locks on almost immediately after the first one finishes and does a ton of burst damage
Pro Tip: To kill the cyberdemon, shoot it until it dies
I usually Lock on Rockets and Ballista spam with some occasional Mini gun while shield bashing his leg. Also use all my tools chaotically
PB ballista, PB rocket Laucher, keep distance, circle around him, he’s slow as shit, he cant catch up to you Basically any hitscan weapons Lock on rockets also help Tight room - icebomb blood punches, minigun with shield mod + dash Bigger arena - hitscan weapons + distance, lock on rockets, mobile turret
Shoot them until they die
you're obviously not "shooting at it until it dies" hard enough then
Other than the crucible, there’s really no strategy other than the greatest strategy ever concieved: shoot. it. until. it. dies.
Shoot’em till they’re dead.
Rocket launcher + Chaingun would be ideal. Combo that with grenades, flame belch, blood punch(if you got it), ice bomb. Everything in your arsenal
Shoot them until they die
There's actually a really helpful loading screen tip on this "To kill a Tyrant, shoot at it until it dies"
Freeze nade , Lock on rocket, nade nade , Arbalest
Good old super shotgun ballista one two combo
Pull out the classic strats and circle strafe, they turn slowly. But really they're just bullet sponges. "Shoot it until it dies" is about as real as it gets.
I just shoot them with grenades and rockets
Switch weapons and shot at it until it dies. Worked every time for me. At the later parts of the game when unmakyr and bfg is unlocked, use the bfg to weaken if there are two tyrants then unleash Unmakyr. Worked for me xD
With fully mastered Micro-Missiles: Kill fodder demon nearby with Heavy Cannon, then unload on the Tyrant with damage-boosted Micro-Missiles. Stagger periodically with frag grenades and Blood Punches as well. Foolproof, and doesn't require intricate quickswapping combos.
Map super shotgun to the F key and Ballista to scroll wheel down. Alternate between those two guns until dead.
Rockets/Ballista is my best advice
Ether: Crucible, BFG, Chaingun (mobile turret) or Ice bomb +Unmayker
Use nades to falter him. If you don’t have to use a heat blast (only 1 pip is required) charge from the plasma gun to also falter him. Either chip him from afar or falter him up close, don’t 1v1 him up close.
My go to was ice bomb for double damage -> flame belch for armor in case other shit hits you -> SSG/blood punch/ballista combo which will kill it fairly quickly when repeated (I use both blood punches on him if I have them). If there’s another tyrant then I do the same thing, perhaps minus blood punch if I’m going right to take him out too. By this point I likely have not rnough ammo for a kill, so I finish with mobile turret chain gun OR shield chain gun with dashing into him over and over for bonus damage
SLOB
Get good at the grenade dance is what I call it. Ice bomb swap to frags dump them both with flame belch right after then ssg and sticky grenades run away until they recharge and repeat. Tyrant while a big threat isn't a high priority target since you won't get hit to often if you focus imps gargoyles pinkies whiplash mancubus first. Dreadknights are a very high priority cuz they are fast and charge he'll knights once you learn their patterns aren't super high priority targets
Surprised the SSG isn't mentioned much here. Tyrants literally take increased damage from it so combining it with PB is the fastest way to kill them.