Tactics A little Help against Flesh Pounds

[h4wky]

I just completed a round, the majority of it on my own against at least 5 flesh pounds plus the usual assortment of other zombies so I thought I write a little tactica against them:

1. Get in the Open - The bigger the space the better chance you have.
2. Fire & Manoeuvre

 

[Sheezwack]

What gun were you using? I'm sure he went red with even one shot from my shotgun.

 

[N1ck]

What gun were you using? I'm sure he went red with even one shot from my shotgun.

The Winchester works great with the fire and run tactic.

 

[[UIT] Akame]

FP rage is based on Damage per Second. Using a gun with lower power infrequently allows one to whittle down the FP's hp without sending it into a rage. Say a bullpup or handcannon.

If you want to go the high DPS route, use a powerful weapon, like the Xbox, and aim or headshots. Or hunting shotgun it's body. Or LAW.

The major thing to remeber is that the damage it does about is (i think) around or over 5 times as much. So you can't take very many hits.

Some other tactics include using a high level medic with vest or berserker to tank the FPS for a few hits (this works for lower difficulties only).

 

[h4wky]

What gun were you using? I'm sure he went red with even one shot from my shotgun.

standard shotgun you can use the two shot tactic, but I prefer to use the lever rifle

 

[pixel]

2-3 supports with hunting shotguns, aim for head, alternate fire = single FP is not a problem at all.
Works very well on normal.

 

[F6Knight]

if you get a bunch of people with support 4-5 I think you can all carry a LAW and normal shotgun. 3-4 LAW rockets at once should kill him as well (if nobody misses ) you can use your normal shotgun + pistol for the rest of the wave. Use the LAWS on FP's and scrakes

 

[Potato Sauce]

another tactic if you dont have the strong guns yet is to get EVERYONE (cant stress this enough!!) to throw one grenade a bit in front of the FP, so that when he walks over them, they will detonate and take off a lot of its health. then you can just focus all your fire on him and take him down in a few seconds

 

[affliction91]

the grenade tactis works the best...

everyone throw 1 or 2 nades down in front of him... and it usually doesnt set him into rage into ALL of them have exploded

then a couple shotguns to the face and he is down...

the FPs are quite easy if you can get this tactic down

 

[Tails Su]

If you want to go the high DPS route, use a powerful weapon, like the Xbox.

Throwing that huge console will kill anything in one hit =)

 

[Mobius117]

Yeah, the quickest way I've been able to kill him in my games is through a combination of grenades and handcannon spam.

 

[razerpro]

I find a grenade to the feet + hunting shotgun alt fire + run then 1 more alt fire does it on hard. Maybee a 3rd alt fire depending on your level (im lvl 3 btw)

 

[Nitronumber9]

One thing I've been doing is using the flamethrower on it, just set it alight, let it burn, alight again.

 

[Nanostrike]

Just whatever you do, don't use a piddly weapon to piss him off. Commandos are bad about this. Yes, the bullpup is great, but no, not even a full clip into the Fleshpound's face will kill it. That just makes it mad. Same for snipers who think they can WTFPWN it with one headshot...no...just angering it...

Another important thing is that after a berserk charge, they stop berserking. IF someone is getting mauled, they can run until it unberserks (Almost definitely taking a hit, but just one hit, not a series of them!) and then back away, making a PLAN to tackle it. If everyone unloads on it like mad when it charges someone, it'll unberserk after hitting him, then IMMEDIATELY berserk again and continue whaling on the poor guy, usually ending him...THIS, imo, is what gets about 2/3 of the Fleshpound victims killed...

 

[razerpro]

I love joining games, playing the first 2 levels easy then when a flesh pounder pops out. I run away and watch, they go through some motions.

1. Fright (they see it and get scared)
2. Throwing all there nades
3. running ( as its now angered)
4. Dying (whyle screaming on the mic "omfg fking help!!!!"
5. Spectating (whyle i run around 2 shotting it for 2 mins untill it dies"

 

[Arcane]

Throwing that huge console will kill anything in one hit =)

Haha I was going to post this too. I've seen a number of people say Xbox instead of Xbow, but why not just Crossbow? Is it really much harder to type?

 

[tldr]

a technique ive found very useful to surviving the FP:

If being charged in a tight situation, unload in its face- once the head pops off switch weapons and unload into the right or left leg.

be wary a headless/one legged FP will still charge and hit you so always keep moving back.

 

[Oldih]

Berserker + axe + knows what he is doing. Knife also works if you are bored.

No ammo needed or wasted, no hits taken (ok, maybe 1-2 for the zerker once in a while) and it is satisfying to see someone chopping FP's head off

Of course, often this does not work on publics as people keep enraging it and then are "hurr durr halp halp" when they get bumraped while you keep your distance.

 

[Benjamin]

As a berserker I usually just take the head off with a chainsaw (primary fire, not alt-fire like some people try to do). Works most of the time. I saw someone decapitate a flesh pound with a bullpup yesterday, and later on they did it with the 9mm. It's just a case of getting it angry and then shooting at its head, or so he tells me.

Alternately, use the crossbow from a distance and aim for the head. Or you could use the LAW if you don't mind the crappy reload time and the fact that you give him a free smokescreen meaning others can't hit him.

 

[SiFi]

I've actually found that the bullpup seems to decapitate the big enemies much more frequently than other weapons.