Flood ranged form: Difference between revisions

==Tactics==

Ranged Forms are very powerful on the battlefield and thus are extremely difficult to dispatch, without first exposing yourself to fire. 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. When you are within sighting range, any weapon with any sort of range will do, the [[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 (level)|Cortana]]) seem to do just as well as more accurate weapons like the [[Carbine]] and the [[BR55HB SR Battle Rifle|Battle Rifle]], and are more common on a [[Flood]] infested battlefield so they may be your only choice. Note that Plasma Rifles and Brute Spikers are found easily therefore, one should be kept as a precaution. 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. In this case, well-placed [[Plasma Grenade]]s 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. 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. As true with all Pure forms the [[M7057 Defoliant Projector|Flamethrower]] is an excellent weapon, as do dual-wielding [[Spiker]]s and [[Sentinel Beam]].

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. The Brute Shot's higher melee attack damage should kill them in one hit after knocking them off.

Like many Flood Forms, Ranged Forms possess a small cluster of sensory appendages emitting from their "mouths". These are located at the base of the abdomen, below the rows of projectile spines. One of the simplest ways to dispatch a Ranged Form is to target this sensory cluster while it is in a dormant state. While Ranged Forms can absorb impressive volumes of damage while dormant, a few well-placed shots to the "mouth" will kill them. It should be noted that on higher difficulties, killing a Ranged Form with the Flamethrower will sometimes result in a Spike Grenade explosion. Meleeing ranged forms is an instant kill on any difficulty because they tip over.

==Trivia==

*When you kill a Ranged Form, they will always drop a spike grenade.

*The Ranged Form somewhat resembles the Bullsquid creature from the ''Half-Life'' series.

==List of appearances==