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[Fnord Lightbringer II]

I have developed strategies for most enemies in the game, but the Pretorian appears to elude me so far.
How do you attack it best?  Does it have weak points from the side or behind?

Here's what I have noticed so far:

  * When hit by a power, they erect a bubble that stops power damage.  The bubble does not appear to have any negative effects on them, gunfire does not appear to cause more damage and they do not move slower.

To hit them with powers, hit them when they sit down to shoot their three eye laser beams. During that time no anti-power bubble pops up.

  * When their shield / barrier is down, you can cause massively more damage by shooting into their "mouth", where you can see all the skulls.  There are metal plates in front of the skulls that you can supposedly shoot off, but I have never succeeded with that.  If the Praetorian takes enough damage, it will open its mouth though.  You can also see a few cracks from the side where skulls are visible but shooting those does not appear to do more damage?

  * Praetorians are very mobile.  They can leap at you from half a map away.  So when you go into cover to shoot them, make sure you have a way out in case it suddenly shows up next to you and prepares to sync-kill you.

Praetorians appear to go down comparatively easily to an Asari Justicar casting Reave on it multiple times (Reave stacks with itself).  This has so far been the least stressful way I have found to deal with Praetorians.

Praetorians appear to be an even greater sync-kill threat than Banshees.  If you are a Vanguard, stay the hell away.  The period while they shoot their eye lasers appears to be a relatively safe time to attack them in close quarters.

EDIT: tip from the thread:
The bubble only activates when you cast a power on them when they-re
hovering-moving. When they use their feet to move you can cast a power
and the bubble will not activate.

Modifié par Fnord Lightbringer II, 11 décembre 2012 - 03:33 .

[Descy_]

I find shooting them with my gun to very effective.

[GriM_AoD]

Descy_ wrote...

I find shooting them with my gun to very effective.

[HolyAvenger]

Do grenades count as "powers" for the purposes of the bubble?

[GriM_AoD]

I believe so, I've seen people lobbing many-a-grenade to no avail when the shield is up.

[N7 Panda]

Descy_ wrote...

I find shooting them with my gun to very effective.

[HolyAvenger]

GriM_AoD wrote...

I believe so, I've seen people lobbing many-a-grenade to no avail when the shield is up.

Hmm thanks. I was playing Collector Gold as Demogirl last night, and I wasn't sure whether the grenades were doing damage or it was just my team's focussed fire.

[Councilworker]

"Nuke it from orbit! It's the only way to be sure!" alternatively blast it with a Cobra missile.

If no cobras or nukes available - hit it with everything you and your squad-mates have chances are someone on the team will have some weapon / power / ammo / gear bonus that will stop it.

[Catastrophy]

The heavier shotguns can be used with good effect.
Take a Claymore, Graal or Wraith, equip the HVB (edit: not on Graal) and aim for the mouth. Well placed shots in this region will either expose the weak spot quickly or make them do the backwards barrel roll, which buys you time.

The Huntress' DC power is even more effective than reave but it seems to cancel the DoT when Big Bug puts up its bubble. So cast it early when the bubble just dropped.

Modifié par dr_random, 11 décembre 2012 - 02:09 .

[dasfranken]

HolyAvenger wrote...

Do grenades count as "powers" for the purposes of the bubble?

I've had phantoms shrug off my arc grenades multiple times with her shield thing active, so I'd assume the giant crab is no different.

[RaXelliX]

The bubble only activates when you cast a power on them when they-re hovering-moving. When they use their feet to move you can cast a power and the bubble will not activate.

[Screenbetween]

If you've ever wondered what Phasic rounds were made for.. Wonder no more.

[Diasasterman12]

Shooting the husk sac, seems like their weak point. On platinum, it drops the Armor fairly quick and stuns them. Or so it seems.

[DJ Airsurfer]

RaXelliX wrote...

The bubble only activates when you cast a power on them when they-re hovering-moving. When they use their feet to move you can cast a power and the bubble will not activate.

They're almost always hovering, and when they aren't they are busy shooting their buttlazorz or magnetclawing you from several meters away.

[Heldarion]

Diasasterman12 wrote...

Shooting the husk sac, seems like their weak point. On platinum, it drops the Armor fairly quick and stuns them. Or so it seems.

It is, and also counts towards the headshot count.

[born2beagator]

KILL IT WITH FIRE
-Vorcha

[IndigoVitare]

Descy_ wrote...

I find shooting them with my gun to very effective.

This actually works well. Praetorians have the easiest weakspot to hit of all the bosses. Despite having more health than the Prime or Banshee they seem to take less time to finish, presumably because of this.

Though fast, their attacks all have very obvious visual cues, unlike the other bosses. They can't attack and move at the same time either. They have to perform a landing animation before they can attack. They're also fairly large, so hard to miss, and despite their speed are nowhere near as sneaky as the Banshee.

In fact, there are only really two times I ever get caught out by one:

1. AP Ammo eye-beams

2. Possessed Praetorian missiles: The missiles are silent, hard to see and often travel in a completely different direction to where the Praetorian is facing. You could think you're safe then suddenly be taking damage.

Don't use ANY power on it when it's flying, it'll just turn invunerable. This includes insta-cast ones like Reave and Energy Drain. They'll hit it, sure, but the shield will come on, and it can be annoying if they land with it still active.

[RaptorSolutions]

Force them down by staggering them with heavy weapons fire. Then hit the with powers.

[Computron2000]

Shoot the husk heads position when its flying. It'll flip and spend an amount of time recovering. Bonus points if its in a narrow corridor with other stuff behind it. Shoot the husk heads when they are eye beaming someone else and it'll stagger them out of the eye beam

The secret of throwing grenades at all power immunity bubble stuff is to ensure that your targetting rectangle (the red bracket) is not aimed at them. ie. look to the floor beside them and throw your grenade. They will just take it and won't raise the bubble.

When it crounches, move sideways and avoid the pounce. You will end up beside or behind it.

When possessed, the first 1 or 2 tracking missiles can be dodged but you'll still get hit by the rest (anyone successfully dodged the entire volley?). Best way is still to go into hard cover and the missiles won't damage you.

[HolyAvenger]

Computron2000 wrote...

When possessed, the first 1 or 2 tracking missiles can be dodged but you'll still get hit by the rest (anyone successfully dodged the entire volley?). Best way is still to go into hard cover and the missiles won't damage you.

I think I saw Feneckus do it in one of his vids. I haven't done it myself though. Double dodge hasn't worked, unlike for banshee warp.

[NYG1991]

The whole collector faction seems really power resistant. Imdetonate combos on them all the time and the scions take almost no damage.

[GriM_AoD]

Computron2000 wrote...

When possessed, the first 1 or 2 tracking missiles can be dodged but you'll still get hit by the rest (anyone successfully dodged the entire volley?). Best way is still to go into hard cover and the missiles won't damage you.

Cover is preferable. But when caught out.
You can dodge all but one with a side hop to the side and back again. I imagine it would work with combat roll too. Not tried it with acrobatics. Fury slayer teleport works.

(assuming the praetorian is directly ahead- 12 o'clock) You can also run diagonally forward past them (10 o'clock ish).

[xandax86]

A cobra missle to the face seems to do the trick.

[Vrin]

born2beagator wrote...

KILL IT WITH FIRE
-Vorcha

Everything burns...

~The Joker in Dark Knight