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Subject: Can you kill a hunter by meleeing him on the back?
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I was just wondering cause' my schoolfriend told me you could and i've tried loads of times, I just can't?

  • 07.11.2004 10:24 AM PDT
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You have to melee them a few times, its not a one hit kill like other Covenant

  • 07.11.2004 10:37 AM PDT
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Thanks, now I can throw criticism in his face! Cheers.

  • 07.11.2004 10:39 AM PDT
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As DarkWarriorX said, its no one kit KO, but its possible, just like all Covenant.

It doesn't have to be in the back. Quite often I put some lead into one and when comes to melee me I step back for the upstroke, then step in and take him out with my own melee just before he hammers down with the plate.

  • 07.11.2004 10:40 AM PDT
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It's posible, but it's very hard.

  • 07.11.2004 11:13 AM PDT
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but if u wanna get a one shot kill on a hunter get the pistol and shoot the orange belt thingy aroned there hip. that kills them in one hit and makes them not scary at all.

[Edited on 7/11/2004 12:47:05 PM]

  • 07.11.2004 12:46 PM PDT
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Posted by: yapap
It's posible, but it's very hard.


Hard? Puh-leaze. They're hunters. I do this for fun.

All you have to is spin a little circle with the Hunter and he will NEVER touch you..just keep meleeing him.
I do this because hunters seem so cool, yet they're so damn easy. Screw fighting them with the pistol as well...

  • 07.11.2004 1:42 PM PDT
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Posted by: Tannenberg
but if u wanna get a one shot kill on a hunter get the pistol and shoot the orange belt thingy aroned there hip. that kills them in one hit and makes them not scary at all.


You can hit them in any orange unarmored area (ie: back, neck, or belly) but the back is the easiest.

  • 07.11.2004 1:44 PM PDT
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What do you mean orange belt thingy? Its part of thair flesh. Theres some more exposed flesh in the neck if you look closely.

  • 07.21.2004 11:14 AM PDT
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Actually, the stomach is the easiest. Just back up as they're charging, they open up, and bam. No manuevering required. And NOTHING is hard to do where hunters are concerned. If you are nimble footed, they can't touch with anything. Not their melee, OR their fuel rod cannon.

  • 07.21.2004 11:26 AM PDT
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Its weird i spray em with machine guns in the stomach......but they dont die whats up with that

  • 07.21.2004 2:26 PM PDT
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what machine gun?? Do u mean the Assualt Rifle? Any way, the Assualt Rifle is not High-Powered enough to take them out unless u use a whole lot of ammo. You need either a Pistol, Sniper Rifle (close range), over-charged Plasma Pistol, or Rocket Launcher (medium-range). I like the Plasma Rifle, but it takes too long, so I throw ~3 Plasma Grenades. After he is dead, i laugh. then i throw a Grenage and watch his orange blood fly everywhere.

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  • 07.21.2004 2:44 PM PDT
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AR isnt powerful enough for one shot kill anywhere on hunters. Pistol, Sniper Rifle, Shotgun (all of the spray) are.

It's strange, a pistol has a weak explosion when it hits something and the actual bullet isnt that spectacular. But that kills in one in the orange flesh. A rocket or plasma grenade in the back however is much more powerful and doesn't kill. What's with that?

  • 07.21.2004 2:45 PM PDT
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Im with chrisper weird but you can kill a orange grunt with 1 pistol bullet and you cant kill a hunter with a launcher

  • 07.22.2004 2:07 AM PDT
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an easy way to take out a hunter is to use a pistol or sniper riful , just shoot him in the head once to push his head back and VERY QUICKLY shoot him in the neck while his head is back, in the same spot but anywhere in the neck is ok, u can also kill him with 1 clip from the ar by getting close enough so that he starts to meele you but not hit you then run backwards and just unloat it all into his face. this works well with all guns except the shotgun and rocket lancher

  • 07.22.2004 2:57 AM PDT
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I remember one co-operative I played with my brother on the silent cartographer. The bit where you go underground to switch off the security. He went for the one on the right, I took the left. On legendary I was running short on ammo. All I had left was Assualt Rifle, must have been 2 magazines. I shot them at him and eventually I got charged into a corner, It didn't hurt me then. But by then I had ran out of ammo. He charged again and all I could do was jump. I jumped for him, die valiantly I thought and I surprisingly went straight over the Hunter. Whacked him in the back and Killed Him! That was funny.

  • 07.22.2004 3:30 AM PDT
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Posted by: yapap
It's posible, but it's very hard.

but if u wanna get a one shot kill on a hunter get the pistol and shoot the orange belt thingy aroned there hip. that kills them in one hit and makes them not scary at all.

First of all performing a melee attack on a pair of hunters is anything but hard.. in fact thats how my friend taught me to kill them if i didnt have a pistol on me.. just wait for them to charge strafe then turn hit repeat.. sometimes if you didnt kill any yet you can get one to shoot the other one by making one follow you into the line of fire.. its quite funny.

Second ANY exposed orange flesh is a one hit kill with pistol sniper and RL(sometimes). I myself like sniping out the little flesh pack under their heads (neck region).. nothing real special about it.. it just looks cool

  • 07.22.2004 3:45 AM PDT