I think it's important to note that you need to step back from the Giant while charging for the next attack. If you're right next to him, he will immediately backhand you for 40 health. If you step back, he starts charging a ranged tongue and gives you a chance to stagger him.
This is true, however giants are extremely iffy at times when trying to silent them I normally run Sledgehammer over the Spear for them Not as safe but it gets to job done, One thing I have noticed for giants is if the stumble away from you on the first hit and are not facing towards you, It is more than likely that they will attempt to scream. If he turns around he will more likely try to use his tongue before screaming And you need to carefully time your melee swing to cancel out his scream when he proceeds to do so If he Staggers away from you well.. You can just stun lock him to death. Takes 15 damage at least to break a limb off a giant striker, so if he's facing away it's pretty easy due to extra back damage
@@TH-55 I think they are bugged as of ALT://R2, since now when you wake one up they dont do a screaming animation. They just stand still for a few seconds and then the room is up
this has like a fealing like sherlok. First full charge the head. Then wait animation. Break first arm. repeat with the second arm tho. finally full charge body. summary: Head, chest and both arms destroyed. targed neutralized. hahahahaha love the tip bro, thanks!
@@TonyButter9I clear the room then take the shot, and if there's multiple Giants then I just snipe 'em all. A lot easier before they reduced the mag size down to two-shots-per, though
So I learned this later on, the leg coloring is not significant. However it is important to note that you can only break 4 limbs of a giant (Head and 3 limbs), which means you can only stun lock them 4 times. If they aren't dead after 4 hits and you're alone, you may be in trouble.
Not if done correctly. By breaking off a piece of the Striker with each attack, it forces him into a stunned animation which prevents him from screaming. If you time your attacks close enough together, he wont have a chance to scream and alert the area. You can increase your odds of him not screaming by standing just close enough for him to start a melee animation and then back away as to not get hit. This is risky (especially with nearby enemies), but it does work.
@@LogInValid Thx a lot my man. I've been stuck in that room with the 5+ big guys when I solo the level cuz if I have the Bois then we can unleash the Markiplier strategy (Note:the Markiplier strat is when everyone just aims at the head and if he isn't dead then the ones with the knives go for another one)
Now that I have 200 hours into the game I can gladly say that I can destroy everything with the spear including giants within seconds... thanks to guides like this
The Sledgehammer works perfectly as well but the range can make it a little risky. I prefer it for the charge time personally The Knife *can* work but it takes like 10 hits solo even if you hit the occiput (back of the neck) first even while he's asleep to start The Bat *can* also work but it has similar issues to the Knife. You end up doing almost as many hits and have similarly poor range, but it has a ridiculous stagger multiplier so you need to chain stagger him
To be honest the hammer does a better job becuse you can run around , hitting the giant's legs will stun him for 1,5 seconds~2 (but the first hit must be on the back of the head like you said)
because you can't dogde attacks using the spear and it takes a time to charge (you can't run while charging) and the hammer does the same job by killing a sleeper with one hit while allowing you to run and charge the attack
@@OperatorSkillet oh im sorry its because its been a while since i commented hahah but in the same case , you can stun lock giants with the hammer too , its petty easy to solo 1 alone even if its a ''Chicken wings'' or a hybrid , but everything is up to your playstyle :) im playing since rundown 03 so i kinda got used to the hammer in this case , i only deslike the spear because you can't sprint while charging
if you watch this video frame-by-frame (press "." and "," to step one frame) you can see that they were actually hitting its right arm because of some snappy animation
Discombobulate 😂😂
Bro pulled a sherlock on his ass
I litterally got recommended this video after watching discombobulate again.
I literally thought the same thing 😭😭😭
I think it's important to note that you need to step back from the Giant while charging for the next attack. If you're right next to him, he will immediately backhand you for 40 health. If you step back, he starts charging a ranged tongue and gives you a chance to stagger him.
This is true, however giants are extremely iffy at times when trying to silent them
I normally run Sledgehammer over the Spear for them
Not as safe but it gets to job done, One thing I have noticed for giants is if the stumble away from you on the first hit and are not facing towards you, It is more than likely that they will attempt to scream.
If he turns around he will more likely try to use his tongue before screaming
And you need to carefully time your melee swing to cancel out his scream when he proceeds to do so
If he Staggers away from you well.. You can just stun lock him to death.
Takes 15 damage at least to break a limb off a giant striker, so if he's facing away it's pretty easy due to extra back damage
@@TH-55 I think they are bugged as of ALT://R2, since now when you wake one up they dont do a screaming animation. They just stand still for a few seconds and then the room is up
where the f would the tongue come from if he's got no head?
@@EduardoSevero body part. there is a hole from body part
@@EduardoSevero around the neck area
thanks, now i can get past that room with five of em
this has like a fealing like sherlok.
First full charge the head.
Then wait animation.
Break first arm.
repeat with the second arm tho.
finally full charge body.
summary:
Head, chest and both arms destroyed.
targed neutralized.
hahahahaha love the tip bro, thanks!
DISCOMBOBULATE
You forgot one important thing. Don't miss. Good luck everyone!
Legs are actually easier for staggering since they don't move around as much as the arms.
After watching a certain youtuber, I just went the sniper route with them, granted there were moments I missed cause it stretched
The best timing is to shoot right after it is done stretching since there is a short window where they won't start a new animation unless aggravated.
Sniper is not always viable. You're gonna wake the whole room up
@@TonyButter9I clear the room then take the shot, and if there's multiple Giants then I just snipe 'em all. A lot easier before they reduced the mag size down to two-shots-per, though
I like how you showed the full thing in real time 👍
"Great guide! Great guide!"
Says as I slowly pull my HCP out of my backpocket
So if the legs are not blacked out, hit them instead? Is the chest blacked out in place of the legs if that's the case?
So I learned this later on, the leg coloring is not significant. However it is important to note that you can only break 4 limbs of a giant (Head and 3 limbs), which means you can only stun lock them 4 times. If they aren't dead after 4 hits and you're alone, you may be in trouble.
@@LogInValid thank you for your reply! This is good to know
You should make these kind of tutorial as a shorts!
This strategy is still viable in case anyone is wondering. Use 120 FOV though.
nah its called big guy
wont that trigger the entire area?
Not if done correctly. By breaking off a piece of the Striker with each attack, it forces him into a stunned animation which prevents him from screaming. If you time your attacks close enough together, he wont have a chance to scream and alert the area.
You can increase your odds of him not screaming by standing just close enough for him to start a melee animation and then back away as to not get hit. This is risky (especially with nearby enemies), but it does work.
@@LogInValid Thx a lot my man.
I've been stuck in that room with the 5+ big guys when I solo the level cuz if I have the Bois then we can unleash the Markiplier strategy
(Note:the Markiplier strat is when everyone just aims at the head and if he isn't dead then the ones with the knives go for another one)
Now that I have 200 hours into the game I can gladly say that I can destroy everything with the spear including giants within seconds... thanks to guides like this
Does this work for all melee weapons like this or is the lowered damage output and shorter range of the other weapons a problem for that?
The Sledgehammer works perfectly as well but the range can make it a little risky. I prefer it for the charge time personally
The Knife *can* work but it takes like 10 hits solo even if you hit the occiput (back of the neck) first even while he's asleep to start
The Bat *can* also work but it has similar issues to the Knife. You end up doing almost as many hits and have similarly poor range, but it has a ridiculous stagger multiplier so you need to chain stagger him
To be honest the hammer does a better job becuse you can run around , hitting the giant's legs will stun him for 1,5 seconds~2 (but the first hit must be on the back of the head like you said)
Why do you need to run around? Spear gives you more range and accuracy which is much safer.
because you can't dogde attacks using the spear and it takes a time to charge (you can't run while charging) and the hammer does the same job by killing a sleeper with one hit while allowing you to run and charge the attack
@@frost8418 We aren't talking about sleepers. We are talking about 1v1ing a giant.
What attacks are you going to dodge when he is stun locked?
@@OperatorSkillet oh im sorry its because its been a while since i commented hahah but in the same case , you can stun lock giants with the hammer too , its petty easy to solo 1 alone even if its a ''Chicken wings'' or a hybrid , but everything is up to your playstyle :) im playing since rundown 03 so i kinda got used to the hammer in this case , i only deslike the spear because you can't sprint while charging
@@frost8418 yah over all hammer is way better. But when 1v1 a giant spear is way better because of the range and protection that brings.
If you hit back of the head then immediately do a bit more than half charge to the back i believe that can also kill a giant with just a spear
Ok but what if I'm stupid?
What do you do if the legs aren't black?
This is much better than Back 4 Blood
Too bad it don't work when there's 10 in the same room
I wish someone would do this for screamers in Zombie Army 4. Nobody seems to know much about them.
Ah yes the algorithm leading me to weird fucked up games/videos. Riveting.... 😅😂
May I suggest weird fucked up S.T.A.L.K.E.R videos?
hits left arm, right arm decapitates.....k
if you watch this video frame-by-frame (press "." and "," to step one frame) you can see that they were actually hitting its right arm because of some snappy animation
He was aiming for the left arm, but the giant put his right arm in front.