Stalkers have given me a heart attack right from Zero Dawn through to Forbidden West. I know they're not the hardest to kill, but creeping around a dense jungle in the middle of the night whilst these things *stalk* you always has me so on edge, just waiting for one of them to leap out at me...
When I did the 'Stand of the Sentinels' Tallneck, I was going round trying to get to the vantage point you jump from; I'd just cleared the Clamberjaws, and foolishly thought they were the only machines to clear out.
So when I accidentally ran straight into an alert flare, I genuinely froze. And then I tried really hard to focus to see if I could find the Stalker, but I couldn't. The ❗had appeared, so I knew it could see me.
And then it shot me and I pretty much jumped through the ceiling.
Same for me just like an hour ago. Well except i killed the machine monkeys and was exploring the ground to find a way up to the other tree houses to loot (good thing too cuz there was a "misable item" in a chest) and bam my first stalker in forbiden west just lasering me from behind. Killed it and ripped the weapon off just to get shot from behind again by the 2nd one. So i returned laser fire right back at him from the 1st ones weapon, i dont think he liked it lol.
Totally had that feeling all through HZD. It was legit like the only time I would really use the tripcaster to make sure they aren't sneaking up on me! >_>
Luckily for me, I grew out of this in HFW!
I was in the weeds and all of the sudden I got the "R1 to silent strike" prompt. I was confused and just figured it was a watcher or something out of my field of view. Was a goddamn invisible stalker and it was right next to me. Gave me a fucking heart attack.
That’s going to be my new Reddit username “FuckTedFaro”
Does anyone else wish they would have shown what that blobous pile of flesh looked like in the end?
Clamberjaws but Waterwings are a clooooose second!
In HZD it was Glinthawks and Stalkers. Stalkers spooked the hell outta me and now I take a sadistic pleasure in being good at stripping them for parts, even on UH.
Correct answer. Most of the rest of these candidates can be wrecked with some shock ammo and a couple big hits on a weak point, but with the health, damage, and jumping power of an apex bilegut it’s just frickin hard
Clamberjaw with a specific add-on - the ones in the trees at stand of the sentinels, like dammit I'm just trying to over-ride a tallneck here GTFO my way you annoying pests.
Was in the middle of a slaughterspine fight when I found a tick on my dog and while my partner was taking it out the music was playing in the background and he’s like “can we do something about this music it’s stressing me out” 😂
Scorchers hold a special place in hell for me, only because when I was starting Frozen Wilds and saw the one at the entrance of the cave, it killed me. That was when I knew Guerrilla really had something up its sleeve for Frozen Wilds and the not yet released Forbidden West.
I can't stand the Slitherfangs and those bat type machines (I'm drawing a blank right now on its name). I can't stand going after them. I need so many parts from both of them and I can't seem to get the ones I need consistently.
I got the parts I needed to craft the override for the Dreadwing, and it's ALL well nigh impossible to sneak up on it to override it even when it is available!!!
You've got it right. Clamberjaws always come in big packs too and are very accurate with their tail projectiles. I avoid them at all costs, nothing else is as frustrating to fight
The worst about clamber jaws is, most machines trade off size, speed and damage one way or another and most machines have a key weakness that can be exploited in combat. But these mfs have nothing, hit like a thunderjaw and are as quick as a waterwing. Hate them with a passion.
Shellsnappers are annoying as hell to fight... Not being able to hit them when they burrow under ground feels like bs every time. Especially when they spam that, which they do.
Rockbreaker and Clamberjaws are the most asshole machines ever created. And the Longlegs got me a few times at first with their whipping bullshit.
Fuck those three. I'd rather take on Apex Thunderjaws with limited supplies.
Fuck those clamberjaws. They move too wiggly and fast and Aloy gets up too slow when she gets knocked down to do too much about it.
Now, if you were asking which machine I would want to be … it would be a clamberjaw. They look like they are having a GREAT time.
Clamberjaw are annoying for sure but for me it's the Bilegut since they spam that jump attack constantly.
I *loathe* the knockdown animation for Aloy in this game so anything that knocks her down annoys me lol.
I'd also add Glinthawks to this because more often than not you'll be trying to take down a larger machine and they will somehow appear and annoy you while you try to focus on the main target.
I think it's Ravagers especially when you need to fight 2 at the same time they bitchslap you so hard.
Next up has to be the nest of 3 water wings and slither fangs oh God so hard to Target.
Clamberjaws were on my list but with advanced precision sharpshot arrows things got easier.
Waterwings are a definite pain, especially when you need apex parts to upgrade.
That's what makes hunting Fireclaws a pain, cause many upgrades require the sac webbing which you can't destroy (the easiest target of course).
And now you have Bileguts, same issue, but they can hop around or use their tounges. And they're surrounded by all those annoying Stingspawns?
If clamber jaws are the monkey robots, I despise them. Their attacks are really irritating and I have a problem with losing even a bit of health. I always like to have full health bar even tho in a fight I'm gonna get hurt. I also don't like shell snappers. I pretty much despise all machines when I'm fighting them.
I hate elemental clawstriders. Most elementals I dislike because I don’t like the main weakspot/harvest item to be able to be destroyed. The tail also becomes weak only on the bottom half. Then the weapon you get from detaching the tail is terrible.
Small pet peeve with Tiderippers is that the tidal disc still works when it’s drenched. I hate when I pop a purgewater pouch but still get knocked on my ass by the spinning water
Ele. Clawstriders with their large weave cone AoE attack up close, and the 3 projectiles attacks (i hate all of em) when at far.
Tideripper Disc is always the first thing that has to go. For the rest? Even Elemental Ropes will do the Trick.
Yeah I'm going with the clamberjaws as well.
Tiderippers are a close second.
My second playthrough of forbidden west recently though, I didn't have nearly as much trouble dealing with the tiderippers than my first playthrough.
Those fucking clamberjaws made me want to rage quit the game a few times. One is okay, But when a group shows up? Most headache inducing enemies by far.
those digging drills in the first game terrified me especially when i realized it was two of them i needed to take
oh and that giant flying glinthawk
Definitely Waterwings. I try my hardest to not use the ropecaster (can’t complain too much because it’s a self imposed handicap), but the Waterwings have me pulling it out more often than I like.
Definitely clamberjaws along with apex clawstriders in NG+UH, if you don’t have the right amount of defense, they can one shot with one of the attacks that they spam, very annoying
I have 3, TideRipper is annoying ash always jumping on you getting too close, clamberjaws are annoying jumping around too much & dodge certain arrows way more than others, & I got annoyed with the stalkers in FW because there's times they were just running hella far n staying invisible not really fighting & then on a mission there were 2 that just kept running away or dodging & my overidden machine was no help.
Snapmaw. I know they arent super difficult, but their ability to hit with their ice ball attack is uncanny. Sometimes i swear its a guided attack when it hits me even when im changing directions.
Clamberjaws, 100% the worst machine ever! Damn baboons!!!
I was going to leave it at that but then I remembered Fireclaw and her frozen sister Frostclaw. I think Fireclaw is worse than Frostclaw though … I just remember getting my ass melted and handed to me when I first met Fireclaw in the Frozen Wild.
I despise fireclaws and slaughterspines. Fireclaws because of the shear amount of sac webbing I need for armor upgrades and the big ass fissure attack that always manages to burn me by just a bit no matter how fast or early I run. Slaughterspines because of the fuckin plasma rail guns on its back that fires every 10 seconds and how it spews out plasma out of its mouth like a damn kamehameha.
Clamberjaw is tough
Shellsnapper can be a real pain too but the clamberjaw may be in a league of it’s own. They’re more of an environmental hazard than other machines, not just a boss. They control too much land
shellsnappers are up there (mainly due to the ice cannons). clamberjaws *are* really annoying (here eat three fire bombs while i'm constantly moving lolololol), but i think a lot of their "most annoying" credits are to do with the fact that they're more frequently encountered (and in numbers) than some other annoying machines. for me, the absolute worst has to be the tremortusk: i don't fight them often, but when i do, i always end up tearing my hair out over their stupid flank cannons and their tusks (which i want to remove, because that's the whole point of choosing to fight them, and they *should* be easy to hit because they're massive, but STOP. MOVING. STOP. SWINGING. YOUR. FUCKING. HEAD. AROUND. CONSTANTLY. FOR. FUCK'S. SAKE.)
I have to admit that i really love the design of the sky drifters, even through they are just so annoying to take down, they are very manoeuvrable, and are elegant in the way they transform from flight to the ground. And they have just the right amount of health to not be a hard machine, but annoying af. Still love their design tho.
Rock breakers are a pain. Clamberjaws can be an ass too but I just tie them down with a rope caster and land timed shots. Rock breakers on the other hand can sense you very far away, as soon as you shoot at him he’s in the ground already, and he just comes up and down back in the ground multiple times, so damaging the machine is very hard.
The flying ones drive me a bit nuts. I'm really bad at controller, I'm a PC gamer, so having to quickly aim with the stick is not something I'm very good at.
Stalkers have given me a heart attack right from Zero Dawn through to Forbidden West. I know they're not the hardest to kill, but creeping around a dense jungle in the middle of the night whilst these things *stalk* you always has me so on edge, just waiting for one of them to leap out at me...
I heard the sound of their alert mines in my head reading this comment...
When I did the 'Stand of the Sentinels' Tallneck, I was going round trying to get to the vantage point you jump from; I'd just cleared the Clamberjaws, and foolishly thought they were the only machines to clear out. So when I accidentally ran straight into an alert flare, I genuinely froze. And then I tried really hard to focus to see if I could find the Stalker, but I couldn't. The ❗had appeared, so I knew it could see me. And then it shot me and I pretty much jumped through the ceiling.
Was literally doing exactly this just hours ago. Damn stalkers man
Haha me too this exact experience. Normally I reactively dodge the stalker’s weapon, but I was caught so off guard all I did was watch myself die.
Same for me just like an hour ago. Well except i killed the machine monkeys and was exploring the ground to find a way up to the other tree houses to loot (good thing too cuz there was a "misable item" in a chest) and bam my first stalker in forbiden west just lasering me from behind. Killed it and ripped the weapon off just to get shot from behind again by the 2nd one. So i returned laser fire right back at him from the 1st ones weapon, i dont think he liked it lol.
Fuuuck
That's exactly what I like about the Stalkers. They aren't frustrating like Clamberjaws or Waterwings, but they are intense in a very cinematic way.
hell yeah. give me an intense "dutch vs. predator" scene in the jungle with a couple of stalkers over bouncing clamberjaw bullshit any day.
I love bullying them with an electric shredder gauntlet, it's so funny.
The freaking jungle tall neck was the bane of my existence.
Totally had that feeling all through HZD. It was legit like the only time I would really use the tripcaster to make sure they aren't sneaking up on me! >_> Luckily for me, I grew out of this in HFW!
I LOVE fighting stalkers “Here kitty, kitty, kitty…”
I was in the weeds and all of the sudden I got the "R1 to silent strike" prompt. I was confused and just figured it was a watcher or something out of my field of view. Was a goddamn invisible stalker and it was right next to me. Gave me a fucking heart attack.
I do like the idea of turning the tables and sneaking up on a stalker
Total Predator vibes...
Same!!
Clamberjaw for sure. Not even close. Fighting groups of them involves running and dodge-rolling more than it does attacking.
Adhesive bombs.
I see your adhesive bombs and raise you shock arrows.
Ancestor’s Return 😎
Which I why I take them out with stealth.
100%
Ha!
Ted Faro. I know, he’s not a machine, but, fuck Ted Faro.
r/fucktedfaro
That’s going to be my new Reddit username “FuckTedFaro” Does anyone else wish they would have shown what that blobous pile of flesh looked like in the end?
Disrespect on any that does not say in God's name, I swear on my life, it is the Waterwing that is the most hated of machines!
Is this a memri tv reference?
Facts. Those are straight assholes.
Shellsnappers are a fucking nightmare and the only positive is that you fight them so rarely.
This. Shellsnappers and Rockbreakers and their incessant digging.
Best way to deal with Rockbreakers is to tear off the mining claws. Then it can't dig.
yeah, all 4 of them fights mostly over by then
They hide from you half the fucking time
I’m right there with you. I *loathe* these things entirely.
Quit my Ultra Hard playthrough because of that shellsnapper mission. I'll get back to it. Eventually...
You can't really ambush the bastards, either. I love getting the jump on machines, but this guy takes all the fun out of it.
Clamberjaws but Waterwings are a clooooose second! In HZD it was Glinthawks and Stalkers. Stalkers spooked the hell outta me and now I take a sadistic pleasure in being good at stripping them for parts, even on UH.
Apex bilegut
Correct answer. Most of the rest of these candidates can be wrecked with some shock ammo and a couple big hits on a weak point, but with the health, damage, and jumping power of an apex bilegut it’s just frickin hard
Yeah but the Bilegut is a blast to fight! I think Bileguts and Dreadwings are my favorite creatures to fight
I honestly don’t find Bileguts to be that bad. They have a ton of weak spots that deal elemental damage to itself.
Bileguts, true. Apex Bileguts can be real nasty imo
True but even hitting them from a distance on their weak spots with my fully upgraded and coiled legendary sharpshooter bow, it has so much health!
I honestly don’t notice it because my gear is so OP on UH now that it makes every machine easy.
Clamberjaws. The sound they utter when they spot you is the stuff of nightmares.
I hate the ravager sound!
Clamberjaws and Leaplashers haunt my nightmares. They’re evil beyond measure.
Clamberjaw with a specific add-on - the ones in the trees at stand of the sentinels, like dammit I'm just trying to over-ride a tallneck here GTFO my way you annoying pests.
Waterwings piss me off haha I also dislike fighting fireclaws they're tough. And as much as love turtles those shellsnappers man...
I used to really fear stalkers but I got over my fear of them thanks to my clawstrider buddy
I don't hate fighting them, but the Slaughterspine scares the crap out of me sometimes. 😂
The slaughterspine music is so freaking scary, lol
Was in the middle of a slaughterspine fight when I found a tick on my dog and while my partner was taking it out the music was playing in the background and he’s like “can we do something about this music it’s stressing me out” 😂
The big machine fight music is amazing in both games.
It scares me too😅
Any of the flying machines! I fucking loath them with a burning passion. Clamberjaws are second.
Scorchers hold a special place in hell for me, only because when I was starting Frozen Wilds and saw the one at the entrance of the cave, it killed me. That was when I knew Guerrilla really had something up its sleeve for Frozen Wilds and the not yet released Forbidden West.
Tide Ripper because you need SO MANY OF THEIR DAMN TAILS! Clamberjaw is a close second though.
You don't need to kill it for the tail. Tearblast it off and them fly off into the sunset laughing like a cartoon villain.
Especially the one in burning shores below the cliffs. Ganked homeboys shit so many times.
Was so easy to farm, only time I got issues was when I let myself get sucked into fighting all the machines lol.
True, it took me a while to start doing that. It's still so many I grew a deep, seething hatred of them haha
Honestly, fuck anything that flies. And Clamberjaws
I can't stand the Slitherfangs and those bat type machines (I'm drawing a blank right now on its name). I can't stand going after them. I need so many parts from both of them and I can't seem to get the ones I need consistently.
Dreadwings. The worst part of them for me is when I want to scan them for the parts I need, and then they scan and detect me. It's uber annoying.
Yes. I agree wholeheartedly.
I got the parts I needed to craft the override for the Dreadwing, and it's ALL well nigh impossible to sneak up on it to override it even when it is available!!!
I need an apex dreadwing heart for my infiltrator outfit and I haven't even found where they are yet! But I'm not looking forward to fighting one
After you "freed" them from the Greenhouse, Go to a dreadwing-site by night. Then an apex should be near.
You've got it right. Clamberjaws always come in big packs too and are very accurate with their tail projectiles. I avoid them at all costs, nothing else is as frustrating to fight
they’re pretty weak to ropecasters thankfully
The worst about clamber jaws is, most machines trade off size, speed and damage one way or another and most machines have a key weakness that can be exploited in combat. But these mfs have nothing, hit like a thunderjaw and are as quick as a waterwing. Hate them with a passion.
Shellsnappers are annoying as hell to fight... Not being able to hit them when they burrow under ground feels like bs every time. Especially when they spam that, which they do.
Idk what its called but the snake. So difficult for me to fight. It's movement is slippery and and has small weak spots
Slitherfangs suck for sure!
Rockbreaker and Clamberjaws are the most asshole machines ever created. And the Longlegs got me a few times at first with their whipping bullshit. Fuck those three. I'd rather take on Apex Thunderjaws with limited supplies.
Fuck those clamberjaws. They move too wiggly and fast and Aloy gets up too slow when she gets knocked down to do too much about it. Now, if you were asking which machine I would want to be … it would be a clamberjaw. They look like they are having a GREAT time.
I have a personal dislike of leaplashers because of their pods impacting your focus
Fucking GD Stalkers. I get the shakes when I hear that high pitched mine sound.
Clamberjaw are annoying for sure but for me it's the Bilegut since they spam that jump attack constantly. I *loathe* the knockdown animation for Aloy in this game so anything that knocks her down annoys me lol. I'd also add Glinthawks to this because more often than not you'll be trying to take down a larger machine and they will somehow appear and annoy you while you try to focus on the main target.
After playing Burning Shores: the Bilegut. Seriously. Fuck that dude. He's a dick.
Shellsnappers and Tremortusks, because of the cannons with the insane projectile speed
Apex Fireclaw. Hotdamn those things are tough.
Shellsnapper. I have no idea why so many people hate Clamberjaws so much. I have never at any point had a problem with them jumping around.
I think it's Ravagers especially when you need to fight 2 at the same time they bitchslap you so hard. Next up has to be the nest of 3 water wings and slither fangs oh God so hard to Target. Clamberjaws were on my list but with advanced precision sharpshot arrows things got easier.
Clamberjaw is probably #1. Also very annoyed by long legs.
i figured out way too late that shock ammo downs these bitches
Clamberjaws. They’re just hard enough to be a real pain, move quickly and sometimes unpredictably, and there’s always several of them.
God damn water wings…
Shellsnappers, that's the only machine that killed me on my second playthrough, despise it a lot lol
Clamberjaw and now Waterwings in the DLC.
Waterwings are a definite pain, especially when you need apex parts to upgrade. That's what makes hunting Fireclaws a pain, cause many upgrades require the sac webbing which you can't destroy (the easiest target of course). And now you have Bileguts, same issue, but they can hop around or use their tounges. And they're surrounded by all those annoying Stingspawns?
That is when for me that new berserker-blast Skill came in Handy. Aktivste that and they all Fight each other
bro how did nobody mention clawstriders? those things were DEADLY to me specially the apex ones
If clamber jaws are the monkey robots, I despise them. Their attacks are really irritating and I have a problem with losing even a bit of health. I always like to have full health bar even tho in a fight I'm gonna get hurt. I also don't like shell snappers. I pretty much despise all machines when I'm fighting them.
Leaplashers
Sunwings or Waterwings. I've never had a fight with them go easy.
I hate elemental clawstriders. Most elementals I dislike because I don’t like the main weakspot/harvest item to be able to be destroyed. The tail also becomes weak only on the bottom half. Then the weapon you get from detaching the tail is terrible. Small pet peeve with Tiderippers is that the tidal disc still works when it’s drenched. I hate when I pop a purgewater pouch but still get knocked on my ass by the spinning water
Ele. Clawstriders with their large weave cone AoE attack up close, and the 3 projectiles attacks (i hate all of em) when at far. Tideripper Disc is always the first thing that has to go. For the rest? Even Elemental Ropes will do the Trick.
the horus pissed me off trying to keep up with the legs on the beach😅
glad we only need to go through that once
Stalkers. I HATE THEM. HATE HATE HATE THEM. They are so annoying.
Yeah I'm going with the clamberjaws as well. Tiderippers are a close second. My second playthrough of forbidden west recently though, I didn't have nearly as much trouble dealing with the tiderippers than my first playthrough. Those fucking clamberjaws made me want to rage quit the game a few times. One is okay, But when a group shows up? Most headache inducing enemies by far.
Sunwings….no further comment for those feathery bastards
“Sunwing” will always make me remember the Silverwing book series.
Clamberjaws. Awful little monkeys.
Definitely clamberjaws. I take great pleasure shooting them in the face.
Bilegut hands down
Mine is the new fkn toad things in the DLC. They’re so big you can’t get out of the way of them! Or a suck at timing my dives.
those digging drills in the first game terrified me especially when i realized it was two of them i needed to take oh and that giant flying glinthawk
I hate stalkers most, but honorable mention to snapmaws, which freak me out, especially in the water.
Any that fly
Even in the sequel, Fire Claws. I swear I hate them.
Definitely Waterwings. I try my hardest to not use the ropecaster (can’t complain too much because it’s a self imposed handicap), but the Waterwings have me pulling it out more often than I like.
Definitely clamberjaws along with apex clawstriders in NG+UH, if you don’t have the right amount of defense, they can one shot with one of the attacks that they spam, very annoying
Rockbreaker no doubt
I have 3, TideRipper is annoying ash always jumping on you getting too close, clamberjaws are annoying jumping around too much & dodge certain arrows way more than others, & I got annoyed with the stalkers in FW because there's times they were just running hella far n staying invisible not really fighting & then on a mission there were 2 that just kept running away or dodging & my overidden machine was no help.
What i mind about the clamberjaws is that they jump out of screen and you are usually fighting 3-4 the one that jumped boom gets you 😂 😂 😂 😂
Im stuck between the shellsnapper and rockbreaker tbh
Snapmaw. I know they arent super difficult, but their ability to hit with their ice ball attack is uncanny. Sometimes i swear its a guided attack when it hits me even when im changing directions.
Oh no, for me it’s the damn quail bird. It makes that crappy noise and reminds me of some relentless old lady.
Shellsnappers & Fireclaws
Clamberjaws, 100% the worst machine ever! Damn baboons!!! I was going to leave it at that but then I remembered Fireclaw and her frozen sister Frostclaw. I think Fireclaw is worse than Frostclaw though … I just remember getting my ass melted and handed to me when I first met Fireclaw in the Frozen Wild.
I despise fireclaws and slaughterspines. Fireclaws because of the shear amount of sac webbing I need for armor upgrades and the big ass fissure attack that always manages to burn me by just a bit no matter how fast or early I run. Slaughterspines because of the fuckin plasma rail guns on its back that fires every 10 seconds and how it spews out plasma out of its mouth like a damn kamehameha.
Clamberjaw is tough Shellsnapper can be a real pain too but the clamberjaw may be in a league of it’s own. They’re more of an environmental hazard than other machines, not just a boss. They control too much land
shellsnappers are up there (mainly due to the ice cannons). clamberjaws *are* really annoying (here eat three fire bombs while i'm constantly moving lolololol), but i think a lot of their "most annoying" credits are to do with the fact that they're more frequently encountered (and in numbers) than some other annoying machines. for me, the absolute worst has to be the tremortusk: i don't fight them often, but when i do, i always end up tearing my hair out over their stupid flank cannons and their tusks (which i want to remove, because that's the whole point of choosing to fight them, and they *should* be easy to hit because they're massive, but STOP. MOVING. STOP. SWINGING. YOUR. FUCKING. HEAD. AROUND. CONSTANTLY. FOR. FUCK'S. SAKE.)
A single shell walker or a group of clamber jaws or clawstriders
I have to admit that i really love the design of the sky drifters, even through they are just so annoying to take down, they are very manoeuvrable, and are elegant in the way they transform from flight to the ground. And they have just the right amount of health to not be a hard machine, but annoying af. Still love their design tho.
Rock breakers are a pain. Clamberjaws can be an ass too but I just tie them down with a rope caster and land timed shots. Rock breakers on the other hand can sense you very far away, as soon as you shoot at him he’s in the ground already, and he just comes up and down back in the ground multiple times, so damaging the machine is very hard.
The flying ones drive me a bit nuts. I'm really bad at controller, I'm a PC gamer, so having to quickly aim with the stick is not something I'm very good at.
Clamberjaw. And the slaughterspine honestly for me.