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Alpha Skags are some of the largest skags that can be found on Pandora. They are covered in thick, highly effective armor. The armor is in fact so good, that not even sustained sprays by Combat Rifles or Shotguns will take much of a dent out of their health bar. Alpha Skags can leap an incredible distance, and though they sometimes employ a strong tongue-whip attack, they are more fond of charging a player for heavy damage. They will also stalk forward and swipe at the player with their claws, and this too is exceptionally deadly. For the reasons of their armor and damaging attacks, special tactics need to be used.
Strategy
- See also: Skag#General_Strategy
Shooting an Alpha Skag around the shoulders and back is an utter waste of ammo, if one is stalking forward instead aim for the head with heavy sustained weapons fire. This might cause the Alpha to flinch and then roar. Another tactic is to continuously back away and strafe from the Alpha, jumping sideways when it charges, or backwards when it tries to use its claws, while keeping too close for it to leap while taking strafing runs at its soft flank behind the shoulder. The later tactic is best used when going up against an Alpha when its not alone, or multiple Alpha Skags, with the only variation being that a player must keep the weapons fire on a single target at a time, taking one Alpha Skag down as quickly as possible before moving on to another. Unlike other varieties of Skag, Corossive & Incendiary weapons are moderately effective against Alphas in prolonged fights.
Their armored sections reduce all bullet and melee damage by four fifths.
Especially if fighting one of these beasts at close range and you are struggling the safest place to be is behind them.Dodge as it charges you,they are generally slow in turning around,run right up behind them while firing and keep adjusting your position so you stay behind them and you will find despatching them alot easier as they "flinch" taking full damage on the unarmoured sections of their bodies.
Nomenclature
- Playthrough 1: Alpha Skag
- Playthrough 2: Hardened Alpha Skag
- Playthrough 2.5: Armored Alpha Skag