How to fight Crushers

[Lorem123]

What is actually effective at killing a crusher? Rifles are useless, shotguns are only sometimes capable of injuring a crusher, but it hardly works when they have such a disgustingly long tackle.
AP rockets don't even kill them that well, and fire tickles most xenos from what I have seen.

[TehSpoderman]

trap them when they overextend and fuck their shit up fam

[Bath Salts Addict]

Crusher players are notoriously stupid and predictable. If they're charging a plasteel cade and you hear them coming, standing diagonal to the plasteel cade and then open it and close it as they run in. First you'll see them try to escape, notice their escape is blocked off, start to panic and then resign themselves to their fate as they attempt to take out as many as they possibly can before dying.

[TheDonkified]

When you find a crusher player who isn't brain dead retarded, there isn't really a counter unless you manage to flank/corner it somehow. It's so tanky that you usually can't kill crushers in an open battlefield, so your best bet is to try to put the crusher in a bad spot and then fuck it up.

[Saytkl77]

Hide in a body bag adjacent to their charging lane, then pop out and block them when they charge in.

[CABAL]

See this bayonet on the end of your gun? Poke Crusher hard. AP ammo, slugs, but from behind, or flank becouse his front is heavly armored.

[Avalanchee]

"Even a motherfucking plasteel cade has more IQ than the average crusher main" You use Fire

[TheDonkified]

Hide in a body bag adjacent to their charging lane, then pop out and block them when they charge in.

big brain tactic

[MattAtlas]

You use God's own weapon against them.

Pointblank buckshot.

[zoboomafoo]

I usually try to step out of the way of charge and shoot them with bullets. Slugs also aren't bad due to their armor piercing ability.

[Nantei]

Machetes. Point blank buckshot. Both of these bypass Crusher armor and turn it into mince meat. More people need to take machetes, and this is just one of the many captivating reasons why.

Also fire. Fire destroys crushers.

[Lorem123]

Fire just makes a crusher back off, I haven't really seen it be deadly to one.
Also the marines are too bald to use machetes on a crusher, I only ever see robust SLs and synths with good melee weapons.

[Vispain]

fire got nerfed so hard only the blue flame would be worth using against a T3 like the crusher.

[Nantei]

Fire pressures crushers pretty hard. Will it kill them outright? Usually no. But it forces them to back off or die essentially, and makes it way easier to chase down.

[VortexGaming]

Fire, block off it’s escape you may die doing it but chances are you’ll be revived and until you get revived you have a salty crusher In d chat to call a nurd

[Heckenshutze]

Bait to charge, dodge, buckshot it until it dies

[Recounted]

What is actually effective at killing a crusher? Rifles are useless, shotguns are only sometimes capable of injuring a crusher, but it hardly works when they have such a disgustingly long tackle.
AP rockets don't even kill them that well, and fire tickles most xenos from what I have seen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWBLyKB9Ok8
This should be relevant for how to fight crushers

dodge then kill the crushers with melee weapons

[Nantei]

Fire, block off it’s escape you may die doing it but chances are you’ll be revived and until you get revived you have a salty crusher In d chat to call a nurd

This actually happened last round. Crusher charged into that really narrow tank area in filtration, and I got in front of him as Charlie SL and started beating him and blocking him with a machete. I got stomped and killed, but the crusher was so badly wounded that the rest of my squad finished him off and I was revived.

[Rohesie]

Big Red round, just ended. A crusher from Lambda sees the marines approaching and charges following the green arrow pointing left all the way, then charges back following the other line. The marines are shooting it ineffectively, as its tankiness and speed lets escape harm and crush people on the way.

I look around seeking for a way to block its path and find 5 sandbags on the ground. As I see it taking the same route west I go into what was its last route back and quickly build the cade, marked in red and still standing. To add insult to injury someone thinks similarly and flames the marked orange spot.

The crusher returns crushing, gets set on fire and skids to a halt into the barricade, losing all momentum and eating a pointblank buckshot immediately. Mature Crusher. It lasted very little.



So, summing it up the question of the thread:
1) Deny their mobility. Crushers are really slow when they can't charge. Their playstyle tends to be repetitive and predictable. Make use of that.
2) Deny their armor. Fire will force them to retreat in short notice if they want to survive. Pointblank will bypass their armor. Melee as well. AP will work for long range.

[SagaSword]

Fire just makes a crusher back off, I haven't really seen it be deadly to one.
Also the marines are too bald to use machetes on a crusher, I only ever see robust SLs and synths with good melee weapons.

U wot m8? I always have some sort of melee weapon or have bayo/stock dmg combo on my m41

Also, fire. Use it, love it, adore it. I'm alien main and can confirm it can fuck up a crusher backstage.

[Bulaven]

Nothing is more satisfying than setting a crusher on fire. Just my opinion.

In all seriousness, though, trapping the crusher and beating its ass to death with a few other people is the most effective way to do it.

Grab that ugly stick, space your feet, and swing away. The acid burns are superficial.

[Brotemis]

Big Red round, just ended. A crusher from Lambda sees the marines approaching and charges following the green arrow pointing left all the way, then charges back following the other line. The marines are shooting it ineffectively, as its tankiness and speed lets escape harm and crush people on the way.

I look around seeking for a way to block its path and find 5 sandbags on the ground. As I see it taking the same route west I go into what was its last route back and quickly build the cade, marked in red and still standing. To add insult to injury someone thinks similarly and flames the marked orange spot.

The crusher returns crushing, gets set on fire and skids to a halt into the barricade, losing all momentum and eating a pointblank buckshot immediately. Mature Crusher. It lasted very little.



So, summing it up the question of the thread:
1) Deny their mobility. Crushers are really slow when they can't charge. Their playstyle tends to be repetitive and predictable. Make use of that.
2) Deny their armor. Fire will force them to retreat in short notice if they want to survive. Pointblank will bypass their armor. Melee as well. AP will work for long range.

I was there for this round and this is a good example of what to do. If you happen to have the filled sandbags around, this is exactly what they are for since they take the least amount of time to build. Unfortunately on prison station where this matters most, dirt and filled sandbags are harder to come by.

[Chaznoodles]

Stop it from escaping and melee it. Your knife is ten times as effective as a bullet when dealing with crushers, doubly so if it's on your gun or a machete.

[caleeb101]

It's a team effort my friend. First of all, everyone has gotta agree that they wanna focus on killing said crusher. If you have a bunch of people with their focus elsewhere, it's not gonna work. Then when they charge and over extend that little bit, you slot yourself in their escape route (if there aren't any aliens backing them up ofc). Next it's just fill them with Buckshot, hit them with your bayonet or flame them. Do not attempt to fire rifle bullets into them unless they're AP bullets.

If everyone else was paying attention they will jump that Crusher like it's a Crip that just walked into Blood territory. Also, you gotta accept that you will take damage and regardless of whether this fails or succeeds. Usually though, it's well worth it. Boiler Crusher combo is a bread and butter combo of hives. Taking either T3 out of that equation is a really good thing.

If you wanna 1v1 a Crusher, I reccomend seeing a doctor to check your mental state first because you have to be a MADLAD. Keeping a distance and using AP usually helps though.

[BobatNight]

Gonna repeat the favorite answer here, trap it with melee and beat it down.