Forum:Cazador tactics

Greetings, gentlefolk.

There is a Reinforced Combat Armor mark II that I want to retrieve (west of Brewer's Beer Bootlegging). Problem is, The Duffle Bag is guarded by a FREAKING SWARM of Cazadores, and even nearing the area seems to fuel my character's death drive. Mines (I MEAN; THEY FLY), sniping, grenades... No matter what I do, I find myself getting skewered on a stinger. Courier kabob? Yup.

In short, I find my tactics against Cazador packs lacking. Any tips or revelations? -=KAG=-Discussion - the VaultNO
 * Wait, did my text just go invisible? -=KAG=-Discussion - the VaultNO
 * And how. -=KAG=-Discussion - the VaultNO

shotguns and submachine guns anything that spreads bullets/pellets wide make hitting them easier, i also found a companion that uses guns helpful. a tactic used against melee fights that works in most games is to slowly back up as you shoot at them. wouldent recomend trying to use melee weapons against them unless you got a high skill and a decent weapon. also having armor will keep you alive longer but since cazadors have venom having doses of antivenom will cure it if not useing bitter drink will negate the venoms damage. give these tactics a try couldent do much worse. Wastelandwarrior1280, 9:07pm, 30/11/2010 (EST)

Cool, I guess that gives me a reason to take Shotgun Surgeon. But wouldn't Entomologist do the trick? Also, do you have any idea why I can't see any of the text in this post, only on the editing screen? -=KAG=-Discussion - the VaultNO Weird it's freaking bizarre how this post is "invisible" lol

Missile launcher at range - splash damage, ditto grenades etc? -=KAG=-Discussion - the VaultNO It appears my post overdosed on Stealth Boys. Anyways, I'll stick with grenades and a Patriot's Cook Book. *tips hat*. -=KAG=-Discussion - the VaultNO 17:33, December 1, 2010 (UTC)

The entomologist perk is actually a really good choice i forgot to mention that but it good you picked up on that.with that perk you will find it much easier to wipe out radscorpions and cazadors because that perks grant +50 damage against these and also radroachs but if you have being finding radroachs hard then you shouldent be fighting cazadors (laughs) seriously though the only drawback is that you can only take a much more limited selection of perks in F:NV as opposed to F3. the shot gun surgeon negates 15 damage threshold which is usful only if you use shotguns i took it on my first playthrough and got the riot shotgun and the hunting shotgun and i found it usefull. if your character needs to use either of these keep in mind the hunting shot has the most range and can be modded for better ammo capacity and lessed spread for more accuracy at range, the riot shotgun is as the title surggests is a "riot" to use at close range but has no mods because its the highest end shotgun in the game (non unique). if your charcter development allows you to get the entomologist perk specifically to fight cazadors do so if not just tough through it. another thing unless your character has a decent explosives skill dont bother getting the associated perks unless that how you want to build your charecter. a good hunting rifle with a scope(mod) and 50 guns skill is a very usful way to snipe just about anything even cazadors but keep in mind if you do this hold your sight in the one spot and wait for them to "step" into it since they move very quicky its hard to "track" their movement with a scope to shoot them. ps: it appears this talk page is a nightkin, doesent like being seen. Wastelandwarrior1280, 1:45pm 1/12/2010 (EST)

punch 'em in the face a coupla times.

If you've got the caps, pick up a Sniper Rifle from the Gunrunners outside of Freeside, use Boone and ED-E as companions and go for the wings to slow them down. Take lots of antivenom/bitter drink and food/stimpaks...and start plugging them from as far away as possible! Thecrystalcrow 11:01, December 3, 2010 (UTC)

this may not be that helpful seeing as your a guns person, but on my energy weps char i just go into sneak, aim high into the air with an incinerator, or heavy incinerator, and carpet bomb the entire area, i swear i love this tactic, watching fireballs go flying down and seeing, "sneak attack crit on 20 different things at once" but usually on my guns chars i have a good pistol, like, get a 12.7mm pistol...that thing is pure epic, and slaughters everything ive seen so far. Toolazytomakeaaccount 19:35, December 5, 2010 (UTC)

Take out a couple of their antenna in VATS and let them beat up on each other.

gtrip i just take boone..sit at a distance and snipe them. the ones that dont die right away will get picked off by boone

When fighting them in the valleys and hills, get higher on a rock or something and they'll just turn retarded and fly around. Just pick em off from there (always good to use a long range weapon and steady, because they may fly way far away and stuff). Grenades and grenade launchers always help ;). 67SunsetStrip 19:53, December 12, 2010 (UTC)

Cazadors are small and fast moving targets; I have noticed that after 3 - 4 shots (even with silenced weapons and hidden) they quickly come closer. For this reason, I prefer to use the Flamer, the Gatling Laser or mainly, the Laser RCW. I'm planning to test other weapons like Light Machine Gun or Minigun.--Yull 09:22, December 13, 2010 (UTC)

Which ammo is best against cazadors hollow-point,armor piercing or just regular one on them has to work better than the other.68.229.224.66 23:03, December 22, 2010 (UTC)
 * Hollow-point ammo is best against Cazadors. They have 0 DT. Usernametaken 17:07, December 23, 2010 (UTC)

Hallow point works best against Cazadors, they have no (zero, zip, zilch, nada) DT. For the hordes of Cazs what I'm finding works with my present set-up is steady, rocket and sniping - hit the antennae (antennas?) of all you can see and they attack themselves with me helping by standing back from the mass of them and making sure they all frenzy.75.67.224.12 21:04, March 7, 2011 (UTC)

Aye, for those of us that have Guns skill up and Boone...snipe 'em...'distance is a girl's best friend', or as Boone would say, "The last thing they never see."--Kronnus 18:49, March 11, 2011 (UTC)

I shoot a few 40mm grenades to cripple wings and then proceed to take my super sledge out.. in fact I found Melee to be preferable (against crippled Cazadors) since I hit on every swing and knock them around and out of my reach instead of missing every second shot. Rootmars 18:13, March 11, 2011 (UTC)

Why are mines a no-no? Their great against everything! Explosives rock...if your smart enough to use them. I don't remember where, but might have been the same place your struggling i killed like 8 cazadors by planting C4 on the ground and 4 frag mines near by, shot at them once with my Merc Grenade launcher crippling a few and as they came after me i detonated the mines and bye-bye. As is said: Explosives rock! Herax 18:49, March 21, 2011 (UTC)

Someone told me that hollow point rounds work well too since cazadors aren't armored same thing with geckos.

Flamer and/or Incinerator works best for me. Since they enviroronmental/wildlife fire does most damage. Birchman34 14:49, March 22, 2011 (UTC)

1. Make sure you have a lot of antivenom either by killing Legion or making it yourself. The former is easier. 2. What I find affective is with ED-E (though inaccurate 80% of the time, he helps alot with them flying everywhere) and Boone (who somehow managed to take out a swarm of them by himself once) with <50 melee weapons and a fully condition rebar club (check REPCONN Test Site for Nightkin corpses) and just take a few wild whacks step back, heal if need be, rinse, and repeat. Effective with 9 STR and 9 END, along with Super Slam. Although those are just additives. Happy hunting. Omega-Ginger

Damn cazadors!?! get 'Pushy' >:D that show those buggers, that or Alien Blaster, go intersteller on there asses!! Levi Lauson.

I find that for me the best combo is some medium/heavy armour like the ranger's combat armour, a 100 gun skill and "This Machine". It has a high DPS and doesn't degrade quickly.

I would say use a Flamer with Expanded Fuel tanks. Just move in and spray 'em. You could also try either the Tesla Cannon or the Tesla-Beaton Prototype. Those kill in one shot. And in addition to Antivenom, I'd suggest taking along extra armor. I've found that these bastards tear through armor pretty fast.--Ryker6106:35, April 29, 2011 (UTC)~11:34pm 4/28/2011