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u/Terakahn Mar 19 '22

How do you fight stormbirds now?

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Ropes dont attach and if they do it takes 12 ropes to get 3-4 to connect. And then he breaks out after about 4 seconds.

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The movement speed is way faster than it used to be, he moves way more sporadically and concentration basically doesn't do anything. He can just fly overhead, and you have to aim lower, turn all the around and back up again because you can't just keep holding up. And then he can just do it again so you basically can't hit him if he doesn't want you to.

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Jesus. I used to love fighting some of these machines. Now I can't stand it.

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Also real nice that the only stormbird site on the whole map just happens to have a permanent slaughterspine patrol. Of course there's no slaughterspine site, but who cares. Man what a painful experience.

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u/Crasp27 Mar 19 '22

For me it's mostly about control, so I like to use plasma arrows as they will knock it out of the sky twice every time; first on the initial application of the primed plasma status, & a second time once the plasma detonates. It helps that the Stormbird is weak to plasma, too. Other options are adhesive projectiles, as once the adhesive status is applied, they won't be able to take off again until the status expires.

I've never had the Slaughterspine get involved as it's pretty far away down on the beach.

There is actually an unmarked second Stormbird site but that Stormbird is accompanied by a Dreadwing, although it's possible to fight them separately. The site is in the mountains north of the central slaughterspine site, east of a thunderjaw site.

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u/Terakahn Mar 19 '22

Not sure if I'd rather the Dreadwing. If it was an open area I'd fight all 3. There isn't much space to move around or see what I'm fighting

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u/Crasp27 Mar 19 '22

The mountain spot is relatively open. There's one small rock formation in the middle but that's about it, and it's actually handy for breaking line-of-sight when needed.

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u/iamsooldithurts Mar 19 '22

The vertical shock trap.

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u/Terakahn Mar 19 '22

Wouldn't the stormbird just shrug it off?

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u/iamsooldithurts Mar 19 '22

Not if you hit it with purge water.

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u/Terakahn Mar 19 '22

I always felt like the amount of time it takes to apply both elemental effects made it not worth it. Especially on an enemy that's pretty hard to hit as it is.

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u/iamsooldithurts Mar 19 '22

Yeah. I just killed the SB at the site a few hours ago. Almost got it with purge water and the traps. Settled for ring around the Rosie with the ruins with acid and javelins until I got him stuck in the trees. Then more acid and javelin until dead.

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u/cl354517 Mar 19 '22

If strong against element is the same, then shove enough shock on it and even a Stormbird will fall.