Berserker
From Gears of War
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- "I was just asking Marcus about this earlier... Why aren't there any Locust brats around here? Figured we'd see some grub's grub somewhere around this place.
Well, guess if the Berserkers are the females, maybe the males just wised up and quit laying the pipe to 'em. Man, that would be perfect... Locust go extinct due to the fugly, homicidal chicks they have to mate with.
Hey, one can hope." - — Damon Baird
Berserkers are the female and less intelligent counterparts of the Locust Drones. They are blind, so they rely on smell and sound. If anyone moves too quickly or makes other distinct noises, for example firing a weapon, a Beserker will charge the source of the sound and attempt to either run it over or bludgeon it to death. If the sound is made while the target is behind a wall or any other solid object that the Berserker cannot break through, the Berserker will put her hand out in front of her and attempt to 'sniff out' her foe. Beserkers gain enough momentum when running to smash through a solid brick walls without getting so much as a scratch. The only known methods to defeat a Berserker are to weaken its hide with intense heat or to lure it out into the open and incinerate it with the Hammer of Dawn.
[edit] Background
Berserkers are unaffected by all weapons except the Hammer of Dawn, though after being struck by this weapon, they become vulnerable to all others for a brief period of time as their bodies glow. It takes at least two fully held-out shots from a Hammer of Dawn to take it down (three on Insane). Any Gear that fights a Berserker will have to be quick with their feet to defeat it. If not careful, a Berserker can rip someone apart, as shown by the death of Redshirt Gyules. They are stunned momentarily after they hit or smashed something hard, like bricks. The monster can normally only be killed by the Hammer of Dawn except on the 'Train Wreck' chapter of Act 5 where the player must improvise.
Another, more daring, method to kill a Berserker is if after an initial strike by the Hammer of Dawn the Berserker can be tagged by a Bolo Grenade it will die. This method is useful for cooperative play, when only one player has the Hammer of Dawn. The third method is the easiest, requiring the Torque Bow and a working Hammer of Dawn. The player firsts hit the Berserker with the Hammer to make it vulnerable, then switches to the Torque and shoot it. The Torque Bow's arrow goes inside the Berserker and detonates killing it, the arrow kills the Berserker even if its skin hardens. If done correctly the Berserker will die before if gets a chance to charge the player. Be careful, however, when fighting in co-op. One hit by the berserker on any difficulty will down a character, and if your partner does not attract her attention, she will not hesitate to deliver a finishing blow.
In Gears of War: Aspho Fields, Hoffman said that when the Locust mated they had to chain down Berserker's due to their violence. Seeing as Hoffman is not a Locust, this could be simply speculation on his part.
[edit] External links
- ↑ Destroy Beauty
| The Locust Horde | ||
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| Boomer · Drone · Theron Guard · Berserker The Lambent | ||
| Locust Creatures | ||
| Bloodmount ·Brumak · Corpser · Hydra · Leviathan · Nemacyst · Reaver · Riftworm · Seeder · Ticker · Torture Barge ·Wretch | ||
