How to kill the Gluttonous Thresher?

Question

How can I kill the Gluttonous Thresher? I died like 20 times and it's taking all my savings!

I'm level 16 and can't kill it. I use my saber turret to break its shield, but after that I can only deal like 200 damage and after a short time its shield regenerates.

Is there a strategy which doesn't use the rocket launcher? Because the only one I have found is level 17?

Answer 1

• Use a shock weapon with as high damage output as possible. Its shields will keep regenerating, but shock damage will make that a non-issue.
• Try hitting it slightly from the side if possible. The eyes are weak spots.
• Keep your distance, and take a few steps back when it goes underground to avoid it re-emerging too close.
• Use the terrain to your advantage and hide behind containers and whatnot to reload/recharge.

Answer 2

Along with the other tips, there is a pillar you can jump on by going around the big building on the left. The loaders can still hit you, but the thresher can't.

Answer 3

You can cheese it by jumping into the river and climbing up one of the ladders on the other side to the previous area. The thresher can still fire projectiles at you but won't follow across the river, so it's pretty easy to find a stack of crates to stand behind and fire continuously at the thresher without being hit by the projectiles at all.

Answer 4

The monster comes with some robots, so leave them to fire at him and the monster will kill all the robots. Then left with half life, you can easy kill him with some grenades and shock weapon.

Answer 5

You'll see a lot of robots start dropping in the area of the thresher. Do NOT kill them; instead, lure them towards the thresher. They will start fighting each other, at which point you should just retreat to a safe distance and snipe/shoot. Having a shock weapon will make this more effective as the robots' attacks will penetrate, doing most of the damage.

Answer 6

This thing is unquestionably a b*st*rd! It doesn't seem to have a realistic way to consistently defeat it. It buries down, and comes out on you whatever you do. Unless you get lucky and it gets stuck.

BUT... I noticed that the robots will attack it. Again, you need a bit of luck to ensure they aggro it early enough, but I literally sat back and watched as my turret and the loaders did the job on him. I pumped a few shock rounds in to him with the sniper just to keep his shields down. I must have failed on this 15+ times, and on that go I barely fired a shot!

Answer 7

If you are playing as Siren, you can phase lock the thresher, which knocks out its shield and causes a little damage. I went in and got it to follow me back out. Ran across the bridge, then opened the bridge up for cover. Step out and phase lock it, then shoot a few rounds for damage. Before your shield is depleted, step behind bridge for cover, and phase lock cool down. After cool down, step out and phase lock, etc. Doesn't take long. On mine once the damage got low, I actually killed it when I phase locked it.

Answer 8

I used a regular high powered quick load pistot to break the shields, then a SMG with burn effect to take down the life points, then a projectile shotgun to add extra damage. I was staying at the control box on the other side of the water and used it as a sheild for the rocks-whatever the hell it was throwing to keep the damage down. When it dove down and rebuilt its shield I started again with the high powered pistol to break its sheild and did a rinse and repeat. I was stuck at this level for a bit until I read the other folks posts. Thanks guys, y'all helped a lot. Biggest thing is cover and guns that are affective for your level.

Answer 9

I ran all the way back across the river, where there's a place you can climb up a ladder to a weapons chest. While I was standing there, the thresher just stayed in the doorway. I used a shock weapon to take its shield off quickly and then fire weapon to kill it. Pretty easy once I did this.

Answer 10

This guy was tough at Lv. 17. I lured him out to the previous area — he can only get so far in — then stood far away enough that his tentacles couldn't reach me and blasted his face off with high-powered shock weapons.

Answer 11

I killed it, just get an incendiary SMG/Combat Rifle with a lot of damage and fire away, and try to be level 17. To get back across the water just jump in because there are ladders on the other side.