How to Kill Rat King Grounded
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To kill the Rat King grounded, players must employ a strategic approach, utilizing their most powerful attacks from a safe distance, including shotgun shells and the flamethrower, while avoiding the creature’s deadly grasp. By combining these tactics with effective evasion and incendiary rounds, players can overcome the formidable Rat King and progress through the game.
Understanding the Rat King
The Rat King is a formidable foe in the game, composed of multiple infected creatures, including stalkers, clickers, and a bloaters, making it a nearly impossible opponent to defeat without the right strategy.
Rat King FAQs
Here are some frequently asked questions about the Rat King:
- What is the Rat King?: The Rat King is an anomaly composed of stalkers, clickers, and a bloaters, rumored to be some of the first infected, taking over 25 years to form.
- How do you beat the Rat King easily?: Players must keep a safe distance from the Bloater half of the Rat King and keep damaging it with Pipe Bombs, Shotgun shots, and the Flamethrower, all while avoiding the Stalker.
- How far into the game is the Rat King?: The Rat King is encountered towards the tail end of Abby’s half of the story, as she sneaks around the same hospital that Ellie eventually turns into a graveyard.
- Can you hear the Rat King as Ellie?: The Rat King can be heard screeching during Ellie’s interrogation of Nora.
- Is the Rat King the first infected?: The Rat King is rumored to be some of the first infected, meaning it took over 25 years to form.
- How is the Rat King killed?: The Rat King is the strongest known infected and can take gargantuan amounts of damage, requiring players to save bombs, flamethrower ammunition, and craft incendiary rounds to deal massive damage.
- Can you untangle a rat king?: A rat king occurs when the tails of rodents become twisted, wrapped, and warped into a knot, and it is not possible to untangle it.
- Do I have to fight the Rat King?: The only way out is through: you’ll need to kill the Rat King by shooting it with incendiary shotgun shells or blasting it with your flamethrower.
- Who was Ellie’s first crush?: Ellie’s first crush was Riley, her best friend, and they shared a kiss in an abandoned mall.
- What is Ellie’s secret?: Ellie hasn’t been turned by any of the other bites she’s received because the virus that has grown inside of her throughout her life “makes normal Cordyceps think that she’s Cordyceps.”
- How many kills do you need for Rat King?: To unlock the catalyst, you will need to have a member of your Fireteam defeat 1,000 enemies with a Rat King.
- Can you just run from Rat King?: This is not recommended, as the Rat King is surprisingly fast and can catch up to you, resulting in a single deadly attack.
- How rare is Rat King?: Sightings of the Rat King phenomenon in modern times, especially where the specimens are alive, are very rare.
- What day is the Rat King?: The Rat King is a fearsome foe that players will encounter during the Ground Zero section of The Last of Us 2’s second Seattle Day 2 chapter.
- Does the Rat King come back?: There was a note in the game suggesting that there are other Rat Kings, but it never made the cut, leaving the possibility of its return uncertain.