Talk:Megaspawn (Apocalypse)

FYI - Alien Escort - the Megaspawn can, and does, leave that room. In the 3 Alien Escorts I've downed and investigated, in 2 of them the megaspawn appears, somewhat surprisingly, coming down the grav-lift and right over my agents heads. In both casesI've managed to down him with Toxigun shots before he got a shot off. Point is - on lower difficulty, he stays secluded. Higher difficulty, he comes out after you. --Alloutwar 15:35, 13 December 2010 (EST)

The way to capture a Megaspawn the author describes is needlessly complicated. Also the threat level of a Megaspawn is definitely overrated. You only have to isolate the megaspawn, take a shielded Soldier with Toxin Gun (A/B) and Stun Grappler and then rush the Megaspawn to close combat range. In close combat range he won´t use his missileattack (the only thing that makes him dangerous). When you reach close combat range take a few shot with the Toxin Gun to weaken him and then use the Stun Grappler, very easy. No need to toss 12-24 stun grenades and such nonsense. The difficult thing is to isolate him.

To fight Megaspawn:

There are two rules to fight a Megaspawn:

1. Fight him in close combat range, because he won´t use his missiles. 2. Use cloaking device and spam him with Toxi Gun Bullets on range firefights. If you first see him before he can see your troops (whats normally is the case because of the use of cloaking devices) he won´t be able to give a damn shot with his missile launcher before you´ve peforated him with Toxi Gun Bullets. --Janshi 16:56, 27 December 2010 (EST)

I agree - this is definitely one of those legacy articles that need to be rewritten.

Combined with smoke grenades and a cloaking device, and if there is favourable terrain, you can often easily get right up to the Megaspawn to take it down or capture it. One agent and a pair of powerswords can easily cut them down to size. -NKF