Tarkov Beginners Guide: How to Kill Scavs Easily

Welcome back to another episode of Escaper Tarkov Beginner's Guide. In this episode, we'll talk about how to effectively attack and defend against normal scavenger AI. This is one of the biggest threats in the game, aside from scab bosses and raiders from other players. the threat that you are going to encounter the most, the good news is that if you learn how they move, how they act and behave, you will be able to attack and defend them

easily

and receive the least amount of damage possible, one of the biggest threats to an El New player simply understands how the scavenger AI works and uses it to your advantage to

easily

kill

and dispatch them to improve your raids today.

I'm going to use an ek 101, it doesn't really matter what weapon you choose as a solo player, I recommend deleting it, not only will it help you attack the scavengers silently, but you'll also be able to effectively

kill

the PMCs and keep them guessing where you are, so the first thing we will see Scavengers shout at you when there are scavengers in the area, they will always try to aggressively shout at you or other scavengers in the region to let them know that they know where you are and you can use this to your advantage to take cover and avoid. shoot now, sometimes this can give you a second or two to get past the scavengers and rarely will the scavengers even try to flip you and you can use this to your advantage to go and kill them in the process so I'm going to go and try to find this scab that we just saw in front of us and see if I can get them angry at us so we can hear their scream here we go, when these scavengers see me, they should actually scream aggressively, here we go.

Come on, we heard the scream, so I'll immediately try to take cover. I'll try to do it again so the scavengers yell at us. Let's see how much time we have to react. Let's try it one more time. I'm breaking. - siege whenever line of sight is broken you should reset lock, we'll get to that in a moment, I'll see I hear the scream immediately, dodge to the right or left to take cover behind line of sight. that because we broke proper line of sight, it abandoned combat and then re-entered combat very frequently, every time the scavengers re-enter combat mode, they will let you know that they see you, which is a great bonus if you're wondering how experienced players avoid getting shot. by scavengers this is the mechanic that prevents taking an unnecessary shot from a scavenger nine times out of ten is knowing your surroundings and using the audio to your advantage, which is why I think you should use headphones or a pair of headphones because they will give you an advantage about players not using that gear or helping defend against scavengers anyway, this is actually a good way to show something else.

Grenades actually work very well against scavengers, especially flash banks. In fact, you can use flash bangs to melee the scavengers. Here's how They are effective as long as the scavenger is looking at the grenade when it explodes. Unfortunately, in some situations, the scavengers will not just stun the support, they are stunned, run into a defensive position, and sit down. there, but that can give you more than enough time to take cover and heal or be the aggressor and take advantage of their inability to see, so I know there are some scabs behind this rock. Here's one right there to our right.

There was one there for To my left, the guy on the right side is going to start running back for cover. Let's do it one more time. It's got all the flash here, so as you can see, I have no idea what's going on here, so flash explosions work against scavengers and if you're really. fighting them, it wouldn't be a bad idea to maybe bring a flash grenade or two, it's not necessary but I thought I'd show you that it actually works, smoke grenades work too, it's very similar to a bush, so As long as you're like al fifty percent behind the smoke, the scab won't see you, but the moment you're like fifty-one percent into the smoke, they might see you and start shooting at you, which is why cigarettes especially work. good with thermals, but not as reliable or fun as flash banks, so now let's talk about breaking line of sight and using covert movement to your advantage when it comes to fighting scavengers, this is my favorite way to fight against scavengers and, if you understand the house. calves on a raft during this, you will be able to kill them very easily, so let's try to get this guy's attention.

I'll get behind this tree. I'll crouch and go into covert movement mode. I always keep this tree between me and the scavenger, let's see if we can, he ran for cover, let's see if we can get him out okay, I mean let's wait for it, hey buddy, I'm here, that one got him. well he's just blind there we go, okay I'm going to crouch and then do a covert move which means slowly walking through the crouch he was locked on to, we broke the line of sight, now he has no idea where we are. son, let's take a look, get his attention, try it one more time, hey buddy, let's shoot him in the head, here we go, well he got me that time, so he just shot us, let's go behind cover, let's duck, Co for a move, look he has no idea. he's looking directly at us right now we broke line of sight we went into covert movement I have no idea even though I have a broken arm we have another scavenger coming down the road right now because we heard his scapula here here he comes like this Let's do exactly the same now.

I'm putting myself at unnecessary risk because I'm intentionally trying to get his attention, but in this case he would just break the lock and kill them, but for the sake of the video, let's intentionally try to do it. This guy shoots at us, in fact, we could probably get close, so you just shoot at us, let's break line of sight, the rock is between me and the SCAF. I'm a little crouched, now you don't. I don't have to do this for a long time like I'm not crouching in the middle of the open field, you know, because the threat here now comes from other players, but you only have to do it for a second or two, just a second or two? two, he left combat mode and then went into covert movement breaking the lock, so he staggered, giving us more than enough time to kill him, that makes some sense, let's go find more scabs, so in this section of the forest we have lots of coverage in many ways.

To break the line of sight, we even have some tall grass that will help us with covert movement, so again I will intentionally expose myself more than I normally would, as you can see if this were a normal raid I would. just go to the app, you know, and kill the other guy, but I want to show some scab mechanics, so let's get it right first. I'm going to get the scab's attention, now I'm going to do a covert move here, I actually exited the fight and re-entered. there, even though we made a tried to return. fire this guy on our right side, let's see if we can get him to do something fun, okay, we have a scout behind us, we're actually out in the open right now.

I'm going to rely on the system areas, as you can see he's in a crouched position moving towards my position, this guy just gave me away, he's breaking his line of sight again, let's see if we can get him back there because we're playing in crouching and walking slowly, scavengers sometimes do the same. okay let's see come on buddy okay line of sight broke he's right on the other side of this tree let's see what he's doing he's doing good so this guy got mad at us he's shooting from an unknown position , is still yelling at us. as he closes in on us, so let's duck for cover, the cover between him and me and it's not a big deal, Eris guy, he's in covert movement mode right now, we're playing stealth, so the

scavs

go stealthy , he is moving into the position of the last note. where he heard our shots now unfortunately his friend saw us so this time we're going to give some distance and we're actually going to flank to the left we're going to break the line of sight change your angle you're pretty far away there we should be able to flank this scavenger .

There are too many problems. Watch as he is doing the same before breaking line of sight. It is the most effective way to kill scavengers. Sometimes the combination of putting objects between you and seeing the scab disappears. in covert movement and being sneaky, suppressed weapons help because they mask the location of your shots and will also protect you from players and then they will also hear those screams so whenever you hear a scream you can take cover pretty quickly and use it to your advantage. So now I will apply what I just said in factory in horde mode, so I won't do any kind of experimentation.

I won't give the scavengers much of a chance, but I'll definitely run out. of ammo here, so come on, the same applies, it can be the same methods, it can be applied both indoors and outdoors, slowing down the line of sight using cover. the replay when you deal damage to a scavenger, they can't fire back accurately, that's how a lot of people kill Killa scab evaluators and sky bosses you shoot at, they can't fire back, they can't fire accurately, let's go a little more dangerous here here they yell moving for cover like a power slide you gotta watch out for that pepper chaser over the reload we got the guy's left run to cover the line of sight of the brake let's go back to cover let's cover up I was looking to the right because he thought it was okay, but I really stayed and let's make a covert move now if the scavengers guess where you'll be when we go, boy, they'll know even if there are footsteps behind, oh, he saw me, I have to pick up one of his weapons here .

That's Kevin, there I am, I'm trying to grab his shotty, you all saved my life. Try to get another weapon. I'd rather have a shotgun. If I can cover myself again after the scream. Move to our right. Move to our left. On the right. It's going to be bad Prince probably shoot here maybe it's okay we have them pushing covert move let's go over the heel come everyone calm you need them here to come slowing down the line of sight know where I am now I'm going to reload take cover on the right side Left side and back guys, another one back, left side, right side, reload line of sight, back on deck, right side, great line of sight, it's going to get a little crazy here now, oh, and the toilets turn to the gun, reload now, double tap, go covert, even guessing, go. for a heel, so even in horde mode I was able to make things calm down a bit by being completely surrounded.

The key takeaways from this video are number one. Listen to the cries of the scavenger. You will be able to reposition yourself and put yourself in cover number two. break line of sight number three riah TAC whenever you feel like they've really come out of combat mode or potentially go into covert movement so they keep guessing where you can flank when you break line of sight is a really great way to kill. Scavengers on maps like the Customs Woods coastline and the interchange. You can keep them guessing your last known position at the end of the day.

The most important thing is to put objects between you and the scavengers after they shoot you or hear a scavenger scream. Sometimes taking damage is inevitable, but if you are in a defensive position after taking that damage, it means that you are still alive, you can heal and fight back, so thank you all so much for watching and I look forward to this video. It kind of gives you guys an idea of ​​how I approach killing scavengers and all my raids. I really slowed things down and broke it down for you and put myself out there to show you how scavengers work and interact with you and how the line of...

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