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Why do the Kantus turn white?
The kantus turn white when they are reviving their teammates. If you look around, you will see other teammates that are down coming back to life. They will also be white. Don’t waste your time shooting at the guys that are coming back to life, instead concentrate your fire at the kantus and call its position out to your teammates so you can take it out faster. You don’t want to waste too much time re-killing the locust horde. That is about as much fun as taking calculus twice (not that i’ve done that (lately)).
Fighting a Kantus
A kantus in GOW2 can make the later waves very difficult to beat. A kantus can throw ink which can wear you down very fast and wipe out your entire group if you aren’t careful. Here are some strategies for beating a Kantus.
If you are going to snipe a kantus, always aim for the head (although in the later rounds, it can take still take multiple shots to the head to take them down).
The best time to snipe a kantus is when it is ready to throw ink. A well timed shot will stop them from throwing ink. If they do throw ink, immediately run for cover somewhere else. In the early rounds you can stick it out through an ink cloud without dying, but rounds over 30, you won’t be able to tough it out. Where ever you take cover, expect to have to run from time to time because of ink, so pick a spot that leaves you options for running and taking cover.
A kantus can revive its downed friends so it is important to take them out before they can start reviving their buddies. When they revive their horde friends, the enemy being revived briefly turns white and “rises” back to life. If you look around, you will see the kantus bringing that enemy to life.
Yes, you can chainsaw a kantus. Roadie run up behind a kantus that is preoccupied with someone else. They may turn around and shout which will knock you down. You can usually get back up before they are done shouting. The second you get back up, run at them with the chainsaw flying and you can take them down. If you don’t get up fast enough, they can knock you down again with another scream. You have to be very careful to get up behind them when you are trying this. Chainsawing from the front doesn’t work too good.
A kantus usually carries around a gorgon pistol which is my favorite handgun in the game. It fires 5 shots every time you pull the trigger. After you take out a kantus, you may be able to find one on the ground where it fell.
When a kantus is getting shot at, it usually won’t hold still long. Firing a lancer at it will usually only let you get a few rounds into it before it does a diving roll after which it immediately stands again. Fire at a kantus until it rolls and stop shooting. Anticipate where it is going to stand up again and start shooting as soon as it starts standing up.
Always communicate with your teammates to call out the location of enemies, especially a kantus, and concentrate your fire on them one at a time until you take them out.
To spice up GOW2 challenge your teammates to tag a kantus with a grenade or chainsaw them. Anybody can snipe a kantus, its takes a real gamer to saw em down.