Guardianx11x

I alway (usually/officially) condone sneaking past the witch because it is the safe move. There are those annoying moments when she is unavoidable or you are just tired of hearing her moan. Fear not everyone, as it turns out she is slightly allergic to shotguns. If you run up on her properly, with your light out, and cram the business end of the auto-shotty down her whiny face...she wont bother you.

Note/Disclaimer: I've only done this with the auto-shotty. Two blasts directly to the head takes her down before she can react. Not sure if this is possible with the the standard shotgun (someone please confirm). I'd also like to know if a single shotgun blast with the auto-shotty is enough.

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FooFighter

Actually, taking down the witch isn't very hard. It's actually quite simple - the witch will only attack the one who disturbed her, and then try to flee. Someone in your team shoots her at the longest range possible for him, runs like heck, and the rest of the survivors start unloading their clips at the witch's head, and even on Expert, you usually can take her down before she reaches her victim.

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Potshot

I'd also like to point out that if a witch happens to spawn within throwing distance of the gas station in no mercy, for the love of god, don't run into the gas station! And if you see someone do that, run. That happened to me once. We all crowded around the witch and whoever she was mauling. Whoever was on the ground decided to shoot the gas station instead of the witch. Well, the bright side is, I'm pretty sure the witch died.

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Razcsak

My solution recently has been to kill the witch on your own terms. If you don't, there's always the chance an enterprising smoker can drag a survivor through her zone at an inopportune time. Killing her with the shotgun before she causes any damage is incredibly easy in VS mode, so, do it! Run up to her, put the barrel in her face, and she should die while she's still standing up.

On expert coop, this might not be the best idea. Her health goes up dramatically, for one, and the other special infected aren't as enterprising as player-controlled ones.

Celestial1

Does the witch actually take damage while 'undisturbed'?

Early on I was under the impression she didn't. If so, then a shotgun's ass-end to her face and then the business end should kill her.

If not, I've always found it entertaining to 'surround' her while a single person stays far away, and fires the first shot; after disturbing her, everyone else fire immediately into her. Fun to watch, sometimes.

AdeptAbyss

Damm it all she needs is a hug didnt you lot see the other post about this

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FooFighter

I tried that once, but I think the witch doesn't really like Bill.

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Celestial1

Get the Hunter to do it.


Also, the witch seems to have issues when climbing; if you have an area where the witch is on a lower platform than your previous or next route, you can have your team lay bullets into her while she runs to you and attempts to climb (noticed on the Death-Toll underground sewer bridge area; she took about 5-10 seconds to climb into the sewage pipe).

FrankManik

I've found that if things are relatively quiet and everyone is aware of the witch's position, it's fairly safe to open up on her with everything. Accurate fire from the m14 or the m16 seems to knock her down fairly quickly, and she doesn't last long when everyone is working together to get her.

I view the witch as being a lot like a minefield. Sure, you can go around it, but if you've got the means to clear it you'll be happy that you did if you have to retreat back through that area.

Is there any story explanation for the witch? The other special zombies are fairly typical zombie archetypes, but I can't figure out just what the witch is up to.

Celestial1

Fairly typical... as in that they want to kill the humans, very much so yes.


As for explanations as to why she is that way, there's no official one as far as I know... So make something up.

I'd figure that either she's got a bit of untouched human in her that is the one crying, but when a human is in sight, the true infected side of her takes over. Or, perhaps the witch was a mental patient, and brain lesions or such have effected her self-control completely, resulting in her only having the option to cry or attack; I think both we and she prefer her crying.

Plude220

Thier is a glitch with the witch if you run right behind her and unload on her she cant turn around and doesnt harm you i tryed it once and it works but I wouldnt exploit it valve needs to get it fixed.

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Avs

Ive been seeing a lot of people do this in versus when a witch is in the direct path of the players.

Conversely, there is a way to actually:

1. teleport the witch as infected into the survivors at full alert
2. make the witch go full alert and lock on at a decent distance

jex

Yep this is the way I prefer. Get someone with the sniper rifle to pop one in her head to start the party and then everyone just unloads in her face ( ). Give a good distance between you and her and you should be saafe.

Close up i'd probably go for the molotov but when it is close, the guy who upsets her can get caught - I wonder if the other 3 players could form a line in a corridor and the 4th player lobs a molotov over their heads (they are crouched) and then runs whilst the other 3 melee? Can you even melee a witch?

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Skylark

Toss a molotov at her, then run like mad until she dies
1) safer
2) get the "burn the witch" achievement

I've tried to get the kill her in one shot achievement, but have not succeeded yet. This may go back to the "does she take damage BEFORE she is disturbed" question. hard to headshot her as she runs toward you.

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rylak

Yeah found one with the guy using the pump shotgun, works for both.