10 Hardest NEW Machines To Take Down in Horizon Forbidden West

If you thought "Zero Dawn" had tough machines, just wait until you get a load of what "Forbidden West" holds. For this list, we’ll be looking at the newest machines to terrorize the many tribes of the Forbidden West and break them down for all the parts they’re worth. Mild story spoilers ahead. Our list includes the Skydrifter, the Slaughterspine, the Tremortusk, the Widemaw, and more! What was your favorite new machine in Horizon Forbidden West? Which one gave you the most trouble? Let us know in the comments below.
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What was your favorite new machine in Horizon Forbidden West? Which one gave you the most trouble? Let us know in the comments below. Check out our HORIZON playlist -> kzbin.info/aero/PLCXa2CCtHXq13cHp6Nc43Q6ELMJNOR6qC

[@Jesus08958]

Tremortusk. So hard. I died 1000 times😂😂

[@stephenking5852]

Sunwing!

[@tyleroutland435]

@@stevenkurtz2730 it's on ps4 as well

[@tyleroutland435]

@@stevenkurtz2730 oh gotcha

[@jonathanmalin1031]

Favorite New Machine: Slaughterspine Most trouble: Tie between Slitherfang and Shellsnapper

[@meigo2712]

First time I saw a Slaughterspine, I noped out of there so quick my Focus almost glitched

[@darkmaster2887]

HORIZON IS TRASH! ELDEN RING IS BETTER! 🤣🤣🤣

[@meigo2712]

@@darkmaster2887 That's your opinion, to which you're welcome

[@qstakkz]

I tried to do the same, but I was in cauldron Gemini and couldn't escape until I beat it😭😭

[@GigiM_winx]

@@darkmaster2887 sorry no

[@metaomega2625]

I saw a slaughterspine walking around in some mist and just like you I nope the f out of there hahaha

[@erdvilla]

Favorite new one Slaughterspine, fighting an Apex at night with its own theme song and "Godzilla" attacks is awesome. The one I found annoying is an old one, the Fireclaw, not because it was too hard to down, but because the belly sac is too big and you have to avoid it if you want the material drop.

[@darkmaster2887]

HORIZON IS TRASH! ELDEN RING IS BETTER! 🤣🤣🤣

[@erdvilla]

@@darkmaster2887 Might be for you, not for me. I passed on Elden Ring, wouldn't call it trash, I simply don't want to play it. I enjoyed playing HFW from start to finish, and will eventually replay it (played the PS5 version first).

[@Jylstin]

@@erdvilla he’s clearly a troll

[@charlotte1060]

If I’m farming it I set the difficulty to easy ngl 😭

[@erdvilla]

@@charlotte1060 Yeah, some machines are to hard to get their pieces in Normal or higher. You could get them easily with better equipment... for which you need the pieces in the first place 🤔 But I'm satisfied, I left Alloy maxed and with my favorite Legendaries Maxed, in wait for an Expansion and/or New Game+ in Hard/Ultimate

[@andrewowens4421]

8:58 "Nothing this big, should be able to jump like that." That sentence should be the logo you see under that thing anytime it appears. The first time I fought it I thought my game was glitching out. I was like "There is no way that big ass thing is sailing through the air like that."

[@darkmaster2887]

HORIZON IS TRASH! ELDEN RING IS BETTER! 🤣🤣🤣

[@kaltinhomer4853]

@@darkmaster2887 lmaaaaaoooo,,yu cant compare horizon to that thing,,

[@fearlesscheshirecat1411]

@@darkmaster2887 Elden Ring is now up there as the most overrated games ever. But when you have desperate PC and Xbox players waiting for a game to drop. Even a mediocre game seems like an absolute gem.

[@CHRISTisKing197]

@@fearlesscheshirecat1411 elden ring probably is overrated I wouldn't know I haven't played it, all I know is that horizon frustration west is the most overrated game of all time

[@fearlesscheshirecat1411]

@@CHRISTisKing197 How so? And it can’t be overrated when it gets overshadowed by an overrated game…. That doesn’t make any sense.

[@LeeEverett1]

The Slaughterspine is likely my favorite to fight, but Shellsnappers and Fireclaws are brutal to fight every single time.

[@odysseus5322]

I suggest using something like a epic corrosive blastsling with a bow that uses fire arrows,use the fire arrows and acid blastsling ammo to melt its hp over time,works well for me.

[@simpleviewer1334]

@@odysseus5322 or just hit all of its cannisters, normal fireclaws have shock and purgewater canisters on their back and shock cansters on their butt, shoot all of them with the corresponding element and watch the health drain, appexes have chillwater and plasma, which isn't as useful

[@stevenbaumann5911]

I actually hope in the next game they do some mythological creatures like dragons. I could definitely see and the next one trying to fight one of the Horus class machines. Maybe Hades wasn't powerful enough to resurrect one in the first game. But I think Nemesis would definitely try. And if you actually have to fight one, I think it was at least take a few dozen Thunderjaws and Slaughterspines just to take one down. So having a machine based off of a dragon would probably help a great deal.

[@jorlrobert5190]

I have a theory if the nemesis is coming maybe sylens will be able to revive one of the Horus to fight with us or maybe it doesn't pick a side and fight anyone that it sees including the nemesis

[@stevenbaumann5911]

@@jorlrobert5190 he would have to make sure there's no Trace of the Faro plague.

[@CHRISTisKing197]

Did you see that thing that's coming? A scribbled mess. This franchise has been thrown into the dumpster to push homosexuality onto people and the game was rushed then released before it was ready, which is why in the end all the machine designs are lazy garbage

[@thieuslangen9279]

@@CHRISTisKing197 uhm, quick question: have you even played the game? Opinions differ of course but I find it a bit hard to believe what you are saying since every machine design looks absolutely flawless in my opinion. And the homosexual agenda? I'm sorry but where in the main story do they mention homosexuality, let alone push it up into your faces? The only one I can remember is Tilda and Elisabet but that's just a quick note made by her.

[@thieuslangen9279]

I agree that a Horus would be really cool but I highly doubt it since it would be incredibly hard to make it into a fun fight. The Old Ones in the game couldn't take one down with tanks, aircrafts and navy ships so I'd be surprised to see Aloy take one down with her bow. She's a badass but not that godly I believe

[@sadsurferx]

Honestly, none of them are that hard if your goal is to just take them down. The difficulty spikes drastically if you're trying to get your hands on specific loot for upgrades.

[@dhenry21]

1000% fact. It's the component hunting that makes the machines tough. Sometimes they get so annoying you just want to obliterate them

[@stevenbaumann5911]

Totally agree with you. That is why I hate the one trial in the hunting grounds where you have put the giant elephant and a shocked state and then remove its tusks. It might be easier if it wasn't for the damn Raptors.

[@nadavstretiner]

These fucking Fireclaw blaze sacks.

[@Jason-..-]

Dunno man, the apex slaughterspine is a nightmare on very hard difficulty

[@jifij89]

for sure!

[@egyptfreaka]

Slitherfangs were the hardest for me because of how they move. It's hard to get their weak points because they are constantly moving

[@christian751]

Try using drill spikes in it's middle section. Easy knockdowns to get components and hit weakpoints.

[@kaywilliams1592]

they weren't hard for me to take down but that mention on them moving around too much is so agreeable.

[@danielcooper3332]

Ice bombs are ur best friend when fighting Slitherfangs that and going for the Acid/Purge sacks in its chest. Trying to take out the weapons in it's tail is a bitch because it always swinging that thing around.

[@exponentgull3910]

shell snappers was a pain during my first encounter because of the rapid firing cannons

[@30willecke]

Am I the only one that feels like the Clamberjaw should be on this list lol those things are snipers and always drive me nuts

[@23gt17]

You're not alone. I hated fighting those bastards worse than almost anything except for that f*er Erik Visser lol.

[@juwe7143]

Clamberjaws are absolutely horrible

[@Isaac_potion]

I mean what dev at guerrilla decided they should have the healthof a ravager strength of a slaughterspine and consider them midweight when they look the same size as watchers. Oh and make them scavenge in packs in some sites and some other recon units to make everything extra dead

[@sixfootfourmike]

I came across a herd of them for the first time and they absolutely wrecked me. I was shocked.

[@renriquez1994]

Seriously. I run away now if I see them. Its never just 1 either. If it looks like 1, after you hit it, guarantee 2 more or right behind you ready to burn and claw off your face.

[@jfitz1982]

Just got to my first Tide Ripper fight under vegas, man this maybe one of my favorite sequels ever. Truly just took what was great in the first game, and just turned it up a couple notches. Love this game!

[@justicealistair7774]

Shellsnappers are the WORST! Especially when they decide to Hyper Beam the battlefield.

[@sephorasamot2896]

@@darkmaster2887 Elden ring is TRASH!Horizon is 1000x BETTER😂😂😂

[@chidiamuta3014]

@@darkmaster2887 Shut your mouth, insufficient commenter.

[@alyseleem2692]

I think I see a bot 👀

[@Killua4145]

man! i just ran into my first shellsnapper playing on hard and he kicked my a$$ multiple times! i hate him i hope it didn't doesn't get worse

[@brianbailey1681]

Lol shellsnappers=venosaur

[@Sakabatou77]

Shellsnapper for me. Its armor and its ice cannon drive me nuts. I usually use tearblast arrows on it. I love picking up all those shell bolts.

[@brianbailey1681]

Is it bad that clamberjaws piss me off more than literally and other enemy, thunderjaws easy peasy, stormbirds, bust that cannon or tie em down, slaughterspines just pick them off from the high ground…even anakin couldnt defeat that, but the monkeys…the monkeys make me lose more ammo than all those put together-_-

[@Sakabatou77]

@@brianbailey1681 Lol @ Anakin. They're the worst when you have to fight them in groups. The first time I encountered them was when I was hunting Stalkers for their parts. They came in all at once. It felt like there were a dozen of them but I had counted like six. It's mostly because they jump around so much. I usually shoot at their heads to take off their goggles and their canisters. They're weak to purgewater but as of right now I hardly use it. If you got a sharpshot bow and the brace shot technique in the infiltrator skill, try hitting them with that. I would also try to raise your stamina up so you can try back to back shots on them. That's how I deal with them at the moment.

[@brianbailey1681]

@@Sakabatou77its the jumping forsure, i never aim for the tail unless i need it and i’ve caught them unawares, i never use purgewater just because theres like 3 weapons that have ammo for it or something, and yeah i have forgefall which honestly i hate, so i roll with glowblast for machines and delta for humans but i manage to line up a braced shot at their head and as soon as i let loose it jumps away or another one hits me from the side or something and theres 4 or 5 arrows gone then roll from the fire smoke bomb try to get away to line up another and its just a waste of resources for me lol

[@Sakabatou77]

@@brianbailey1681 I hear yah. :)

[@trikky8341]

@@brianbailey1681 I think you just need more time to learn the machine. Or use different weapons on it. Imo they’re not too bad. Unless there’s the monkeys and another machine, then it’s hell. Cuz they’ll throw me every time I try attacking a different machine

[@sanschi_]

They also did a GREAT job introducing the tideripper and dreadwing! I followed along the main story in a good pace and i remember running around that arena in the greenhouse just looking at it because i was simply sooo excited about that machine because they never teased it and i didn’t expect there to be another big machine! Additionally, it looks awesome!!

[@Biffo316]

Slitherfang is just the most annoying fucking thing I've ever fought

[@darkmaster2887]

HORIZON IS TRASH! ELDEN RING IS BETTER! 🤣🤣🤣

[@Biffo316]

@@darkmaster2887 you make it sound like a give a shit. A video game is a video game

[@Venton25]

@@darkmaster2887 Horizon > Eldenring

[@92Reptil]

All of the machines on this list was amazing and fun to fight against in the game. However, there was one machine I pretty much despised and avoided like the plague due to it being an absolute pain to deal with and not worth the effort. The Clamberjaw. This little baboon bastard keeps jumping all over the place, making hitting it with ranged attacks tricky, all the while it throw rows of fireballs in your general direction, setting the general area on fire, which got even worse in jungle areas where it could leap on to trees or rock formations. And if you even got close to the thing to do melee it jumps up in the air and swats you away. All of this got much worse given the fact there are always more then one. So yeah, most of the time when I saw a Clamberjaw site in my path on the way to some destination I went, "No thanks." and circled around it.

[@jacobdrolet4262]

Awesome video mojo plays of the different machines types in horizon forbidden west,fantastic job.

[@a3s1r1986]

Combat-wise, it's the Slaughterspine but the Tideripper is so close to matching it for me that it's a 2-way tie Design-wise, the Sunwing is just amazing. It's the solar panel wings that do it for me.

[@BattlestarDamocles]

That damn Apex Tideripper in Xauldron Kappa gave me the most trouble. The air was blue. 🤬 But in general, Slitherfangs were the most annoying overall.

[@dhsalazar5560]

Slitherfang, Shellsnapper, Tideripper, Slaughterspine, and the Dreadwing. I agree, these new big 5 machines are the toughest to take down.

[@PinkyBritey]

Slitherfang, tide ripper and dreadwing are easy af for me. Just the only need is get the better weapon by buying from merchant or do some quests that giving u reward the free weapon which is really useful and OP

[@dhsalazar5560]

@@PinkyBritey after playing for almost a year, I agree to your opinions. These 3 machines are exciting and yet easy to fight as long as you have the right build and weapons. Shellsnapper and Slaughterspine are still stressful in combat though.

[@ButterflysRuin]

"mild spoilers" Nice thumbnail you got, there! 🤔 Also my hardest battles yet have been the Grimhorn in Repair Bay Tau and a Fireclaw I was mining for parts, both on my Very Hard playthrough.

[@onixxx1984]

This game made the new standard for action rpg, regular fights are like boss fights back in the older games, and it is exciting just to roam around and pick a good fight.

[@Transport4ThatDumpTruck]

Facts and most of the time the best and sometimes hardest battles are the ones you come across by just walking around lmao

[@mihovilmasnic8323]

Yeah, the best thing I did is just walk through the far away quests and pick fights with the packs. I was often underpowered, so I had to go stealth, plant traps and combine close combat and distant sniping all at once. For me, just like the Zero Dawn, this is by far one of the best games I've ever played

[@someautisticbloke]

The Tremotusk is my nemesis. Especially when it’s teamed with Leaplashers 😒

[@Mr_Creasy_]

This game is so damn good!

[@darkmaster2887]

HORIZON IS TRASH! ELDEN RING IS BETTER! 🤣🤣🤣

[@Dragiot]

@@darkmaster2887 then why are you here?

[@yuukilele4023]

@@darkmaster2887 Lame Troll😒

[@azmihakam]

@@darkmaster2887 sadly sekiro is much better for me, you spend too much time on wandering around and grinding enemies rather than learning the combat

[@inspiradorupees3029]

@@darkmaster2887 Elden Rings graphics are trash though in comparison…

[@chuckrichardson83]

You also forgot to mention that the leap lasher throws pods down around itself that can heal Miguel so you'll want to try to take out those pods as well as they can also affect Aloys focus

[@Sparkball]

So far the toughest ones for me have been the Specter, Tideripper on “The Sea of Sands” quest and Tremortusk. Haven’t fought a dreadwing, Slaughterspine Edit: just finished/plat the game Easiest one is BY FAR the Burrower Hardest one has to be the Slaughterspine and the earlier game specters

[@CrashVersus1]

The specter has massive weak spots being its plates around its mouth, highlight those specific parts and target them you'll deal really high damage (also trigger the acid status with acid arrows for extra free damage)

[@Sparkball]

@@CrashVersus1 thanks for the tip buddy. I’ll try to scan better the next time I face one 👍

[@CrashVersus1]

@@Sparkballno problem :) I found that out quite randomly as I noticed some of my shots with advanced hunting arrows would deal around 300 damage near his face. From that point onwards I knew it was the way to go lol (also sorry i can't exactly tell you the name of the weak spot since I played the game in Italian)

[@Sparkball]

@@CrashVersus1 😂 no worries. The description will do 👍

[@goncalosilva1974]

Bought the game 4 days ago, haven't fought half of the machines yet but so far im enjoying so much this game. I loved the first one, that i even got platinum on it and now im on my way to platinum this one. One thing is for sure, brace shot is so op. Like, i went to a cauldron where i had to kill a widemaw, and with a brace shot only, i killed it in one hit on normal difficulty, with a blue sharpshoot bow lol, so much fun

[@roisingaffney3090]

Tideripper was my favourite! Such a fun but not frustrating fight

[@brianbailey1681]

Best new machine, slaughterspine is cool, clawstrider would’ve taken first place if it was at least as fast as the other mounts and maybe a little harder to kill, so going with slitherfang, not too hard to take out but its a really well designed enemy (spitting cobra+rattlesnake+sidewinder) i love snakes also so ya.

[@matthewaussprung8656]

Your spino vs thunderjaw fight wish was granted in DLC :)

[@bryandeleon2278]

I wish they add those massive horus as an enemy on the next Horizon

[@donaldjones4614]

Looks like you're going to get your wish. I'm sure the horus metal devil is probably going to be the big boss fight in burning shores.

[@kielbaily8513]

I think the one that made the deepest impression on me was Specter Prime. Definitely a worthy final boss in my opinion.

[@soulreaper5214]

it took meso long for me even notice it regaining armor from the arena

[@joshuacovert8448]

The new machines on top of the new fighting mechanics and UI really make it feel like a new game, but not in a bad way of course!

[@waekot7296]

Shellsnappers are one of the hard machines I still dunno the most optimal way to take it down

[@mrsoftnessful]

1.) Fireclaw 2.) Dreadwing 3.) Slaughterspine 4.) Stalker 5.) Rockbreaker

[@PinkyBritey]

Slaughterspine should be no. 1 cuz how hard af to beat that. Also should replace dreadwing and rockbreaker with shellsnapper and specter cuz both make me pain in my ass

[@kylohen3225]

I was scared of the fireclaw because it was so strong in the dlc of the first game. Guess they nerfed them. The most annoying will always be the stalker. Loved forbidden west. Got the platinum and im waiting for the dlc or new game plus to play it again

[@joshuacaserta7626]

Try fighting the apex version of the fireclaw. Thst will probably live up to the expectations of the fire claw from the first game

[@DragosCiureanu]

I finished everything i could in the game and did all the upgrades and for me? I just hit their weakpoints and if they re still alive i hit em with a shock arrow and then do the critical strike like trust me you can do this to every single machine

[@me1234229]

Specially if you need them for parts it can gets annoying😅

[@andrewowens4421]

Getting tail parts is always a hassle since the constant swinging of their tails make them near impossible to target in the frenetic pace of battle.

[@me1234229]

@@andrewowens4421 nonononono the sacweb is the most difficult😅

[@darkmaster2887]

HORIZON IS TRASH! ELDEN RING IS BETTER! 🤣🤣🤣

[@me1234229]

@@darkmaster2887 if you wanna cry and break your controller go for it🤣🤣

[@trikky8341]

@@me1234229 this dude has been commenting that everywhere. Pretty sure it’s a bot or troll.

[@Pricelessking14]

Even though it's not relevant to the video we all know that the fireclaw has to be the worst machine to face 😭😭😭😭

[@skrefter]

I loathe Fireclaws. They soak up damage like a sponge, and hit like a fully loaded semi full of tnt.

[@dydy972x4]

They are easier than in HZD now

[@trikky8341]

@@dydy972x4 yeah but apex variant sure as hell ain’t. I don’t know if the daemonic fireclaw or apex fireclaw is worse. I spent so much time getting good at fighting it and the apex variant rocked my shit.

[@dydy972x4]

@@trikky8341 yeah apex are really tanky plus they are buggy as hell in FW

[@trikky8341]

@@dydy972x4 what bugs have you had? I haven’t came across any.

[@ManUtdVen]

If you have enough explosive abd drill spikes the slitherfang is no biggie. It gets REALLY annoying in the arena when they ask you to kill one with a plasma boltblaster and a hunter bow.

[@sin6872]

Most of these machines are much easier to fight with the ice-storm bolt blaster and the corrosive blast sling. The Dreadwing was terrifying the first time I found it and the Slaughterspine is definitely the hardest machine to take down as the game only forces you to fight it once in the main quest line.

[@saintz2k7]

Tiderippers are another level of hard, especially in small spaces like the Arena and the Kappa Couldron

[@onepalmaipom9464]

Solid list but I beat the game on Ultra Hard and the Tremortusk is actually one of the easiest to beat if you know what you're doing, remove all its cannons and keep your distance and it'll be dead in no time, and the tideripper isn't difficult AT ALL, destroy the tidal disc, then do purgewater/freeze combo until it dies

[@brianbailey1681]

Agree, tiderippers somehow never see you underwater either like ive tried cutting them off to lure them to ground but naw just swim away-_- plus theyre slow. On very hard i had the most trouble with the clamberjaws of all things and early on i was not expecting snapmaws to be a hundred times bigger pains in the ass than zero dawn lol

[@onepalmaipom9464]

@@brianbailey1681 yeah Snapmaws got that new elemental attack, it make them so much harder but what's funny is that I've never had any trouble with clamberjaws, it was spikesnouts that got me alot actually

[@brianbailey1681]

@@onepalmaipom9464 i treat spikesnouts the exact same as scrappers or watchers (burrowers whatever tf) melee till death unless you’re that the spot where they can enrage that rollerback then definitely kill that first xD

[@onepalmaipom9464]

@@brianbailey1681 yeah they're not so bad now but you just reminded me of the true menace ...rollarbacks... F*CKING ROLLERBACKS

[@brianbailey1681]

@@onepalmaipom9464 lol its like fighting a giant flaming sonic xD

[@imperialarkangle9420]

I've taken down all Machines in horizon forbidden west [1st game run] so I agree with your list so hope the rest enjoy forbidden west 😀

[@donaldjones4614]

The specters are a pain in the butt, but that rebel fireclaw gave me the hardest fight. The Dreadwing is my new favorite machine. He can be easy fighting at a distance with fire arrows or spikes, but he's tough out in the maw of the arena.

[@salindasa]

The first time I saw a slaughterspine was in a snow covered mountain and noped out of their pretty quick and ended up in the middle of a storm bird and a dread wing (which I also saw for the first time). My focus stopped working too and I was scared shitless.

[@jowardgamer2708]

Design wise the Slitherfang was the coolest for me

[@jackrussell1232]

Though tiderippers aren't all that difficult, they move around so fast and are so freaking jittery. You have to prioritize the giant sprinkler on its back if you don't want to be resorting to long ranged attacks (assuming you can get away), which is a first hurdle to figure out, but then targeting anything is difficult because it wobbles like a signed commemorative John Elway bobblehead on coke. I love this game, but I feel like I need a psychoanalyst to bring me back to center when I fly off the handle because the gawlshdarn arrow didn't go to the place it was mortarfracking supposed to when I shot the bunting, scrunting thing.

[@seersquare3341]

Quick tip: if you get a spectre to about a quarter health and use an elite acid trap on it it will give you tons of valour.

[@hugosanchez4593]

Tie between shellsnapper and slitherfang. Tideripper is also a bitch in an enclosed space, but much easier at a distance. Also, I'm suprised the sunwing and any of the clawstrider variants didn't make the list.

[@user-zj8pp4ui3m]

My favorite machine is the slaughterspine. Even the theme is the best theme song I ever heard

[@zz-ch7qs]

The three first machines are very easy tu kill with a few shots of the mythical shredder gauntlet to the belly/mouth. I personaly like the tideripper with its soundtrack. The Most annoying machines are the fireclaw, because it is such a pain to kill them and you need 2 apex fireclaw hearts to upgrade every legendary outfit/weapon and the apex slaughterspine, because even at night, it spawns only once and if you try to respawn it, it will turn into a normal slaughterspine. (There might be some mistakes in this text, because I can‘t speak english very well :)

[@seersquare3341]

I agree that leaplashers are the hardest for early game players, I also noticed that scrappers do way more damage than they look like they should.

[@Panos_1821]

I am installing this game tonight... I am gonna play this game all night! Zero dawn was great. And now on a ps5 this is gonna be just awesome.

[@BeeBumper]

A pack of redeyes can be deadly when they start firing

[@chronicallychic]

Aw man, the first time I encountered a Dreadwing was at night and it scared the hell out of me! Out in an open field, nothing around, everything's fine. Then GIANT FUCKING STEALTH BAT 😱 Luckily the regular Dreadwing is very weak to fire so it takes massive damage over time.

[@BeeBumper]

Tiderippers are really easy when advanced shock armo or shock ammo is used.

[@PinkyBritey]

I can agree for this. Just use shock ammo either boltcaster or shredder gaunlets to take it down

[@Ori_Kohav]

I'm only around halfway through the game, but personally, the slitherfangs are my favorite machine so far. I guess it's a matter of preference. P. S. "impossibly fast for his size" should I remind you of the basilisk? In the "Basilisk" film, and in the 2nd Harry Potter book/film. Also, you fight a slitherfang early in the game, at the end of the tutorial, so I wouldn't really call it "the ultimate challenge"

[@trikky8341]

I love the slitherfang too! I thought I was the only one. But honestly it really is preference. The machine that you like is the one you’ll be better at taking down. At least from what I’ve seen

[@timberich1647]

His sarcastic tone makes this SO much better😂😂

[@redcronojm]

Most times I hate fighting hard to kill many bosses machines because how much resources i waste on craft ammo, even after I beat them the loot isn’t enough to replace my lost resources. Upgrading pouches and armor takes dedication as well.

[@trikky8341]

Fighting heavyweights aren’t meant to drop a crap ton of loot. But you’ll sure as hell get high quality loot. Fighting mid and lightweight machines are better for resource gaining

[@vangazon]

Reminds me a lot of Zoids. I recently build Berserker Fuhrer and I cannot help to wish Guerilla Games can deal with Kotobukiya or Supernova to produce Mecha kits based on Zero Dawn and Forbidden West...

[@gavinbusack9328]

My most favorite machine is the Slaughterspine. It looks like the Spinosaurus.

[@hzrinv]

Slaughterspines are the toughest for me because I like to chip ata enemies and almost never use their own weapons. But the most annoying is the Clamberjaw... I dread having to figh them because they flee so fast when theyre about to die and they attack in groups of three

[@NavajoNinja]

Slither Fang looks scary af!

[@thundageon5962]

When the Fireclaw found me and one slapped me even though I have full Armor

[@SpiderlordGanta]

You know side note I loved thag movie tim burtion help make called nine 9 with the puppets and few of the machines give me those vibes form both games form the old saw tooth reminded me of cat beast, the new bat, then soltherpsine as the deilfier!. Amazing I just love the sounds and the detail to the Dino’s or animals the represent in robotic form.

[@TyG2k9]

An Elite Blast Trap or 2 Advanced Acid Traps will take away a significant amount of the Shellsnapper's health. At least 75% or more

[@michaeldmingo1525]

That was one Hungry Hungry Hippo!

[@exodia1892]

Shellsnapper was hell for me first time to kill but once you know the trick it's a piece of shell after.

[@micahburlingame1359]

In the beginning with the slitherfang it said that we should stay back and hit it with the bow and my response was to get up close and personnal.

[@jakeraught4939]

These poor developers. The Horizon Zero Dawn games are pretty fun & aesthetically beautiful, but both times their game was released, they were overshadowed by insanely groundbreaking, addicting, ridiculously fun games that released the same day. HZD was overshadowed by Legend of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild, and HFW was overshadowed by Elden Ring

[@inspiradorupees3029]

Yeah who comes up with these release dates? 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@23gt17]

I would have put the Clamberjaws instead of the Leaplashers. A well-timed power attack can easily knock down a Leaplasher and allow you to finish it off with a critical strike plus they don't have long range attacks. The Clamberjaw on the other hand is harder to hit because they jump around even more than the Leaplasher and they have an annoying ranged fire attack. They usually run in packs like the Leaplasher but they also can climb walls to make themselves even harder to hit. I hated fighting Clamberjaws more than pretty much anything else in the game...except for that cheap bastard Erik Visser lol.

[@skrefter]

Agreed. I hate those monkeys more than any of the new machines.

[@Scatterbrain70]

I'm glad I watched this but damn I am scared to go any further in the game now and I just started playing last week. I'm only level 10

[@nextbigthingthebeastincarn7216]

Hardest Machines Real Ranking List:- 1: Apex Stormbird 2: Apex Slitherfang 3: Apex Slaughterspine 4: Apex Thunderjaw 5: Apex Rockbreaker 6: Apex Dreadwing 7: Apex Tideripper 8: Apex Tremortusk 9: Apex Shellsnapper 10: Apex Fireclaw

[@oliverfrench2847]

dread wing? god this game sounds cool

[@darkmaster2887]

HORIZON IS TRASH! ELDEN RING IS BETTER! 🤣🤣🤣

[@chronicallychic]

Get rid of the Stormbird's cannon, then the only thing it can really do is blow some air at you 😂 It's useless.

[@nextbigthingthebeastincarn7216]

@@chronicallychic Hmm No, If You Shoot It's Storm Canon Then It Will Become Angry And More Agressive Then It Starts Going Up In The Air And Comes Down To The Earth With Electric Blow, Then It Creates Electric Shield Then It Does Electric Bites Then It Does Electric Tail Whip Attack And More Than Mix The Eye To This Planet Of Horizon

[@nextbigthingthebeastincarn7216]

@@chronicallychic And Most Importantly IT CAN FLYYYYY

[@into_the_wild4283]

The most trouble for me was • Slaughterspine •Dreadwing •Tideripper

[@Jama004]

man those leaplashers are a nightmare

[@darkmaster2887]

HORIZON IS TRASH! ELDEN RING IS BETTER! 🤣🤣🤣

[@tyleroutland435]

I loved all the new machines in forbidden west I hope in a potential story dlc or a horzion 3 gurellia games adds more new machines

[@darkmaster2887]

HORIZON IS TRASH! ELDEN RING IS BETTER! 🤣🤣🤣

[@tyleroutland435]

@@darkmaster2887 you are wrong I bet you never played horzion

[@darkmaster2887]

@@tyleroutland435 Horizon is mediocre, generic, boring and repetitive Ubisoft like game with garbage story. Elden Ring is a masterpiece

[@tyleroutland435]

@@darkmaster2887 you are so wrong it's funny 😂

[@tyleroutland435]

@@darkmaster2887 I bet you never played it so your opinion has no impact

[@DuncanMaisonneuve-kk3vf]

In a game with mechanical bears, giant snakes, and dinosaurs, who would’ve thought the most dangerous was the turtle.

[@GrandoTrando]

It became so annoying dying in this game from just 3 hits! Yet I couldn’t stop playing.

[@darkmaster2887]

HORIZON IS TRASH! ELDEN RING IS BETTER! 🤣🤣🤣

[@fearlesscheshirecat1411]

@@darkmaster2887 Imagine being so butthurt and so petty that you have to comment the same exact thing over and over again lmao 🤣

[@galaxyomega2839]

Leaplasher is the worst for me. They’re everywhere and really annoying to deal with when you need to go pass them

[@mrrhythm5711]

You're kidding right? Slitherfangs are harder to take down than Slaughterspines? Slaughterspines I find are more unpredictable with their attacks, and they can almost predict where to attack based on your movements. Slitherfangs you can see their attacks coming from miles off

[@jacklomas4218]

Gotta love the horizon games they're just awesome. Like when you're fighting a slaughterspine and along with the plasma attack build up as well as that the music builds with it. Honestly it's fucking fantastic.

[@yaoibabe]

I have a harder time with slitherfangs than slaughterspines. It's easier for me to detach stuff on the slaughterspine, armed to the tens that it is

[@darkmaster2887]

HORIZON IS TRASH! ELDEN RING IS BETTER! 🤣🤣🤣

[@lejenddairy]

That’s because the people who made this list haven’t actually played the game. Slaughterspines are a lot harder then Slitherfengs.

[@suemeade2471]

@@darkmaster2887 I've played both and this game is better in some places ex, open world, strategy and enemy design ( in some cases elden ring is better)

[@Raichu_Gamers]

The slitherfang Is my absolute favorite

[@likelystrategy9895]

Specter was so hard to beat thank god for elite acid traps

[@tanmoymazumder4863]

The best part to is to let these apex predator fighting each other, recently I made a 1v1 with a tremor tusk vs Thuderjaw, unfortunately the tremor went down in couple of shots from the thunder jaw :( . Was using the berserk ability.

[@notnow7302]

I have the most problem to take down apex "bosses" It's literally scary to fight something that have more than 2K health sometimes with a bow that is dealing 60 in normal points. But actually slaughterspine is the worst for me, it have a lot of armor, a lot of HP, dealing big damage, and it's almost impossible for me to kill it from like 0-70 meters

[@Dknightxs]

Apex fireclaw imo is still one of the toughest

[@aeh5109]

All these machines are soooo cool

[@yaoibabe]

I hated all the new machines tbh lol I played on easy and the new and old machines were STILL tough as nails. I mostly hated that machines that pop off attacks at you, the attacks follow you like a homing missile and also machines THAT big take up so much screen space so it's tough to avoid them when they try to smosh you (like the tideripper) or try to swipe at you constantly (like the dreadwing)

[@darkmaster2887]

HORIZON IS TRASH! ELDEN RING IS BETTER! 🤣🤣🤣

[@pchiethegreat1]

Nah you just suck at gaming. Find a new hobby.

[@thehero_oftime04]

tremor tusk and slaughter spine are so annoying to fight I hate them but they're my favorite as they provide the most challenge

[@Combat_withIsaac]

Trying to get a sack wedding in ultra hard mode, is the most time consuming thing ever, like you can't hit their lower neck part because it will still destroy the separate part your trying to get.

[@goromajima6169]

it really kind of easy ,especially once you get the legendary weapons For normal mode,hit their weakness element,then use the blast forge boltcasters and really that it

[@trikky8341]

That’s on Normal mode… the difference in difficulty is pretty big. I suggest you play on hard since u have legendary gear, it provides a fun challenge

[@HarryPettinger-su6hs]

Slaughter jaw definitely the hardest... Well its kinda tided between shellsnapper if you run into it early game

[@Dragonslayer-js1sq]

My biggest nopes are shellsnapers, slaughterspines, and the new stalkers

[@Gh0stR3ND3R]

Shellsnappers, the velociraptor machines, slaughterspine and dreadwing=pain Mechsnake is easy for me, along with spectres and almost any machine. Melee is fun

[@jasonbourne4865]

As long as you control the fight, then none of these machines are particularly hard, not even on Very Hard difficulty. However, this can change pretty drastically when the game drops you into fixed situations (e.g. machines start out hostile, limited space or cover, time limit, victory conditions, no custom equipment etc).

[@jobywonkanobi]

while i certainly loved the game i couldnt help but feel that some of the mechanics are starting to feel a bit dated ie the assassins creed/arkham asylum style movement of Aloy. It felt like most of the machines were moving way too fast even when i was using concentration while she felt like a toddler trying to out run a bull and honestly i dont know why the adhesive mechanics was introduced cause it only worked like 3 seconds then the bots stated bouncing around again like daffy duck but i digress. I would just like to see better mobility from Aloy in the next game like more utilization of the pull caster to aim at trees or rocks to get out of danger and for traversing, a quicker recover when knocked down, or maybe some sort of double jump mechanic to leap out of the way faster or even a mechanic that would cause malfunctions to a machines limbs the more damage is done to them (not just weak points or removal of weapons) but thats just my 2 cents

[@trikky8341]

You prolly just have bad reaction time, and timing in general. The machines will sometimes wait for you to prepare your attack and then strike with something faster. That’s when you have to bait sometimes before doing heavy damage. Dodging well making them being fast not a problem. It’s also best to use certain weapon against different machines. Also explosives and good for interrupting them(blast sling, spike thrower, etc) and give plenty of time. They aren’t too fast, they are smart. Some are more relentless then others, like the shellsnapper. Istg that thing doesn’t stop attacking, but that’s why traps, slings, and shredder gauntlet work best for me. I can get him to chase me until he runs into a trap or lingering effect. If he’s prioritizing range, I use the sling since he doesn’t move often during that, and the gauntlet since it’s really fast and lets you stay on the move. It’s about knowing how to fight them and your ability to react in time

[@jobywonkanobi]

@@trikky8341 i dont have bad reaction time, i did not have these problems in the first game, i was pointing out a disparity between how the machines have been now been programmed compared to how aloy moves which i find has not been sufficiently updated to stand up to the now more relentless nature of the machines.

[@trikky8341]

@@jobywonkanobi i personally don’t have any problem with them being too relentless. And they seem to be just as wild as always, and I last played ZD in November so I doubt I remember wrong. Either way, hope you find a way around/to manage it

[@CoolPenguin11]

Bro the flow horn was so annoying cause that time I had only bad bows and the snake one when getting the weather was so hard even with good gear

[@badplayerone1731]

Fireclaws! I avoid them whenever I can!

[@Minetic]

Playing catch with the slaughterspine is quite rewarding but I hate that damn turtle the most.

[@misslettebdragon8606]

Well I start this i somehow got jumpsacred and one more thing dose the clawstab have a weak I forgot

[@Historicutuber]

The machines seem tougher than I’m the first game