Fallout New Vegas – Vendors with the Most Cash

Cazadors are mean mean MEAN. Trying to kill them at that level was an exercise in frustration for me. However, if you're determined to try then here are a few ideas.

• For individual cazadors, you can try shooting them while running backwards ("kiting" them) but they're usually much too fast. So shoot for the wings, then the legs. Once they're grounded and slow, they should be easier to kill.

• Try using different ammo. The Vault claims that they don't have any DT; if so, then hollow point ammo should do much more damage to them.

• For groups, splash damage is the way to go, but dynamite is too slow for Cazadors, as I'm sure you know already. Even normal grenades can't keep up with them. If you've got a ton of dynamite, you could try scavenging for the components to turn it into powder charges, which are like lower-damage frag mines. Then plant a bunch of them in a semi-circle and lure the group in.

• Of course, there's no kill like overkill. My preferred method for dealing with Cazador nests (even at level 30) is orbital laser bombardment. With the right skills tagged, you might be able to complete the quest needed to activate the Helios One plant and also acquire the targeting device at level 4, but you'll need to run your way south around the mountains and then north all the way to Vegas. And then, the laser only works once per day. But I never get tired of raining blue fire from the sky onto unsuspecting monster wasps. Take that!

Extreme range, sneak attack criticals, and armor-piercing bullets are your friends versus Deathclaws. If you're in possession of (and a decent shot with) a scoped hunting rifle or better sniper-type rifle, you can usually pick them off one at a time since they tend not to group up. If you're finding it impossible to get enough damage before they close the distance, you can always augment your plan by throwing down some mines on the path between you and the Deathclaw (make sure you back up some). Finally, it's handy to be able to quick switch to an automatic rifle to finish the job if the mines fail you.

Pulling Deathclaws one at a time like this is a slow and tedious process, but it works.

At the very least, you can always move on and come back later!