Overview
Holler is one of the Freaks of Nature in Dying Light-The Following, and one that I struggled a lot with. After I finally defeated him, I got the idea of creating this guide to help others beat him as well! Enjoy!
My history of battles with Holler
To put it simply, that guy was tough. A mountain of muscles and armor, he has a lot of health and it takes patience to beat him. Here is how I battled him:
First Try: I arrived at a farm and thought:” Wow, a Freak of Nature! This is going to be fun!” So I strolled inside casually and saw Holler, along with a couple of his minions. I climbed on a nearby roof and started chucking crossbow bolts at him until I noticed his health wasn’t budging. Then, I tried everything.
Guns? Nope.
Melee? Nope.
Molotovs? Nope.
Throwing weapons? Nope.
Bow? Nope.
Grenades? Yup.
I noticed that grenades actually did a bit of damage, so I started throwing them at his face until I got careless and he knocked me off the roof into a sea of Virals. I died.
Second try: I spent all of my Chemicals making DIY grenades, then went back and tried again. I climbed on the same roof and started throwing them, occasionally ducking so I wouldn’t get hit by a concrete block. It was all well and good until I ran out of grenades about halfway through. Again, he hit me with a rock and I fell again into the same sea of Virals.
Third try: Managed to beat him with the technique I will show you here.
Defeating Holler(Firearms required)
The first thing you need to do once you get to the boss fight is to get onto a nearby rooftop. There is a Toad there, so eliminate him at your discretion.
Once you do that, you need to lure Holler towards you with Firecrackers or by jumping down and having him charge towards you, then going back up. After he gets close, you need to shoot his head. Just shoot it like hell. Don’t worry if you don’t do damage, you just need to knock his helmet off. It takes patience and lots of ammo, but it’s doable. When he tries to throw a rock, retreat behind the wall like I did in the first picture.
This is how Holler will look like when you knock his helmet off.
From here, it’s child’s play. Shoot, retreat, repeat. Sure, you might get knocked off( I got more than my fair share of knock-offs), so just use the Grappling Hook to go back up. Aim for his head, and eventulally he will go down.
After you defeat him, you will get the Heavy Venom blueprint. Congrats!
Note: I recommend using a shotgun for this staretegy, but you can use any firearm you like.
Defeating Holler, strategy 2( LOTS of grenades required)
Although I did defeat Holler using the helmet-knock-off strategy, you can also use DIY grenades to kill him, but it will take longer and will cost you a heck-load of Chemicals.
Go to the highest rooftop and begin throwing grenades at him, dodging when he throws concrete at you. He should go down IF you have enough grenades, but if you don’t, just use the first strategy.
Now go kick some muscular butt!
Why are you still reading this? Go get him, Crane!