Talk:Guides/Hound Repelling/@comment-70.167.111.220-20130701221735/@comment-219.90.158.64-20130702175910

I actually avoided (ie ran like hell) whenever I saw him initially, thinking he was going to wipe me out. Turns out running can be worse if you've let him get too close first (or he surprises you), as that allows him to keep pegging you with his darts. Plus I hated hounds so naturally avoided them.

But, he only has two hounds, his son is weak, and both him and his son run if you get too close. I actually tried to get him with a melee weapon only one time, chased him for ages but couldn't get him - he always looked tantalisingly close so I thought I could corner him or something, but no dice. Then I ran back home - turned out I had chased him close to my base - and I had the tooth traps, and the base was long enough that he couldn't hit me with his darts without running after me... Solved that problem.

Most of the time they don't even start chasing me as there's usually something else for them to attack - if they're busy they won't engage you until you start attacking (the dogs will often just sit and look at you).

With darts he's soooo disappointingly easy though. One time I had three of them in the vicinity (they were a reasonable walk apart, so could engage one group at a time, although once I had two of them on screen at once). Basically, similar to the hounds once you get into a rythm they're super easy - actually easier since if you have ranged weapons since then you don't need traps. The spider method was still funny, as a few times I just watched him and his gang get slaughtered. Good entertainment. :) I think there are still 10 or more teeth in that spider's area, but I can't be bothered collecting them as I'm running out of chest space.