HFW Arena | Comprehensive Guide | Level 12: Tremortusk Tussle

Rematch tested your ability to throw and catch shredder discs. Tremortusk Tussle is all about how well you can maneuver with a boltblaster.
The strategy here is simple: Tie down the Tremortusk. Use the shock ammo on the boltblaster to kill the Clawstriders. Set Elite Purgewater Traps next to the Tremortusk. Use frost ammo and Sustained Burst to first explode the traps and then freeze the Tremortusk. Finish it off with Drill Spikes.
Getting the Tremortusk roped down in the first place is by far the hardest part of this strategy. You may need to rely on a smoke bomb to help keep the Clawstriders off your back. Also, be sure to keep an eye on the Tremortusk cannons.
The Clawstriders are weak to shock, so the electric bolts should get the job done relatively quickly. However, you can also use a smoke bomb if you need to get them to stand still or want to reload your weapon.
When you start attacking the Tremortusk, it’s important to explode the purgewater traps with your bolts rather than waiting for the Tremortusk to walk into them because you want to leave it in the brittle state, not the drenched state. By continuing to stagger it with the Drill Spikes, you should be able to prevent the Tremortusk from calling in backup.
While that’s all you need on Ultra Hard, it may take a bit more finesse on Very Hard because your weapons do less damage. On a Very Hard run, bring a full set of five Elite Purgewater Traps, and use a smoke bomb to set additional traps right after the Sustained Burst finishes. Then you can activate the Powershots valor surge and finish it with Drill Spikes.
Tip: If you’re not confident about your ability to take the Tremortusk down quickly enough, you can remove the antenna from its back while it’s tied down-that will prevent it from calling out for help.
For the full written guide, see docdro.id/Gw33RCu

[@reathelaw5860]

tysm this one was driving me crazy 😭! during the many tries it took i found it's also super helpful to use smoke bombs to stun the clawstriders so you can reload the boltblaster w/out interruption

[@joshsblee]

This strat doesn't work well on very hard. The traps don't seem to hit the tremortusk as well. It's either too close or too far.

[@MrFancyPants]

I assume you're playing on PC? The traps were changed substantially for some reason. Hopefully they will patch it for you. Here's the Very Hard link: m.czcams.com/video/kQlBJBkU3Us/video.html

[@Ebiru2387]

Can you elaborate on this?
"...it’s important to explode the purgewater traps with your bolts rather than waiting for the Tremortusk to walk into them because you want to leave it in the brittle state..."
Does shooting purgewater traps with an element instead have that element take effect on the enemy?

[@MrFancyPants]

When the purgewater traps explode, they will drench the Tremortusk. When you use the sustained burst, you will freeze the Tremortusk. You want to drench before freezing. If you just freeze the Tremortusk by shooting it directly, it may then walk into the traps-causing to become drenched and removing the brittle state. It's much better to intentionally explode the traps first so that it will take the trap damage and become drenched (ideally also exploding the belly and lighting on fire) before you freeze it. Does that make sense?
NOTE: This only applies to PlayStation. On PC, you will not be able to shoot traps to cause them to explode.