Licker β2
- Type
- ARK
- Chapters
- Chapter 13 (Leon): Stockroom (1, in the tank). Chapter 14 (Grace): Sterilization Chamber, Bioweapon Repository 02, East Stairway, Bioweapon Repository 05 (4), its walkway and the Anteroom (2 + 2 that smash through the windows after the Noblesse Orb). Chapter 15 (Leon): Bioweapon Repository 12 walkway (1), Bioweapon Repository 12 (4), Generator Room (2) and Bioweapon Repository 11 (6, after you take its Override Key).
Weak point
Blind: it hunts by sound. A Bottle of Acid kills it in one hit on every difficulty.
Tactic
A Connections upgrade of the Licker β: it crawls along walls and ceilings and attacks with claws and a long, pointed tongue.
- Grace: crouch-walk, avoid the clumps of broken glass (they make noise) and lure it with bottles. Bottle of Acid (Empty Bottle + 80 blood) = one-hit kill; a direct hit kills instantly, otherwise the damage lands after a few seconds. A Hemolytic Injector from behind also kills it instantly without alerting the others. 4-5 pistol headshots work, but the noise draws the rest; with the door shut, gunfire isn't heard outside.
- Leon: every claw and tongue attack can be parried (L). Bait the leap and counter. In Repository 11, a Stacked Hand Grenade on the ceiling group, then the red canisters.
Cat Got Your Tongue? (500 CP): parry the tongue attack with the Hatchet or the Mortal Edge (with edge left) and the tongue is cut. Leon only, chapter 15 only (Repository 12, Generator Room or Repository 11); they rarely use the tongue, so walk back and forth at a distance. Missable once you take the Repository 11 elevator. Model CM-LB-110. Insanity: they shift rooms (3 on the Repository 12 walkway, none in the Generator Room, 1 extra in the West Connecting Corridor) and the Repository 11 ones drop only after you use the Override Key.