If you're having trouble with Ikrie's Challenge on Ultra Hard, here's how I beat it, with plenty of ammo to spare:
Before you start, stock up on health herbs, you can't use potions in this challenge. Also scope out the three hazard log piles, one opposite Ikrie and two more to her rear-left.
Wave I: 4 Scrappers
The most annoying wave because they're fast and there's four at once. It gets easier!
Lure the Scrappers to Ikrie for freezing and then try to focus on one at a time so you can track how much ammo you've used on each and to reduce their numbers. Hit each Scrapper with a couple of Hardpoint Arrows and then finish it off with Hunter Arrows. You'll want the Hardpoint Arrows for Wave III.
Wave II: 3 Grazers
Fire arrows - easy peasy.
Lure the Grazers well away from Ikrie so she can't freeze them, where they first spawn is good. Freezing stops machines from burning. Hide in the long grass and shoot one fire arrow into the blaze canisters of a Grazer and it'll catch fire, after a few seconds it'll explode and destroy the Grazer. Grazers herd together so usually the other two are caught in the explosion and take significant damage but it doesn't catch their blaze canisters alight. Shoot another fire arrow into a second Grazer's blaze canisters, when it explodes it's likely to destroy the third Grazer too, if not use another fire arrow, you won't need them after this.
Wave III: 2 Tramplers
No Ikrie. No.
Lure the Tramplers far from Ikrie so she doesn't freeze them. Fire six or seven Hardpoint Arrows into a Trampler's round belly component to make it explode, the explosion will also set the Trampler on fire and as long as Ikrie doesn't freeze it, it'll burn to death. Repeat for the second Trampler.
Wave IV: 1 Fire Bellowback
LOGS!
Bellowbacks are mostly slow so now's the best time to use those log piles. The two behind Ikrie have narrower paths beneath so it's easier to lure the Bellowback underneath and release the logs with a non-fire arrow. One log avalanche should be enough to kill, even without Ikrie freezing the Bellowback, but you should have more logs and arrows to spare.
If you're confident about your timing you could use one of the log piles on Scrappers or Tramplers to save ammo.
Thank Ikrie for her largely unhelpful assistance.
Before you start, stock up on health herbs, you can't use potions in this challenge. Also scope out the three hazard log piles, one opposite Ikrie and two more to her rear-left.
Wave I: 4 Scrappers
The most annoying wave because they're fast and there's four at once. It gets easier!
Lure the Scrappers to Ikrie for freezing and then try to focus on one at a time so you can track how much ammo you've used on each and to reduce their numbers. Hit each Scrapper with a couple of Hardpoint Arrows and then finish it off with Hunter Arrows. You'll want the Hardpoint Arrows for Wave III.
Wave II: 3 Grazers
Fire arrows - easy peasy.
Lure the Grazers well away from Ikrie so she can't freeze them, where they first spawn is good. Freezing stops machines from burning. Hide in the long grass and shoot one fire arrow into the blaze canisters of a Grazer and it'll catch fire, after a few seconds it'll explode and destroy the Grazer. Grazers herd together so usually the other two are caught in the explosion and take significant damage but it doesn't catch their blaze canisters alight. Shoot another fire arrow into a second Grazer's blaze canisters, when it explodes it's likely to destroy the third Grazer too, if not use another fire arrow, you won't need them after this.
Wave III: 2 Tramplers
No Ikrie. No.
Lure the Tramplers far from Ikrie so she doesn't freeze them. Fire six or seven Hardpoint Arrows into a Trampler's round belly component to make it explode, the explosion will also set the Trampler on fire and as long as Ikrie doesn't freeze it, it'll burn to death. Repeat for the second Trampler.
Wave IV: 1 Fire Bellowback
LOGS!
Bellowbacks are mostly slow so now's the best time to use those log piles. The two behind Ikrie have narrower paths beneath so it's easier to lure the Bellowback underneath and release the logs with a non-fire arrow. One log avalanche should be enough to kill, even without Ikrie freezing the Bellowback, but you should have more logs and arrows to spare.
If you're confident about your timing you could use one of the log piles on Scrappers or Tramplers to save ammo.
Thank Ikrie for her largely unhelpful assistance.
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