Dauntless - Behemoth Guide

This is a strategy guide for the Charrogg Behemoth in Dauntless, a kill-boss-monster free-to-play game available from the Epic Games Store. We cover various Behemoths in our Dauntless Behemoth Strategy Guide.

(Fire) Charrogg

Not Using Flame Jet Vents

When not trying to use its Flame Jet Vents at its shoulders and over its legs, the Charrogg is most dangerous. It generally alternates between ejecting fire and charging.
The charge is fast and because the Charrogg is quite wide, covers a lot of area, so if you think it's coming, try to keep your distance until the Charrogg tries it.
When it lifts its belly, it is generally ready to use fire. In this phase it basically has three types:

Lava ball that follows you. A single hit should pop it harmlessly. Otherwise it will do a lot of damage if it catches up to you and hits you.
Fire sprayed in a fixed dispersal pattern and drops fire pools. Stepping in a fire pool will put you on-fire and inflict damage over time.
Tail slap that also has a fire explosion.

If you get too close for too long, it will try to paw you.
In this phase, you are mostly trying to survive until it starts its Flame Jet Vent phase.
During this time you can try to hit its tail and sever it, but it is not particularly necessary.

Flame Jet Vents

This phase lasts quite a long time, and that is actually a good thing. If it is staggered during this time, when it gets up it will try to start up its Flame Jet Vents again.
When the Charrogg jets flames, it starts to turn slowly. If you are nearby it might paw you, but often does nothing except turn around.
Get literally under the belly and keep attacking. This is your best chance to inflict a lot of damage safely as well as stagger it.
This won't work for the Sporetouched Charrogg in the Poison Gas Vents phase:

The Charrogg uses flame jets when aether charged. Each of the Charrogg's flame jet vents are fed by four flame sacs that can be broken to cut off the fiery blast.
Breaking a Charrogg’s tail will change its tail sweep attack and make it easier to avoid.
When the Charrogg cooldown from an enraged state, it belly flops and blasts out a 360-degree ring of blazing fireballs. Breaking flame sacs or the tail will reduce the power of these projectiles.

Poison

Poison gas is not initially harmful. When you are exposed, a meter starts accumulating. When you are not exposed, that meter depletes quickly. If the meter fills, you will start taking poison damage over time.

Poison Gas Vents

Because poison needs to accumulate first, you have some time to strike then get back out before the poison inflicts a damage-over-time on you.
Try to stay right at the tip of the tail during the Poison Gas Vents phase. You are away from the Vents and the Charrogg only has infrequent tail attacks.

General Attacks

Even when venting Poison Gas, the Sporestruck Charrogg continues it normal attacks.
If you are anywhere to the front you are likely to be charged and that is very hard to avoid.
If you are on the sides, it can frequently paw you.
The best location seems to be right at the tip of the tail, but watch for the occasional tail attacks. However, this position is actually hard to keep because it turns very quickly. If you keep circling, it will eventually give up and perform a poison-spewing attack of some kind, but you don't have unlimited amounts of time for a fight, so you will probably have to settle for hit and run.
Whenever it throws out blobs of poison, it is safe to attack.

The Sporestruck Charrogg manipulates and metabolizes terra aether as easily as its fiery forebear wields blaze. When aether-charged, the Sporestruck subspecies vents jets of poisonous gas that linger on the battlefield. Choose where you make your stand carefully, and be ready to move at a moment's notice.
They can launch "spore shots" at range. These projectiles erupt on impact, leaving more poison clouds to deal with as the Sporestruck Charrogg closes in for a tail swipe or body slam.