If you’ve ever played a STALKER game, you’ll understand how dangerous a Burer can be. These short, stout enemies lurk in the darkness of The Zone, boasting a range of powers and abilities that can quickly overcome an average player.
In this guide, I’ll help you learn how to defeat a Burer in STALKER 2 without succumbing to the mutant’s powers.
Read on to learn how to beat this tricky enemy.
How to Kill a Burer
In Call of Pripyat (2009), encountering a Burer often meant a sure death for the player,r and in Heart of Chornobyl (2024), things are no different. It’s not often that you’ll find a Burer in Heart of Chornobyl, but that only makes fighting one tougher, as you’ll never expect to bump into one.
If you’re playing on a harder difficulty level, you’ll almost certainly need a few attempts to take down a Burer, and even on the game’s easiest difficulty you’ll have a hard time combating a Burer.
Here’s how to defeat a Burer in STALKER 2.
Strategy to Defeat a Burer in STALKER 2
Burers have high levels of health and strong damage outputs, so it’s naturally very hard to kill one. Most of their attacks are based on telekinesis and psi-based damage output, so you’ll want to try and keep something solid between yourself and the Burer as you fight to avoid having things hurled at you.
The telekinesis abilities mean that the Burer will pull your weapon from your hands, so you’ll want to make sure you’re fast enough to pick your gun up as soon as it’s dropped – switching to a second weapon just makes that one susceptible to being dropped as well.
Every few seconds, the Burer will activate a telekinetic shield, blocking all forms of incoming damage. When the shield is up, the Burer will typically move to cover, back off, or close in for a powerful attack – it’s a good idea to prep grenades or reload when the shield is up; don’t bother wasting resources by targeting the Burer with an active shield.
One of the best methods for defeating a Burer in STALKER 2 is to wait for the shield to drop, get behind a wall or something solid, and hurl grenades. If you’ve got a rifle, throw lead into the Burer’s head with a medium-range scope, and before long, he’ll be out of action and you’ll be the victor.
Let us know in the comments if you’ve found a better way to defeat a Burer in STALKER 2.
For more STALKER 2 guides, check out how to unlock Bouncy in STALKER 2
