How to sneak past the Tank.

[Necrocide]

While often impossible, it is occasionally possible to take a route that keeps you out of the Tank's sight.

The Tank will stay in the same spot until he sees you so if you can manage this then you will avoid dealing with the Tank at all.

I've done this several times on Campaign.

[Stakhanov]

Not that many people actually hear the tank. Granted , ambiant noise makes it tricky at times. But people usually stop shooting when I warn about a tank , so I can know for sure.

In some circumstances , the tank will attack even with no line of sight. It is rather mysterious , but explains how the finale tanks find you (they just act like special infected)

Tanks have a maximum view distance so you may find far away idle tanks sometimes. It is slightly below the length of NM3's warehouse (you can see it from the windows , but 3 steps forward gets aggro)

Pretty sure the tank also has a personal space area like the witch , if you get near enough he will aggro without line of sight.

[MindStalker]

Also turn off your flashlights, this seems to help in hiding from the tank even if they aren't pointed at the tank they seem to effect his sight.

[LordBhorak]

And sometimes you can hear the tank off-route. If that moment comes near the end, you can make a run for it. You can actually outrun the tank to the saferoom (in versus).

[Thermal Knome]

or you could man up and take the tank head on

[noobishcake]

In some circumstances , the tank will attack even with no line of sight. It is rather mysterious , but explains how the finale tanks find you (they just act like special infected)


if you accidently shoot the tank through the wall the tank will come after you regardless of whether you can see him or not.

[Jecrell]

or you could man up and take the tank head on
Although manning up has some risk of castration via tank fist, cowardice and throwing your teammates to the wolves always pays regardless of the score board.

I keed

[Bill_the_nonchalant]

If this ever happens to me I will make one of those pointless threads that say. "HOLY SHIT I IZ TEH AIM AND SNEEKS PAST TEH TANKZ!!!"

[CalipatFootball]

One time, on Expert (I forgot which campaign), we were walking down an alley when I decided to check a room that was next to the alley. I opened it, there was a tank standing there! He spawned like a witch, facing away from the doorway. And, as soon as my flashlight touched him, he chased us down and raped us. (We were all really close together)

[horse_sweater]

haha Train rape

[Stuffinator]

While often impossible, it is occasionally possible to take a route that keeps you out of the Tank's sight.

The Tank will stay in the same spot until he sees you so if you can manage this then you will avoid dealing with the Tank at all.

I've done this several times on Campaign.
Once I played on a random game, with random people on DT4, the strange thing there was, that the tank spawned behind us.

We heard him breathing and didn't move, tried to figure out where he might be and then suddendly he came out of an alley we passed a minute ago!

[MindStalker]

Playing NoMercy-Subway earlier, peaked out the window above the van close to the safehouse and saw the tank outside, started shooting it, it came inside, I waited for it to get upstairs and jumped out the window (playing single player before you accuse me of abandoning my teammates, though its true..) and landed next to a witch and got jumped by a hunter at the same time.. Yea I died..

[Suman]

Playing NoMercy-Subway earlier, peaked out the window above the van close to the safehouse and saw the tank outside, started shooting it, it came inside, I waited for it to get upstairs and jumped out the window (playing single player before you accuse me of abandoning my teammates, though its true..) and landed next to a witch and got jumped by a hunter at the same time.. Yea I died..

Lolz, epic :P

[Nemesis_vs_Leon]

the tank can hear you running too.

Also, there's always been the fact that you're invisible to the infected if you're crouched without a flashlight on. This was mentioned way before left 4 dead was released but everyone forgot about it now.

[Grieverlionhart]

I have the tourettes guy soundpack. "WHERES MY PANTS" is a pretty good indication the tank is nearby :D

[leet_headcrab]

I have the tourettes guy soundpack. "WHERES MY PANTS" is a pretty good indication the tank is nearby :D

I'll be sure to listen for those warnings if I ever play campaign with you. xD