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Half-Life 2 Hints

Pheropods (Bugbait)

Damage: none
Pods held: unlimited
First Found: Sandtraps, Section 3

These very unusual "weapons" are harvested for you from the first antlion guard's corpse after you kill it. They aren't really weapons since they do no damage, but they're in your HEV suit's weapon list (as #6), so I'm including them in my weapons section.

Pheropods guarantee that you'll never be attacked by any regular-sized antlions ever again (a big relief, I'm sure), and you can toss them at enemy forces to direct any antlions in the area to attack there. This is particularly useful when you know an enemy is around the corner or over the ridge, but you don't want to be seen by them and come under fire -- toss a pheropod ahead and let the antlions do it all for you! Also, even if there are no antlions around, you can paralyze enemy soldiers for a few seconds by hitting them with a pheropod.

NOTE: The Secondary Fire for pheropods will call all antlions in the area to gather around you (sort of a regrouping of forces).

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