yeah, lately i’ve been running into ALOT of scarabs in MM, and every time I mass up on ANY unit, i get Epicly owned
things i’ve tried:
Mass Bears (like 13 or so, with Spartans)
Locked Cobras (Spartans)
Hawk army (like 15-20)
ODSTs (Max pop)
i also add that sometimes they do the “invincible scarab” tactic, how do i stop that as well?
also they go dual scarabs most of the time
Anti Air + Quad Mac + cryo.
Also - if you have massive amounts of tanks, and you are getting owned by Scarabs - you need to learn how to manipulate your units
OR
Counter attack and destroy their bases while to draw the scarab back.
Scarabs die from a quad mack plus a little bit of an attack.
1 Tactic is to drop the quad with 10 ODST to buy time. Bring your other units up and volley - fall back, drop more ODSTs or build units to replace. and break off to do something else.
Scarabs are easy to kill - you just have to focus EVERYTHING on the scarab.
Tanks and quad macs are the best way to drop them. OR a ragin arbiter 
Attacking with literally anything before ten minutes will defeat someone who is going for a scarab…
I find it hard to believe you can’t kill a scarab with max pop super units, so I’m gonna assume it has a crap load of engineers. In that case, just build wolverines… or drop a quad mac.
> Attacking with literally anything before ten minutes will defeat someone who is going for a scarab…
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> I find it hard to believe you can’t kill a scarab with max pop super units, so I’m gonna assume it has a crap load of engineers. In that case, just build wolverines… or drop a quad mac.
+1
I’m sometimes able to push out a scarab myself on late games (30 min)
But usually its because i’ve been putting pressure on my opponent alot and i’m having a hard time holding a line to take down his base.
Best way to kill a scarab is to split up your troops and attack from 2 sides, and move them around alot.
Fast moving units (banshees, hogs, brutes) work well for this, spamming ODST’s around it, works. melee fighters work.
Could try to cryo it (taking down the engineers) and spamming everything you have against it.
quad mac’ing a scarab with 30 engineers on it does not work at all…you have to find a way to draw their engineers off the scarab first…
if your fighting a scarab without engineers…
3 spartanks
get in close
circle the scarab
as soon as it starts shooting you, switch directions
by doing this right the scarab will be lucky to shoot you 1/3 of the time of the battle, with the typical 7 star tanks this might not kill the scarab off in itself but with just those 3 units you should easily take 50%+ of its health
Scarabs cant fight melee units at all
Honor guards or cyclops’s will make it a pile of ruble in little to no time
the funniest thing about this…is seeing a scarab with 30 engineers running into 30-40 cyclops(after their leader is killed) making the game a complete standstill…i did this against some noob on release just to have a laugh(late game i had 31 cyclops and 3 13 star pt tanks and all he was making were scarabs)
I actually find the easiest way to destroy an enemy scarab is to just let the Arbiter attack it, he gets too close for the scarab to actually attack him.
you have to take into account their other units too…scarab+30 engies= stalemate to the arbiter
and occasionally the scarab glitches and is able to shoot the arbiter raging it
dont forget about their leader…any leader+ scarab>arby
Just a question, but does the stun from gremlins work on scarabs?
> Just a question, but does the stun from gremlins work on scarabs?
Nope. 
I wish like 10-12 gremlins can stun a scarab, kinda like how 4 vampires can stasis a vulture.
> > Just a question, but does the stun from gremlins work on scarabs?
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> Nope.
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> I wish like 10-12 gremlins can stun a scarab, kinda like how 4 vampires can stasis a vulture.
you sure? im pretty sure ive seen it work…it just stuns it for such a small time that its not worth it
Brutes would be a good viable option, just keep running around,or have them split up around it
> > > Just a question, but does the stun from gremlins work on scarabs?
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> > Nope.
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> > I wish like 10-12 gremlins can stun a scarab, kinda like how 4 vampires can stasis a vulture.
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> you sure? im pretty sure ive seen it work…it just stuns it for such a small time that its not worth it
Yeah, gremlins can stun a scarab, but it only stops shooting for probably half a second, much less than the stun time for every other vehicle in the game.
Scarab’s without back up are really easy to kill
I’ll lay this out as simply as i can;
1 14 star grizzly > 1 lone scarab
Arbiter > 3 scarabs (4 if you get lucky)
5-6 wolverines > Scarab
1 13 star Corba > Scarab (Kills a scarab in two or three shots)
4x mac + 10 ODST > Scarab (Drop odst first, but not all in one location circle them around the scarab so it can’t move)
Pretty much any upgraded unit can take on a scarab if you Micro well enough (keep the units moving) if you let the scarab focus on any one unit…it’s dead simple as
Now I’m assuming the ones you are really having difficulty with are Scarab + 30 engineer? with these guys you only really have two options possibly a thrid depending on the map, 1) Take care of the engineers then kill scarab 2) Kill the scarab so fast the engineers can’t keep up 3) if you are on a map than has either the timed forerunner bridges or the Garrison gates you can use those
Ok, 1st option
You can either counter the engineers with anti-air cryo them whatever you have to do to draw them away from the scarab long enough for you to be able to kill it not much else i can say
2nd option,
Counter the scarab itself (Cobra’s work better than Hunters), in this method you are aiming to cause as much damage to the scarab as you can (3 13 star cabra’s will insta kill it before engineers can respond) in order to either destroy it pretty much istantly (As there is a slight delay before the engineers start to try and heal) or to deal more damage than the engineers and heal for. (4x mac do not work agaist scarab + 30 engineers as the damage is taken mostly by the engineers)
3rd option, (Only really viable as cutter or anders)
On maps such as terminal morraine or fort dean where there are light bridges or garrisonable gates you can use either Gremlins (Spartan ones work better), ODST’s or a Cryo to hold the scarab in position either on the bridge or in the path of the gate 'Till either the bridge turns off and the scarab falls or for the gate you put an infantry man in the garrison turning the gate on destroying the scrab as it cannot get out of the way. These are extremly situation however and as such can’t be counted on.
One way or another, you’d better hope the Scarab isn’t sitting of a cliff or backed up by an Arbiter…If it is things become all the more annoying…
Also brutes with jetpack are good as long as you keep jumping behind the scarab as it turns to you.
So gremlins do stun a scarab… :o
Must’ve never noticed because of how short it is stunned for. Cool.
surprise cyclops to trap the scarab and then just roll tanks over and squish that bug.
scarabs aren’t powerful and are really just a game ending unit after you break the enemy’s defences.
most important thing to do is to not let them build a scarab. that’s the best way.
now let’s say they do get a scarab. killing it is not so hard. just surround it and it won’t be able to go anywhere. if you’re anders, cryo bomb and attack it.
if he has engineers, build a bunch of wolverines/cryo if you have anders.
scarabs are obviously really powerful, but nobody really takes advantage of them.