How to Take Down a Big Daddy in Bioshock

I'm at the beginning of the game on Normal, and am currently finding fighting the Big Daddies to be a bit challenging. As in I wasted half a clip of Machine Gun Ammo and 3 EVE Hypos taking down the...

The Bouncer is one of the five functional types of Big Daddies, along with the Rosie, Rumbler, Alpha Series and the Lancer. Bouncers are more agile than Rosies, but are entirely ineffective in ranged combat. The Bouncer's main weapon is an over-sized Drill (and, in the case of an Elite Bouncer, a spinning harpoon) attached to its right arm and powered by the internal combustion engine on his back. They generally attack using powerful blows at close range, with a fast charge being their only...
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The Rosie is one of the five functional types of Big Daddies in Rapture, along with the Bouncer, the Rumbler, the Alpha Series, and the Lancer. Along with being assigned to protect Little Sisters, Rosies are also the supplementary mechanics and maintenance workers of Rapture. Their main weapon is a giant Rivet Gun. They are taller and slower moving than the Bouncer, making them less agile, but their long-range gun makes them just as dangerous. During the opening level of BioShock, a Rosie is...
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The Rumbler is a Big Daddy type introduced in BioShock 2, specializing in defensive and long-range combat. It possesses superior firepower compared to its earlier brethren, at the cost of some of their bulk. It is one of the five functioning types of Big Daddy along with the Alpha Series, Bouncer, Rosie, and the Lancer. The Rumbler, along with the Alpha Series and Lancer, are the only Big Daddies to not have an Elite form. The Rumbler behaves like other Big Daddies, but has a completely...
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