As a bot diver, this video was incredibly helpful as i always find myself struggling against the bugs and despite what most people say i actually dont like the flamethrowers against the bugs because of how close they get to me. My personal favorite build for bugs is the medium medic armor, with the breaker spray and pray, the senator, and incendiary impact grenades. For the stratagems, i tend to bring the 500 kg, the orbital rail cannon strike, the heavy machine gun, and the supply pack.
I personally wouldn't recommend bringing stuff like the orbital railcanon and the 500kg for heavies against the bugs. It's better to use 1 strategem on a support weapon for killing heavies like the Quasar or Recoiless riffle. Then your other strats can be used on swarm killers and a backpack or sentry if you'd like. That makes the bugs easier than relying on long cooldown strategems for heavies that then leave you lacking options for swarms which are very big on difficulty 9 or 10. I'd say the regular eagle is better than the 500kg for bugs. I don't struggle with bugs but my builds are different. My most used Strategems on bugs are eagle airstrike, orbital gas, orbital napalm barrage, rocket sentry, supply pack, jump pack, guard dog and recoiless rifle.
@kenethernandez6246 I get that, I personally enjoy the rail cannon strike as it can oneshot any heavy I'm struggling with, and I just love the 500kg. And the heavy machine gun is a good all rounder, with enough amo it can take out a bile titans due to its heavy armor penetration and then the primary is really just whatever I feel like running. I try to avoid fire with the bugs, other than the grenades for ground cover, as I find i light myself on fire more than I do anything else
@AngrathMinotaur Yeah it all comes down to preference at the end of the day. I also run loadouts that aren't the best at dealing with everything sometimes since it's fun. Was just making a recommendation since you said you had some struggles with bugs and I thought I spotted at least part of the issue.
@kenethernandez6246 I agree that's probably part of the issue, the main reason I'm a bot diver is because I feel like there is more options for loadouts that I can run while bugs it tends to feel like I'm just using the same loadout over and over again and anytime I try switching it up I end up dead
Bugs have zero AP4 enemies making the HMG largely irrelevant against them compared to the MMG, the deeper mag also handles swarms better. Definitely recommend trying out that instead if you like the rambo play style. Senator is also AP4 which is overkill but at least it one taps hunters. I prefer the verdict but that’s personal preference. I hope they un-nerf the HMG to give it back its durable damage, which would make it good again with how many bile spewers can spawn on bug missions.
Grenade Launcher + Supply Pack can carry you through most levels. For higher levels, bring titan-killers for your other strats. As a general rule though, Recoilless + 3 sentries will do any level just fine
This is a couple of hints for newer players. The light gunner armor is a hidden jem. It gives medium armor protection with the speed of light armor. The democracy protect armors are also really good on the bot front. They chance to not die due to the effect has saved me innumerable times. The machine gun sentry is great for watching your back, and less prone to kill you and teammates than the gatling sentry. When combined with the orbital gas strike, this combo can quickly deal with bug nests.
What an amazing guide! Really like the principled approach rather than just regurgitating the current meta - will make this very useful even when balance inevitably changes with future patches!
As a bot diver I usually just take a Quasar and a liberator dog for support weapons then a 500kg (Very good if you get the upgrade to get 2 uses before the cooldown) and a orbital laser
@ I have a friend who had braces and he talks the same as you. I assume its because he had to avoid them when he talked so it makes him sound a little off
As a bot diver, this video was incredibly helpful as i always find myself struggling against the bugs and despite what most people say i actually dont like the flamethrowers against the bugs because of how close they get to me. My personal favorite build for bugs is the medium medic armor, with the breaker spray and pray, the senator, and incendiary impact grenades. For the stratagems, i tend to bring the 500 kg, the orbital rail cannon strike, the heavy machine gun, and the supply pack.
I personally wouldn't recommend bringing stuff like the orbital railcanon and the 500kg for heavies against the bugs. It's better to use 1 strategem on a support weapon for killing heavies like the Quasar or Recoiless riffle. Then your other strats can be used on swarm killers and a backpack or sentry if you'd like. That makes the bugs easier than relying on long cooldown strategems for heavies that then leave you lacking options for swarms which are very big on difficulty 9 or 10. I'd say the regular eagle is better than the 500kg for bugs. I don't struggle with bugs but my builds are different. My most used Strategems on bugs are eagle airstrike, orbital gas, orbital napalm barrage, rocket sentry, supply pack, jump pack, guard dog and recoiless rifle.
@kenethernandez6246 I get that, I personally enjoy the rail cannon strike as it can oneshot any heavy I'm struggling with, and I just love the 500kg. And the heavy machine gun is a good all rounder, with enough amo it can take out a bile titans due to its heavy armor penetration and then the primary is really just whatever I feel like running. I try to avoid fire with the bugs, other than the grenades for ground cover, as I find i light myself on fire more than I do anything else
@AngrathMinotaur Yeah it all comes down to preference at the end of the day. I also run loadouts that aren't the best at dealing with everything sometimes since it's fun. Was just making a recommendation since you said you had some struggles with bugs and I thought I spotted at least part of the issue.
@kenethernandez6246 I agree that's probably part of the issue, the main reason I'm a bot diver is because I feel like there is more options for loadouts that I can run while bugs it tends to feel like I'm just using the same loadout over and over again and anytime I try switching it up I end up dead
Bugs have zero AP4 enemies making the HMG largely irrelevant against them compared to the MMG, the deeper mag also handles swarms better. Definitely recommend trying out that instead if you like the rambo play style. Senator is also AP4 which is overkill but at least it one taps hunters. I prefer the verdict but that’s personal preference. I hope they un-nerf the HMG to give it back its durable damage, which would make it good again with how many bile spewers can spawn on bug missions.
Grenade Launcher + Supply Pack can carry you through most levels. For higher levels, bring titan-killers for your other strats.
As a general rule though, Recoilless + 3 sentries will do any level just fine
Great video! And super well edited! As someone with over 600 hours I still learned something
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is a couple of hints for newer players. The light gunner armor is a hidden jem. It gives medium armor protection with the speed of light armor.
The democracy protect armors are also really good on the bot front. They chance to not die due to the effect has saved me innumerable times.
The machine gun sentry is great for watching your back, and less prone to kill you and teammates than the gatling sentry. When combined with the orbital gas strike, this combo can quickly deal with bug nests.
What an amazing guide! Really like the principled approach rather than just regurgitating the current meta - will make this very useful even when balance inevitably changes with future patches!
Thanks m8! Yea I was going for a more general approach to avoid it becoming irrelevant anytime soon haha
Thanks, man. I’m gonna be getting a Steam Deck, and I’ll finally be able to spread Managed Democracy, so this was really helpful.
Outstanding! May liberty guide you, helldiver 🫡
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Welcome aboard helldiver, and welcome to the community!!!, 🫡
This is such a well made video, i hope you get some more subs very soon man.
Thanks for the compliment! It does take me a while to edit these haha
As a bot diver I usually just take a Quasar and a liberator dog for support weapons then a 500kg (Very good if you get the upgrade to get 2 uses before the cooldown) and a orbital laser
This is an amazing video :) So much effort went into it too! :D
Thank you so much! It was a lot of work indeed haha
Love it! So useful and plus a good dose of humour! 👍🏻
I've put the bugs on the back burner for my entire career in hd2 (it's like 100k bots to 20k bugs) so this is the perfect vid for me.
Wow thanks for being such a stalwart defender against the automatons, helldiver! (and thanks for the compliment :D)
Thank you for the video! Super Earth thanks for your service
It is my duty and honour! For SuperEarth!
Do you have braces?
Haha no altho I probably should have got them a while back 😅
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I have a friend who had braces and he talks the same as you.
I assume its because he had to avoid them when he talked so it makes him sound a little off
Weird question to ask my boy
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@zemufinman1639 No he has oversized teeth. You know bugs bunny? Yeah...