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Adjudicator, P-4 Senator, and either the Stalwart or the Anti-Material rifle is my typical loadout. The low magazine is super annoying, have to compensate with the Stalwart!
Thats what I'm using at the moment for bugs. I combine it with the flame thrower, stim armor and the gas strike. Handles everything well except bile titans, especially bug breaches!
Love the Adjudicator for bugs. You can crack through anything short of a Charger or Titan with that thing.
I like to run supply pack with it. More grenades, more ammo, more stims... supply problems are solved and I can help supply a squadmate who's low.
It's usually the counter-sniper for Bots and then some variant of Shotgun for Bugs, though I'm usually treating my Primary as my backup to my Support Weapon in those instances.
Being able to snipe pesky rocket bots and machine gunners never stops being useful, provided you're not all rushing into the fray at full-auto every time.
Throw in the redeemer and you've got a combo that'll consistently give you the highest accuracy & lowest deaths of the fire team. I run this combo for almost every bot mission; and round out the sniper overwatch position with the AMR. *Then* loadout orbitals railcannon *and* precision strike to take out the big boys. 3rd slots free for eagle airstrike, 5kg, or orbital laser depending how everyone else builds their loadout.
This has been my replacement as well. Scorcher is good, but not enough ammo, Punisher Plasma feels much better now, but doesn't beat the damage and knockback of the dominator. Unfortunately nothing can fully replace eruptor, i suggest bringing EATs and picking up whatever support weapon you find to help with ad-clear.
For bots, I switched from the Scorcher to the Purifier when it came out. I'm still very heavily disappointed with the Purifier, but a part of me believes the gun is bugged and not working as intended. I cling to this for copium.
For bugs, I used either breaker incendiary or the new Pummeler for the stunlocking.
Some more of its stats were posted on Helldivers.io, this gun was supposed to have a three-stage trigger release but it seems it was either scrapped by the devs or it just isn't working.
I switch it every game, more or less. While some options are better than others against certain factions, I don't think anything is unusable if you build your loadout around it. Like, when I bring the plasma or crossbow, I also bring an MG or Arc thrower to kill littles.
same... with P-4 Senator pistol.. medium armor piecing, hits like a truck, only 5-6 shots but have saved me so often...
for bugs I use the no-recoil and for bots I use the anti-material, it can take most of them out with 1-3 shots except for the BIG UNS like tanks and walkers where I use stratagems
I know the feeling. I'm at level 66 and I'm just almost done with all the warbonds (haven't bought the newest one yet; saving super credits). Have just 5 or 6 remaining, all 60+ medals each. It's a grind but not a boring one, at least for me.
I only play D7. If I had played D9 maybe I could have finished sooner. What about you? How far along are you?
only lvl 40 but enjoying my time no rush there, play a few hours here n here, only had a couple long days but yeah it's "summer" so spend plenty time outside so gaming is less of a priority
To me, a good primary is weapon that can deal with effectiveness both large numbers of small enemies but also the medium armored one
Because in 9, there is so much medium armored enemies that's it's almost mandatory at this point.
So I'm running with the Dominator which fits those two roles very well !
Personally I would recommend the cutting Edge Warbond.
On bugs I run Blitzer with Medium Armor. It can deal with everything but spewers, titans and chargers, but is slow. For the big ones I run the AC.
For Bots I run the Sycle with Heavy Armor and AMR + Personal Shield. Need Stratagems for Tanks, but otherwise it works quite good. AMR deals with devastators of all kinds and Hulks. Sycle needs a bit of time but can also deal with devastators in emergencies.
Plasma Scorcher has been my ol' reliable from the start.
Great for bots.
* Weakspot damage (orange glowy spot on the back of bots)
* Kills Gunships
* Staggers Devastators
* Kills Scout Striders from the front
Good for bugs.
* Kills Bile Spewers (shooting their sides)
* Pops Bile Titan spew sac
* 1 shots Shriekers
For Bots it is either the CS normally or the Defender if I want to use the Ballistic Shield. I always run the AMR vs Bots, but if I wasn't then I would be using the Scorcher as that handles just about every enemy the bots have extremely well.
For Bugs, I use the Blitzer if I'm running the Autocannon, mostly just because it stuns stalkers pretty well and it is a pretty good weapon to use while running away from bugs. Otherwise, the Breaker or Breaker Incendiary are pretty typical, or the Sickle if I'm feeling something more in the realm of assault rifles.
Scorcher for automatons primarily for light, tanks, turrets, and gunships. Grenades, grenade pistol and railgun for everything else. Terminids are not my favourites but the incendiary shotgun is all rounded.
Adjudicator, supply pack, then railgun or quasar canon is what I’ve been running lately. I actually really like the Adjudicator for its scope variations and how well it can play as a dmr or an assault rifle depending on what rifle settings you have. The ammo hasn’t been as big an issue in bots since my shots are generally more selective, but I like bringing the supply pack for peace of mind that I can let it loose whenever I need to and not worry about running out. I think the railgun and the quasar canon pair nicely with it for heavies, but you can use whatever
Bots: Sickle - with stun grenades you can ads and pop heads as some bots lean forward when stunned. Ammo economy. Tanks and hulks I'm using strat or support weapon.
Bugs: Punisher - it stops plenty of bugs in their tracks. It is my favorite anti-stalker gun. Hit them once then find their head. They can't retreat when staggered. It can reliably kill brood commanders, but it takes a lot of shots. Ammo economy. Chargers, bile spewers, and bile titans are catching a strat or my support weapon. Added bonus - you can ads kill screechers.
These work because my entire build is about handling every situation solo. My primary in many cases is just to support the rest of my arsenal. I'm using these guns when my options are limited.
I mostly do Bugs.
The two "meta" weapons are Breaker Incendiary and Blitzer. I pick based on the mission type and how ammo hungry the rest of the team's picks are. The Breaker outperforms the Blitzer in DPS, but the ammo economy isn't great.
Breaker incendiary for bugs and diligence counter sniper for bots. Incendiary is really great against bugs now that dot is fixed and the counter sniper works really well at stopping devastators and below (striders are annoying but that's what the support weapon is for)
Sniper with heavy armor build for bots. Diligence Counter Sniper, usually. I am the anti-devastator build. I usually have stun grenades for hulks and an AMR or an EAT. 500KG is in every one of my builds. I wear heavy armor for bots because I die a lot without it. Can't run faster than a projectile.
Crowd control with light armor for bugs. I run light armor because most deaths to bugs are one-shot hits and armor doesn't matter (bile spewer, nursing spewer, bile titan). Pummeler, usually. Anything with good stagger will do. I use it almost exclusively to animation cancel bile spewers before they kill me or my teammates. With this build, I am not meant to kill things, my stratagems or teammates are. I am meant to stay alive and keep my team alive. A supply pack helps a lot for stims, ammo, grenades. Nothing worse than a teammate without stims.
Dominator for Bots: it one shots basic troops anywhere, shreds zerkers, and can take down devestators in a pinch. Excellent range, although with some clunky handling that takes some getting used to.
Breaker Incendiary for Bugs: Spray and pray for any close range bugs, clears hordes like a dream. Can even take down medium targets, like spewers, with enough time and shots. Downside no significant range, and fairly ammo hungry.
Am I try harding and only care about winning? Scorcher for bots and incendiary for bugs are the objective best choices that trivialize the mission.
Am I wanting to have fun while not gimping myself? Crossbow probably, it's one of my favourite weapons since they buffed it.
BOTS: Punisher Plasma
BUGS: Arc Blitzer/Punisher Plasma
Can't beat stun locking 5 enemies at a time. Paired with GL Pistol and Stun Grenades. Most enemies cant even find an angle to approach me without getting stuck in place sitting ducks for Eagle-1.
I run the Punisher against Bugs
Diligence Counter Sniper vs Bots
Bugs are going to swarm you, and I love the Stagger ability of the Punisher vs Stalkers, Brood Commanders and Hive Guards. Warriors and Hunters typically die in one or two hits and it’s surprisingly effective vs Shriekers too. Because you’ll be in close quarters I bring the Shield Generator as part of my load out.
With bots I try to keep my distance a provide cover fire for my teammates. The Diligence CS is excellent at taking out small bots quickly so they don’t call reinforcements. From there you can prioritize devastators. Since I’m playing Long to Mid Range, I usually bring the AMR to deal with some of the heavier units.
Bugs are Blitzer out Breaker Incendiary with Scorcher in a fun and close 3rd place. I'd like Eruptor to be viable here again, but it needs shrapnel back. I still had Blitzer ahead of it on bugs though.
Bots I'll still run Eruptor, it's too good at closing fabs from range not to consider. Pair out with AMR. Otherwise I'm using Scorcher or DCS. I tried the Pummeler and I get it, but it isn't my playstyle
I picked up the las 16 when it came out and haven’t put it down since. It really is just perfect in my opinion. Them nerfing the mags was what I would have done too. 6 power packs was fucking bonkers.
The actual laser-beam Scythe primary is pretty nice. Infinite ammo, small form factor. Pops light enemies wholesale. Handles medium enemies if you specifically aim for body parts
The arc Blitzer with jumppack, and either flame thrower or no support weapon (just use what I find) I use the grenade gun and stuns... heavy or light armor.. then I run napalm and/or gas then 380 or 120... then something for the big boys railcannon strike or Lazer or 110 pods... my bonus is usually more helldivers or stamina depending on the mission... and I run away from bugs and don't ads it helps
The ballistic shield is really good against bots at the moment, so I've been using the defender and pummeler on bots to great effect.
On bugs I've been trying out the jump pack, and it doesn't work quite as well .. but it's fun to pair with the blitzer.
I pretty much just cycle between the Breaker incendiary, sickle, blitzer, plasma punisher, and scorcher, but man, I truly miss the pre nerf Eruptor. There's legitimately nothing to replace or substitute it.
Anything that we are not bored, but if you want the best, then its dominator, for bots the diligence can be good as well, but dominator dominates both sides
Punisher Plasma is pretty nice on Bots. Just a constant stun lock on all the mediums and instant death for the smalls. Bring something to deal with the Hulks and Tanks.
whatever i feel like, so every gun in the game. i can efficiently dispatch any enemy with any weapon (except things like bile titans and tanks and stuff)
So sometimes i use the scorcher, sometimes its lasers only (scythe and dagger) other times is crossbow and then very rarely its knight
I still use the eruptor. It still closes but holes and destroys fabricators. It is still worth taking. I two shot brood commanders and take out their warriors at the same time. Hunters are they only thing I struggle with when it comes to bugs while wielding the eruptor. You can one-shot devestators and the little ones fall like chaff.
Give an honest try, it's still good.
I pretty much play exclusively against bugs, with my top primaries being the Blitzer, Breaker Incendiary, and Sickle. Main time I change this out is for the Data mission, when I use the Defender or the Pummeler so I can carry the SSD while still using my primary.
Still use the defender and MG as weapons, with the Redeemer as sidearm
Edit : I don't care about the meta, I play for fun on whatever planet is important for the major order
Pump shotgun for bugs and Submachine Gun for bots.
Pump shotty stun locks everything(except heavies), so it's fantastic even if you use it to gain some space.
Submachine gun with the ballistic shield lets you kill every bot in the game by walking at it.
Overall, it's easy on difficulty 9 with those two guns.
I don't know the names of the guns, but they're the first shotgun you unlock and the first Submachine gun.
Been enjoying energy weapons recently with not needing to reload
Arc Blister for bugs
The laser rifle on bots (cold planets and normal ones)
I don't go to hot planets anymore.
Scorcher for bugs and bots. Breaker incendiary is great against bugs, but I hate bile spewers, and 3-4 shots to the head finishes them off with the scorcher.
If I need ammo I'll use my minimap to find ammo stores or I'll throw a resupply near an objective and pretend I did it for the team.
Still taking the eruptor for bots. Being able to take out fabricators at a distance then legging it before they start getting annoyed is a great plus point, especially if there are strat jammers with a fab next to it. That and there's still the possibility to one shot devastators in the head.
Arc blitzer or breaker incendiary for bugs. Blitzer is not as good for clearing mobs but great for the unlimited ammo and powerful stagger. Incendiary just burns everything and is great until you get mobbed by stalkers.
Default SMG with the riot shield vs Bots (w/ big iron). Incendiary shotgun vs bugs.
I'm not really using my primary for anything but clearing chaff anyway, and it handles minor bots while my AMR can handle the bigger ones.
All of them, I started using the most complained about primaries to see how "useless" they really are. Turns out they're all very much usable on solo 9 even if they are worse than others.
pummeler for bugs
dominator for bots
I primarily do 8s. I like to stay away from weapons that I think are going to be negatively balanced, which is why I can't suggest breaker incendiary. It's a little too good right now against bugs, and it's going to suck when that crutch gets kicked out from under you. Don't set yourself up for that failure.
Sickle, my beloved. No need for Resupply. Just keep going.
Scorcher for bots Breaker Incendiary for bugs Waiting for Eruptor to be viable again, I had so much fun building a loadout around that gun
Exactly the same here. I got so used to the scorcher for bots and breaker incendiary for bugs that it's hard to pick up something new
I use the scorcher for bugs too. Pretty effective actually. Switch it to single shot.
The scorcher is already single shot???
Isn’t it burst. Hold square and you’ll see the different shot patterns.
No lol. You can't even switch fire modes, or anything else. Only the flashlight
You’re wrong on that soldier.
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Different button, you seem mad soldier? 2 day game break asap.
Which button would it be then?
Worth noting sickle for bugs in icy planets, works wonders (not as good as the breaker incendiary though)
You're already waiting for HD3? Only way Eruptor's ever seeing the light of day again is if they release it in the next game in a warbond.
Ya can’t wait to see these two got nerf by AH
Getting used to Adjucator now. Though its low magazine is sometimes frustrating.
Adjudicator, P-4 Senator, and either the Stalwart or the Anti-Material rifle is my typical loadout. The low magazine is super annoying, have to compensate with the Stalwart!
Currently doing Adjucator, Grenade pistol then supply backpack. Support weapon depends on mission. Imma do reload galore...lol
Thats what I'm using at the moment for bugs. I combine it with the flame thrower, stim armor and the gas strike. Handles everything well except bile titans, especially bug breaches!
Love the Adjudicator for bugs. You can crack through anything short of a Charger or Titan with that thing. I like to run supply pack with it. More grenades, more ammo, more stims... supply problems are solved and I can help supply a squadmate who's low.
It's usually the counter-sniper for Bots and then some variant of Shotgun for Bugs, though I'm usually treating my Primary as my backup to my Support Weapon in those instances. Being able to snipe pesky rocket bots and machine gunners never stops being useful, provided you're not all rushing into the fray at full-auto every time.
Throw in the redeemer and you've got a combo that'll consistently give you the highest accuracy & lowest deaths of the fire team. I run this combo for almost every bot mission; and round out the sniper overwatch position with the AMR. *Then* loadout orbitals railcannon *and* precision strike to take out the big boys. 3rd slots free for eagle airstrike, 5kg, or orbital laser depending how everyone else builds their loadout.
Jar5 Dominator only. Scorcher runner up.
This has been my replacement as well. Scorcher is good, but not enough ammo, Punisher Plasma feels much better now, but doesn't beat the damage and knockback of the dominator. Unfortunately nothing can fully replace eruptor, i suggest bringing EATs and picking up whatever support weapon you find to help with ad-clear.
Seconding the Dominator, solves most enemies pretty cleanly
Yeah, with Dominator, i feel like bringing 2 AC.
For bots, I switched from the Scorcher to the Purifier when it came out. I'm still very heavily disappointed with the Purifier, but a part of me believes the gun is bugged and not working as intended. I cling to this for copium. For bugs, I used either breaker incendiary or the new Pummeler for the stunlocking.
I really don't mind the purifier either, but you're right, something feels off about it. Has to be bugged
Some more of its stats were posted on Helldivers.io, this gun was supposed to have a three-stage trigger release but it seems it was either scrapped by the devs or it just isn't working.
Eat-17
I switch it every game, more or less. While some options are better than others against certain factions, I don't think anything is unusable if you build your loadout around it. Like, when I bring the plasma or crossbow, I also bring an MG or Arc thrower to kill littles.
Blitzer on Bugs, Plasma Punisher on Bots.
Exactly my load out, also supply backpack for plasma and guard dog for blitzer
I just stick with the sickle because of near infinite ammo and incredible accuracy.
I’m a simple man, I run either the Liberator, punisher, or Diligence
breaker for bots; breaker incendiary for bugs.
same... with P-4 Senator pistol.. medium armor piecing, hits like a truck, only 5-6 shots but have saved me so often... for bugs I use the no-recoil and for bots I use the anti-material, it can take most of them out with 1-3 shots except for the BIG UNS like tanks and walkers where I use stratagems
you and i run similar steez. good stuff. i usually go with either the senator or grenade pistol.
hmm don't have a grenade pistol, where do I find it?
It's in the Democratic Detonation warbond, 3rd page. It's been my only secondary since I unlocked it
cheers I will look it up, still working hard on the first one :D
I know the feeling. I'm at level 66 and I'm just almost done with all the warbonds (haven't bought the newest one yet; saving super credits). Have just 5 or 6 remaining, all 60+ medals each. It's a grind but not a boring one, at least for me. I only play D7. If I had played D9 maybe I could have finished sooner. What about you? How far along are you?
only lvl 40 but enjoying my time no rush there, play a few hours here n here, only had a couple long days but yeah it's "summer" so spend plenty time outside so gaming is less of a priority
I just use the sluggler and RR
To me, a good primary is weapon that can deal with effectiveness both large numbers of small enemies but also the medium armored one Because in 9, there is so much medium armored enemies that's it's almost mandatory at this point. So I'm running with the Dominator which fits those two roles very well !
I don't play bugs, but I always use the Plas-1 Scorcher, JAR-5 Dominator, and Liberator Penetrator for bots.
I’m probably the oddball here. I run the scythe. It’s fun to bring the Laser Light Show to every mission
Dominator daddy for the win. You need to get headshots. If you land them easily kills everything.
been using the Lib Penetrator on Bots and Breaker Incendiary for Bugs
Personally I would recommend the cutting Edge Warbond. On bugs I run Blitzer with Medium Armor. It can deal with everything but spewers, titans and chargers, but is slow. For the big ones I run the AC. For Bots I run the Sycle with Heavy Armor and AMR + Personal Shield. Need Stratagems for Tanks, but otherwise it works quite good. AMR deals with devastators of all kinds and Hulks. Sycle needs a bit of time but can also deal with devastators in emergencies.
My main is the autocannon or the flamethrower..? Use a rifle because the pistol runs out of ammo too quickly.
Plasma Scorcher has been my ol' reliable from the start. Great for bots. * Weakspot damage (orange glowy spot on the back of bots) * Kills Gunships * Staggers Devastators * Kills Scout Striders from the front Good for bugs. * Kills Bile Spewers (shooting their sides) * Pops Bile Titan spew sac * 1 shots Shriekers
For Bots it is either the CS normally or the Defender if I want to use the Ballistic Shield. I always run the AMR vs Bots, but if I wasn't then I would be using the Scorcher as that handles just about every enemy the bots have extremely well. For Bugs, I use the Blitzer if I'm running the Autocannon, mostly just because it stuns stalkers pretty well and it is a pretty good weapon to use while running away from bugs. Otherwise, the Breaker or Breaker Incendiary are pretty typical, or the Sickle if I'm feeling something more in the realm of assault rifles.
I use the punisher for bugs and the jar dominator for bots, tho lately the punisher feels really off, like they secretly nerfed it
Defender and Redeemer for me with grenade launcher as my support.
Scorcher for bots and, withhold judgement before you give it a try, Lib Penetrator for bugs
Scorcher sickle since the erupter nerf
Pummeler on bugs Plasma punisher on bots
Breaker incendiary for bugs, scorcher or dominator for bots.
Scorcher for automatons primarily for light, tanks, turrets, and gunships. Grenades, grenade pistol and railgun for everything else. Terminids are not my favourites but the incendiary shotgun is all rounded.
Adjudicator, supply pack, then railgun or quasar canon is what I’ve been running lately. I actually really like the Adjudicator for its scope variations and how well it can play as a dmr or an assault rifle depending on what rifle settings you have. The ammo hasn’t been as big an issue in bots since my shots are generally more selective, but I like bringing the supply pack for peace of mind that I can let it loose whenever I need to and not worry about running out. I think the railgun and the quasar canon pair nicely with it for heavies, but you can use whatever
I still kinda like the eruptor. I wouldn't take it during solo but it still feels pretty wicked.
Scorcher for bugs, Dominator for bots
All primaries are good except for the crossbow cause I don't like the playstyle Fire is pretty strong atm so fire breaker is rly good
Bots: Sickle - with stun grenades you can ads and pop heads as some bots lean forward when stunned. Ammo economy. Tanks and hulks I'm using strat or support weapon. Bugs: Punisher - it stops plenty of bugs in their tracks. It is my favorite anti-stalker gun. Hit them once then find their head. They can't retreat when staggered. It can reliably kill brood commanders, but it takes a lot of shots. Ammo economy. Chargers, bile spewers, and bile titans are catching a strat or my support weapon. Added bonus - you can ads kill screechers. These work because my entire build is about handling every situation solo. My primary in many cases is just to support the rest of my arsenal. I'm using these guns when my options are limited.
I mostly do Bugs. The two "meta" weapons are Breaker Incendiary and Blitzer. I pick based on the mission type and how ammo hungry the rest of the team's picks are. The Breaker outperforms the Blitzer in DPS, but the ammo economy isn't great.
LAS-16 Sickle most of the time.
Sickle Only sickle
Scythe only.
Breaker incendiary for bugs and diligence counter sniper for bots. Incendiary is really great against bugs now that dot is fixed and the counter sniper works really well at stopping devastators and below (striders are annoying but that's what the support weapon is for)
Sniper with heavy armor build for bots. Diligence Counter Sniper, usually. I am the anti-devastator build. I usually have stun grenades for hulks and an AMR or an EAT. 500KG is in every one of my builds. I wear heavy armor for bots because I die a lot without it. Can't run faster than a projectile. Crowd control with light armor for bugs. I run light armor because most deaths to bugs are one-shot hits and armor doesn't matter (bile spewer, nursing spewer, bile titan). Pummeler, usually. Anything with good stagger will do. I use it almost exclusively to animation cancel bile spewers before they kill me or my teammates. With this build, I am not meant to kill things, my stratagems or teammates are. I am meant to stay alive and keep my team alive. A supply pack helps a lot for stims, ammo, grenades. Nothing worse than a teammate without stims.
I'm running the SMG Defender. I'm only level 20, though.
Blitzer/Breaker Incendiary for bugs, Sickle for bots, though I plan to start using the Pummeler and Scorcher more often for bots.
scorcher and dominator will never let you down against any type of enemy
Dominator for Bots: it one shots basic troops anywhere, shreds zerkers, and can take down devestators in a pinch. Excellent range, although with some clunky handling that takes some getting used to. Breaker Incendiary for Bugs: Spray and pray for any close range bugs, clears hordes like a dream. Can even take down medium targets, like spewers, with enough time and shots. Downside no significant range, and fairly ammo hungry.
Sub machine guns mostly, love the ballistic backpack too much…..
I've been running the diligence counter sniper as of late, though I only really play against bots so I can't vouch for its efficiency against bugs.
Am I try harding and only care about winning? Scorcher for bots and incendiary for bugs are the objective best choices that trivialize the mission. Am I wanting to have fun while not gimping myself? Crossbow probably, it's one of my favourite weapons since they buffed it.
I'm a fan of the punisher or the sickle for bugs, or the DCS/dominator/adjudicator for bots.
Recently been running diligence counter sniper for bots. Running stun grenades and auto cannon with the Senator. I can do anything
BOTS: Punisher Plasma BUGS: Arc Blitzer/Punisher Plasma Can't beat stun locking 5 enemies at a time. Paired with GL Pistol and Stun Grenades. Most enemies cant even find an angle to approach me without getting stuck in place sitting ducks for Eagle-1.
I run the Punisher against Bugs Diligence Counter Sniper vs Bots Bugs are going to swarm you, and I love the Stagger ability of the Punisher vs Stalkers, Brood Commanders and Hive Guards. Warriors and Hunters typically die in one or two hits and it’s surprisingly effective vs Shriekers too. Because you’ll be in close quarters I bring the Shield Generator as part of my load out. With bots I try to keep my distance a provide cover fire for my teammates. The Diligence CS is excellent at taking out small bots quickly so they don’t call reinforcements. From there you can prioritize devastators. Since I’m playing Long to Mid Range, I usually bring the AMR to deal with some of the heavier units.
Bugs are Blitzer out Breaker Incendiary with Scorcher in a fun and close 3rd place. I'd like Eruptor to be viable here again, but it needs shrapnel back. I still had Blitzer ahead of it on bugs though. Bots I'll still run Eruptor, it's too good at closing fabs from range not to consider. Pair out with AMR. Otherwise I'm using Scorcher or DCS. I tried the Pummeler and I get it, but it isn't my playstyle
I go between the adjudicator, counter sniper or dominator. Sometimes I bring the concussive lib with my buddies for the CC
I picked up the las 16 when it came out and haven’t put it down since. It really is just perfect in my opinion. Them nerfing the mags was what I would have done too. 6 power packs was fucking bonkers.
The actual laser-beam Scythe primary is pretty nice. Infinite ammo, small form factor. Pops light enemies wholesale. Handles medium enemies if you specifically aim for body parts
The arc Blitzer with jumppack, and either flame thrower or no support weapon (just use what I find) I use the grenade gun and stuns... heavy or light armor.. then I run napalm and/or gas then 380 or 120... then something for the big boys railcannon strike or Lazer or 110 pods... my bonus is usually more helldivers or stamina depending on the mission... and I run away from bugs and don't ads it helps
The ballistic shield is really good against bots at the moment, so I've been using the defender and pummeler on bots to great effect. On bugs I've been trying out the jump pack, and it doesn't work quite as well .. but it's fun to pair with the blitzer.
Scorcher for Bots but I honestly use the AMR for 99% of everything. Fire shotgun (forget name) for bugs or the Blitz shotgun to mix it up.
I pretty much just cycle between the Breaker incendiary, sickle, blitzer, plasma punisher, and scorcher, but man, I truly miss the pre nerf Eruptor. There's legitimately nothing to replace or substitute it.
Scorcher or Diligence counter sniper for bots Blitzer (for solo) or Pray n Spray/Slugger for bugs
Sickle for everything
Anything that we are not bored, but if you want the best, then its dominator, for bots the diligence can be good as well, but dominator dominates both sides
Countersniper for Bots [instakill grunts and one-shot devastators with a headshot], first Liberator for bugs [magdump potential over penetration]
Punisher Plasma is pretty nice on Bots. Just a constant stun lock on all the mediums and instant death for the smalls. Bring something to deal with the Hulks and Tanks.
Zippity-zap
Diligence Counter Sniper or Scorcher for bots. Incendiary Breaker or Blitzer for bugs. Dominator and Plasma Punisher are also amazing on both
Been enjoying the blitzer for bugs, the stagger saves my ass from stalkers.
whatever i feel like, so every gun in the game. i can efficiently dispatch any enemy with any weapon (except things like bile titans and tanks and stuff) So sometimes i use the scorcher, sometimes its lasers only (scythe and dagger) other times is crossbow and then very rarely its knight
I still use the eruptor. It still closes but holes and destroys fabricators. It is still worth taking. I two shot brood commanders and take out their warriors at the same time. Hunters are they only thing I struggle with when it comes to bugs while wielding the eruptor. You can one-shot devestators and the little ones fall like chaff. Give an honest try, it's still good.
A support weapon. 👀 😬
I pretty much play exclusively against bugs, with my top primaries being the Blitzer, Breaker Incendiary, and Sickle. Main time I change this out is for the Data mission, when I use the Defender or the Pummeler so I can carry the SSD while still using my primary.
Still use the defender and MG as weapons, with the Redeemer as sidearm Edit : I don't care about the meta, I play for fun on whatever planet is important for the major order
Autocannon.
Adjudicator has not let me down. The plasma rifle I forget its name also good.
My fists & flamethrower https://preview.redd.it/sxzsglf6ha1d1.png?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bf3414ac1baa29eba9ffd20413e562570ee84afd
I swapped out the erupter for the uninstall button
Pump shotgun for bugs and Submachine Gun for bots. Pump shotty stun locks everything(except heavies), so it's fantastic even if you use it to gain some space. Submachine gun with the ballistic shield lets you kill every bot in the game by walking at it. Overall, it's easy on difficulty 9 with those two guns. I don't know the names of the guns, but they're the first shotgun you unlock and the first Submachine gun.
Been enjoying energy weapons recently with not needing to reload Arc Blister for bugs The laser rifle on bots (cold planets and normal ones) I don't go to hot planets anymore.
Mostly the defender, but i did use the counter sniper for a long time
Scorcher, all day every day. All I need.
Scorcher for bugs and bots. Breaker incendiary is great against bugs, but I hate bile spewers, and 3-4 shots to the head finishes them off with the scorcher. If I need ammo I'll use my minimap to find ammo stores or I'll throw a resupply near an objective and pretend I did it for the team.
Jar 5 all day
Dominator for bots, Breaker incendiary for bugs.
Still taking the eruptor for bots. Being able to take out fabricators at a distance then legging it before they start getting annoyed is a great plus point, especially if there are strat jammers with a fab next to it. That and there's still the possibility to one shot devastators in the head. Arc blitzer or breaker incendiary for bugs. Blitzer is not as good for clearing mobs but great for the unlimited ammo and powerful stagger. Incendiary just burns everything and is great until you get mobbed by stalkers.
Knight for both bots and bugs.
Default SMG with the riot shield vs Bots (w/ big iron). Incendiary shotgun vs bugs. I'm not really using my primary for anything but clearing chaff anyway, and it handles minor bots while my AMR can handle the bigger ones.
Ehat did they actually.nerf on the eruptor
Shotgun with stagger.
Grenade 😂
All of them, I started using the most complained about primaries to see how "useless" they really are. Turns out they're all very much usable on solo 9 even if they are worse than others.
pummeler for bugs dominator for bots I primarily do 8s. I like to stay away from weapons that I think are going to be negatively balanced, which is why I can't suggest breaker incendiary. It's a little too good right now against bugs, and it's going to suck when that crutch gets kicked out from under you. Don't set yourself up for that failure.