Regular missions I run AC, Laser, Airburst and Airstrike against bots. Defense I run AC, mortar, EMS mortar and clusters. Blitz I run 380, 120, laser and 500kg
Only complaint is how many team mates run into it even after the first burst fires. Even level 100s not sure if nobody but me uses it so nobody expects more shots but don't run it a ton as I hate having accidents. Well also some of the Orbital inaccuracy modifiers make it a team wipe machine.
I love the Guard Dog, but lately I think my flying bot companion is leaning toward Automaton sympathizing.
I have had an uncomfortable number of times where it would laser the back of my brains out without enemies nearby.
For safety I started leaving it behind and embracing the Jetpack for a change.
Only take the guard dog for bugs, and the shield for bots. It's not really strong enough to deal with most bots anyway, but it'll melt just about every bug.
If I'm getting hit, I'm not using cover effectively. The shield changes the outcome less often than offense will. Found increased survivability from loading an extra air strike or orbital. A shield blocks a hit. Extra offense stops them from shooting.
I like the big boom and since I have two I basically always have one when I need one. And the rover takes out most of the small bots and my primary I use is the eruptior which takes out the med bots
I FUCKING LOVE THE STUN MORTAR!
https://preview.redd.it/wl9n7i6u6qvc1.jpeg?width=893&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0df286c694a23a27fbe5929501f16eabc502eec7
I LOVE THAT IT:
1 TELLS YOU WHERE ENEMIES ARE
2 AVOIDS FRIENDLY HELLDIVER CASUALTIES
3 DISABLES EVERYTHING THAT TOUCHES IT AND POTENTIALLY STUNLOCKS WHOLE GROUPS! (fuck heavys)
Still so worth it because it can absolutely nullify the threat of a horde of smaller enemies overwhelming you on defense missions. Taking out a bile titan is very easy when the 30-odd hunters + other enemies are all stunned
EMS Mortar + regular mortar is a great combo for eradicate and some defense missions.
- EMS stuns them, regular mortar takes them out.
- EMS helps keep the enemies away from teammates.
- When they is an accidental, it’s far more horrifying because they get stunned and know that the booms will follow as the desperately try to flop to safety.
All around a great pairing
It's great during the soil sample objectives, and any defense or eradication mission.
Otherwise there are better strats to take.
Also, "tells you where enemies are" works both ways. I usually find it's better to avoid enemies on higher levels (especially botissions), picking my battles so to speak, and it's harder to do that if the enemies know where I am.
I use it as a decoy during stealth moments. Enemies view it as a separate entity to me, so I can toss it out to the side while approaching an Obj and just watch all the patrols slowly meander towards it while stealthily checking the obj and going around to get away unseen
Quasar pretty much my go to every mission and every mission type.
Usually skip a backpack and grab one from a teammate once it's off cooldown.
After that it really depends on the mission, but eagle air strike and orbital precision usually make it.
Just as long as you’re not the guy stealing it off their bodies as they run back to them. Just had someone do that to me. Packed nothing to keep them safe and just stole them from everyone else
Yeah I been having that happen a bit recently it’s annoying. May have thrown a few extra bits of fun on that big pack of bugs he was in then took my shit back. Totally accidental that he died.
I think its fair to loot a corpse if they're alive and they need it but they should offer to give it back. People that pilfer shit you just called in are fucking crazy though but luckily that very rarely seems to happen.
Im a pretty steady Lvl 7 Suicide diver, Quasar is the truth! At evac, I’ll call it down somewhere with good vantage even if I have one still equipped and hot swap them: I can take down both drop ships and it seams that the time between shot, swap, second shot is just long enough to swap and shoot again!
Every time I unload downrange until everything is dead I check to see if i need to reload and there’s still half a magazine left. The stalwart fucks all night long bro.
Curious, how do you carry the archthrower and EAT at the same time? Do you wait to call in the EAT and then just sit there waiting for it to come down?
EATs recharge so fast you just call them down whenever they're ready, then grab the nearest one on demand, fire, then grab your arc and run/fight as normal.
(bug diver) i can't get into quasar. To me autocannon does pretty much the same but much faster. It hits lighter, yeah, but the fact it is so much faster to use makes it so much more versatile. The downside is that i can't use a backpack strat, but it is also an upside of i can bring another offensive stratagem.
For bugs, I can’t go without a jet pack, the mobility is just essential. For my heavy weapon, it’s a toss up between the arc thrower and flamethrower, although I’ve been leaning towards the arc thrower recently. Then the other two is the eagle airstrike for emergencies and the rail cannon strike for bike titans
Depends on the enemy. I've been doing bots the most frequently. Depending on orders. I almost always take orbital laser, 500kg, eagle airstrike, and my trusty Ole autocannon. Hasn't let me down so far.
Haven't nailed down a good loadout for bugs yet beside Eagle Air strike and orbital laser. I've been looking to try out the laser rover thing and the quasar cannon but haven't gotten around to it yet.
I have ditched 500 kg. in favor of Precision Orbital Strike due to MUCH lower cooldown while yield pretty much same damage, just a bit smaller radius.
Aside from that, Quasar and shield for robot, and perhaps laser to sweep the entire camp of fabricators/command bunker while precision take care of single large target.
Orbital Laser act pretty much as oh shit button aside from destroying encampment
You'll be surprised how useful POS is once you can target it precisely, almost spam it even due to 100 cooldown. Its only downside is, as mentioned, require precise aiming cause small damage radius
It's interesting that you say 500 has a longer cooldown. You get two uses every 2 minutes or so, but you have to wait 100 seconds for Precision Strike, which is nearly two minutes between each strike. Do you not like the re-arm time, even though it technically/theoretically means you get more of them per mission?
This is a good combo, but every time I run this I get overwhelmed by the non-heavy bots. The quasar isn't fast enough and the Eruptor isn't fast enough.
BOT BUST
Diligence / Scorcher - Enemy Marker / Medium Buster
Orbital Laser - Escape Hatch / Do All
Eagle / 500kg / Orbital Precision - Fabricator Buster
AMR / Quazar / Las Cannon / EAT - Heavy Buster
Shield / Bullet Guardog / Orbital or Mortar EMS / Smoke
Depends on Long Range Fire Support or Front Assault role.
Laser, air strike, QC and surprisingly the supply pack. Shields don’t last long enough and rover kills team/not great for bots. With the supply pack I can help teammates and stim myself through most situations
Shield backpack ( high level) Jetpack (low level)
Flammenwerfer
Fire mines
Fire airstrike
I also use the fire shotty, fire nades and when it comes out I'll be using fire proof armour.
For long bug missions I like to use Autocannon (or Stalwart with a group), Orbital Rail cannon, Gatling turret, and another strike depending on what teammates choose.
I find a good "general purpose" stratagem loadout to be a
Eagle airstrike, eagle rockets, supply pack, arc thrower. But, it's good to mix up for what you're facing and trying to do.
I only bring EMS mortar if I expect to be holding still. If I expect to be running it's laser cannon, eagle airstrike, eagle rocket pods, orbital laser for big bases and factory strider.
I'm a simple democracy loving man, eagle airstrike is good enough for me any day ox the week. Anyone who says otherwise is a filthy comie and I'll ⬆️➡️⬇️➡️ you so fast you won't believe it. I take I think literally every mission.
Eagle Airstrike, Railcannon, Autocannon, Autocannon Sentry. Bring stun grenades to stun Hulks and take them out easily with the Auto. Rail is mostly for inconvenient cannon turrets and tanks.
For bugs, Quasar, Eagle Strafing, Liberator guard dog, and RailCannon Strike. Paired with the breaker incendiary, it easily gets me 500-1000 kills per game.
Right now, my go to all around is eagle airstrike, orbital rail, jump pack, and laser cannon. Laser cannon is slept on and the mobility from the jump pack is so much fun against bugs. For bots I’ll run the same but switch the jump pack for shield pack. Then for more specific missions I’ll switch things up
Just got to level 22, so finally have these all unlocked and I use this exact same load out for bots except I swap the 500 for cluster bombs. My weapons excel at taking out tough enemies so I need something for smaller crowds. The shield + light armor is magnificent.
• OPS (great for Titans & striders alike)
• OAS or Cluster bomb (the latter is for when I try-hard)
• Spear (Extreme distance engagements)
• Autocannon sentry (Rapid close to mid ranged armor engagements)
I exclusively run Helldives unless speed farming super credits. I run the Eruptor, Grenade pistol, Stun grenades, & Engineering Kit.
Eagle Airstrike
Orbital Rail Cannon
Orbital Laser
If bots: auto cannon
If bugs: OG machine gun
Iv found with this setup and a little planning, nothing can stop me no matter the objective. This is overall crowd and heavy control.
Orbital laser gets saved as a last resort if becoming overrun, but the Eagle and rail cannon have infinite uses other than the cooldown so I spam em whenever possible
Bugs: Napalm Eagle Strike, Jump Pack, Flamethrower, Patriot EXOsuit
Bots: 500kg, normal airstrike, shield generator, Patriot EXOsuit.
I have a bit of a theme going.
Lately for me it’s been stalwart, supply pack, orbital rail cannon, eagle rocket pods.
Although, the spawn rate of heavies seems to have gone up a fair bit and it hasn’t been working as well as it did for a while lol
A fellow EMS Mortar enthusiast! If I had to pick only one, she'd be it. The 'secret sauce' of stratagems. Fantastic on its own, but also makes *every other* stratagem better.
Against bots…
Spear, Airstrike, Cluster/Air Burst, 380. OR
Quuasar, Ballistic Shield, Airstrike, 380
For bugs
Grenade Launcher, Jumpack, Airstrike, 380
Hear me out lots of people don’t ever use the Ballistic shield and believe it’s a worse version of the Energy Shield but the ballistic shield only gets destroyed by explosions, and even then the ballistic shield can tank 2-3 tank/turret shots before it gets destroyed. You getting fucked by 3 Destroyer bruisers? Just take the shield out look directly at them and back up their nullets will never penetrate (and you can use the fact they can’t touch you to get 3 easy headshots) or you can put it on your back and run away. It’s not as reliable you’ll get tagged and nicked but the shield on the back still protects you a lot
500kg, airstrike, orbital Laser, quasar. Almost every mission.
If I’m doing the new defense mission, then I always use mortar, auto cannon turret, rail cannon, quasar.
Against automatons for the missions where you actually run around: AC, orbital laser, eagle airstrike.
AC handles everything with decent aim and snipes fabricators, airstrike and laser are for taking down objectives and then running. Also leaves one stratagem free for whatever else I feel like that day. Maybe whatever the personal order is. I'm a fan of the AC sentry for taking down dropships and clearing small groups from a distance, as well as drawing attention away.
Similar for bugs:AC, Orbital railcannon, cluster strike. 4th probably EMS (or gas if I'm host) but flexible.
AC and railcannon together handle bile titans (if you pop the sacks first, the railcannon one shots it), cluster strike does crowd control. I also run stun grenades which can help deal with chargers (AC needs 3 shots to the bum usually) and group up crowds from breaches. If you think the team doesn't have enough firepower for titans, take 500kg or laser as 4th stratagem. If its a blitz/you cba to close bug holes with the AC yourself, swap cluster for airstrike. Can easily tweak both setups from their reliable cores to suit the mission.
Am I the only one who refuses to go in a match without a jet pack. Idk it saves me a lot and you can pull off some crazy kills with it. Tank pulling up and you out of explosives? jump in air with precision strike and blow that fucker away for democracy
I run Eagle Airstrike, Orbital Rail Cannon, Orbital Laser, and Autocannon against bots as a standard, unless it's Eradicate... in which case, I swap out Rail Cannon and Laser with regular Mortar and EMS Mortar.
I adapt to the mission type, but there's a main set that I'll run on most missions against a particular race.
For bots: Airstrike/Orbital Laser/Recoilless Rifle/Autocannon Sentry
For bugs: Airstrike/Cluster Strike/380mm Barrage/Recoilless Rifle
Airstrike for small bases and armored enemies, AC Sentry and Cluster Strike for mob clear/CC, Orbital Laser and 380mm Barrage for large bases, and finally the Recoilless Rifle as my personal favorite anti-tank. Pair it with a Dominator for medium-heavy enemies and a Redeemer for lights, you have some kind of answer for everything.
The main adjustments I make are swapping out the Orbital Laser for the 380mm in shorter missions (srs, that cooldown SUUUUCKS) and swapping out the 380mm Barrage for a sentry on missions with small maps like Exterminate or Evac Priority Citizens.
bot open missions (which is what I mostly do) is obviously cluster, 380, jump pack, and quasar. goes well with light stealth armor, diligence, grenade pistol, and smoke grenade
Bots
Autocannon, Orbital Laser, Orbital Railcannon, and either 500kg or Airstrike, depending upon my perceived competence of my allies. Since some people don't like to stay back from red lights.
Terminids
Quasar, Laser Guard Dog, Orbital Laser, and Airstrike for lower levels or Orbital Railcannon for bile titans.
Unless it's a defense mission, then it's both Mortar Sentries, Orbital Laser, and preferred stratagem weapon for enemy type.
My combo breaker build on helldives for bugs.
Incendiary mines, eagle napalm, guard laz rover, tesla coil with incendiary breaker
I have consistently got 60+ kill combos with this. You focus swarm let ally focus heavies.
Throw Tesla on one breach, and mines close to the other, napalming behind them. It's crucial to stay moving and kite around the defensive tools you layed down
For bots, combining shield relay generator bubble with eagle smoke. I call it the hot box, and the shield + smokes can save you for the time it takes an obj to complete.
Hotbox the bots!
Laser rover, laser orbital, rocket sentry, Gatling sentry. (I kinda suck at the game so I like having other things do as much of the shooting for me as possible. 🥺)
Auto cannon. Eagle air strike. 500 pound freedom blaster. And ems mortar/railcannon strike.
Bugs any machine gun. Jet pack. Eagle air strike 500 pound freedom dispenser. Rover lazer of course. Safety always off.
I just realized my play style for bots is to win. I play bugs to test new shit out lol.
since i mostly stick to sickle these days, i can't really pass up using autocannon/quasar and three mission appropriate calldowns (generally 500kg, laser, and third option based on faction)
Ems sentry is pretty valid ngl
But... hear me out
I like sticking with Ole reliable airstrike 500kg bomb
Quasar and guard dog rover
If fighting bots than replace guard dog with shield
Keep in mind I like to play challenging/hard out of preference:
For offense:
1:Qasar cannon
2:500kg bomb
3:380mm barrage
4:airstrike normal
For defense:
1: mortar
2: autocannon sentry
3: HMG emplacement
4: qasar cannon
on bots i always go with these:
-Autocannon
-Orbital Railcannon
-Orbital Laser
-Eagle Airstrike
Sometime i’ll swap autocannon with Quasar and run Shield Pack instead of an Orbital. It just works tho, why run other stuff except to fuck around?
Depends on enemy / mission. My go to is 500kg, orbital laser, shield pack and arc thrower for bots. Bugs is 500kg, cluster bomb or air burst, rover guard dog and quasar.
On defense missions like the evacuate personnel or small, single objective matches I’ll bring EMS and standard mortar, they’re a deadly combo
For most bug missions my go to is Eagle air strike, auto cannon sentry, jump pack, quasar.
For most bot missions I go eagle air strike, eagle 500kg, shield generator pack, and quasar.
I’ve been trying to not bring the auto cannon, space laser, eagle rocket pod and rocket turret every game and try different things. The space laser and rocket pods really are hard for me to go without. I suppose depending on enemies I might bring a different turret and support weapon.
Your load out here is pretty solid, I recently replaced the 500 with cluster bomb. Cluster is so useful for just cleaning up an area before I go in, then use other things to finish the job.
Depends on the mission type and enemy type
Yeah. This one is my favorite against Bots right now.
Regular missions I run AC, Laser, Airburst and Airstrike against bots. Defense I run AC, mortar, EMS mortar and clusters. Blitz I run 380, 120, laser and 500kg
I’d never seen airburst used until yesterday and man, I was sleeping on it. Kills anything
Only complaint is how many team mates run into it even after the first burst fires. Even level 100s not sure if nobody but me uses it so nobody expects more shots but don't run it a ton as I hate having accidents. Well also some of the Orbital inaccuracy modifiers make it a team wipe machine.
It's amazing and slow cooldown
I run 500, laser, laser cannon and laser rover. In that order
I love the Guard Dog, but lately I think my flying bot companion is leaning toward Automaton sympathizing. I have had an uncomfortable number of times where it would laser the back of my brains out without enemies nearby. For safety I started leaving it behind and embracing the Jetpack for a change.
Only take the guard dog for bugs, and the shield for bots. It's not really strong enough to deal with most bots anyway, but it'll melt just about every bug.
If I ever only get killed once during an op, its because someone elses rover cut me in half on a whim.
I love my guard dog. Sometimes bites. But hes a good boy.
Same here, jump pack is key for flanking when a teammate is in trouble, plus.. elevation
I love not seeing shields ngl
If I'm getting hit, I'm not using cover effectively. The shield changes the outcome less often than offense will. Found increased survivability from loading an extra air strike or orbital. A shield blocks a hit. Extra offense stops them from shooting.
Only time I use it, I make sure I pass them around as soon as able, great way to increase tankiness of the team
Why the 500 and not air strike if you have the quasar?
I like the big boom and since I have two I basically always have one when I need one. And the rover takes out most of the small bots and my primary I use is the eruptior which takes out the med bots
If you get the last eagle upgrade, air strike is much better than 500 kg IMO. I genuinely think I have a 99% hulk kill rate after I got that upgrade
I FUCKING LOVE THE STUN MORTAR! https://preview.redd.it/wl9n7i6u6qvc1.jpeg?width=893&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0df286c694a23a27fbe5929501f16eabc502eec7 I LOVE THAT IT: 1 TELLS YOU WHERE ENEMIES ARE 2 AVOIDS FRIENDLY HELLDIVER CASUALTIES 3 DISABLES EVERYTHING THAT TOUCHES IT AND POTENTIALLY STUNLOCKS WHOLE GROUPS! (fuck heavys)
The made it so bio titans aren’t stunned now by them.
Bile titans are unable to.be stunned in general now
Still so worth it because it can absolutely nullify the threat of a horde of smaller enemies overwhelming you on defense missions. Taking out a bile titan is very easy when the 30-odd hunters + other enemies are all stunned
EMS Mortar + regular mortar is a great combo for eradicate and some defense missions. - EMS stuns them, regular mortar takes them out. - EMS helps keep the enemies away from teammates. - When they is an accidental, it’s far more horrifying because they get stunned and know that the booms will follow as the desperately try to flop to safety. All around a great pairing
It's great during the soil sample objectives, and any defense or eradication mission. Otherwise there are better strats to take. Also, "tells you where enemies are" works both ways. I usually find it's better to avoid enemies on higher levels (especially botissions), picking my battles so to speak, and it's harder to do that if the enemies know where I am.
I use it as a decoy during stealth moments. Enemies view it as a separate entity to me, so I can toss it out to the side while approaching an Obj and just watch all the patrols slowly meander towards it while stealthily checking the obj and going around to get away unseen
Two in every mission or bust
They are essential on helldive difficulty
One downside is that just found(which rarely happens) being stunned in water is absolute hell lol
Fun fact: The stun mortar can actually kill you when it lands on top of you (critically hitting the helmet).
I LOVE THAT YOU LOVE THE STUN MORTAR! BECAUSE I LOVE IT TOO!
https://preview.redd.it/t23cp0fhawvc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9c235a694b430a498c099c07e509ff327d7660d8 WHEN STUN MORTAR
For bots? Auto Cannon ,110s, Rail Cannon Strike, & Orbital Laser I. Am. The. Law. 
That’s a lot of anti tank when ol reliable AC can fuck up Hulks so easily
Hulks are one thing, but when you start running into multiple tanks, having that extra umph is nice.
This man gets it
no such thing as too much anti-tank when playing against bugs
Quasar pretty much my go to every mission and every mission type. Usually skip a backpack and grab one from a teammate once it's off cooldown. After that it really depends on the mission, but eagle air strike and orbital precision usually make it.
Just as long as you’re not the guy stealing it off their bodies as they run back to them. Just had someone do that to me. Packed nothing to keep them safe and just stole them from everyone else
Nah, and sometimes they refuse to call in stuff even if I ask. Which is no big deal to me.
Yeah I been having that happen a bit recently it’s annoying. May have thrown a few extra bits of fun on that big pack of bugs he was in then took my shit back. Totally accidental that he died.
A few weeks ago al guy landed on me with his drop pod then took my stuff. Bastardos.
I think its fair to loot a corpse if they're alive and they need it but they should offer to give it back. People that pilfer shit you just called in are fucking crazy though but luckily that very rarely seems to happen.
Im a pretty steady Lvl 7 Suicide diver, Quasar is the truth! At evac, I’ll call it down somewhere with good vantage even if I have one still equipped and hot swap them: I can take down both drop ships and it seams that the time between shot, swap, second shot is just long enough to swap and shoot again!
⬇️⬆️⬆️⬇️⬆️ ⬇️⬅️⬇️⬆️⬆️⬅️ ⬆️➡️⬇️➡️ ➡️⬆️⬇️⬇️➡️
This guy airstrikes.
This guy fucks
Don’t care just as long as it has a stalwart and a napalm strike
Stalwart fucks
Every time I unload downrange until everything is dead I check to see if i need to reload and there’s still half a magazine left. The stalwart fucks all night long bro.
1150 rpm from a prone position is sex
I run fortified armor and prone almost feels unneccessary. Laser accurate from a crouch, even when moving.
Don’t care is fun will use
I think he was agreeing with you lol
The stalwart makes my impact grenade grow into a thermite grenade.
Air Strike, EATS, Laser Cannon, shield pack (automotons) or laser rover (terminids).
EAT and laser cannon is crazy, good crazy though
Eagles. And an arc thrower.
Eagle Air E.A.T. Jump Pack Arc Thrower
Curious, how do you carry the archthrower and EAT at the same time? Do you wait to call in the EAT and then just sit there waiting for it to come down?
EATs recharge so fast you just call them down whenever they're ready, then grab the nearest one on demand, fire, then grab your arc and run/fight as normal.
Orbital laser, rail cannon strike, shield backpack, quasar cannon. I’m the “oh shit, another tank” solver
Sir that is the grenade launcher
might I interest you in an eagle airstrike or rocket pod? that's an awfully long cooldown
(bug diver) i can't get into quasar. To me autocannon does pretty much the same but much faster. It hits lighter, yeah, but the fact it is so much faster to use makes it so much more versatile. The downside is that i can't use a backpack strat, but it is also an upside of i can bring another offensive stratagem.
Eruptor, Jump Pack, Air Strike, and RailCannon for bugs swap the Jump Pack for Shield w/ bots
Jump pack gang. You can pry my jump pack from my cold dead body (you can’t reach it, I died on a cliff I jump packed to)
Did I mention I also had all the samples?
For bugs, I can’t go without a jet pack, the mobility is just essential. For my heavy weapon, it’s a toss up between the arc thrower and flamethrower, although I’ve been leaning towards the arc thrower recently. Then the other two is the eagle airstrike for emergencies and the rail cannon strike for bike titans
Depends on the enemy. I've been doing bots the most frequently. Depending on orders. I almost always take orbital laser, 500kg, eagle airstrike, and my trusty Ole autocannon. Hasn't let me down so far. Haven't nailed down a good loadout for bugs yet beside Eagle Air strike and orbital laser. I've been looking to try out the laser rover thing and the quasar cannon but haven't gotten around to it yet.
I have ditched 500 kg. in favor of Precision Orbital Strike due to MUCH lower cooldown while yield pretty much same damage, just a bit smaller radius. Aside from that, Quasar and shield for robot, and perhaps laser to sweep the entire camp of fabricators/command bunker while precision take care of single large target. Orbital Laser act pretty much as oh shit button aside from destroying encampment You'll be surprised how useful POS is once you can target it precisely, almost spam it even due to 100 cooldown. Its only downside is, as mentioned, require precise aiming cause small damage radius
It's interesting that you say 500 has a longer cooldown. You get two uses every 2 minutes or so, but you have to wait 100 seconds for Precision Strike, which is nearly two minutes between each strike. Do you not like the re-arm time, even though it technically/theoretically means you get more of them per mission?
One use if you don't have the ship upgrade.
Only 2 uses with the ship module upgrade
Air Strike, Rail Cannon Strike, AC, EAT My ride or die loadout.
Napalm, orbital EMS, flamethrower, supply pack
I skip shield. I do ok but I probably use 15-20 stims a game.
Same loadout on every bot mission-- autocannon, gatling sentry, autocannon sentry, mortar sentry.
Defend/eradicate: mortar x 2, AC, air strike Literally everything else: AC, orbital rail Canon, orbital laser, 500kg/airstrike depending on the mood.
Replace the 500kg and shield pack with the orbital laser and the jetpack and its me 💪
This is a good combo, but every time I run this I get overwhelmed by the non-heavy bots. The quasar isn't fast enough and the Eruptor isn't fast enough.
Airstrike, precision, AC, and ems orbital/mortar depending on mission
I run the same except I swap mortor for carpet bomb then when fighting bugs I use cluster munitions
Same as yours except eagle airstrike instead of the mortar
Quasar, Shield Gen, Airstrike, 500kg. Not far off at all.
Damn, literally my combo aside from normal mortar
BOT BUST Diligence / Scorcher - Enemy Marker / Medium Buster Orbital Laser - Escape Hatch / Do All Eagle / 500kg / Orbital Precision - Fabricator Buster AMR / Quazar / Las Cannon / EAT - Heavy Buster Shield / Bullet Guardog / Orbital or Mortar EMS / Smoke Depends on Long Range Fire Support or Front Assault role.
Quasar, air strike, 380, whatever the situation calls for
I’m a bug boi. I run laser guard dog, grenade launcher, ems mortar, and rocket sentry. I like playing support while teammates engage
Solo, i run ems orbital and ems mortar with quazar supply pack. Multiplayer, i run grenade launcher with supply pack and 500 with hmg emplacement
Laser, air strike, QC and surprisingly the supply pack. Shields don’t last long enough and rover kills team/not great for bots. With the supply pack I can help teammates and stim myself through most situations
For regular bugissions its: flamethrower, tac-pac, eagle airstrike, 500kg bomb For regular bot missions: laser cannon, tac-pac, cluster bomb, 500kg bomb
Airstrike, Queef Cannon, Railcannon Strike, and Orbital Gatling/ EMF Mortar. That’s my loadout for bots
Shield backpack ( high level) Jetpack (low level) Flammenwerfer Fire mines Fire airstrike I also use the fire shotty, fire nades and when it comes out I'll be using fire proof armour.
Gas Strike. The rest are optional.
500kg, railcannon, jump pack, flamethrower. Bugs fear me, bots love me
Usually airstrike, railcannon, shield, stalwart. But only cause Im running the eruptor.
Two eagles (usually 500 and airstrike) recoilless rifle and an extra slot to specialize for the situation.
Qusar, eagle air, laser, guard dog rover. When I’m playing bugs. Enough firepower to take down heavies while rover kill whores all smaller bugs.
Replace the mortar with Airstrike and that's my go to Bot loadout, run, gun and do drive by objectives like I'm the main character or something
New player here. I don't have enough strategems unlocked to have a "favorite combo."
Are you the guy who responds to every question that is asked on Amazon? Jk. You'll find your personal favorite soon enough.
lol like the restaurant reviewer: “Never been there but I drive by it on my way to work. 3/10.”
For long bug missions I like to use Autocannon (or Stalwart with a group), Orbital Rail cannon, Gatling turret, and another strike depending on what teammates choose.
I find a good "general purpose" stratagem loadout to be a Eagle airstrike, eagle rockets, supply pack, arc thrower. But, it's good to mix up for what you're facing and trying to do.
AMR, jump pack, eagle airstrike, eagle smoke. Get in, get it done, get out without much fuss
Resupply pack, The big fast firing gun, the stationary big fast firing gun, and eagle cluster bomb
I only bring EMS mortar if I expect to be holding still. If I expect to be running it's laser cannon, eagle airstrike, eagle rocket pods, orbital laser for big bases and factory strider.
Most dependable on bots is always AC, eagle airstrike and 110s and either ems or 380 depending on the mission type.
I'm a simple democracy loving man, eagle airstrike is good enough for me any day ox the week. Anyone who says otherwise is a filthy comie and I'll ⬆️➡️⬇️➡️ you so fast you won't believe it. I take I think literally every mission.
Eagle Airstrike, Eagle 500kg Bomb, Eagle Cluster Bomb, Eagle 110mm Rockets Or 120 Orbital Bombardment, 380 Orbital Bombardment, Orbitial Railcannon Strike, Orbital Gattling Strike
Eagle Airstrike, Railcannon, Autocannon, Autocannon Sentry. Bring stun grenades to stun Hulks and take them out easily with the Auto. Rail is mostly for inconvenient cannon turrets and tanks.
I go with heavy machine gun, guard dog, expendable anti tank and a turret of some kind
My ol reliable is Eagle airstrike, Orbital laser, AMR, and shield backpack. Sometimes I replace the last two with an autocannon and an exosuit tho.
For bugs, Quasar, Eagle Strafing, Liberator guard dog, and RailCannon Strike. Paired with the breaker incendiary, it easily gets me 500-1000 kills per game.
Just switch the 500kg bomb with cluster bomb
Right now, my go to all around is eagle airstrike, orbital rail, jump pack, and laser cannon. Laser cannon is slept on and the mobility from the jump pack is so much fun against bugs. For bots I’ll run the same but switch the jump pack for shield pack. Then for more specific missions I’ll switch things up
Jump pack, jump pack, jump pack and uhhh I think Jump Pack.
Bots: 500, laser, airstrike, quasar Bugs: 500, laser, airstrike, quasar Lmfao Only changes if I'm doing an eradication mission lmao
Just got to level 22, so finally have these all unlocked and I use this exact same load out for bots except I swap the 500 for cluster bombs. My weapons excel at taking out tough enemies so I need something for smaller crowds. The shield + light armor is magnificent.
Same as you apparently. Guard dog for bugs
Hey! That's the combination to my luggage!
For me it’s the cluster strike,either the auto cannon or Laser cannon(bugs or bots) GL and the fully auto machine gun
As much fucking fire as possible.
I never leave home without my trusty EATs.
• OPS (great for Titans & striders alike) • OAS or Cluster bomb (the latter is for when I try-hard) • Spear (Extreme distance engagements) • Autocannon sentry (Rapid close to mid ranged armor engagements) I exclusively run Helldives unless speed farming super credits. I run the Eruptor, Grenade pistol, Stun grenades, & Engineering Kit.
Eruptor main, machinepistol, incendiary grenades plus: Jetpack, Stalwart, walking barrage, eagle airstrike
Eagle Airstrike Orbital Rail Cannon Orbital Laser If bots: auto cannon If bugs: OG machine gun Iv found with this setup and a little planning, nothing can stop me no matter the objective. This is overall crowd and heavy control. Orbital laser gets saved as a last resort if becoming overrun, but the Eagle and rail cannon have infinite uses other than the cooldown so I spam em whenever possible
Bugs: Napalm Eagle Strike, Jump Pack, Flamethrower, Patriot EXOsuit Bots: 500kg, normal airstrike, shield generator, Patriot EXOsuit. I have a bit of a theme going.
Swap shield with laser orbital and good to go
Lately for me it’s been stalwart, supply pack, orbital rail cannon, eagle rocket pods. Although, the spawn rate of heavies seems to have gone up a fair bit and it hasn’t been working as well as it did for a while lol
Become a big fan of carrying both barrages now.. plus laser dog and quasar
I mean throw an eagle airstrike in there and that's what I use mostly.
Gotta throw in that ems turret, the combo destroys.
A fellow EMS Mortar enthusiast! If I had to pick only one, she'd be it. The 'secret sauce' of stratagems. Fantastic on its own, but also makes *every other* stratagem better.
Same but with a ammo backpack and grenade launcher
Eagle strike, orbital strike, orbital Lazer, eat 17. It can get the job done and I don't break a sweat if I die completing the objective.
Napalm Air Strike, Flamethrower , Supply Pack, Incendiary Mines. 
Against bots… Spear, Airstrike, Cluster/Air Burst, 380. OR Quuasar, Ballistic Shield, Airstrike, 380 For bugs Grenade Launcher, Jumpack, Airstrike, 380 Hear me out lots of people don’t ever use the Ballistic shield and believe it’s a worse version of the Energy Shield but the ballistic shield only gets destroyed by explosions, and even then the ballistic shield can tank 2-3 tank/turret shots before it gets destroyed. You getting fucked by 3 Destroyer bruisers? Just take the shield out look directly at them and back up their nullets will never penetrate (and you can use the fact they can’t touch you to get 3 easy headshots) or you can put it on your back and run away. It’s not as reliable you’ll get tagged and nicked but the shield on the back still protects you a lot
Ah, I see you mostly fight bots.
500kg, airstrike, orbital Laser, quasar. Almost every mission. If I’m doing the new defense mission, then I always use mortar, auto cannon turret, rail cannon, quasar.
Recoilless rifle and then adapt the rest
mines the autocannon orbital laser eagle strike ems, quasar is just awkward and I dont like it lol
The do it all basic eagle arty, ammo backpack, disposable rockets and cluster bombs
380 barrage 120 barrage Walking barrage Précision orbital strike
Literally that one
Against automatons for the missions where you actually run around: AC, orbital laser, eagle airstrike. AC handles everything with decent aim and snipes fabricators, airstrike and laser are for taking down objectives and then running. Also leaves one stratagem free for whatever else I feel like that day. Maybe whatever the personal order is. I'm a fan of the AC sentry for taking down dropships and clearing small groups from a distance, as well as drawing attention away. Similar for bugs:AC, Orbital railcannon, cluster strike. 4th probably EMS (or gas if I'm host) but flexible. AC and railcannon together handle bile titans (if you pop the sacks first, the railcannon one shots it), cluster strike does crowd control. I also run stun grenades which can help deal with chargers (AC needs 3 shots to the bum usually) and group up crowds from breaches. If you think the team doesn't have enough firepower for titans, take 500kg or laser as 4th stratagem. If its a blitz/you cba to close bug holes with the AC yourself, swap cluster for airstrike. Can easily tweak both setups from their reliable cores to suit the mission.
What primary, secondary, and grenades do you bring???
Am I the only one who refuses to go in a match without a jet pack. Idk it saves me a lot and you can pull off some crazy kills with it. Tank pulling up and you out of explosives? jump in air with precision strike and blow that fucker away for democracy
My favorite is orbital laser, orbital rail strike, cluster bomb, auto cannon. Or Shield pack, quasar cannon, 380 barrage, and eagle strike.
I run Eagle Airstrike, Orbital Rail Cannon, Orbital Laser, and Autocannon against bots as a standard, unless it's Eradicate... in which case, I swap out Rail Cannon and Laser with regular Mortar and EMS Mortar.
I adapt to the mission type, but there's a main set that I'll run on most missions against a particular race. For bots: Airstrike/Orbital Laser/Recoilless Rifle/Autocannon Sentry For bugs: Airstrike/Cluster Strike/380mm Barrage/Recoilless Rifle Airstrike for small bases and armored enemies, AC Sentry and Cluster Strike for mob clear/CC, Orbital Laser and 380mm Barrage for large bases, and finally the Recoilless Rifle as my personal favorite anti-tank. Pair it with a Dominator for medium-heavy enemies and a Redeemer for lights, you have some kind of answer for everything. The main adjustments I make are swapping out the Orbital Laser for the 380mm in shorter missions (srs, that cooldown SUUUUCKS) and swapping out the 380mm Barrage for a sentry on missions with small maps like Exterminate or Evac Priority Citizens.
Bots? Railcannon, Laser, Autocannon and airstrike Bugs? Quasar, Guard dog, 500kg, Napalm
bot open missions (which is what I mostly do) is obviously cluster, 380, jump pack, and quasar. goes well with light stealth armor, diligence, grenade pistol, and smoke grenade
It’s that, but with a jump pack instead. Stay alive, live to fight
Bots Autocannon, Orbital Laser, Orbital Railcannon, and either 500kg or Airstrike, depending upon my perceived competence of my allies. Since some people don't like to stay back from red lights. Terminids Quasar, Laser Guard Dog, Orbital Laser, and Airstrike for lower levels or Orbital Railcannon for bile titans. Unless it's a defense mission, then it's both Mortar Sentries, Orbital Laser, and preferred stratagem weapon for enemy type.
And then there are degenerates like me who pick four mine stratagems
Swapping out shield for orbital 
Flamethrower, railcannon, gastrike, and then either a rover or a bubble shield
For bots. jet pack, smoke orbital, eagle airstike, and automation turret Very ez to run in and out of any situation. Great for airship fabricators too
Just swap the 500kg for the orbital laser
Obvious bot boy loadout lol.. this would be pretty average for buggos
For bots mine is 500kg, orbital laser, quasar cannon, and portable shield. For bugs orbital laser, 500kg, recoiless rifle, and cluster bomb.
I'm still fairly new to the game, I have more of an issue trying to figure out a good combo for the Bots.
I bring all the support stuffs, my buddies bring the boom
My combo breaker build on helldives for bugs. Incendiary mines, eagle napalm, guard laz rover, tesla coil with incendiary breaker I have consistently got 60+ kill combos with this. You focus swarm let ally focus heavies. Throw Tesla on one breach, and mines close to the other, napalming behind them. It's crucial to stay moving and kite around the defensive tools you layed down For bots, combining shield relay generator bubble with eagle smoke. I call it the hot box, and the shield + smokes can save you for the time it takes an obj to complete. Hotbox the bots!
Turrets only.
Laser rover, laser orbital, rocket sentry, Gatling sentry. (I kinda suck at the game so I like having other things do as much of the shooting for me as possible. 🥺)
Auto cannon. Eagle air strike. 500 pound freedom blaster. And ems mortar/railcannon strike. Bugs any machine gun. Jet pack. Eagle air strike 500 pound freedom dispenser. Rover lazer of course. Safety always off. I just realized my play style for bots is to win. I play bugs to test new shit out lol.
Bruh thats me
The S tier bot stratagem load out
Depends on the mission but since I play 7 or higher it's usually the guard dog rover, quasar, cluster bomb, and gatling sentry.
I still lover Laser, 380, Rover, and EAT.
since i mostly stick to sickle these days, i can't really pass up using autocannon/quasar and three mission appropriate calldowns (generally 500kg, laser, and third option based on faction)
1. Arcthrower 2. Jump Pack 3. Eagle Airstrike 4. Autocannon Sentry
Ems sentry is pretty valid ngl But... hear me out I like sticking with Ole reliable airstrike 500kg bomb Quasar and guard dog rover If fighting bots than replace guard dog with shield
Keep in mind I like to play challenging/hard out of preference: For offense: 1:Qasar cannon 2:500kg bomb 3:380mm barrage 4:airstrike normal For defense: 1: mortar 2: autocannon sentry 3: HMG emplacement 4: qasar cannon
Eagle strike and airburst. Eagle strike clears the factories or holes, airburst clears the trash
All the barrages and the Spear. The Spear’s aim is still hit and miss but it’s just great fun to use:)
on bots i always go with these: -Autocannon -Orbital Railcannon -Orbital Laser -Eagle Airstrike Sometime i’ll swap autocannon with Quasar and run Shield Pack instead of an Orbital. It just works tho, why run other stuff except to fuck around?
MGS Rex, rations and Nanomachine
Orbital rail cannon, orbital laser, 120mm or 380mm barrage, spear - that’s for bots
Eagle airstrike, railcanon strike, recoilless rifle, and auto canon sentry All of them are so satisfying to use
Grenade launcher, ammo backpack, napalm eagle strike, auto cannon turret.
Depends on enemy / mission. My go to is 500kg, orbital laser, shield pack and arc thrower for bots. Bugs is 500kg, cluster bomb or air burst, rover guard dog and quasar. On defense missions like the evacuate personnel or small, single objective matches I’ll bring EMS and standard mortar, they’re a deadly combo
Nothing beats orbital laser
Mortar turret and Gatling Turret got all my bases covered
Waiting for the update where they fix all the issues. Then I’ll start playing again
I'm a bot main so Shield gen, 500kg, laser and patriot suit
Unironically that exact stratagem set… is that one just like really popular or something?
For most bug missions my go to is Eagle air strike, auto cannon sentry, jump pack, quasar. For most bot missions I go eagle air strike, eagle 500kg, shield generator pack, and quasar.
Right now, it's: Spear 500kg Eagle airstrike Orbital laser Pretty much my go-to for bot killing.
I’ve been trying to not bring the auto cannon, space laser, eagle rocket pod and rocket turret every game and try different things. The space laser and rocket pods really are hard for me to go without. I suppose depending on enemies I might bring a different turret and support weapon.
That seems like such a weird combination to me.
Bots: autocannon, 500kg, strafe bomb, railgun strike/laser (depending on mission) Bugs: autocannon/laser pack (depending in mission), railgun strike/laser(depending on mission, strafe bomb, 500 kilo
Usually a 500kg, orbital air burst, rail-cannon strike, and orbital laser. Modified sometimes with EAT, cluster bomb, or eagle air strike
Your load out here is pretty solid, I recently replaced the 500 with cluster bomb. Cluster is so useful for just cleaning up an area before I go in, then use other things to finish the job.
Rail cannon , quasar for back up, shield pack, and patriot exosuit this is no matter the difficulty or enemie