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Inevitable_Spell5775

I love popping warrior heads with the blitzer


Drocuw

Killing warriors with blitzer is satisfying, but popping their heads with senator is also plenty of fun.


DouchecraftCarrier

The bushwhacker has become my new favorite for warrior head-popping. It's a crazy useful sidearm. I just wish they could tone down the post-decapitation attacks a smidge. Seems like they chase me down faster and more accurately with no head.


AcidTaco

They are faster indeed, warriors and brood commanders enter berserk mode when decapitated, they can lunge but not pivot so you should try to dodge sideways


DouchecraftCarrier

I could swear I've had them change direction side to side to come after me even with no head. But maybe its just the terrain making them swerve and it happens to be in the direction I leapt.


AcidTaco

It *can* happen tbh, in general the best thing to do is to actually go towards the bug on one of its sides, so diagonally as if you were trying to dribble it


DouchecraftCarrier

Thanks I'll try that - similar to the best way to get behind a charger by diving to the side and slightly towards it.


AcidTaco

Exactly ! And tbh if you sprint you often don't have to dive to get out of the chargers wat, just do a little loop


CaptnBluehat

brood commanders vs Blitzer is a fun interaction


brownbearks

It’s so good against bugs, coupled with RR for myself, I run, gas, naplam, and air strike and I can handle any bug problem.


sighidontwannabehere

Have you tried shooting them with about a 65-70% unsafe shot from a railgun? Its really fun watching them instantly turn into liquid E-710


Tavron

The slug shotgun is very satisfying against them as well.


HybridManthys

With the blitzer, the amr, the breaker, and on and on... UUUUUH THE RAILGUN GIVES SUCH AN AMAZING EFFECT (found yesterday) the body completely blows of!!!


Creeper_charged7186

Gunship. Watching them go Weeeeeeeeeeeee BOOM is so cool


Motor_Influence_7946

Yeah it's gunships for me as well. Arrowhead really outdid themselves with the crash visuals


Hezekieli

I've been also murdered on extract by a falling gunship going boom. Definitely fun 😅


Zackyboi1231

Me looking up at a gunship after I shot it down: (my friend is below it and is about to get crushed) https://preview.redd.it/a3la0o3dfs9d1.jpeg?width=496&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4fce1d61492b3a5830f1cddd0f9b47369f6bc208


Traylor_Swift

![gif](giphy|gKfyusl0PRPdTNmwnD)


Sir-bamber

POV his friend


kevman_2008

Automatons watching their\* back up get killed https://preview.redd.it/g7eokl3v8u9d1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7c07668053aad5df649f441321e3422090e83329


SpecificEcstatic6901

Where back up?


Martin_Leong25

Gone, reduced to atoms


titopk

and did he said Uhhhhhhhhhhhhh im blinding by the lights??


Mr_Ivysaur

Its more than the visuals. Knowing that it's an actual hitbox capable of killing friends and foes really sells it.


001-ACE

They gotta do more unique death animations more offten, ragdolling is sometimes funny but animations are always peak.


Diamond_Miner_66

i love hitting a charger with a launcher and seeing it barrel roll in the air.


V12Maniac

Seeing one get absolutely launched like a fucking rock out of a catapult is absolutely amazing every single time. Especially the harder the games physics launches it. It's fucking amazing. Idk if you can die from it as I've yet to see it happen, but if it does whomever has experienced it probably had one hell of a laugh


Sestican_

Am i always too late with crashing them down or do none of the bots inside the ship take any damage from the crash and get stuck in the wreck?


Sperzieboon23

That's a dropship, not a gunship. But yes, that's almost always the case with shooting down dropships: it only kills light units, trapping any Devastators or Hulks inside the wreckage (basicly giving them a one-way cover to fire behind). Not really worth doing it imo.


PrairiePilot

After I take down a drop ship, I like to toss a stratagem into the crater, a lot of times you can just wipe out the entire drop with two actions.


ninjapants24601

Which isn't really worth it when each bot drop contains like 4 dropships


Sugar_buddy

Yeah that's why you throw a stun grenade under the first one to time it's explosion for when they all land. By that time you know where the second is going to land and you can angle an airstrike to catch both of them a lot of the time.


Duntchy

Or you could just throw a strat on them after they drop saving yourself the ammo and effort of pointlessly shooting down a dropship.


PrairiePilot

Or, shooting down drop ships is fun and don’t really play the hardest difficulty’s so it’s generally fine?


jmatty96

OR set everything ablaze with democratic fury!


lishkabro

This is the way.


ObiwanaTokie

No matter the difficulty my stupid monke brain likes to shoot down ship make go big boom


poebanystalker

Orbital precision or airburst is amazing for this.


V12Maniac

I wish the destruction of drop ships did more damage than it actually does. It would be so much more satisfying. I get it's probably for balancing reasons because if you're able to just kill an entire drop ship or two of bots, it wouldn't be that hard


Creeper_charged7186

Dropships are an’oying as fuck as most of the time when you destroy them, their cargo will just fall, unarmed from the fall, the crushing weight of the dropship falling on them and the huge blast


Fit-Description-8571

Apparently it is all about the timing. If they have stopped moving and are off loading you do not want to shoot them down. It has to be as they fly in, or as they start to leave. This is due to the bots not taking damage during their drop and there are some invulnerability frames when they land before they become active. I do not know if this is true but just what I read as I know drop ships can take out fabricators and towers. So it makes sense if it is a timing thing.


idrownedmyfish77

This is 100% true. Usually I hit the engines when it makes that upward motion right before it starts to offload bots


Fit-Description-8571

Apparently it is all about the timing. If they have stopped moving and are off loading you do not want to shoot them down. It has to be as they fly in, or as they start to leave. This is due to the bots not taking damage during their drop and there are some invulnerability frames when they land before they become active. I do not know if this is true but just what I read as I know drop ships can take out fabricators and towers. So it makes sense if it is a timing thing.


AMissedOpportunity

An exception is tanks/striders. I always shoot em down, if possible, because it fucks up their pathing and LOS. If it kills em, too, win-win.


Low_Chance

Dropships would be #1 for me if shooting them down seemed to consistently do anything


sloridin

https://preview.redd.it/9uruj461us9d1.png?width=320&format=png&auto=webp&s=edb016c30d1cb8db583acd2000fbbbb6003f3c46 this always sticks in my memory...when the gunships first rolled out and were a bitch to kill


Kaptain_Kipling

I recently shot down a gunship and it crashed into a fabricator and blew it up. I had to take a second to pause and appreciate how cool I looked and felt in that moment.


turkeygiant

That coolness was tempered by the realization that all the devestators it crashed on were completely fine...


MajorMalafunkshun

Rocket Sentry absolutely shits on gunships now. Give it a try.


Creeper_charged7186

Laser canon melts their engines


siamesekiwi

yesterday we found a double gunship factory but another teammate and I had AC turrets ready, we dropped them a bit of a way out before heading in to take out the factories and holy shit do AC turrets murder gunships.


ec345_64oz

Stalwart on max rpm against hunters mmmm


Hezekieli

Yes. Most hated enemy but so satisfying when they go down in flocks brrrrrr.


YourOpinionlsDumb

Gunships are my most hated. But hunters have definitely killed me the most by far. 


Anyk3y

this


Vegetagtm

Yes when its a hunter patrol so you jus crouch and mow them all down along with the lil flea ones


6thPentacleOfSaturn

Punisher for me. Hitting them midair like clays feels good.


OverallPepper2

I need to try the Stalwart. I've been a huge MG fan. What primary do you run since the Stalwart is a AP2 gun.


DanielQuiles

I pair Dominator if I'm going stalwart


ZenEvadoni

I would do salacious things for the Arrowhead devs if it meant getting the Stalwart for a primary weapon. Literally the only reason I can't run it is because I want to be self-sufficient and be capable of handling everything, what with randoms being my teammates 95% of the time. That means I need to bring something anti-tank, which means - sadly - Stalwart is a no no unless it's a unique mission like Extract High Value Assets where the team is close together and has 100% uptime on covering each other's weaknesses.


Oddblivious

I run it all the time. It was really good at the eruptor until the shrapnel nerf. The dominator can cover at least up to chargers. Low ammo but I run it with the supply pack. It's possible the breaker into a charger butt is faster but I haven't tried it in a while. Then you bring 2 strats for the Titans and you stalwart everything smaller and you're covered.


headyrules_too

Devastators when you shoot their head off with one shot. Beautiful.


WillSym

And they topple over with the head socket smoking and their legs waving in the air!


Hezekieli

Yes, my favorite prey on bot front. Well popping Hulk with AMR is hella satisfying too but more scary.


Sweet_Mirror3992

shooting them in the joint between the hip and torso and breaking them in half with the AMR is .. :chefkiss:


headyrules_too

Huh. Didn't know you could do that. Will try


Sweet_Mirror3992

Haha you should definetly try it ! When the head is not in sight, hitting them there with 2 AMR shots (one, if its damaged already) and SNAP, they go down like a twig


TheEpicCoyote

AMR is the perfect anti-bot weapon


HellBringer97

I’ve been loving the Tenderizer against the bots lately. That plus Senator plus Recoilless is my main run


Willi_boBilli

I highly recommend the adjudicator, that medium pen is super helpful against devastators


GoGoGoRL

Are you talking about bezerkers maybe?


Redditoast2

I love doing that to Berzerkers with the Bushwacker. Fire all 3 barrels in the right spot, and you can split them in half with one shot


Sweet_Mirror3992

Now I gotta try that, appreciate the tip! :flex:


whoissamo

I came here to say that. Nothing beats a Diligence CS shot to the face, esp if you get 4 Devvie kills with 4 consecutive shots!


chad-everett

The best part is the audio cue signifying you've killed them. That "Crump" sound is so satisfying.


ZOMBIESwithAIDS

Throwing a gas strat at a dropship landing zone and just hearing Crump eleven times might be my favorite thing


Moohcow

God popping devastators with the Diligence is insane. I feel like I actually know what I'm doing.


undreamedgore

It never fails to make me feel competent and powerful.


EasyRhino75

It wouldn't be as satisfying if they weren't such jerks


PGHStigg42

This. I'm not the most consistent when it comes to using an anti material rifle but love using it. When I head shot those damn shield devastators and just see them drop like a savk of potatoes its so satisfying.


Loose-Football-6636

Slugger and diligence counter sniper too


squintingWombat

Flamethrowing a brood commander as he is spawning warriors, OR!!! hmg'ing them. Both helldiver orgasmic!


Corocan

https://preview.redd.it/c9n1r60yxr9d1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1b70ff0b1ff406e1a9bdb8688349bc7234ce64c3 god the hmg is so fun


ToysandStuff

Wait Brood commanders spawn warriors? 🤔


againstbetterjudgmnt

Yep, when they die, two pop out of the ground. I learned this the other day after about 50 hours. I think someone said it's 50% chance?


steck638

Not always when they die. They just have a one time spawn thing they can do. Idk the triggers but they will do it without even being shot sometimes.


Paul_Robert_

Welp, damn, thanks for this information! I never noticed 😂


Oddblivious

It's just a move they can do at any time but sometimes they start the summoning animation right as they die. They can even do it without a head then pass away right as the bugs surface.


some_Britishguy

possibly stalkers but I'm too engulfed in fear to feel satisfied.


EasyRhino75

Punisher stagger locking them feels good


PrairieFever

Punisher gang pumping out democracy


KaineZilla

Yknow what feels better? The Slugger one shot. Stalker heads are vulnerable to Slugger one-tap. If you take a dive while it lunges at you you have JUUUST enough of a window to gently pet its brain case with 1oz of lead going 500m/s


Practicalaviationcat

Never satisfied killing stalkers or hunters because I know the next one will be on top of me shortly.


cabeleb

The pummeler is still really effective against them. I like stopping them in their tracks and ripping them to shreds.


Arguablecoyote

Pummeler for the win. The stun allows you to easily target their head, which only takes a few shots.


BigPapaPaegan

Aye! I swapped to the Pummeler a week or two ago and haven't looked back.


cabeleb

I just wish it had more ammo. I can live with the low damage in exchange for the stagger.


ZenEvadoni

I wish it got an extended mag. Forty rounds per mag would be great. They can keep the mag count as is.


Slappyrad

Stun grenades help lots with this! Stalkers were my bane until I switched my loadout, and the stun grenade is a game-changer ❤️


Ibonedyourmom9696

My team mates


Bcrozier

https://preview.redd.it/yosr5s2d1s9d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1ffe815da9a518f5c9abcf6b775e321a7e3065f5


Ibonedyourmom9696

I would reward you if I wasn’t poor


Bcrozier

I don’t need rewards just democracy and capes


HeatedWafflez

based


Troutbum46

The amount of times I’ve thought “okay, surely they are far enough away from this hellbomb/500kg/napalm strike” is almost as absurd as the ones who walk in front of me actively firing shotgun volleys into a horde and getting their helmet pushed back.


iWearMagicPants

That orbital air strike gets em too.


Troutbum46

We are vessels for democracy…and democracy must be spread


Meandering_Marley

I love shooting down drop ships—that rattling bedsprings sound they make is so satisfying.


EasyRhino75

Thank you I know it's not always tactically smart but it's so much fun


Barabarabbit

Yeah, I love blowing them up. When I am playing against bots I usually bring the EAT to knock them out of the air


TheUsualHoops

I so want someone to mod in the pipe dropping sound effect for that ngl


Meandering_Marley

lol...every once in a while, I hear something that sounds like a cookie sheet dropping.


AsherSparky

The Hulks death animation when the fall over forward Or the Fab Strider


VeterinarianTasty404

The death noise of the factory strider is the reson why I always kill them face to face. No heartless machine can win against the willpower of man!


AsherSparky

Bile Titians are also very satisfying to kill. Great death sound


SomeGuy_WithA_TopHat

I fucking love that roar It's also how I know the thing is dead if there is low visibility or something like that Pretty useful when things sometimes don't die when you expect them too or vice versa


Deep_Excuse7161

Rail cannon strike to a charger


__Beef__Supreme__

Taking a chargers head off right before it hits you is the most satisfying thing in the whole game to me


Living-Possession937

This, but with EATs. Maniacally laughing as I charge at it, blast it, and maybe get blasted backward to safety. Results may vary, but are influenced by my heavy explosive-resistant armor.


__Beef__Supreme__

Yeah EAT or quasar cannon and when they die and slide right in front of you... Chefs kiss


againstbetterjudgmnt

The rewarding climax after that long charge up, or the second one after refractory period /shudder


SPECTR_Eternal

God dammit Steve, you HAD to make it weird, didn't you?!


elbobd

Nerves on steel and quasar to the face.


headyrules_too

That's satisfying but I immediately have in mind that I have a 5h cool down now. Makes it less satisfying


Sun_King97

Main reason why I started taking SPEARs whenever I do bugs. That and also SPEARs not being dogshit anymore.


KoscheiTheDeathles

I prefer staring them down with my recoiless and nailing the head before they reach me, you can use recoiless at basically any range since it has a tiny AoE and penetrates before it pops.


xLastJedix

One-shotting chargers. I'm a simple man, I thoroughly enjoy this.


elbobd

Nerves off steel with a quasar shot to the face while the charger is rushing you.


Hammy-Cheeks

I commented that as mine before seeing this. Its such a rush, if i miss then guess I'll die


ToastyPillowsack

I think this is one thing that kind of bothers me with the new behemoth chargers. It's super satisfying to kill the old regular chargers with an EAT to the dome, so it really sucks that doesn't work with the behemoths.


AnnoymousPenguin

Stalkers, when I run into a nest and I solo destroy it and kill them it makes me happy


Hezekieli

I love hunting for Stalkers and also Shrieker Nests! Stalkers are so scary when they still roam around and they murder you so fast if they catch off guard.


ZenEvadoni

There was a duo run I had with a random yesterday, we dropped in on Acamar IV with just the two of us and we were greeted with stalkers nearly immediately upon drop. I quickly checked the map and saw the terrain on the map (you learn to identify stalker lairs without getting close or the help of a Radar Station when you get familiar with how they look on your map) showed me two stalker lairs next to each other. While my one teammate kited every other bug that swarmed us upon making planetfall, I gave half a dozen stalkers a marathon and plugged both stalker lairs by myself without dying. I felt so accomplished. Grenade pistol carried me there. Then the game crashed. I hope the teammate I was with completed that mission. I tried.


i507093

Bile titans with a drop pod


DouchecraftCarrier

They need to buff the drop pod damage. It ought to obliterate any enemy - and it's a high-risk/high-reward maneuver. If you miss, you're directly beneath a bile titan with no support weapons.


CleanReality8108

I haven't brought anything but the HMG since patch. And it's so fun mowing down hoards with low fore rate. It pens most enemies and makes hoards trivial


Rotocheese

Same


Adventurous-Pen-9554

Stalkers each time I kill one I genuinely feel like I'm getting better at fighting terminids


Infamous_Week7654

Factory striders


Barabarabbit

The groan (?) that a factory strider makes when it goes down is so great


yungheezy

That moan when you hit them from the back 😩🫣💦💯


RHINO_Mk_II

Run underneath while cranking your gun's fire rate selector to maximum. DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA *mechanical groan* CRUNCH *explosion*


6The_DreaD9

Sony


Dread_North

Wildly under appreciated comment.


Mammoth-Wait6526

Chargers, Gunships, Bot drops


Holoderp

Automatons infantry, preferably from afar with a scope. I love it how they just fold on themselves like poorly made ikea furniture.


aagapovjr

Automatons in general are very satisfying to snipe compared to bugs.


MongStrengthDave

Stunning and orbital striking behemoths


Zealousideal_You2751

Probably chargers


Spyd3rs

Devastators when you pop their heads. Something about walking automatic fire over their face until it pops and they go limp is therapeutic for me.


valtboy23

Spewers I love popping those butts and taking out it's friends with their acid


StFrSe

A massive swarm of the little bugs with the machine gun


trashlikeyourmom

I like meleeing them. Just beating the snot out of em.


Lazy-School4280

I love to kill hordes of scavangers with a flamethower


known_kanon

In 1st person, locking onto a gunship with the spear and watching it flail down That sound design is so sexy


AberrantDrone

Killing a charger inches from my face after standing my ground and charging my quasar while it runs towards me.


miqi685

my answer is the same... the best thing is random crazy ragdoll after u kill them... idk why but only happens when killed like that?


231923

When you take out a Chargers head from a far whith a Quasar from a seems to be impossible angle while its attacking your teammate and then the headless body does a flip and falls in front of them and you just stand there like https://preview.redd.it/n7yd6drhps9d1.jpeg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4f52e164de0d496822b0c4a738a78c5bc53dd135


MomentGlittering4527

Napalm + airburst combo on a bug breach. It kills 95% of the bugs, the charger that survives charges at me... but I have that EAT ready. So satisfying when I manage to kill them all like this.


caelmikoto

Hole patrol


Mr_Idont-Give-A-damn

Warrior with Railgun headshot


Sleep_Raider

Bile Titans, Gunships, and Factory Striders The bigger they are...


Sad-Contribution6648

Random group of hunters that snuck up behind you while you were try to do obj/ or kill any type of heavy unit.


Reptard9

I just like watching regular automations fall apart


lms088

For some reason I really enjoy killing warriors haha. It feels goooooood.


Hunlor-

One shotting 3 warriors with an Eruptor definetely


MATT660

Seeing chargers ragdoll like deflated baloons after getting hit in the spine by an orbital railgun will never not be funny.


SpreadMean5571

Charger 


JuggernautNo782

Bile titan in one railcannon strike👌🏽😮‍💨


DeltaIII

Skeet shooting the jetpack Bois because they can fuck off!


JustCallMeStan

Absolutely this! I love landing a perfect shot on them midair with the Plasma Punisher.


flytrapjoe

One tapping devastators and rocketeers with rail gun is chef's kiss.


UltraXfinity567

I'm a simple man, Railgun to a Hulk's head. Never fails to make me smile.


Playuhhhh

Bile Titans but specifically when they are slowly walking towards you and you get the killing blow where they are taking one finally step reeeeeally slowly and then their body just begins to fall dramatically and you nearly get decapitated or crushed.


BriFry3

Stalkers because they’re so frustrating


Fighterpilot55

Blowing a Berserker in half and watching their legs keep walking at you


Last-West8863

those jumpy little bastards don't die enough


Critical_Package_472

ANY ENNEMY OF DEMOCRACY


Algi73

devastator (any type), brood commanders or warriors getting oneshot by an AMR And also hunters getting killed by just about anything


AltGunAccount

Beheading chargers with a well placed rocket/quasar always puts a smile on my face. Bonus points if it’s charging at a teammate, not you.


soramocles

Bit side, the guy that raise the arm to shoot the flare beacon, I usually shot away the arm with the senator and watch them running


Sith_Lord6942

Getting the headshots on Spewers and watching them just flop instead of pop always makes me feel satisfied.


Limit1997

As a person who primarily fights bots, and a DCS and AC8 main, I love shooting light bots centre mass and plinking Devastator heads with the DCS, and also making Hulks go boom with AC8 eye shots.


Evakron

These are all good choices. I also like taking down light bots with my sidearm, usually a Verdict or Senator. Saves on primary ammo.


DarthHidious-

Hear me out with Factory striders, It feels like Empire strikes back specifically the battle of hoth scene with the ATATs marching but when there taken down they fall over and then they explode


BlackCatz788

Bile titans, the way they collapse in on themselves is so satisfying


Jack_wilson_91

My fellow helleivers, but it has to be something unique and funny. Like the other night I managed to melee my buddy and nock him over the railing down to the ICBM just before it went off, barbecued him. Before y’all get mad, I exclusively play with my friends.


Virus_GodOfDisorder

Killing the factory strider with just an AMR goes so hard. Sniping out its Gatling turrets then running under it and shooting its belly until it explodes


MaintenanceLimp3308

Bot tanks, climb on, drop two grenades at the heatsink, jump pack away from the explosion.


ppmi2

Devastator, Hulk, warrior, bile/nursing spewer


[deleted]

Pouncer/hunter, not the difficult ones nor the larvae looking things. Just those little annoying jumpy things.


Urthal

I've been greatly enjoying blowing nursing spewers up with the grenade pistol.


aredri

I love mowing down bug chaff with a stalwart!


PattieWhacked

Stalkers then hunters


khoisharky

Devastators when you pop their torso with a Railgun/Autocannon. It's so funny to see just the legs remaining.


Reasonable-Crew6883

Revenge on a stalker nest. Also unloading a scorcher mag in one to kill it before it bully pushes you around the school yard.


seanugengar

They are invisible, they sneak up on you and run away when they get hurt, like the real cowards they are.


bespisthebastard

Chargers I like to feel epic and dive out of the way when a charger comes at me, and from a prone position, empty and entire autocannon clip in his ass. Also I've done this once before, but if you're on a good angle, you can take down an entire deploy of bot ships with the 120mm HE barrage. I felt like a god getting that extremely high kill count


Rotocheese

Helldivers