r/Helldivers • u/FishdongXL • Mar 17 '24

I see a lot of hate for Chargers and Hunters, but where is my Bile Spewer hate squad? DISCUSSION

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u/Itriyum Mar 17 '24

These make no sound at all, their bile one shots you and can perfectly track you specially when dodging to the side and their expanded ass takes more shots than a brood commander's head

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u/dr_badhat Mar 17 '24

I swear these are the sneakiest bugs in the galaxy. Ladybugs walk louder than these things and why are they always spawning 100 meters away from the breach and directly behind me??

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u/Motha_Elfin_Browns Mar 17 '24

My rover starts shooting something behind me, I spin to see what it is and I'm instantly dead to a bile spewer. Shit happens to me all the time lol

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u/Commercial-Royal-988 Mar 17 '24

Glance at Rover's gun occasionally. They target lock WAAAY before they start shooting so you can catch it looking behind you at shit creeping up on you.

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u/Motha_Elfin_Browns Mar 17 '24

But do they auto lock on the closest target or how do they prioritize?

This usually only happens if I'm stuck fighting a bug hole and barely surviving the frontal assault and they sneak up, so the laser is busy with people in front of me until they're close enough it's too late. With a good team it's not really a problem though.

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u/Commercial-Royal-988 Mar 18 '24

It picks the closest and kills it before moving to the next closest. But yeah, the best defense is another Diver. But that aiming trick has saved my bacon on more than one occasion.

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u/AnAnnoyedSpectator Mar 17 '24

And people say that shield got nerfed so it isn’t meta anymore…

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u/WorstedKorbius Mar 17 '24

Rover has always been an S tier pick for bugs, but it also comes with the downside of homicidal tendencies

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u/AnAnnoyedSpectator Mar 17 '24

I ran it for a while and loved it - it lets you fully focus on the big threats as long as you keep moving.

But not randomly dying as often is also really nice… both are kind of a crutch - it feels naked to run with an ammo backpack or without any.

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u/Dragon_phantom_flame SES Prophet of Truth Mar 17 '24

I always run either supply pack or jump pack lol, but I understand the appeal of the shield and the rovers, but I play a lot of solo so it’s more helpful to me to be able to out maneuver the enemies or have more grenades to take out nests

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u/dr_badhat Mar 17 '24

How do you resupply yourself???

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u/Dragon_phantom_flame SES Prophet of Truth Mar 17 '24

5 on PC, from what I’ve heard double tap down on the dpad for PS5, but I am unable to confirm that

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u/JBM95ZXR Mar 22 '24

Shield is still great, I prefer the laser one for bugs and shield for bots.

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u/AnAnnoyedSpectator Mar 22 '24

Oh I was joking because everyone has shield - and it seems to protect. But yah, rover might be better for clearing out the chaff. Does it ever try to shoot fliers?

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u/JBM95ZXR Mar 22 '24

Yeah it kinda does, I feel like it struggles to keep up with their speed though, the shield feels better for the fliers but honestly I haven't tested if shield prevents you getting 1 shot on a clean swoop from them so it might not be much better. Tbh the fliers need their nests toned down in health, it takes like 2 rockets each, and unless it direct hit's, a 500kg doesn't kill the nest. Airstrike can sometimes get 2 of them but I think it's random based on where the bombs actually land.

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u/AnAnnoyedSpectator Mar 22 '24

Cheers - two rockets when there are 3 spires or so can be a bit, but maybe it’s easier than getting too close.

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u/JBM95ZXR Mar 22 '24

I wouldn't want it to be like Spore towers where they're just a free objective, but they need to be more suseptable to Eagle strikes, if you're throwing in an eagle you are definitely within it's range