Best weapons apart from the Breaker and SMG?

[Roy]

I'd like to try more.
I've briefly tried the liberator penetrator but i haven't tried the scythe.
Which non "meta" weapons are you guys having luck with and are they still worthwhile on difficulties 7~9?

[Amaranth]

I prefer the SMG

[a]

smg will 2 or 3 shot medium bots if it gets them in the eyes.

you have to aim it though, I think that's why breaker and dom are popular. just point and click.

[VoiD]

Scorcher for bots

[Khloros]

Dominator is pretty poop.
Top tier weapons at the moment are Defender, Breaker, and the Plas 1

The slugger in the right hands can be really effective as well, just gotta be accurate.

[Shufflezzz]

Originally posted by Amaranth:

I prefer the SMG

SMG with the shield is great as long as you avoid rocket shots from bots.

[Onimaho]

Scorcher and slugger

[Mosey]

Slugger and Scorcher are basically all I bring these days.

Breaker was fine until I got higher teir guns.

[tank16365]

I like the Auto Cannon

[Captain Worthy]

Originally posted by Khloros:

Dominator is pretty poop.
Top tier weapons at the moment are Defender, Breaker, and the Plas 1

The slugger in the right hands can be really effective as well, just gotta be accurate.

Diligence is also good against Automatons, but poop against the bugs.

[Roy]

Originally posted by Amaranth:

I prefer the SMG

I got confused i thought the dominator was the SMG, my bad.

[Spruance]

DMR vs bots is very satisfying

[TheRoyalClown]

Once you get to Tier 10, Scorcher Plasma = AOE (very small but noticeable) can:

Bugs:
3 tap chargers while armored (when aiming for joins in leg)
1 tap most lower tier bugs (low level like scavs and warriors (small white tiny hunters)
2 - 3 tap most medium tier bugs (like spewers and hunters)
4 tap - Stalkers and Hive guards.
5 tap - Commander
6-7 tap - Bile Titans (when hit in the abdomen)

Bots:

1-2 tap Striders when mounted (killing both Trooper and Strider)
1-2 tap Commissar (suicide bombing jet packer troopers)
3 tap Berserker (they move a ton so its hard to hit the head for 2 shot)
4 tap Devastators (aim for head but also rockets)
5 tap (hulks with back exposed)
5 tap (tanks but your better off using one grenade to the back for easier time since they move the head quickly)

Scorcher can bypass armor with AOE but its very small, and hard to do but if done correctly, makes the fights 10x easier.

Vs. Breaker which doesnt have any armor penetration

[Sauron001]

Forget these meta sympathizers, they are a detriment to the Democratic war front that is fighting for democracy helldiver!

Every weapon available to you in the arsenal is key in spreading liberty and freedom to the enemies of Super Earth!

Sure the Breaker is magnificent in close quarters but we need more diversity in squad weapon composition utilizing automatic weapons to clear those small fry. Don't sleep on the utility of the expendable AT rifles....each pod comes with 2 and they are rearmed and ready to deploy within 30-seconds when your destroyers is adequately upgraded....45 when the enemy likes to mess with our orbital support.....If you feel they aren't working then work on that aim Soldier!

Snipers.....we need more of them.. remember to diversify those loadouts and work as a team, Hell divers work in 4 man teams, so remember to mark those targets and ensure they get to know sweet liberty.

Make sure to pay attention to those planetary effects....some planets have scramblers, some increase heat gain while others reduce it. Make sure you plan accordingly and most of all Hell Diver stay away from those sympathizing bot farmers....they drop in for one mission and leave reducing our effectiveness in the galactic war.

[Mosey]

Oh, and for what it's worth the dominator is also fine assuming your armor has improved aim while crouching. If you find a good spot, it's pretty great on semi-automatic and...well...devastating on burst mode.

Big limit there is it's poor recoil on the move and limited ammo supply. You basically can't use burst fire on the move and have all shots connect, it's quite bad.

It's the closest thing we have to a primary support weapon outside the scorcher itself.

[DragynDance]

The slugger outperforms the breaker wildly as long as you are landing hits reliably. It has medium armor penetration despite not being listed as such. It can kill brood commanders and guards in two hits, warriors in one hit, chargers in 5 hits (aim for the back of a leg), stalkers in two hits. It can one hit devastators, which makes it great for devastator spam in high bot missions. Two hits berserkers. For people saying they like the DMR on bot missions--it feels good only because it's a semi weapon. An SMG or even the starting assault rifle both outperform the DMR on bots if you switch the fire mode to semi. The slightly higher damage per bullet the DMR has doesn't hit any breakpoints that has it take less shots per kill, so you're effectively just taking a weapon with lower ammo and mag size for no reason.