Ways of destroying bug holes from range?

[Netsa]

I got so used to just tossing any random thing at bot fabricators that I almost forgot you can't do the same thing against bugs. How many ways are there to destroy holes without having to walk around and throw grenades into each one?

[Aestrea]

You drop your very eager team mate into the hole and let them do it while you watch from the ridge.

[Ymir2♥♥♥♥]

rockets, grenade launcher, stratagems, they are no different then the bot fabricators really

[Greb]

Eruptor, Crossbow, Grenade Launcher, Grenade Pistol, Autocannon, any explosive strategem really, there are lots of ways. For me though it's always the Grenade Pistol.

For a while, the Eruptor was pretty much just a bug hole closing tool, but even then I never used it. The Grenade Pistol is just top dog.

You can even crush them by making a Charger run into them I think.

[[Asgard] Thor]

The commando still has a lot of use and clearing bug holes at range is still pretty good with it.

[Temuldjin^]

The commando used to be able to kill bug holes even from the sides, or from behind as long as you hit the actual structure around the hole.

Now you have to nail the hole dead on for it to get destroyed., this changed happened last patch.

[Chocbomb]

Eruptor #1

[Rev3rse_Kanga]

For me its the grenade launcher paired with a supply pack

[Pride Lizard Pride Lizard]

Just about anything that is explosive and has an AoE (not plasma!!!!), Crossbow, Grenade Launcher, Eruptor, Grenade Pistol, Recoilless Rifle, Autocannon, E.A.T., Commando.

Eagle: Airstrike, 500KG, Rocket Pods kinda (if they lock on which they might not)
Emancipator Autocannons, Patriot's Rockets
180 orbital barrage, 380 orbital barrage, orbital laser (but it won't target bug holes specificlaly)

[Footman]

Spear.

[Get Donked On]

500kg atm is king it can wipe out most nests with a good center placement in 1 use anything in the blast radius gets destroyed due to it now having demolition force of i think 50 (10 more than the spear) anyways it delets all but the big heav nests instantly when you figure out the right placements its very very satisfying.

emancipator exosuit also deserves a shout out for blitz missions 100 rounds per arm that can all close bug holes and destroy shrieker nests and spore spewers is for sure very handy when on a time crunch

[Malidictus]

Off-topic, but I really wish they'd let us drop Hellbombs on bug nests.

[Get Donked On]

Originally posted by Malidictus:

Off-topic, but I really wish they'd let us drop Hellbombs on bug nests.

I wish they let us drop them on spore spewers they went and upgraded their armor to shrieker nest lvls but forgot to add that in so if you dont have explosive dmg you are kinda screwed

[Malidictus]

Originally posted by Get Donked On:

I wish they let us drop them on spore spewers they went and upgraded their armor to shrieker nest lvls but forgot to add that in so if you dont have explosive dmg you are kinda screwed

Agreed. Helldivers let you drop Hellbombs any time you wanted. I'm genuinely not sure why Arrowhead took this ability away in Helldivers 2.