How to easily solo and farm Helldiver bot missions

[antique_nova]

This guide covers everything except the defense mission, because I haven't figured that out yet. And yes, I know farming defense missions is the most experience and medal farming way, but it's not fun at all. I want to play an actual mission, so here we are.

But here's what I've been running to solo all level 9 bot missions with ease and finish every single secondary objective too.

Eagle Airstrike - Eagle 500kg - Autocannon - Orbital laser

This is purely focused on objectives.

The autocannon is for you to blow up the bot factories from afar.

Because the aim here is to complete your objectives, not fight hordes of enemies.

You're a strike team, not an invasion force.

I love my railgun for taking out the harder enemies, but this guide is about objectives. Not bot killing for fun.

Sometimes an enemy will let off a flare, before you can catch them.

In moments like that, wait for the drop ship to arrive and then shoot your orbital laser. It'll aim bot all the new enemies and save your ass. If that isn't enough, throw in an airstrike or 500kg bomb.

The orbital laser from testing lasts around 20-25 seconds. In other words, it depends.

Plus, if you're bogged down fighting the enemy, then you're focusing on losing and not playing for objectives which are the win conditions for the mission.

The objective is not to defeat a horde of enemies. Outside of kill 150 enemies defence missions.

On level 9, there's no point playing for anything else except medals and experience.

If you want samples, you can easily do that in other missions much easier than this.

If you want to fight a reasonably challenging enemy, go level 5-6 and fight it out there, because level 9 hordes are insanely hard. So unless you have a team of 3-4 who know how to actually play this game at the highest difficulty and win, don't bother.

If you're limited to just 3 stratagems. I'd remove the 500kg, because it's so inconsistent with damage at times and doesn't destroy as many buildings or airships etc compared to the eagle airstrike.

Also, I've tried level 9 bugs solo and teams and it's just not as fun. It's obnoxious in the extreme. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ bile titans spawning out of holes the size of badgers is just retarded and lazy as ♥♥♥♥. And god forbid if you try to go on an egg hunting mission. That's just ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ pure cancer on level 9.

If you want to hunt bug holes, well power to you. But they're often too far spread apart and need multiple air strikes. By that time the enemy will find and ♥♥♥♥ you over.

If you want to easily pass level 9 bug missions. (I've soloed a few level 9 bug missions and they weren't fun at all.) You need at least 2 players. One to aggro and one to go in and clean up the objectives after the bugs have been aggro'd away from the objective. If you have 3 players even better. You can play ping pong aggro.

Here's my ideal bug load out.

Eagle Airstrike - Eagle 500kg - Shield generator backpack - Orbital laser

The reasoning for this is you REALLY don't want to fight a horde of bile titans and crushers and bile spitters and jumpers. ♥♥♥♥ no. Just no. Hell no.

But the shield stops you from being staggered by jumping bugs. Orbital laser is to save your ass when it gets too hot. The others are for clearing out nests and waves of enemies off an objective if need be.

The only time you should shoot any weapon is to clear the jumpers off your back.

And don't use any grenades for anything else except bot factories and bug holes, because that's a fail safe option. Grenades are also good against the eggs. Don't use impact grenades, it's ♥♥♥♥ for playing with objectives compared to the other grenades with a fuse time.

Did I also forgot to mention that the bot missions are fun? So much more fun that bug missions.

[Scyris]

I find the bot missions are better balanced compared to the bugs. Bots are countered by precision while bugs just need heavy explosives to crack. Least the bots i've seen have all had counters you can do with lower end weapons that basically would be completly useless on the bugs, you just need to have good aim is all, as the hit boxes for some of the weak spots is small.

[antique_nova]

Okay, so I've just finished soloing a few helldiver bug missions too.

It's the same build as my solo bot build.

Eagle Airstrike - Eagle 500kg - Orbital laser - Autocannon

Eagle Airstrike - Allows you to clear enemies off objectives, help clear nests or enemies off your back.

Eagle 500kg - Extra insurance into a group of enemies clustered together around bug hole nests or egg nests. Also, anti charger/bile titan if need be.

Orbital laser - To be used to clear enemies off your back if they chase you. Also, anti charger/bile titan if need be. Against bots, you use it to clear whatever the dropship drops to chase after you.

Autocannon - Fastest way to clear an egg nest and allows you to safely clear bug holes from afar and allows you to rapidly kill bile spitters and invisible bugs too and you can quickly clear a small horde of enemies by rapid firing 10x AOE shots to prevent infinite spawns.

Solo helldiver missions take me about 25 minutes on average to clear all main and secondary objectives. If I play okay, I never die. I only die when I do something stupid, such as accidentally running into enemies, because I'm not looking around properly. I throw an eagle strike incorrectly or I walk over a mine or I forgot about the tower turret zoned in on my ass.