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Any Intel from Veterans of the the Helldiver Corp report all intel on combatting them here.
Any Intel gathered is vital to mission success.
(Intel so far)

-Machine guns are excellent for killing infected citizens

-Orbital laser cannon can quickly destroy Squid bases

-Squid ships have an opening that glows cyan to destroy the shield with effective fire from machine guns or high damage to remove and throw grenades into the ship.

- Squid drop ships have a weak point where their troops drop in and shoot it with a recoilless, quasar, EAT, or Commando to knock them down.

-Squid troops have medium to heavy armor and use high penetration weapons to defeat them.

-Harvesters often do not have shields deployed if not provoked; use the element of surprise to destroy them with AT weapons such as EAT, recoilless, spear or commando.

-A 380mm barrage can quickly clear heavy bases, and 120mm can clear smaller ones.
Beware of squid turrets. They act like Tesla towers but can be killed more easily with grenades such as HE.

- Close-quarter weapons such as shotguns are effective against the horde of infected.

-Squid recon bots can call in reinforcements and take them out of range to avoid squid reinforcement. Recommend Marksmen rifles for quick and easy kills.

-Squid jet troops have a weakness similar to bot jump troopers: aim for their flying packs to knock them out of the sky and to their deaths.

Post all intel below in the comments for our fellow Helldivers. Liberty protects!

[Nhikxter]

Can squid outposts be destroyed without the use of strategems? For those "Destroyer has left orbit" scenarios

[Burger McFries]

Originally posted by Nhikxter:

Can squid outposts be destroyed without the use of strategems? For those "Destroyer has left orbit" scenarios

Yes, just had a situation like that. Shoot shield, throw grenade in glowy hole, ez pz

[Boombox hawkin hellbard]

The car icon is on the map.
lazer cannon good just slow burn everything.

[Commander Freedom]

Originally posted by Nhikxter:

Can squid outposts be destroyed without the use of strategems? For those "Destroyer has left orbit" scenarios

Yes but you need a lot of firepower to break the shield without a stratagem, I emptied an auto-cannon mag into it and it didn't break, then as always drop a grenade (grenade pistol works best) in one of the doors.

[Gothic Purple Goblin]

The torcher/FT melts the trash zombies, and the staff guys with a shield.
Also curious how the EM strike will affect shields, didnt get the chance to test it.

[AssaultMonkey]

3 Shots of the AMR to the balls of the guys with shooting spear thingies will take them down. Glad I could help!

[Firedog]

1. HMG against harvester joints (big war of worlds) tripod enemy is fast kill, it uses maybe a quarter mag
2. kill shields with bullets first, then use stratagem
3. ufo shields just shoot and throw grenade inside of hole
4. blitzer is your friend for jet pack bois
5. autocannon solid pick for overall support wep, can 1 tap headshot elites and switch to frag for flood enemies
6. orbital strike and 500kg can one shot all ufo's with shield
7. armored enemies die faster when you blow off their leg or arm armor and you hit the meaty spots after

still testing a bunch of other strats

[Brigvs Maximvs]

Originally posted by Captain Thorstorm:

Originally posted by Nhikxter:

Can squid outposts be destroyed without the use of strategems? For those "Destroyer has left orbit" scenarios

Yes but you need a lot of firepower to break the shield without a stratagem, I emptied an auto-cannon mag into it and it didn't break, then as always drop a grenade (grenade pistol works best) in one of the doors.

Try using low caliber primaries. Shields in general will break if you mag dump long enough. This also applies to harverster shields.

[SIRSAM]

arc thrower plus shield backpack plus heaviest armor. arc shotgun for main and grenade pistol. works great on 10

[Desculpa31]

im not yet sure of this but gas doesnt seem to confuse the infected humans (the voteless), can anyone confirm this?