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How to deal with the "Extreme difficulty"? (lemmy.wtf)

submitted 1 day ago by meldrik@lemmy.wtf to c/helldivers2@lemmy.ca

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I played the Extreme difficulty for the first time today and oh boy was I not ready for it.

The jump in difficulty was rather extreme and I’m mostly wondering how I deal with the bugs coming up from under the ground?

Also, the red bugs are hard to kill, because my bullets are not strong enough. Which weapon do you recommend?

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[–] Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

In that case if you specifically want to build up for the burrower strain missions, you should get the Democratic Detonation warbond as your first warbond (besides, 95% of the playerbase says it's the best one).

It has a grenade pistol with 6+1 shots, which is generally kinda weak (imo), but it can destroy holes/fabs/ships AND poke burrowers, as long as you can hit the ground without the grenade bouncing away.

If a secondary is not enough for you, it has a mini-rocket primary with heavy penetration and shrapnel, and an explosive crossbow with comparable damage but medium pen; the former hits hard (bugs and helldivers alike), the latter is one-handed and you can expect to survive when using it in CQC. Kind of.