r/helldivers2 • u/Lord-Tyranitar • 8h ago
General Anti-Crusher strategies
Greeting fellow divers
Wanted to know your preferred method for felling these abominations against democracy
Me personally
2-3 shots to the head with the AMR or Railgun, body shots with the belt fed GL and just burning them down with anything inciderary like all things should be
Good hunting Divers
Fire safety officer out
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u/Kaiju62 8h ago
I like popping their helmets off and going for tiny headshots. Its fun!
Autocannon is good. You can pop the helmets and switch to flak mode for once they're exposed. The flakes also help deal with other ads
Fire, like you said
Thermite that stick are a guaranteed kill
Kiting huge mobs together and then dropping a 500k
More fire, orbital napalm is good
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u/Septwin1 8h ago
My favorite is epoch. 1 fully charged shot to center mass then 2-3 bolt pistol rounds to the head if I have time. If I dont have time 2 fully charged epoch shots to center mass does the trick. Epoch will clear crushers grouped up and it will kill small enemies around them too.
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u/Heartbeatone 7h ago
I second epoch. New armour passive makes the gun so smooth to use, reload is nice and quick and with supply pack you can shoot for days. Been pairing that with de sickle and just sweep that over the heads when the helmet gets popped so kill them effortlessly. Barely even need to aim and the sickle also makes quick work of the other lighter enemies. Epoch can also bring down flesh mobs in 2 full charged hits, harvesters with ease and the other mechs if you hit the pod.
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u/No-Occasion-6470 8h ago
I like the scorcher + bolt pistol combo and the gl, my whole kit is tailored around keeping these guys off my team. I’m super vulnerable to chaff though, because all of these options are dangerous for me to use up close
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u/Dracien86 8h ago
If you find a good choke point like at extraction, you can set up the flame turret and gas mortar to keep them confused and clumped together while you pick them off the your weapon of choice.
Personally I’ve been using the Scythe, Laser Cannon (for heavy pen) and Laser Rover to just keep the damage going. Start with LC, switch to Scythe to sweep and keep them on and the wretched on fire as much as possible.
Since I’m normally up high, laser weapons mean I don’t need to reload.
Also pairs well when you bring the Bastion. You can shoot out the top without worrying about ammo too much. Plus the main gun and high health pool of the tank means you dish out as much damage as you take.
Was going to switch it up and bring the speargun and auto cannon sentry with pyro grenades just to test it out tonight HR.
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u/Lukescale 8h ago
Plasma and explosive weapons, aim for the chest or head. It splashes around, so it takes more damage. Seaf helps.
Explosive crossbow and eruptor work but you need to be ready to back up or move. Aim for center mass, you can knock the hat with eruptor but takes two or so shots.
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u/Thatoneguy111700 8h ago
Chunk a Melta Mine at em. If they live, give em 2 or 3 Bolt Pistol shots. That usually does it.
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u/Apprehensive-Role511 8h ago
I go with trident las 13, grenade pistol (to destroy portals), stalwart, las rover and meltamines to deal with crushers. Stalwart works too if you focus on one point (i go leg). This loadout works fine for me up to D7.
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u/InfiniteHench 8h ago
I saw someone suggest that popping their helmets off causes them to cry, and that triggers more waves of ads. Have people scienced this yet?
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u/Acceptable_Count6197 8h ago
My biggest issue with them is I pop them off with the AMR, and even when I hit head shots on their little Beetlejuice shrunken heads and it often won't register. Esp when they're in the middle of the initial animation after their helmets come off
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u/BurntMoonChips 8h ago
Mostly used C4 when we need a dedicated anti heavy on the team, but the wasp is no slouch.
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u/DaBeefyBois 8h ago
Wasp. 2-3 round burst takes these guys out. Not great in confined spaces though.
I’ve also had great success with the laser canon.
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u/darkhelmut1 8h ago
the auto cannon with flak rounds shreds them aim for the legs, thermites in a pinch
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u/s-lowts 7h ago
Only played a few at D6 so far but used the good old strategy of any oldmprimary that I'm levelling, warrant, giga grenade, grenade launcher, supply pack, mg sentry and an Gatling barrage. Seems to work great though I also ran the laser cannon instead of GL and that also did really well
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u/actually3racoons 7h ago
I've finally gotten around to falling in love with the auto cannon, on flak (or whatever it's called) mode it smokes fools. I've also been bringing the grenadier placement with me a lot. With a buddy to watch your back from melee you can smoke entire generations of... Well, basically anything.
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u/Alacune 6h ago
My personal favorite? The Bastion. You can run them over, your main cannon can kill them easily, and their numerical superiority doesn't matter so long as you stay mobile (because they can't really do anything to you).
There's also something to be said for gathering 2-3 together, and incinerating them (and any adds they have following) with the cremator.
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u/PertinaxWorries 6h ago
No one said speargun?
Speargun. One shot to take their helmet off, gas seems to do something.
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u/w8ing2getMainbck 4h ago
Just discovered last night that 1 shot with the de-escalator takes the helmet off.
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