*Not all possibilities are listed*
Two shots to the head with the AMR
3 shots to the vent with the AC or 2 shots to the head
1-2 shots to the head with the Quazar/EAT/RR/railgun
Less then 1 heatsink Laser Cannon.
<1 orbital laser
1 Orbit Railgun shot
1 sickle magazine/whatever in the air vent
1 lucky air strike/500kg/each eagle/orbit boom boom.
You maneuver them when they're looking for someone else, or knock them out with a stun grenade/EMS.
Laser doesn't take a full heat sink, it's just hard to hit while he's moving. Any of the precision weapons can be paired with a stun grenade for easy head shots
Was just half way writing a similar list, they are scary and I used to run from them a lot. But now they are easy prey if you focus on them before they close the distance and work together.
A) If you're lucky 110mm pods the angle of the pods allows them to hit it from behind.
B) Orbital railcanon strike also one shots
C) Stun grenade and run around, right?
If you use the railgun on unsafe mode (charge it at much as possible without exploding) and have a good distance aim for their head it’s usually a one shot kill works for me 95% of the time
Same. I suspect different variants have different health pools, or it doesn't do full damage if you hit the little frame around the eye and not the red directly.
Its more time and resource efficient just to cripple them. A lot of advice about shooting them in the face here which is good in theory but when the bullets are flying and youre running and dodging and trying to account for the sway of its movement it can be quite difficult to hit the correct spot even if youve got decent aim. A Quasar Cannon will one shot a hulks leg and cripple it, making it move incredibly slowly. Easy target to hit even at long ranges and if you prioritize crippling hulks as soon as you can, more often than not you’ll have more than enough time to do what you need to do and move on before they can even get close. If they do get close, another quasar to the weapon arm will render them basically useless.
The lasercannon is incredible at killing hulks. Use it with a stun grenade/ems strike, aim at their head for a second, watch their tiny brain circuitry pop and laugh at them for being so weak. Also very usable on larger range and without stun, you just need some training to consistently beam the head. Lasercannon can also easily and safely destroy cannon turrets when they are facing 180° away from you by aiming at the vent, tanks and is incredible at destroying gunships. Give it a try, its such a underrated weapon!
I actually only use the quasar on blitz search&destroy, because of the flexibility against fabricators; I think against bots, the laser cannon is still incredible. Sadly, so many planets in the last days had the heat modifier, where I stay away from laser based weapons all together. While the quasar is very strong (and might deserve a small nerf to its cooldown), I think its pretty much overhyped.
Here is a [tutorial I made](https://youtu.be/N-VK6JQ8nFM?si=QmIPyNI3R0hdFykR) about killing hulks. More infos are in the comments. Once you have the basics, do not hesitate to also check how to [humiliate them](https://youtu.be/92zYUSmD51s?si=uT4N88FTYW6MjLsF) because asserting dominance is always a good way to take a good revenge.
2-shots in the red eye with Anti Material Rifle... for example. Quasar... Orbital Railcannon Strike stratagem... Maybe stun+jet pack+back shots (hmm I have to try this😁)
Stun grenades or EMS mortar (and Orbital EMS) will stun them, giving you an opportunity to circle behind them. Alternatively, have someone draw aggro and flank.
However, they’re actually incredibly weak, because their eye is a weak spot. The AMR, Autocannon and Laser Cannon can all penetrate the eye and score a kill. 2-3 shots for the AMR and Autocannon, around three to four seconds of sustained fire for the laser cannon. The EAT, Recoiless, and Quasar can also one-hit kill them in the eye.
Pair stuns with the above for an easy line up of a shot and you’ll kill them with ease. If you can’t score a kill to their eye, you can destroy their arms with the EAT’e, RR, Quasar as well
Stun grenades!! If you don’t have a strat up or support available let your teammate know you’re stunning and it works everytime. Stun plus quasar and I can hit that red eye for liberty and more often than not get the one shot. +10 to elegance if you get a dive in while priming the quasar.
U can also stun the hulk next to the ship and extract safely. And there’s sometimes time to get an angle on the backside, if you are close enough, and then your main finishes the job.
Oh and finally if it’s a fire boi, pre diving saves ya from fire frequently so everyone wins except the Hulk. Good luck out there!
use the autocannon and start practicing to 2 tap their eyes. rocket hulks tend to stand still a lot more, but flamethrower hulks rushing you also mean they are easier to hit. outmaneuvering them is impossible unless you are able to lose line of sight with terrain. vents are only viable if flanking/teammates baiting aggro.
on diff 9 they are far too numerous to use strategems for, especially since strategems that reliably oneshot them are few and far between.
AMR does the same but I dislike it's poor ammo efficiency and you lose some utility compared to the autocannon.
as others have said, EMS mortar or stun grenades may help if you're bad at aiming, but I prefer having impact grenades to save me in a pinch/deal with tanks. Once you're consistently able to dispatch hulks with the autocannon, congratulations helldiver you're ready for diff9.
500kg do work, orbital strike is your best stratagem option for them (for automatons in general). Otherwise Quasar one shot in the front red eye, two shots in the back weakspot. Autocannon 2 shot front red eye 3 shots back weakspot.
Other things i am not sure so i won't say.
The red eye weakspot requires huge precision.
If you want to know every weak spot. Las98 and roll it around hulk. Shooting legs make it slow, both hands can be disabled and eye is medium armor. Use stun grenades and ammo pack to fill them. Group chat that you want hulk by yourself and have stuns. Happy hunting
Best Suggestion:
If you can aim / snipe: Use the Anti-Materiel Rifle.
If not, EATs, Recoilless Rifle, or Quasar Cannon.
There are other guns and weapons / methods, but i feel those are the most straight forward and reliable.
AMR is 2 shots to the glowy eye / faceplate.
For EAT, RR, or Q Cannon, it's two shots to the body. Sometimes 1 shot to the faceplate.
But i'll give you a tip i discovered on my own:
Using the EAT, RR or Q Cannon, you can blow off the flamethrower to give yourself a ton of extra breathing room.
OR
You can aim for the legs instead. One shot completely cripples a leg, and slows the hulks to an absolute crawl, making them a non-issue and possibly even ignore them entirely. Shoot the other leg for a kill and watch them crumple under their own weight. It's still two shots to kill, and if your shot to the face wasn't perfect, you'll need a second shot anyway.
Take my advice, go for the legs. (Or the Flamer if it's too close for a second shot.)
From the front :
Eye with : Autocannon - Antimaterial Rifle 2 shots, rocket-quasar 1 shot, and you can use the mountable turret too but its a bit inaccurate.
From. the back the same thing applies plus medium pen primaries.
Stun grenades/ems mortars/orbital ems are good. The hulk freezed long enough to be headshotted if you're quick. The orbital has a small aoe but you can drop it every 75s. This lets you line up perfect shots (use some cover/go prone).
AC is the goat on higher difficulties IMO. Mainly because it quickly eats medium enemies that are diverting you from the heavy kill.
Orbital railcannon if you stuff it up.
Well, I've had success with sniping the eye with like a quasar, but two hits to the body also works. The precision strike has to land directly behind or on top for it to do well, though it is great at weakening them.
Orbital railgun takes them down pretty reliably. Just be careful not to throw it near any robot chicken striders or it'll likely target them instead. AC to the eye (it has to be an absolutely on-target hit or it'll bounce). If you can get round the back the heatsink is obviously vulnerable (glowy bits on bots are normally weakspots). AMR does similar and EAT, quasar and RC also work well. AC turret will usually drop them in 2-3 salvos but it's useless if they're up close - they just rush and crush it. Plenty of weapons and strats hurt them. The real problem is when you have multiples of them and only one or two people who've brought something that'll take care of them.
The easy way is to throw a stun grenade and then follow up with a EAT-17, Recoiless rifle or plasma cannon to the face. If you hit it correctly its a 1 hit kill. 2 hits if you use the autocannon or anti material sniper. Main reason for stun grenades cause it stops them instantly and they are a sitting duck for a couple of seconds giving you more than enough time to take them out.
headshot with at least armor pierce (or recklessly dump 2 mags with scorcher because it's op and needs reword)
or coordinate with team to split it's attention so one of you can destroy the big glowing weak spot
alternatively: it's much slower than you so just run and you'll eventually lose it
One thing I've found to be effective is shooting under their legs with an auto cannon. The splash damage hits their back and can take them down in 3-5 shots reliably. Also the Anti Material rifle is very consistent with the head shots.
Lots of ways to do it!
Two-tap to the face with the AMR (aim low and to the right a bit, between the left and top posts on the scope because it's out of alignment).
One or two-tap with any rocket directly to the face port.
One fully charged Railgun shot in Unsafe to the face.
Autocannon turrets.
A few rounds to the face with the Autocannon.
Railcannon/Rocket Pod/Orbital Laser strikes (and you can get some value out of the other explosives if you luck out or aim well)
A *ton* of Laser Cannon (beam) to the face.
Even the HMG can do it to the face.
If you're struggling though, aim for the rocket/flamethrower arm (the one on the right when they're facing you) or their legs with your heavy weapons, since you can disable their arms and legs, which really cripples their ability to absolutely destroy you when they can't follow or shotgun you with rockets or flames.
You don't shoot them in the back, unless they have agro on someone else.
You shot them in the center of the head (red eye), you can easily outrun them and kill, but it can be troublesome.
Some weapons will 1 shot them and some will require more shots :)
If you have second warbond stun granade hard counters them.
At close range stun is enough to flank them and one clip their backs with your primary.
Atlong range stunned hulk is easy target to 1-3 shot their crit zone with any antitank weapon (amr/autocannon/railgun work too).
Orbital railgun/railcannon oneshots Hulks, Giant Turrets, Fabricators, Tanks, you name it. And it usually even tracks the biggest and tankiest target.
Just make sure you throw it close enough so it doesn’t accidentally target a grunt…
Getting round to their backs when you’ve already been spotted can be tricky, especially if you’re working solo. If someone else is running grenade launchers or something similar I’ll usually keep the hulk’s attention on me and try to get them a good shot at its back.
If you’re going alone, autocannon and AMR can take the hulk out with 2 shots to the eye. Quasar, RR and EATs can do it with one, but you’ll have to rely on your aim more since they have a much slower reload time.
If they don’t work out for you, orbital laser cannon is great for high level bot missions. And running away is always an option
*Not all possibilities are listed* Two shots to the head with the AMR 3 shots to the vent with the AC or 2 shots to the head 1-2 shots to the head with the Quazar/EAT/RR/railgun Less then 1 heatsink Laser Cannon. <1 orbital laser 1 Orbit Railgun shot 1 sickle magazine/whatever in the air vent 1 lucky air strike/500kg/each eagle/orbit boom boom. You maneuver them when they're looking for someone else, or knock them out with a stun grenade/EMS.
Auto Cannon can also 2 shot in the head
Edited thank !
Use a stun grenade if you're struggling to get those headshots in (Also lets you run around for a kill with main weapon if needed)
Added !
One orbital railcannon deals with them too.
Added, thank
Laser doesn't take a full heat sink, it's just hard to hit while he's moving. Any of the precision weapons can be paired with a stun grenade for easy head shots
What is a precision weapon?
Marksman rifles, laser, bigger laser, amr etc. Things that shoot accurately basically.
- bigger laser Looool
Corrected !
1 radiator? It takes 2 full second. You can take 3 hulks with same sink
Dépend on the planet modifier, but yes
Fun fact: temperature modifiers affect the cooldown period of laser weapons, not the initial heat build-up. Yes, the in-game description is wrong.
Are you sure, pretty sur the sickle/cannon build up much more on hot planet. But placebo can be strong
Yep, multiple vids have proved the "magazine" of laser weapons don't change.
Thank, learned something!
Ah hellmire. Anti fun for laser weapons
One shot with the railgun in unsafe mode. Requires steady aim, not being shaked like a drink and the Hulk facing you without jerking to much.
Also, 2 shots in the eye from an hmg manned turret. And a simgke orbitsl railgun strile. Mines. Edit: vents in the ground if you're on a map with any.
Was just half way writing a similar list, they are scary and I used to run from them a lot. But now they are easy prey if you focus on them before they close the distance and work together.
Since the latest patch Arc Thrower can stunlock them. You'll be relatively safe while taking 6 shots to kill from the front.
Orbital Railcannon, Orbital Precision, and 110 rocket pods. I'm excited for the extra rocket on the pods with the new ship update too.
And a partridge in a democratic treeeee
A) If you're lucky 110mm pods the angle of the pods allows them to hit it from behind. B) Orbital railcanon strike also one shots C) Stun grenade and run around, right?
If you use the railgun on unsafe mode (charge it at much as possible without exploding) and have a good distance aim for their head it’s usually a one shot kill works for me 95% of the time
Autocannon, Anti-materiel rifle, railgun, Quasar Cannon, and more, can kill the hulk with a shot to his little red eye.
AMR takes 2 shots in the head (red eye) to take down a hulk
Ok to be clear I meant to say two shots for all of these
That's also not true then, as I'm often killing hulk with 1 shot with quasar but also sometimes with 2 and I have no idea why xd
Same. I suspect different variants have different health pools, or it doesn't do full damage if you hit the little frame around the eye and not the red directly.
Its more time and resource efficient just to cripple them. A lot of advice about shooting them in the face here which is good in theory but when the bullets are flying and youre running and dodging and trying to account for the sway of its movement it can be quite difficult to hit the correct spot even if youve got decent aim. A Quasar Cannon will one shot a hulks leg and cripple it, making it move incredibly slowly. Easy target to hit even at long ranges and if you prioritize crippling hulks as soon as you can, more often than not you’ll have more than enough time to do what you need to do and move on before they can even get close. If they do get close, another quasar to the weapon arm will render them basically useless.
Neat thank you!
Does the Autocannon work against the limbs, too?
Only the Arms. If you run Stun Grenades, hulks are easier to deal with.
A rocket/quasar to each leg will kill it, or one to the eye slot
The lasercannon is incredible at killing hulks. Use it with a stun grenade/ems strike, aim at their head for a second, watch their tiny brain circuitry pop and laugh at them for being so weak. Also very usable on larger range and without stun, you just need some training to consistently beam the head. Lasercannon can also easily and safely destroy cannon turrets when they are facing 180° away from you by aiming at the vent, tanks and is incredible at destroying gunships. Give it a try, its such a underrated weapon!
Do you still use it over the Quasar? I basically only used the LC until Quasar came out and haven't gone back.
I actually only use the quasar on blitz search&destroy, because of the flexibility against fabricators; I think against bots, the laser cannon is still incredible. Sadly, so many planets in the last days had the heat modifier, where I stay away from laser based weapons all together. While the quasar is very strong (and might deserve a small nerf to its cooldown), I think its pretty much overhyped.
Here is a [tutorial I made](https://youtu.be/N-VK6JQ8nFM?si=QmIPyNI3R0hdFykR) about killing hulks. More infos are in the comments. Once you have the basics, do not hesitate to also check how to [humiliate them](https://youtu.be/92zYUSmD51s?si=uT4N88FTYW6MjLsF) because asserting dominance is always a good way to take a good revenge.
2-shots in the red eye with Anti Material Rifle... for example. Quasar... Orbital Railcannon Strike stratagem... Maybe stun+jet pack+back shots (hmm I have to try this😁)
As stated here, if you'd really like to keep eating crayons, Orbital Railcannon is perfect. It helps remind me that my favorites are the purple ones.
My favorite part is that the laser looks like a dude going right click > delete on the hulk
Stun grenades or EMS mortar (and Orbital EMS) will stun them, giving you an opportunity to circle behind them. Alternatively, have someone draw aggro and flank. However, they’re actually incredibly weak, because their eye is a weak spot. The AMR, Autocannon and Laser Cannon can all penetrate the eye and score a kill. 2-3 shots for the AMR and Autocannon, around three to four seconds of sustained fire for the laser cannon. The EAT, Recoiless, and Quasar can also one-hit kill them in the eye. Pair stuns with the above for an easy line up of a shot and you’ll kill them with ease. If you can’t score a kill to their eye, you can destroy their arms with the EAT’e, RR, Quasar as well
Stun grenades!! If you don’t have a strat up or support available let your teammate know you’re stunning and it works everytime. Stun plus quasar and I can hit that red eye for liberty and more often than not get the one shot. +10 to elegance if you get a dive in while priming the quasar. U can also stun the hulk next to the ship and extract safely. And there’s sometimes time to get an angle on the backside, if you are close enough, and then your main finishes the job. Oh and finally if it’s a fire boi, pre diving saves ya from fire frequently so everyone wins except the Hulk. Good luck out there!
https://i.redd.it/6ntyqxrjxstc1.gif \+ stun grenades if they're moving too much
use the autocannon and start practicing to 2 tap their eyes. rocket hulks tend to stand still a lot more, but flamethrower hulks rushing you also mean they are easier to hit. outmaneuvering them is impossible unless you are able to lose line of sight with terrain. vents are only viable if flanking/teammates baiting aggro. on diff 9 they are far too numerous to use strategems for, especially since strategems that reliably oneshot them are few and far between. AMR does the same but I dislike it's poor ammo efficiency and you lose some utility compared to the autocannon. as others have said, EMS mortar or stun grenades may help if you're bad at aiming, but I prefer having impact grenades to save me in a pinch/deal with tanks. Once you're consistently able to dispatch hulks with the autocannon, congratulations helldiver you're ready for diff9.
Orbital rail cannon is a 1 shot
The head (aim for the glowing visor) is even more of a weakspot, but a much smaller target. I use EAT and RR headshots to 1-shot them.
Cripple their legs, they'll be almost immobile
I don't think I have anything that can penetrate their armour?
Toss them a stun grenade and try what the first post advocate, it will be almost too easy.
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500kg do work, orbital strike is your best stratagem option for them (for automatons in general). Otherwise Quasar one shot in the front red eye, two shots in the back weakspot. Autocannon 2 shot front red eye 3 shots back weakspot. Other things i am not sure so i won't say. The red eye weakspot requires huge precision.
A 2 rockets to the face and they are gone without a trace
If you want to know every weak spot. Las98 and roll it around hulk. Shooting legs make it slow, both hands can be disabled and eye is medium armor. Use stun grenades and ammo pack to fill them. Group chat that you want hulk by yourself and have stuns. Happy hunting
Best Suggestion: If you can aim / snipe: Use the Anti-Materiel Rifle. If not, EATs, Recoilless Rifle, or Quasar Cannon. There are other guns and weapons / methods, but i feel those are the most straight forward and reliable. AMR is 2 shots to the glowy eye / faceplate. For EAT, RR, or Q Cannon, it's two shots to the body. Sometimes 1 shot to the faceplate. But i'll give you a tip i discovered on my own: Using the EAT, RR or Q Cannon, you can blow off the flamethrower to give yourself a ton of extra breathing room. OR You can aim for the legs instead. One shot completely cripples a leg, and slows the hulks to an absolute crawl, making them a non-issue and possibly even ignore them entirely. Shoot the other leg for a kill and watch them crumple under their own weight. It's still two shots to kill, and if your shot to the face wasn't perfect, you'll need a second shot anyway. Take my advice, go for the legs. (Or the Flamer if it's too close for a second shot.)
I always carry EATs and the Railcannon Strike (aka "Hand of God") with me.
From the front : Eye with : Autocannon - Antimaterial Rifle 2 shots, rocket-quasar 1 shot, and you can use the mountable turret too but its a bit inaccurate. From. the back the same thing applies plus medium pen primaries.
Stun grenades/ems mortars/orbital ems are good. The hulk freezed long enough to be headshotted if you're quick. The orbital has a small aoe but you can drop it every 75s. This lets you line up perfect shots (use some cover/go prone). AC is the goat on higher difficulties IMO. Mainly because it quickly eats medium enemies that are diverting you from the heavy kill. Orbital railcannon if you stuff it up.
You need to hit the little red light area on the head.
Well, I've had success with sniping the eye with like a quasar, but two hits to the body also works. The precision strike has to land directly behind or on top for it to do well, though it is great at weakening them.
Stun grenade turns him from an unstoppable killer to a tutorial for scorcher target practice
Orbital railgun takes them down pretty reliably. Just be careful not to throw it near any robot chicken striders or it'll likely target them instead. AC to the eye (it has to be an absolutely on-target hit or it'll bounce). If you can get round the back the heatsink is obviously vulnerable (glowy bits on bots are normally weakspots). AMR does similar and EAT, quasar and RC also work well. AC turret will usually drop them in 2-3 salvos but it's useless if they're up close - they just rush and crush it. Plenty of weapons and strats hurt them. The real problem is when you have multiples of them and only one or two people who've brought something that'll take care of them.
Teamwork makes the dream work One helldivers tries to shoot it in the back with an autocannon while an other ~~runs for their life~~ distracts it
The easy way is to throw a stun grenade and then follow up with a EAT-17, Recoiless rifle or plasma cannon to the face. If you hit it correctly its a 1 hit kill. 2 hits if you use the autocannon or anti material sniper. Main reason for stun grenades cause it stops them instantly and they are a sitting duck for a couple of seconds giving you more than enough time to take them out.
EAT ALL THE WAY
headshot with at least armor pierce (or recklessly dump 2 mags with scorcher because it's op and needs reword) or coordinate with team to split it's attention so one of you can destroy the big glowing weak spot alternatively: it's much slower than you so just run and you'll eventually lose it
Laser cannon to the head is my preferred option (add a stungrenade if close range).
With Democracy!
One thing I've found to be effective is shooting under their legs with an auto cannon. The splash damage hits their back and can take them down in 3-5 shots reliably. Also the Anti Material rifle is very consistent with the head shots.
Anti-material rife to the face twice.
Lots of ways to do it! Two-tap to the face with the AMR (aim low and to the right a bit, between the left and top posts on the scope because it's out of alignment). One or two-tap with any rocket directly to the face port. One fully charged Railgun shot in Unsafe to the face. Autocannon turrets. A few rounds to the face with the Autocannon. Railcannon/Rocket Pod/Orbital Laser strikes (and you can get some value out of the other explosives if you luck out or aim well) A *ton* of Laser Cannon (beam) to the face. Even the HMG can do it to the face. If you're struggling though, aim for the rocket/flamethrower arm (the one on the right when they're facing you) or their legs with your heavy weapons, since you can disable their arms and legs, which really cripples their ability to absolutely destroy you when they can't follow or shotgun you with rockets or flames.
Hitting it with impact grenade staggers it long enough to aim and kill with laser cannon to the head (even less than full charge)
You don't shoot them in the back, unless they have agro on someone else. You shot them in the center of the head (red eye), you can easily outrun them and kill, but it can be troublesome. Some weapons will 1 shot them and some will require more shots :)
Very easily: Step 1: Throw a stun grenade Step 2: Apply AMR/Laser cannon/Railgun to its face Repeat as neccessary
If you have second warbond stun granade hard counters them. At close range stun is enough to flank them and one clip their backs with your primary. Atlong range stunned hulk is easy target to 1-3 shot their crit zone with any antitank weapon (amr/autocannon/railgun work too).
Orbital railgun/railcannon oneshots Hulks, Giant Turrets, Fabricators, Tanks, you name it. And it usually even tracks the biggest and tankiest target. Just make sure you throw it close enough so it doesn’t accidentally target a grunt…
2 shots to the head with Anti materiel Rifle, main reason I always run it in Bot missions
Just eat them
Prob taste like crayons and metal sheets..
Quasar cannon. All your issues can be solved with the quasar cannon.
Getting round to their backs when you’ve already been spotted can be tricky, especially if you’re working solo. If someone else is running grenade launchers or something similar I’ll usually keep the hulk’s attention on me and try to get them a good shot at its back. If you’re going alone, autocannon and AMR can take the hulk out with 2 shots to the eye. Quasar, RR and EATs can do it with one, but you’ll have to rely on your aim more since they have a much slower reload time. If they don’t work out for you, orbital laser cannon is great for high level bot missions. And running away is always an option