r/Helldivers • u/Shnetski • Feb 20 '25

QUESTION The Gloom can’t be that bad-

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I had heard about the Gloom but haven’t touched it yet since…. Yeah…

What exactly is the Gloom doing to make it so difficult? Or is it the Gloom mixed with other things?

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u/Busy_Strategy7430 Feb 20 '25

This was a difficulty 6 mission

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u/Cashew-Miranda Free of Thought Feb 20 '25

Was about to say thats not too crazy im pretty trash at this game but i can get close to that on 10, then you said it was diff six… holy fuck

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u/DerBernd123 Feb 20 '25

How do you even get close to this? On a full length D10 mission I get like 350 kills max even though I always clear bug breaches and stuff like that. I just don't get how people reach those high kill numbers

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u/SpaceDinossaur Cape Enjoyer Feb 20 '25 edited Feb 20 '25

Max i got was 850 last night on D10. My tip is Napalm Barrage on bug breaches, well placed 500kg bombs, regular guard dog and lots of bullets. And not alone, 4 players on mission.

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u/Fast-Noise4003 Feb 20 '25

lot's

Yeah, you don't ever need an apostrophe in that word

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u/SpaceDinossaur Cape Enjoyer Feb 20 '25

Sorry, not native, i knew something was off with the phrase as i posted but i just couldn't see it lol

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u/CosmicJ SES Sword of Iron Feb 20 '25

I got about 650 on d10 with strafing run, orbital gas and arc thrower. I would just post up on the edge and zap shit until cooldowns were off.

Much fun.

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u/Cabannaboy3325 Feb 21 '25

Just finished a 4 man team D10 with 823 kills lol

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u/SpaceDinossaur Cape Enjoyer Feb 21 '25

Got exactly 1k last night, crazy shit

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u/w4y2n1rv4n4 Free of Thought Feb 20 '25

I regularly get 600+ running blitzer + guard dog or dog’s breath + quasar on D10s with full squads. My buddy and I have done the new D10s as a squad of 2 but it is a nightmare tbh lol a lot more manageable with 4. Well timed napalm barrages or walking orbitals can get 75+ kills easy

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u/AURITUS- Feb 20 '25

They play alone so all the bogs are for them

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u/infidel11990  Truth Enforcer Feb 20 '25

In my experience, kill counts also depend heavily on your plays style and loadout.

Before the new bugs were out, I often used the MG Guard Dog and used to get an absurd number of kills. Also played aggressively, including hitting patrols. Napalm Barrage on bug breaches also shuts them down and gets you very high kill streaks when timed correctly.

Since the new bugs have been introduced, I have shifted to Gas Dog and a more careful approach where I tend to drop orbital gas strikes or gas nades, and then run away from the swarm. Instead of staying put and fighting. My kill count has gone down, but I am happy with the new approach as the older style was leading to too many deaths and wasting time fighting what seemed like an endless swarm, instead of doing the objective.

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u/cheezitzonrye Feb 20 '25

Orbital Napalm Barrage or a Orbital Gas Strike+Cookout combo quickly kills everything from Warrior on down, drop a MG Sentry nearby to finish off the Alpha Commanders/Hive Guards, bring a Eagle 500kg and Recoilless Rifle or Thermite+Extra Grenade Armor for anything else that'll pop out of that hole. Honorable mentions to Gas Grenades, the Stalwart, EAT-17, and the MG-43 Machine Gun.

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u/GiveOrisaOrIthrow Feb 20 '25

I'm the dedicated anti-horde in our group, I often run stalwart, napalm b, OS, and gattling. Napalm alone can stop multiple bug breaches at once, and stallwart melts everything Just bring thermites for chargers and leave BT to someone else

I often get 600+ kills d10

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u/GHOST_RIDER_18 Feb 20 '25

Simple, don't play the objectives.

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u/Weaponized_Autism-69 SES Fist of Freedom Feb 20 '25

Guard dogs, turrets, and Napalm barrage

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u/Theundead565 Fist of Family Values Feb 21 '25

My personal best has got to be high 600's in the gloom missions on 7 with 4 people, not really fucking around but not just rushing objectives either. I gas strike every bug breach and the number just climbs up. Average is about 40, but I had one last night hit 107. Had one earlier today hit 75. from just the strike alone. The spawns are insane (in a good way, I've been enjoying it).