Deployment checklist
Your next steps
- Move sideways when a Charger rushes.
- Avoid standing together in an acid-spew lane.
- Save a heavy-response tool for Bile Titans.
- Keep Blitzer or Sickle working while support reloads.
- Place sentries away from the retreat route.
- Clear the path to the objective, then keep moving.
Which enemy needs which response?
Use the threat’s behavior to choose your first action, then select the weapon role. The table turns the official enemy descriptions into squad decisions, without assuming every variant has the same armor interaction.
| Enemy | Threat | First action |
|---|---|---|
| Charger | Armored rush | Sidestep, keep your retreat lane open, then give the heavy player a clear line. |
| Bile Spewer | Corrosive acid projection | Leave the acid lane and spread the squad before returning focused fire. |
| Bile Titan | Large heavy threat | Call the dedicated heavy response and protect its firing position. |
| Rupture Charger | Burrowing armored approach | Keep space to move and have teammates watch another angle while it is underground. |
| Rupture Spewer | Burrowing acid threat | Avoid stacking at the emergence point; retain an escape lane. |
Weapons and Stratagems to bring
Blitzer is a close-range multi-target option; Sickle is the heat-managed rifle alternative. Add GP-31 and a stun grenade when owned, then complete the kit with Recoilless Rifle, Eagle Airstrike, Orbital Precision Strike and Gatling Sentry. Keep the Recoilless ammunition backpack slot free. If another teammate already covers heavy targets, you can take Stalwart and Supply Pack for sustained crowd fire instead.
How to create a safe reload window
Name the player who keeps the near approach clear before the heavy weapon starts reloading. Move laterally rather than backing every teammate into one choke point. Use a stun or a placed sentry to hold an approach while the squad changes position; keep the sentry’s firing lane away from that route. Once the heavy tool is ready, finish the blocking target and move again.
Defense missions versus moving objectives
For High-Value Assets defense, choose a separate sentry lane, keep one player firing through another player’s reload, and preserve a strike for the generator approach. 7.1.0 increased enemy pressure and shortened wave gaps. On moving objectives, clear the next route segment rather than waiting for a perfect full-area cleanup; use heavy tools for the threat blocking that route.
What to change when the loadout fails
If small enemies repeatedly interrupt the heavy player, improve crowd fire or reload cover first. If Titans or Chargers remain unhandled, assign a second heavy-response tool before replacing every primary. If the squad repeatedly gets trapped, adjust the route and sentry placement before adding another explosive. Change one role for the next operation so you can tell which change solved the failure.