Beating Bloodmounts

Here is the best strategy I have seen for beating bloodmounts…

- Do not count on sandbags or short walls to stop a bloodmount, they can jump over them.
- Bloodmounts cannot jump over a planted shield so make sure you have plenty of them.
- Always aim for the rider first. If he is dismounted he can kick your shield down to let the bloodmount through. Then your dead.
- Always aim for humanoid locust before shooting a bloodmount because they can knock down your shields.
- When your team is shooting, have everyone shoot at the same bloodmount rider and kill all the riders one by one before the bloodmounts themselves. The riders can shoot over your shields so take them out ASAP.
- Let tickers get next to bloodmounts before shooting them. Their explosion damages the bloodmounts (or any other enemy).
- Flame boomers cannot kick down a shield but flamers can. Shoot down flamers before they get to your shields, but let flame boomers get next to the shields by the bloodmounts before shooting their tanks. They explode like tickers once thier tank starts spewing fire.
- Holding shields a few steps behind shields planted in doorways is a good way of protecting yourself. Magnums and gorgons can take out the riders easily. People not holding shields can stand behind the shield holders with shotguns, lancers or hammerbursts to take out the riders.
- Once you take out a rider, leave the bloodmount until all other riders or humanoid type locusts are dead (assuming you have shields planted to keep them out).
- Bloodmounts only come out in waves 10, 20, 30, 40, 50.
- Make sure to get ammo at the end of wave 9, 19, 29, 39, 49.
- Never run for ammo in wave 10, 20, 30… you won’t make it back 90% of the time.
- Never run to save a teammate in wave 10, 20, 30… let them try to make it back to safety where you can revive them, otherwise you won’t make it back 90% of the time.
- Grenades, sniper rifles, mortars and the hammer of dawn are difficult to use against a bloodmount because they move so fast.
- Don’t waste ammo on bloodmounts when they are far away, let them come up to your shields before firing. You’ll need all of your ammo.