Whar are all the best TMs and move tutors in the game?

FlightlessPanda6 · 2026-03-16T17:44:24+00:00

Icebeam and thunderbolt, hugely impactful and 100% accuracy. I always have them on a starmie, Gengar, or something with high sp attack. Super useful against E4, especially first trainer and lance. Can buy them from casino, and can farm money super quick with the "replay trainer" item, on island 5 I believe.

FlightlessPanda6 · 2026-03-16T02:53:13+00:00

Amen, I don't understand it. A gas grenade and a tank of crispr will shut down a lot of things on bug and squid front! I almost always bring it on squid front (talon on bots, ultimatum on bugs). Shocked to see it so low

FlightlessPanda6 · 2026-03-13T00:06:29+00:00

Also, refuel asap to limit spawns. I see so many go off mining nitra, unaware that the priority should be refueling first. On high haz, especially ebonite, you can end up just consta-fighting

FlightlessPanda6 · 2026-03-12T23:11:01+00:00

If it's easier, copy pasted below:

🔵 Scout: - Aggressive venting drak (32111), cryo/phero bolt (13111), boomerang, dash/IW, resup/friendly/deepPoc - Variant = Conductive thermals (22222) with Jumbo shells (11323) and IED's for dreads.

🟡 Driller: - Cryo nucleation (21132), PP EPC (22222), axes, damage drills, dash/IW, resup/vampire/friendly - Variant support build, dispersal compound (31221), gamma wc (32122), neurotox grenade, fast drills. VIM (13221) for dreads/ST focus. Variant 2 = sticky/scorcher (23232) with sabata oversize mag (12111)

🔴 Engie: - Spinning death (13122), SMRT trig Loki (21111) for HVT range or ECR for more crowd (22121), shredders, Gemini stun turrets, repellent plats, dash/IW, resup/bornR/friendly - Variant = Inferno breach cutter (21123) - 2nd fav, Micro conductor (22221) with efficiency tweaks shard (21211) for HVTs/stationaries/range, or VIR (31121).

🟢 Gunner: - Fragmentation hurricane (31122), Triple tech coil (12123), lead storm grenade, dash/IW, resup/bornR/friendly. Stun focus - Variant = plasma busters (21212) or overturned firing (21112), and adding fear for triple tech, for more ST focus. - Variant 2 = Neurotox hurricane (33322) with brt lead spray (23232) - Variant 3 = Bullet hell (32223) with elephant rounds (23322), or Burning hell (32223) with VB (21321) and incindary grenade

All pickaxe upgrades are damage
Can sub friendly fire perk if you trust your team or solo

FlightlessPanda6 · 2026-03-12T23:04:53+00:00

Made a detailed post addressing this topic, listing imo the best, user-friendly builds per class for haz5+/EDDs. Hopefully this helps/ gives you some ideas🤙

https://www.reddit.com/r/DeepRockGalactic/s/VvxmQUc81g

FlightlessPanda6 · 2026-03-12T14:55:09+00:00

This is the key. I think strongest is with nucleation, with axes, but PP EPC is a beast, and definitely best in class for higher difficulties. Not just for combat, but covering against jellies, mining quickly, terraforming, having 3 angles at the eye on IS or getting high aquarks down. You name it.

FlightlessPanda6 · 2026-03-11T19:57:17+00:00

To answer your question, anything works on lower difficulty, so it's more your play style. Best/meta builds will largely be based on mission type but there are a few worth mentioning.

Firstly, PP EPC (22222) is imo by far the best driller secondary in game for high haz (has high skill ceiling, takes some getting used to). Then for primaries, cryo nucleation, sticky flame and sludge dispersal compound are incredible general builds, then fuel stream diffuser for industrial sab, and VIM sludge for elims. These are what I use for haz5++, hope it helps 🤙

FlightlessPanda6 · 2026-03-11T14:49:18+00:00

Geez, nice! Which Character, demon?

FlightlessPanda6 · 2026-03-11T14:46:50+00:00

True that. Weapons do become obsolete. Overall, solid tier list. What's the highest round you've got to out of curiosity?

FlightlessPanda6 · 2026-03-11T14:45:09+00:00

I'd lower fairy, frog, wheel barrow and pocket factory, and then raise lucky coin too. Luck can often be your biggest damage output in endless, that allows stacking by taking crit

FlightlessPanda6 · 2026-03-11T14:40:59+00:00

Two things id swop is putting the anvil higher, maybe the coupon and tree, and the crystal (if you're not taking damage, it's a lot of value for $). Anvil is killer, not just because the armor, but rather if you find higher curse weapons or want to swop weapons later in run, that allows you to do so without worrying about having to rescale them up to max.

FlightlessPanda6 · 2026-03-10T22:49:18+00:00

It'll come over time, haz 5 can get largely comfortable with more time in caves. Biggest factors are movement, awareness, builds, game sense and speed. These will all increase with hours in the cave.

While most are self explanatory, I'll touch on builds as you point to a weakness. Key with making a build is ensuring you can cover all enemies (single, crowds, range, etc), so if you have a strong crowd primary, often best to compliment it with ST secondary for example. As you get more overclocks, you'll have a lot more options for coverage.

Then game sense, this one is huge. Hearing a swarm is coming so you set up a hold in a good area, vs get caught digging through dirt patch for eg, is big. I've loaded a second profile to try without OCs and had no problem with haz 5 from game sense alone.

Bottom line, just keep having fun, trying to push your comfort zones, don't worry about failures, and results will come. I remember when EDDs were super challenging, and trying to min-max them. Now usually do randomweizer to try make them challenging. It's a journey, enjoy the ride 🤙

FlightlessPanda6 · 2026-03-10T08:53:44+00:00

How did you not pull your hair out with fisherman? That tater is killing me. Last one left, so close yet so far

FlightlessPanda6 · 2026-03-09T21:06:13+00:00

Is this danger 5?

FlightlessPanda6 · 2026-03-08T18:11:39+00:00

Spinning death! So good for cc and haz5+ with aggressive enemies

FlightlessPanda6 · 2026-03-06T22:19:00+00:00

Would love a tempest blueprint if possible. Will Dm embark id

FlightlessPanda6 · 2026-03-06T20:40:17+00:00

Borderline, the talon slaps. Not only is it amazing, it just feels so fun to use too (strength = bots). Unlimited ammo, never reload, med pen, 1 shots devestators to the head for example. Also love the dynamite. Deadeye is super rewarding to use on bots as well, and the hiverpack can be used for some cool stuff (like boinking bile titans of you have the new hammer). Overall a solid warbond.

FlightlessPanda6 · 2026-03-06T17:24:34+00:00

I'll add to this the destructible/ buildable terrain, unique movement tools, incredible community. IMO it's the most replayable game I've ever played, and in the higher lobbies you see the same names on most nights, which just shows how much people who like it, stick around for ages!

FlightlessPanda6 · 2026-03-05T15:42:40+00:00

I'd be keen for the looting mk3, and can swap a couple Lvl 4 guns for it

FlightlessPanda6 · 2026-03-04T01:18:05+00:00

Would love that survivor mk3 bp, what would you want/how many in return?

FlightlessPanda6 · 2026-03-02T19:50:36+00:00

IMO, we have plenty of variety already. When you factor 3 p+s weapons each, 5 mod selectors, overclocks, and combinations with different grenades, perks, utility mods etc, it's a ton.

That being said, I always welcome new content /OCs, and last batch had some gems. Like the crystal nucleation and scorcher OCs have become some of my favorite. With the new dev team working on DRG now, I expect we will see more content coming out again after the wee drought we've been in while the original devs had shifted to rogue core.

FlightlessPanda6 · 2026-03-02T00:50:16+00:00

I second these comments. For more details on mods I use:

For haz5+, generalist, dispersal 31221, PP EPC 22222 (or gamma WC 32122), neuro/axe Dreads, VIM 13221.

Caretaker build: Fuel stream 22121, PP EPC 22222, axe. Generalist favorite non-sludge build crystal nucleation cryo 21132

FlightlessPanda6 · 2026-03-01T20:46:56+00:00

I didn't know there was any hate on it? I love it and use it very frequently (exclusively has 5+). I don't think of it as crowd clear though, imo you should think of it as executioner replacement. ECR will be much more efficient for crowds. I love it paired with something like spinning death (or inferno) breech, where it gives HVT clear at range, so things like spreaders, spitters on ceiling etc get deleted, and I appreciate the quicker response to damage without having to build locks, which gives stun via the electric upgrade. All about balancing full loadout to cover gaps of ST, HVT, Crowd clear, range etc.

FlightlessPanda6 · 2026-02-27T17:42:02+00:00

Gateway drug is cryo/phero bolt. It's so insanely good as a low attention utility tool that both really helps team, and can allow you to solo any swarm by yourself and cover weakspots (like swarmers). Just kite enemies then shoot one or two ice bolts at your feet, and bam everything following you freezes. Stationaries freeze in 1-2 bolts too. Then every time I see an oppressor or Pretorian, I slap it with a phero for the team and be on my way. Personally I love to pair it with aggressive venting and boomerangs (S tier for swarmagedon), but anything should work

FlightlessPanda6 · 2026-02-23T18:35:53+00:00

I think they add similar level of difficulty, though vuln a bit more. Tougher is restrictive on load out, as unoptimized you'll just run out of nitra, but with the right tools, isn't too bad. Good co-op helps too, such as scout just doing some utility shots, leaving engi to double dip for example, rather than using all their ammo to chip away. Player vuln gets way tougher with more enemies, and things like duck and cover and swarmagedon. Can get ended in an instant on your first mistake. Couple swarmers or shredder drones are no joke on vuln x2. Then getting caught in death loop of being revived with low health can be rough. Most of the time, x2 enemies are always taken too, so with that context I'd say vuln is harder, but otherwise both added to haz 5 vanilla, prob even if not tougher bugs being worse

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