just a question in case i missed something.. are kills importent besides for the purpose of defending yourself or your team? i know many get a satisfaction from the sheer number on a scoreboard in .. pretty much every game, nomatter if it's relevant to mission success or giving benefits like mining ores would do in the case of this game.. but i can imagine it gives more EXP when you do more kills. i'm just not sure about it. is it that way?

Okay for all the greenbeards out there.. Dont be pressured to get the most kills/minerals in your game. The priority is knowing your role as a miner and executing it with teamwork. It is not a competition between miners. It is a collaborative effort to finish the mission and get out safely while gathering minerals/gold along the way, and also have fun.

You didn't take into account the 17.3% of your time spent ROCK AND STONEing every match in your efficiency segment. 2/10 video, liked and subscribed.

"Forget about competition" He says, after triggering swarmer nests which would never get triggered otherwise just so he can catch up in kills

You can just grapple, power pickaxe right into a wall without the need for hover boots just swing slightly before impacting the wall and create your own cozy pocket.

I met a scout like a month ago that out could slightly out number my kills while I was gunner. It was impressive and he was definitely very good, fast to react to most everything. He’d be the first in the room and rack up kills before I could even get there. Thing was though, he literally used up at least 3 times the resupplies I did. He had to call a pod and double dip by the time I was 75%. The missions went fast though, so we didn’t have too many waves to stress our nitra, but he was eating through it like crazy.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="762">12:42</a> Scout, shoot the warden please.

I've been doing this "lone wolf" playstyle but in a more conservative way. Instead of hoverboots i run special powder and the auto recharge for a similar effect. You dont always get to make a place to gather minerals on the first try as often. The upside is that you can try again instantly since you can zipline, use your pick and fall safely with the shotgun without any cooldown. It's almost impossible to die to fall dmg with special powder. The added benefit is an absurd mobility. You can travel 60m easily with the shotgun + another 30 with the zipline. If the terrain is open enough, you just fly around. The main downside is that your secondary is more like a "burst dmg every 5 sec" than an actual weapon. So you're behind in battle compared to the Zhukov. So when you're 100% alone and need to clear a really big wave, you can be in a situation where you lag behind even if your mobility almost means inmortality. I will try your build anyway, but i'm so spoiled to special powder that my deathcount will skyrocket the first games for sure :v

Gunner/Driller after finding out that Scout is making more kills: *I'LL HAVE NO POINTY-EAR LEAF LOVER OUTSCORING ME!!*

The trick without hoverboots is to powerslam down diagonally 45 degree when you are at the apex of your vertical movement, then hug the walls.

So we're nearing the end of season 1, and I have a confession. I've only ever played scout in Industrial Sabotage missions. I just can't imagine having to sit there on one side of the caretaker watching the scout zip around smashing tentacles and blasting the eyes when they open. I'm addicted to touching down on the vault, power attacking a tentacle to death, magdumping my zhukovs into the glowy bit, then vanishing before the lightning can zap me. I don't know what ghost ship has planned for season 2 but I hope it's as fun as the caretaker fight without making me get the shakes from scout withdrawal.

Never once in this video does it mention "killz over other stats" actually it was pretty clear to focus on minerals and cave lighting as a priority and kill bugs with the extra spare time. Nobody wants scouts only killing bugs. But that's not what the video is about. Not sure what all the concern is. Don't we want scouts to be better at everything? It seems like everyone just want us to put our guns away and stand there bored...

As a scout main, it’s actually kind of refreshing to see a piece of DRG content that emphasizes that scouts do not need to always rely too heavily on their team. While they may struggle with some things that other classes can do in the sleep, scouts hold much more power than people realize.

This is cool and all, but considering in most haz 5 parties, every other class excels naturally at devasting mobs of grunts in very ammo efficient manners, sometimes the scout really is most useful in it's ability to almost instantly erase higher value targets before they even reach the team, even if it has an ammo cost to do so. But it really is RNG because many gunners, or engineers can be built for doing that too, though often they are simply good at doing both. This is pretty interesting, but I hope nobody feels pressured to do this. If you don't execute this right it risks being the equivalent of Engineers using mini nukes on any mission that isn't an escort.

Glad to see some aggressive scout gameplay. Too many people play scout as a passive loot piñata.

Great Walkthrough! Cant wait to help out in the Driller Masterclass video! It will be a true test of my common knowledge. Keep up the good work!

This video is sick, I can’t believe you aren’t bigger

such underrated channel

Absolutely loving this content dude, it's got what dwarves crave!

Great guide! Some things I'd like to add: 1. On the platform-less grapple technique: I think you can often achieve the same effect just by power-attacking downward once, instead of needing to mine into the wall further. Doesn't work well on walls sloping away, though. 2. Zipping away from the group during a swarm, even just 50-100 m, is asking to go down to a surprise spitter or mactera swarm and end up being a burden to the team. Yes, you can do it, and with enough skill it's very likely you can do it successfully, but why even risk it? Why risk going down and leaving your team a player down just so you can get some higher numbers? If what you're after is the highest numbers then sure, this is probably your best bet, but if finishing the mission successfully and not pissing off your team is your primary objective, just stick close to the team. There's no reason you can't get a lot of kills and stay close enough to support and be supported by the team. I can't help like feel that segment is only going to perpetuate the stereotype of scouts going off on their own and going down because inexperienced scouts are chasing high kill counts.

this kind of showcase is beautiful. Astounding experience to watch as well. not only u do your job so well, but you give more than what general people expected. thanks for posting ! *cheff kiss to watch. ignore people that try to downplay your showcase of skill, it's usually type of person who have nothing to offer like what you showcase on the vid.

I'm still new to DRG, but just did a aquarq mission where after every swarm I killed a new one would come, I was out of ammo and only had my Grappling hook to keep me alive, I gathered the aquarqs and finished the mission with 2 separate swarms on my tail. It was super fun.

Holy crap, I just tried some of the stuff you talked about in this video and I actually did really damn well!

Very infomative video. It's nice to see what's possible. Personally I'm not interested in a huge kill counts which doesn't mean that I'll just run away when I get attacked. I usually grappel to a more favorable spot. Since the update I'm a huge fan of the drak

I’ve been doing this for years since I mostly played solo or with smaller teams. Really helps you learn to fend for yourself and slay hordes on your own. The biggest difference is that I typically run melee focused builds with perks like ‘see you in hell’ and ‘bezerker’ instead of other utility perks. Overall good advice and great video, definitely gonna give some of these weapon mods and perks a go sometime!

I,m still pretty new but these bits of info will absolutely help. Great vid!

Thanks for this video. I personally use hoverboots only as a failsafe for missing a power pickaxe into a rock face, and after many hundreds of hours I'm at the point where it's about 1 in 10 fail rate so thankfully hoverboots are usually available for any use I need. I started with the same method you use then eventually tried to optimize. As others seem to have pointed out it's way more consistent depending on the angle of the wall so I just pick my spots better, sometimes that's a few meters away from the actual mineral if needed. Scouts can be better, we can show everyone our worth! Rock and stone!

I love this video. I had the pleasure of playing a hazard 5 with you once, and I really liked your load out. It was wizard engineer I think.

Thank you mate ! I really tried to be good with the scout but I always fail and switch after a couple of missions. Maybe this is the video that can change that. The other two master classes were awesome. Rock and Stone brother !

These masterclasses taught me so much ! Thank you 🥰

Hey Leaf, great video as always! It's insane to see how your editing has developed and how informational your videos have become, keep going like this! Scout has all the tools to compete with the other classes and I think often times scout players don't get enough credit. Scout is in my opinion the class with the most objectives, you want to light the caves properly so your team can see where the bugs are coming from, while you are gathering the materials. It is a small difference but at the same time a good indicator if the scout is new or advanced, a good scout always knows where to shoot his flares to maximize the light, I have seen it so often that some scout players just randomly shoot their flares and call it day *sigh* . Scout needs good positioning to maximize his damage output, it is nothing new that scout struggles with big hordes but that doesn't mean he can't deal with them. How independent the scout player is, is also a good indicator. Knowing how to zip to mineral veins and consistently land on them is easier said than done and I think it's clear from your video how advance Scout really is. There was also the myth that Scout could never do a solo EDD but disproved this myth many times on reddit and discord. In fact, I usually only do solo EDD's as Scout just to mess with people. Anyways good video bro and maybe we play on the Rock and Stoned discord when the new update hits! Rock and Stone!

There better be a gunner vid coming out soon. Can’t have all these scouts thinking they can come try to take all my kills! You’re making em to big for their britches. 😉 Love the content as always

Darkness. Dwarves. ADHD Scout.

Thank you. I can solo haz4 with every class but I play scout on haz3. This video sure showed me I can pull haz4 as scout. I will try it.

Woah really nice video. Very well presented 👍

I saw this video early in my DRG career and I just had to come back and say bro... this shit is legit. I'm usually top kills and mining every mission. More importantly, caves are lit, objectives get done, full wipes prevented countless times. I've had so many compliments "best scout ever." My build is a little bit different, but this video got me there. Thank you!

Unbelievable! This video is crazy Thank you ❤️ for making this do much helpful

rotating around your team to draw enemies away really can lessen the swarm for them, but I never thought about drawing agro intentionally and then funneling them to your team, which lines them up well and could provide needed pacing for the wave

What do you mean "take the cryo kills"? This is exactly what I as cryo driller want you to do - take them! Conserve ammo.

Nice to see someone exhibit this playstyle. As a heavy FPS player that focuses on mobility and initiative, the scout is a perfect fit for this. But what it makes it more satisfying is leveraging those skills in a support based manner! Although non-scout players may not understand how contributive this style is for the team.

The scout doesn't need redemption. HE IS ALREADY THE SUPERIOR CLASS

As a driller, I know the easiest ways to get kills... team kills

Bro idk about heightened senses, you can just look up lol Also idk if measuring kills over other stats is that great of a mindset, one time in an edd I had a high level scout always going for kills, but he just wasted ammo because more efficient classes can do your job better, because he wasted so much ammo he called like 3 resupplies for a drilldozer mission before the heartstone, he had the most kills but him wasting everyone else's nitra and fishing for kills the whole time was stupid.

I'm sold!!! Switching over from gunner this week.

this is cool for numbers and all, but whats the efficiency of resupply vs number of bugs you can kill with this build too? I'm not saying its a bad build, but to me it seems like the scout is simply better suited to a faster skirmisher that is able to grapple behind enemy hordes and take out the wardens and oppressors extremely quickly and then leave again. also being able to single handled bring the entire team back from being downed and save the mission with some fancy footwork and grappling. I still think kill utility is not scouts defining feature, but you have shown the scout can compete.

Nice Vid, some good points. Was able to learn something again XD

Ok but is it REALLY helpful for you to trigger swarmer spawners on the high walls… I understand you CAN get more kills that way but like why? Just to increase your number? I feel like it’s more impressive if you are accomplishing these numbers in regular play. That being said, there were some pretty good tips about efficiency here that I appreciate.

I know this video is slightly aged but I play scout exactly like this. I come from Doom Eternal and the grappling hook mechanic is so similar to the meathook in terms of use and timings (escaping danger, mobility, strafing, etc.) and it makes sense. Being more efficient with kills by kiting enemies and blowing through large crowds and picking off high priority targets when they show up is key to success in both Doom and playing scout in DRG. Very good video brother, Rock and Stone!

Why is the kill count so important though? As long as you are useful for the team it doesn't matter. That's the beauty of the game.

"No no no the scout IS the 'master class'"

Best way to learn mobility with the scout is to go spiderman on the sand biome on low haz.

Well, I clicked on the video with the expectation of learning things that makes me a better scout but I already do most of the stuff you said, so... I guess I'm good xD

Personally I run Hoverclock M1k Classic with Special Powder Boomstick, master of mobility while still retaining both Heightened Senses for security and Field Medic for quick revives if my team needs them. While I'm usually not top of the list on kills, it's not often that I'm far behind. Sure I could go Hipster meta build, but that's just not what's fun to me when I'm on Scout.

If the scout I'm playing with has the mindest "I'm gonna get the most kills", I don't want that scout on my team.

Seeing this gives me confidence now on scout I always die on scout and almost stopped using it cuz I was being dead weight to teammates

consider taking an editing masterclass. parts of this are just fatiguing to watch even though the info is valuable

First promotion a few days ago as scout here. Something i quickly got a liking to do is being above my team during swarms. This way i can see the bigger picture, spread info, eliminate priority targets, cover my allies when i see a direct threat behind their back or ifg right on a dwarf in distress (which is why i rarely drop the ifg). I suppose the ennemies are also separated since some will chase me, which i can respond to by going to another far enough ledge and keep focusing on priorities while grunts just run after me pointlessly.

If a swamer nest is high up on a wall ignore it. Don't bother it it won't bother you, it's a waste of ammo or a cryo grenade that would be better spent on a breeder or spitballer, or getting up teammates surrounded by bugs.

a good scout is difference between wining a game in 7 min and winning a game in 25 min

I think you could make the hoverboots trick work faster by using normal swings and then your power attack. The power attack is instant, so you don't have to wait for the last swing to finish.

As an engineer, i always put at least 1 turret facing towards scout. After all, no scout = less Nitra and clutch scout revives when we go down. Thanks to the scout angels out there (^.^)7 Rock n Stone

Only problem is that scout is not and will never be ammo efficient. If there's enough nitra though this could work. It's just that every other class does it far more effeciently.

As a Scout main in Bronze 1, in Elite Deep Dive with negative effect "more exploding enemies" every couple seconds I was flying from wall to another wall to keep myself alive just to get revive fallen teammate. I never expected that mobile class can support team a lot if you know what you're doing

“I’m on a mission to redeem scout” lmfao that was the funniest line of this video

I'm a scout main and I learned something new with the trusty carbine, that's what made me like and subscribe.

damn that expert grappling tip where u dont need platforms is what ive been iffy on with scout. i play with my friends and there are so many high up minerals i want to get and tempted to but had no idea how to angle myself to stay on or whatever. good stuff. *most definitely gna die a few times if i try this with my friends lmao.

Hi I loved this guide! Thank you for making it. Could you make another guide for the gunner? :)

Scout is still the weakest of the 4 classes in terms of killing power, this just comes down to the fact that your teammates are not as good at the game as you are. You are never going to out kill an engineer that is equally as skilled at the game as you are

When you kill more than a good engineer, I know that your build is impresive. As a main engineer and scout rookie, I loved your video. haha

Wait, people actually care about kills?

“Get milk from store” lol😂😂😂

I said this on some other dudes video, but it also fits here as well. People think scout is for Greenbeards but it takes the toughest Roughnecks to cradle the responsibility.

Finally a DRG video that I could learn something new from.

I gotta disagree with this video, maggot gotta be on top of the priority list

People unironically trigger swarmers just for kills? Why? what a clown thing to do

Im loving this game. The community is the best

Yas! It's so nice to see someone else who knows there's more to the Scout than lighting and gathering! My build is fairly different than yours, but still racks up kills. I use hipster, cryo minelets, and IFG grenades. IFG helps group the enemies, cyro minelets freeze the grouped enemies, and hipster blows through the enemies. I'm definitely go to try some variation of your build out though!

You can talk about the pickaxe cancel so you can get the maximum pickaxe speed. Easy to master and perfect for focusing on your dps! GG

Nice video, as always :) I think there are some things I can take from it, although I consider myself more of an explorer-type of gamer rather then a combat-oriented one (thus you will find me doing mostly Haz 3). While I get the point you are trying to make (showing that the Scout is much much more then a simple cave-lighter and ceiling-ore-collector), there are two things I am most likely not going to adapt: 1. Triggering untriggered swarmer-spawns: While it is a good way of increasing your kill-count, I personally do not see why I should trigger such a spawn when A: no one but a Scout can reach it to trigger it and B: it is not in the vicinity of minerals or anything objective-related. I would simply ignore it (again, provided it would not be triggered in _ANY_ other way then me going out of my way to trigger it). If the Scout in my group would do that, I would.. lets say not appreciate it (on higher difficulties; anything Haz 3 or less I don't even care if he's a greenbeard). 2. Luring away a portion of the swarm to deal with it alone: Unless it helps my team in any way (by lessening their burden on a swarm), this is just not me. I trust my Engi, Gunner and Driller to deal with lots of enemies in one go via means of the flamer/cryo-gun, a grenade/breach-cutter-sweep or simply C4. In this particular cases the swarm-size does not matter; unless it is too big to be covered by the cutter-sweep or the explosion, it will all go down by the same single "round" of ammo. Plus I try to use my M1000 to pick on targets that I can deal with better then most other classes, like spitters and trijaws (basically anything able to do range-attacks and is in range to endanger us). Or somethime I use my mobility to lure away certain enemies or make them turn around, to expose the weak spot to my team mates. This is also what I expect my Scout to do, when I am not the Scout. (Yes, I know Gunner could do this, too, but if my gunner's gender is attack-helicopter, he's probably busy zip-lining through the cave... and in this case I would like to see him protected from anything that range-attacks him from his line. I wonder if this kind of tactis is something you would recommend, anyway... but lets see. :) Also I'd like to add that I do not judge player performance by numbers; while I - like you - am a very competitive person, I - unlike you - am in general a very bad player (not just because of skill, but with my explorer-mindset I am a rather slow player that gets distracte easily by things other people would not even consider interesting if you would leave them alone with it in an otherwise empty room). So I pretty much abandoned any efforts of outperforming anyone else, knowing perfectly well that all of my efforts would only yield frustration. The only one I try to outperform these days is myself. (: This is also the reason I like DRG so much: because I do not consider it to be competitive. Getting the feeling of being part of a team WAY outweighs any stats that you can ever show me. I would not even mind if the game would only show the total kills by the team, and how many minerals the team in total mined (and how many we mined in contrast to what was available). But not individual stats. I wonder how this would affect A: team-performance and B: enjoyment. o_0 (This is not a leading question; I really am curious what would actually happen.) Apart from this minor deviations in oppinion, I think you pretty much nailed how to be a good Scout. And made a very good video about it! Looking forward to your next master class. :) P.S.: thanks for the tip about using hover-boots to reach ceiling-ores. I was so far doing it in reverse, meaning zip up, smash a hole to stand in and use the hover-boots only in case of me failing to get a foothold (and thus falling). Will definitely try this!

I just started playing as it was the free game for Jan on the PlayStation plus in January. What should I run on thr AR and boomstick?

Proof of concept videos: #1 EDD- kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qLV5q7qVzqiXZYU.html #2- kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gbiUapxyl6u-gZs.html #3- kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rJ-RhtSj3Z-qqYE.html #4- kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y5hzfbGWxs2nlZc.html #5 - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r6tnareLs7-pdoE.html At this point is it is a waste of my energy to focus on comments that believe the scout is a medic or that the focus shot build is actually the ONLY playstyle you can do as scout. The definition of a scout is: "a soldier or other person sent out ahead of a main force so as to gather information about the enemy's position, strength, or movements. forward scouts reported that the enemy were massing at two points ahead" - Definitions from Oxford Languages So my build is made to not DIE when i am inevitably alone gathering minerals, or looking through a complex cave at heights that others can't reach. Because if i died when im far away THAT IS holding my team back. I was using focus shot builds back when most people didn't even know this game existed in 2018/2019 and it's very effective, but the idea that its one or the other is so flawed. There is tons of evidence in my gameplay videos where i am ONLY shooting spitters because they are the threat right now that no one can reach. Then i go back to killing what my build is good at killing instead of wasting my ammo on things other classes can kill for far less ammo. It's a mix of both but yet people see only 1. The thing that truly seems bonkers to me, is that people are saying the words "can't" or "not your role" or "detriment to the team" in videos where we are beating the mission with leftover nitra at the end. So where is this "cant"? Where is the detriment? show me it happen, if my 3 teammates are down for half the mission and we barely have enough nitra, i would tend to agree with those statements. But here we are happily deep rocking with no issues. I believe 5 gameplay videos is enough proof of concept, so i ask, to the ones telling me "i cant" and this "isn't my role", can you prove it? i would love to see what that looks like. Upload your gameplay vids and let me know. That's it for now on gameplay vids, I had about 10 more but it doesn't matter how many I upload, some people just have their minds made up even in the face of evidence. Play the game however you want as long as your not downing your teammates constantly, or wasting nitra just have FUN....right? Rock and Stone!

Wait, how do swarmed nests work? Does it each one have a set amount of spawns? And how would you recognise a nest that won’t release anymore swarmers?

I use hipster as well on my scout but with a focused shot build to 1 shot body shot grunts, boom stick with special powder, ammo, high capacity shells, super blowthrough, and white phosphorus shells for those swarmers or bigger targets, and on a berzerker scout with pheromones to chuck into a crowd and go to town. Good news your a one man army and self reliant in most situations Bad news mactera spawns and dreadnoughts is gonna be a dangerous and spicy fight due to your guns slowing you down or require you to burst dps at pick axe range.

Nice skills there.

That's not a very coop mentality imo. Scout can shine in other better ways. I play with the goal of everyone's having fun. I even go down on purpose so my greenbeard can gain some confidence boost. By the end of my mission if everyone is happy and want to do one more mission with the lobby, my job is done!

how to get most kills as scout: 1. pick scout 2. play in a solo lobby 3. complain that bosco is getting more kills than you.

Can u make a update build if there is .. its free now on ps4

this is what i liked with the heat AoE overclock on the plasma rifle with the speed boost on overheat, aside from having too few ammo or lethality to make it up for the AR (in my playstyle of course) its a lot of fun to use go full aggro running around into packs of bugs and mess things up. its not the most efficient with this gun but as a general thing: playing overly aggressive scout is one the funniest thing with maybe melee driller and full fire gunner xD

You can land on top of some high mining points without hover, just shoot to just above and power attack into the wall.

Something to keep in mind about mining minerals is that minerals spawn in vastly different quantities. Especially with expanded mineral bags, you can mine multiple chunks of croppa, bismor, or umanite before maxing out, and those don't show up that often. By comparison, a single vein if gold, nitra, or Morkite will often exceed the base carrying capacity of your mineral pouch, + lootbugs scatter random nitra and gold around everywhere. So when assessing how much longer you can afford to go mining before you need to deposit, consider not just how many minerals you have on you, but specifically which ones you have

Counter point, RJ250 engi with executioner lok1 so you have all the of the movement of the scout while also being able to place your own platforms and perform just as well in combat

Ofc scout "can" get many kills. Question is more if you should (yes vid title). In most cases you dont have to since your teams dps is good enough and you can focus doing other stuff. When I get more kills with scout in a haz5 mission than a gunner with a loadout that is appropiate for the mission typ then something is wrong. Ofc I can flex with my killcount later but at the end the mission didnt play out the way it should.

I’m gonna try this. Maybe we will play together sometimes. Cheers!

I highly disagree with the use of heightened senses. As a scout, you can avoid all grabbers quite easily. I won't eve mention the mactera grabber who is a jocke considering how much noise he make to announce his arrival. The leech's are the real problems, but to avoid getting grab, you just have to check the roof while you explore a new area. And you have a flare gun to be Shure the roof is lightened. If you play well they shouldn't ever get you. Sometimes, yes, I forget to check properly, but it is better to get punished for a mistake I made, at least it will help me on correcting it. Especially as scout, it is a wasted perk to me when you can just acquire the skill to avoid getting grabbed.

Very nice

The last point is pretty usefull in some situation to prevent enemies overcrowd your team in one place.

An ambush only becomes an ambush with the element of suprise, with anticipation of potetial incoming threats all the time, an ambush will only be an encounter.

I learned the perching on top of minerals and grapple snapping through trial and error, but I can’t get the hang of hover boots for some reason.

I don't know, the only two classes I have been able to complete a Haz 5 mission was with Engineer and Scout, and the only time I survived for more than 12 minutes without Bosco was Scout. My scout build uses the plasma carbine with the heat and damage increase overclock when it fires faster and the special gunpowder, which frees up a perk point for survival and I have gotten into the habit of switching to my shotgun while aiming down to break my fall. From the Scout Mobility Guide I saw in the past I have gotten the impression that the hoverboots are like training wheels until you learn how to power attack while moving through the air and that there are better active perks I could be using instead. Also helps make a great getaway from an immediate threat if I'm facing the enemy, usually followed by a grapple to do a zig-zag through the air. Does some horde damage to them and has heat too, making it good for damaging crowds while simutaniously evading them, especially if it's a group of exploders I find myself facing and don't have time to turn around. Of course, it is better to just grapple away if you hear them from behind. I do see the use of the M1000 rifle but I really prefer rapid fire weapons over single fire ones. I tried the hoverclock overclock too once I finally got it and found it incredibly difficult to use and with it favoring focus shots, I feel like I spend more time aiming and less time shooting since ammo pools for larger damage weapons like that tend to be much smaller, and even when I tried taking the M1000 in elimination missions I found myself doing better with the plasma carbine focusing on weak points in haz 5 missions. Maybe I just need to stop trying to use focus shots so much but that weapon often gets me killed when I use it, and a weapon with slowdown on the mobility class really isn't what I want. It's funny because I usually prefer sniper rifles when they're available with a fast firing secondary but something about using it with Deep Rock's scout just never really meshed with Scout's playstyle for me. I'm often power attacking the lead glyphid when a power attack is available to try to conserve ammo, and my berserk and vampire combination doesn't do a lot of good when I'm far away from all the enemies. I have the faster travel time for the plasma rifle so reaching targets a good distance away isn't really a problem, even in aquarc-sized caves.

I personally go for minimal length but fastest recharge on grapple, then always pay attention at the back of my mind to how high the ceiling is, where the walls are and if there are any good objects to grapple to available, it lets me skip equipping Hover Boots since the recharge on my grapple is so short that I never have to worry about getting killed unless I literally finish grappling into the middle of a swarm right as it begins to charge