All Enemies in Wild Bastards & How to Beat Them

Wild Bastards is a game where your strategy for each encounter alongside the characters you send down for them can make all the difference between a victory or a loss. If you know how to deal with certain pesky enemies, you’re much more likely to succeed. Here’s a full breakdown of all enemies in Wild Bastards and how to effectively counter and beat them.

All Enemies in Wild Bastards and How to Beat Them

There are a total of 42 different enemies in Wild Bastards separated into three different Categories. We’ll go over each enemy and how to beat them.

All Chasteners

Chasteners are the humanoid enemies under Chaste’s employment that you’ll encounter on most planets. We’re assigning their difficulties to Low, Moderate, Dangerous, Very Dangerous, and Extremely Dangerous.

Chastener	Threat Level	How to Beat
Gunhand	Moderate	Can be easily dealt with by any character. They duck in and out of cover.
Trained Gunhand	Moderate	They just have 100 more HP than the regular Gunhand.
Veteran Gunhand	Dangerous	Armor, High Health, and High damage make these foes very Dangerous.
Hunter	Low	Low HP and low Rate of Fire, easy to deal with using any ranged character.
Killer Hunter	Moderate	More dangerous than regular hunters due to the higher rate of fire. Use cover.
Stealthy Hunter	Dangerous	Extremely dangerous at a distance. Use Judge to contest at a range, or close the distance using cover.
Ironclad	Dangerous	A powerful close-range juggernaut with high damage. Keep running away from them as they can’t fire until they’re close to you. Run away while damaging them.
Rocket Ironclad	Very Dangerous	Very dangerous enemies that need to be dealt with immediately from a distance. 1000 HP, 10 Armor, and high range rockets. Use Stunts to deal with them or avoid if possible.
Bushwacker	Low	These enemies will hide and pop out for an ambush when you’re nearby. Easy to react to and dispatch.
Furtive Bushwacker	Dangerous	Use similar flanking tactics and hide waiting for you. Deal with them from afar or through Stunts.
Ambushing Bushwacker	Very Dangerous	Failure to detect them can instantly get you killed. If they’re in the encounter, make sure to locate them first using characters like Sarge, or keep your distance using characters like Judge.
Blaster	Low	With prominent colors, low HP, and a slow grenade toss, these enemies are easy to handle.
Cluster Blaster	Moderate	Remain on the move and don’t hesitate to close the distance. Detect them through their camouflage cloaks by noticing where the dynamite is tossed from.
Atomic Blaster	Dangerous	Not too hard to deal with but their blasts leave lingering radioactive zones that can serve as chokepoints. Deal with them before entering any closed spaces.
Yellowbelly	Very Dangerous	Enemies with a 180-degree shield and very fast attacks that pierce armor. Flank them or ideally use Kaboom and Rawhide to bypass their shields.
Forted Yellowbelly	Extremely Dangerous	Extremely tough enemies to deal with and will often spawn in groups of many. Your best bet is to use Rawhide or rely on characters with powerful Stunts that bypass shields.
Mortician	Moderate	Stays in a single spot and launches homing orbs that explode towards you. Track the source of the orbs to deal with them quickly. You can shoot the orbs to destroy them.
Multiplying Mortician	Dangerous	Orbs multiply when they are destroyed. Prioritize tracking these enemies near the start of the map or climb up to a location where the orbs cannot follow you.
Cranker	Moderate	Machine gun that ramps up once they’re close enough with a line of sight. Take advantage of their slow movement and low range to punish them using characters like Judge and Smoky.
Heavy Cranker	Dangerous	Machine gun that ramps up once they’re close enough with a line of sight. Take advantage of their slow movement and low range to punish characters like Judge and Smoky.
Assassin	Dangerous	Use characters with good range like Spider Rosa or Judge. Billy the Squid can make quick work of them. They teleport close to where they disappear from, so attack them immediately.
Regenerating Assassin	Very Dangerous	Billy the Squid can make quick work of them. Don’t ignore them after damaging them as they will regenerate. Focus on bursting them down in one go.
McNeill	Dangerous	Check our guide on how to beat the Three Princes.
Fransisco	Very Dangerous	Check our guide on how to beat the Three Princes.
Barrabas	Extremely Dangerous	Check our guide on how to beat the Three Princes.

All Critters

Critters are the corrupted animals and animalistic enemies you encounter on each planet. They usually roam in packs. The best way to deal with all Critters is to make use of Rawhide’s Stunt and passive that let you subvert them to your side.

Critters	Threat Level	How to Beat
Kyote	Low	Simple enemies that spawn in many packs, chase you and use a laser when nearby. Stay at a distance to avoid letting them attack.
Unstable Kyote	Low	Same as Kyotes, but they launch an explosive on death. You can use their explosions to kill other nearby enemies and Kyotes. Try to prioritize killing them near enemy groups.
Armored Kyote	Dangerous	Can prove to be very dangerous in packs of many. Stay on the run while damaging them from afar. Don’t let them close the gap. Their armor makes them tough to quickly kill, you’ll need high rates of fire.
Rattler	Dangerous	A very annoying Critter that goes in and out of hiding, with a small hitbox and poisons you when it lands an attack. Use Judge, Rosa, and Billy to accurately take them down or use AoE attack tactics with Kaboom and Smokey.
Venomous Rattler	Dangerous	Even more dangerous version of the Rattler, be extra cautious as they can spawn in the water as well. Swap out Outlaw when poisoned.
Porcupine	Dangerous	A dangerous enemy that retaliates with homing spikes when attacked. The best way to deal with them is using Rawhide or by landing Crits with accurate characters like Judge to disable spikes.
Vengeful Porcupine	Dangerous	Land Crits with Judge or use characters like Sarge that can block retaliatory damage.
Stinger	Low	Easy to deal with critters that spew venom. The hardest part is to spot them without getting too close. Be careful and use cover.
Inescapable Stinger	Dangerous	Stay at a distance and damage them from afar. They will use rockets when you’re in the line of sight so utilize cover.
Grizzly	Dangerous	Stay at a distance and damage them from afar. They will use rockets when you’re in line of sight so utilize cover.
Irritable Grizzly	Very Dangerous	Enraged when hurt, you’ll need a lot of cover to avoid their explosive shots. Very powerful attacks, so don’t take risks. Try to land headshots from afar.

All Security

Lastly, security is the various turrets and machines that you can run into on each map. While dangerous, you’re not required to destroy all of these to clear a stage, they’re just additonal lines of defense.

Security	Threat Level
Gunbarrel	Moderate
Repeating Gunbarrel	Moderate
Plated Gunbarrel	Dangerous. Armored.
Jackbox	Dangerous. Invulnerable till opened.
Mobile Jackbox	Very Dangerous. Invulnerable till opened and actively pursues you.

If you want to beat Security, you need to destroy suspicious Grey Barrels from a distance or use characters like Sarge who can identify them. Spike can hack security barrels and some nodes allow you to disable Security for an entire turn.

That covers all the enemies and enemy types in Wild Bastards along with useful tips and strategies on how to beat them all. For more guides, check out all Wild Bastard characters and learn how long it takes to beat the game.

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