Yep it’s official. As of today, every single hive in the game can be done without firing a single bullet.
This was one of the very last things I wanted to accomplish as far as escape is concerned. Some which were pretty straightforward and some of them were very hard but all of them were doable as BM nonetheless. That is until LE, Forever, Onslaught, Gauntlet, and Ambush remained was when the mission changes. At first I didn’t think it was possible but after watching Kotys run on Malfunction, I had to see this challenge through. but the question was how. BM on LE wasnt viable as the bleed did so little damage. Luckily CommanderCH helped me out by insisting that Nomad was the go to. I thought he was crazy when he said this but when he said he got to helipad I knew it was doable. Kt was upon completion that the lightbulb turned on. Not every melee only run has to be with BM. It didn’t take very long for me to figure out how to do Onslaught melee only as Nomad. Same thing with Ambush as brawler when Moss994 told me how the shock chain kills his runs thanks reflective scions killing him. For Gauntlet, I essentially used Turner burner 922’s run from way back then for the basis as I had to rely on the venom killing bastions and hoped the RNG was in my favor. Same thing with Forever as I hoped I got stump spawn in act 2 given how it spawns in a warden. It was interesting experience to say the least.
Special thanks to @Moss994 @RelaxingKoty @TurnerBurner922 ,@CommanderCH2863 for helping me with the LE run, and buddymaccas for contributing to the journey.
Here’s a playlist of every hive completed as melee only in case any of you are interested
