Named after the strain of Terminids that existed during the First Galactic War, the Brood Commander is a heavily-armored and dangerous Terminid that is a variant of the Warrior and member of the nearly-extinct Terminid Leadership Caste.
These Brood Commanders look nothing like the Brood Commander strain that was present during the First Galactic War. This led to the theory that these Warrior strain Brood Commanders were in fact a lesser member of the Terminid hierarchy. It's believed that after Super Earth nearly exterminated the Bug Leadership, they also attempted to eradicate the Leadership Caste from the Terminid genome, thereby preventing the development of Leadership Caste Terminids that are able to guide and direct the other breeds and allow Super Earth to more easily control them.
However, due to oversight or Super Earth genetic tempering with Terminid DNA, these Warrior strain Brood Commanders started to appear to take control and organize Terminid hives to fight back against their enslavement. With the reappearance of this Leadership Caste, it might be only a matter of time before other members of the Leadership Caste might appear.
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- Brood Commanders can be found on all difficulties.
- On difficulties 1-3, they can be assigned as a primary mission objective similar to Bile Titans and Chargers.
- Brood Commanders have the ability to summon Warriors and Hive Guards to aid it in battle while also being able to call for bug breaches, which means that if not dispatched in time a Brood Commander will bring in entire swarms to their aid. Staggering a Brood Commander with hard hitting attacks can also disrupt its pheromone release.
- The health pool of a Brood Commander is noticeably larger than the typical Warrior, however being much taller than its usual counterparts, it's much easier to target and neutralize.
- The Brood Commander is typically escorted by a retinue of warriors and hive guards when on patrol.
- It's unarmored front limbs can be destroyed, causing them to move incredibly slow toward their aggressors.
- Similar to a Charger, it can go into a fit of rage and charge directly at a Helldiver. If struck directly from this attack, the Helldiver will be momentarily concussed and knocked over.
- Much like warriors, when a Brood Commander's head is destroyed, it will enter a berserk state where it will gain a short attack and movement speed buff before expiring. The commander however, is blind due to the lack of a head, and so can be rendered completely ineffective by simply dodging to the side as they are only capable homing into your last known location.
- Crippling their legs will also produce similar results.
Trivia[ | ]
- The Brood Commander is named after a similar enemy from the first game. Similar to its counterpart, it is the most dangerous unit of the Terminid general infantry, possessing tough armor in the front and making a berserker sprint towards its enemies when heavily damaged.
| Enemies | |
|---|---|
 Terminids |
Scavenger - Bile Spitter - Pouncer – Warrior - Bile Warrior - Hive Guard – Hunter – Stalker – Bile Spewer - Nursing Spewer – Charger - Behemoth – Terminids – Brood Commander – Shrieker |
 Automatons |
Trooper – Commissar – Scout Strider – Berserker – Devastator – Hulk – Tank – Dropship – Gunship – Factory Strider |