Brigador Killers Loadout Planner

The loadout planner turns Brigador Killers’ arsenal fantasy into something you can rebuild after a bad night. With thirty-plus guns, vehicles, mechs, and modular combat rigs competing for attention, most failures come from carrying too much irreplaceable value into a single briefing. Use this page to define kit tiers, document Merchant fallbacks, and align Fabricator queues with real mission needs. Cross-link heavily with the mission prep checklist, weapons tier list, and Garage guide.

Planner philosophy

Every loadout belongs to one of three risk bands:

1. Training kit — B-tier guns and shells you can lose without stalling progress.
2. Standard kit — Balanced S/A mixes for normal contracts.
3. Statement kit — Premium pieces reserved for missions worth the gamble.

If you only own statement pieces, you do not own a plan. Build training depth first, especially while learning OBSTACLE 1 in the demo and during the opening of Early Access on August 20, 2026.

Sheet A: Infantry standard

Copy this structure into your notes:

• Mission type focus: ___ (assault / scout / hold / mixed)
• Combat rig: ___ (link thinking to combat rigs)
• Primary weapon + ammo count: ___
• Secondary weapon + ammo count: ___
• Specialty tool: ___
• Plates condition: ___
• Acceptable loss total: ___
• Rebuild path (Fabricator / Merchant): ___
• Abort rule: ___

Fill Sheet A before most deploys. Validate with the checklist page so ammo fantasy becomes ammo math.

Sheet B: Vehicle-assisted

• Hull choice and replaceability: ___ (vehicles tier list)
• Mounted weapons (must be cheaper than dismount uniques when possible): ___
• Dismount primary: ___
• Dismount rig: ___
• Repair materials brought: ___
• Plan if hull dies: walk extract / abort / fight on foot
• Training hours on mount/dismount this week: ___

Vehicle sheets fail when players hang their only legendary rifle on a disposable truck. Do not do that unless the mission value is absurdly high.

Sheet C: Immediate retry backup

Always maintain a kit that is ready in THE GARAGE without crafting:

• Named backup loadout: ___
• Location in Garage storage mentally noted: yes/no
• Ammo pre-staged in Armory: yes/no
• Emotional permission to use it after a wipe: yes/no

The backup sheet exists to stop tilt crafting. After death, deploy Sheet C, solve the route, then reconsider premium gear.

Mapping planner picks to tier lists

• Prefer S-tier anchors only on Sheet A when economy is stable — see Tier List Hub.
• Use A-tier specialists when missions overview implies a known threat.
• Keep B-tier depth for Sheets A training variants and Sheet C.
• Demote anything that requires exclusive parts you cannot Merchant-replace.

Re-rank after patches using patch notes. Early Access will invalidate precious assumptions; the planner makes updates cheap.

Economy columns you should track

Add three columns beside each kit:

• Scrapper yield expectation if the run fails early
• Fabricator hours to rebuild painful items
• Merchant emergency cost for a temporary substitute

If Merchant emergency cost is higher than the mission’s likely return, the kit is too rich for the briefing.

Demo constraints

During OBSTACLE 1 and THE GARAGE play:

• Mark which guns are actually available versus wishlist theory.
• Avoid filling sheets with Early Access speculation.
• Read demo versus Early Access before treating demo Merchant prices as eternal truth.
• Use Getting Started to keep fundamentals ahead of min-max sheets.

Weekly planner ritual

Monday: Update Sheet C after weekend experiments.
Midweek: Rebuild one training kit from Scrapper materials.
Friday: Authorize one Statement kit if two clean extracts happened.
Sunday: Compare notes to official links patch or announcement posts.

Example filled fragments (illustrative)

Training kit: modular light rig, controllable mid-tier rifle, compact secondary, common plates, no vehicle.
Standard kit: flexible S-shell, one A-tier specialist, repaired plates, optional light vehicle.
Statement kit: best anti-armor answer, heavy plate set, mech only if hull is replaceable this week.

Replace names with whatever the live build offers; the structure matters more than branding.

Common planner failures

• Six guns, zero abort rule
• Mech plus three uniques on a low-value contract
• No Sheet C after adding a Statement kit
• Ignoring system requirements so aim stutters erase a perfect plan
• Never reading lore pressure on lore and factions and packing for the wrong war

Link map for deeper reading

Tools parent: Tools Hub.
Dates: release date, Early Access roadmap.
Trailer context: demo review.
Wiki home: Wiki Hub.

A loadout planner is a promise to your future self that the next wipe will hurt less. Keep the sheets honest, the backups real, and the statement kits rare enough to feel earned.