HFW Arena | Comprehensive Guide | Level 8: From the Deep

The optimal strategy for completing this level is deeply unsatisfying. Essentially-with enough luck-you can kill all three enemies with just five Elite Vertical Shock Traps.
Before dropping into the Arena, open your hunter kit and craft five Elite Vertical Shock Traps. Then wait until the Tideripper and at least one of the Snapmaws are positioned close to one another. When you enter the Arena, use a smoke bomb to buy some time, then place the Elite Vertical Shock Traps in between the Tideripper and Snapmaw. The idea is to get one trap to hit multiple enemies.
A single Elite Vertical Shock Trap is enough to paralyze the Tideripper, which should give you the time you need to place additional traps around it. Remember that you can also use your other smoke bombs to re-enter cover.
The full set of five Elite Vertical Shock Traps should be enough to kill the Tideripper even on Ultra Hard difficulty. If you’re lucky, you’ll be able to get them to also kill at least one of the Snapmaws, too. Depending on the difficulty you’re playing on, you may need to reset if both Snapmaws survive the traps, since it can be extremely challenging to take them both down with just the weapons you’re provided.
To clean up the last Snapmaw, use your Explosive Spikes to target the frost sacs near its head. It’s helpful if you tag these with your focus before dropping into the Arena. Spike Trap can help deal area damage that will explode the sacs even if you don’t hit them directly. If you’re able to freeze the machine, the Light Arrows on your Warrior Bow are the best tool for dealing high damage-per-second. Finally, don’t forget that you have a Radial Blast you can use if you’ve accumulated enough valor.
The higher level you are, the more you will be able to survive attacks from these enemies. This is hugely useful, because it’s hard to dodge ranged attacks from three machines at once.
Tip: It’s possible to place shock traps in contact with an enemy. They take about a second to “prime” before the trap is triggered. That means you need to wait a beat after setting the trap before dodging in order to ensure you are invincible at the time the trap explodes.
For the full written guide, see docdro.id/Gw33RCu

[@UncleSnoopy55]

Got it on the first try with this. Thanks!

[@shaun9357]

This is story mode difficulty?

[@MrFancyPants]

This is Ultra Hard difficulty.