for anyone struggling with the wicked ones, there are some very helpful augments/tips if you didnt know already.

bus: „caustic fumes“ on brain rot

it creates a gascloud capable of killing an entire horde and deals massive damage to hvts.

    „citrus focus“ on elemental pop 

allows the perk to only trigger the equipped ammo mod, so basically you get double the brain rot

dragon:

obviously use the raygun mk 1 + the gobblegum „requipment“ paired with monkey bombs if you want to make things a lot easier.

since the game is a bit buggy, using the crafting tables in higher rounds can result in crashes (happened to me a few times),
with this gum you can bypass ever having the need to use one in the trial

blood vials:

mk 2 goes brrrr