The Railgun is by far the best support weapon in the game. Some things to add: Don't forget to set the railgun's mode to unsafe. It deals exponentially more damage by just charging it by a even half a second over the normal charge. It takes only 2 overcharged shots to the mouth to drop a bile titan. Yeah, you can kill 10 bile titans without having to find more ammo. Also, shooting chargers on the head is a waste of ammo and time. It's faster and more ammo efficient to shoot them twice in any leg and shoot it a bit with your primary. It takes like 5 Breaker shots to kill a charger with an exposed leg. It also kills every single automaton enemy (besides the tank) with a single shot to the head. Some of them require overcharge, but all of them only require a single shot.
@@yopot285 I'm not sure. If it can, it's very little damage and you'd be better off using a stratagem or flanking the tank to hit its exposed weakspot on the back.
there was a whole video on how firing in unsafe mode isnt that much of an advantage because it still takes the same amount of shots to kill the chargers... but that could be specific to chargers... he didnt mention the bio giants or w/e they are called which im assuming have more health
Honorable mentions should go to the supply pack and the grenade launcher for also being incredibly versatile. Supply pack allowing you to immediately give yourself more grenades, stims, or ammo with no risk makes dealing with groups or nests that are a little too big a simple task, and the grenade launcher makes crowd control trivial and nests/encampments fall with no commitment
@@supremiclite9063hahaha yeah I didn't realize this at first then I saw someone resupply themselves and they told me what key but they told me the wrong key and I was super confused. Most of the other stuff has the keybind in the HUD but backpack does not. I found the backpack key in the keybind and wow it made things much easier
I can’t get myself to love the GL, only because it can’t handle Chargers nearly as well as other options. You’ve also still gotta be straight on to shoot out bug nests, in which case I find a grenade does almost just as well. An EAT, Supply Pack and an Airstrike have been my recent go-tos to handle basically any situation. Trying out the Railgun now.
Don't forget you can overcharge a shot with the rail gun by changing firing mode(holding reload button), it deals more damage per shot but takes longer (and if you hold too long it will explode and one shot yourself) Another thing is if you shoot a charger's leg with rail gun, you can break the armor on the leg with only two shots(even without overcharge shot), you'll be able to finish it with 4 ~ 5 shotgun shells, or just let your teammates deal with it while you aim for other chargers.
@@mikec2845 I always put it on unsafe mode, and use 1st person, cuz it's very easy to see the charge bar. For the entire time I've been using it, I have only killed myself once when I first got it. The overcharge rises up much slower than normal charge, so as long as you pay attention, your chance of killing yourself is near 0.
As someone who also loves playing solo on higher difficulties these are my main strategems I LOOOOVE using. Jump pack, Railgun (Or a grenade launcher if I'm doing the destroy eggs mission or the blitz mission), Orbital Laser, and Orbital Rail cannon. Pair that with the super fast armor you get on I think page 6 of the battlepass and you become a hyper mobile stealth build that can annihilate chargers, titans and hoardes pretty easily.
I'm still learning this game and haven't unlocked most of these but so far I really like the extra grenades with the engineer outfit for blitz missions. Pair it with a Grenade launcher or an auto cannon and I can clear a heavy hive easily
@@esmolol4091I def agree with you, the jetpack's CD is wayyy too long but I enjoy using it when my stamina is low across long runs to help me squeeze out some extra distance while waiting for my stamina to regen, I also like using it whenever I get hit with an occasional slow to get distance between me and the bugs, and I also like using it during the destroy eggs missions where there can be a bunch of bugs guarding eggs so you can just sorta fly over them to get a clear angle to pop those eggs with a grenade launcher
One stratagem I started to hate is the 120mm orbital. This weekend I became convinced it was more effective for friendly fire than anything else, as it combined with a rando that always short throwed, single-handily took 12 of our 20 reinforcements. It was made even funnier when we got back to the ship and the lady said “all that friendly fire was completely avoidable” yes it was ma’am. Yes it was 😑
Helldivers are Super Earths most elite. To even consider they have the potential of accidentally discharging their weapons on a comrade is treason. What many don't know is all equipment is loaded with thought crime detection so you can rest easy knowing that any helldiver you shoot is actually a traitor.
My setup for most casual solo running. LMG, Ammo Backpack,Light Armor with at least 6 grenades loadout, Breaker shotgun, normal pistol, incendiary grenades. Incendiary mines, and 500 kg Eagle bomb. As buff I would go either with better surveillance, or endurance. LMG makes short work of any light to medium armormed targets. incendiary nades crrate a death zone while retreating or for advancing enemies, incendiary mines clear our trash that otherwise would like to flank me, while I pick a different combat direction. Ammo is not a problem with the backpack. A total of 14 grenades spread havoc again small units and help me clear out bug holes, if needed and well the 500 kg bomb says hello to the really big boys. Anyway, concealment is the best method to survive and rule No. 1: Never engage in a fight, if it is not mandatory for the mission.
few tips for the railgun: -take off the safety so it takes less shots to kill -for chargers 2 shots into their front leg takes off the armour and you can take it out with any normal weapon shooting that leg instead of 4 shots to the head -use it in fps when taking off the safety to see when it hits near full charge because you can blow yourself up if you overcharge it for too long
not exactly, if you do it as i explained (2 shots to take off armour than switch to primary) it takes more primary ammo to take it down afterwards because the extra dmg carries over after the armour brake in unsafe mode@@vincevalentine2407
Down on the D pad to resupply yourself with a supply pack, makes it hands down my favorite back pack in terms of giving yourself more stims for survival. Others are nice, don’t get me wrong, but when you can basically infinitely fire a railgun or grenade launcher, that’s strong more than you know. Grenade Launcher is great against egg nests, get it early and it will carry you to high level. Breaker shotgun is busted good, if you have Steeled Veterans, go for the incendiary because it destroys bugs. Godspeed, Soldiers.
First time I found the railgun in the wild before unlocking it, I knew I had to get this gun asap. I was still pretty far from level 20 but I am closer now. That gun is a life saver.
Railgun and the spear are cracked. In teams of 4 if we get 2 spears we can do an entire missions main destroy objectives in under 3 minutes on helldiver
@@Kaiimei exactly and you can bring thirsty primary guns like the incendiary breaker and have zero ammo issues. That shield does look pretty nice though, I might have to pick that up and try it out.
@@keldon_champion Yeah, I stand corrected. Enough ordnance for 6 Bile Titans, plus swathes of regular bugs, and also enough grenades for more than a dozen bug holes.
@@Kaiimei… and refillable stims! And all of this can be for your teammates as well. Got someone with a Spear who can one shot a titan? Might be more advantageous to stock them up first. The GL user needs a refill before going into a nest? Ez pz.
@@Kaiimeihaven’t tested this myself, but some dude here said you can two shot titans with unsafe charged shots, so full ammo could possibly kill 10 titans. If each resupply gives you 20 more shots, your backpack and base mag could theoretically snipe 50 bile titans 😂
Railgun with ammo pack is my go-to for group play. That way I can wander off and call more packs as I need them instead of needing supply drops while I clear out camps and secondary objectives.
I have the same list for my scouting. I take a Gatling sentry instead of cluster. It allows me to take off. It’s great to disengage and disappear from the bugs.
I would have to agree with walker, cluster bombs are amazing but with the 500kg you want that mini nuke reloading as fast as possible (unless you got the third hanger upgrade)
I don't know that it takes longer, but if you still have cluster charges after using the 500kg it won't go rearm until either you send it to rearm therefore locking you out of eagles until it gets back or use the cluster charges which will then make it go auto rearm.@@DIZZYD4VE
awesome video, I’ll probably end up playing solo and probably won’t be pushing the higher difficulties when I get the game but will definitely keep these stratagems in mind for sure
It almost sounds like the game could do with a free 'shield' mechanic for all players that stops the first hit in X time from inflicting (heavy) crowd control on you.
With the railgun, hold R to switch it off of safe mode so you can charge it more for a lot more damage. Just dont over charge it and it will blow up in your face. Also I noticed you were trying to headshot the chargers with it. The better, easier and faster option is to shoot its leg. Two shots from the rail gun to one of its legs and then a couple shots from the breaker shotgun and its dead super fast. Also the orbital railcannon strike is super fast and can one shot bile titans.
Another nice mention is if you are working your way up and want to have a bit of tank/distraction earlier than the shield packs against the bots, you can actually equip the smg still while holding a riot shield. It obviously wont save ya from tockets but being able to push up and smg spray all the little guys early on is nice. It might actually be better off too whenever they actually fix armor value and heavy becomes playable again
Railgun you hit the charger 2 times in either leg, open the leg, and then just Breaker spam the leg with 2-3 shots and it'll drop. Also you can Unlock the railguns safety measure, and pump the damage up to about 175%, shaving off 3-4 needed shots to the head of a titan. Making titans a 3-4 shot kill, instead of like 7.
Some tips for you, first and most importantly The charger. With railgun you can shoot him twice in the same leg which strips his armor revealing flesh and 2-4 shotsnfrom breaker instantly kills him, his back in actually not his weak spot because weak spots serve as damage multiplier but in his back he receives normal damage, so again 2 railgun shots followed by 2-4 breaker shotgun shots to the same leg and it instantly dies, that is 2-3 times faster then shooting his head with a railgun also way more ammo efficient Next one highly recommend using the unsafe mode for your railgun, safe mode full charge is 50% of the full damage, but if you get 100% u die so make sure to stop at 99% like a true gigachad, also has the potential of 1 shottng bike titan to the head with unsafe perfect charge Also 5:14 ammo pouches on the floor only give 5 bullets, the supply pack you call in gives 10 😊
Railguns are really mystical. Today, when playing on difficulty level 8 against the bugs, out of 5 Titans, 4 were taken down with 2 headshots each, and the remaining one with just a single shot, all in safe mode. The second round play also went down with two headshots, but the third round play required at least 7 or 8 shots, which is quite baffling. Moreover, in high-difficulty levels now, if people see you without a railgun and shield, they'll kick you out. It's like they have their own cult now.
Just a little tip to make the railgun all that more versatile. Use it to shoot the legs of the charger to knock that armor off, exposing its true weak points. You can then finish it off that much quicker with small arms fire and also save some railgun ammo for other chargers or bile titans. Hope this helps someone! PS: EATs also help a fair bit for this if you don't have a railgun. Do the same thing with them.
Right now the meta is to farm lvl 7 bugs to get good gear such as the one mentioned on the video. From my experience, low level players that got the hang of the game can do that consistently (with a team of 3 or 4) Once equipped I feel the anti material rifle, disposable rocket and recoiless "rifle" are very good in automatons. Heavy armour being viable there too (to I fell medium remains the better overall). Railgun is always good, but I would argue it gets outclassed With bugs things change a lot. Heavy armour is terrible, the shield backpack becomes amazing as to prevent bugs applying slowed down effects, and the railgun becomes almost necessary
I really wish everything else would get buffed to be a little more on par so that there is literally ANY motivation to use anything other than shield and rail gun
I'm looking forward to seeing more strategems in the future. Played the first one quite a lot and could easily see the mechs and vehicles making an appearance. Maybe even more of the weapons that are yet to appear.
Go glass cannon, light armor for fast regen and speed. Armor doesn't matter ATM. ammo pack > shield = a lot more bullets, grenades, stims = far less down time and DPS output. Or take the shield and do the blitz, just running and circling to get samples on those long distance missions.
So many multiplayer coop games say you can play them solo and still have fun and then theyre awful. This one is actually fun to try to solo and it's more viable than it leads you to believe
The fastest way to kill a Charger is actually to use your Railgun to rip off its shell from its leg(like two shots?), and then shoot it with your primary weapon, which only takes seconds.
honestly, while its fun now, i do hope the devs adjust other stratagems to make them more viable at dealing with the heavier units like chargers and hulks. like, more armor stripping across the board, or easier limb breaks would go a long way. for example, theres just no reason to ever use the sniper or any crowd control focus support weapon. adding more mechanics could be cool as well. for example, if the laser cannon could overcharge a battery to take down a charger in one battery, that would add a lot to it. even if its not the optimal stuff, broadening the horizon will make the game overall more fun.
SafeMode only man? On the Railgun? Hold R (or your reload button) and select UNSAFE. Now you can overcharge each shot, try not to explode with this. It does much more damage. Go into 1st person to see flames sparkling on your charge-meter and release before it maxes out.
Fun fact about the railgun is that, if you take the saftey off of the gun (by holding down R on PC or holding down the reload button on controller) you can oneshot chargers
Thank you thank you for making this video! I prefer the single player experience in general. Please keep making more single player video tips like this one. Just subscribed! Peace ✌️
@@to181 I played a bit of the first one, it had tanks and humvees, mechs that have different variants like one has a flamethrower while the other deal with explosive. It's pretty cool, we seen what the mechs look like on Helldiver's 2 just waiting for it come out
One day they'll make the recoilless and EAT rockets properly viable, then we'll have some real build diversity. Right now, if you're not using the railgun (especially solo) you're gimping yourself hard.
Best part of rail gun is holding reload allows you to set it to unsafe mode letting it charge longer doing more dmg.also if you shoot the chargers front leg twice it breaks the armor and u can kill with one msg from nearly any gun
Best strat for chargers are 2 shots with rail gun on the same leg to take off the armor and then use you primary weapon on the flesh of that leg. The easiest way imo and you’ll look like a badass to the rest of the team. Best part is that it gets stunned even mid charge, while you’re shooting that leg with the rail gun.
You can do it even simpler with a EAT or recoilless. One shot required only. Shoot once, switch to primary and unload. Much faster. But railgun has more other uses.
@@shawnaw2 the only problem with those are that they are limited by reload speed and usage. Rail gun has way more ammo, can reload faster and can reload while moving.
The limited ammo of the EAT requiring more precision, needing to ready it after equipping (you go through a full animation of extending the launcher, expending precious seconds where you can't do anything but run, not even switch weapons), the fact that you only get two in a static position (meaning you're boned if you have to abandon them if you're overwhelmed) all make the EATs just worse than the railgun. Especially in solo. I've loved EATs and Recoilless Rifles since the first game, and do use both in teams, but they're severely outclassed in 2 and awful for solo at high levels. Though I do enjoy running diff 6 and under bugs with EATs and the machine gun, switching on the fly. That's a fun build.
I use the dog-guard drone instead of shield and while I take down chargers with my railgun or EAT, it kills every little bug out there saving me from wasting grenades or swapping weapons. EATs can be used to destroy up to 3 bug holes. Call eat on top of one hole, and then shoot the 2 eats at two other holes. It has a very short recall time and lets you deal with charges real easy if you know its weak point (its legs). Still, shield backpack + railgun is insanely good if you are using light armor.
Autocanon can clear helldiver bots very good if youre still not level 20, bugs on the other hand are a different story since chargers and biletitants are the autocanons only problem if you still wanna try it tho id recommend the 110mm eagle for chargers and the laser for titans (note: the laser does NOT kill a titan in 1 use) so if you can bring a 4th stratagem maybe the normal orbital or a well placed 500kg will do) but its gonna be a cooldown race since titans are not so uncommon anymore on higher difficulty. little trick if you cant kill a titan because everything is on cooldown destroy the 2 belly sacks and it cant spew anymore
for XP just do a trivial easiest difficulty exterminate finish as fast as possible with jetpack and 1-2 orbitals and speed through that like 50 times in an hour
OVERCHARGING MAKES LITTLE DIFFERENCE, the railgun from my own experience hardly gets any extra damage from overcharge for 99% cases i'd say use it on safe mode to avoid embarrassment
I hope youre remembering to remove the safety on your railgun so you can kill chargers in 3 headshots instead of 4. Gives you more ammo to spread that sweet democracy
@@Ak907Calbomber democracy needs to be sown in the mind and not in the knees. Plus you headshot kill them when charging they can launch through the air which is funny AF. (You're totally right btw)
10 railgun ammo can take down 5 chargers providing you have primary ammo. Shoot one of it's legs twice with the Railgun then blast it with the primary weapon, dead in 5 seconds.
i really hope they buff the jetpack, its just outshined by everything else. the fact that it takes so much stamina to go barely any further than if you just ran kinda sucks.
The railgun simply is *too good* imho. Im not asking for nerfs, quite frankly everything else needs to just be equally useful. This isnt really a matter of opinion either. If 95% of endgame players take the same gun to solve the same issue, then that tells us one of two things. Either that gun is OP af, which isnt even the case here, or there is simply no alternatives. Oh, sure, you could use the orbital railgun or laser. With like a 3 minute cooldown time, or 3 total uses per mission. There is just too many armored targets in higher difficulties to rely on any of the fun stuff, so one slot is simply taken up by the railgun, whether you like it or not. I would LOVE (absolutely love) to use other stuff, like the recoilless rifle or the spear tbh.. but on top of just being worse and less flexible than the railgun, they also take away your backpack slot to refill them, which just adds insult to injury. Dont get me wrong, this game is fun as all hell, but the customization aspects and the over the top explosions which made it fun to play at first (at least for me) severely tank in the endgame. We need more diversity in what's actually viable against medium++ armor. There is so much potential, and i hope they fix some of the issues and balancing problems after addressing the obvious issues with servers, crashes and so on!
@christianzilla the flamethrower can be surprisingly effective against hordes of bugs and chargers. You just have to watch out for literal friendly fire.
laser guard dog + light armor is actually better than the shield IMO. It will save you tons of ammo and you will be free to deal against heavy targets as your dog deals with smaller enemies.
@@chettonex I also pair it with the scythe laser rifle and rail gun. Add in some heavy strikes, and I have something for every occasion and have minimal need for resupply
I play atm on Difficult 6 or 7. I recomend shooting with the Railgun on the Leg of the Charger and then shoot with a normal gun on the leg. Its dies more faster. Or you use on lower diffculty a flamethrower.
The precisionless rocket takes the chargers leg armour off with one shot and all you need to do is shoot it with a breaker shotgun, you only need to shoot it like 4 times and it dies instantly
Shoot the charger in the leg twice with the railgun, armor on the leg disappears and you can just take it out with primary weapons, saves alot of ammo fr the railgun
Breaker is op in this game. I don't want a nerf to shotguns. Rifles should at least do 100dmg base, and marksman should do 200. The fact that it takes 2 liberator shots to kill a small bug is nonsense.
Railgun is actually 10 charger kills if you don’t miss just pick a leg shoot it twice it exposes the flesh then shoot it a few times with shotgun in same leg and it’s dead
2 shot a chargers leg and then use your primary weapon to shoot the leg when it's yellow, you can use about half a shotgun mag to kill it that way rather than 4 railgun shots
The game's got an extremely robust matchmaking mechanic and crossplay, squad-assisted weapons, but we're min-maxing solo loadouts, and grinding/farming already.
@@sebastiancullen5890 It's fun to play with friends and play how we like to play. Sounds like you're projecting your insecurities so chill out friendless incel 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡 people can minmax and have fun if they want to 🤡🤡 touch grass
Have not played the game but I 100 % Helldivers 1 and everything I've seen for tips is basically "Use the same strategies as in Helldivers 1", making me more and more convinced this is just Helldivers 1 tweaked for 3rd person and given a graphics upgrade. Part of me will miss the Illuminate, but also f*ck the Squ'ith and their force fields making anything but jump pack and a high rate of fire weapon to shred shields and make sushi ill adviced. 😂 I suspect I'll no-life Helldivers 2 as well, when I have the time and new hardware... adulting takes too much time! 🤔
Stratagem is a must-have on this game, so I'm trying how far I can do in each difficulty. 😅 Difficulty 4 so far but seems almost impossible because I can't close holes on the main objective.
Definitely a damage boost, and i think it increases overpenetration, so you can hit things behind your initial target if they are lined up. When i charge it almost to the point of blowing up, i can regularly 2-shot a bile walker if i hit it in the head. My friend has 1-shot one before, by chopping off one of its limbs (i havent been able to replicate yet) and one time i one shot it in the head with a railgun, but not sure exactly where i hit on the head, so havent been able to do it again yet
@@RESUHT I think that enemies have different variations, just like there's a tougher charger, there's also bile titans that take more headshots to take down
It's sad that all the heavy weapons are made obsolete by railgun. Its sad that a meta now exists and almost all strats and equipment will never be used
Idk if you know but I'd you hold square and disable safe mode on railgun you can charge it up more and it'll clap the armor of those chargers kill it in less shots.
Played a lot solo early on and man, as soon they took away the "free" Railgun event the game got so much harder XD
Nah, fr. Got so used to it then when they took it away I was like I gotta get my hands on the railgun 🤣😭
i wish i knew how OP the gun was, i didn’t use it once when it was free 😭
so thats what that was, i was like "bruh i swear i had the railgun before" to a teammate 😂
@aidaannn it could kill a charger with about 6-10 shots in my experience.
@@richiehang7065 2 shots to the leg with Railgun and then finish off with primary is the way.
The Railgun is by far the best support weapon in the game. Some things to add:
Don't forget to set the railgun's mode to unsafe. It deals exponentially more damage by just charging it by a even half a second over the normal charge.
It takes only 2 overcharged shots to the mouth to drop a bile titan. Yeah, you can kill 10 bile titans without having to find more ammo.
Also, shooting chargers on the head is a waste of ammo and time. It's faster and more ammo efficient to shoot them twice in any leg and shoot it a bit with your primary. It takes like 5 Breaker shots to kill a charger with an exposed leg.
It also kills every single automaton enemy (besides the tank) with a single shot to the head. Some of them require overcharge, but all of them only require a single shot.
can railgun damage tank?
@@yopot285 yes. You don’t get it til lvl 20 though.
@@yopot285 I'm not sure. If it can, it's very little damage and you'd be better off using a stratagem or flanking the tank to hit its exposed weakspot on the back.
there was a whole video on how firing in unsafe mode isnt that much of an advantage because it still takes the same amount of shots to kill the chargers... but that could be specific to chargers... he didnt mention the bio giants or w/e they are called which im assuming have more health
@@vincevalentine2407it one shots bile titans but only in unsafe mode you don’t need a video for it just play an experiment while playing lol
Honorable mentions should go to the supply pack and the grenade launcher for also being incredibly versatile. Supply pack allowing you to immediately give yourself more grenades, stims, or ammo with no risk makes dealing with groups or nests that are a little too big a simple task, and the grenade launcher makes crowd control trivial and nests/encampments fall with no commitment
Wait you can supply yourself? I thought I could only give others the supply packs, figured it was the downside of it.
@@supremiclite9063 I did too at first. You can use it yourself with the 5 key or I think the down arrow on PS5
@@supremiclite9063hahaha yeah I didn't realize this at first then I saw someone resupply themselves and they told me what key but they told me the wrong key and I was super confused. Most of the other stuff has the keybind in the HUD but backpack does not. I found the backpack key in the keybind and wow it made things much easier
I can’t get myself to love the GL, only because it can’t handle Chargers nearly as well as other options. You’ve also still gotta be straight on to shoot out bug nests, in which case I find a grenade does almost just as well.
An EAT, Supply Pack and an Airstrike have been my recent go-tos to handle basically any situation. Trying out the Railgun now.
Same loadout I use. So much fun and really good in group play as well.
Don't forget you can overcharge a shot with the rail gun by changing firing mode(holding reload button), it deals more damage per shot but takes longer (and if you hold too long it will explode and one shot yourself)
Another thing is if you shoot a charger's leg with rail gun, you can break the armor on the leg with only two shots(even without overcharge shot), you'll be able to finish it with 4 ~ 5 shotgun shells, or just let your teammates deal with it while you aim for other chargers.
Or you can shoot the charger 3 times in the face with the rail gun
Also if you blow yourself up it destroys the weapon too so you cant recover it.
before i buy the rail gun, how tight is the timing on overcharge? if you're careful is it rare to accidentally kill overcharge?
Apparently the rail gun is bigger also and 1 shots bile titans in the face.
Switch it to unsafe and don't fully charge it
@@mikec2845 I always put it on unsafe mode, and use 1st person, cuz it's very easy to see the charge bar. For the entire time I've been using it, I have only killed myself once when I first got it. The overcharge rises up much slower than normal charge, so as long as you pay attention, your chance of killing yourself is near 0.
As someone who also loves playing solo on higher difficulties these are my main strategems I LOOOOVE using. Jump pack, Railgun (Or a grenade launcher if I'm doing the destroy eggs mission or the blitz mission), Orbital Laser, and Orbital Rail cannon. Pair that with the super fast armor you get on I think page 6 of the battlepass and you become a hyper mobile stealth build that can annihilate chargers, titans and hoardes pretty easily.
I'm still learning this game and haven't unlocked most of these but so far I really like the extra grenades with the engineer outfit for blitz missions. Pair it with a Grenade launcher or an auto cannon and I can clear a heavy hive easily
I find the jetpack performing very lackluster. The cooldown on it is way to long to be somewhat useful and should be cut in half.
@@esmolol4091I def agree with you, the jetpack's CD is wayyy too long but I enjoy using it when my stamina is low across long runs to help me squeeze out some extra distance while waiting for my stamina to regen, I also like using it whenever I get hit with an occasional slow to get distance between me and the bugs, and I also like using it during the destroy eggs missions where there can be a bunch of bugs guarding eggs so you can just sorta fly over them to get a clear angle to pop those eggs with a grenade launcher
Another tip for the railgun is to shoot charger legs, only takes two rounds to remove armor and you can finish it off with your primary
One stratagem I started to hate is the 120mm orbital. This weekend I became convinced it was more effective for friendly fire than anything else, as it combined with a rando that always short throwed, single-handily took 12 of our 20 reinforcements. It was made even funnier when we got back to the ship and the lady said “all that friendly fire was completely avoidable” yes it was ma’am. Yes it was 😑
I think the voice line is "all those friendly fire incidents were completely UNAVOIDABLE"
"Friendly fire, isnt."
-Helldivers training manual
Helldivers are Super Earths most elite. To even consider they have the potential of accidentally discharging their weapons on a comrade is treason. What many don't know is all equipment is loaded with thought crime detection so you can rest easy knowing that any helldiver you shoot is actually a traitor.
My setup for most casual solo running.
LMG, Ammo Backpack,Light Armor with at least 6 grenades loadout, Breaker shotgun, normal pistol, incendiary grenades.
Incendiary mines, and 500 kg Eagle bomb. As buff I would go either with better surveillance, or endurance.
LMG makes short work of any light to medium armormed targets. incendiary nades crrate a death zone while retreating or for advancing enemies, incendiary mines clear our trash that otherwise would like to flank me, while I pick a different combat direction.
Ammo is not a problem with the backpack.
A total of 14 grenades spread havoc again small units and help me clear out bug holes, if needed and well the 500 kg bomb says hello to the really big boys.
Anyway, concealment is the best method to survive and rule No. 1:
Never engage in a fight, if it is not mandatory for the mission.
few tips for the railgun: -take off the safety so it takes less shots to kill -for chargers 2 shots into their front leg takes off the armour and you can take it out with any normal weapon shooting that leg instead of 4 shots to the head -use it in fps when taking off the safety to see when it hits near full charge because you can blow yourself up if you overcharge it for too long
How do you take the safety off
@@RichyN25hold your reload on your gun and most of the time they can be modified
it takes the same amount of bullets to kill a charger in safe mode as it does in unsafe mode. i can not argue to the other bug types.
not exactly, if you do it as i explained (2 shots to take off armour than switch to primary) it takes more primary ammo to take it down afterwards because the extra dmg carries over after the armour brake in unsafe mode@@vincevalentine2407
How do you aim zooming @@RichyN25
Down on the D pad to resupply yourself with a supply pack, makes it hands down my favorite back pack in terms of giving yourself more stims for survival. Others are nice, don’t get me wrong, but when you can basically infinitely fire a railgun or grenade launcher, that’s strong more than you know. Grenade Launcher is great against egg nests, get it early and it will carry you to high level. Breaker shotgun is busted good, if you have Steeled Veterans, go for the incendiary because it destroys bugs. Godspeed, Soldiers.
(and for pc players just press 5)
@@ra1nyran I appreciate you, I didn’t know the keyboard equivalent. You the man coming in clutch here today!
First time I found the railgun in the wild before unlocking it, I knew I had to get this gun asap. I was still pretty far from level 20 but I am closer now. That gun is a life saver.
Railgun and the spear are cracked. In teams of 4 if we get 2 spears we can do an entire missions main destroy objectives in under 3 minutes on helldiver
Rocking the supply pack with the rail is very nice too as you can now cart around a fuck ton of ammo
You're basically carrying around enough ordnance to kill 6 Bile Titans xD
@@Kaiimei exactly and you can bring thirsty primary guns like the incendiary breaker and have zero ammo issues. That shield does look pretty nice though, I might have to pick that up and try it out.
@@keldon_champion Yeah, I stand corrected. Enough ordnance for 6 Bile Titans, plus swathes of regular bugs, and also enough grenades for more than a dozen bug holes.
@@Kaiimei… and refillable stims! And all of this can be for your teammates as well. Got someone with a Spear who can one shot a titan? Might be more advantageous to stock them up first. The GL user needs a refill before going into a nest? Ez pz.
@@Kaiimeihaven’t tested this myself, but some dude here said you can two shot titans with unsafe charged shots, so full ammo could possibly kill 10 titans. If each resupply gives you 20 more shots, your backpack and base mag could theoretically snipe 50 bile titans 😂
I agree, shield and rail gun💯🔥
I also recommend light armor and the stamina buff.
The stamina buff is crazy good.
Good tips
THE MOMENT I reached lvl 20 and got enough req for these two stratagems I bought these 2 exact ones and I can vouch for it's effectiveness
Railgun with ammo pack is my go-to for group play. That way I can wander off and call more packs as I need them instead of needing supply drops while I clear out camps and secondary objectives.
500kg cluster shield pack and nade launcher for me as a scout runner clearing side objectives and nest while my team does the main objective.
I have the same list for my scouting. I take a Gatling sentry instead of cluster. It allows me to take off. It’s great to disengage and disappear from the bugs.
I would have to agree with walker, cluster bombs are amazing but with the 500kg you want that mini nuke reloading as fast as possible (unless you got the third hanger upgrade)
@@bumblebeepotatowait if you have multiple eagles it takes longer to reload them?
@@DIZZYD4VEI ran two eagles last night. The 500KG cool down was like 1-1:30 longer while the eagle Barrie went to rearm.
I don't know that it takes longer, but if you still have cluster charges after using the 500kg it won't go rearm until either you send it to rearm therefore locking you out of eagles until it gets back or use the cluster charges which will then make it go auto rearm.@@DIZZYD4VE
awesome video, I’ll probably end up playing solo and probably won’t be pushing the higher difficulties when I get the game but will definitely keep these stratagems in mind for sure
I played the first helldivers a ton, and knew exactly what the shield pack was about. It was mandatory for me back then, and still is now.
It almost sounds like the game could do with a free 'shield' mechanic for all players that stops the first hit in X time from inflicting (heavy) crowd control on you.
With the railgun, hold R to switch it off of safe mode so you can charge it more for a lot more damage. Just dont over charge it and it will blow up in your face. Also I noticed you were trying to headshot the chargers with it. The better, easier and faster option is to shoot its leg. Two shots from the rail gun to one of its legs and then a couple shots from the breaker shotgun and its dead super fast.
Also the orbital railcannon strike is super fast and can one shot bile titans.
Great video. High praise, man. This will help plenty, especially with having a solid team supporting each other's flaws. Big help.
Another nice mention is if you are working your way up and want to have a bit of tank/distraction earlier than the shield packs against the bots, you can actually equip the smg still while holding a riot shield. It obviously wont save ya from tockets but being able to push up and smg spray all the little guys early on is nice. It might actually be better off too whenever they actually fix armor value and heavy becomes playable again
Railgun you hit the charger 2 times in either leg, open the leg, and then just Breaker spam the leg with 2-3 shots and it'll drop.
Also you can Unlock the railguns safety measure, and pump the damage up to about 175%, shaving off 3-4 needed shots to the head of a titan. Making titans a 3-4 shot kill, instead of like 7.
Some tips for you, first and most importantly
The charger. With railgun you can shoot him twice in the same leg which strips his armor revealing flesh and 2-4 shotsnfrom breaker instantly kills him, his back in actually not his weak spot because weak spots serve as damage multiplier but in his back he receives normal damage, so again 2 railgun shots followed by 2-4 breaker shotgun shots to the same leg and it instantly dies, that is 2-3 times faster then shooting his head with a railgun also way more ammo efficient
Next one highly recommend using the unsafe mode for your railgun, safe mode full charge is 50% of the full damage, but if you get 100% u die so make sure to stop at 99% like a true gigachad, also has the potential of 1 shottng bike titan to the head with unsafe perfect charge
Also 5:14 ammo pouches on the floor only give 5 bullets, the supply pack you call in gives 10 😊
This was amazingly helpful! Thank you! I’ve subbed because it was helpful, concise, and overall perfect!
This is exactly what I was looking for - thank you! 🙂
Railguns are really mystical. Today, when playing on difficulty level 8 against the bugs, out of 5 Titans, 4 were taken down with 2 headshots each, and the remaining one with just a single shot, all in safe mode. The second round play also went down with two headshots, but the third round play required at least 7 or 8 shots, which is quite baffling. Moreover, in high-difficulty levels now, if people see you without a railgun and shield, they'll kick you out. It's like they have their own cult now.
Just a little tip to make the railgun all that more versatile.
Use it to shoot the legs of the charger to knock that armor off, exposing its true weak points. You can then finish it off that much quicker with small arms fire and also save some railgun ammo for other chargers or bile titans.
Hope this helps someone!
PS: EATs also help a fair bit for this if you don't have a railgun. Do the same thing with them.
Best part about the Railgun is it can 1 shot Devastators if you hit right. Love it
Great video! I'm definitely grabbing those next time I'm on the game.
Right now the meta is to farm lvl 7 bugs to get good gear such as the one mentioned on the video. From my experience, low level players that got the hang of the game can do that consistently (with a team of 3 or 4)
Once equipped I feel the anti material rifle, disposable rocket and recoiless "rifle" are very good in automatons. Heavy armour being viable there too (to I fell medium remains the better overall). Railgun is always good, but I would argue it gets outclassed
With bugs things change a lot. Heavy armour is terrible, the shield backpack becomes amazing as to prevent bugs applying slowed down effects, and the railgun becomes almost necessary
I really wish everything else would get buffed to be a little more on par so that there is literally ANY motivation to use anything other than shield and rail gun
You shooting the chargers in the face and back was making me want to help you 😂
I'm looking forward to seeing more strategems in the future.
Played the first one quite a lot and could easily see the mechs and vehicles making an appearance.
Maybe even more of the weapons that are yet to appear.
Go glass cannon, light armor for fast regen and speed. Armor doesn't matter ATM.
ammo pack > shield = a lot more bullets, grenades, stims = far less down time and DPS output.
Or take the shield and do the blitz, just running and circling to get samples on those long distance missions.
So many multiplayer coop games say you can play them solo and still have fun and then theyre awful. This one is actually fun to try to solo and it's more viable than it leads you to believe
Democracy approved 📜
The fastest way to kill a Charger is actually to use your Railgun to rip off its shell from its leg(like two shots?), and then shoot it with your primary weapon, which only takes seconds.
honestly, while its fun now, i do hope the devs adjust other stratagems to make them more viable at dealing with the heavier units like chargers and hulks. like, more armor stripping across the board, or easier limb breaks would go a long way. for example, theres just no reason to ever use the sniper or any crowd control focus support weapon. adding more mechanics could be cool as well. for example, if the laser cannon could overcharge a battery to take down a charger in one battery, that would add a lot to it. even if its not the optimal stuff, broadening the horizon will make the game overall more fun.
SafeMode only man? On the Railgun?
Hold R (or your reload button) and select UNSAFE.
Now you can overcharge each shot, try not to explode with this.
It does much more damage.
Go into 1st person to see flames sparkling on your charge-meter and release before it maxes out.
Does the shield eventually break and u have to get a new one? Or does it slowly regenerate back to full if not hit for a while
It regens
Fun fact about the railgun is that, if you take the saftey off of the gun (by holding down R on PC or holding down the reload button on controller) you can oneshot chargers
Where do you have to hit them?
face @@TheDapperSaint
It doesn't 1 shot them I've tried. 😅 I've tried numerous times and can never 1 shot them even at full charge idk about thia
@@xD3m0nx You need to hit them head on so it goes in through the head and out of the tip of the rear
Thank you thank you for making this video! I prefer the single player experience in general. Please keep making more single player video tips like this one. Just subscribed! Peace ✌️
this game is so damn good. I am impressed with how many stratagems there are and how many builds/classes you can roll with and have a new playthough.
I'm waiting on more stratagems, like the mech and tank
@@MaxkillerV2Gaming never played the first game but that sounds badass.
@@to181 I played a bit of the first one, it had tanks and humvees, mechs that have different variants like one has a flamethrower while the other deal with explosive. It's pretty cool, we seen what the mechs look like on Helldiver's 2 just waiting for it come out
One day they'll make the recoilless and EAT rockets properly viable, then we'll have some real build diversity. Right now, if you're not using the railgun (especially solo) you're gimping yourself hard.
Best part of rail gun is holding reload allows you to set it to unsafe mode letting it charge longer doing more dmg.also if you shoot the chargers front leg twice it breaks the armor and u can kill with one msg from nearly any gun
Best strat for chargers are 2 shots with rail gun on the same leg to take off the armor and then use you primary weapon on the flesh of that leg. The easiest way imo and you’ll look like a badass to the rest of the team. Best part is that it gets stunned even mid charge, while you’re shooting that leg with the rail gun.
You can do it even simpler with a EAT or recoilless. One shot required only.
Shoot once, switch to primary and unload. Much faster.
But railgun has more other uses.
@@shawnaw2 the only problem with those are that they are limited by reload speed and usage. Rail gun has way more ammo, can reload faster and can reload while moving.
The limited ammo of the EAT requiring more precision, needing to ready it after equipping (you go through a full animation of extending the launcher, expending precious seconds where you can't do anything but run, not even switch weapons), the fact that you only get two in a static position (meaning you're boned if you have to abandon them if you're overwhelmed) all make the EATs just worse than the railgun. Especially in solo.
I've loved EATs and Recoilless Rifles since the first game, and do use both in teams, but they're severely outclassed in 2 and awful for solo at high levels. Though I do enjoy running diff 6 and under bugs with EATs and the machine gun, switching on the fly. That's a fun build.
I use the dog-guard drone instead of shield and while I take down chargers with my railgun or EAT, it kills every little bug out there saving me from wasting grenades or swapping weapons. EATs can be used to destroy up to 3 bug holes. Call eat on top of one hole, and then shoot the 2 eats at two other holes. It has a very short recall time and lets you deal with charges real easy if you know its weak point (its legs). Still, shield backpack + railgun is insanely good if you are using light armor.
Thanks , you just solved my problems with the game I had now I can go kill some bugs and level up to 20 asap :)
Autocanon can clear helldiver bots very good if youre still not level 20, bugs on the other hand are a different story since chargers and biletitants are the autocanons only problem if you still wanna try it tho id recommend the 110mm eagle for chargers and the laser for titans (note: the laser does NOT kill a titan in 1 use) so if you can bring a 4th stratagem maybe the normal orbital or a well placed 500kg will do) but its gonna be a cooldown race since titans are not so uncommon anymore on higher difficulty. little trick if you cant kill a titan because everything is on cooldown destroy the 2 belly sacks and it cant spew anymore
for anyone having trouble with the chargers knock the armor off the legs and shoot them with primary weapon it kills a lot faster.
Great tips man get to lvl 20 and buy the best items in the game, super helpful
Yo Taki! Can you make a video about weapons and armor for solos?
A good tip to farm XP efficiently solo would be greatly appreciated as well!
for XP just do a trivial easiest difficulty exterminate finish as fast as possible with jetpack and 1-2 orbitals and speed through that like 50 times in an hour
You can switch to "Unsafe" mode on the railgun to do even more damage. Press and hold R then RMB.
Unsafe=extra democracy
with the railgun you can turn it to unsafe mode if you hold R, makes it do more damage for a longer charge at risk of exploding
People under estimate the power of the Arc thrower.
OVERCHARGING MAKES LITTLE DIFFERENCE, the railgun from my own experience hardly gets any extra damage from overcharge for 99% cases i'd say use it on safe mode to avoid embarrassment
Nice tips man!
Can you share your graphics settings or what you do recommend?
I hope youre remembering to remove the safety on your railgun so you can kill chargers in 3 headshots instead of 4.
Gives you more ammo to spread that sweet democracy
Or just use 2 shots on a leg and use ur primary to finish off the weakened leg
@@Ak907Calbomber democracy needs to be sown in the mind and not in the knees.
Plus you headshot kill them when charging they can launch through the air which is funny AF. (You're totally right btw)
@@smiffytom I appreciate tf out of this response lmfao keep fighting the good fight helldiver
Railgun is so overtuned, I wouldn’t get too attached to it. It’s going to get nerfed into the ground later on
Shield backpack is so nice. I got swarmed playing with a friend and did a suicide 500kg and lived. Bugs certainly didn't though
thanks m8 aspiring solo player here. thanks for your information.
10 railgun ammo can take down 5 chargers providing you have primary ammo. Shoot one of it's legs twice with the Railgun then blast it with the primary weapon, dead in 5 seconds.
i really hope they buff the jetpack, its just outshined by everything else. the fact that it takes so much stamina to go barely any further than if you just ran kinda sucks.
The railgun simply is *too good* imho. Im not asking for nerfs, quite frankly everything else needs to just be equally useful. This isnt really a matter of opinion either. If 95% of endgame players take the same gun to solve the same issue, then that tells us one of two things. Either that gun is OP af, which isnt even the case here, or there is simply no alternatives. Oh, sure, you could use the orbital railgun or laser. With like a 3 minute cooldown time, or 3 total uses per mission. There is just too many armored targets in higher difficulties to rely on any of the fun stuff, so one slot is simply taken up by the railgun, whether you like it or not. I would LOVE (absolutely love) to use other stuff, like the recoilless rifle or the spear tbh.. but on top of just being worse and less flexible than the railgun, they also take away your backpack slot to refill them, which just adds insult to injury.
Dont get me wrong, this game is fun as all hell, but the customization aspects and the over the top explosions which made it fun to play at first (at least for me) severely tank in the endgame. We need more diversity in what's actually viable against medium++ armor. There is so much potential, and i hope they fix some of the issues and balancing problems after addressing the obvious issues with servers, crashes and so on!
Does the shield stop you from being set on fire…
I may have a slight napalm/flamethrower addiction in HD2, and setting myself on fire isn’t very fun
I AM VERY CURIOUS ABOUT THIS NOW HOLD ON YOU HAVE A POINT.
burning myself thanks to jumpers is one of the reasons I stopped using the flamethrower tbh
Is there anything the flamethrower is good for? It sure is pretty.
@christianzilla the flamethrower can be surprisingly effective against hordes of bugs and chargers. You just have to watch out for literal friendly fire.
The laser guard dog is GOATed imo. Hunters become less of a worry and it keeps pressure behind me during retreats
laser guard dog + light armor is actually better than the shield IMO. It will save you tons of ammo and you will be free to deal against heavy targets as your dog deals with smaller enemies.
@@chettonex I also pair it with the scythe laser rifle and rail gun. Add in some heavy strikes, and I have something for every occasion and have minimal need for resupply
I play atm on Difficult 6 or 7. I recomend shooting with the Railgun on the Leg of the Charger and then shoot with a normal gun on the leg. Its dies more faster. Or you use on lower diffculty a flamethrower.
from what i saw from the shield. It took a direct hit from an orbital strike and somehow survived. so yes the shield a beast
Emp mortar and regular mortar is very strong against the robots, if your whole team uses them it’s very hard for them to even get close to you
The precisionless rocket takes the chargers leg armour off with one shot and all you need to do is shoot it with a breaker shotgun, you only need to shoot it like 4 times and it dies instantly
They should add an armor passive that gets rid or reduces slowing effects
Shield still op. But less effective against autamotons. Rockets and tanks can still aparently kill you through shield. Be aware.
They need to buff the turrets in someway because they get detestroyed way too fast in the higher difficulties.
Rail gun has a unsafe fire mode that does more damage just hold your reload button when fireing don’t hold it down long or you explode
Overcharge the Railgun and always play unsafe for 2 tap titans and 3 tap chargers
Missed the best thing about the rail gun vs chargers, 2 shots to a leg breaks all the armour, thenyou just breaker them down in half a clip
No players, NO SOLO PLAY this game IS for enjoy with all players
Honestly solo helldive is pretty intense
Shoot the charger in the leg twice with the railgun, armor on the leg disappears and you can just take it out with primary weapons, saves alot of ammo fr the railgun
Also one EAT or recoilless rifle shot will remove leg armor as well
the meta right now is shield pack, railgun, and breaker shotgun. rest is up to you.
For terminid structure missions and egg missions run grenade launcher. And for prom missile launchs and vein missions run rail gun
Breaker is op in this game. I don't want a nerf to shotguns. Rifles should at least do 100dmg base, and marksman should do 200. The fact that it takes 2 liberator shots to kill a small bug is nonsense.
Railgun is actually 10 charger kills if you don’t miss just pick a leg shoot it twice it exposes the flesh then shoot it a few times with shotgun in same leg and it’s dead
Whitch armor are you using or do you recommend?
Thx for your vids, keep spreding democacy!!
Lightarmors are broken atm, so use them. Armor rating does not work as intended and kiting enemies > tanking enemies.
What equipment do you run? As far as armor and primary and secondary goes. Obviously you are running railgun
2 shot a chargers leg and then use your primary weapon to shoot the leg when it's yellow, you can use about half a shotgun mag to kill it that way rather than 4 railgun shots
they really need to buff the auto canon and recoilless along with the single use rockets
The game's got an extremely robust matchmaking mechanic and crossplay, squad-assisted weapons, but we're min-maxing solo loadouts, and grinding/farming already.
"Waaah people aren't playing the game how I want them to 🤡🤡🤡🤡"
@@Challffz make some friends to play with, trust me, it's more fun
@@sebastiancullen5890 It's fun to play with friends and play how we like to play. Sounds like you're projecting your insecurities so chill out friendless incel 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡 people can minmax and have fun if they want to 🤡🤡 touch grass
Bros game looks like hes playing in no mans sky, while all my missions are on geonisis
Have not played the game but I 100 % Helldivers 1 and everything I've seen for tips is basically "Use the same strategies as in Helldivers 1", making me more and more convinced this is just Helldivers 1 tweaked for 3rd person and given a graphics upgrade.
Part of me will miss the Illuminate, but also f*ck the Squ'ith and their force fields making anything but jump pack and a high rate of fire weapon to shred shields and make sushi ill adviced. 😂
I suspect I'll no-life Helldivers 2 as well, when I have the time and new hardware... adulting takes too much time! 🤔
Half a level until I hit 20. Will be picking up these two strats
RAILGUN GANG also IMPACT NADE GANG
Yes impact nades, the (explosive) pocket sand. lol
What’s you normal weapons and armour?
Hold reload, and put that rail gun on unsafe to overcharge the shots, can double its damage if you time it right. Otherwise you feel the freedom.
Stratagem is a must-have on this game, so I'm trying how far I can do in each difficulty.
😅
Difficulty 4 so far but seems almost impossible because I can't close holes on the main objective.
I feel like theres more mechanics for the railgun.
Whats does the unsafe setting do aside from killing you?
Damage boost?
Definitely a damage boost, and i think it increases overpenetration, so you can hit things behind your initial target if they are lined up. When i charge it almost to the point of blowing up, i can regularly 2-shot a bile walker if i hit it in the head. My friend has 1-shot one before, by chopping off one of its limbs (i havent been able to replicate yet) and one time i one shot it in the head with a railgun, but not sure exactly where i hit on the head, so havent been able to do it again yet
@@RESUHT I think that enemies have different variations, just like there's a tougher charger, there's also bile titans that take more headshots to take down
What did you do to grind xp solo? I’ve just been doing difficulty 2 missions and clearing all POIs but feel there must be something better
Let me know if you find something better, been wanting to play all weekend but the server issues have been making that an iffy situation
It's sad that all the heavy weapons are made obsolete by railgun. Its sad that a meta now exists and almost all strats and equipment will never be used
I'm surprised you don't run the railgun on "Unsafe" mode (by holding "R"/reload button) the damage output is increased quite significantly
Idk if you know but I'd you hold square and disable safe mode on railgun you can charge it up more and it'll clap the armor of those chargers kill it in less shots.
What do you use for your primary weapon?