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Missing the fact that the spear can destroy medium automaton production facilities thinning out like 75% of the base pop out the gate from a long range. But I agree it’s lock on sucks and is needing tweaking
Why do you say the Orbital Airburst is so powerful because it can kill every small enemy, but the Eagle Cluster Bomb doesn't get the same praise? The cluster strike kills all small bugs, can call in 4-5 times, and rearms in 2-3 minutes. The small bugs are what make chargers, and bile titans dangerous because on their own they are simple to kill/avoid.
Don't sleep on the disposable anti-tank rocket. They send two, short cooldown timer, it's a bullet from space you can use to kill stuff or smash bug holes/automaton factories, and you don't use them to kill chargers. You use them to bust the armour off the leg of the charger, at which point you empty half a mag of breaker into said leg. Orbital gas strike is quick too, and having a quick cooldown on an orbital bullet can help when you got no grenades.
@@Eliath1984 There's "watch out guys, I'm using a strike" and then there's "GTFO now!" My buddy uses only one type of warning for ALL his stratagems. After throwing his stratagems, he's usually throwing another one to revive us. He has improved his warnings by saying what he's throwing. "Hey I'm throwing a 380 stratgem" after he throws it while we are STILL IN THE OUTPOST!
@@NoNonSense117 I normally only throw them at an outpost we haven't been to yet.. it's normally when I'm destroying a bot fabricator and I see that there are a nice chunk of enemies there so that I can't just run in and grenade it with only a few bullets.. but I always double check where my squad is before I throw it.. if one of them is moving towards it I opt for something else.. now what IS fun is when you are trying to throw something midbattle and something hits you and knocks your character over and it falls right next to you.. lol for those moments I am just like "Hey guys........... I'm sorry." then mute my mic for a moment to build suspense..
the amount of times I've yelled to my squadmates "Guys I'm cutting off the far West end of the base with mines so keep that in mind with your movements" then 30 seconds later it never fails one of them goes over there and steps on a mine..... then act like they have no clue what just happened.. it's like bro... we don't even have any objectives over there.. Bot Reinforcements land there and that's it....
When I bring 380 it's usually for a driveby on anything the group isn't going to immediately... Or sometimes because the group is going there immediately.
Hey helldivers. Remember that the primary function of the game is to have fun. You don’t need meta sets in every game and there is no wrong equipment. Don’t stop using whatever you’re using. Don’t farm the game. Have fun for once. There’s literally no time limit to the unlockable equipment.
i got your point, but passing difficulty 5/6 some weapons are just unplayable, lasers won't melt armors and overheats verry quickly, some primaries are very underwelming (i mean some hard to get variants of primaries costing more than 50 medals are even worse than their "vanilla" counterparts) and it's just not fun because you are hard stuck playing the same things to be able to even survive a bit or play at all, i hope arrowhead will buff some so we can play with a bit of everything at higher difficulties and have actual real fun with a fair bit of challenge at the same time.
@@Skilebougreunfortunately it was like that in the first game. Many weapons are completely useless beyond difficulty 5 or 6. The flamethrower is a great example. Completely useless on higher difficulties even in the first game.
Exactly. It’s a game after all, do dumb stuff that really shouldn’t work, play a lower level mission, just have fun. Obviously if you want to you can also go full meta and take on the hardest missions but there’s a place for both. Treating a game like a job is how you ruin it for yourself
For those wondering the recoilless rifle and spear reload in steps. You can do one or 2 steps, swap weapons to defend yourself or dodge, then complete the last step to finish reloading. Interuptions don't fully reset reloading. This also applies to the HMG.
That's basically all weapons, actually. For normal weapons, the first step is removing the old mag. Step 2 is inserting the new one. You can throw out your mag, call a stratagem, then go back to reloading for a quicker action
He was bitching about the recoil ess which is strong as fuck and reload is 4 sec where as quasar is energy based byputbtakes 3 x as long to reload and when a Titan is on ur ass, u would think 12 secs is so long but it’s pretty fast, 4 sec would seem meta to me
@@GestaltKirin This is true, and remember if you reload before a big fight (sacrifice one round in the magazine for democracy) you'll reload your gun without priming. Also most HMGs have a giggle switch which you can toggle by holding down the reload button
My only comment on this is that if you love the game and support the developers, you can throw them a bone and get some decent looking armor and credits for the upgrade. But I agree it’s not needed at all.
@@amberharvey4566 it’s actually not a fully priced game 40 bucks is cheap. A fully priced game would be 69.99 bro. And plus the credit shop is cheap you can get a lot of gear for like 5 bucks
I mean you can't have that much fun when you get absolutely annihilated especially on higher difficulties if you run an ineffective loadout so he has a point😂
For the expendable anti tank rocket, it’s not about killing chargers or armored units. It’s about instantly taking away armor from a limb to drop the enemy quickly with just your regular ammo. Not only that, but it only has a minute refresh time, unless you’re doing the higher difficulties you’re gonna find you can’t use these fast enough. And on the higher difficulties they come back so fast you only have to kite for a short time before you get them right back, and it would be one thing if it was one rocket, but you get two.
Wait, so let me get this straight, the higher the difficulty you play, the faster the strategums recover? I just bought the game so I'm still fresh on all the mechanics
It’s insane to me that the game came out a few months ago and we already have people making “definitive” guides to the game when we don’t even know the mechanics of it. He’s just telling people to buy overtuned stratagems that are going to get nerfed like the railgun
@@seangallagher9435 You def want to look up guides when you hit Suicide or higher difficulties. The amount of mobs that spawn at every objective and thats not including patrols groups that walks all over the map engaging into your combat area combining with the squads of mobs you are currently fight off. These suggested stratagems would help your team out if people used them when needed. Or else you will struggle like crazy on these higher tier of difficulties. There is a reason why they have missions for every difficulties to give players option to pick and choose their gameplay styles. This guide is def for harder tier difficulty levels and not the low tier ones which you can play and use anything you want.
One thing with the EAT. Yes, it takes 3 shots to kill a charger, but only one to strip the armor off it's legs, so you can actually kill two chargers with each EAT call-down and with it's cooldown only being 70 seconds you get can have these ready quite frequently.
If you're able to get a drop on chargers, EAT is great. But if 2 or 3 comes out of a bug breach and comes charging at you, you would need something you could use on the fly. For that, I prefer either a recoilless rifle or rail gun.
@@Jopeth23 you would only be able to use the recoilless once before having to reload yourself. I think the EAT is comparable if not better than the recoilless in most cases. not to mention that the recoilless takes up a back slot
Maybe you forget some very powerful details about the spear 1- destroy fabricators automaton 2-destroy turrets automaton 3- can one shot a tank 4-can shoot a target at more 150 meters.
For a solo, the Spear actually looks decent. Large superheavies in bot territory can just lock you down if you get into a firefight and they aggro on you. Being able to snipe them from a distance is a HUGE advantage before storming a fabricator cluster or objective.
Spear works super well against the bots, it can even 1 shot titans down if the rocket collides with their head for the perfect shot. At most its taken 3 to bring down a bile since there are times it can miss the sweet spot
@douglasdoherty9057 main problem is the rail gun and the recoiless rifle can also one shot titans with a headshot and have way more ammo. Though not as effective against tanks.
With the shield generator pack, you can even survive being dragged on the ground by a charger. You can survive the acid hits by bile spewers. Without a shield, it's pretty much a one hit kill for you.
Don't sleep on the jump pack! If you are not using a backpack support weapon, definitely give it a try, it has saved my life so many times. It's also great for climbing up some rock formation to take shortcuts to objectives.
not only that but you can just get on top of a rock where nothing except bile titans and mortar spewers can reach you which can give you a very needed respite on higher difficulties. with bots that can just shoot you out of the air its not that great but definetly worth a consideration vs bugs.
Some extraction points have structures you can climb with it. Wich can give you a great vantage point to shoot bugs or to place a turret. It might not be ideal for bots though since they can shoot you.
Jumppack is total ass. I used it for a while. Problem is simply that you give up your backpack slot for it while you could have had a shield or supply pack instead.
I think something really important to note about napalm and the gas: You don't rely on it to outright kill everything, especially heavier things, but it does *soften them up* quite substantially. Anything that walks out of the gas or fire is much easier to kill. Furthermore, they persist longer. So the standard eagle strike may kill everything that first comes out of a bug breach, napalm or gas will inflict heavy damage on several waves as they emerge. I'm not suggesting that the napalm and gas are better than the standard eagle strike, but that they don't serve the same role; persistent effects that can damage multiple waves vs a once-off high damage attack. E: and the cluster is more wide area smaller horde killing tool with a lot of charges. (Works better on bots than bugs.)
Really? I would argue it's better against the bugs than the bots. With the bugs it will clear all small ads leaving me only to worry about the bigger bugs and maybe some hammerhead bugs, when it comes to the bots the eagle airstrike is preferred because of the rockets that penetrate armor
When using the expendable anti-tank (EAT) against chargers, you need to fire it at the armor plates on their front legs. If you blow off one of the armor plates, they take huge damage multipliers from the flesh inside. One EAT and a mag of normal weapon ammo from the breaker or the diligence or what have you is enough to kill a charger and you get two. Its still not as good as the railgun but before you get the railgun its a legitimately decent buy. Especially if you're comfortable exploring on your own, because there will be random support weapons scattered around the map and you can just shoot your EATs off quickly and then go explore to find another support weapon to use, occasionally dropping more EATs down whenever you see some heavies in the distance.
Imo it's one of the best stratagems even late. You can use it with another support weapon as a drop for when you walk up on 3 bile titans getting busy in a hive. 70s cool down(base, better upgraded) means it's available more than once in a big fight. Saw someone running it with spear and holy crap that dude demolished all heavy armor coming at us. I stopped watching the video when he said it takes 3 to kill a charger and then proceeded to shoot the charger in the face instead of the leg. Not just that, but it's literally the best support weapon for getting up the difficulty ladder as a noob because otherwise if everyone is low level chargers are so time consuming that everything else kills you while you're diving around them. So yeah people aim for the legs on chargers. With the rail gun too. 2 shots with railgun, 1 with EAT removes the armor. I legitimately think about bringing it on every suicide mission bc we already have 2 railguns minimum
If you do it right, you don't even need to *use* the EAT, just hit the charger with the beacon, and it gets squished by a big-ass bullet from outer space. And if it's still going, hey, rockets. :)
On the bare leg of the charger it takes only 4-5 shots from a breaker. I ran EAT and breaker a lot and chargers were only an issue if there were more than two at the same time.
Two well placed railgun shots do the same thing maybe 4 at most but the advantage is you’re not a sitting duck im a game where movement is your best friend lol
20:05 Another upgrade like this that has an increase way larger than most others and which gets slept on a lot is "Power Steering". It basically triples the effective radius of the area where you can land your pod, and makes the response to adjustments much faster - Very useful for sniping heavy enemies, or for not landing in terrible spots when your teammates throw the call-in beacon randomly.
The shield relay should definitely recharge just like the backpack does, and if multiple teammates throw one down next to each other. They should be able to boost themselves into a stronger shield. Possibly with 4 being placed and it becomes almost impossible for smaller enemy ammunitions to take down.
I would like to clear some stuff up for the uninformed. The tesla tower says in its description if you stay proned it won't attack you, very useful for holding a point or extracting. I also want to clear up that the tesla gun is the best weapon in the game, it can strip armor and does a base damage to anything it hits. It one shots most mobs, can two shot the head off brood comanders, can strip the armor from the side of a charger in 3-4 hits, can do the same to a bile titan, and can if lucky, one shot a bile titan when they go to puke on you. The arc gun can also be quick fired, it doesn't need to be fully charged to get a shot off, and can chain to two other enemies, wiping out squads like nothing. It also shreds bots, even killing tanks in less then ten shots. All in all the arc gun is highly underrated and misused, I straight carry my squad with it.
@@Myder_Dragon It's very much not trash. It can clear massive waves and lock down positions to easily defend whilst allowing you to worry on bigger more heavily armored targets. Me and a group of friends coordinate our towers and can pretty much finish a Evacuation mission in about 5 minutes with 50 guys then we just run and collect stuff around the map with the spare time.
@@GineuEpine Is it better when everyone is using one? When I'm solo and trying to use arc I'm always wishing that I had a MG or Auto Cannon or something
@@Myder_Dragon nah even solo it's pretty effective so long as people don't walk into it you should be good to hold down a choke area with it solo for a good chunk of time (lasts like 2-5 mins). you can effectively lock the area down if you bring Anti armor things too for things like chargers or Bile titans. it'll kill all the small stuff and you can focus on the big things or anything that gets past it. it's superb for defensive but ya offensive your better having the autocannon or a orbital.
I haven't watched the video, but just from the title I want to say something to every new player here: Unlock and use whatever the hell you want. Try out different things, see what you like, test them all out. Don't necessarily follow the meta right away, you want to have your fun exploring the game before you tryhard. I have 50 hours in the game now and the novilty of it is pretty much over, I use the same loadout every game because the high difficulty kind of forces it. I'm so thankful I started this game blind and tried out the things I found fun before I had to use the meta loadouts
The Arc Thrower is actually really good, IMO. Auto-aim, infinite ammo multikills with deceptively long range. It even ignores armor of Hive Guards completely, only needing ~2 charges to kill them or decapitate a Brood Commander, needing ~4 for Bile Spewers (shorter time than it sounds) (that kill other smaller bugs around it at the same time!). Not to mention that it can even kill Chargers and Bile Titans through their armor (with patience that is - it isnt fast at it) It's actually really great, especially paired with Jump Pack and Dominator. You can avoid teamkilling very easy with the Arc Thrower, too. If you take the Lazer Guard Dog, the Arc Thrower, the Gas Strike, and the Cluster Bomb, you become an infinite ammo crowd control monster who can never stop fighting!
My friend and I will run two arc throwers and we can easily stop a charger on its first charge if we focus fire it. I’ve also noticed that if you use the arc thrower on the bile titan when your teams anti-tank cooldowns haven’t refreshed yet, it’ll blow up the sides of the armor to expose a weak point.
It is actually trash, you can aim at a group of enemies and it will just miss and do no damage, putting you in a lot of danger. It will also arc behind you or meters away to kill your teammates while ignoring enemies in front of you. It is the worst weapon by far.
Things I learned today: three auto cannon shots in the underside of a charger’s tail (which they expose briefly just when they finish their charge) is enough to break the tail and make it bleed out. Also, shooting the front leg with the recoilless will shatter the armour, and then it’s easy to put down with your primary weapon. It makes it WAY more viable to run if you haven’t unlocked the auto cannon yet, even without a friend helping you reload
Not knowing how to use a stratagem is not a good reason to write it off. The arc thrower is *very* efficient at two things: hordes and bots. A little known fact is that the arc actually stuns every bot up to a hulk, and does this to every target it hits. With the gun needing no ammo, it's very easy to stun lock targets, allowing a teammate to get to their weak spots. And as for friendly fire, use common sense. Don't fire at enemies when a teammate is near them, or stands between you and your target. Remember, you still have a primary.
The HMG emplacement is one of the best turret-style stratagems: -It is a mounted turret, so you control it. -The armor pen on this absolutely sheds all of the bots, even hulks, the only thing it cant kill on the bot side are the tanks and towers. -For bugs it is not as good, the chargers and titans are unaffected by the armor pen, and the swarm can quickly surround you. However, there are some tricks that can be used that still make it viable against bugs. (more on that later) -The HMG will never time out, it only disappears when the ammo is out or it is destroyed. -Placement is key. Using the HMG, I have learned certain surfaces cause stratagem drops to bounce. This is really annoying, but it teaches you which surfaces are "safe" to drop on. Most mountains, for example, are not safe to drop stratagems, they will bounce. However, some mountains are safe. (more on this later) Mounted HMG tactics: -On most missions where the leader drops you onto extraction at start, you can drop an HMG at the extraction and simply leave it, when you return to extraction at the end of the mission your HMG will be waiting for you. You can now drop another HMG for an ally to mount, or for when your first one is empty. With good placement, two of these mounted turrets can easily defend the extraction against the bots. -When fighting bugs, once you learn which surfaces are "safe" and do not bounce your stratagem, you can take a jetpack and HMG. Climbing mountains with the jetpack and dropping a mountable HMG turret at the edge allows you to shoot down at the horde from the safety of a mountain. It also puts you eye level with bile titans. If you can get head shots on a bile titan it will die with the use of 2/3 of the HMG mag. Its not ideal, but it sure is satisfying. Ideally, your team will take care of the titans while you are on the HMG. -Throwing landmines in front of your HMG at a close, but safe, distance can provide a nice defensive barrier, keeping the swarm at bay should they get too close. Both the HMG and land mines share a 180 second cool down. You can shoot mines to damage targets when they are near, ideally mines they would not step into on their own. Landmine Tactics: -I like to use landmines with orbital ordinance and eagle strikes to create enhanced explosions. The idea is simple, once the mines are down, you drop anything onto the minefield that will detonate it, creating the enhanced explosion. I typically use the orbital airburst or gatling barrage to detonate the mines, I've gotten a x64 killstreak counter using this,
-Using the HMG emplacement more, when fighting the bots I have found the tanks and the towers can be destroyed very quickly by shooting their weak spot (the glowing area at the back of the cannon), only takes about 3 to 5 seconds of constant fire. The only trouble is getting the tank/tower to not look at you. My buddy distracted 4 tanks on difficulty 9 and I destroyed all the tanks by dropping an HGM and shooting the weak spot. -I have also implemented smoke grenades to make smoke screens for the HMG emplacement, and for motor turrets. This helps when you drop it in an open area and need some extra cover. If the smoke covers it, the enemies cannot see it immediately, this applies to the bugs as well. But be careful, I don't think the auto turrets can see through the smoke either. So just place the smoke screen tactically. With the HMG and smoke, I usually place the smoke behind me to prevent being flanked, while still having a clear line of fire on my targets. When throwing smoke grenades, I like to use at least 2 or 3, so I will wear armor that provides +2 grenades for this build, and take the resupply pack.
3:20 That's your stim count not your ammo count. The scythe and laser cannon have some good synergy, but you need some teamwork. You can go entire matches without needing to resupply while near constant shooting (unlikely on hot worlds). You simply fire 90% of your ammo in the power cell for the laser cannon then swap to your scythe and do the same. Swap back and repeat. This is good for people using weapons like the scorcher or other high ammo consumption weapons. Also remember that you can pick up a laser cannon off the ground that hasn't been used to reset the heat as well. Definitely worth trying out early on and even up to t7. I haven't tested it too much above that since the breaker is just too good.
Laser cannon is comparable to the heavy machine gun in terms of damage output, except it doesn't need to be reloaded so long as you watch the temp gauge. It also has medium armor penetration.
I didn't notice @ 1st cuz I was just listening not watching... LOL but yeah... stims don't even look like rockets IMHO as for the laser weapons.. nah, won't work for me, I don't enjoy laser pointing enemies, is not nearly as rewarding than hitting enemies w/ projectiles... even the scorcher is more satisfying to use, even if considered an energy weapon... XD
@@Canis.Lupus.Arctos Thats because lasers act more realistic. Lasers wouldn't have any impact because they dont have any recoil. Also once the better versions of the laser are introduced such as the Trident from HD1 IT was Massively powerful. Also eventually I am assuming the suppressed weapons from HD1 are going to make a return as well.
USE THE SPEAR ON BOT MISSIONS. It can one shot fabricators, turrets, and pretty much every other type of bot emplacement except the mortar emplacements those will need a barrage or eagle strike. Don't sleep on the spear. Also this thing let's u Crossmap all of the listed targets. Crazy range
The arc thrower can put out insane numbers. Try this setup Guard rover, arc thrower, rail cannon. Something for chargers, And you can easily drop over 500 kills. Against the bugs. I just use railgun on bots so I don’t know if it preforms over there.
The arc thrower is definitely good for mid/long range as long as you dont get swarmed you can just casually clear whole bug breaches because they 1-2 shot most bugs
My only issue is the potential for friendly fire from the arc thrower. I don’t mind staying in front or behind to kill bugs, but if a teammate runs even next to me, ZAP
Grenade launcher is the best all rounder for mobbing IMO. One grenade one shots the AT-ST/chicken walkers most times and if two are next to each other will one shot both. It lets you frag factories and nests at range (aim for the open factory doors when bots pop out btw). It rules for trash mobs that are packed tight and has good range to boot. I've not tried it yet but I've watched people use the autocannon to 2-3 shot charger legs. And I think the first shotgun you unlock doesn't get enough love. It works vs spitters just as well as the slugger in my experience, requiring about the same amount of shots to the fact. It's slower than the semiauto, sure but you get a big mag and it doesn't discard rounds on a reload like a weapon with a box mag does.....which can be clutch. You can hit things at medium to medium/long distance and still take out most weaker mobs though at longer ranges the spread means you have to expend extra shots but for small mobs this isn't so bad. The launcher and base shotty are carrying me through until I unlock further items.
Please ignore the arc thrower comment. The arc thrower is one of the greatest support weapons in the game. You just need to know how to use it to avoid friendly fire. The arc thrower melts hoards of bugs, like no other gun can. But unfortunately it’s useless to bots.
Aren't like the only 2 lights scout anyway? Or am I just blind... if I am please tell me the page where a non scout light is because I'd love to have one non ironically
They cycle through the super credit shop. Right now, there's a light that give 30% on crouch recoil and 50% on explosive resistance if I'm remembering correctly. Im holding out for the light +2 grenades though if it exists. And No, you don't need to pay for ANY super credits. I haven't seen this in any video but if you're wanting easy credits and samples go do bugs on trivial setting (with 2 players if possible for the 2 man doors) and just run around and collect everything you can. I did 2 runs doing that just so I could mess with settings and I got 25 samples and 200 super credits and I did that solo missing 4 of the 2 man doors.
Arc Thrower is incredible for solo wandering, it can quickly kill waves of enemies and any bug in the game, be it charger or bile titan (for bile tho its better to hit it with something big like orbital raingun first) with Rover bugs in point-blank range shouldn't be a problem
For new players I recommend the following Supply pack with grenade launcher anti swarm and bug base, kills up to chargers. Supply pack, MG43 & reduced recoil armour, shreds up to chargers at range or close up. It’s surprising still at high level how many players ignore small mobs, but generally these are the guys you can’t dodge and get you killed. Orbital air burst great for area control/crown control but watch your teammates position. It will also sometimes chip chargers armour. To make them vulnerable to small arms fire. Eagle air strike, good for base killing and area control. Machine gun turret and Gatling gun turret for swarms up to chargers but throw them far away and lead mobs into them so they don’t get swarmed. Auto-cannon turret , set from distance, this stratagem dominates the battlefield and obliterated all units if you use it right. Defend it with a mcg of GG turret which you would lay down first. Autocannon / Recoilless rifle. Great support but unless your team has anti swarm covered this isn’t a priority. Autocannon in particular is very useful, you can one shot bug bases with it and it will kill most medium armoured mob in 1-2 shots. Also kills chargers if you shout their bums or stripped armour spots with a few hits. To kill chargers, think like a bullfighter. Let them charge you, move (not dive) to the side and turn to shoot their orange pink bums, rinse and repeat. For requisitions, take all weapons and mods but aim for the breaker shotgun, grab the scythe for missions where you think you may run out of ammo and time. . Grab all the team buffs
Operate to the environment your in. Bring the most effective tools to the battle you’re going to be fighting in. The old adage of combat is… just because it’s flashy doesn’t mean it is effective.
The arc thrower has been really reliable for me, it can deal with almost all the bugs even the bile titan the only thing it struggles on is the charger, it will kill them but it take way longer than the railgun does but other than that it kill every bug with ease. I use it like a mobs clearer that can kill a Bile Titan faster than it kill a charger. I haven’t tried it on the bots yet so I don’t know on that front. Oh and when the enemies is up close to you just switch to 1st person and it will hit every time at whatever you are aiming at
I will say when referring to the Arc Thrower on short range, you need to actually HIT them which in your clip you didn't at all. If it hits the ground it grounds and doesn't bounce between enemies. That was user issue in your clip
all true about the arc thrower, including comments and corrections (above/OP)... still, is a meme weapon IMHO... I've got killed a couple of times using it, friends of mine to... unless you're rocking it cuz you find it cool, is straight up rubbish... just saying XD
Don't sleep on the Arc Thrower. It is a beast at mid range. For one, you don't have to full charge it to fire, you can fire it off at only 50% to put shots down range significantly faster. It will normally find a target to hit on it's own if they are at mid range however if something is right up in your face you have to aim directly at the target to hit them, though it's usually better to just melee stun the target and back up to get a better shot. As for friendly fire, just don't fire it if a friendly is ever in front of you, just like you wouldn't want to stand in front of a turret, don't stand in front of an arc thrower.
I am so glad i ran across this video! I dont get a whole lot of time to play video games as much as i want. I love Helldivers but sometimes get overwhelmed with all the choices of weapons/strategems available. I need to maximize my loadout when i can play. My gaming time is precious and i dont want to waste on failed missions. This is what i needed so thank you!!!😊😊❤❤
The guard rover is absolutely insane. I bring it for most of my missions and it does so much work. I completely agree, it doubles my kill counter. This, combined to the new quasar cannon for heavies, and good strategem usage, can effectively allow you to solo fight off 5+ difficulty bug missions easily. I wouldn't recommend this over the shield generator backpack against bots though. Good video, keep the quality content up :)
The Eagle Cluster bomb is far better than the orbital airburst strike. Fully upgraded you have 5 payloads per reload and only 7.5 seconds of downtime inbetween callins. You can apply them individualy and you don´t have to throw them all into one single area. Not only that but the Eagle strikes are also not affected by orbital scattering debuffs and the whole thing takes just 2 Minutes to fully reload.
@@given9845Yes and they never are the reason people die. It´s always the other trash that swarms and slows you. the purpose of an add clear stratagem is to clear adds, not to kill a railgun target.
Facts, I always have a cluster strike on, me and most people i play with are rarely killed by the giant slow easy to avoid enemies, its always the hunters and small swarms, the cluster bomb is easy to spam and clears all of the small enemies with no issue
I think folks have big misconceptions about helldive difficulty.. cluster is very good early game, but do not underestimate the ability to destroy structures and armor.. after getting all hangar module upgrades having 3 airstrikes on short cooldown is plenty... thing is, on higher difficulties is not just the fact armored enemies become common but also the sheer number they spawn at the same time... try killing 3-4 chargers while being chased by 3 brood commanders which can and WILL charge just like the chargers... you play w/ whatever you feel like, no issue there, but utility/usefulness/efficacy wise airstrikes are objectively better than cluster eagles specially on heldive difficulty...
I love the Arc thrower its great agains highly armoured targets like hulks and chargers and bile titans, and not in the way you think. the reason i love it is that it will always damage highly armoured targets, it ignores all armour values, it will take a age to take down a titan or a hulk but it comes with one great bonus. It stagers hulks since you are damaging them and biletitans can be interupped when they try to spit at you since you are damaging them. I love it its best used with your team behind you or as a rear guard for when you get attacked by enemies from the rear, in short keep your friends away from you don;t try to cover them with this weapon it will kill them immidiately since the last target in the chain recieves the most damage.
You will have all the stratagems very quickly. You have a cap on requisition slips (referred to here as money) at 50,000 so spend them. A quasar canon is infinate and can kill a charger in one head shot. The Anti material rifle will two shot a hulk in the eye. I dont feel like this guy has a better grasp than anyone else in this game. Rail canon orbital is great but it does not one shot everything, at least not anymore.
My go to loudout in high end games from suicide mission to helldiver are the 1- orbital railcannon 2-Eagle cluster bombs 3-Backpack sheild 4-railgun Primary weapon is the breaker/scorcher. Secondry i use the auto pistol, i forgot the name. So basically for the eagle stratagem i use to clear all the small targets anything above chargers it wont kill. But the rest it can wipe them all out. The rail cannon is to one shot chargers. Sometimes i Don’t use it if there is one or two. I mainly use it only chargers. The big titans are easier to deal with but dangerous when you are close to them. For the backpack shield its very helpful when the swarm all attack you and sometimes they keep jumping at you.
I actually find the arc thrower to be extremely good agaisnt the bugs, i can hold off a breach alone with it as you do not need to fully charge it after a couple shots of full charge. Making you shoot 2 arc every second instead of 1, and it seems to do deal same amount of damage. It really good against chargers also and you can strip armor off with it, the biggest draw back is that its ineffective at close range and that you need to make sure none of your teammates are in the arcs pathway. I do this by positioning myself infront of my teammates, having them clear the ones close to me while i deal with the big breach/bug
A note about expendable anti-tank and charger. Shootting a leg will strip it's armor allowing you to shoot the leg with any weapon and killing it very quickly.
The anti material rifle may be something that is slept on a lot for the robot planet as it can oneshot up to the hulk (including the hulk) with well aimed shots and being cheap with a lot of ammo. You may call it a discount railgun if you will. The recoilles may work well against hulks and chargers, but the issue with it seems to be that a group of hulks or chargers will end you very fast as you do not have the capacity to kill them fast enough on top of missing options to take out a lot of armour fast. Probably the better idea for insects, even though you have one less ability, is taking the grenade launcher and the disposable anti tank guns and two other abilities, as long as there is no ability unlocked which can just nuke a charger or something as the grenade launcher can work absolute magic, deleting 10 enemies in a hit and just being able to deal insane amounts of splash damage to smaller armoured stuff, taking 3 grenades sometimes, the disposable anti tank will cover the missing anti heavy armour department. Also good for beginners that combo, as it will cover anything you will see in the lower difficulties (3-4). But again, the anti material rifle is slept on I believe.
When the devs eventually come around to balance things, I hope they focus on buffing the weaker weapons and allowing them to be used at higher levels, rather than nerfing the stronger ones and making the game unenjoyable to play. If something is so bad that you question to yourself, "Why even use this?" then it probably shouldn't even be in the game. Everything should have a purpose and it's for every player to try to figure out what that purpose is. I love Helldivers 2 and I want to see it become a good game that encourages experimentation rather than one that punishes players for not using what everybody considers "meta."
Couldnt make it a full min before i had to comment... this really isnt a game that needs micro managing of your weapons, use what you like, dont worry about what to unlock as you will unlock it all pretty quickly, and if you die dont worry I'll call for reinforcements!
A thing to note. For Hulks you can actually snipe out the eye on the front using the auto cannon. A few well placed shots and they go down relatively fast allowing my team mates with the Recoiless to go for the Tanks (on automaton worlds)
I hate weapons you advise to choose because this weapons are only good when you play with friends on coms ( headsets ) and I'm to old to have friends playing games ( I'm surprised I'm still playing 😂 ) For every person who plays occasionally - take whatever you think looks and sounds cool and play how you want - this game is PUG friendly 👍
I bet I’m even older and I agree with you. I love all the weapons and stuff in the game and like using it all. I don’t care what anyone thinks I should do to optimize. If they want to complain about my garbage build and zero skill they can just boot me. It’s a game not an exercise. If I wanna hear people whine about my crap skills I’ll go to my job site.
Expendable AT is nice because you can destroy the armor off charger legs and shoot them with your primary. And you can call one down nearly every minuite, while running and gunning. No stopping to reload
Couple things about the arc thrower: 1. You can spam shots with it. After the first shot, you only need to charge it to something about 70-80% and not to full. 2. Don't use it in close range, run a shotgun as a backup. 3. The arc chains to anything behind the initial target, so don't shoot if your teammate is there. 4. It can strip armor and it does target individual body parts. 4-6 shots will strip a chargers leg. 2 shots to cut off a brood commanders head. 5. Never use it against Automatons. This baby has infinite ammo, frequently hits multiple target with one shot, strips armor, has 30-40 meters of range and let's you use a backpack. It 100% is a sleeper pick for bugs.
I use the Arc thrower on nearly every bug mission. Headshots on chargers, if I can dodge right, I can drop one in 4-8 hits. I've also noticed that knocking the Charger on the head makes it's charging attack slower and in a straight line, where it doesn't pivot into your dive--meaning heightened survival rate while your popping off shots. The additional arcs, from my experience, only happen IF the target you hit is dies. The inaccuracy I've found is with the terrain. In sort, don't shoot over a hill, it will hit the ground or other dead bodies, seek a higher ground. Also, make sure you are the speer tip and take out the smaller targets first to avoid getting swarmed, maximizing the weapon use and not hitting allies.
I personally hate the laser drone. Mostly because so many times when going with randoms, there's three of them rocking the laser and MAN if there's multiple angles of attack from hostiles, those lasers totalyl gonna sweep around and hit friendlies.
Can confirm, “Democracy protects” passive armor is insane! Switching from any other armor to that the next game makes it unbelievably obvious how many times that passive ability saves you!
I'm a fan of the precision strike specifically for taking out bot factories and bug nests. Short cooldown and I don't have to perfectly nail a grenade, so if I see the back of a bot factory that's good enough I can just plop it down next to it and run away, job done. The incredibly short cooldown lets you stay mobile and hit up lots of the smaller objectives. It won't save you when SHTF but it certainly can get you out of dodge before it gets to that point.
18:56 New player here, can confirm that some of the later modules at the end of the page require a small mix of _Rare_ _Samples_ in addition to the Common ones (Usually only like ~10 or so) You can find Rare Samples on at least the _Challenging_ difficulty, which I highly advise bringing at least one friend to help coordinate with, as the game becomes much less forgiving for Solos after Medium difficulty.
The Arc Thrower (at least now) is actually NOT inconsistent. It's mechanics may take a while to figure out, but if you spend some time with it, you may find it to be more effective than you'd think. It is largely more effective against Terminids than Automatons, but it can kill just about everything below a Charger relatively quickly (Chargers take about 5 - 6 headshots from it to go down). And on top of that, it has infinite ammo, so you never have to worry about replenishing it in the middle of combat. It arcs to enemies directly in a 180 degree radius behind or beside the enemy you hit first with it, relative to where you are firing from. And while not having the best range in the world, it is not a weapon you want to be using up close in the first place - too close, and you won't be able to take advantage of its arching mechanics to begin with.
The Recoiless is the only way to go until you get the rail. The trick is to have two people on a team w/ it. That way you can do the quick reloading if you're able but you can also be split up and still hammer armored units w/ rockets.
I like this its pretty good the only things all add is. 1. the walking barrage is great, hit right on top of enemy's and can wipe bases and bosses 2. Scout is a really good perk to run on armor, the you avoid patrols and don't agro enemies as much in fights. I've walked past bot patrols on helldive like 20 meters away from me. Other then that this pretty spot on.
Ive joined a game where two from my squad are using spears, it is an automaton extermination and they basically cheesed the game destroying the dropships before it unloads. I also played duo with a Spear user with my MG on an extreme difficulty, but we complement each other very well on every situation on automation map. So when you see a spearer thank them for their supporrt as they also thank me when I mow down light to medium enemies with my MG.
oh I'll make that Auto Cannon work on bigger targets. Someone thought I wouldn't melt a Dreadnaught robot looking MF'r as it came for a friend. BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM on the top of it's head from a cliff top took care of that nonsense as I stayed just outside of the blast radious that would knock me or others back.
The arc thrower is absolutely amazing. Spend a few missions practicing your aim as it really does still go pretty much straight. For long range just shoot.. if it misses you don’t lose anything.. infinite ammo. It can kill chargers without worrying about its weak spot and finally, it closes bug holes in a pinch. Plus it’s fun democratically approved bug slaying.
Helldivers! I encourage you to keep all these tips in mind when fighting for liberty, however, this game is still very new and its impossible for any one person to say what does an doesn't work. Switch up you loadouts for bots and bugs. Try things like the EMS strike or strafing run and see what works for you. I personally run 380 barrage, shield relay, 500kg and rocket pods for 7+ against automatons. Work with your fellow helldivers to find what benefits you most as a team. Most importantly, have fun and happy diving!
sleeping on that ARC thrower. Absolutely demolishes, and although its slightly inconsistent, its unlimited ammo makes up for it. Communication is key when wielding it. Tell your boys to stand back and let loose the lightning!
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Missing the fact that the spear can destroy medium automaton production facilities thinning out like 75% of the base pop out the gate from a long range. But I agree it’s lock on sucks and is needing tweaking
Why do you say the Orbital Airburst is so powerful because it can kill every small enemy, but the Eagle Cluster Bomb doesn't get the same praise? The cluster strike kills all small bugs, can call in 4-5 times, and rearms in 2-3 minutes. The small bugs are what make chargers, and bile titans dangerous because on their own they are simple to kill/avoid.
Don't sleep on the disposable anti-tank rocket.
They send two, short cooldown timer, it's a bullet from space you can use to kill stuff or smash bug holes/automaton factories, and you don't use them to kill chargers.
You use them to bust the armour off the leg of the charger, at which point you empty half a mag of breaker into said leg.
Orbital gas strike is quick too, and having a quick cooldown on an orbital bullet can help when you got no grenades.
the recoilless rifle does one shot dropships tho.
the 380 he barrage is incredibly effective at making me need to respawn team mates
Any time I bring it I always say "Hey guys.... if I say Danger Close...... run... if you think you are safe.. just keep running"
@@Eliath1984 There's "watch out guys, I'm using a strike" and then there's "GTFO now!"
My buddy uses only one type of warning for ALL his stratagems. After throwing his stratagems, he's usually throwing another one to revive us. He has improved his warnings by saying what he's throwing. "Hey I'm throwing a 380 stratgem" after he throws it while we are STILL IN THE OUTPOST!
@@NoNonSense117 I normally only throw them at an outpost we haven't been to yet.. it's normally when I'm destroying a bot fabricator and I see that there are a nice chunk of enemies there so that I can't just run in and grenade it with only a few bullets.. but I always double check where my squad is before I throw it.. if one of them is moving towards it I opt for something else.. now what IS fun is when you are trying to throw something midbattle and something hits you and knocks your character over and it falls right next to you.. lol for those moments I am just like "Hey guys........... I'm sorry." then mute my mic for a moment to build suspense..
the amount of times I've yelled to my squadmates "Guys I'm cutting off the far West end of the base with mines so keep that in mind with your movements" then 30 seconds later it never fails one of them goes over there and steps on a mine..... then act like they have no clue what just happened.. it's like bro... we don't even have any objectives over there.. Bot Reinforcements land there and that's it....
When I bring 380 it's usually for a driveby on anything the group isn't going to immediately... Or sometimes because the group is going there immediately.
Heres my list.
Guns-bigger is better
Armor-wear what looks cool
Stratagem- what ever make u feel like a bad ass
yeap we all doing our part in our own way
That's how you spread Democracy across the Galaxy!
Biggest gun is best gun; biggest boom is best boom.
@IaconDawnshire nope. Wear the lightest and fastest armor. Period.
*unless you are doing the scientist extraction mission. if you do plz only use meta, those are a 50/50 anyway.
Hey helldivers. Remember that the primary function of the game is to have fun. You don’t need meta sets in every game and there is no wrong equipment. Don’t stop using whatever you’re using. Don’t farm the game. Have fun for once. There’s literally no time limit to the unlockable equipment.
i got your point, but passing difficulty 5/6 some weapons are just unplayable, lasers won't melt armors and overheats verry quickly, some primaries are very underwelming (i mean some hard to get variants of primaries costing more than 50 medals are even worse than their "vanilla" counterparts) and it's just not fun because you are hard stuck playing the same things to be able to even survive a bit or play at all, i hope arrowhead will buff some so we can play with a bit of everything at higher difficulties and have actual real fun with a fair bit of challenge at the same time.
@@Skilebougreunfortunately it was like that in the first game. Many weapons are completely useless beyond difficulty 5 or 6. The flamethrower is a great example. Completely useless on higher difficulties even in the first game.
@@Skilebougreso true. Paid 80 medals for a garbage ass gun when the 20 medal breaker is leaps better and remains to be the best gun in the game
Game? What game? This is the entire universe at stake.
Quit playing games and do your part!
Exactly. It’s a game after all, do dumb stuff that really shouldn’t work, play a lower level mission, just have fun. Obviously if you want to you can also go full meta and take on the hardest missions but there’s a place for both. Treating a game like a job is how you ruin it for yourself
I spent too long ignoring the Eagle strikes thinking they were so limited. I didn’t realize they could resupply.
same, cryin out loud
@@dougpleppen3803 they absolutely need to add some indicator.
I had the same logic and used orbital laser which I didn't know was limited to 3 uses, smh
For real.
bad descriptions
For those wondering the recoilless rifle and spear reload in steps. You can do one or 2 steps, swap weapons to defend yourself or dodge, then complete the last step to finish reloading. Interuptions don't fully reset reloading. This also applies to the HMG.
That's basically all weapons, actually. For normal weapons, the first step is removing the old mag. Step 2 is inserting the new one. You can throw out your mag, call a stratagem, then go back to reloading for a quicker action
although if u stop it at very end there is a glitch where the ammo disappears
He was bitching about the recoil ess which is strong as fuck and reload is 4 sec where as quasar is energy based byputbtakes 3 x as long to reload and when a Titan is on ur ass, u would think 12 secs is so long but it’s pretty fast, 4 sec would seem meta to me
@@GestaltKirin This is true, and remember if you reload before a big fight (sacrifice one round in the magazine for democracy) you'll reload your gun without priming. Also most HMGs have a giggle switch which you can toggle by holding down the reload button
You dont need to pay for the premium pass, save the credits from the free war bond and find them in game. Buying them is just quicker not essential
My only comment on this is that if you love the game and support the developers, you can throw them a bone and get some decent looking armor and credits for the upgrade. But I agree it’s not needed at all.
No pay for the premium and support the developers for making a great game.
@ion-Aim i did by buying that game for a upfront fee, you say this like its a free to play and not a fully priced game.
@@amberharvey4566 it’s actually not a fully priced game 40 bucks is cheap. A fully priced game would be 69.99 bro. And plus the credit shop is cheap you can get a lot of gear for like 5 bucks
Lol i keep buying armor from the store with the stuff i find ingame and from the pass they all look so good!
This is undemocratic propaganda. All Helldiver equipment is viable and 100% effective in its intended use.
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I don't think a brit would truly understand
I'm Doing My Part!
@@RealElequist This is why Britian doesnt exist anymore lore wise!
I'm doing my part with MORTARS!!!
No! Screw your Meta, let me have my fun!
I agree, fun is the most important, but it's nice to unlock the good stuff first anyway. Eventually you can have it all anyway.
@@neXibI’m just using stuff that’s going to be starship troopers lore
I mean you can't have that much fun when you get absolutely annihilated especially on higher difficulties if you run an ineffective loadout so he has a point😂
DEMOCRACY IS THE ONLY META ILL FOLLOW BROTHER
Arch thrower is best used against bots
For the expendable anti tank rocket, it’s not about killing chargers or armored units. It’s about instantly taking away armor from a limb to drop the enemy quickly with just your regular ammo. Not only that, but it only has a minute refresh time, unless you’re doing the higher difficulties you’re gonna find you can’t use these fast enough. And on the higher difficulties they come back so fast you only have to kite for a short time before you get them right back, and it would be one thing if it was one rocket, but you get two.
Wait, so let me get this straight, the higher the difficulty you play, the faster the strategums recover? I just bought the game so I'm still fresh on all the mechanics
@@darkreverie3748Nah the fights are just longer with the higher difficulties so you’ll get to use the strategem more before you take everything out.
It’s insane to me that the game came out a few months ago and we already have people making “definitive” guides to the game when we don’t even know the mechanics of it. He’s just telling people to buy overtuned stratagems that are going to get nerfed like the railgun
@@seangallagher9435 Well yeah, what do you expect him to be doing other than recommended the current strongest strategems?
@@seangallagher9435 You def want to look up guides when you hit Suicide or higher difficulties. The amount of mobs that spawn at every objective and thats not including patrols groups that walks all over the map engaging into your combat area combining with the squads of mobs you are currently fight off. These suggested stratagems would help your team out if people used them when needed. Or else you will struggle like crazy on these higher tier of difficulties.
There is a reason why they have missions for every difficulties to give players option to pick and choose their gameplay styles. This guide is def for harder tier difficulty levels and not the low tier ones which you can play and use anything you want.
One thing with the EAT. Yes, it takes 3 shots to kill a charger, but only one to strip the armor off it's legs, so you can actually kill two chargers with each EAT call-down and with it's cooldown only being 70 seconds you get can have these ready quite frequently.
If you're able to get a drop on chargers, EAT is great. But if 2 or 3 comes out of a bug breach and comes charging at you, you would need something you could use on the fly. For that, I prefer either a recoilless rifle or rail gun.
@@Jopeth23 you would only be able to use the recoilless once before having to reload yourself. I think the EAT is comparable if not better than the recoilless in most cases.
not to mention that the recoilless takes up a back slot
the call-in cd for EAT is way overlooked imo
It’s highly versatile for this reason. It also has a good aoe on groups so there is just no reason not to bring it
Just use the railgun
Maybe you forget some very powerful details about the spear
1- destroy fabricators automaton
2-destroy turrets automaton
3- can one shot a tank
4-can shoot a target at more 150 meters.
For a solo, the Spear actually looks decent. Large superheavies in bot territory can just lock you down if you get into a firefight and they aggro on you. Being able to snipe them from a distance is a HUGE advantage before storming a fabricator cluster or objective.
Spear works super well against the bots, it can even 1 shot titans down if the rocket collides with their head for the perfect shot. At most its taken 3 to bring down a bile since there are times it can miss the sweet spot
You can destory the Machines death turret tower, by landing on it.
@douglasdoherty9057 main problem is the rail gun and the recoiless rifle can also one shot titans with a headshot and have way more ammo. Though not as effective against tanks.
@@OneBiasedOpinionits always those hulk rocket guys or flamethrowers smh
With the shield generator pack, you can even survive being dragged on the ground by a charger.
You can survive the acid hits by bile spewers. Without a shield, it's pretty much a one hit kill for you.
I assume it will change when they fix the armour ratings. We'll see.
The shield still has a set amount of charge.
You better dodge their attacks.
If you need to wear a shield, you aint no helldiver
If you need to tell others what to use and what not to use, you aint no helldiver.@@ma9net204
True If you have no skill and suck at playing the game lad 😅
Don't sleep on the jump pack! If you are not using a backpack support weapon, definitely give it a try, it has saved my life so many times. It's also great for climbing up some rock formation to take shortcuts to objectives.
not only that but you can just get on top of a rock where nothing except bile titans and mortar spewers can reach you which can give you a very needed respite on higher difficulties.
with bots that can just shoot you out of the air its not that great but definetly worth a consideration vs bugs.
Some extraction points have structures you can climb with it. Wich can give you a great vantage point to shoot bugs or to place a turret. It might not be ideal for bots though since they can shoot you.
Jumppack is total ass. I used it for a while. Problem is simply that you give up your backpack slot for it while you could have had a shield or supply pack instead.
@@ThefamousMrcroissant It's shit, yea. But even shit can be useful with enough creativity.
@@KoscheiMorevna yeah but the other two are way more consistent cause they help you in way more scenarios
I think something really important to note about napalm and the gas: You don't rely on it to outright kill everything, especially heavier things, but it does *soften them up* quite substantially. Anything that walks out of the gas or fire is much easier to kill. Furthermore, they persist longer. So the standard eagle strike may kill everything that first comes out of a bug breach, napalm or gas will inflict heavy damage on several waves as they emerge. I'm not suggesting that the napalm and gas are better than the standard eagle strike, but that they don't serve the same role; persistent effects that can damage multiple waves vs a once-off high damage attack.
E: and the cluster is more wide area smaller horde killing tool with a lot of charges. (Works better on bots than bugs.)
Really? I would argue it's better against the bugs than the bots. With the bugs it will clear all small ads leaving me only to worry about the bigger bugs and maybe some hammerhead bugs, when it comes to the bots the eagle airstrike is preferred because of the rockets that penetrate armor
When using the expendable anti-tank (EAT) against chargers, you need to fire it at the armor plates on their front legs. If you blow off one of the armor plates, they take huge damage multipliers from the flesh inside.
One EAT and a mag of normal weapon ammo from the breaker or the diligence or what have you is enough to kill a charger and you get two.
Its still not as good as the railgun but before you get the railgun its a legitimately decent buy. Especially if you're comfortable exploring on your own, because there will be random support weapons scattered around the map and you can just shoot your EATs off quickly and then go explore to find another support weapon to use, occasionally dropping more EATs down whenever you see some heavies in the distance.
Imo it's one of the best stratagems even late. You can use it with another support weapon as a drop for when you walk up on 3 bile titans getting busy in a hive. 70s cool down(base, better upgraded) means it's available more than once in a big fight. Saw someone running it with spear and holy crap that dude demolished all heavy armor coming at us.
I stopped watching the video when he said it takes 3 to kill a charger and then proceeded to shoot the charger in the face instead of the leg.
Not just that, but it's literally the best support weapon for getting up the difficulty ladder as a noob because otherwise if everyone is low level chargers are so time consuming that everything else kills you while you're diving around them.
So yeah people aim for the legs on chargers. With the rail gun too. 2 shots with railgun, 1 with EAT removes the armor. I legitimately think about bringing it on every suicide mission bc we already have 2 railguns minimum
If you do it right, you don't even need to *use* the EAT, just hit the charger with the beacon, and it gets squished by a big-ass bullet from outer space. And if it's still going, hey, rockets. :)
Fun fact, the railgun in unsafe mode can decapitate a charger in 2-3 shots if you can hit just under its chin.
On the bare leg of the charger it takes only 4-5 shots from a breaker. I ran EAT and breaker a lot and chargers were only an issue if there were more than two at the same time.
Two well placed railgun shots do the same thing maybe 4 at most but the advantage is you’re not a sitting duck im a game where movement is your best friend lol
20:05 Another upgrade like this that has an increase way larger than most others and which gets slept on a lot is "Power Steering". It basically triples the effective radius of the area where you can land your pod, and makes the response to adjustments much faster - Very useful for sniping heavy enemies, or for not landing in terrible spots when your teammates throw the call-in beacon randomly.
The shield relay should definitely recharge just like the backpack does, and if multiple teammates throw one down next to each other. They should be able to boost themselves into a stronger shield. Possibly with 4 being placed and it becomes almost impossible for smaller enemy ammunitions to take down.
I would like to clear some stuff up for the uninformed. The tesla tower says in its description if you stay proned it won't attack you, very useful for holding a point or extracting. I also want to clear up that the tesla gun is the best weapon in the game, it can strip armor and does a base damage to anything it hits. It one shots most mobs, can two shot the head off brood comanders, can strip the armor from the side of a charger in 3-4 hits, can do the same to a bile titan, and can if lucky, one shot a bile titan when they go to puke on you. The arc gun can also be quick fired, it doesn't need to be fully charged to get a shot off, and can chain to two other enemies, wiping out squads like nothing. It also shreds bots, even killing tanks in less then ten shots. All in all the arc gun is highly underrated and misused, I straight carry my squad with it.
I've used it and it seems like trash to me. Can you explain?
@@Myder_Dragon It's very much not trash. It can clear massive waves and lock down positions to easily defend whilst allowing you to worry on bigger more heavily armored targets. Me and a group of friends coordinate our towers and can pretty much finish a Evacuation mission in about 5 minutes with 50 guys then we just run and collect stuff around the map with the spare time.
@@GineuEpine Is it better when everyone is using one? When I'm solo and trying to use arc I'm always wishing that I had a MG or Auto Cannon or something
@@Myder_Dragon nah even solo it's pretty effective so long as people don't walk into it you should be good to hold down a choke area with it solo for a good chunk of time (lasts like 2-5 mins). you can effectively lock the area down if you bring Anti armor things too for things like chargers or Bile titans. it'll kill all the small stuff and you can focus on the big things or anything that gets past it. it's superb for defensive but ya offensive your better having the autocannon or a orbital.
@@GineuEpine I'll practice with it. I've been a AC enjoyer for a while so I'll have to learn how to do other stuff
I haven't watched the video, but just from the title I want to say something to every new player here: Unlock and use whatever the hell you want. Try out different things, see what you like, test them all out. Don't necessarily follow the meta right away, you want to have your fun exploring the game before you tryhard. I have 50 hours in the game now and the novilty of it is pretty much over, I use the same loadout every game because the high difficulty kind of forces it. I'm so thankful I started this game blind and tried out the things I found fun before I had to use the meta loadouts
This is not a game. We are losing the war, Soldier. Pick up a railgun or stay in the ship.
@@messedupperfect9367 I hope they nerf it again
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Freedom has never lost!
Use what you want, and weapon have been Democratically tested and approved!
They will never change our demented leftism cuckery!
The Arc Thrower is actually really good, IMO. Auto-aim, infinite ammo multikills with deceptively long range. It even ignores armor of Hive Guards completely, only needing ~2 charges to kill them or decapitate a Brood Commander, needing ~4 for Bile Spewers (shorter time than it sounds) (that kill other smaller bugs around it at the same time!). Not to mention that it can even kill Chargers and Bile Titans through their armor (with patience that is - it isnt fast at it)
It's actually really great, especially paired with Jump Pack and Dominator. You can avoid teamkilling very easy with the Arc Thrower, too. If you take the Lazer Guard Dog, the Arc Thrower, the Gas Strike, and the Cluster Bomb, you become an infinite ammo crowd control monster who can never stop fighting!
My friend and I will run two arc throwers and we can easily stop a charger on its first charge if we focus fire it. I’ve also noticed that if you use the arc thrower on the bile titan when your teams anti-tank cooldowns haven’t refreshed yet, it’ll blow up the sides of the armor to expose a weak point.
Yeah no idea how he says it's terrible. It's amamzing, I've killed teammates once with it and it is slow but can and will kill everything it shoots at
id argue shield instead of guard dog, the laser can actually kill you if it suddenly turns to aim behind you.
He doesnt know how to use it aka quick fire it, it's the best weapon for high level missions@@azraelangelusmortis2427
It is actually trash, you can aim at a group of enemies and it will just miss and do no damage, putting you in a lot of danger. It will also arc behind you or meters away to kill your teammates while ignoring enemies in front of you. It is the worst weapon by far.
Things I learned today: three auto cannon shots in the underside of a charger’s tail (which they expose briefly just when they finish their charge) is enough to break the tail and make it bleed out. Also, shooting the front leg with the recoilless will shatter the armour, and then it’s easy to put down with your primary weapon. It makes it WAY more viable to run if you haven’t unlocked the auto cannon yet, even without a friend helping you reload
Great video! wish that was in the description tho for summary.
Recommendations made:
Patriotic admin. center: Recoilless rifle, Autocannon & Railgun HM: expendable anti-tank & Spear
Orbital Canon: Airbust Strike, Laser & Railcannon strike HM: 120&380mm HE barrage
Hangar: Eagle Airstrike, rocket pods, 500 kg bomb HM: Napalm airstrike & cluster bomb
Bridge: Orbital gas strike & shield gen. relay Avoid Tesla tower
Eng. Bay: Supply pack, Grenade launcher, shield gen. pack & guard dog rover avoid arc thrower
Robot Workshop: Autocanon sentry, mortar & EMS sentry. Avoid machine gun sentry, guard dog & rocket sentry
Ship Modules: get all lvl 1's. If like sentry: get High-quality lubricant asap! else, hangar upgrades asap.
Weapons: #3: page 3. SMG-37 defender #2: page 4. SG-225 Breaker #1: page 8. SG-8S Slugger
Thank you kind sir. Because I did not want to have to keep coming back to this to remember everything. Not all hero’s wear capes 🫡😂
Not knowing how to use a stratagem is not a good reason to write it off. The arc thrower is *very* efficient at two things: hordes and bots. A little known fact is that the arc actually stuns every bot up to a hulk, and does this to every target it hits. With the gun needing no ammo, it's very easy to stun lock targets, allowing a teammate to get to their weak spots. And as for friendly fire, use common sense. Don't fire at enemies when a teammate is near them, or stands between you and your target. Remember, you still have a primary.
The HMG emplacement is one of the best turret-style stratagems:
-It is a mounted turret, so you control it.
-The armor pen on this absolutely sheds all of the bots, even hulks, the only thing it cant kill on the bot side are the tanks and towers.
-For bugs it is not as good, the chargers and titans are unaffected by the armor pen, and the swarm can quickly surround you. However, there are some tricks that can be used that still make it viable against bugs. (more on that later)
-The HMG will never time out, it only disappears when the ammo is out or it is destroyed.
-Placement is key. Using the HMG, I have learned certain surfaces cause stratagem drops to bounce. This is really annoying, but it teaches you which surfaces are "safe" to drop on. Most mountains, for example, are not safe to drop stratagems, they will bounce. However, some mountains are safe. (more on this later)
Mounted HMG tactics:
-On most missions where the leader drops you onto extraction at start, you can drop an HMG at the extraction and simply leave it, when you return to extraction at the end of the mission your HMG will be waiting for you. You can now drop another HMG for an ally to mount, or for when your first one is empty. With good placement, two of these mounted turrets can easily defend the extraction against the bots.
-When fighting bugs, once you learn which surfaces are "safe" and do not bounce your stratagem, you can take a jetpack and HMG. Climbing mountains with the jetpack and dropping a mountable HMG turret at the edge allows you to shoot down at the horde from the safety of a mountain. It also puts you eye level with bile titans. If you can get head shots on a bile titan it will die with the use of 2/3 of the HMG mag. Its not ideal, but it sure is satisfying. Ideally, your team will take care of the titans while you are on the HMG.
-Throwing landmines in front of your HMG at a close, but safe, distance can provide a nice defensive barrier, keeping the swarm at bay should they get too close. Both the HMG and land mines share a 180 second cool down. You can shoot mines to damage targets when they are near, ideally mines they would not step into on their own.
Landmine Tactics:
-I like to use landmines with orbital ordinance and eagle strikes to create enhanced explosions. The idea is simple, once the mines are down, you drop anything onto the minefield that will detonate it, creating the enhanced explosion. I typically use the orbital airburst or gatling barrage to detonate the mines, I've gotten a x64 killstreak counter using this,
That’s an incredible tactic I’ll have to try thank you
You can also bring an Autocannon to blast a hole in some ground surfaces to entrench yourself against bots
-Using the HMG emplacement more, when fighting the bots I have found the tanks and the towers can be destroyed very quickly by shooting their weak spot (the glowing area at the back of the cannon), only takes about 3 to 5 seconds of constant fire. The only trouble is getting the tank/tower to not look at you. My buddy distracted 4 tanks on difficulty 9 and I destroyed all the tanks by dropping an HGM and shooting the weak spot.
-I have also implemented smoke grenades to make smoke screens for the HMG emplacement, and for motor turrets. This helps when you drop it in an open area and need some extra cover. If the smoke covers it, the enemies cannot see it immediately, this applies to the bugs as well.
But be careful, I don't think the auto turrets can see through the smoke either. So just place the smoke screen tactically.
With the HMG and smoke, I usually place the smoke behind me to prevent being flanked, while still having a clear line of fire on my targets.
When throwing smoke grenades, I like to use at least 2 or 3, so I will wear armor that provides +2 grenades for this build, and take the resupply pack.
I am leaving a like to support my HMG people.
Bro literally typed "more on this/that later" in a youtube comment. Twice
3:20 That's your stim count not your ammo count.
The scythe and laser cannon have some good synergy, but you need some teamwork. You can go entire matches without needing to resupply while near constant shooting (unlikely on hot worlds). You simply fire 90% of your ammo in the power cell for the laser cannon then swap to your scythe and do the same. Swap back and repeat. This is good for people using weapons like the scorcher or other high ammo consumption weapons. Also remember that you can pick up a laser cannon off the ground that hasn't been used to reset the heat as well. Definitely worth trying out early on and even up to t7. I haven't tested it too much above that since the breaker is just too good.
Laser cannon is comparable to the heavy machine gun in terms of damage output, except it doesn't need to be reloaded so long as you watch the temp gauge. It also has medium armor penetration.
and just like that, rip this mans credibility lol
I didn't notice @ 1st cuz I was just listening not watching... LOL but yeah... stims don't even look like rockets IMHO
as for the laser weapons.. nah, won't work for me, I don't enjoy laser pointing enemies, is not nearly as rewarding than hitting enemies w/ projectiles... even the scorcher is more satisfying to use, even if considered an energy weapon... XD
@@guster489indeed LOL
@@Canis.Lupus.Arctos Thats because lasers act more realistic. Lasers wouldn't have any impact because they dont have any recoil. Also once the better versions of the laser are introduced such as the Trident from HD1 IT was Massively powerful. Also eventually I am assuming the suppressed weapons from HD1 are going to make a return as well.
USE THE SPEAR ON BOT MISSIONS. It can one shot fabricators, turrets, and pretty much every other type of bot emplacement except the mortar emplacements those will need a barrage or eagle strike. Don't sleep on the spear. Also this thing let's u Crossmap all of the listed targets. Crazy range
the lock-on is painfully inconsistent.
I would if the lock on actually worked
Agreed the locking seems bugged or something
Great when it works tho
When they fix its lock on i'll consider it until then i don't like using a support weapon that randomly decides "i don't want to work right now".
The arc thrower can put out insane numbers. Try this setup
Guard rover, arc thrower, rail cannon. Something for chargers,
And you can easily drop over 500 kills. Against the bugs. I just use railgun on bots so I don’t know if it preforms over there.
The arc thrower is definitely good for mid/long range as long as you dont get swarmed you can just casually clear whole bug breaches because they 1-2 shot most bugs
My only issue is the potential for friendly fire from the arc thrower. I don’t mind staying in front or behind to kill bugs, but if a teammate runs even next to me, ZAP
Grenade launcher is the best all rounder for mobbing IMO. One grenade one shots the AT-ST/chicken walkers most times and if two are next to each other will one shot both. It lets you frag factories and nests at range (aim for the open factory doors when bots pop out btw). It rules for trash mobs that are packed tight and has good range to boot.
I've not tried it yet but I've watched people use the autocannon to 2-3 shot charger legs.
And I think the first shotgun you unlock doesn't get enough love. It works vs spitters just as well as the slugger in my experience, requiring about the same amount of shots to the fact. It's slower than the semiauto, sure but you get a big mag and it doesn't discard rounds on a reload like a weapon with a box mag does.....which can be clutch. You can hit things at medium to medium/long distance and still take out most weaker mobs though at longer ranges the spread means you have to expend extra shots but for small mobs this isn't so bad.
The launcher and base shotty are carrying me through until I unlock further items.
Please ignore the arc thrower comment. The arc thrower is one of the greatest support weapons in the game. You just need to know how to use it to avoid friendly fire. The arc thrower melts hoards of bugs, like no other gun can. But unfortunately it’s useless to bots.
this. absolutely this.
I always use it against bugs and it never disappointed me
In order for you to have stealth, you have to have a scout on your gear. Just because you're wearing light armor doesn't make you more stealthy.
Aren't like the only 2 lights scout anyway? Or am I just blind... if I am please tell me the page where a non scout light is because I'd love to have one non ironically
@@theonewhoslostlight armour doesn't increase stealth, you need the effect. It could even be a heavy armour (tho I don't know of one)
They cycle through the super credit shop. Right now, there's a light that give 30% on crouch recoil and 50% on explosive resistance if I'm remembering correctly. Im holding out for the light +2 grenades though if it exists.
And No, you don't need to pay for ANY super credits. I haven't seen this in any video but if you're wanting easy credits and samples go do bugs on trivial setting (with 2 players if possible for the 2 man doors) and just run around and collect everything you can. I did 2 runs doing that just so I could mess with settings and I got 25 samples and 200 super credits and I did that solo missing 4 of the 2 man doors.
You most certainty do not need the scout armor to stealth. All it takes is crouching or prone and paying attention to the map.
@@Someguy6571 You dont need it but it basically turns you invisible if you use it. Since armor rating is broken atm it is 100% best in slot.
Arc Thrower is incredible for solo wandering, it can quickly kill waves of enemies and any bug in the game, be it charger or bile titan (for bile tho its better to hit it with something big like orbital raingun first) with Rover bugs in point-blank range shouldn't be a problem
It often misses what you aim at, ignoring enemies close by to either do no damage or hit enemies far away, it is really horrible and inconsistent.
@@bradr2567 it is inconsistent, but far from horrible
For new players I recommend the following
Supply pack with grenade launcher anti swarm and bug base, kills up to chargers.
Supply pack, MG43 & reduced recoil armour, shreds up to chargers at range or close up.
It’s surprising still at high level how many players ignore small mobs, but generally these are the guys you can’t dodge and get you killed.
Orbital air burst great for area control/crown control but watch your teammates position. It will also sometimes chip chargers armour. To make them vulnerable to small arms fire.
Eagle air strike, good for base killing and area control.
Machine gun turret and Gatling gun turret for swarms up to chargers but throw them far away and lead mobs into them so they don’t get swarmed.
Auto-cannon turret , set from distance, this stratagem dominates the battlefield and obliterated all units if you use it right. Defend it with a mcg of GG turret which you would lay down first.
Autocannon / Recoilless rifle. Great support but unless your team has anti swarm covered this isn’t a priority. Autocannon in particular is very useful, you can one shot bug bases with it and it will kill most medium armoured mob in 1-2 shots. Also kills chargers if you shout their bums or stripped armour spots with a few hits.
To kill chargers, think like a bullfighter. Let them charge you, move (not dive) to the side and turn to shoot their orange pink bums, rinse and repeat.
For requisitions, take all weapons and mods but aim for the breaker shotgun, grab the scythe for missions where you think you may run out of ammo and time. . Grab all the team buffs
Operate to the environment your in. Bring the most effective tools to the battle you’re going to be fighting in. The old adage of combat is… just because it’s flashy doesn’t mean it is effective.
"Stop having fun"
-Doms Roundtable
Yeah yeah, go to you helldive difficulty alone, and let the rest enjoy the game, mate
The arc thrower has been really reliable for me, it can deal with almost all the bugs even the bile titan the only thing it struggles on is the charger, it will kill them but it take way longer than the railgun does but other than that it kill every bug with ease. I use it like a mobs clearer that can kill a Bile Titan faster than it kill a charger. I haven’t tried it on the bots yet so I don’t know on that front. Oh and when the enemies is up close to you just switch to 1st person and it will hit every time at whatever you are aiming at
I've also had luck with just hip firing when they're right on me. No idea why he didn't even attempt it.
I will say when referring to the Arc Thrower on short range, you need to actually HIT them which in your clip you didn't at all. If it hits the ground it grounds and doesn't bounce between enemies. That was user issue in your clip
Makes sense since he was aiming at the ground and not even trying to aim at the bugs
Hunters absolutely destroy me if I ever get caught off guard with the Arc. Those clips were worst possible scenario for the weapon.
It also can half charge after one full charge for increased dpm
all true about the arc thrower, including comments and corrections (above/OP)... still, is a meme weapon IMHO... I've got killed a couple of times using it, friends of mine to... unless you're rocking it cuz you find it cool, is straight up rubbish... just saying XD
Dude showed his professional IGN review skills
Don't sleep on the Arc Thrower. It is a beast at mid range. For one, you don't have to full charge it to fire, you can fire it off at only 50% to put shots down range significantly faster. It will normally find a target to hit on it's own if they are at mid range however if something is right up in your face you have to aim directly at the target to hit them, though it's usually better to just melee stun the target and back up to get a better shot. As for friendly fire, just don't fire it if a friendly is ever in front of you, just like you wouldn't want to stand in front of a turret, don't stand in front of an arc thrower.
You have to fully charge the first shot I believe
Is it less powerful of you half charge it?
Does it bypass armor? I'm starting to think that might be it's point but I haven't tried
@@jrowe567 no it seems to be the same amount of damage regardless
@@tunakann7629 yeah it bypasses armor, though it doesn't do that much damage vs tanks or titans, it can kill chargers or hulks decently well
I am so glad i ran across this video! I dont get a whole lot of time to play video games as much as i want. I love Helldivers but sometimes get overwhelmed with all the choices of weapons/strategems available.
I need to maximize my loadout when i can play. My gaming time is precious and i dont want to waste on failed missions. This is what i needed so thank you!!!😊😊❤❤
Okay... but listening to this, and hearing about what you're saying KILLS the fun.
Reporting you to the Ministry of Truth for the lack of faith in the weapon systems they provide.
Use whatever you want, the game is meant to be fun. So have fun!
I'll use whatever spreads democracy the way I like.
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Same here!! 😂💯🔥
The guard rover is absolutely insane. I bring it for most of my missions and it does so much work. I completely agree, it doubles my kill counter. This, combined to the new quasar cannon for heavies, and good strategem usage, can effectively allow you to solo fight off 5+ difficulty bug missions easily. I wouldn't recommend this over the shield generator backpack against bots though.
Good video, keep the quality content up :)
I love that every time I get a game I'm really enjoying there's a Dom's Roundtable series on it
Set video to 1.25 or 1.5 play speed, thank me later
Thanks (later)
"I'll keep this as snappy as possible"
The Eagle Cluster bomb is far better than the orbital airburst strike.
Fully upgraded you have 5 payloads per reload and only 7.5 seconds of downtime inbetween callins. You can apply them individualy and you don´t have to throw them all into one single area. Not only that but the Eagle strikes are also not affected by orbital scattering debuffs and the whole thing takes just 2 Minutes to fully reload.
does nothing to chargers tho
Yeah, at higher difficulty chargers become a common enemy
@@given9845Yes and they never are the reason people die. It´s always the other trash that swarms and slows you.
the purpose of an add clear stratagem is to clear adds, not to kill a railgun target.
Facts, I always have a cluster strike on, me and most people i play with are rarely killed by the giant slow easy to avoid enemies, its always the hunters and small swarms, the cluster bomb is easy to spam and clears all of the small enemies with no issue
I think folks have big misconceptions about helldive difficulty.. cluster is very good early game, but do not underestimate the ability to destroy structures and armor.. after getting all hangar module upgrades having 3 airstrikes on short cooldown is plenty...
thing is, on higher difficulties is not just the fact armored enemies become common but also the sheer number they spawn at the same time... try killing 3-4 chargers while being chased by 3 brood commanders which can and WILL charge just like the chargers...
you play w/ whatever you feel like, no issue there, but utility/usefulness/efficacy wise airstrikes are objectively better than cluster eagles specially on heldive difficulty...
Best vid yet on all things helldivers
I love the Arc thrower its great agains highly armoured targets like hulks and chargers and bile titans, and not in the way you think.
the reason i love it is that it will always damage highly armoured targets, it ignores all armour values, it will take a age to take down a titan or a hulk but it comes with one great bonus.
It stagers hulks since you are damaging them and biletitans can be interupped when they try to spit at you since you are damaging them.
I love it its best used with your team behind you or as a rear guard for when you get attacked by enemies from the rear, in short keep your friends away from you don;t try to cover them with this weapon it will kill them immidiately since the last target in the chain recieves the most damage.
Great, easy to follow video. Thank you!
U can keep sweating I’ll keep enjoying the weapons I enjoy. Playing with meta weapons over and over gets repetitive and boring.
You will have all the stratagems very quickly. You have a cap on requisition slips (referred to here as money) at 50,000 so spend them. A quasar canon is infinate and can kill a charger in one head shot. The Anti material rifle will two shot a hulk in the eye. I dont feel like this guy has a better grasp than anyone else in this game. Rail canon orbital is great but it does not one shot everything, at least not anymore.
I cant wait to see this game progress, expansions and updates will make this a game to keep playing for years
Guys, you don't need to stop doing anything, especially what this nobody says. Use whatever you like and have fun and don't let meta rats dictate!
My go to loudout in high end games from suicide mission to helldiver are the
1- orbital railcannon
2-Eagle cluster bombs
3-Backpack sheild
4-railgun
Primary weapon is the breaker/scorcher.
Secondry i use the auto pistol, i forgot the name.
So basically for the eagle stratagem i use to clear all the small targets anything above chargers it wont kill. But the rest it can wipe them all out. The rail cannon is to one shot chargers. Sometimes i Don’t use it if there is one or two. I mainly use it only chargers. The big titans are easier to deal with but dangerous when you are close to them.
For the backpack shield its very helpful when the swarm all attack you and sometimes they keep jumping at you.
Very helpful! Knowing which upgrades pack the most punch has saved me huge amounts of resources.
THEY FIXED THE EXPENDABLE ANTI TANK, IT WILL ONE SHOT ANY BUG IF ITS SHOT IN THE HEAD
play with what u wanna play and how u wanna play it. dont let others tell u how to play the game if u are enjoying it a certain way.
I actually find the arc thrower to be extremely good agaisnt the bugs, i can hold off a breach alone with it as you do not need to fully charge it after a couple shots of full charge. Making you shoot 2 arc every second instead of 1, and it seems to do deal same amount of damage.
It really good against chargers also and you can strip armor off with it, the biggest draw back is that its ineffective at close range and that you need to make sure none of your teammates are in the arcs pathway. I do this by positioning myself infront of my teammates, having them clear the ones close to me while i deal with the big breach/bug
A note about expendable anti-tank and charger. Shootting a leg will strip it's armor allowing you to shoot the leg with any weapon and killing it very quickly.
The anti material rifle may be something that is slept on a lot for the robot planet as it can oneshot up to the hulk (including the hulk) with well aimed shots and being cheap with a lot of ammo. You may call it a discount railgun if you will. The recoilles may work well against hulks and chargers, but the issue with it seems to be that a group of hulks or chargers will end you very fast as you do not have the capacity to kill them fast enough on top of missing options to take out a lot of armour fast. Probably the better idea for insects, even though you have one less ability, is taking the grenade launcher and the disposable anti tank guns and two other abilities, as long as there is no ability unlocked which can just nuke a charger or something as the grenade launcher can work absolute magic, deleting 10 enemies in a hit and just being able to deal insane amounts of splash damage to smaller armoured stuff, taking 3 grenades sometimes, the disposable anti tank will cover the missing anti heavy armour department. Also good for beginners that combo, as it will cover anything you will see in the lower difficulties (3-4). But again, the anti material rifle is slept on I believe.
started playing last week, this definitely helps!! thank you!!!
Tesla tower is fine you just have to toss it far away from you. One of my friends uses it to cover our retreats and it works well
Your hesitation will be documented. 🤣
When the devs eventually come around to balance things, I hope they focus on buffing the weaker weapons and allowing them to be used at higher levels, rather than nerfing the stronger ones and making the game unenjoyable to play.
If something is so bad that you question to yourself, "Why even use this?" then it probably shouldn't even be in the game. Everything should have a purpose and it's for every player to try to figure out what that purpose is.
I love Helldivers 2 and I want to see it become a good game that encourages experimentation rather than one that punishes players for not using what everybody considers "meta."
@27:39
"Plus it prevents bleeding from hemorrhoids"
Damn, that's some bloody good stuff!
Couldnt make it a full min before i had to comment... this really isnt a game that needs micro managing of your weapons, use what you like, dont worry about what to unlock as you will unlock it all pretty quickly, and if you die dont worry I'll call for reinforcements!
A thing to note. For Hulks you can actually snipe out the eye on the front using the auto cannon. A few well placed shots and they go down relatively fast allowing my team mates with the Recoiless to go for the Tanks (on automaton worlds)
I hate weapons you advise to choose because this weapons are only good when you play with friends on coms ( headsets ) and I'm to old to have friends playing games ( I'm surprised I'm still playing 😂 ) For every person who plays occasionally - take whatever you think looks and sounds cool and play how you want - this game is PUG friendly 👍
I bet I’m even older and I agree with you. I love all the weapons and stuff in the game and like using it all. I don’t care what anyone thinks I should do to optimize. If they want to complain about my garbage build and zero skill they can just boot me. It’s a game not an exercise. If I wanna hear people whine about my crap skills I’ll go to my job site.
you are wrong about the expendable anti tank, if you hit a charger in the head with it then it one shots it.
As a lvl 6 on the bugs frontline, I find this very helpful! Thank you!
Expendable AT is nice because you can destroy the armor off charger legs and shoot them with your primary. And you can call one down nearly every minuite, while running and gunning. No stopping to reload
I will use whatever democracy supplies me with, thank you very much.
"Stop using these weapons!"
No. I will use whatever Super Earth places in my hands to liberate the stars.
Couple things about the arc thrower:
1. You can spam shots with it. After the first shot, you only need to charge it to something about 70-80% and not to full.
2. Don't use it in close range, run a shotgun as a backup.
3. The arc chains to anything behind the initial target, so don't shoot if your teammate is there.
4. It can strip armor and it does target individual body parts. 4-6 shots will strip a chargers leg. 2 shots to cut off a brood commanders head.
5. Never use it against Automatons.
This baby has infinite ammo, frequently hits multiple target with one shot, strips armor, has 30-40 meters of range and let's you use a backpack. It 100% is a sleeper pick for bugs.
Great video, it’s really helped guide me as a new player, I really appreciate the content, thanks!
don't listen to a word this guy said. just do what is fun.
I use the Arc thrower on nearly every bug mission. Headshots on chargers, if I can dodge right, I can drop one in 4-8 hits. I've also noticed that knocking the Charger on the head makes it's charging attack slower and in a straight line, where it doesn't pivot into your dive--meaning heightened survival rate while your popping off shots. The additional arcs, from my experience, only happen IF the target you hit is dies. The inaccuracy I've found is with the terrain. In sort, don't shoot over a hill, it will hit the ground or other dead bodies, seek a higher ground. Also, make sure you are the speer tip and take out the smaller targets first to avoid getting swarmed, maximizing the weapon use and not hitting allies.
I love LOVE using the gas during the defense missions.
This is a huge video, thank you!!!
My friends love me running arc thrower, laser drone and tesla tower. /s
I personally hate the laser drone. Mostly because so many times when going with randoms, there's three of them rocking the laser and MAN if there's multiple angles of attack from hostiles, those lasers totalyl gonna sweep around and hit friendlies.
I love the expendable rocket. Short resupply. It’s like what a minute? If that, comes in handy in a pinch.
Glad you highlighted the legionnaire. Hands down my favourite armour too
thank you for this guide, this has made my experience playing better.
I love the mine field strategem, seeing both enemies and unaware friends get blown up is hilarious.
HangAr, HangAr !!!! The hanger is where you hang your clothes
The concept of airbursts always interested me.
That you get Three in a burst made me scream... Liberty!
Loved your vids when you were first doing Elden ring guides, great to see you back in action!
Wonderful super helpful vid! I was scratching my head as to what to upgrade in this game.
Can confirm, “Democracy protects” passive armor is insane! Switching from any other armor to that the next game makes it unbelievably obvious how many times that passive ability saves you!
I'm a fan of the precision strike specifically for taking out bot factories and bug nests. Short cooldown and I don't have to perfectly nail a grenade, so if I see the back of a bot factory that's good enough I can just plop it down next to it and run away, job done. The incredibly short cooldown lets you stay mobile and hit up lots of the smaller objectives. It won't save you when SHTF but it certainly can get you out of dodge before it gets to that point.
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New player here, can confirm that some of the later modules at the end of the page require a small mix of _Rare_ _Samples_ in addition to the Common ones (Usually only like ~10 or so)
You can find Rare Samples on at least the _Challenging_ difficulty, which I highly advise bringing at least one friend to help coordinate with, as the game becomes much less forgiving for Solos after Medium difficulty.
The accuracy on the HE barrage sucks. but it somehow ALWAYS kills me with pinpoint accuracy on the first round :(
The Arc Thrower (at least now) is actually NOT inconsistent. It's mechanics may take a while to figure out, but if you spend some time with it, you may find it to be more effective than you'd think. It is largely more effective against Terminids than Automatons, but it can kill just about everything below a Charger relatively quickly (Chargers take about 5 - 6 headshots from it to go down). And on top of that, it has infinite ammo, so you never have to worry about replenishing it in the middle of combat.
It arcs to enemies directly in a 180 degree radius behind or beside the enemy you hit first with it, relative to where you are firing from. And while not having the best range in the world, it is not a weapon you want to be using up close in the first place - too close, and you won't be able to take advantage of its arching mechanics to begin with.
The Recoiless is the only way to go until you get the rail. The trick is to have two people on a team w/ it. That way you can do the quick reloading if you're able but you can also be split up and still hammer armored units w/ rockets.
I like this its pretty good the only things all add is. 1. the walking barrage is great, hit right on top of enemy's and can wipe bases and bosses 2. Scout is a really good perk to run on armor, the you avoid patrols and don't agro enemies as much in fights. I've walked past bot patrols on helldive like 20 meters away from me. Other then that this pretty spot on.
Ive joined a game where two from my squad are using spears, it is an automaton extermination and they basically cheesed the game destroying the dropships before it unloads. I also played duo with a Spear user with my MG on an extreme difficulty, but we complement each other very well on every situation on automation map.
So when you see a spearer thank them for their supporrt as they also thank me when I mow down light to medium enemies with my MG.
oh I'll make that Auto Cannon work on bigger targets. Someone thought I wouldn't melt a Dreadnaught robot looking MF'r as it came for a friend. BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM on the top of it's head from a cliff top took care of that nonsense as I stayed just outside of the blast radious that would knock me or others back.
The arc thrower is absolutely amazing. Spend a few missions practicing your aim as it really does still go pretty much straight. For long range just shoot.. if it misses you don’t lose anything.. infinite ammo. It can kill chargers without worrying about its weak spot and finally, it closes bug holes in a pinch.
Plus it’s fun democratically approved bug slaying.
Helldivers! I encourage you to keep all these tips in mind when fighting for liberty, however, this game is still very new and its impossible for any one person to say what does an doesn't work. Switch up you loadouts for bots and bugs. Try things like the EMS strike or strafing run and see what works for you. I personally run 380 barrage, shield relay, 500kg and rocket pods for 7+ against automatons. Work with your fellow helldivers to find what benefits you most as a team. Most importantly, have fun and happy diving!
sleeping on that ARC thrower. Absolutely demolishes, and although its slightly inconsistent, its unlimited ammo makes up for it.
Communication is key when wielding it. Tell your boys to stand back and let loose the lightning!