@@kamikeserpentail3778you should probably go with the eruptor instead because until it gets a buff, the explosive crossbow isn't all that great and the eruptor is basically a sniper and grenade launcher mixed together into one weapon.
I actually like the napalm strike, unfortunately its basically unusable until they fix the fire damage bug. Will probably pick up in popularity when it actually functions properly.
I use it for my Hans Flammenwerfer build and it works great for me. Closes bug holes like the normal airstrike (although needs more precision) and burns things to a crisp most of the time.
@@justincase1448 Well it's not just fire, it also affects the gas strike, but basically there is a bug atm with all damage over time effects where they only work for 1 person in the lobby. That isn't necessarily the host, it's random who it will work for. For everyone else, any burning or gas they try to apply to enemies will do nothing. The direct damage from such attacks work, it's just the DoT that doesn't. It's a known issue that the devs have stated they are working on.
@@dovahkat9635 ah I see welp that explains the inconsistency I've been getting when I play with my friends since I use the napalm when we play terminids. thanks for the heads up.
"If the orbital EMS is your favorite, you like to run away, nothing else can answer this." Me using it on eradicate missions to stop the 5 hulks sprinting at full speed towards my nearly dead teammates: (true story, we made it out alive)
On lvl 7 difficulty, I threw an ems strike and gas strike with a flame grenades on a bug breach. Everything died with the exception of the three chargers and 2 titans. Which is ok because the others had quasars canons, 500 kg, and orbits rail canons. Bugs came out the wrong hole.
Fun fact: orbital precision can destroy detector towers, stratagem jammers (once you turn them off), and illegal research buildings. It’s super underrated
Autocannon main and a certified second generation Creek Crawler here, I’ve put in so much work with the Autocannon that I’ve turned Space Vietnam into Space Stalingrad.
how am I supposed to tell my teamates where the minefield is when they can't even listen to when I arm a hellbomb "Hellbomb armed L4 get out of there, No don't take the samples now! Run! It's about to explode! L4!!! ... *sigh* There he goes "
People don't understand the power of the 110mm rocket pods. Did you know this thing can track enemies AND one shots tanks? Its like the railgut but better.
when it works its amazing, simply a better railcannon. when it doesnt, you are getting turned into swiss cheese by three shredder tanks due to missing.
I’ve used it a half dozen times and it has missed every single time. So now I don’t use it. If it worked, I probably would. Idk if I’m doing something wrong, but since it’s supposed to be self targeting I can’t imagine what that would be.
110 only lock enemy on 1st strategem contact spot 5m radius Railcannon more homing wider range, alway skip the dead one, (I once killed the Titan while it was homing, then it immediatly switched to the next Charger)
@@rsiv5156 It's best used on stationary and slow moving targets. Even if it is self-targeting, you have to lead your shots. Even then, all eagle stratagems suffer from angle of fire problems, and even rng, you can at least control the two angles of fire you get from choosing where and how you throw it. The multiple uses and the low cool down time of the rearm is better in my opinion than the orbital rail cannon when you know there will be multiple large enemies. It's better than the waste of an alternative of bringing two support weapons.
Having used the 110mm a fair bit it doesn't have the damage or the search range for its target; however, you get up to 3 of them and they cooldown quick. Against some targets they arn't that great, like Chargers and Hulks need to hit from a certain angle to hit a weak point due to the eagle firing from an angle. I only use it for when I need to kill tanks tbh, very niche. I am sad the new T4 XXL eagle upgrade doesn't add an extra rocket to the salvo. =[ I'll probably compare the T4 eagle airstrike with the 110mm later since the extra bomb seems to make it just as effective at taking out tanks. But of note, the 110mm has a rather safe and small AoE for those moments you don't want to blast your teammates but need the strike.
I will never understand why that CAS strafing run isn't as devastating as an A-10 strafing run. Would love to see a hanger upgrade that gives the strafing run heavy armor pen
@@greatbrandini3967hoping they bring back the Close Air Support stratagem from HD1. Sucker saved my butt plenty of times. (Granted, it was just fun-run w/ homing missiles, but still.)
@@Nempo13A-10 IRL can't ignore all armour. There's a reason tanks don't mount GAU-8 Avengers. 30mm vs 120mm is no contest. The amazing part about the Eagle Strafing Run is that it hits anything at all. In tests, it was found that the A-10 had a 0-2% chance of landing a shot on the target.
As a big fan of the eagle cluster bomb, I'd definitely make a change to it. If the cluster bomb is your favorite, you either routinely save the squad with expertly placed strikes that wipe out an entire army... or you are the leading cause of friendly fire incidents... no in-between. I have lost count of how many times I have been disintegrated by a teammates cluster bomb.
@@ASMRCIGARS yeah but it's cool down isn't too long. I use it in conjunction with the "democracy protects" armor caviat and it makes carrying hard drive missions a breeze.
The grenade launcher is one of the best support weapons to ever exist, i've done irreparable damage to both terminids and automatons alike. Definitely based. I don't use it as much now because the quasar canon is really good against automaton ships and tanks but still love it
fact: - EAT has the fastest Rof between shot - RR has faster RoF than Quasar - RR can split reload animation by 3 times - Both work with instant shot means more time to care around - Spear is tactical, save time and lives for team advice: - Dont emphasize too much on unlimited ammo and free backpack slot, - Ammo everywhere on map, dont waste them on unworthy enemy, most of them slower than ur sprinting - Instead of backpack, better bring sentry and set up to work fast and effeciency - Clearing small mobs is more important, leave the Heavies to Eagle and Orbital . Quasar is not too good, its balanced to the others.
Yeah, grenade launcher is easy to use and have decent damage. But after i tried autocannon then i immediately fell in love with it. I don't use grenade launcher anymore due to the fact that it's so ammo hungry and can't shoot to Hulk face consistently, but that was the most fun weapon for me.
Nah, that used to be the NCR cosplay gun. Now it's the Eruptor because it's a bolt action sniper rifle with the explosive ammo every New Vegas player uses.
I like the supply backpack as a less selfish, more flexible survivability backpack, you can use it for ammo, nades, helping teammates, or as an additional 16+ stims
As a ballistic shield user I can definetly say we are not dead but all playing on helldiver difficulty in Malevolent Creek stiff all doing a shield wall together to hold back the Large threats the Automatones are yet to present
If your favourite strategem is the Eagle Napalm strike, you're probably Robert Duvall in Apocalypse now looking to set a whole hill alight so you can say the line: "I love the smell of napalm in the morning, smells like victory"
and adding on, "If your favorite is the Quasar Cannon, you like the expendable anti tank, but you don't wanna wait for the cooldown and drop time, so you settle for waiting a few seconds instead to expend freedom in a contained laserblast." either that or "you sometimes like to use it on anything that isn't a heavy and that gets you killed by the heavy around the corner."
As someone who brings both the arc thrower and the motars to insect mission, all I can say in most of you will die but thats a sacrifice I'm willing to make.
Gatling Sentey and Gatling Orbital are my go to stratagems for Terminid dives. While everyone brings the big bombs, I make sure that all the small trash gets taken out asap. If the stratagems are not enough, I'll just use my breaker incendiary. Works like a charm
The autocannon turret has wiped my team more than anything else because I swear that thing always turns around to dome one of my teammates before shooting at the enemy like we have to sacrifice a diver to have it work as intended. And if you don't destroy it before pushing up, then say goodbye to your knee caps because it will aim through them to shoot the head glitching raider hiding in a trench. And that's what I love about the autocannon turret.
You know what,I do love the HMG mounted turret. I even bring it on non defensive missions. And I will surround myself in ap mines and fire mines, wearing a bubble shield and 50% explosive dmg resistance
I love the Guarddog Rover + flame thrower, but I have had so many incidents where my rover literally beheads a fellow helldiver while trying to track a flanking hunter
Um, the rocket fucking sentry is amazing. Its held hell at the gate many times for me and i believe it targets the toughest enemy it can from my experience.
I change my loadout quite often in different missions depending on difficulty or enemy but the one that I keep 90% of the time is the Autocannon Sentry. I usually place it at a high point that can overlook a field and can rain down on enemies from a distance while lessening risk of hitting my teammates unless if they are right next to the enemy that my Sentry sees.
To answer on why some of us use eagle rocket pods: The eagle rocket pods targets the biggest target and able to penetrate through heavy armor (at the cost of damage, of course) while still having some mob clearing capability of the eagle airstrike. This translates to a greater room for errors when compared to 500kg for killing heavies (because the eagle would "aim" for the heaviest target) and you could literally throw it onto your team mate that is swarmed with almost no worries that it would kill your team mate.
I usually run the EMS mortor, and it never occured to me to use it to run away. I only use it when i am protecting a position, it is great at highlighting where the enemy is and giving me easy headshots. It also does not kill allies when they are hit with it, which is nice.
I always bring the Orbital Rail Cannon with me. Never know when you'll need to one shot a Hulk chasing after a friend with all the samples that somehow got split off from the team.
Orbital Precision does more damage than the 500kg, but in a smaller radius. It can destroy rogue research stations, as well as any bot objective besides fuel reserves.
I learned the first time I used it that with an unassisted by servo arms max distance throw of a 380mm, you start in its area of effect and need to take a good few steps back
You Gotta use eagle smokestrike like you are laying down trenches for your squad to push onward into extreme number of automatons, it's really fun. Also if close enough the flashlight into the smoke causes enemies to glow.
With the flamethrower you want everything well done. The bugs, the terrain, the teammates. All while cackling maniacally to yourself. "Smells like...victory." Also you only eat toasted marshmallows that are pieces of charcoal.
I usually play with other people, and my multiplayer build is a Tank-killer. Railgun, Shield Pack, Eagle Strike, and Railcannon orbital. I'll occasionally switch to Arc Thrower because that's what i used before I got the Railgun, and I planned for it to be in my build before I realized you can't use multiple weapon strategems.
It may sound stupid to you all, but it works for me. I use supply packs, precision strikes, railcannon strikes, and eagle airstrikes. For equipment, i use defender smg, gp-31, and infiltrator light armor. It's kinda fun to get deep behind the battle line, being stealthy, alone, calling airstrikes, while dodging hulk, patrol, tank, walking factory, and turret left and right in prone position also collecting samples.
In my vast usage of the o.g. 380 and the current buffed version WITH the 4th level super destroyer upgrade, i can attest to its superb ability to target helldivers, however it takes out the walking bot fabricators and large nests/bot bases easy asf, or huge hordes of bile titans that spawn on level 7+. Also precision strike goes crazy bc its just a single 380 sniper shot
5:35 I used to use impacts, but only being able to kill 2 tanks, hulks, or turrets that have to be facing away from you off the spawn and 1 per resupply box is too inefficient. With the 110mm rocket pods, that’s 3 tanks, turrets, or fabricators regardless of facing every 2 minutes. Also 1 stun grenade and headshotting a hulk is much more fun and easier than getting behind it. Also also the auto cannon can do exactly what impacts do but better, faster, from any range, and more often. (These are my strats in level 9s where hulks and tanks come at you in large numbers)
The orbital smoke strike deploys differently compared to the eagle smoke strike also since it's not a eagle it has no need to re-arm just a cooldown (the orbital smoke strike deploy in more of a circle instead of a line making it alot better)
My favorite strategy is the Spear more than anything because of how much time it saves on bot missions because it can destroy fabricators from all angles at any range, and while the lock is finicky, it's reliable enough. It also lets me destroy stratagem jammers before they even become relevant. I also think that strafing run is a sorely underrated stratagem just. It comes out almost instantly and goes in a straight line in front of you, so it's easy to control
Can't decide between the autocannon, and the HMG emplacement. But the HMG has helped us out SO MUCH when an army is after us, and the autocannon because I know how to 2 to 3 shot a hulk to death with it from the front.
I like to think that the orbital laser is all the thoughts and prayers of the children of super earth reaching me and destroying my enemies. This game rocks
i'm allways running with the sg breaker shotgun as main gun, revolver as secondary, Grenade launcher with the supply pack, orb laser and 500kg of nuclear democracy and peace to drop on the tanks and bile titans. (althou the 500kg eagle bomb has suppricingly low range it affects enemies at)
I mean tbf, for the new automaton defence missions, my favourite setup is HMG Emplacement + Shield Generator, Supply Pack if someone is running a support weapon that can be resupplied, and either the Arc Thrower or the Quasar Cannon. (I don't like Hulks so it's probably the Quasar, Hulks can eat my democracy)
low-key the ballistic shields buffs make it pretty damn good, run that with the defender and you can head on a heavy devastator and win without taking a single hit
This video got me to my first YT milestone of 100 subs thankyou all for the support ❤
Very funny while also being informative. Good work!
Bro the 110mm rockets kills tanks, factories and cannon turrets one hit never misss like with hulks and chargers tho
Nice equilibrium reference for the smoke strike
I demand a change on the hmg emplacement. It is not what you said but more of "GO, I'll hold them back" (Just joking around)
Hell yeab
You think I have that supply pack for your benefit?! Naw, that's for me to become a grenade sentry. lol
Someday I got to run explosive crossbow, grenade pistol, grenade launcher, and supply pack.
Les go, spiffing brit grenadiers!
@@kamikeserpentail3778you should probably go with the eruptor instead because until it gets a buff, the explosive crossbow isn't all that great and the eruptor is basically a sniper and grenade launcher mixed together into one weapon.
@@hodgepodgemania If you know you know
@@rukasu5020successful missions no matter the cost brother
Bro actually skipped napalm strike, just like everyone else
I actually like the napalm strike, unfortunately its basically unusable until they fix the fire damage bug. Will probably pick up in popularity when it actually functions properly.
I use it for my Hans Flammenwerfer build and it works great for me. Closes bug holes like the normal airstrike (although needs more precision) and burns things to a crisp most of the time.
@@dovahkat9635what fire dmg bug? This is news to me
@@justincase1448 Well it's not just fire, it also affects the gas strike, but basically there is a bug atm with all damage over time effects where they only work for 1 person in the lobby. That isn't necessarily the host, it's random who it will work for.
For everyone else, any burning or gas they try to apply to enemies will do nothing. The direct damage from such attacks work, it's just the DoT that doesn't.
It's a known issue that the devs have stated they are working on.
@@dovahkat9635 ah I see welp that explains the inconsistency I've been getting when I play with my friends since I use the napalm when we play terminids. thanks for the heads up.
"If Machine Gun or Gatling Sentry are your favorite stratagem, you used to play Engineer on 2Fort a little too much"
That's a good one 😂
The sweet cacophonous clang-clang shall not be ephemeral! :D
there isnt a problem you cant fix with a gun
@@nicericeninja btw the gatling sentry is the one with the most helldiver kills not the machine gun sentry
This! I came straight from DRG as an Engineer main and thought: Oh! How much similar can we make it? (right before getting lasered by the sentries)
if it goes boom, I want it.
if it goes big boom, I need it.
Metro boomin make it boom
Can we get an eagle 1000 KG?😢
@@aandby4887 Eagle 500 KT(Kilo Ton) bomb.
@@blazcol_5046 eagle 5000 KT
@@blazcol_5046 controlable AC-130 Gunship
"If the orbital EMS is your favorite, you like to run away, nothing else can answer this."
Me using it on eradicate missions to stop the 5 hulks sprinting at full speed towards my nearly dead teammates: (true story, we made it out alive)
'He who fights and runs a way lives to fight anther day!'
I use it on most missions to make hulks much less of a problem and easier to headshot
@@padawanjon6441I think the ems mortar is better because it gets more enemies but I’ve never used the ems strike so idk
@@SnottyNoseGaming it's better to defend a position. But the ems strike cool down is so short you Can call it at every encounter. Juste like EAT.
On lvl 7 difficulty, I threw an ems strike and gas strike with a flame grenades on a bug breach. Everything died with the exception of the three chargers and 2 titans. Which is ok because the others had quasars canons, 500 kg, and orbits rail canons. Bugs came out the wrong hole.
Fun fact: orbital precision can destroy detector towers, stratagem jammers (once you turn them off), and illegal research buildings. It’s super underrated
1shits bile titan on a 80s timer
u can use autocannon and quasar to destroy illegal tower,Spore Spewers, Shriekers from far far away with few shots and before they notice you :)
Anything that can reliably damage a gunship factory@@Zubeqfly?
@@lmno567 500kg XD
@@ZubeqflyAlmost every primary can also deal with spore spewers.
Love it. Only correction - jump pack = Boba Fett.
Dang you're right that would have been a good one lol
@@nicericeninja did you miss napalm?
Me and my T-shaped visor take that very personally
I'm a crack shot with the autocannon, but I'll respect that
Oh yeah I definitely love a good auto cannon user.
Autocannon main and a certified second generation Creek Crawler here, I’ve put in so much work with the Autocannon that I’ve turned Space Vietnam into Space Stalingrad.
Autocannon with gyro aim, it's a blast
Had a dude glitch and not be able to use his backpack. First time I ever, unironicially, team re-loaded someone.
Autocannon is the most booms per second
how am I supposed to tell my teamates where the minefield is when they can't even listen to when I arm a hellbomb
"Hellbomb armed L4 get out of there, No don't take the samples now! Run! It's about to explode!
L4!!!
...
*sigh* There he goes
"
And then they get mad at you for being too quiet when their game audio is 100% and their VC audio is 10%
Into the stratosphere!
People don't understand the power of the 110mm rocket pods. Did you know this thing can track enemies AND one shots tanks? Its like the railgut but better.
when it works its amazing, simply a better railcannon. when it doesnt, you are getting turned into swiss cheese by three shredder tanks due to missing.
I’ve used it a half dozen times and it has missed every single time. So now I don’t use it. If it worked, I probably would. Idk if I’m doing something wrong, but since it’s supposed to be self targeting I can’t imagine what that would be.
110 only lock enemy on 1st strategem contact spot 5m radius
Railcannon more homing wider range, alway skip the dead one, (I once killed the Titan while it was homing, then it immediatly switched to the next Charger)
@@rsiv5156 It's best used on stationary and slow moving targets. Even if it is self-targeting, you have to lead your shots. Even then, all eagle stratagems suffer from angle of fire problems, and even rng, you can at least control the two angles of fire you get from choosing where and how you throw it. The multiple uses and the low cool down time of the rearm is better in my opinion than the orbital rail cannon when you know there will be multiple large enemies.
It's better than the waste of an alternative of bringing two support weapons.
Having used the 110mm a fair bit it doesn't have the damage or the search range for its target; however, you get up to 3 of them and they cooldown quick. Against some targets they arn't that great, like Chargers and Hulks need to hit from a certain angle to hit a weak point due to the eagle firing from an angle.
I only use it for when I need to kill tanks tbh, very niche.
I am sad the new T4 XXL eagle upgrade doesn't add an extra rocket to the salvo. =[
I'll probably compare the T4 eagle airstrike with the 110mm later since the extra bomb seems to make it just as effective at taking out tanks. But of note, the 110mm has a rather safe and small AoE for those moments you don't want to blast your teammates but need the strike.
If the Eagle Strafing Run is your favorite strategem, you just wanna hear it go BRRRRRT and were immensely disappointed the first time you used it
I will never understand why that CAS strafing run isn't as devastating as an A-10 strafing run. Would love to see a hanger upgrade that gives the strafing run heavy armor pen
@@greatbrandini3967 There is absolutely no reason for it to not just IGNORE all armor and riddle everything with holes exactly like an A-10
@@greatbrandini3967hoping they bring back the Close Air Support stratagem from HD1. Sucker saved my butt plenty of times. (Granted, it was just fun-run w/ homing missiles, but still.)
@@Nempo13A-10 IRL can't ignore all armour. There's a reason tanks don't mount GAU-8 Avengers. 30mm vs 120mm is no contest.
The amazing part about the Eagle Strafing Run is that it hits anything at all. In tests, it was found that the A-10 had a 0-2% chance of landing a shot on the target.
@@ReddwarfIVThe A-10 has a targeting system called the "Mark 1 Eyeball" which is very dated.
At this point most of my deaths are from other players
Yup either poorly placed Stratagems or players with bad trigger control
For real
I have died one second after spawning from bots and fire tornados
@@nicericeninja *FIRE BASED WEAPONS HAVE ENTERED THE CHAT*
Yup.
As a big fan of the eagle cluster bomb, I'd definitely make a change to it.
If the cluster bomb is your favorite, you either routinely save the squad with expertly placed strikes that wipe out an entire army... or you are the leading cause of friendly fire incidents... no in-between.
I have lost count of how many times I have been disintegrated by a teammates cluster bomb.
As another Eagle Cluster Bomb enthusiast this is straight facts
"Destroy everything within 120 milimeters"
Ah, yes... Carpet bombing an anthill
99 single use rockets around, 99 single use rockets, fire one round, the charger goes down, 98 single use rockets around.
98 single use rockets around, 98 single use rockets, fire one round, shredder goes down, 98 single use rockets around
The ballistic shield is actually pretty valid especially if you're running away from automatons it can take way more hits than the energy shield
Hold the line! Lol
I’ve been using it recently it’s actually good. Only issue is sometimes when you get attacked it drops and disappears 😅🤷🏻♂️
I’ve been using it recently it’s actually good. Only issue is sometimes when you get attacked it drops and disappears 😅🤷🏻♂️
@@ASMRCIGARS yeah but it's cool down isn't too long. I use it in conjunction with the "democracy protects" armor caviat and it makes carrying hard drive missions a breeze.
@@nicericeninja it's gotten better since the Defender SMG has been so OP, at least for automatons.
Id argue youte more a fan of Hideo Kojima with the exosuit. Its even called Patriot.
METAL GEAUUUUUUUUR!
Or they just wanna play titanfall
Right in front of my gunpla 😂
It's Mech Warrior!
No no no it's Battletech
I will say, the ammo pack is pretty damn nice. Just having extremely increased ammo economy for yourself and the whole squad is a massive time saver.
And extra Stims and extra Grenates! You dont need the Shield Backpack anymore, but you end up with Stim Addiction😂
Ammo pack + grenade launcher. The grenade launcher is now your primary.
Helldivers using Patriots: Reactor Online. Sensors online. Weapons online. All systems nominal.
Main System engaging Combat Mode
*turns to the left and fucking dies*
The grenade launcher is one of the best support weapons to ever exist, i've done irreparable damage to both terminids and automatons alike. Definitely based. I don't use it as much now because the quasar canon is really good against automaton ships and tanks but still love it
Yeah I was the same way I like the grenade launcher a lot too but I've been having fun with the new quasar canon as well.
And now it has a little sidearm brother who is just as useful.
fact:
- EAT has the fastest Rof between shot
- RR has faster RoF than Quasar
- RR can split reload animation by 3 times
- Both work with instant shot means more time to care around
- Spear is tactical, save time and lives for team
advice:
- Dont emphasize too much on unlimited ammo and free backpack slot,
- Ammo everywhere on map, dont waste them on unworthy enemy, most of them slower than ur sprinting
- Instead of backpack, better bring sentry and set up to work fast and effeciency
- Clearing small mobs is more important, leave the Heavies to Eagle and Orbital
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Quasar is not too good, its balanced to the others.
Yeah, grenade launcher is easy to use and have decent damage. But after i tried autocannon then i immediately fell in love with it. I don't use grenade launcher anymore due to the fact that it's so ammo hungry and can't shoot to Hulk face consistently, but that was the most fun weapon for me.
Grenade launcher + supply pack + impact grenades + erupter + automatic pistol = infinite power
Huge Gundam fan, but the patriot doesn't have a death laser, therefore it's unusable garbage. 😅🤡
True I heard that they'll be making a Lazer mech soon. I'll include it in part 2 one day lol
@@nicericeninja Oh I will absolutely be trying it out as soon as it's in game. 😅
Yet
@@nicericeninja Hadn't heard of the laser mech, but i have seen a 4 barrel autocannon mech!
There's also a flamethrower mech.
Nah, I use the anti-material rifle to fulfill the NCR Ranger cosplay.
I run it like a coked out 13 year old in a cod lobby. Quickscopes.
*please note accuracy is also analogous to a coked out 13 y/o in a cod lobby.
Nah, that used to be the NCR cosplay gun. Now it's the Eruptor because it's a bolt action sniper rifle with the explosive ammo every New Vegas player uses.
I use the machine gun because seeing 6-8k rounds fired and 5-7k hits at the end of the mission makes me feel good
I never go anywhere without my mortar turret. I have a rotation of friends that periodically forgive me for the teamkills
Sounds like something a smart bug would say 🤔
@@doktorroast2819 we're adapting
😂
Based
A mortar turret ruined the entire mission for me
“Lay down and unload your democracy” is crazy💀
HEY! The EMS mortar sentry is the perfect tool to solo a mission or go rogue! Not running AWAY from the enemy, but stopping them from running at you.
I like the supply backpack as a less selfish, more flexible survivability backpack, you can use it for ammo, nades, helping teammates, or as an additional 16+ stims
As a ballistic shield user I can definetly say we are not dead but all playing on helldiver difficulty in Malevolent Creek stiff all doing a shield wall together to hold back the Large threats the Automatones are yet to present
"Small *clip* capacity"
Homie you just murdered me eith the word clip instead of mag or box
a mandalorian armour set would go so hard, especially with that cape
If your favourite strategem is the Eagle Napalm strike, you're probably Robert Duvall in Apocalypse now looking to set a whole hill alight so you can say the line: "I love the smell of napalm in the morning, smells like victory"
I had a stand off with a friend when i wanted to bring motars.
In my defence it was the defend the base mission
"If orbital gas strike is your favorite strategem, then probably you like Hi-"
and adding on, "If your favorite is the Quasar Cannon, you like the expendable anti tank, but you don't wanna wait for the cooldown and drop time, so you settle for waiting a few seconds instead to expend freedom in a contained laserblast."
either that or "you sometimes like to use it on anything that isn't a heavy and that gets you killed by the heavy around the corner."
real as hell
ok bro, how tf did you know that i had a entire gundam collection in the back of my room
As someone who brings both the arc thrower and the motars to insect mission, all I can say in most of you will die but thats a sacrifice I'm willing to make.
Stalwart, precision strike, that one orbital version of eagle rocket pods, and airstrike is my setup
as a ballistic shield main, i can confirm i exist
Never felt so accurately called out in one of these, by the patriot exosuit stratagem.
Gatling Sentey and Gatling Orbital are my go to stratagems for Terminid dives. While everyone brings the big bombs, I make sure that all the small trash gets taken out asap. If the stratagems are not enough, I'll just use my breaker incendiary. Works like a charm
The autocannon turret has wiped my team more than anything else because I swear that thing always turns around to dome one of my teammates before shooting at the enemy like we have to sacrifice a diver to have it work as intended. And if you don't destroy it before pushing up, then say goodbye to your knee caps because it will aim through them to shoot the head glitching raider hiding in a trench. And that's what I love about the autocannon turret.
Whatever removes things from my sight as efficiently as possible
not even a minute in and Im cracking up at the machine gun one
You know what,I do love the HMG mounted turret. I even bring it on non defensive missions. And I will surround myself in ap mines and fire mines, wearing a bubble shield and 50% explosive dmg resistance
That gas strat hit me right in the feels man 😂❤
Honestly, this is really well made! Sub earned
Precision strike: “Dear ____,”
Orbital 120mm: “To whom it may concern,”
Orbital 380mm: @everyone
I love the Guarddog Rover + flame thrower, but I have had so many incidents where my rover literally beheads a fellow helldiver while trying to track a flanking hunter
MLG helldivers edits is something I didn't realize I needed so much
Um, the rocket fucking sentry is amazing. Its held hell at the gate many times for me and i believe it targets the toughest enemy it can from my experience.
I used to use the mortar strat until i started accidentally killing team mates and then i found the ems mortar strat, works so much better
Grenade Launcher + Supply pack = Bottemless Grenades.
I change my loadout quite often in different missions depending on difficulty or enemy but the one that I keep 90% of the time is the Autocannon Sentry. I usually place it at a high point that can overlook a field and can rain down on enemies from a distance while lessening risk of hitting my teammates unless if they are right next to the enemy that my Sentry sees.
The expendable rocket ditty was marvelous lol
To answer on why some of us use eagle rocket pods:
The eagle rocket pods targets the biggest target and able to penetrate through heavy armor (at the cost of damage, of course) while still having some mob clearing capability of the eagle airstrike.
This translates to a greater room for errors when compared to 500kg for killing heavies (because the eagle would "aim" for the heaviest target) and you could literally throw it onto your team mate that is swarmed with almost no worries that it would kill your team mate.
The Nade Launcher is my favorite or as my Dad called it in the Service, the "Thump Gun"
I haven't seen the video yet, I'll watch it on my lunch but I will say that this video idea is genius.
I usually run the EMS mortor, and it never occured to me to use it to run away. I only use it when i am protecting a position, it is great at highlighting where the enemy is and giving me easy headshots. It also does not kill allies when they are hit with it, which is nice.
This video brought me joy. Good luck to you. :D
Nah the balistic shield works now ! Really funny to tank turret shot with this, even when it sends you flying.
Used to be a supply pack enjoyer, now I am an Arc Thrower, Tesla Tower main.
I always bring the Orbital Rail Cannon with me. Never know when you'll need to one shot a Hulk chasing after a friend with all the samples that somehow got split off from the team.
The stalwart is my favorite stratagem because it mained it as my primary with the portable mortar in my group in HD1
"If the shield backpack is your favorite stratagem, then you probably have trust issues"
"Lasers demand human sacrifice"- Max0r
*me with 500 kg running in the middle of a cluster of enemies popping a stim singing here comes the sun*
Though the autocannon is my favorite stratagem, I also very much adore the ballistic shield backpack and orbital precision strike.
Orbital Precision does more damage than the 500kg, but in a smaller radius. It can destroy rogue research stations, as well as any bot objective besides fuel reserves.
I learned the first time I used it that with an unassisted by servo arms max distance throw of a 380mm, you start in its area of effect and need to take a good few steps back
You Gotta use eagle smokestrike like you are laying down trenches for your squad to push onward into extreme number of automatons, it's really fun.
Also if close enough the flashlight into the smoke causes enemies to glow.
My favorite is the flame thrower and I will not apologize, but a very close second is the supply pack because its just so dang convenient for everyone
HMG emplacement is glory and awe
With the flamethrower you want everything well done. The bugs, the terrain, the teammates. All while cackling maniacally to yourself. "Smells like...victory."
Also you only eat toasted marshmallows that are pieces of charcoal.
Flamethrower if you're 40k pilled:
Bringing the glorious light of super earth to your foes with same day shipping.
II like the shield backpack, because it kinda helps stop the guard dog form killing me as much
Me, looking at my collection of 40k knights and dreadnoughts: yeah, this guy got it right
I usually play with other people, and my multiplayer build is a Tank-killer.
Railgun, Shield Pack, Eagle Strike, and Railcannon orbital.
I'll occasionally switch to Arc Thrower because that's what i used before I got the Railgun, and I planned for it to be in my build before I realized you can't use multiple weapon strategems.
It may sound stupid to you all, but it works for me. I use supply packs, precision strikes, railcannon strikes, and eagle airstrikes. For equipment, i use defender smg, gp-31, and infiltrator light armor. It's kinda fun to get deep behind the battle line, being stealthy, alone, calling airstrikes, while dodging hulk, patrol, tank, walking factory, and turret left and right in prone position also collecting samples.
This is hilarious Helldiver. Nice work
Supply pack and grenade launcher.
EAT, Stalwart, and Jump pack.
These are my go-to load outs and can take on anything.
me, using ems strike on bug breaches specifically so we can quickly take care of them as soon as they spawn
it's so hard to pick favorites... i like so many!!
True!
The exo suit gundam comment is pretty accurate. I do have gundams behind me when I sit at my desk and want to unlock the suit
Grenade Launcher guy: I can change... -equips grenade pistol-
In my vast usage of the o.g. 380 and the current buffed version WITH the 4th level super destroyer upgrade, i can attest to its superb ability to target helldivers, however it takes out the walking bot fabricators and large nests/bot bases easy asf, or huge hordes of bile titans that spawn on level 7+. Also precision strike goes crazy bc its just a single 380 sniper shot
5:35 I used to use impacts, but only being able to kill 2 tanks, hulks, or turrets that have to be facing away from you off the spawn and 1 per resupply box is too inefficient. With the 110mm rocket pods, that’s 3 tanks, turrets, or fabricators regardless of facing every 2 minutes. Also 1 stun grenade and headshotting a hulk is much more fun and easier than getting behind it. Also also the auto cannon can do exactly what impacts do but better, faster, from any range, and more often. (These are my strats in level 9s where hulks and tanks come at you in large numbers)
Imagine 4 ppl using 380 and 120 at the same time.. I saw it once.. so beautiful.
The orbital smoke strike deploys differently compared to the eagle smoke strike also since it's not a eagle it has no need to re-arm just a cooldown
(the orbital smoke strike deploy in more of a circle instead of a line making it alot better)
Nice work, fellow Helldiver. May liberty guide you on your next dives for democracy (:
Thank you may all your cups of LIBERTY be sweet
ahhhh the amount of teamkills i have gotten from the mortar may equal the amount of bugs its killed
My favorite strategy is the Spear more than anything because of how much time it saves on bot missions because it can destroy fabricators from all angles at any range, and while the lock is finicky, it's reliable enough. It also lets me destroy stratagem jammers before they even become relevant. I also think that strafing run is a sorely underrated stratagem just. It comes out almost instantly and goes in a straight line in front of you, so it's easy to control
Can't decide between the autocannon, and the HMG emplacement. But the HMG has helped us out SO MUCH when an army is after us, and the autocannon because I know how to 2 to 3 shot a hulk to death with it from the front.
I like to think that the orbital laser is all the thoughts and prayers of the children of super earth reaching me and destroying my enemies. This game rocks
All in all but if you use orbital railing cannon, then you just want a mf *gone*; low tier god, *now*.
i'm allways running with the sg breaker shotgun as main gun, revolver as secondary,
Grenade launcher with the supply pack, orb laser and 500kg of nuclear democracy and peace to drop on the tanks and bile titans. (althou the 500kg eagle bomb has suppricingly low range it affects enemies at)
I mean tbf, for the new automaton defence missions, my favourite setup is HMG Emplacement + Shield Generator, Supply Pack if someone is running a support weapon that can be resupplied, and either the Arc Thrower or the Quasar Cannon. (I don't like Hulks so it's probably the Quasar, Hulks can eat my democracy)
low-key the ballistic shields buffs make it pretty damn good, run that with the defender and you can head on a heavy devastator and win without taking a single hit
I use flame thrower to literally only create flame walls to prevent being overwhelmed by small things.
Mortar sentry is a must have on practically every automaton mission in my eyes.