For Helldive solo or squad, Slugger, Senator, and Railgun. The slug shotgun is propably the most efficient primary in the game as it is currently. It has 1 shot potential on medium armor bots. It can stagger all medium sized enemies because it can actually pen medium armor like the revolver. It is the 3rd hardest hitting weapon at 280, is one of the most accurate and reloads quite fast. It makes marksman rifles worthless because they are worse in every way Handling, avg ammo cap, damage, stagger, armor pen, and collateral potential, and up time. Having tried all the weapons in helldive there are really only 3 viable weapons that have the damage required to put down targets fast enough, Slug shotgun, Pump shotgun and Breaker. The Plasma gun is an okay choice but it dosent reliably stagger and has a only deals 100 dmg ~30% of the damage the shotguns can dish out. With the Slugger you can calmly juggle bots while reloading till they die because they cant move after being shot 1 time. It is the easily the most slept on weapon.
My favorite support weapon is the arc thrower and autocannon I haven't really seen anyone talk about the arc thrower its crazy good it can horde clear like no tomorrow unlimited ammo and does really decent damage against chargers,Titans,hulks and i havent really tested tanks but its crazy good can 1 tap multiple light enemies with one shot and 2 to 3 shots to kill medium armor enemies im level 40 btw
Important fact to note: armor values are bugged right now and are effectively useless (basically light and heavy armor values don't effect received damage). The devs are aware of this but its not currently their highest priority.
@@Lilitha11 No I believe people are fully prepared for it when it gets fixed, they're only running light armor for now since there's no point is screwing up your stamina and move speed by wearing heavy armor that doesn't give you a bonus for running it.
There’s no way. I’ve read this a few times, but wearing heavy armor makes me so much tankier especially against automatons, like I can take shots that I 100% couldn’t normally take
@@Vojoor I agree, I don't think it is true that the armor never works, as some people suggest. I think there is bugs with it, where it doesn't work in some situations, but it does work in many situations.
I love that you can get in-game currency to use in their store actually in the game w/o having to spend a dime. Genius move on their part, and having a blast with this game.
Yup I've bought 2 helmets amd three armour sets with only money found in game and from the medals. I've now just spent irl money to buy 1000sc to get the second medal thing been enjoying the game heaps so wanted to helo then out. Plus nice change from other games like cods greedy battle pass lol
@@UghHimAgain There is nothing basic about allowing you to farm endless amounts of the premium currency ingame. Every other gaming studio will give you a tiny amount of premium currency to entice you to buy more after that you might get a bit here and there through some dailies or events. So no what theyve done is outside the norm in the industry
@@Eleriol84 a lot of games used to do this, until mindless consumers gave them too much leeway. Hell, Overwatch 1 allowed you to farm cosmetics by playing the game... until they replaced it with "Overwatch 2," which was just an excuse to remove farmed cosmetics, put heroes behind battlepasses, and then cancel all of the promised content that justified calling it a new game. And unfortunately, as long as mindless consumers keep giving them money, they'll keep doing this shit.
Honestly it so does there much they can add to this game to make it sooooo coool like melee weapons, maybe some livery’s for weapons and then dye pack and pattern for armour
@@noodle_nz bro no this is exactly how the stupid skins start coming in look at call of duty they got fucking Nicki Minaj fuck that the game is good as it is
aye man, game just dropped pretty much. just wait til their first huge update 🥹 and just to note, helldivers 2 has probably the best community in gaming history 😂
Hell nah! They can give us THEIR color of armors. Don’t say that shi before they go crazy with it like CODs colorful asz skins. We don’t care bout skins we care bout weapons and bigger server capacity!
Something I discovered while using the Autocannon is if you have to mag dump something and empty the magazine, when reloading wait until it cycles the round from the first stripper clip and the HUD displays half of the magazine is loaded. Open your stratagem menu and it will cancel the reload animation allowing you to be mobile again until you can move further away to complete the reload.
The Entire eagle strategem is OP once upgraded. CD is low, and you have up to 5 call-ins. 2 500kg bombs? hell yea, hoard following you call in your cluster
@@ickytips it probably is a superior choice tbh. You start shooting in the morning and end by the evening, then fast reload and you shoot all night. Even if you set it to 1100RPM
I wish you could equip a set of armor for its stats, and then have the option to select another set to equip cosmetically, since people will probably just wear the same 2-3 armors that are best for the job.
My only gripe with that is, You find TWO sets, MED KIT and ENGINEER (2+ Meds or 2+ nades) AND THATS ALL people would be running. and then poof. All armor sets are non-existent
I'm gonna vote against the 'I look like I'm heavy armor but I'm the fastest man alive' nonsense that will happen with 'cosmetics'. You should be able to tell what people are actually using by looking at them.
For those who dont know, with a railgun on unsafe mode, if you got a steady aim, you can 1-2 shot a bile titan straight to the head, you just aim for around the mouth or the neck area, or if you got good timing, and do the full unsafe shot, straight to the face
@BradleyLayman Bascially the railgun is a weapon that is better used with first person mode, so that you can see the charge meter, in normal mode it's limited to yellow, but in unsafe you can charge it to the red. But if you overcharge it for too long, it will blow up in your face and kill you, so you gotta know how to time it
Exactly, when you do that your job is basically to melt the ads and let your allies handle the armor. You can help with armor too but you have to target weak points to get anything done at all.@@aidenjackson4872
if you like using the scythe, try the arc thrower. Just as good at picking enemies off from ridiculous ranges, AND it ignores armor. Only downsides are it doesn't do anything at close range and it is notorious for being a friendly fire machine (so you gotta be careful). I've found it's effectively a sidegrade to the flamethrower that functions at long range instead of close
I am a HUGE fan of the orbital rail gun. takes chargers out in 1 shot, and i think even the titans in 1-2 (if you're in a squad). Takes no time fo it to line up and shoot, no explosion so you're allies are safe from it. My current Loadout is Breaker, Uzi handgun thing, impact/incendiary grenade, Personal shield, rail gun, 500kg, and orbital rail gun. Works well on practically any mission i run.
Exactly what I run, literally every mission. Breaker does the ad clear no dramas, 500kg kills everything big and small, orbital for heavies and shield is just OP, it even blocks bugs melee attacks and stops me getting killed from those acid spewers
Heavy armor is still glitched, so it doesn't give you extra survivability. It only decreases your stamina. Edit: Armor is patched. Use what /you/ like.
I'm over here running the green Michelin man armor cause I like the look of it like "Man...whenever they fix armor this game is going to be SO different for me!" lol
You should try the grenade launcher with the supply pack as a combo. Then you suddenly can mag dump the grenade launcher at waves of enemies and keep going.
As someone who climbed up all the way to helldive difficulty solo, here is MY personal recommandation: Weapons: The Defender Smg Smg sidearm Strategems: Shielbackpack Railgun 500kg Bomb Eagle Airstrike Playstyle: First of all, you dont have to fight every enemy. You only take on enemy’s at Bug nests or mission objectives. You will use your SMGs for every unarmored enemy, and the Railgun for Elites. The airstrikes will be used for nests, or to clear a point of interest before going in. Also for bugbreaches that you HAVE to fight of.
@@Boof_Pack Light armor, as long as it is broken. Also I highly recommend the MED-KIT armor. There was a light MED-KIT armor in the store a few days ago.
My personal favourite build right now is actually includes a breaker and supply pack combo. Yeah sure it might not be the most meta thing going but man it’s super fun and turns you into an offensive beast especially on defensive missions. I’ve ran out many times straight into firefights clearing through swarms of bugs and bots. It works well as support since I can share ammo and stims then also come in clutch to save a teammate who’s being pressed by too many enemies.
I love the engineering armor set, those 2+ grenade slot is pretty nice when your rushing into hives and destroying all those holes then getting out, as my favourite its currently the Jar-Dominator, it may be niche but its pretty awesome to use.
If ur fighting bugs, then take the railgun. 2 shots to break the armor on a charger's leg, then shoot it with your primary. One shot headshot for both bile spewer type enemies and 1 maybe 2 head shots on a bile titan will take it down.
The disposable anti tank rockets are literally the best as you can call them every 50 seconds, if everyone brings them you will nuke any target instantly lol
It's funny, bc a lot of early game gear turns out to be really useful. I regret saving up stuff like HE barrage. Basically gear that has more ammo or faster recovery/reload rate, *can* be better than powerful one-time use gear.
Someone's probably already pointed it out, but if you're using the autocannon against the charger, aim for it's back legs. That's the quickest way to take them down if you're not running the railgun strat.
The only issue with using the Autocannon is that it takes up a back pack slot which I like to use either the rover for bugs or the shield for the Robots
Breaker shotgun, auto pistol sidearm, rail gun, shield generator pack, you chose the last two strategems, ggs. Autocannon is probably my favorite weapon though, railgun shield pack combo is just too good.
I've found the orbital precision strike is really hard to use, but if you can dome the enemy you're trying to hit, it'll kill any enemy in the game in a single hit. Bile titans, tanks, hulks, chargers. All will die with a direct hit from a precision
I've watched a few videos on people's thoughts about best builds and I have to say, I agree with you on these. Most of this I am already using, but I am gonna try out some of the other stuff you recommended. Great video.
Reloading one shot at a time is a huge benefit on a primary like the punisher, but with a pistol you’re only going to be pulling it out in an emergency where you need to spam all of your ammo most likely. Making it single round reloading a detriment since the reason you have it out is likely that your other weapons are already depleted.
for like 95% of missions, breaker, railgun, railcannon, sheild gen backpack. Instant lock on those. Depending on mission type ill either put on ems mortars or clusterbomb
My fav loadout is ce-09 bonesapper armor with cm-64(probably) grenadier helmet. Defender and reedemer with impact grenades. Stratagems are. Mortar sentry, railcannon orbital, first orbital you get, commando for support weapon
This will probably get me tried for treason but I’m absolutely in love with the knight SMG that rate of fire is a big plus just make sure you have stratagems that are specialized in taking out armored targets and you are gold, stratagems for the big boys and knight/machine pistol for everything else
you can destroy automation fabricators with the autocannon aswell. the hitbox for the oneshot seems to be the inside of the top of the vent things you throw nades in.
A loadout i typically frequent is the 500kg eagle, orbital railcannon, shield pack, and railgun. railgun and shieldpack can handle chargers and the annoying spitters, while the orbital rail and bombs can deal with up to 3 bile titans before being completely exhausted
Orbital rail imo is also better than the laser it’s instant and has a lower cooldown than the laser while the laser has three charges takes about 15 sec to kill whatever it’s firing at and then it goes on a 300 cooldown I personally don’t think it’s better than the rail it’s good to sure but the cooldown kills it and limited uses
I actually had fun running, Las, heavy laser and watch dog rover. Just pure lasers. It’s not super effective.. but on the bright side it’s also super efficient in terms of I basically never need ammo. Outside of grenades or stims.
Right the heavy machine gun is one of the best weapons that’s why they give it to you first so you can unlock all the difficulties and learn to play effectively
my bug load out is Sg-225, P-19 Redeemer using shield Generator pack and Railgun, orbital laser and eagle 110mm rocket or cluster bomb held up pretty well in impossible. enjoy :)
My load out: fortified commando armour and helmet, JAR 5 dominator, p4 senator, and the high explosive grenade. Stratagems: weapon for the job (auto cannon, recoilless rifle, or spear, depends on the mission) an orbital laser, and a ems mortar and a mech.
I've personally one shotted a Hulk with a railgun, Had it in Unsafe mode too. I love the Railgun, I also love the Recoilless, As anti-armor as it gets.
My unit is less focused on using the team system and works more like a guerilla warfare unit. I personally run Railcannon Strike and Eagle Airstrike for my stratagems every mission. Most missions for my Support I use the Railgun and Shield Backpack combo, that way I can still hit my shots when I come out of cover. As for my Primary and Secondary, I usually bring a Breaker 225 and a P-19. All of this together is really good at ripping through armor, killing heavies, wiping out large clusters of enemies, and keeping you protected. This is what most of my unit runs, as most other setups are not able to bring enough damage to handle the big stuff. You can definitely try, but it's better if you can be constantly on the move while still kicking serious ass. The only variation I make to my setup is I bring a Spear sometimes and either keep the Railgun or replace it with a 380. The Spear can wipe out heavies instantly, but the issue is that it's not very effective against Hulks, which are most of what you face when fighting Automatons, and it's habit is not quite locking onto stuff or holding the lock. Still, if it works it's very effective against Titans. All of this is just my opinion. Hopefully things become a bit more balanced where more of the Supports feel like they are useful against level 8 and 9 missions.
yeah in general its crazy how much i h ave to defend the HMG to people. I think part of the issue is a lot of people think if its bad against chargers its not worth taking, which its definately weak against
I loved the autocannon until I used the rail gun. If you shoot them right in the eyes it's a 1 shot and you don't have to carry a backpack with it which makes it even better
my setup is the nade gun with a supply pack. its much more versatile on the harder difficulties. the breaker goes through ammo pretty quick. The only time i dont use it is for defense missions. Also, the trick to the civilian mission is to use them as bait. you open both doors and let them run and kill the enemies while theyre distracted
Personally, I much prefer the gatling sentry over the autocannon because it rotates so much faster and fires continuously, not just 3 rounds before it has to "reload" for a quite a few seconds.
ive been running the jar-5 dominator and the smg pistol with the orbital railcannon, railgun, eagle clusterbomb, and the fourth slot I use as a flex spot for either guard dogs, sentries, or shield generator/supply pack. Have yet to struggle against anything with this loadout
autocannon goes so hard, the ammo capacity is just so good. Also I really enjoy the missile turret, I think it turns faster than the autocannon turret which is really really nice.
Autocannon is by far my fav support weapon. it's a shame that so many of the primary weapons just feel so subpar to use over the others. Marksman rifles are borderline useless, and so many other weapons become trivial after getting the Breaker.
Just an FYI, armour rating doesn't work atm. But stamina stats do. So there's no reason to use heavy armour unless you like it's perks over the stamina boosts
I’ve been running the auto cannon, eagle airstrike to clear outposts and bigs guys, eagle cluster bomb as my crowd control, and orbital laser if things get hairy.
Those damn missions are hard I almost completed one before it quit giving me squads because of the server capacity and glitches. We only had three people left and it’s because we weren’t talking to each other if you have a mobile fire force surrounding them as you escort them to the building you could totally pull it off, but it’s hard. They keep dropping robots the entire time.
I love the incendiary breaker but it cannot kill stalkers fast enough so you need either a guard dog to back you up, a team mate to have your back or a support weapon that can make up for its inability to kill stalkers fast enough
Breaker,smg pistol,rail gun impacts and wildcard is rover,shield back back or jet pack. Strats are mission based. That’s at least what I run and orbital laser is crazy
I usually run the grenade launcher with the laser rover drone. I don't have the shield backpack unlocked but having something to cover my back while I go lone wolf some outposts while my team does other things is really nice.
My loadout emp turret , so good for evacuating from ship when you have to wait 3 minutes to 4 minutes for evac, nuke air strike, auto cannon or rail gun but that emp turret is insane for protecting your team an protecting yourself
Me an my buddy did those protect science people a few times now.....We did it on medium tho. Tried a challenging and it became to crazy we had to RUN!!
Started farming helldive difficulty and the easiest loadout is breaker, railgun, shield pack, ems mortar and an eagle strike or orbital. Anything under difficulty 6 you can use whatever you want
Thank me later ;P primary weapon. punisher.. stun stalkers and all smaller units great for helping teammates getting attacked by stalkers!..... its reload is awesome since you can reload 1 shell and shot if you in trouble.. secondary.. grenade launcher.. 2 shots clear the large spitters.. expendable anti -tank and orbital railcannon strike for chargers and titans.. and laser backpack.. saves you ALOT of ammo! you dont need to shoot targets when on medium range.. the laser backpack can take them down and saves SOOO much ammo.. ...body armour +2 instant 400 dmg grenades... also grenade launcher can take out the bug holes... :D play style is like support your team mates.. they got the eagles strike and stuff for fast clear of egg nests etc... 2 people on the team running expandable anti tank. fells SOO good... on difficulty 7+
The only thing that makes the nade launcher superior to the auto canon for me, it's the ability to pair it with a resupply back pack. So, you not only have 90 nades before running out of ammo, but also are constantly resupplying ALL your guns, hand grandes and stims. The downside, it's that you have one less stratagem slot, but if you are with friends, this can be covered by other members. Also in a emergency situation, you can also resupply your mates
That's a good point, hadn't thought of that combination yet. I'm mostly using the railgun and personal shield generator, only switch to the jump pack on those tiny defense maps so I can chill high on a rock somewhere lol.
I'm similar but I think having the grenade launcher with the shield instead lets you easily rush through a lot of the objectives especially with bugs. And then if a teammate carries a supply pack they can refill you on ammo between objectives but the resupply is usually enough. I've rushed through some of the hardest difficulty missions in a few minutes that way. Early game the grenade launcher + jump pack lets you beat missions super quick.
ive been running a combo of railgun/spear, guard dog rover, shield back pack , basic breaker shotgun an redeemer pistol. it just depends on what everyone else is using
Well a railgun is still good and if you think it sucks it’s a skill issue than. The railgun damage the charger on the leg by shooting twice and then you can shoot the expose leg and kill him instant.
I’ve been running napalm, gas, strike, flamethrower, and turret. May switch the turret to a backpack, though the rover I’ve been slaughtering the bugs solo with this because of the glitches I’ve been playing mostly solo.
Your giving information on a Lv4 Operation. Lv8 + 9 are the same in terms of enemies just more of them so right now it's not worth doing Op 8 or 9 with armour being all useless at the moment so right now everyone is just doing Rail, Shield, Breaker, Light armour and trail blazer helmet as its the ONLY helmet that changes the stats right now where the others should do the same like heavy helmets adding more armour or medium being balenced.
My loadout for bugs: Medium armor pen AR Uzi sidearm Frag grenade Rail cannon sup wep Shield gen backpack Orbital rail cannon strata Orbital laser strata I am the anti-large things in my groups... reserve Orbital rail for bile titans. Reserve laser for taking out entire hives as they even target the holes (works even better for automaton bases). Railcannon sup wep to knock off armor on chargers and finish bile titans. The med pen AR eats through all bugs without being stopped except the chargers, but as previously stated... those get wrecked. 2 railcannon shots to a charger leg knocks off armor, just out half a mag into that leg with main wep and it's dead.
I use the free one from free warbond for armor. The one that has 50% chance of not dying. Now, IF ONLY they add another fast armor like breaker but with the DEMOCRACY PROTECTS perk, I'd get that one. Faster and quite often, free 2nd chance.
once you and like one friend hits level 20 and you have access to everything those citizen escort missions arent so bad. my friend and I kinda have it down to where we can do it with random ppl on any difficulty before suicide. then suicide and higher we do when we have a full squad very consistently. as long as you are killing the hulks on cooldown with everyone's orbital rail cannon the rest of the robots are easy to just mow down. if it gets a little overwhelming we call an orbital laser down to reset. we also just spam the civilians out we dont care how many die since the "punishment" at the end for their deaths is negligible. so we just spam the buttons on cooldown and kill the hulks on cooldown. if you miss a hulk or two allowing them to get close youre probably gonna get put in a cycle of dying or running around for a few mins so make sure the hulks are ALWAYS taken out as soon as they are spotted
What's your favorite weapon so far?
Btw, accidentally said LAS-5 is a decent weapon. It is not. Please do not use it .
Breaker. Always the Breaker.
I had someone kill a Bile titan will a spear and it one shot it. He managed to do it twice, I think both times were headshots but I'm not sure though.
For Helldive solo or squad, Slugger, Senator, and Railgun.
The slug shotgun is propably the most efficient primary in the game as it is currently. It has 1 shot potential on medium armor bots. It can stagger all medium sized enemies because it can actually pen medium armor like the revolver. It is the 3rd hardest hitting weapon at 280, is one of the most accurate and reloads quite fast. It makes marksman rifles worthless because they are worse in every way Handling, avg ammo cap, damage, stagger, armor pen, and collateral potential, and up time. Having tried all the weapons in helldive there are really only 3 viable weapons that have the damage required to put down targets fast enough, Slug shotgun, Pump shotgun and Breaker. The Plasma gun is an okay choice but it dosent reliably stagger and has a only deals 100 dmg ~30% of the damage the shotguns can dish out. With the Slugger you can calmly juggle bots while reloading till they die because they cant move after being shot 1 time. It is the easily the most slept on weapon.
@@Christian-qx6yzyeah needs to be head shots
My favorite support weapon is the arc thrower and autocannon I haven't really seen anyone talk about the arc thrower its crazy good it can horde clear like no tomorrow unlimited ammo and does really decent damage against chargers,Titans,hulks and i havent really tested tanks but its crazy good can 1 tap multiple light enemies with one shot and 2 to 3 shots to kill medium armor enemies im level 40 btw
Important fact to note: armor values are bugged right now and are effectively useless (basically light and heavy armor values don't effect received damage). The devs are aware of this but its not currently their highest priority.
I imagine it’s top priority once the server issues are brought under control.
If it is currently defaulting to medium, some people are going to cry when they are taking double the current damage wearing that super light armor.
@@Lilitha11 No I believe people are fully prepared for it when it gets fixed, they're only running light armor for now since there's no point is screwing up your stamina and move speed by wearing heavy armor that doesn't give you a bonus for running it.
There’s no way. I’ve read this a few times, but wearing heavy armor makes me so much tankier especially against automatons, like I can take shots that I 100% couldn’t normally take
@@Vojoor I agree, I don't think it is true that the armor never works, as some people suggest. I think there is bugs with it, where it doesn't work in some situations, but it does work in many situations.
I love that you can get in-game currency to use in their store actually in the game w/o having to spend a dime. Genius move on their part, and having a blast with this game.
Yup I've bought 2 helmets amd three armour sets with only money found in game and from the medals. I've now just spent irl money to buy 1000sc to get the second medal thing been enjoying the game heaps so wanted to helo then out. Plus nice change from other games like cods greedy battle pass lol
How the hell is a basic ass concept considered a "Genuis" move? 😂
@@UghHimAgain
There is nothing basic about allowing you to farm endless amounts of the premium currency ingame.
Every other gaming studio will give you a tiny amount of premium currency to entice you to buy more after that you might get a bit here and there through some dailies or events.
So no what theyve done is outside the norm in the industry
@@Eleriol84 a lot of games used to do this, until mindless consumers gave them too much leeway. Hell, Overwatch 1 allowed you to farm cosmetics by playing the game... until they replaced it with "Overwatch 2," which was just an excuse to remove farmed cosmetics, put heroes behind battlepasses, and then cancel all of the promised content that justified calling it a new game. And unfortunately, as long as mindless consumers keep giving them money, they'll keep doing this shit.
@freerider8737 I upgraded to the super citizen for 20 which unlocks that and get some other stuff. A gun, helmet, armor and cape.
This game needs dye kits for armour. Only knock against it at this point.
Honestly it so does there much they can add to this game to make it sooooo coool like melee weapons, maybe some livery’s for weapons and then dye pack and pattern for armour
@@noodle_nz bro no this is exactly how the stupid skins start coming in look at call of duty they got fucking Nicki Minaj fuck that the game is good as it is
A mastery color would be sick
aye man, game just dropped pretty much. just wait til their first huge update 🥹 and just to note, helldivers 2 has probably the best community in gaming history 😂
Hell nah! They can give us THEIR color of armors. Don’t say that shi before they go crazy with it like CODs colorful asz skins. We don’t care bout skins we care bout weapons and bigger server capacity!
Something I discovered while using the Autocannon is if you have to mag dump something and empty the magazine, when reloading wait until it cycles the round from the first stripper clip and the HUD displays half of the magazine is loaded. Open your stratagem menu and it will cancel the reload animation allowing you to be mobile again until you can move further away to complete the reload.
You can also just press the crouch key and your character will just get up
The Entire eagle strategem is OP once upgraded. CD is low, and you have up to 5 call-ins. 2 500kg bombs? hell yea, hoard following you call in your cluster
I usually carry Strafe and just wipe out patrols and groups to save ammo for objective enemies and I'm in love with it. Eagles are best for Freedom.
Machine gun is not worth it for solo/duo, but as soon as party hits 3-4 people Machine Gun as one of supportive weapons is fucking amazing.
That’s a good point. Just rly good for sustained fire at squishy targets
i like the Stalwart better. reload on the move!
@@ickytips it probably is a superior choice tbh. You start shooting in the morning and end by the evening, then fast reload and you shoot all night. Even if you set it to 1100RPM
Suppressive fire works!!
@@communistsaregross3165 yeah, wrote that at lvl 5.
I wish you could equip a set of armor for its stats, and then have the option to select another set to equip cosmetically, since people will probably just wear the same 2-3 armors that are best for the job.
My only gripe with that is, You find TWO sets, MED KIT and ENGINEER (2+ Meds or 2+ nades) AND THATS ALL people would be running.
and then poof. All armor sets are non-existent
@@aznranger123 i love the +50% hp on limb and +30% range for the throw. it make throw marker farer giving you a lot of control over the battlefield.
@@aznranger123 the 50% chance not to die is actually useful in a lot of cases, has saved me quite a few times.
I'm gonna vote against the 'I look like I'm heavy armor but I'm the fastest man alive' nonsense that will happen with 'cosmetics'. You should be able to tell what people are actually using by looking at them.
@@strygian192 FACTS
For those who dont know, with a railgun on unsafe mode, if you got a steady aim, you can 1-2 shot a bile titan straight to the head, you just aim for around the mouth or the neck area, or if you got good timing, and do the full unsafe shot, straight to the face
Yessssirrrr I stay 2 tapping them things railgun is fire 🔥😂
This I didn't know, thank you
Yeah switching it to unsafe mode is key to getting the full benefit of the weapon
What is unsafe mode compared to safe mode? I don’t have it yet, so I can’t test out.
@BradleyLayman Bascially the railgun is a weapon that is better used with first person mode, so that you can see the charge meter, in normal mode it's limited to yellow, but in unsafe you can charge it to the red. But if you overcharge it for too long, it will blow up in your face and kill you, so you gotta know how to time it
In extreme cold the laser cannon is a big hit. Pair it with the guard rover and scythe for a super fun laser build. Most fun I’ve had.
Especially on lower difficulty bugs dude. Makes the game so much fun
Exactly, when you do that your job is basically to melt the ads and let your allies handle the armor. You can help with armor too but you have to target weak points to get anything done at all.@@aidenjackson4872
if you like using the scythe, try the arc thrower. Just as good at picking enemies off from ridiculous ranges, AND it ignores armor. Only downsides are it doesn't do anything at close range and it is notorious for being a friendly fire machine (so you gotta be careful). I've found it's effectively a sidegrade to the flamethrower that functions at long range instead of close
I am a HUGE fan of the orbital rail gun. takes chargers out in 1 shot, and i think even the titans in 1-2 (if you're in a squad). Takes no time fo it to line up and shoot, no explosion so you're allies are safe from it. My current Loadout is Breaker, Uzi handgun thing, impact/incendiary grenade, Personal shield, rail gun, 500kg, and orbital rail gun. Works well on practically any mission i run.
good if your teamates are running ad clear
Exactly what I run, literally every mission. Breaker does the ad clear no dramas, 500kg kills everything big and small, orbital for heavies and shield is just OP, it even blocks bugs melee attacks and stops me getting killed from those acid spewers
Heavy armor is still glitched, so it doesn't give you extra survivability. It only decreases your stamina.
Edit: Armor is patched. Use what /you/ like.
Yes, right now Armor just does not work.
I'm over here running the green Michelin man armor cause I like the look of it like "Man...whenever they fix armor this game is going to be SO different for me!" lol
Yeah, but I look cool
@@GumpierGoat2 Amen my heavy brethren!
*bugged
You should try the grenade launcher with the supply pack as a combo. Then you suddenly can mag dump the grenade launcher at waves of enemies and keep going.
As someone who climbed up all the way to helldive difficulty solo, here is MY personal recommandation:
Weapons: The Defender Smg
Smg sidearm
Strategems: Shielbackpack
Railgun
500kg Bomb
Eagle Airstrike
Playstyle:
First of all, you dont have to fight every enemy.
You only take on enemy’s at Bug nests or mission objectives.
You will use your SMGs for every unarmored enemy, and the Railgun for Elites.
The airstrikes will be used for nests, or to clear a point of interest before going in. Also for bugbreaches that you HAVE to fight of.
i second this, youtuber mans video is just genuine slop.
What armor do you run and what are the passives?
@@Boof_Pack Light armor, as long as it is broken. Also I highly recommend the MED-KIT armor. There was a light MED-KIT armor in the store a few days ago.
For Solo actually, I might never take it off tho
Adler??
My personal favourite build right now is actually includes a breaker and supply pack combo. Yeah sure it might not be the most meta thing going but man it’s super fun and turns you into an offensive beast especially on defensive missions. I’ve ran out many times straight into firefights clearing through swarms of bugs and bots. It works well as support since I can share ammo and stims then also come in clutch to save a teammate who’s being pressed by too many enemies.
The Jar Dominator has travel time on its bullets i think, so don't be surprised if you don't always hit stuff
I love the engineering armor set, those 2+ grenade slot is pretty nice when your rushing into hives and destroying all those holes then getting out, as my favourite its currently the Jar-Dominator, it may be niche but its pretty awesome to use.
They said that they want to add mechs sometime soon, I can’t wait hahaha
Interesting to give this list when playing on lvl 4 and 5. The meta changes quite a lot when you're faced with 5-8 chargers at a time.
Breaker Shotgun, machine pistol, Light Armor, Shield, Railgun, orbital rail for titans and whatever eagle.
If ur fighting bugs, then take the railgun. 2 shots to break the armor on a charger's leg, then shoot it with your primary. One shot headshot for both bile spewer type enemies and 1 maybe 2 head shots on a bile titan will take it down.
The disposable anti tank rockets are literally the best as you can call them every 50 seconds, if everyone brings them you will nuke any target instantly lol
I agree they’re really good… until 4 bile titans spawn at once.
It's funny, bc a lot of early game gear turns out to be really useful. I regret saving up stuff like HE barrage.
Basically gear that has more ammo or faster recovery/reload rate, *can* be better than powerful one-time use gear.
Someone's probably already pointed it out, but if you're using the autocannon against the charger, aim for it's back legs. That's the quickest way to take them down if you're not running the railgun strat.
It can also 2 shot hulks if the hit the slit
Dude the servers are full:( living life 30 secs to 30 secs…
The only issue with using the Autocannon is that it takes up a back pack slot which I like to use either the rover for bugs or the shield for the Robots
I love the eagle airstrike it comes down super fast and being able to call 2 down basically back to back is huge
Grenade Launcher+Supply pack is so good, Literally mowing down hordes of enemies in 1 or 2 racks of shells. By far the most fun i've had
Give the Arc thrower a good look. I bounce back and forth between that and the auto cannon. There's a lot to be said about never reloading.
Breaker shotgun, auto pistol sidearm, rail gun, shield generator pack, you chose the last two strategems, ggs.
Autocannon is probably my favorite weapon though, railgun shield pack combo is just too good.
I've found the orbital precision strike is really hard to use, but if you can dome the enemy you're trying to hit, it'll kill any enemy in the game in a single hit. Bile titans, tanks, hulks, chargers. All will die with a direct hit from a precision
I've watched a few videos on people's thoughts about best builds and I have to say, I agree with you on these. Most of this I am already using, but I am gonna try out some of the other stuff you recommended. Great video.
Reloading one shot at a time is a huge benefit on a primary like the punisher, but with a pistol you’re only going to be pulling it out in an emergency where you need to spam all of your ammo most likely. Making it single round reloading a detriment since the reason you have it out is likely that your other weapons are already depleted.
the GL with the tacpac is just abosulurly insane if u dont use GL on smaller enemies so when u press 5 u get ammo for ur other guns too
Does the matchmaking work yet?
Nope
@@tobiasrex8052 still nope
It does on ps5
load mission -> drop sos -> go back to lobby
there, you have matchmaking now
fun fact always run light armor since the armor values are bugged and all do the same thing so light armor is the best at the moment
Load out slots for equipment/ stratagems for different situations would be pretty cool
for like 95% of missions, breaker, railgun, railcannon, sheild gen backpack. Instant lock on those. Depending on mission type ill either put on ems mortars or clusterbomb
My fav loadout is ce-09 bonesapper armor with cm-64(probably) grenadier helmet. Defender and reedemer with impact grenades. Stratagems are. Mortar sentry, railcannon orbital, first orbital you get, commando for support weapon
Diligence counter sniper really needs a buff. Not a lot more damage and 5 fewer shots, though it has a better sight than the dmr
This will probably get me tried for treason but I’m absolutely in love with the knight SMG that rate of fire is a big plus just make sure you have stratagems that are specialized in taking out armored targets and you are gold, stratagems for the big boys and knight/machine pistol for everything else
you can destroy automation fabricators with the autocannon aswell. the hitbox for the oneshot seems to be the inside of the top of the vent things you throw nades in.
A loadout i typically frequent is the 500kg eagle, orbital railcannon, shield pack, and railgun. railgun and shieldpack can handle chargers and the annoying spitters, while the orbital rail and bombs can deal with up to 3 bile titans before being completely exhausted
Orbital rail imo is also better than the laser it’s instant and has a lower cooldown than the laser while the laser has three charges takes about 15 sec to kill whatever it’s firing at and then it goes on a 300 cooldown I personally don’t think it’s better than the rail it’s good to sure but the cooldown kills it and limited uses
Breaker spray n' pray...
In thumbnail: yup
In the video: nope
using light armour if you have the stamina boost unlocked its great for the whole squad coz you can kite away large units for those with heavy weapons
I actually had fun running, Las, heavy laser and watch dog rover. Just pure lasers. It’s not super effective.. but on the bright side it’s also super efficient in terms of I basically never need ammo. Outside of grenades or stims.
Nobody ever mentions the arc thrower, but I fucking love it
Right the heavy machine gun is one of the best weapons that’s why they give it to you first so you can unlock all the difficulties and learn to play effectively
I really like the slugger shotgun in the warbond. It stuns everything you shoot
The "smg" you said in your video to use is actually a pistol if anybody gets confused. Fully automatic pistol
my bug load out is Sg-225, P-19 Redeemer using shield Generator pack and Railgun, orbital laser and eagle 110mm rocket or cluster bomb held up pretty well in impossible. enjoy :)
My load out: fortified commando armour and helmet, JAR 5 dominator, p4 senator, and the high explosive grenade. Stratagems: weapon for the job (auto cannon, recoilless rifle, or spear, depends on the mission) an orbital laser, and a ems mortar and a mech.
I've personally one shotted a Hulk with a railgun, Had it in Unsafe mode too. I love the Railgun, I also love the Recoilless, As anti-armor as it gets.
My unit is less focused on using the team system and works more like a guerilla warfare unit. I personally run Railcannon Strike and Eagle Airstrike for my stratagems every mission. Most missions for my Support I use the Railgun and Shield Backpack combo, that way I can still hit my shots when I come out of cover. As for my Primary and Secondary, I usually bring a Breaker 225 and a P-19. All of this together is really good at ripping through armor, killing heavies, wiping out large clusters of enemies, and keeping you protected. This is what most of my unit runs, as most other setups are not able to bring enough damage to handle the big stuff. You can definitely try, but it's better if you can be constantly on the move while still kicking serious ass. The only variation I make to my setup is I bring a Spear sometimes and either keep the Railgun or replace it with a 380. The Spear can wipe out heavies instantly, but the issue is that it's not very effective against Hulks, which are most of what you face when fighting Automatons, and it's habit is not quite locking onto stuff or holding the lock. Still, if it works it's very effective against Titans. All of this is just my opinion. Hopefully things become a bit more balanced where more of the Supports feel like they are useful against level 8 and 9 missions.
protip for charger! hit the leg!! its the weakpoint!, once you break the armor just shoot it with a normal gun if you dont want to waste special ammo
yeah in general its crazy how much i h ave to defend the HMG to people. I think part of the issue is a lot of people think if its bad against chargers its not worth taking, which its definately weak against
If you just dive after loading the autocannon the 1st time you can use it straight away 👍🏽
I loved the autocannon until I used the rail gun. If you shoot them right in the eyes it's a 1 shot and you don't have to carry a backpack with it which makes it even better
my setup is the nade gun with a supply pack. its much more versatile on the harder difficulties. the breaker goes through ammo pretty quick. The only time i dont use it is for defense missions. Also, the trick to the civilian mission is to use them as bait. you open both doors and let them run and kill the enemies while theyre distracted
Personally, I much prefer the gatling sentry over the autocannon because it rotates so much faster and fires continuously, not just 3 rounds before it has to "reload" for a quite a few seconds.
ive been running the jar-5 dominator and the smg pistol with the orbital railcannon, railgun, eagle clusterbomb, and the fourth slot I use as a flex spot for either guard dogs, sentries, or shield generator/supply pack. Have yet to struggle against anything with this loadout
The fact u can earn the premium currency in the free pass and just by playing the game and exploring is amazing
autocannon goes so hard, the ammo capacity is just so good. Also I really enjoy the missile turret, I think it turns faster than the autocannon turret which is really really nice.
Autocannon is by far my fav support weapon. it's a shame that so many of the primary weapons just feel so subpar to use over the others. Marksman rifles are borderline useless, and so many other weapons become trivial after getting the Breaker.
Just an FYI, armour rating doesn't work atm. But stamina stats do.
So there's no reason to use heavy armour unless you like it's perks over the stamina boosts
I’ve been running the auto cannon, eagle airstrike to clear outposts and bigs guys, eagle cluster bomb as my crowd control, and orbital laser if things get hairy.
Those damn missions are hard I almost completed one before it quit giving me squads because of the server capacity and glitches. We only had three people left and it’s because we weren’t talking to each other if you have a mobile fire force surrounding them as you escort them to the building you could totally pull it off, but it’s hard. They keep dropping robots the entire time.
I love the incendiary breaker but it cannot kill stalkers fast enough so you need either a guard dog to back you up, a team mate to have your back or a support weapon that can make up for its inability to kill stalkers fast enough
The railgun orbital is really good. It one shots chargers and locks on. That with the railgun heavy I can fight off 4-5 chargers with ease.
Stim armor is god tier, 5ish seconds of healing lets you tank some crazy stuff
I just hope they add a lot more assault rifles. In the first helldivers they added a ar with drum mag so hopefully they bring that one back.
Shield pack also lets you bait stuff onto a 500kg impact zone and walk away. Handy for standing under a bile titan and letting it slam into you.
That's exactly what I do but you can typically get away before it even hits you
Railgun only needs one shot to take down the Hulk by hitting the red LED light in front of it. Its quite OP!
It's okay to say clips on the autocannon, as those reloads are on stripper clips.
Breaker,smg pistol,rail gun impacts and wildcard is rover,shield back back or jet pack. Strats are mission based. That’s at least what I run and orbital laser is crazy
I usually run the grenade launcher with the laser rover drone. I don't have the shield backpack unlocked but having something to cover my back while I go lone wolf some outposts while my team does other things is really nice.
My loadout emp turret , so good for evacuating from ship when you have to wait 3 minutes to 4 minutes for evac, nuke air strike, auto cannon or rail gun but that emp turret is insane for protecting your team an protecting yourself
1:07 the first armor set you can unlock is light armor
Me an my buddy did those protect science people a few times now.....We did it on medium tho. Tried a challenging and it became to crazy we had to RUN!!
Started farming helldive difficulty and the easiest loadout is breaker, railgun, shield pack, ems mortar and an eagle strike or orbital. Anything under difficulty 6 you can use whatever you want
Thank me later ;P
primary weapon. punisher.. stun stalkers and all smaller units great for helping teammates getting attacked by stalkers!..... its reload is awesome since you can reload 1 shell and shot if you in trouble..
secondary.. grenade launcher.. 2 shots clear the large spitters.. expendable anti -tank and orbital railcannon strike for chargers and titans.. and laser backpack.. saves you ALOT of ammo! you dont need to shoot targets when on medium range.. the laser backpack can take them down and saves SOOO much ammo..
...body armour +2 instant 400 dmg grenades... also grenade launcher can take out the bug holes... :D
play style is like support your team mates.. they got the eagles strike and stuff for fast clear of egg nests etc...
2 people on the team running expandable anti tank. fells SOO good... on difficulty 7+
Dude personally I think it would be cool if they added new vehicle stratagems like buggy’s or any off road vehicles
The only thing that makes the nade launcher superior to the auto canon for me, it's the ability to pair it with a resupply back pack.
So, you not only have 90 nades before running out of ammo, but also are constantly resupplying ALL your guns, hand grandes and stims.
The downside, it's that you have one less stratagem slot, but if you are with friends, this can be covered by other members. Also in a emergency situation, you can also resupply your mates
That's a good point, hadn't thought of that combination yet. I'm mostly using the railgun and personal shield generator, only switch to the jump pack on those tiny defense maps so I can chill high on a rock somewhere lol.
I'm similar but I think having the grenade launcher with the shield instead lets you easily rush through a lot of the objectives especially with bugs. And then if a teammate carries a supply pack they can refill you on ammo between objectives but the resupply is usually enough. I've rushed through some of the hardest difficulty missions in a few minutes that way. Early game the grenade launcher + jump pack lets you beat missions super quick.
Before level 10 it was my go-to build: GL, Supply Pack, Expendable and Cluster Bomb. Great all-around build
I wish thr helmet and cape came with some kind of buff or something... anything. +1 stealth, or +1 speed ect ect
I can't wait to see where this game goes from here... few years from now it could be soon much better and it's already great!
Strat throw range and extra limb health feels better than 2 grenades imo
the red armor is in the shop right now miss read the bonus text & scoop it up
0:44 armor doesnt have any buffs, heavy armor will only slow you down, its literally useless
Expendable is nice cause you can get them back easily after dying and not have to wait for a cooldown of the other weapons
ive been running a combo of railgun/spear, guard dog rover, shield back pack , basic breaker shotgun an redeemer pistol. it just depends on what everyone else is using
Well a railgun is still good and if you think it sucks it’s a skill issue than. The railgun damage the charger on the leg by shooting twice and then you can shoot the expose leg and kill him instant.
I’ve been running napalm, gas, strike, flamethrower, and turret. May switch the turret to a backpack, though the rover I’ve been slaughtering the bugs solo with this because of the glitches I’ve been playing mostly solo.
Your giving information on a Lv4 Operation. Lv8 + 9 are the same in terms of enemies just more of them so right now it's not worth doing Op 8 or 9 with armour being all useless at the moment so right now everyone is just doing Rail, Shield, Breaker, Light armour and trail blazer helmet as its the ONLY helmet that changes the stats right now where the others should do the same like heavy helmets adding more armour or medium being balenced.
My loadout for bugs:
Medium armor pen AR
Uzi sidearm
Frag grenade
Rail cannon sup wep
Shield gen backpack
Orbital rail cannon strata
Orbital laser strata
I am the anti-large things in my groups... reserve Orbital rail for bile titans. Reserve laser for taking out entire hives as they even target the holes (works even better for automaton bases). Railcannon sup wep to knock off armor on chargers and finish bile titans. The med pen AR eats through all bugs without being stopped except the chargers, but as previously stated... those get wrecked. 2 railcannon shots to a charger leg knocks off armor, just out half a mag into that leg with main wep and it's dead.
I really like the Spear Gun :) It can oneshot Titans but it seems a little buggy sometimes 😂
I use the free one from free warbond for armor. The one that has 50% chance of not dying. Now, IF ONLY they add another fast armor like breaker but with the DEMOCRACY PROTECTS perk, I'd get that one. Faster and quite often, free 2nd chance.
so you dont go heavy armor what so ever because its bugged. you either go scout armor or mid armor for the perks that give you a 50% chance to live
For the grenade launcher it's best to use the supply pack backpack as you can refill your ammo and it will refill your grenade launcher ammo
once you and like one friend hits level 20 and you have access to everything those citizen escort missions arent so bad. my friend and I kinda have it down to where we can do it with random ppl on any difficulty before suicide. then suicide and higher we do when we have a full squad very consistently. as long as you are killing the hulks on cooldown with everyone's orbital rail cannon the rest of the robots are easy to just mow down. if it gets a little overwhelming we call an orbital laser down to reset. we also just spam the civilians out we dont care how many die since the "punishment" at the end for their deaths is negligible. so we just spam the buttons on cooldown and kill the hulks on cooldown. if you miss a hulk or two allowing them to get close youre probably gonna get put in a cycle of dying or running around for a few mins so make sure the hulks are ALWAYS taken out as soon as they are spotted
Vouching for the scorcher, it’s amazing for a lot of the bigger enemies.
Also, hidden trait on the Senator revolver is that its has higher armor penetration