the sickle is my main weapon of choice, not having to deal with ammo is really nice, i also have equipped the dagger (laser pistol) for when my main gets too hot, works very well!
While I used to love the sickle, I wish it would get a damage buff. Also the Rover is more of a liability at higher levels but great at lower ones running solo or in small groups. Gun rover is better once you get more involved with managing it's ammo. Laser Cannon is cool and might be better with new unflinching, I'd have to test it out tonight but really prefer the versatility of the Queso cannon.
@@OPElvoneI think if the Scythe became M pen, that would be perfect. The sickle being light pen feels perfect to use. It feels like a more ammo friendly liberator. But the scythe (in my opinion) could be the middle ground between the other lasers and the LC
@ make it part of a Light & Magic warbond, where the armor has LEDs and zaps anyone that gets close to you, ( downside is increased detection radius) and a laser marker that guide an orbital weapon.
20:20 I was thinking about, that with a new difficulty, maybe a boss fight? Like in Helldivers 1 where you can do Boss Fights. It would be a hell of a time, but a fun one. And with the kill maybe gain a boost of experience when the mission is over.
People are going to hate me for saying this: the best laser build is to pair them with an eat. Ditch the shield for one. Drop an eat near the start of every bug hole. Use as needed, then pick your laser back up. Personally, i like the lasers. They are party of what feels different from other shooters.
If you're using Laser Cannon, you might as well try using Halt as your main weapon, and abuse the stun rounds. Stun the enemies and then melt them with your laser.
I wouldn't use the word "criminally", the problem for this build is quite obvious, the lack of anti-tank capability. yes you have thermite, but there are only 5 (3 if not using engineering kit), you can only throw the thermite so far (unless you get servo-assist), also depends on the angle the thermite may bounce off, and unless you stick it on a charger's head it might not one shot it, which is why I eventually give up on thermite even it is buffed, and turn to recoiless/quasar. IMO this build only works when either (1) you teammates have strong AT capability or (2) you play stealth, i.e. not causing bug breaches as much as possible. I wouldn't recommend using this if you are playing with random team on D10.
Personally I run Sickle with the Senator. Allows both an option to deal with chaff and (smaller) armored enemies immediately on deployment, along with long-term sustainability if away from squad.
That is my GOATed load out as well, the senator is the revolver right? It's great for dealing with more armoured enemies that the sickle has trouble with.
My personal loadout for a laser build is this: Primary: Scythe Secondary: Grenade Pistol Grenade: Thermite Stratagems: Orbital Laser Orbital Railcannon Strike Laser Cannon or Quasar Cannon Shield Generator Pack
Sickle is a fantastic gun if you run something to deal with Medium Armour, the Sythe is also good with some patience (works great on Bots), but the biggest unsung hero so far was the Dagger, being able to run away from bugs and setting them on fire was very effective especially if you have light armour and can outrun most Hunters The Laser Cannon still feels a bit lacking, if the TTK was a bit higher it truly would be perfect
They have that underrated nature because of how useless they were only up until recently. The Scythe was absolutely useless in base Helldivers 2. It quite literally only had 1 thing going for it. Ammo. Everything else was hot garbage only until recently when now every single gun is viable.
@@OPElvone ive never ran out of sickle ammo once before maybe have one mag left but id never let the last mag burn out lol its hard to run out of ammo for real for that or the scythe, honestly prefer the scythe now even tho the sickle got a cool ass pew pew sound now
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I still maintain the belief that cold planets never last long under enemy control because the lasermaxxers all rush over to them every time
too right mate, lol
the sickle is my main weapon of choice, not having to deal with ammo is really nice, i also have equipped the dagger (laser pistol) for when my main gets too hot, works very well!
They work even better on cold planets
Laser cannon needs a little more damage and then it’s perfect
Agreed.
While I used to love the sickle, I wish it would get a damage buff.
Also the Rover is more of a liability at higher levels but great at lower ones running solo or in small groups. Gun rover is better once you get more involved with managing it's ammo.
Laser Cannon is cool and might be better with new unflinching, I'd have to test it out tonight but really prefer the versatility of the Queso cannon.
The orbital laser has more use on the bot side, just like the orbital railgun. On the terminate side they are just good to kill the big ones
Need a M pen laser primary
I need it desperately.
@@OPElvoneI think if the Scythe became M pen, that would be perfect. The sickle being light pen feels perfect to use. It feels like a more ammo friendly liberator. But the scythe (in my opinion) could be the middle ground between the other lasers and the LC
@ make it part of a Light & Magic warbond, where the armor has LEDs and zaps anyone that gets close to you, ( downside is increased detection radius) and a laser marker that guide an orbital weapon.
20:20
I was thinking about, that with a new difficulty, maybe a boss fight? Like in Helldivers 1 where you can do Boss Fights. It would be a hell of a time, but a fun one. And with the kill maybe gain a boost of experience when the mission is over.
That would be awesome
People are going to hate me for saying this: the best laser build is to pair them with an eat.
Ditch the shield for one. Drop an eat near the start of every bug hole. Use as needed, then pick your laser back up.
Personally, i like the lasers. They are party of what feels different from other shooters.
The EAT makes every build better.
If you're using Laser Cannon, you might as well try using Halt as your main weapon, and abuse the stun rounds. Stun the enemies and then melt them with your laser.
I'll try this.
I wouldn't use the word "criminally", the problem for this build is quite obvious, the lack of anti-tank capability. yes you have thermite, but there are only 5 (3 if not using engineering kit), you can only throw the thermite so far (unless you get servo-assist), also depends on the angle the thermite may bounce off, and unless you stick it on a charger's head it might not one shot it, which is why I eventually give up on thermite even it is buffed, and turn to recoiless/quasar. IMO this build only works when either (1) you teammates have strong AT capability or (2) you play stealth, i.e. not causing bug breaches as much as possible. I wouldn't recommend using this if you are playing with random team on D10.
Personally I run Sickle with the Senator. Allows both an option to deal with chaff and (smaller) armored enemies immediately on deployment, along with long-term sustainability if away from squad.
That is my GOATed load out as well, the senator is the revolver right? It's great for dealing with more armoured enemies that the sickle has trouble with.
@@Omegaset Yep, and its the only gun with 4 armor penetration and can 3 shot Hulks in the eye.
My personal loadout for a laser build is this:
Primary: Scythe
Secondary: Grenade Pistol
Grenade: Thermite
Stratagems:
Orbital Laser
Orbital Railcannon Strike
Laser Cannon or Quasar Cannon
Shield Generator Pack
I’ve been using the scythe since it came out and never switched again.
I used to use it a lot 'til it got nerfed, but its still pretty solid
Try the Blitzer/Stun Grenade combo.
@@TheJestersDoor sounds good, I'll give it a try
Sickle is a fantastic gun if you run something to deal with Medium Armour, the Sythe is also good with some patience (works great on Bots), but the biggest unsung hero so far was the Dagger, being able to run away from bugs and setting them on fire was very effective especially if you have light armour and can outrun most Hunters
The Laser Cannon still feels a bit lacking, if the TTK was a bit higher it truly would be perfect
I agree, a buff for the laser canon would be a welcome change.
yep i dont like lasers because burning enemies dont fill me with confidence the way chunked, beheaded bugs do with an mg or assault rifle
Yeah, the laser kills look less violent
Tried scythe once instantly understood the tech divers only thing that ain’t laser in my load out is the gernade
I would love to see explosive build (crossbow, GP, grenade launcher, grenadier heavy armour, 380mm, 120mm, 500kg and high explosive grenades)
Mmm, I like that combo.
Just switch that laser cannon for quasar and you can one shot bile titans chargers impalers tanks and hulks.
But the laser is so fun to use though.
They have that underrated nature because of how useless they were only up until recently. The Scythe was absolutely useless in base Helldivers 2. It quite literally only had 1 thing going for it. Ammo. Everything else was hot garbage only until recently when now every single gun is viable.
Can't argue, fair point
I allways collect every sample. Yes i don't need them. but maybe other teammates do
why don't you take strafing run and 500kg for hevies
if it can't pen medium armor it doesn't make my cut :)
That's fair, I actually lean more towards medium pen weapon myself
Sickle isnt underrated, it was overused for months and most ppl still playing from then are burnt out from it
I agree, it used to be used a lot but after it's nerf, If fell off massively.
@@OPElvonewhat was the nerf? I didn’t see it
@@Antonio-f8d Before the 60-day buff, there was a patch that sliced its ammo capacity in half.
@@OPElvone ive never ran out of sickle ammo once before maybe have one mag left but id never let the last mag burn out lol its hard to run out of ammo for real for that or the scythe, honestly prefer the scythe now even tho the sickle got a cool ass pew pew sound now
I'd like a laser turret just for the lol
The team kills would be hilarious
I think queso cannon could have worked well here
yeah, but I picked laser canon for the purpose of the video.
@@OPElvone but queso 😥
I just think their not fun tbh, I feeling each shot instead of just holding down on an enemy
Why does a 5/10 build get a "criminally underrated" title? Am I missing something?
trust me, sickle was never underrated.
Sees a laser video, I'm interested
Sees that you're playing with a team
Nevermind I'll go somewhere else
That's how you play the game
@tater7105 fuck that noise, I'm a solo player.
The unskilled divers loadout
If you say so lol
No such thing. Loadouts don't make the divers effective, tactics and experience do.
It's the other way around, if a divers can thrive with such underpowered loadout that means that divers really has skill lol