You can’t land aggressively you are correct, but you can land it without smoking it ever if you’ve been flying for 10 years like myself. And with the ability to spam flares, it makes it extremely easy to keep people from rocketing you
Buzzard was a game changer in the early days before I got my oppressor. Made grinding money a lot quicker and easier. Definitely like the handling on the buzzard over the sparrow.
@@mischievousjr.9299 the fact of being a tad more stiff than the sparrow is why I like it, I guess if I actually flew the sparrow more often I'd probably get used to it though. 🙂
And if you need a tougher and better helicopter, get the savage because it can take 2 rpg and 2 homing missiles. Its armor is also better than both buzzard and sparrow. For this savage, the only downside is its speed is slower than both the buzzard and the sparrow. The savage is very easy to get used to it just like the buzzard and the sparrow, and I think in money grinding terms, it will be a lot faster than both buzzard and the sparrow but just be careful because its bigger than both buzzard and sparrow so just be extra careful when landing it. I am gonna get this savage!!! 🤣🤣🤣
I feel like they nerfed the buzzard because i could use 1 rocket too track an kill on shipments but it like he oppressor you gotta really aim n it's annoying
@@marconisantana4410yeah in terms of video game balancing it has to be that way to not make it overpowered. In real life the hind is basically a flying tank and it is extremely dangerous and resistant to small arms fire. There is a reason why they were used in the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
I remember when the hunter was added to one of the hanger resupply missions, after doing the mission and using the fh1 hunter i bought it asap and have never regretted my purchase since.
Given that the kosatka is a submarine, and the sea sparrow can land on water, i dont know why they didnt make it so that the sea sparrow lands in the kosatka. Its just better bc it can do everything the sparrow can do, just better. Only problem right now is it doesnt spawn next to you. Obviously if it was kosatka vehicle it would probably so yea
another bonus to both the stealth annihilator and the akula (along with any other vehicle which has a stealth mode of some sort) is that when you have a wanted level with 3 or more stars when you enable stealth mode your wanted level immediately goes down to 2 stars
In attack roles I would say all of the top 5 are good to use depending on the combat situation and should be given different roles on the battlefield. The Buzzard and Sparrow pair well together in the light attack role, because you can spawn both easily, use them as reserves for each other for when you just need something quick to deliver ordnance on targets, the Buzzard is slightly better in air to air situations because it's minigun are good in close quarters. If you're mostly a solo player and grinder the Savage is a really good choice in the heavy attack role for many business and VIP work as well as it being good in some contact missions. The Akula if you're good with low flying using buildings and geography as cover to lower chance of detection paired with the stealth is good for when you want to ambush and perform quick attacks.
The Annihilator Stealth is a good aircraft if you apply it properly in your helicopter doctrine, you shouldn't use it in an attack role as you would with gunships like Akula, Hunter and Savage. The Annihilator should be used as what it is, a utility helicopter for moving troops around the map and delivering them to where they are needed. It's stealth capabilities should paired with low flying using the geography and buildings as cover to reduce chance of detection from the ground and air. It's rappelling abilities make it great for inserting troops into areas that are too tight for the helicopter to land and it's open cabin can be useful for extracting your men in areas such as certain building roofs and other areas you may not be able to land by hovering the side of the helicopter by edges still allowing your men to board, if need the homing missiles can also be useful for close air support for your disembarked troops if needed.
@@leech2892 I've been getting a lot of use out of it doing missions like Cayo Perico preps moving people around the map without detection in hot airspaces, inserting them into areas other helicopters can't land and extracting them using the open cabins.
@@crimsoncarnotaurus it is useless because it is overpriced and way too weak in terms of armor, as for moving "troops" around the map, just take the Akula : it's faster and can hold 4 people which realistically you're never going to have to move more than 4 people especially because ceo associates limit is 4, it's also far more armored and much better at pvp or pve
@Stormyy6310 The Annihilator has better features for moving people around. The rappelling system allows you to insert them into areas too tight to land and open cabin allows you extract people without landing the helicopter for example if you're picking them up from buildings or on hill or mountainous terrain.
But eventually they both are piss weak and starts to get smoking very fast as I frequently use them. Try to get Akula stealth helicopter as soon as possible as it can tank a lot of bullets and its stealth mode can be used to lower the wanted levels by 2 stars so its pretty good especially if you are in a stuck situation.
@sanniez I know this already, that is why I keep spawning my personal aircraft at vespucci beach. The others are tight and difficult to reach, like example the sewers, you can also spawn your personal aircraft there but I don't recommend that stupid location
@@sanniez Personal aircraft spawn all aeound the map, and you don't have to remember all - just some that will definitely stick with you by frequency of use
It's a nice quality of life change that they added them, but in reality it doesn't matter much. Against people on foot you basically never get hit by rockets, same with other aircraft, only thing it's good for are stuff like Deluxo, Scramjet etc
For the FH1 Hunter, just land it on a open space like how you land a hydra or a lazer because its size is too big. Other than its size, i have no arguments for this FH1 Hunter. When i owned this helicopter recently, i flew it but it was pretty difficult to stop or bring it to a halt, so just take note.
Honourable mention to the (Weaponised) Thruster? I know it doesn’t have rotors, but it behaves like a helicopter. It’s also behind the Facility pay wall, so not exactly cheap. But, it’s a personal vehicle, it has great manoeuvrability & is relatively fast. You can fly/land it in much narrower gaps than any helicopter (including the Havoc). Plus, it has a magic hitbox that screws with Mk2 noobs.
Pro tip: If you want to spawn personal helicopters really close to you, use the Vespucci Beach. To do this go to Vespucci Beach > Return personal vehicle to storage > Request personal aircraft > scroll to (your preferred aircraft from the hangar) and your personal helicopter can be found on the beach but of course not near the shore. Another useful location to spawn personal helicopters is the sandy shores airfield if you decide to go manage your MC businesses, then sandy shores is also another useful location to spawn in your personal aircraft. Just FYI
There are plenty of spawns all around. 4 along Vespucci Beach, LSIA, Elysian Island, the Oil Fields, the Containership, the Canals with again, like 6 spawns, horse racetrack at the Casino and so on.. One spawn right next to the Route 68 facility (literally 2 meters from the hatch) and many many more. Just need to get a feeling for them
You also can't do anything as a passenger in the Sparrow or Sea Sparrow, with the buzzard, you can at least shoot out of it. I will say, however, the pontoons on the Sea Sparrow make for pretty nice bumpers, so you can land pretty hard and skid to a stop with no problems.
The Buzzard can literally be spawned anywhere anytime, while spawning the Sparrow once, and if for some reason like delivering a vehicle or something and getting away from it, you'll need to return it, wait for a cool down time, before being able to request it again, while the Buzzard you can request it as many times you need. Plus, if you have a Hanger, you can turn your Buzzard into a personal vehicle, so you can have three on the lobby for your friends, a personal, a CEO and a Pegasus one, useful when grinding I have the Sparrow as well, but there's absolutely nothing that makes it better than the Buzzard, even the size difference is in favor of the Buzzard as I can land it anywhere in first person view while I can't do the same with the Sparrow, the tail is too long so is the rotor blades
@obiwanshinobi87 I don't like doing the Cayo Perico heist all that much, but the few times I did, I used the Stromberg mostly and the Sparrow only for one mission to collect the weapons loadout, but even for that you could use the Buzzard as well, it's small you can just land on the Sub. I'm not hating on the Sparrow lol, for me it's just not as special as some people make it to be, definitely not better than the Buzzard for many reasons
@@AlexTM44 fair enough.. I made most my money doing cayo and I can only imagine the amount of time I saved using the sparrow... it also has countermeasures which can be a lifesaver.. but I see the buzzard getting the edge if cayo ain't your thing.. in the end what makes it better depends on what you use it for.. and I love the buzzard.. I been playing on and off since release so I had a lot of fun with it but being a cayo guy for me It's team sparrow
It's awesome to know that I own the #1 best helicopter and I didn't even know that when I bought it. Cheers for the info HN, I always enjoy watching your content. ✌🏼😎
@K1NG_of_ReVeNGe1 The Tula provided has guns more suited for taking out the Cargobob over the barges than the Seabreeze but other than that it doesn't really make much difference which one you pick if you're good at bombing.
@@crimsoncarnotaurus Especially when taking into account how gigantic a cargobob is, bombing it shouldn't be much of a problem. However the Seabreeze isn't as slow as the Tugboat like the Tula is and can actually hold it's own in dogfighting and general PvP in case you get attacked
I think Akula with with barrage missiles is number one when i am playing solo. It has armor, firepower and you can avoid almost any situation by using the stealth mode. If there is an oppressor appraching you you can just ascent and disappear unnoticed with the stealth mode. If you are playing with a friend the Hunter of course is the best. There is almost no counter and it wrecks anything.
The 2 best are the Savage and the Hunter, if you're solo. If you have a Gunner than the Hunter clearly outshines. They both have insane weaponry, so by default I'd put them both on Number 1 Akula is arguably as powerful as the Hunter and Savage (if you use Barrage, not Homing) - tanky, fast, agile, *off radar* and the 4 missile Barrage is just so damn good. Sparrow is great, super fast, spam rockets, chaff, ignores Yacht defenses(underrated), small and agile, easily accessible - just bad against other Helicopters or planes. Buzzard is the old reliable. Great MG's, Rockets, Small and agile, easily accessible. Fragile, but in skilled hands it's pretty good, also very affordable. Anything else are just spice picks I'd say. I have a weaponized Conada, Annihilator and it's stealth variant, Valkyrie and all others. They can be fun, but they just absolutely lack in too many aspects. I also have a second Akula with homing Rockets, and it is a grinders wet dream with it's off radar - but anything PvP? Use the Barrage. (Yes, you can get non-homing Rockets on the homing rocket akula by swiping left on the PS5's touchpad, but that takes time. Would rather use a Barrage.)
The Sea Sparrow is nice for the crates mission that is in the water that you have to go to and destroy. It's nice if you don't have a weaponized boat or an Opressor. Also, if you have this when you start work with the sub, it's a great starter because you can land in the water and fly away to make your next retrieval. For this, it is a VERY useful helicopter and I wouldn't hesitate in getting that Sea Sparrow. The only thing the Buzzard has over it, in my opinion, is convenience.
i spent my first month grinding tons of money in this game for the first time and bought pretty much every helicopter i was interested in and also plane, ive tried each one of them in hangar cargo missions and so far savage is such a blast, maybe not as fast or agile as a akula hunter or sparrow but gives in return a boom boom Gatlin gun, plus, its slow handling and infinite homing missiles makes him so good and flyng sideways and keeping a perfect aim on the target, overall my favorite helicopter, i honestly feel more confident id do good with it instead of a hunter in pvp, for planes i absolutely loved the nokota and rouge, way over than the raiju, i takes a few minutes but once you get the hang of it you can have so much more fun with it, (yeah im a pretty fast learner and have always got the hang of any game since i have memories, so i know people that have been playing this game for way longer than me and still cant land a heli, like my friend with his sparrow, casually has been playing for 6 years and always crashs it too hard, and me thats only been a month in it can consistently land it at high speed without damaging it lol)
I'm still loving the annihilator above all others, at least for simply using and flying. I'm not exactly a fighter, regardless of weapon. It handles like you'd expect it to handle, and feels great to use around. It has alot of nice quirks about it that many other helicopters just don't have. If I do have to fight things, I use the savage, but so frequently I feel like that thing falls apart way faster than the annihilator, even if it's also actually killing things with little aiming.
I love the buzzards, it has been there for me since day one. I remember doing Covenant Trash Talk and moe missions with my buzzard. I like the Akula too but it just spawns too far. Sparrow is my go to.
Buzzard has its advantages such as shock absorption, durability and possibility of ordering without early return. However, Sparrow not only has flares and is faster, but most of all it crushes Buzzard by the lack of rocket cooldown, which allows it to clear an area of enemies just like the Opressor, and the lack of a cannon is an advantage because it's useless anyway, at least you don't have to switch cannon. The price is a weak argument because everyone has Kosatka and Sparrow is necessary for heist preparations, and in fact it is best to have both in case one is destroyed.
If you do pvp the lack of the miniguns is a death sentence when fighting other helis and the buzzard is also much better at shooting ground targets but for grinding I agree with all you said
@@Stormyy6310 Let's assume that a Buzzard is fighting a Sparrow. Before Buzzard does anything with this minigun, he will receive a series of rockets. And if the Buzzard sends 2 rockets, the Sparrow will release flares and fly away. Ground targets? If you have 1-2, it's fine, but if you have more, you'll be waiting eternity for next rockets.
@@qkohe155 I assume you are new in this game or haven't done much pvp, most missiles in gta can be easily dodged when piloting any helicopter (except for the cargobob), this makes it so that missiles aren't the determining factor in helicopter dogfights when both pilots know what they're doing. Looking back on it I should have probably said that I was talking exclusively pvp (as most of the times you are going to be using a mk2 for pve), while the missiles of the sparrow which can be spammed are advantageous in pve because it allows you to easily get rid of npcs, in pvp the buzzard's missiles are better because they are not centered and it cycles between the left and the right missile pod when you fire, now you might see this as a negative but it actually is a positive as the explosion radius of the missiles means that even if you are not precise and right on target like you need to be with the sparrow due to its centered non cycling missiles it'll still kill him, this coupled with the fact that the buzzard's maneuverability and stability makes it very easy to point your nose down and keep this position means that the buzzard is superior to the sparrow in pvp
Buzzard will annihilate the Sparrow in a dogfight, if you're using homing missiles you're doing it wrong, a well placed free aim rocket will get the sparrow from a distance, Buzzard miniguns will shred the Sparrow up close. The only reason you should choose the Sparrow over the Buzzard is if you're not skilled enough to use the Buzzard guns
@@BuzzardMGs The truth is that hardly anyone does helicopter fights. Usually, while moving around the map, these are random attacks using homing missiles, in Sparrow you release flares and fly further, and the Buzzard won't catch up with you.
The trade price isn't always the best option. Yeah, it's cheaper buy a bit, but it really depends. Take the f-160, for example. If you buy it with the trade price you save 1.6 million. However, in order to unlock that trade price you have to spend 5 million on an Avenger.
I like the sparrow over the buzzard simply because it can spam missiles. Whereas buzzard cannot. Both are fantastic helicopters. I just prefer the sparrow.
But eventually they both the buzzard and the sparrow are piss weak and starts to get smoking very fast as I frequently use them. Try to get Akula stealth helicopter as soon as possible as it can tank a lot of bullets and its stealth mode can be used to lower the wanted levels by 2 stars so its pretty good especially if you are in a stuck situation.
Another annoying thing about the sparrow is that you have to return it to the kosatka to get it to respawn it back near to you, thats why i use the buzzard more often then the sparrow
lol this reminds me how earlier today how I was driving my car and then some griefer bombs me in some sort of attack helicopter and he messages me and says “noobCaR” and then he crashed his helicopter and he rage quit lol
Savage is good old fun and all but if you are poor it’s a terrible purchase lol. I learned the hard way it was my first purchase way back when and now I only bust it out for pvp when I can’t lock on to annoying people.
Great vid. Disagree with some of your choices. Akula should've taken the top spot. Element of surprise is better than any other weapon. The only limitation with this helicopter is the skill of the pilot. Also Kosatka Sparrow should've been higher. CEO Buzzard is good but you have to stay in the org for the duration of its use, meaning your businesses can get raided. The Sparrow does not have this limitation and has countermeasures. All in all still a great vid.
Thank you i love how people are forgetting the set back and don't get me started with public lobbies it is such a pain to find just 1 lobby that isn't full.
Adding to the sparrow vs buzzard discussion: Yes the sparrow requires u to own a kosatka, but the kosatka is still (after the 3rd nerf) the best way to make money in the game (and some people will argue that u can also complete the Dre contract in ~1h with perfect optimization, but if we are starting to argue like this, u can easily do cayo in 45, even without fast travel jobs, and get more than a mil) so in the eventually u need to buy a kosatka & a sparrow anyway. So why not just buy it at the beginning of the game . easily possible if u just do some basic business stuff (from the business you chose on console or the criminal enterprise pack on pc + starting money & all 11 dose missions.
Don't do cayo heist, instead move on to Dre Vip Contract which gives you 1 million without cooldown and cutscenes (only after playing the 1st time). After playing the 1st time, you get to skip the golf course intro and the Fib setup mission. Which means that you only need to do those 3 leaks, studio time and don't mess with dre and then boom easy 1 million. You can also use heist vehicles in this Dre Vip Contract from the Agency
@@Ariffin958 Cayo Perico is over a million per hour, you can’t do that with the Dr Dre contract, just do payphone hits and manage your businesses in the time between the heists.
@@ishanballa8017 The person who told you that Cayo heist can get you over a million is last time but now because of the latest nerf to Cayo heist, you can't find cocaine very easily as its the only highest value secondary target. So still thinking of a million with this heist? Almost million if you dare to walk in deeper and kill some guards just to get extra weed or cash
Sparrow… or buzzard if you ballin on a budget. Transportation and menu call ins above all else! Savage was my first helicopter but it’s handling and armor are dookie butter and the run to spawn is annoying af.
The avenger i vtal helichopper mode should also be in the helichopper list and really good armour amd new weapon system for pilots along with weapon system for co pilots
I like your list, I mostly agree, however, sadly, I think the sparrow still wins because the defense. yes, I can’t take a rocket, but you can spam the flares faster than most people can lock on. But I would like that to be tested and thoroughly checked before making a video on it however, I like your list but most of us play by ourselves if you’re into making money and you don’t care about PVP, we need a little defense to helicopters, it is great for PVE’ers because we can spawn them in on the fly
another point of Sparrow vs Buzzard if the buzzard is damaged and you call it again after spawning it - it will be damaged if it was damaged before my #1 is the Savage! it has the strongest cannon of all Helicopters is can take out targets much faster which are heavily armored like tanks or night sharks which could escape fast if you loose them the gun is very precise against the barrage of the hunter in 1v1 with a hunter you will roast it in no time
The Hunter pilot will avoid to stay in the range of the savage minigun or in the same height (the hunter can ascent way faster) if he skilled. If both the hunter and savage pilots are skilled there isnt much the savage can do.
The sparrow spawns 99% of the one right next to you provided it has a place to spawn, if not it doesn’t, it’s very fast and the honing mussels are great, but you bang into one thing, it starts smoking, so the buzzard is tougher, but you can also use the sparrow for Cayo Perico and I do t think the buzzard counts as a personal vehicle, anyway there is no competition here in my opinion
Rockstar thinks that they can replace the buzzard with this weaponized conada, but the real fact is the buzzard is still a better choice over the weaponized conada only for the ease of spawning the buzzard right next to you ONLY IF YOU ARE IN CEO!!!
I find helicopters very vulnerable to say the least. I have the oppressor and duluxo wrong spelling I know 😅 easy to helicopters in there underbelly and boom 😅
You should probably buy the sparrow if you already have the kosakta but you shouldn't buy the kosakta just for the sparrow, you should just buy the buzzard in that case. I personally have a sparrow on my main account. On my other account which im trying to grow I don't have a helicopter I already have a kosakta, should I buy a sparrow or a buzzard
Back when cayo came out I had boughten everything only because I wanted to give it a try. And I had fallen in love with the sparrow due to i can call it in with no problem like yeah there is a time limit until you have to call it back but it isn't as long as the MK2 nor can respawn it and it is still damaged.
The Buzzard is way better than the Sparrow. You can call the buzzard in while you already have a buzzard on the map. With the Sparrow, you have to return it to your Sub and then respawn it. This makes doing certain tasks like collecting crates useless for the Sparrow. The only advantage to the Sparrow is the Submarine and MC - otherwise Buzzard wins all other categories.
You can return fast by menu, and Sparrow not only has flares and is faster, but most of all it crushes Buzzard by the lack of rocket cooldown, which allows it to clear an area of enemies just like the Opressor.Sparrow is also necessary for heist preparations, and in fact it is best to have both in case one is destroyed.
@@qkohe155flares can't dodge my Buzzard miniguns, speed will only help you when you run away, rocket spam is useless when your opponent dodges every one 😂
I feel like the CEO spawn menu puts the Buzzard at #2 behind the Akula. I probably use the Buzzard more than the Akula or the Raiju just because of accessibility. (Solo player, so the Hunter doesn’t do it for me) New players (if there are still any of those)- buy the buzzard before you buy any other vehicle.
Another problem with the Sparrow is just how fragile it is. Its damn near impossible to land it without it starting to smoke.
Quit smoke. 🤣😂
@@lukilukovic thats waht i say to mine all the time XD
You can’t land aggressively you are correct, but you can land it without smoking it ever if you’ve been flying for 10 years like myself. And with the ability to spam flares, it makes it extremely easy to keep people from rocketing you
Savage 😢
@@hcx-wp8bv yeah that ones even worse
Buzzard was a game changer in the early days before I got my oppressor. Made grinding money a lot quicker and easier. Definitely like the handling on the buzzard over the sparrow.
Fr ? The buzzard seems more stiff than the Sparrow. I mean they're both very good. I respect your opinion
The fact that you said "I respect your opinion" had me respecting your comment even more
@@mischievousjr.9299 the fact of being a tad more stiff than the sparrow is why I like it, I guess if I actually flew the sparrow more often I'd probably get used to it though. 🙂
And if you need a tougher and better helicopter, get the savage because it can take 2 rpg and 2 homing missiles. Its armor is also better than both buzzard and sparrow. For this savage, the only downside is its speed is slower than both the buzzard and the sparrow. The savage is very easy to get used to it just like the buzzard and the sparrow, and I think in money grinding terms, it will be a lot faster than both buzzard and the sparrow but just be careful because its bigger than both buzzard and sparrow so just be extra careful when landing it. I am gonna get this savage!!! 🤣🤣🤣
I feel like they nerfed the buzzard because i could use 1 rocket too track an kill on shipments but it like he oppressor you gotta really aim n it's annoying
Savage would be so much better if they just updated the armour to resist small arms better
I agree I hope we get a Savage update
@@HarmNone no bc then they'll 100% mess with the cannon which is literally the best part
@@marconisantana4410yeah in terms of video game balancing it has to be that way to not make it overpowered. In real life the hind is basically a flying tank and it is extremely dangerous and resistant to small arms fire. There is a reason why they were used in the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
A Mk.II variant with flares and better armour would be awesome
I remember when the hunter was added to one of the hanger resupply missions, after doing the mission and using the fh1 hunter i bought it asap and have never regretted my purchase since.
It's such a goddamn good helicopter!
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@@HarmNonepls reply my comment
what mission? or which type?
I would like to fly it before buying it. Deciding between Akula and Hunter
Given that the kosatka is a submarine, and the sea sparrow can land on water, i dont know why they didnt make it so that the sea sparrow lands in the kosatka. Its just better bc it can do everything the sparrow can do, just better. Only problem right now is it doesnt spawn next to you. Obviously if it was kosatka vehicle it would probably so yea
I don’t get it either man
another bonus to both the stealth annihilator and the akula (along with any other vehicle which has a stealth mode of some sort) is that when you have a wanted level with 3 or more stars when you enable stealth mode your wanted level immediately goes down to 2 stars
In attack roles I would say all of the top 5 are good to use depending on the combat situation and should be given different roles on the battlefield. The Buzzard and Sparrow pair well together in the light attack role, because you can spawn both easily, use them as reserves for each other for when you just need something quick to deliver ordnance on targets, the Buzzard is slightly better in air to air situations because it's minigun are good in close quarters. If you're mostly a solo player and grinder the Savage is a really good choice in the heavy attack role for many business and VIP work as well as it being good in some contact missions. The Akula if you're good with low flying using buildings and geography as cover to lower chance of detection paired with the stealth is good for when you want to ambush and perform quick attacks.
So true I agree completely
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@@HarmNoneplease reply my comments
I am NOT reading allat 😂😂
The Annihilator Stealth is a good aircraft if you apply it properly in your helicopter doctrine, you shouldn't use it in an attack role as you would with gunships like Akula, Hunter and Savage. The Annihilator should be used as what it is, a utility helicopter for moving troops around the map and delivering them to where they are needed. It's stealth capabilities should paired with low flying using the geography and buildings as cover to reduce chance of detection from the ground and air. It's rappelling abilities make it great for inserting troops into areas that are too tight for the helicopter to land and it's open cabin can be useful for extracting your men in areas such as certain building roofs and other areas you may not be able to land by hovering the side of the helicopter by edges still allowing your men to board, if need the homing missiles can also be useful for close air support for your disembarked troops if needed.
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Sounds like it's only worth it for RP weirdos cause I've never needed to "move troops around the map" 😂
@@leech2892 I've been getting a lot of use out of it doing missions like Cayo Perico preps moving people around the map without detection in hot airspaces, inserting them into areas other helicopters can't land and extracting them using the open cabins.
@@crimsoncarnotaurus it is useless because it is overpriced and way too weak in terms of armor, as for moving "troops" around the map, just take the Akula : it's faster and can hold 4 people which realistically you're never going to have to move more than 4 people especially because ceo associates limit is 4, it's also far more armored and much better at pvp or pve
@Stormyy6310 The Annihilator has better features for moving people around. The rappelling system allows you to insert them into areas too tight to land and open cabin allows you extract people without landing the helicopter for example if you're picking them up from buildings or on hill or mountainous terrain.
I liked having both the buzzard and then getting the sparrow so that if one gets blown up you can get the other without a cool down
This is definitely the move
But eventually they both are piss weak and starts to get smoking very fast as I frequently use them. Try to get Akula stealth helicopter as soon as possible as it can tank a lot of bullets and its stealth mode can be used to lower the wanted levels by 2 stars so its pretty good especially if you are in a stuck situation.
@@Ariffin958 nah the akula spwan locations don’t make it worth it imo
@sanniez I know this already, that is why I keep spawning my personal aircraft at vespucci beach. The others are tight and difficult to reach, like example the sewers, you can also spawn your personal aircraft there but I don't recommend that stupid location
@@sanniez
Personal aircraft spawn all aeound the map, and you don't have to remember all - just some that will definitely stick with you by frequency of use
They should add countermeasures to most of these, just to make them more viable to players.
Agreed
Everyone casually forgetting the countermeasures on the sparrow
I did forget that 😭
It's a nice quality of life change that they added them, but in reality it doesn't matter much. Against people on foot you basically never get hit by rockets, same with other aircraft, only thing it's good for are stuff like Deluxo, Scramjet etc
For the FH1 Hunter, just land it on a open space like how you land a hydra or a lazer because its size is too big. Other than its size, i have no arguments for this FH1 Hunter. When i owned this helicopter recently, i flew it but it was pretty difficult to stop or bring it to a halt, so just take note.
Big on this video!
One more perk for the Sparrow is that it can be equipped with countermeasures and most of the others cannot.
Good call brother! I always forget!
Yeah but they nerfed the countermeasures they used to be unlimited now they're limited to 10 if i'm correct.
@@UltimatelyEverythingmaybe for flares but the other one has unlimited
Honourable mention to the (Weaponised) Thruster? I know it doesn’t have rotors, but it behaves like a helicopter. It’s also behind the Facility pay wall, so not exactly cheap. But, it’s a personal vehicle, it has great manoeuvrability & is relatively fast. You can fly/land it in much narrower gaps than any helicopter (including the Havoc). Plus, it has a magic hitbox that screws with Mk2 noobs.
Thought I was trippin when I heard the Skyrim music lol
Pro tip: If you want to spawn personal helicopters really close to you, use the Vespucci Beach. To do this go to Vespucci Beach > Return personal vehicle to storage > Request personal aircraft > scroll to (your preferred aircraft from the hangar) and your personal helicopter can be found on the beach but of course not near the shore. Another useful location to spawn personal helicopters is the sandy shores airfield if you decide to go manage your MC businesses, then sandy shores is also another useful location to spawn in your personal aircraft. Just FYI
There are plenty of spawns all around. 4 along Vespucci Beach, LSIA, Elysian Island, the Oil Fields, the Containership, the Canals with again, like 6 spawns, horse racetrack at the Casino and so on.. One spawn right next to the Route 68 facility (literally 2 meters from the hatch) and many many more. Just need to get a feeling for them
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You also can't do anything as a passenger in the Sparrow or Sea Sparrow, with the buzzard, you can at least shoot out of it. I will say, however, the pontoons on the Sea Sparrow make for pretty nice bumpers, so you can land pretty hard and skid to a stop with no problems.
The Buzzard can literally be spawned anywhere anytime, while spawning the Sparrow once, and if for some reason like delivering a vehicle or something and getting away from it, you'll need to return it, wait for a cool down time, before being able to request it again, while the Buzzard you can request it as many times you need.
Plus, if you have a Hanger, you can turn your Buzzard into a personal vehicle, so you can have three on the lobby for your friends, a personal, a CEO and a Pegasus one, useful when grinding
I have the Sparrow as well, but there's absolutely nothing that makes it better than the Buzzard, even the size difference is in favor of the Buzzard as I can land it anywhere in first person view while I can't do the same with the Sparrow, the tail is too long so is the rotor blades
You forget that sparrow is basically made for Cayo Perico setups
Finally someone who likes the Buzzard in my comments lol
@obiwanshinobi87 I don't like doing the Cayo Perico heist all that much, but the few times I did, I used the Stromberg mostly and the Sparrow only for one mission to collect the weapons loadout, but even for that you could use the Buzzard as well, it's small you can just land on the Sub.
I'm not hating on the Sparrow lol, for me it's just not as special as some people make it to be, definitely not better than the Buzzard for many reasons
@@AlexTM44 fair enough.. I made most my money doing cayo and I can only imagine the amount of time I saved using the sparrow... it also has countermeasures which can be a lifesaver.. but I see the buzzard getting the edge if cayo ain't your thing.. in the end what makes it better depends on what you use it for.. and I love the buzzard.. I been playing on and off since release so I had a lot of fun with it but being a cayo guy for me It's team sparrow
@@HarmNoneBuzzard is my main go to helicopter, I use it all the time it's a beast 👍
It's awesome to know that I own the #1 best helicopter and I didn't even know that when I bought it. Cheers for the info HN, I always enjoy watching your content. ✌🏼😎
Hey that's awesome my friend! Thanks for watching :)
@@HarmNone You're most welcome mate. Keep up the awesome work 💪
I'd like to say, the Sea Sparrow is very useful for those annoying CEO/Hanger missions that are on the water
I bought my Sea Sparrow for that role, but if you're decent at bombing, the Tula is good enough.
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The damn Tula? Just use the Seabrezze my guy
@K1NG_of_ReVeNGe1 The Tula provided has guns more suited for taking out the Cargobob over the barges than the Seabreeze but other than that it doesn't really make much difference which one you pick if you're good at bombing.
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Especially when taking into account how gigantic a cargobob is, bombing it shouldn't be much of a problem. However the Seabreeze isn't as slow as the Tugboat like the Tula is and can actually hold it's own in dogfighting and general PvP in case you get attacked
I like the Skyrim music man shows you’re a real OG.
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I think Akula with with barrage missiles is number one when i am playing solo. It has armor, firepower and you can avoid almost any situation by using the stealth mode. If there is an oppressor appraching you you can just ascent and disappear unnoticed with the stealth mode. If you are playing with a friend the Hunter of course is the best. There is almost no counter and it wrecks anything.
0:23 I like it when everyone decides to fall asleep 😂
The 2 best are the Savage and the Hunter, if you're solo. If you have a Gunner than the Hunter clearly outshines. They both have insane weaponry, so by default I'd put them both on Number 1
Akula is arguably as powerful as the Hunter and Savage (if you use Barrage, not Homing) - tanky, fast, agile, *off radar* and the 4 missile Barrage is just so damn good.
Sparrow is great, super fast, spam rockets, chaff, ignores Yacht defenses(underrated), small and agile, easily accessible - just bad against other Helicopters or planes.
Buzzard is the old reliable. Great MG's, Rockets, Small and agile, easily accessible. Fragile, but in skilled hands it's pretty good, also very affordable.
Anything else are just spice picks I'd say. I have a weaponized Conada, Annihilator and it's stealth variant, Valkyrie and all others. They can be fun, but they just absolutely lack in too many aspects. I also have a second Akula with homing Rockets, and it is a grinders wet dream with it's off radar - but anything PvP? Use the Barrage. (Yes, you can get non-homing Rockets on the homing rocket akula by swiping left on the PS5's touchpad, but that takes time. Would rather use a Barrage.)
The Sea Sparrow is nice for the crates mission that is in the water that you have to go to and destroy. It's nice if you don't have a weaponized boat or an Opressor.
Also, if you have this when you start work with the sub, it's a great starter because you can land in the water and fly away to make your next retrieval.
For this, it is a VERY useful helicopter and I wouldn't hesitate in getting that Sea Sparrow. The only thing the Buzzard has over it, in my opinion, is convenience.
i spent my first month grinding tons of money in this game for the first time and bought pretty much every helicopter i was interested in and also plane, ive tried each one of them in hangar cargo missions and so far savage is such a blast, maybe not as fast or agile as a akula hunter or sparrow but gives in return a boom boom Gatlin gun, plus, its slow handling and infinite homing missiles makes him so good and flyng sideways and keeping a perfect aim on the target, overall my favorite helicopter, i honestly feel more confident id do good with it instead of a hunter in pvp, for planes i absolutely loved the nokota and rouge, way over than the raiju, i takes a few minutes but once you get the hang of it you can have so much more fun with it, (yeah im a pretty fast learner and have always got the hang of any game since i have memories, so i know people that have been playing this game for way longer than me and still cant land a heli, like my friend with his sparrow, casually has been playing for 6 years and always crashs it too hard, and me thats only been a month in it can consistently land it at high speed without damaging it lol)
I'm still loving the annihilator above all others, at least for simply using and flying. I'm not exactly a fighter, regardless of weapon. It handles like you'd expect it to handle, and feels great to use around. It has alot of nice quirks about it that many other helicopters just don't have. If I do have to fight things, I use the savage, but so frequently I feel like that thing falls apart way faster than the annihilator, even if it's also actually killing things with little aiming.
I honestly totally forgot about the sea sparrow that would of came in handy for the crate mission out at sea
Fr though it’s really good
I love the buzzards, it has been there for me since day one. I remember doing Covenant Trash Talk and moe missions with my buzzard. I like the Akula too but it just spawns too far.
Sparrow is my go to.
The Buzzard is so good and I remember doing trash talk with it so much 😭
Buzzard is the OG🤘
Buzzard has its advantages such as shock absorption, durability and possibility of ordering without early return. However, Sparrow not only has flares and is faster, but most of all it crushes Buzzard by the lack of rocket cooldown, which allows it to clear an area of enemies just like the Opressor, and the lack of a cannon is an advantage because it's useless anyway, at least you don't have to switch cannon. The price is a weak argument because everyone has Kosatka and Sparrow is necessary for heist preparations, and in fact it is best to have both in case one is destroyed.
If you do pvp the lack of the miniguns is a death sentence when fighting other helis and the buzzard is also much better at shooting ground targets but for grinding I agree with all you said
@@Stormyy6310 Let's assume that a Buzzard is fighting a Sparrow. Before Buzzard does anything with this minigun, he will receive a series of rockets. And if the Buzzard sends 2 rockets, the Sparrow will release flares and fly away.
Ground targets? If you have 1-2, it's fine, but if you have more, you'll be waiting eternity for next rockets.
@@qkohe155 I assume you are new in this game or haven't done much pvp, most missiles in gta can be easily dodged when piloting any helicopter (except for the cargobob), this makes it so that missiles aren't the determining factor in helicopter dogfights when both pilots know what they're doing. Looking back on it I should have probably said that I was talking exclusively pvp (as most of the times you are going to be using a mk2 for pve), while the missiles of the sparrow which can be spammed are advantageous in pve because it allows you to easily get rid of npcs, in pvp the buzzard's missiles are better because they are not centered and it cycles between the left and the right missile pod when you fire, now you might see this as a negative but it actually is a positive as the explosion radius of the missiles means that even if you are not precise and right on target like you need to be with the sparrow due to its centered non cycling missiles it'll still kill him, this coupled with the fact that the buzzard's maneuverability and stability makes it very easy to point your nose down and keep this position means that the buzzard is superior to the sparrow in pvp
Buzzard will annihilate the Sparrow in a dogfight, if you're using homing missiles you're doing it wrong, a well placed free aim rocket will get the sparrow from a distance, Buzzard miniguns will shred the Sparrow up close. The only reason you should choose the Sparrow over the Buzzard is if you're not skilled enough to use the Buzzard guns
@@BuzzardMGs The truth is that hardly anyone does helicopter fights. Usually, while moving around the map, these are random attacks using homing missiles, in Sparrow you release flares and fly further, and the Buzzard won't catch up with you.
The Weaponized Buzzard was the very first vehicle bought in GTA online 10 years ago . Took a lot of playing Coveted .
Since the last 2x autoshop contract i made a boat load of money and have been on the fence about the next heli to get then helped a bunch thanks
you forgot to mention that the sparrow has countermeasures, thats a huge advantage
A good player don’t need nothing more then a buzzard to do some good damage. I remember back in 2013 how much of a beast this helicopter used to be
The trade price isn't always the best option. Yeah, it's cheaper buy a bit, but it really depends. Take the f-160, for example. If you buy it with the trade price you save 1.6 million. However, in order to unlock that trade price you have to spend 5 million on an Avenger.
I can't argue with this list. The intros always make me laugh, too
I like the sparrow over the buzzard simply because it can spam missiles. Whereas buzzard cannot. Both are fantastic helicopters. I just prefer the sparrow.
Amazing video, as always, really interesting topic...
Glad you think so! Much appreciated!
I think the conada would be worth it if it had the annihilator miniguns with counter measures
Agreed
I wish the sparrow for the kosatka had a sea landing switch with inflatable landing
I really wish the Akula had coaxial rotors like the KA-52. No reason beyond aesthetics and we dont have a coaxial helicopter yet
But eventually they both the buzzard and the sparrow are piss weak and starts to get smoking very fast as I frequently use them. Try to get Akula stealth helicopter as soon as possible as it can tank a lot of bullets and its stealth mode can be used to lower the wanted levels by 2 stars so its pretty good especially if you are in a stuck situation.
Buying an Akula today. So pumped
Enjoy it!
That was really helpful, thank you 👍
Thank you for the video, greatly appreciated 😊
Another annoying thing about the sparrow is that you have to return it to the kosatka to get it to respawn it back near to you, thats why i use the buzzard more often then the sparrow
I think it would be nice to have an actual list written somewhere like in the description or. Just to look at it for quick reference. 👐🏾
I like that halo music that you put in there
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lol this reminds me how earlier today how I was driving my car and then some griefer bombs me in some sort of attack helicopter and he messages me and says “noobCaR” and then he crashed his helicopter and he rage quit lol
Casual Car guy W
Savage is good old fun and all but if you are poor it’s a terrible purchase lol. I learned the hard way it was my first purchase way back when and now I only bust it out for pvp when I can’t lock on to annoying people.
You are really good at reviewing these videos
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Great vid. Disagree with some of your choices.
Akula should've taken the top spot. Element of surprise is better than any other weapon. The only limitation with this helicopter is the skill of the pilot.
Also Kosatka Sparrow should've been higher. CEO Buzzard is good but you have to stay in the org for the duration of its use, meaning your businesses can get raided. The Sparrow does not have this limitation and has countermeasures.
All in all still a great vid.
Thank you i love how people are forgetting the set back and don't get me started with public lobbies it is such a pain to find just 1 lobby that isn't full.
They should allow autopilot for helicopters maybe even have them fly around in a circle like the chopper gunner from
Black ops
Thanks for the information it really helps
Glad it was helpful!
Halo song in the background 10/10
Skyrim>halo
Adding to the sparrow vs buzzard discussion:
Yes the sparrow requires u to own a kosatka, but the kosatka is still (after the 3rd nerf) the best way to make money in the game (and some people will argue that u can also complete the Dre contract in ~1h with perfect optimization, but if we are starting to argue like this, u can easily do cayo in 45, even without fast travel jobs, and get more than a mil) so in the eventually u need to buy a kosatka & a sparrow anyway. So why not just buy it at the beginning of the game . easily possible if u just do some basic business stuff (from the business you chose on console or the criminal enterprise pack on pc + starting money & all 11 dose missions.
I like the Skyrim music in the back lol
I'm in a predidicument I don't know to buy f hunter or akula. It's a tricky one I love the idea of stealth but same time the barage is ridiculous
Whats the difrance betwen race amd smoth handaling ? My f1 hunter is going all over the place with sport handaling😂
monkeyball adventure background music? wow i remember it from back in the day
Can you do a top 10 or top 5 Most maneuverable vehicles in the game( every class, and vehicle type)
Sea Sparrow is usefull in collectin packs for Import/export Business especialy when they are on water
Alone for the halo background music an like!
Weaponized Konada behind the Annihilator!? Thats saying alot… glad I never purchased one
Yeah it’s that bad lol
The sparrow isn’t 4 mil since you get the money from the Kosatka back after 1 or 2 heists and the rest is profit
But now that Cayo is nerfed it’s going to take like 4
Don't do cayo heist, instead move on to Dre Vip Contract which gives you 1 million without cooldown and cutscenes (only after playing the 1st time). After playing the 1st time, you get to skip the golf course intro and the Fib setup mission. Which means that you only need to do those 3 leaks, studio time and don't mess with dre and then boom easy 1 million. You can also use heist vehicles in this Dre Vip Contract from the Agency
@@Ariffin958 Cayo Perico is over a million per hour, you can’t do that with the Dr Dre contract, just do payphone hits and manage your businesses in the time between the heists.
@@ishanballa8017 The person who told you that Cayo heist can get you over a million is last time but now because of the latest nerf to Cayo heist, you can't find cocaine very easily as its the only highest value secondary target. So still thinking of a million with this heist? Almost million if you dare to walk in deeper and kill some guards just to get extra weed or cash
I have everyone of these except the regular annihilator
im mostly a solo player without any choppers which should i get for overall use (missions pvp etc.)
Sparrow… or buzzard if you ballin on a budget. Transportation and menu call ins above all else! Savage was my first helicopter but it’s handling and armor are dookie butter and the run to spawn is annoying af.
The avenger i vtal helichopper mode should also be in the helichopper list and really good armour amd new weapon system for pilots along with weapon system for co pilots
I like your list, I mostly agree, however, sadly, I think the sparrow still wins because the defense. yes, I can’t take a rocket, but you can spam the flares faster than most people can lock on. But I would like that to be tested and thoroughly checked before making a video on it however, I like your list but most of us play by ourselves if you’re into making money and you don’t care about PVP, we need a little defense to helicopters, it is great for PVE’ers because we can spawn them in on the fly
But buying the submarine allows you to make easy money soloing cayo. So that pays for it, and the sparrow rather quickly.
If the buzzard is better than the sparrow than why is the sparrow ranked higher?
Ive been looking for a good helicoptor for hanger grinding
FH-1 helicopter is the legend of all gta versions
True
another point of Sparrow vs Buzzard
if the buzzard is damaged and you call it again after spawning it - it will be damaged if it was damaged before
my #1 is the Savage!
it has the strongest cannon of all Helicopters
is can take out targets much faster which are heavily armored like tanks or night sharks which could escape fast if you loose them
the gun is very precise against the barrage of the hunter
in 1v1 with a hunter you will roast it in no time
Savage will get beaten in a dogfight by a Buzzard, never mind a Hunter, it all depends on the skill level of the pilots
The Hunter pilot will avoid to stay in the range of the savage minigun or in the same height (the hunter can ascent way faster) if he skilled. If both the hunter and savage pilots are skilled there isnt much the savage can do.
The sparrow spawns 99% of the one right next to you provided it has a place to spawn, if not it doesn’t, it’s very fast and the honing mussels are great, but you bang into one thing, it starts smoking, so the buzzard is tougher, but you can also use the sparrow for Cayo Perico and I do t think the buzzard counts as a personal vehicle, anyway there is no competition here in my opinion
Buzzard is personal vehicles, im pretty sure all are
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@@williambrown5974 yea
Rockstar thinks that they can replace the buzzard with this weaponized conada, but the real fact is the buzzard is still a better choice over the weaponized conada only for the ease of spawning the buzzard right next to you ONLY IF YOU ARE IN CEO!!!
I find helicopters very vulnerable to say the least. I have the oppressor and duluxo wrong spelling I know 😅 easy to helicopters in there underbelly and boom 😅
The halo music is crazy
Skyrim
Savage is best for griefers in Imani Tech vehicles.
You should probably buy the sparrow if you already have the kosakta but you shouldn't buy the kosakta just for the sparrow, you should just buy the buzzard in that case. I personally have a sparrow on my main account. On my other account which im trying to grow I don't have a helicopter I already have a kosakta, should I buy a sparrow or a buzzard
Back when cayo came out I had boughten everything only because I wanted to give it a try. And I had fallen in love with the sparrow due to i can call it in with no problem like yeah there is a time limit until you have to call it back but it isn't as long as the MK2 nor can respawn it and it is still damaged.
The Buzzard is way better than the Sparrow. You can call the buzzard in while you already have a buzzard on the map. With the Sparrow, you have to return it to your Sub and then respawn it. This makes doing certain tasks like collecting crates useless for the Sparrow. The only advantage to the Sparrow is the Submarine and MC - otherwise Buzzard wins all other categories.
You can return fast by menu, and Sparrow not only has flares and is faster, but most of all it crushes Buzzard by the lack of rocket cooldown, which allows it to clear an area of enemies just like the Opressor.Sparrow is also necessary for heist preparations, and in fact it is best to have both in case one is destroyed.
@@qkohe155flares can't dodge my Buzzard miniguns, speed will only help you when you run away, rocket spam is useless when your opponent dodges every one 😂
buzzard is the most agile for my use
savage is the best offensive in my use
Not sure if i didnt hear him say it but the sparrow also has countermeasure. Still not the best because you can still be shot down easily
Do you need a bunker to put missiles on the sparrow?
Sparrow helped me make millions, but it can only land 4-5 times before gets all smoky.
HarmNone has the greatest voice ❤
ahhhh skyrim music background iykyk
Team Akula all the way... Saved a lot of noobs from griefers using that thing ( until the Raiju came out )
The Akula is insanely good!
The raiju is a abomination
Not insanely good but ok....
Lmfao is that the halo theme at the beginning
Savage is slept on
I just wish the Valkyrie was 1-1 of the Huey and customizable af
Whats the best car to invade the military pls respond
Probably something like a Bravado Buffalo STX with armor!
HEY BRO WHICH IS IN YOUR INTRO?
I feel like the CEO spawn menu puts the Buzzard at #2 behind the Akula. I probably use the Buzzard more than the Akula or the Raiju just because of accessibility. (Solo player, so the Hunter doesn’t do it for me)
New players (if there are still any of those)- buy the buzzard before you buy any other vehicle.
I got to be nimble with it but I love the Sparrow
Thx for info and advices
bros got halo music in the background
Good video, helped me👍🏻
Glad it helped!!