Honestly, you present very well, clearly you are no slouch at the game, but combined with decent editing, a great presentation and fantastic gameplay, this is really entertaining. Keep it up!
Much obliged cadet! I'll keep learning as I make these videos. Y'alls feedback helps a ton with giving me new ideas for how to make the content better.
Helldive is one thing, solo helldive is a completely different thing. Solo helldive full clear is insane, those credentials alone have earned my sub cause it says a lot about your experience! I’m level 80 and I learned a few valuable points from this vid !
I'm glad you liked the content sir! I'm humbled that I could teach a thing or two to a level 80. I hope to cover other aspects of the game (like teamplay) soon. I just had to flex for the cadets a little bit first o7
I was surprised at just how effective the LAS-98 can be against the bots. In the future, I would rather pair it with the punisher plasma than the JAR-5, but it outperformed all my expectations for the weapons. I didn't get to showcase it in this match, but it MELTS gunships better than any other weapon in the game. Let me know if you have any non-meta loadouts you like to run. Crafting new builds and bringing them to y'all is probably my favorite part of playing this game (other than my bursting love for spreading Managed Democracy of course).
I'd love to see Plasma Punisher gameplay! I see it highly rated on tier lists and want to like it; I love the stagger & AOE, but it feels like it lacks the Time To Kill speed of Dominator or well-aimed Diligence. Seeing how someone balances it against a complementary Support weapon would be great.
@@MochaBloke Don't you worry cadet, the plasma punisher will be in the next video! I don't know how it snuck under my radar for so long, but it is an INCREDIBLE primary against the bots.
You and PhacilGaming are doing a great job at teaching strategy and decision making that would normally have to come from dying over and over to mistakes. I'm learning a lot about how to avoid tough fights in the first place instead of getting swarmed and panicking.
I had not heard of this fellow Helldiver, so thank you for letting me know. My main objective is to keep training you cadets up, so I'm glad to hear that I'm making progress on the primary.
Some constructive criticism, if you turn on the seaf terminal, it'll spawn a patrol soon after. But if you bring the 5 shells at the loader before you touch the terminal, you can easily finish the obj and dip before patrol shows up.
That is an excellent tip cadet! I did not know it spawned patrols on activating the terminal, but in hindsight that makes a lot of sense. I always just assumed some random patrol wondered up to me. I'll try this in the next one.
Scrap Bots and Spill Oil, Crap I was looking for a movie after a hard afternoon of Helldiving, but you got me going back in. For the Beer and your buddies.
Glad I could show you a new way to spread Managed Democracy against the bots! It's a very fun loadout, but try it with the plasma punisher. It's even better!
The fog affects their vision too. Not saying you should play stealth, but there are some useful things to learn about bot behavior that's easier to recognize while playing stealth, and once you know what you're looking for you can easily apply it to non-stealthy play. Like if you keep peaking out from behind cover at the same spot, they'll more quickly fire at you than if you peak out on like the other side of that cover.
Thanks for the tip! Makes me think I should stealth some runs to see what I can learn from the experience. I could see it being a fun playstyle. I just really wanted the cadets to see that you can overcome these challenges directly, but it might be worthwhile to show people the advantages of stealth play because it might be easier to emulate.
Love the commentary for the mission. Does diving then throwing stratagems make them go further? I noticed you did it a few times in the video. Subbed up. Keep up the good work!
It does, your speed at the moment of trigger pull changes how far you can throw it. Really helps when you want to get a base killer right in the middle of a bot fort. Or you can just wear servo-assisted armor and become a super ball god.
@@curtisyager7130 Like Colonel-sigma mentioned, it does increase the range by a little bit. It is much more noticeable when you are throwing down hill. I have not tested this fully so don't hold me to it, but I think timing the throw right on a dive gives you about the same range as just chunking it with servo assisted. Give it some practice and try not to faceplant into terrain while you do it...those are always embarrassing deaths.
Ah man i love the love this weapon is getting i rock a full laser loadout with the rover scythe and the laser canon and i never run out of ammo i just switch between the weapons
That is what I like to hear cadet! Play the game in whatever way you find the most fun AND THEN figure out how to make it combat effective. Keep soldiering on Helldiver, you are doing Democracy's work.
I can't believe I've been forgetting to include boosters. I'll be sure to fix that in future videos. I use the stamina booster for 90% of my runs, but if I want to be stealthy, I'll bring the expanded radar booster.
For the small walkers, do you find aiming the laser canon at the face plate or the hips better? I think they go down faster from hip damage, but I maybe it's less consistent?
Going for the hip joint is definitely faster on the time to kill. For some reason, I just suck at hitting them there but if you are able to do it under pressure, it is the best place you can shoot them. That or the little platform that connect their two little chicken legs together. Sometimes, the rider will survive if you aim in that particular spot, but hey that's just one more bullet.
You could also use the servo assisted passive to attack from even longer ranges when dealing with command bunkers but you do lose that explosive resistance
The laser cannon is the BEST weapon at killing gunships. A little under two seconds of focused time on an engine takes them right out of the sky. Not trying to be hyperbolic here, it is FAR better at killing them than any other weapon in the game.
I can't believe I forgot about the walking barrage. It's really good against bots in general, but I'll have to try it against the command bunkers. Thanks for the tip cadet!
The gas strike is a really interesting choice against bots. I never considered taking it, but now that you mention it, it makes a lot of sense. Bots like to shoot while slowly advancing, which means they might be even more vulnerable to the gas. I'll give it a shot and see how it works out. The super low cooldown is also very attractive.
@@CommissarKai oh man give that bad boy a try! You can rack up some decent kills if well placed, and as you mentioned the quick cool down makes it ultra forgiving, you'll get another throw soon.
This is the kind of Helldivers content I like to see. Load out synergy is horribly overlooked by a lot of new players (some old ones tbh). I will say that the Orbital Laser seems to take out command bunkers fairly easily, but only if you get the marker right on top of it so it doesn't get distracted. Either way, you're doing Democracies work soldier.
I figured since everyone already seems to know how strong the Orbital Laser is against the bots, I would showcase the 380 for this particular mission. If I was doing a different mission, I probably would have brought the orbital laser instead. I'm glad you liked the content cadet! I hope I can keep raising my standards for y'all because I am having a ton of fun. Safe diving Helldiver! o7
Orbital laser is another great choice, but I think the 380 edges it out for solo play. Only because it will ALWAYS kill it. Sometimes the laser gets overcome with its love for democracy and will start melting bots when I want it to kill the dang command center.
I think you'll like the next one then. We'll be using the Plasma Punisher with the AMR (you can swap this with the autocannon for more staggery goodness).
this is similar to my loadout. i use the eagle 500mg for medium and heavy bot post and large pools of enemies and eagle strike for smaller outpost and large enemy pools but the trajectory is how it shines if you angle it right with timing you could get a lot of kills plus take out fabricators. along with the autocannon cause even tho its nerfed i still know how to use it against scout raiders,hulks, devastators etc. with the ems mortar sentry but the main thing for that is placement cause bots would just shoot it down so ill just call it i see a bot drop or bunch or outpost near each other to keep them at bay while we unload managed democracy. paired with the scorcher, medium armor with higher armor plating cause i really rely on movement to survive. i could run and dodge bullets all i want but its easier for me to go down especially off impact. so ill take the slightly reduce speed with the stamina booster to compensate. the uva booster is slept on too because it makes me position better if someone else has the stamina booster. ive literally gone from dying 6-7 times to no more than 2 unless its friendly fire. my bug load out still needs work
Sounds like a good loadout to me cadet! Personally, I don't like using multiple eagles, but that is just a failing on my part rather than a reflection of its effectiveness. I just can't seem to manage the cooldowns of multiple eagles well yet, but it is something I am actively working on. Also, don't let anyone tell you otherwise. The Autocannon is a top 3 bot weapon for sure. Just because it takes one more shot to take out a scout strider does not diminish its effectiveness as a weapon. By far my favorite support weapon in the game, and if I wasn't so Liberty determined to bring y'all variety, I would run it every mission against the bots.
Cadet...where in democracy's name is the EYE on a Fabricator? If you mean the factory strider, I do mention that it kills them in a few seconds if you keep the beam trained on their weakspot (one of which is a single eye at the front of their head). Take out their chin guns first, then walk right up and give them the Lasik. No need to throw stuns at them since they won't be able to shoot you with the gun on their back. Unfortunately in this run, I just didn't encounter any striders otherwise I would have shown y'all how to kill them with the Laser Cannon.
5:42 to 5:56 Dude, you did spend 14 seconds to one light melee bot and one strider, being hit in melee two times in process, wasted grenade pistol charge and over one mag of main weapon. For example, in takes from 3 to 6 shots from Scourcher or 2-4 from Plas Punisher, each one within 6 seconds. Do you realise, you picked ineffective main weapon against bots? And despite this, you still think, you can advice someone, which weapon to pick, calling it "The BEST new meta"? Think again.
Sorry for the confusion cadet, the weapon the title is referring to is the Laser Cannon, not the JAR-5. The example you gave doesn't reflect poorly on the weapon, but on how bad I can be at the game sometimes. Three quick shots to the hip joint will take out a strider while devastators die in one headshot or 3-4 shots to their unprotected lower torso. The JAR-5 is not the best primary against the bots (that title belongs to the punisher plasma/diligence CS), but it is still an effective weapon if you can stay focused on hitting those weakspots...which I failed to do in this one.
@@CommissarKaiI know the difference between main and support weapon, don't worry. That was just an example. And yeah, I disagree about it's just you being bad with weapon. Despite the temptation to call you a cadet in respond, I still don’t do this, because lousy players are simply not capable of recording footage on the ninth difficulty. Considering the fact that you even managed to evacuate, I think the problem is still in the choice of weapons. JAR-5 is heavy one, and you’re trying to shoot moving and small targets with it. Such as light enemy units, or individual parts of the strider. The result is natural - due to the less responsiveness of the weapon, it is difficult for you to aim. So, watching you, playing like that with main weapon, I have some doubts about your advices about support weapon. Especially, when you call something "best". Las Cannon have it's uses, without a doubts, but it also have flaws too. Also, different mission types requires different equipment, if you want to make your BEST loadout. Just this simple.
@@amplifier8435ima be real if you are looking for a meta against bots I would be concerned in hearing any advice, you can use literally anything and beat helldive bots thats why they are better than bugs
@@amplifier8435 I respect your point of view on this, but sometimes I have to use certain words to get the algorithm to actually show my videos to people. Now that I'm finally getting some traffic, I won't NEED to rely on using certain keywords in the title as much. That said, I stand by what I say in the video. The laser cannon may or may not be "the best" support weapon against the bots, but it is AS GOOD as the AMR or the autocannon (unless you are on a hot planet). So, if you consider those weapons to be good support options, then I think it's safe to say the Laser cannon earns its spot amongst "meta" weapons. It has some minor tradeoffs like lacking stagger but having unlimited ammo, so it is still able to retain its identity without being too similar of a weapon. It is also undoubtedly the BEST weapon in the game at killing gunships. I think I mentioned this in my comment on this video, but I would much rather have paired it with the plasma punisher because that weapon deals with striders much better and staggers devastators (which is the whole reason I brought the JAR-5 in the first place). In my testing, the plasma punisher outperforms the JAR-5 in almost every aspect (it can't kill gunships and kills devastators more slowly, but makes up for it with explosive damage and stagger). But I wanted to run it with the laser cannon because it made the 40k nerd in me happy to run a bolter and a las cannon. I do think with more practice I could really showcase what the JAR-5 can do, but I'd rather show y'all more weapons than get too tied to one in particular. Appreciate your feedback all the same. I'll keep tryin to get better at this game so I can bring y'all even better content!
Dude you can get away with pretty much whatever you want. I have a solo Helldive up where I pretty much use just the starting Pistol and a couple grenades (not full clear but it was like literally my second attempt) No need to get so caught up on what weapons he uses. A lot of what he says is useful for new players.
Honestly, you present very well, clearly you are no slouch at the game, but combined with decent editing, a great presentation and fantastic gameplay, this is really entertaining. Keep it up!
Much obliged cadet! I'll keep learning as I make these videos. Y'alls feedback helps a ton with giving me new ideas for how to make the content better.
Helldive is one thing, solo helldive is a completely different thing. Solo helldive full clear is insane, those credentials alone have earned my sub cause it says a lot about your experience! I’m level 80 and I learned a few valuable points from this vid !
I'm glad you liked the content sir! I'm humbled that I could teach a thing or two to a level 80. I hope to cover other aspects of the game (like teamplay) soon. I just had to flex for the cadets a little bit first o7
I was surprised at just how effective the LAS-98 can be against the bots. In the future, I would rather pair it with the punisher plasma than the JAR-5, but it outperformed all my expectations for the weapons. I didn't get to showcase it in this match, but it MELTS gunships better than any other weapon in the game. Let me know if you have any non-meta loadouts you like to run. Crafting new builds and bringing them to y'all is probably my favorite part of playing this game (other than my bursting love for spreading Managed Democracy of course).
Thanks for this video, I can't wait to use your instruction to melt down some bots for super earth!!!!
@@BrassCatcher365 That's what I like to hear cadet! Go show those Hulks how useless they really are.
I'd love to see Plasma Punisher gameplay! I see it highly rated on tier lists and want to like it; I love the stagger & AOE, but it feels like it lacks the Time To Kill speed of Dominator or well-aimed Diligence. Seeing how someone balances it against a complementary Support weapon would be great.
@@MochaBloke Don't you worry cadet, the plasma punisher will be in the next video! I don't know how it snuck under my radar for so long, but it is an INCREDIBLE primary against the bots.
Ugh great my loadout's been found out. Bracing myself for nerf, I mean BALANCE in a few weeks.
"... and we gave that hulk a good dose of freedom-based Lasik surgery and he fell over dead." Amazing. 🤣
Well he clearly couldn't see the giant mistake he made in tryin to BBQ me, so I thought I'd help him out.
You and PhacilGaming are doing a great job at teaching strategy and decision making that would normally have to come from dying over and over to mistakes. I'm learning a lot about how to avoid tough fights in the first place instead of getting swarmed and panicking.
I had not heard of this fellow Helldiver, so thank you for letting me know. My main objective is to keep training you cadets up, so I'm glad to hear that I'm making progress on the primary.
Some constructive criticism, if you turn on the seaf terminal, it'll spawn a patrol soon after. But if you bring the 5 shells at the loader before you touch the terminal, you can easily finish the obj and dip before patrol shows up.
That is an excellent tip cadet! I did not know it spawned patrols on activating the terminal, but in hindsight that makes a lot of sense. I always just assumed some random patrol wondered up to me. I'll try this in the next one.
Nice run! 😊. I like how clear and concise you are at the details. I learned from ya.
I'm relieved to hear it doesn't come across as the ramblings of an old commissar. Glad you enjoyed the run cadet!
Scrap Bots and Spill Oil, Crap I was looking for a movie after a hard afternoon of Helldiving, but you got me going back in. For the Beer and your buddies.
I salute you fellow helldiver o7.
"Like steppin' on a aluminum can with my boot."
Great vid. Got my sub. Awesome attitude.
I just love scraping bots and pasting bugs, easy to have an upbeat attitude when you're always having fun! Glad you enjoyed it cadet!
You sir have convinced me to use this load out 😊
Great vid thanks for the tutorial
Glad I could show you a new way to spread Managed Democracy against the bots! It's a very fun loadout, but try it with the plasma punisher. It's even better!
For Democracy. For Super Earth. For THE ALGORITHM!
Thank you sir, for this great info video. Also great gameplay.
It's my pleasure cadet! Glad you are enjoying the content.
The fog affects their vision too.
Not saying you should play stealth, but there are some useful things to learn about bot behavior that's easier to recognize while playing stealth, and once you know what you're looking for you can easily apply it to non-stealthy play.
Like if you keep peaking out from behind cover at the same spot, they'll more quickly fire at you than if you peak out on like the other side of that cover.
Thanks for the tip! Makes me think I should stealth some runs to see what I can learn from the experience. I could see it being a fun playstyle. I just really wanted the cadets to see that you can overcome these challenges directly, but it might be worthwhile to show people the advantages of stealth play because it might be easier to emulate.
Love the commentary for the mission.
Does diving then throwing stratagems make them go further? I noticed you did it a few times in the video.
Subbed up. Keep up the good work!
It does, your speed at the moment of trigger pull changes how far you can throw it.
Really helps when you want to get a base killer right in the middle of a bot fort.
Or you can just wear servo-assisted armor and become a super ball god.
@@Colonel-Sigma I'll have to give it a try. Not a big fan of servo armour.
@@curtisyager7130 Like Colonel-sigma mentioned, it does increase the range by a little bit. It is much more noticeable when you are throwing down hill. I have not tested this fully so don't hold me to it, but I think timing the throw right on a dive gives you about the same range as just chunking it with servo assisted. Give it some practice and try not to faceplant into terrain while you do it...those are always embarrassing deaths.
That's also the basis behind jetpack assisted throws.
Ah man i love the love this weapon is getting i rock a full laser loadout with the rover scythe and the laser canon and i never run out of ammo i just switch between the weapons
That is what I like to hear cadet! Play the game in whatever way you find the most fun AND THEN figure out how to make it combat effective. Keep soldiering on Helldiver, you are doing Democracy's work.
Awesome vids! Getting very useful tips!
Curious as I missed it and couldn't find back, what booster do you normally use?
I can't believe I've been forgetting to include boosters. I'll be sure to fix that in future videos. I use the stamina booster for 90% of my runs, but if I want to be stealthy, I'll bring the expanded radar booster.
For the small walkers, do you find aiming the laser canon at the face plate or the hips better? I think they go down faster from hip damage, but I maybe it's less consistent?
Going for the hip joint is definitely faster on the time to kill. For some reason, I just suck at hitting them there but if you are able to do it under pressure, it is the best place you can shoot them. That or the little platform that connect their two little chicken legs together.
Sometimes, the rider will survive if you aim in that particular spot, but hey that's just one more bullet.
“I also do it because F*** the bots they deserve it” you’re killing me man. Don’t stop
You could also use the servo assisted passive to attack from even longer ranges when dealing with command bunkers but you do lose that explosive resistance
Great content! BTW does the laser cannon destroy the gunships?
The laser cannon is the BEST weapon at killing gunships. A little under two seconds of focused time on an engine takes them right out of the sky. Not trying to be hyperbolic here, it is FAR better at killing them than any other weapon in the game.
Give the walking barrage a try for the command bunker. It's not as consistent, but it has a shorter cooldown so you can get more uses out of it.
I can't believe I forgot about the walking barrage. It's really good against bots in general, but I'll have to try it against the command bunkers. Thanks for the tip cadet!
Great video!! New subscriber!
Thanks for subbing cadet! I'll do my best to keep bringing y'all quality content.
I like to run gas strike, eagle 1 regular airstrike, autocannon, and autocannon turret but thats for team play, gas and eagle 1 do be up often tho
The gas strike is a really interesting choice against bots. I never considered taking it, but now that you mention it, it makes a lot of sense. Bots like to shoot while slowly advancing, which means they might be even more vulnerable to the gas. I'll give it a shot and see how it works out. The super low cooldown is also very attractive.
@@CommissarKai oh man give that bad boy a try! You can rack up some decent kills if well placed, and as you mentioned the quick cool down makes it ultra forgiving, you'll get another throw soon.
This is the kind of Helldivers content I like to see. Load out synergy is horribly overlooked by a lot of new players (some old ones tbh).
I will say that the Orbital Laser seems to take out command bunkers fairly easily, but only if you get the marker right on top of it so it doesn't get distracted.
Either way, you're doing Democracies work soldier.
I figured since everyone already seems to know how strong the Orbital Laser is against the bots, I would showcase the 380 for this particular mission. If I was doing a different mission, I probably would have brought the orbital laser instead.
I'm glad you liked the content cadet! I hope I can keep raising my standards for y'all because I am having a ton of fun. Safe diving Helldiver! o7
The lazer orbital works fantastic for the bases as well, 1 go
Orbital laser is another great choice, but I think the 380 edges it out for solo play. Only because it will ALWAYS kill it. Sometimes the laser gets overcome with its love for democracy and will start melting bots when I want it to kill the dang command center.
Very educational! :)
Service is the duty of every citizen! Happy to help cadet! o7
Bravoo
Good game man 🍻👽
While i wish i could love this gun, i cant, because i LIVE for stagger
I think you'll like the next one then. We'll be using the Plasma Punisher with the AMR (you can swap this with the autocannon for more staggery goodness).
this is similar to my loadout. i use the eagle 500mg for medium and heavy bot post and large pools of enemies and eagle strike for smaller outpost and large enemy pools but the trajectory is how it shines if you angle it right with timing you could get a lot of kills plus take out fabricators. along with the autocannon cause even tho its nerfed i still know how to use it against scout raiders,hulks, devastators etc. with the ems mortar sentry but the main thing for that is placement cause bots would just shoot it down so ill just call it i see a bot drop or bunch or outpost near each other to keep them at bay while we unload managed democracy. paired with the scorcher, medium armor with higher armor plating cause i really rely on movement to survive. i could run and dodge bullets all i want but its easier for me to go down especially off impact. so ill take the slightly reduce speed with the stamina booster to compensate. the uva booster is slept on too because it makes me position better if someone else has the stamina booster. ive literally gone from dying 6-7 times to no more than 2 unless its friendly fire. my bug load out still needs work
Sounds like a good loadout to me cadet! Personally, I don't like using multiple eagles, but that is just a failing on my part rather than a reflection of its effectiveness. I just can't seem to manage the cooldowns of multiple eagles well yet, but it is something I am actively working on.
Also, don't let anyone tell you otherwise. The Autocannon is a top 3 bot weapon for sure. Just because it takes one more shot to take out a scout strider does not diminish its effectiveness as a weapon. By far my favorite support weapon in the game, and if I wasn't so Liberty determined to bring y'all variety, I would run it every mission against the bots.
Laser Cannon can in fact destroy fabricators. Stun + eyeshot. It takes 2-3 stun grenades if you know what you are doing.
Cadet...where in democracy's name is the EYE on a Fabricator? If you mean the factory strider, I do mention that it kills them in a few seconds if you keep the beam trained on their weakspot (one of which is a single eye at the front of their head). Take out their chin guns first, then walk right up and give them the Lasik. No need to throw stuns at them since they won't be able to shoot you with the gun on their back. Unfortunately in this run, I just didn't encounter any striders otherwise I would have shown y'all how to kill them with the Laser Cannon.
i always use the orbital laser against command bunkers and the last bunker i do with a hellbomb.
Orbital laser can take down command bunkers as well
My bot loadout is literally punisher plas paired w Laser cannon...
Gonna get my junk nerfed.
Maybe I shouldn't show the plasma punisher...it is the strongest primary against bots right now (that hurts me to say, I love my diligence CS).
S+ tier commentary lol
Okay now do a solo evacuation mission on 9
Don't tempt me with a good time cadet!
5:42 to 5:56 Dude, you did spend 14 seconds to one light melee bot and one strider, being hit in melee two times in process, wasted grenade pistol charge and over one mag of main weapon.
For example, in takes from 3 to 6 shots from Scourcher or 2-4 from Plas Punisher, each one within 6 seconds.
Do you realise, you picked ineffective main weapon against bots?
And despite this, you still think, you can advice someone, which weapon to pick, calling it "The BEST new meta"? Think again.
Sorry for the confusion cadet, the weapon the title is referring to is the Laser Cannon, not the JAR-5. The example you gave doesn't reflect poorly on the weapon, but on how bad I can be at the game sometimes. Three quick shots to the hip joint will take out a strider while devastators die in one headshot or 3-4 shots to their unprotected lower torso. The JAR-5 is not the best primary against the bots (that title belongs to the punisher plasma/diligence CS), but it is still an effective weapon if you can stay focused on hitting those weakspots...which I failed to do in this one.
@@CommissarKaiI know the difference between main and support weapon, don't worry. That was just an example. And yeah, I disagree about it's just you being bad with weapon. Despite the temptation to call you a cadet in respond, I still don’t do this, because lousy players are simply not capable of recording footage on the ninth difficulty. Considering the fact that you even managed to evacuate, I think the problem is still in the choice of weapons. JAR-5 is heavy one, and you’re trying to shoot moving and small targets with it. Such as light enemy units, or individual parts of the strider. The result is natural - due to the less responsiveness of the weapon, it is difficult for you to aim. So, watching you, playing like that with main weapon, I have some doubts about your advices about support weapon. Especially, when you call something "best". Las Cannon have it's uses, without a doubts, but it also have flaws too. Also, different mission types requires different equipment, if you want to make your BEST loadout. Just this simple.
@@amplifier8435ima be real if you are looking for a meta against bots I would be concerned in hearing any advice, you can use literally anything and beat helldive bots thats why they are better than bugs
@@amplifier8435 I respect your point of view on this, but sometimes I have to use certain words to get the algorithm to actually show my videos to people. Now that I'm finally getting some traffic, I won't NEED to rely on using certain keywords in the title as much. That said, I stand by what I say in the video.
The laser cannon may or may not be "the best" support weapon against the bots, but it is AS GOOD as the AMR or the autocannon (unless you are on a hot planet). So, if you consider those weapons to be good support options, then I think it's safe to say the Laser cannon earns its spot amongst "meta" weapons. It has some minor tradeoffs like lacking stagger but having unlimited ammo, so it is still able to retain its identity without being too similar of a weapon. It is also undoubtedly the BEST weapon in the game at killing gunships.
I think I mentioned this in my comment on this video, but I would much rather have paired it with the plasma punisher because that weapon deals with striders much better and staggers devastators (which is the whole reason I brought the JAR-5 in the first place). In my testing, the plasma punisher outperforms the JAR-5 in almost every aspect (it can't kill gunships and kills devastators more slowly, but makes up for it with explosive damage and stagger). But I wanted to run it with the laser cannon because it made the 40k nerd in me happy to run a bolter and a las cannon. I do think with more practice I could really showcase what the JAR-5 can do, but I'd rather show y'all more weapons than get too tied to one in particular. Appreciate your feedback all the same. I'll keep tryin to get better at this game so I can bring y'all even better content!
Dude you can get away with pretty much whatever you want.
I have a solo Helldive up where I pretty much use just the starting Pistol and a couple grenades (not full clear but it was like literally my second attempt)
No need to get so caught up on what weapons he uses.
A lot of what he says is useful for new players.