I'll always remember how in Attack of the Clones, we see a B2 in the arena just slap aside a damaged B1 in front of it to get a better shot. That alone should show just how lethal and effective these machines were compared to their spindly predecessors.
considering the spinfly predessors where shown in episode 1 and the clone wars to be stronger then humans and gun guns in a physical fight and in episode 1 out fight polt armoured main characters, we can say the B2 was super good.
And lack of empathy for the comrades in arms.If I were a B1 and saw that I might have to be rebooted lol. If that's what B2s do to their Allies than I would hate to be the enemy lol. I mean the clone wars is funny and yes making the B2s more comedic to does add a different take to the clone wars and that is more of kids show. But new fans need to realize that is not how they are realistically in cannon. As Republic Commando Veteran to I know the true horror of fighting these things. Even Clone Commando's had a challenging time with these bad boys. I am surprised the CIS didn't make any Super Battle Droid Commander classes.Well I think I know why as any B1 one that would question its authority would be an instant pile of scrap lol. XD
Jason Alcatraz Yeah. But R2-D2 cleverly incinerating some in Revenge Of The Sith clearly shows how deadly and effective he can be when needed. That droid is a challenge for nearly any enemy. Even in Duel of the Droids, the Clone Wars Episode, where he duels a vicious Separatist spy Astromech, R2-D2 does get the upper hand eventually and leaves the Separatist spy Astromech to die. But speaking again of the B2 Super Battle Droid, I would say it definitely has raw strength on par with, say, Magnaguards,(those things are ridiculously beefy), but in terms of overall close combat ability they still lag behind the crazy overpowered(most of the time) BX series Commando Droid.
@@dannytardif8143 i know i fucking did. That early on and all i could think "No. Nonononono. I will give literally everything for you things to ignore me."
@@Dwaggy i almost did that. But i told myself (naively of course) If i could get through Resident Evil and silent hill i could do this. I got through it. But bloody hell... I see those racks in my dreams sometimes. Just randomly with no context.
That's because Mace Windu was using force crush within his punches which is a dark side force power that was his specialty. Usually any Jedi with a purple lightsaber will dabble in a dark side force power but it takes a lot mental/martial discipline to not let it corrupt you on use.
Geetsly: *talks about B2s* Me: *a veteran of both classic Battlefront 1 and 2 and Republic Commando* "Congratulations you just triggered a Geonosian flashback."
Ah, glad to see I'm not the only one here, who still remembers all 3 of those games. (Let's also not forge about the dwarf spider droids nor the Magna Guards).
I wouldn’t blame the clones for fearing the B2 battle droid, when I first saw it in attack of the clones it looked terrifying. And the 2005 clone commando game backs this up since it takes 2 heavy sniper shots to the head or chest to take out.
Finally, B-2s getting the credit they deserve. Magnaguards, commando droids and droidekas were all extremely powerful and effective, but i think the primary thing that makes B-2s so much scarier was that they were, unlike all the other terrifiying droids, extremely common on the battlefield.
The Mandalorian really did a good job establishing how terrifying these things must look from a child's point of view. Republic Commando is a great perception to have on how terrifying these things are too. Why? You already had to be careful going toe to toe with one of these, and you're an elite. Imagine being an average Clone fighting one of those guys.
Actually I think the first order stormtroopers are superior because they were trained from birth or at least from a really young age. They also have more modern armor and tecnology, in my opinion the first order and their stormtroopers weren't portrayed properly and that's why they have a poor reputation. Still not as good as *the Super Sayan Ultra-Giga-Chad Super Battle Droids*
@@LAV-III Clone troopers still outdo First order troopers since they were engineered for war and properly trained from birth (the First Order stormtroopers were largely orphans, so they didn't fully spend their lives as soldiers). Clones were vulnerable to bioweapons and could have been good targets for psychological weapons since they all shared the same biology, but these were fairly niche occurrences. Now if the confederacy had just stuffed brains comparable to humans inside of b1 shells, then we would have had the true ultimate final ultra meta giga super saiyan god super saiyan giga chad soldiers, since b1's can actually be very agile and strong with a modified brain as shown in certain canon novels and comics. That said, Palpatine didn't actually want the CIS to win the war.
when i was growing up, i lived in a pretty religious household. we had this older lady in her late 70's named "Ruby" that went to our church. Out of respect for everyone in our congregation, we always referred to each other as "brother" or "sister". she had a severe neck and back problem when essentially made her look like the hunchback of notre dame. When I got SWBF2 in elementary school, since the B2's head was hunched over on the front of their body, it automatically reminded me of Ruby. Its a dark joke, but one I always chuckled at. Ever since then, the B2 battle droids are known as "sister ruby".
“The Super Battle Droid were the barbarians of the Droid army. If you’re a good shot, and quick enough, you can hit them in the brain or eye, and they would be done. Yes, they had tough armor and strong weapons, but there’s a trick to them. There’s a trick to everything, I think. Oh, and if you’re using the DC rifle on a higher power setting, you can expect to kill one with one decently-placed shot.” -ARF/CT-8711-12, Captain and Scout of the 442nd Siege Battalion
@taniths 1st and only sgt iron on duty you need to be good and fast with numbers to be accepted for such things, even modern artillery operators need to know the physics calculations for their armaments to be accurate.
In the new Battlefront 2, they can be pretty scary Nothing can stop two B2s overloading their wrist blasters, and mowing down everything in front of them
@Coruscant guard officer that plays the objective Isn't there actually a bug on console where the game will fuck up your aim? Like I'll aim a little bit to the right or left, and the game will carry my aim WAY further. After watching some videos from Swany, i realized it was an actual bug So in some cases, it is the game's fault lol
When I first played Republic Commando, I was so confused and scared of why B2 droids wouldn't just die off as easily as it's seen in the shows. It was HORRIFYING.
This video was perfectly timed for me lmao, I am just going through Republic Commando and literally, I get mowed down by a squad of 4 B2s unless I get some sort of explosive aid... they are incredibly tough and I can't imagine how it is for a standard trooper to face them
Just FYI, a gyroscope wouldn't 'lower their center of gravity' as you said. A gyroscope can either be a heavy mechanical device that resists changes in orientation so as to keep the droid standing upright, or a small sensor that can provide exact data indicating the droids orientation.
yeah on the Gmod server I play on, we had an event where we basically went through the mission of Zero Hour and I was one of the CTs that boarded with Fixer, it was fuckin lit
When you said they were scarier than depicted in the clone wars series, my literal first thought was "Republic Commando." I first played Republic Commando after watching the clone wars series, so seeing them in the game completely shocked me in how actually terrifying they were to fight.
When i was a kid I used up all my ammo to get into the factory in the first place. I only had my pistol and a couple of flashbangs so useless against droids. Then the level starts with a factory full of them.
@@Felix-ru7qj honestly beat that level with only dying once when I just recently played through, I remembered to not throw an EMP and just aim for the face-plate
I remember me playing Republic Comando, my whole Squad down,me wasting all grenades on B1s and three B2s advancing towards me while I only had a pistol. But in the end I somehow won!
I remember those things in Republic Commando. My weapon of choice was to use the grenade launcher DC-17 attachment or the EMP grenades. I also hated their spawners. Those things were not fun to handle at all.
And to add insult to injury, your own teammates were more dangerous than the droids popping out of it. Because if you put someone on sniper duty to watch your back, that idiot would pointlessly try to snipe the dispenser, shooting exactly where you stand while placing the charge. Friendly fire, you frigging failed batch!
@@zaniatnik 1. Not pointless. You can destroy droid dispensers with enough small arms. 2. They did not shoot at it if you were placing a charge. There may have been a droid that moved behind you and they missed, hitting you. I play through the game on PC fairly often, every 6 months or so. I know.
@@Aqueox While I won’t argue with 1, I completely disagree about 2. The whole point is that even when there wasn’t any active droids yet, I was taking sniper rifle shots in the back. And even before that, when I assigned them to sniper posts to cover me, the first thing they shot at was the dispenser. Regardless of whether I am in the way or not. Unlike the AI squadmates, I’m not frigging blind, so I could see both incidents with my own eyes. And friendly fire happens because surprise-surprise, the charge attachment spot is exactly the one where the AI aims with this thing when there are no actual droids to shoot. Lastly, it doesn’t even have to be me planting the charge, the bots are more than happy to shoot each other as well.
The bridge section. Only had ammo for my Regular attachment and my pistol. Scorch and Sev are down. Fixer is on orange health. Both turrets are up. There is no end to the B2s. That is the worst experience I have ever had in a video game.
Super battle droids were freakin terrifying in Republic Commandos. I think when you run into them on the Ghost ship has to be one of the scariest things in any video game. The dread of walking without your squad knowing one was around the corner was nightmare fuel.
@Josh Robson true again, but I'm referring to before order 66 in the clone wars. If any it was without plot armor so many more jedi would have died being to infront of too much blaster fire.
"The B2 was underplayed in the Clone Wars" Yes the Jedi made them seem less lethal but every time we see the Clones fight them without a Jedi present (during Ventress's reacue of Gunray in season 1 for example), they always suffered heavy casualties.
Yeah I agree the B2 battle droid remember in the clone wars move when the clone ran out of shot and went up to the droid and hit it then got picked up and shot. I can see why
My first experience with a b2 scared the hell outa me as I just started using everything I had including grenades which just helped in activating more of the till I ran out of ammo on all my gun and was stuck with the pistol one b2 is tolerable but but once multiple were in an area and you didn’t have emp grenades and don’t forget about those things that constantly made more b2s!!!
@jack patton Furthermore, two of your squadmates are already down, your health is in the red, and you've burned most of your DC-17a ammo on geonoshans.
was definelty having flashbacks to my first time encountering super battle droids in republic commando. Honestly, they are the hardest thing to fight in that entire game. Only matched by the trandoshian heavy gunner
In Republic Commando, they are monsters! But TCW, Clone Wars 2003 and the Movies, they seem to easily be taken down by a few shots. I don’t know if the Writers of the Clone Wars did their research on B2-Super Battle Droid or they were unaware of that fact.
Mace Windu: Somehow punching through solid metal and not caring that he’s surrounded by droids that could have easily turned him into a well done steak
The amount of times I used the "Eliminate Target" command in Republic Commando... I HATED Supers so much. At one point, I just switched to the anti-armor grenade launcher whenever I saw one.
That's why they give you the anti armor thing honestly, they give you plenty of ways to deal with them actually. Anti armor, all kinds of detonators except flashbang, sniper rifle, concussion rifle, ocassional turrets, geonosian beam weapons, hell even dancing around them hacking away with the vibroblade works. Oh and you can command your team to snipe or go anti armor or just focus fire them.
They did a really great job showing how powerful and vicious these droids were in Attack of the Clones. I vividly remember one continuing to fire right into the densly packed group of Jedi despite one of its arms having been blown off and another simply smashed a broken B1 out of the way so it could get a better shot. Even Mace Windu had to retreat when they started blasting away at him, since not even he could deflect that much incoming blaster fire. Imagine a machine gun. Now imagine a machine gun on legs. Now imagine that machine gun walking towards you. Now imagine that walking machine gun being armored against basically everything you can throw at it. Now shit your pants.
In Republic Commando the ultimate SBD Defeat tactic is to mark them to be destroyed by your squadmates and then circle around them with your knife, they will fall very quickly. or if you want you can throw two Droid Poppers at them.
Those of us who’ve played Republic Commando remember our first time alone in the Super Battle Droid racks. One poorly placed shot or grenade would wake up half a dozen of them.
I remember the first time I versed a b2 in Republic Commandos, I thought it would be easy like all the other Star Wars games I had played up till that point. I was wrong, so very, very wrong.
I never realised how terrifying these were, that was., until Delta squad was deployed on geonosis for the first time. Sev had to deal with those... Three sniper shots!?
😨 Republic Commando: The first Super Battle Droid that you faced on Geonosis (just as you link up with Sev) was terrifying. On my first playthrough, I remember having virtually no grenades and having to try and take down that thing with small arms (of course, I didn't think to use the sniper attachment as it was such close range) - despite having three other squad members, the damn thing felt unstoppable, and by the time that you took the first one down, there was another round the corner, except this time you had no grenades... I had no shame in loading a previous level to conserve my ion (blue) grenades for a second attempt. Of course, the game is devious enough to have you walk past racks and racks of them when going through the Lucrehulk command module, one false move and you could activate the lot. You give the B2s respect in Republic Commando.
For some reason, in the Clone Wars show I never noticed how the head looked like a B1 head and was infused with the body. I always thought that was just armor to protect the brain of the droid and the red light was its eye. Of course, in Republic Commando you could break that part and shoot it, and that's probably why I thought it that way.
Just the wrist rockets alone make them vastly superior to a clone in battlefront 2. While a grenade takes time to blow up and needs to be thrown, having both a high power automatic blaster and rockets at the same time makes you quite strong.
Thanks for bringing back my Repubilc Commando days. *shudders* I once ran into 3 of them when I had run out of ammo and grenades. It took me dozens of tries to kill them all and complete the level.
Clone Commandos fighting Supers: *One of the toughest standard enemies in the game* 501st fighting Supers: "Watch Those Wrist Rockets!" Captain Fordo fighting Supers: "So anyway, I started blasting."
Ah, I remember they were BITCH to take down in Republic Commando, lol! I was playing again recently and figure out that besides grenades, anti armor and well placed sniper shots, you can actually melee them to death really quickly, considering how fast melee is and that it actually does considerable damage.
Yesssss clone commando super battle droids were BRUTAL, I remember when you had go through the super battle droids factory and try your best to avoid them or they'd wake up and totally overwhelm you xD good times good times.
I remember in republic Commando having to fight o. The clone ship with waves of these hives bringing absolute terror since they were complete bullet sponges
Does anyone remember the level in Republic commando’s where you fight a lot of B2’s and when you enter the room Boss says: Alone against all these droids.... Hmph... they don’t stand a chance.
I remember playing Republic commando and the part where your in the ship *full* of these guys. Was like "ok... I'm gonna start singing lullabies now..."
![The Rebel and Scout Trooper who were left behind on Endor [Legends]](/img/1.gif)
Kill B2 droids in my Gmod server.
104.194.11.250:27010
discord.gg/hHaAQ42
We’ve lost a command post
What about your dead roblox rp?
Geetsly's so I play arma 3 and I have the clone wars mod and the B2 take more than a clip
*WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO KILL THEM*
I think id rather join them ^^
Long live the CIS!
“The true terror of super battle droids”
Don’t tell me.
Their wrist rockets.
Watch those wrist rockets
be aware of our enemy's arm-mounted rocket launchers, brother!
Hey I’m subbed 2 u
Didn’t think you would be here!
Watch out for those wrist rockets
I'll always remember how in Attack of the Clones, we see a B2 in the arena just slap aside a damaged B1 in front of it to get a better shot.
That alone should show just how lethal and effective these machines were compared to their spindly predecessors.
considering the spinfly predessors where shown in episode 1 and the clone wars to be stronger then humans and gun guns in a physical fight and in episode 1 out fight polt armoured main characters, we can say the B2 was super good.
And lack of empathy for the comrades in arms.If I were a B1 and saw that I might have to be rebooted lol. If that's what B2s do to their Allies than I would hate to be the enemy lol. I mean the clone wars is funny and yes making the B2s more comedic to does add a different take to the clone wars and that is more of kids show. But new fans need to realize that is not how they are realistically in cannon. As Republic Commando Veteran to I know the true horror of fighting these things. Even Clone Commando's had a challenging time with these bad boys. I am surprised the CIS didn't make any Super Battle Droid Commander classes.Well I think I know why as any B1 one that would question its authority would be an instant pile of scrap lol. XD
Jason Alcatraz Yeah. But R2-D2 cleverly incinerating some in Revenge Of The Sith clearly shows how deadly and effective he can be when needed. That droid is a challenge for nearly any enemy. Even in Duel of the Droids, the Clone Wars Episode, where he duels a vicious Separatist spy Astromech, R2-D2 does get the upper hand eventually and leaves the Separatist spy Astromech to die.
But speaking again of the B2 Super Battle Droid, I would say it definitely has raw strength on par with, say, Magnaguards,(those things are ridiculously beefy), but in terms of overall close combat ability they still lag behind the crazy overpowered(most of the time) BX series Commando Droid.
@@truekiropfan8329 Well they are more of just a blunt instrument lol.
That’s such a badass scene
when I came across a Super Battle Droid in Republic Commando I always held my breath, those damn machine were absurdly tough.
you must have freaked the fuck out at the stealth part with all the b2 racks
@@dannytardif8143 i know i fucking did. That early on and all i could think
"No. Nonononono. I will give literally everything for you things to ignore me."
@@torntokoroa I actually left the game for a while when I got to that part cause I was so scared as a kid
*PTSD TRIGGERED*
And those racks, rows and rows of them. Mommy, hold me.
@@Dwaggy i almost did that. But i told myself (naively of course)
If i could get through Resident Evil and silent hill i could do this.
I got through it. But bloody hell... I see those racks in my dreams sometimes. Just randomly with no context.
"Jedi make everything look easy".
*Memories of Mace Windu punching them out by the dozen on Dantooine as if they were made of plywood.*
I did that in RC. B2's are strong, but they're clumbsy in hand to hand.
That's because Mace Windu was using force crush within his punches which is a dark side force power that was his specialty. Usually any Jedi with a purple lightsaber will dabble in a dark side force power but it takes a lot mental/martial discipline to not let it corrupt you on use.
@Paul Green I know that. That's the real life reason why he got the purple lightsaber but they still had to write it in the lore.
@Paul Green in canon tht is what it means I like tht it explains mace windu
Mace was the Master of the Order, dude was on par with yoda without the age so he was OP. Especially during the clone wars
Geetsly: *talks about B2s*
Me: *a veteran of both classic Battlefront 1 and 2 and Republic Commando* "Congratulations you just triggered a Geonosian flashback."
Ah, glad to see I'm not the only one here, who still remembers all 3 of those games. (Let's also not forge about the dwarf spider droids nor the Magna Guards).
Man, those 3 were the best.
I still have all 3 of those games on disk, and by God were the B2's in republic commando a pain
@@naisagathefirstdestronmand8559 I still wonder how they thought of putting that Dwarf Spider in that one room...
@@kabob0077 they assembled it inside
0:29 “Most clones actually feared them to some degree.”
“The year is 2081, the World is at war again and Europe lies in ruins”
Uhh, ok
That was a rough transition, or lack thereof
I’ll be 80 at that point.
That ad sounds basically like a b tec halo lol
Nick Medellin
Yeah that part was so random as fuck got me confused loooool
I think it was intentional to keep us listening not skipping to later in the video like I usually do...
I used to think the red power unit on their chest was their eye, and it used to creep me out as a kid
Lol wait it’s not?
Neon Twilight no he talk bout the red point next to the real « eye »
@UCL6QGYKbVPnlRQy92ZfNv7Q That raised piece of metal in the centre has 2 small triangle eyes on either side
Same bro
Same
Everyone realizes this terror after playing republic commando
I read this in the engineer’s voice 😂
They was pain
I enjoyed Anti Armor on those B2s but still they really are a pain if there are more, not to mention dealing with Droid Dispensers.
Ahem. Magnaguards.
Including magna guards
I wouldn’t blame the clones for fearing the B2 battle droid, when I first saw it in attack of the clones it looked terrifying. And the 2005 clone commando game backs this up since it takes 2 heavy sniper shots to the head or chest to take out.
@Adam and Eve Well than, if that were the case the war wouldn't have been *Four Years!*
@Adam and Eve all of that is wrong lol
@Adam and Eve clones are superior to droids. Clone commandos are canon.
However, Clones would not be a bigger threat based on the sheer amount of droids able to be produced and deployed.
Adam and Eve No I’m pretty sure it is.nobody ever said it wasn’t canon, and Delta squad made an appearance in TCW.
Clone: I fear no man.
*B2 with wrist rocket in the spotlight*
Clone: But that thing........scares me.
*Sees title
*_"THEY'RE SENDING IN THE SUPERS"_*
*WATCH THOSE RIST ROCKETS*
*_"SUPER BATTLE DROIDS! TAKE THEM DOWN!"_*
*_"FOR THE REPUBLIC!"_*
*_"THE BIGGER THEY ARE THE HARDER THEY FALL"_*
@@AnIndianNamedJones2 that's a beautiful name
Finally, B-2s getting the credit they deserve. Magnaguards, commando droids and droidekas were all extremely powerful and effective, but i think the primary thing that makes B-2s so much scarier was that they were, unlike all the other terrifiying droids, extremely common on the battlefield.
And also the fact they could just toss someone aside
Magnas were grievous, Commandos are probably right behind you, Droidekas are on the capital ship, B2s are fucking everywhere
@@10sticksofbutterandbread34Favourite comment
Four words
*WATCH THOSE WRIST ROCKETS!*
😂
*"Just Like The Simulations!"*
Set em up and knock them down!
@Pulp Frellin Fierfek B2 bastards
@@drummerboii2878 one shot one hit
The Mandalorian really did a good job establishing how terrifying these things must look from a child's point of view.
Republic Commando is a great perception to have on how terrifying these things are too. Why? You already had to be careful going toe to toe with one of these, and you're an elite. Imagine being an average Clone fighting one of those guys.
The Virgin First Order Stormtroopers vs The Chad Imperial Stromtroopers vs *The Super Saiyan Ultra-Giga-Chad Super Battle Droids*
Sam Jones virgin is too nice
Whats that up there?
*Obi-Wan drops from the ceiling*
_Hello there_
Actually I think the first order stormtroopers are superior because they were trained from birth or at least from a really young age. They also have more modern armor and tecnology, in my opinion the first order and their stormtroopers weren't portrayed properly and that's why they have a poor reputation. Still not as good as *the Super Sayan Ultra-Giga-Chad Super Battle Droids*
@@LAV-III Clone troopers still outdo First order troopers since they were engineered for war and properly trained from birth (the First Order stormtroopers were largely orphans, so they didn't fully spend their lives as soldiers). Clones were vulnerable to bioweapons and could have been good targets for psychological weapons since they all shared the same biology, but these were fairly niche occurrences. Now if the confederacy had just stuffed brains comparable to humans inside of b1 shells, then we would have had the true ultimate final ultra meta giga super saiyan god super saiyan giga chad soldiers, since b1's can actually be very agile and strong with a modified brain as shown in certain canon novels and comics. That said, Palpatine didn't actually want the CIS to win the war.
@@metaouroboros690 The upgraded B1s would have also made them more... Expensive and we all know that the Confederacy also cut corners when possible.
"Why are super battle droids less terrifying in the Clone Wars"
Me: "plot"
"The answer was the jedi"
Me: "oh ok"
Let’s be honest the Force is basically the plot materialised...
Ahhh yeah.
He said the answer is Jedi exactly at the same time as I read it 😂
Wait in the clone war some episodes show some jedi death by the droid army when they where overwhelmed.
@@nirjhar4803 *explain plot holes
One of the scariest things from my childhood was playing the Republic Commando solo mission and seeing those massive racks of SBD’s.
ikr
IKR
Mine was the trandoshan 1st encounter
roflguy114 That too.
Classic memories 😅💭💪🏾
when i was growing up, i lived in a pretty religious household. we had this older lady in her late 70's named "Ruby" that went to our church. Out of respect for everyone in our congregation, we always referred to each other as "brother" or "sister". she had a severe neck and back problem when essentially made her look like the hunchback of notre dame. When I got SWBF2 in elementary school, since the B2's head was hunched over on the front of their body, it automatically reminded me of Ruby. Its a dark joke, but one I always chuckled at. Ever since then, the B2 battle droids are known as "sister ruby".
“The Super Battle Droid were the barbarians of the Droid army. If you’re a good shot, and quick enough, you can hit them in the brain or eye, and they would be done. Yes, they had tough armor and strong weapons, but there’s a trick to them. There’s a trick to everything, I think. Oh, and if you’re using the DC rifle on a higher power setting, you can expect to kill one with one decently-placed shot.” -ARF/CT-8711-12, Captain and Scout of the 442nd Siege Battalion
nerd
Id rather not overcharge that rifle and have it break mid battle on me, or worse yet injure or maim me.
ShadowHunter120 “Then just don’t overload it!”
@@chengzhou8711 You say that like it's easy to manage in the heat of battle.
I'm more suited as a marksman or artillery operator tbh.
@taniths 1st and only sgt iron on duty you need to be good and fast with numbers to be accepted for such things, even modern artillery operators need to know the physics calculations for their armaments to be accurate.
Super Battle Droid: They laughed at me in battlefront 2. They didn't laugh at me as much in republic commando.
In the new Battlefront 2, they can be pretty scary
Nothing can stop two B2s overloading their wrist blasters, and mowing down everything in front of them
@Coruscant guard officer that plays the objective I hope they put more effort into BF3.
@Coruscant guard officer that plays the objective Isn't there actually a bug on console where the game will fuck up your aim? Like I'll aim a little bit to the right or left, and the game will carry my aim WAY further. After watching some videos from Swany, i realized it was an actual bug
So in some cases, it is the game's fault lol
@@adorablecenturion8436 That only happens if you're playing as the Empire
TheRussianBadger dabbing and killing Yoda with the B2:Really?
When I first played Republic Commando, I was so confused and scared of why B2 droids wouldn't just die off as easily as it's seen in the shows. It was HORRIFYING.
"The true terror of Super Battle droids in the clone wars"
Republic commando players:
You do realize republic commando is canon right
@@javiertorres1290 of course it's Canon since nearly everything in RC is in TCW
@@javiertorres1290 ummm no? The characters are canon but the story from the game is not.
MEATBAG DOWN
@@javiertorres1290 decanonized as of Bad Batch. so. kek.
This video was perfectly timed for me lmao, I am just going through Republic Commando and literally, I get mowed down by a squad of 4 B2s unless I get some sort of explosive aid... they are incredibly tough and I can't imagine how it is for a standard trooper to face them
Which chapter are you at?
@@travelsir4435 Kashyyyk
@@toby5069 which part
@@travelsir4435 Basically after the bridge destruction to halt the separatist advance
I want to help but i haven't played for a while and only remember the nightmare that is the bridge. And the last hangar in the ghost ship.
Just FYI, a gyroscope wouldn't 'lower their center of gravity' as you said. A gyroscope can either be a heavy mechanical device that resists changes in orientation so as to keep the droid standing upright, or a small sensor that can provide exact data indicating the droids orientation.
Geetsly: talks about super battle droids
Republic Commando Players: *Zero Hour Flashbacks*
yeah on the Gmod server I play on, we had an event where we basically went through the mission of Zero Hour and I was one of the CTs that boarded with Fixer, it was fuckin lit
@@jacob-5110 Nice.
Battlefront 2 players: Watch those wrist rockets!
Seriously though, those things were terrifying sometimes.
I remember playing for the first time, as a lone commando amidst those droids on Geonosis. I was low on ammo and terrified.
When you said they were scarier than depicted in the clone wars series, my literal first thought was "Republic Commando." I first played Republic Commando after watching the clone wars series, so seeing them in the game completely shocked me in how actually terrifying they were to fight.
For some reason my little sister called them “Big Bongos” when she was four years old.
Big Bongos coming in fast! Take them down!
Yeah, it works
I could kinda see clone using that a slang term for them like clankers
Bongos, six o' clock! Watch those wrist rockets!
That works really well
*JUMP BONGOS INCOMING!!!*
They’re sending in the bongo bois
"Super Battle Droid! TAKE EM DOWN!"
"watch those wrist rockets!"
They've sent in the supers!
@@charliespurr7325 "We're in HECK it's a super!"
@@alqu6375 Set em up and knock em down!
@@charliespurr7325 "We need more Troopers like you!"
@@alqu6375 Glad you're on our side!
When you have to solo the factory in commando... I almost quit the game at that level....
When i was a kid I used up all my ammo to get into the factory in the first place. I only had my pistol and a couple of flashbangs so useless against droids. Then the level starts with a factory full of them.
@@Felix-ru7qj honestly beat that level with only dying once when I just recently played through, I remembered to not throw an EMP and just aim for the face-plate
@@Felix-ru7qj You used something other than the pistol most of the time?
@@kabob0077 the level before I used up all my ammo just get into the factory so I was left with the pistol.
@@Felix-ru7qj I know, I just primarily used my pistol throughout the game, even when I had ammo and a secondary...
I remember me playing Republic Comando, my whole Squad down,me wasting all grenades on B1s and three B2s advancing towards me while I only had a pistol.
But in the end I somehow won!
B2’s were so scary because you had to
*_W A T C H T H O S E W R I S T R O C K E T S !_*
Sir Somebody do you happen to be an unggoy merchant? I am searching for a food nipple.
no joke switching to the tri shot as a B2 in Battlefront was so op if you hit the enemies head with it. One shotting everything with that thing.
I can tell from your profile picture that you're a Madness Combat fan, I came here to say I am too.
1:45 YA GOT A GOOD POINT it really take that much to bring down one of those things
I remember those things in Republic Commando. My weapon of choice was to use the grenade launcher DC-17 attachment or the EMP grenades. I also hated their spawners. Those things were not fun to handle at all.
My most vivid memories of that game were the spawners. The only time u used the anti armor rounds was against the B2's,they were terrifying
And to add insult to injury, your own teammates were more dangerous than the droids popping out of it. Because if you put someone on sniper duty to watch your back, that idiot would pointlessly try to snipe the dispenser, shooting exactly where you stand while placing the charge. Friendly fire, you frigging failed batch!
@@zaniatnik 1. Not pointless. You can destroy droid dispensers with enough small arms.
2. They did not shoot at it if you were placing a charge. There may have been a droid that moved behind you and they missed, hitting you.
I play through the game on PC fairly often, every 6 months or so. I know.
@@Aqueox While I won’t argue with 1, I completely disagree about 2.
The whole point is that even when there wasn’t any active droids yet, I was taking sniper rifle shots in the back. And even before that, when I assigned them to sniper posts to cover me, the first thing they shot at was the dispenser. Regardless of whether I am in the way or not. Unlike the AI squadmates, I’m not frigging blind, so I could see both incidents with my own eyes. And friendly fire happens because surprise-surprise, the charge attachment spot is exactly the one where the AI aims with this thing when there are no actual droids to shoot. Lastly, it doesn’t even have to be me planting the charge, the bots are more than happy to shoot each other as well.
That moment when me and my commando squad encountered a mobile super battle dispenser...blaster fire...I can still hear the sounds...
How have I never noticed the eyes on their heads. I always thought it was that red circle lol
theres a red circle in side there head
Which is presumably the point
@@maxwaspace5348 you are able to see the red circle in republic comando if you shoot the super battle droids face off
7:50
WATCH THOSE WRIST ROCKETS!
Veteran trooper: *skillfully maneuvers around B2 to eliminate it from behind*
Also veteran trooper: "WATCH THOSE WRIST ROCKETS!!"
"Sometimes it takes an entire blaster clip to kill them."
Me: "No,no,no that's not that's not true. IT CANT BE!!!"
Yes I had republic commando flash backs b2’s everywhere no grenades
The bridge section. Only had ammo for my Regular attachment and my pistol. Scorch and Sev are down. Fixer is on orange health. Both turrets are up. There is no end to the B2s. That is the worst experience I have ever had in a video game.
Yeah I hate them B2’s I know how it feels man
Just punch them todeath, i do. It's epic, you're faster and more agile in hand to hand.
Droidika’s:
*Stands there menacingly*
B2 Super Chadle Droids:
*Psychological terror*
I always thought the red dot on their shoulder was their eye, when I found out it wasn't I couldn't look at them the same
I can’t help but hear in my head: “WATCH THOSE RIST ROCKETS!!!!”
I got every medal legendary in that game i played it so much all those quotes will be stuck in my head forever ! "They're sending in the supers!"
Man those things were hard to take down until you got the anti-armor attachment the you just have to be careful not to run out of ammo
LordTeridax 1247 shock grenade spam bruh
Take one down with squad support circle strafe any solo SBD s and melee em to death(praise darksouls for this).
Super battle droids were freakin terrifying in Republic Commandos. I think when you run into them on the Ghost ship has to be one of the scariest things in any video game. The dread of walking without your squad knowing one was around the corner was nightmare fuel.
Last scene was plot armor, once jedi gets tired the droids stop firing, wtf
@Josh Robson true, jedi should of been crushed for being over ambitious
@Josh Robson true again, but I'm referring to before order 66 in the clone wars. If any it was without plot armor so many more jedi would have died being to infront of too much blaster fire.
They have to reload, you know. lol!
you know that Jedi gets killed by those droids like 2 minutes later right?
@@josephs7070 good
"The B2 was underplayed in the Clone Wars"
Yes the Jedi made them seem less lethal but every time we see the Clones fight them without a Jedi present (during Ventress's reacue of Gunray in season 1 for example), they always suffered heavy casualties.
Ay I remember those Clankas. They didn't go down without a fight, I lost a lot of men to them. For the republic!
Bruh
9:25 yes yes I did thank you sooooo much for that ugh those rows and rows of B2s in the command ship
Yeah I agree the B2 battle droid remember in the clone wars move when the clone ran out of shot and went up to the droid and hit it then got picked up and shot. I can see why
there was similar thing where they tried to do it to a B1 and the B1 just shot the clone, didn't waste time picking up the clone
You've bright back my Clone Commando days. Thanks and no thanks, I still remember how infuriating they were. PTSD moment.
My first experience with a b2 scared the hell outa me as I just started using everything I had including grenades which just helped in activating more of the till I ran out of ammo on all my gun and was stuck with the pistol one b2 is tolerable but but once multiple were in an area and you didn’t have emp grenades and don’t forget about those things that constantly made more b2s!!!
I remember reading the action figure 2 pack that came with a comic book and the comic itself shows how scary these underrated droids can be
There's a reason why in the simulation they taught us, "watch those wrist rockets!"
Yeah, these guys and the friggin geonosion flamethrower units were terrifying in republic commando.
The moment you mentioned B2s, the RC PTSD came back...
@jack patton Furthermore, two of your squadmates are already down, your health is in the red, and you've burned most of your DC-17a ammo on geonoshans.
was definelty having flashbacks to my first time encountering super battle droids in republic commando. Honestly, they are the hardest thing to fight in that entire game. Only matched by the trandoshian heavy gunner
In Republic Commando, they are monsters!
But TCW, Clone Wars 2003 and the Movies, they seem to easily be taken down by a few shots.
I don’t know if the Writers of the Clone Wars did their research on B2-Super Battle Droid or they were unaware of that fact.
Apollo Knight the thing is that republic commando isn’t cannon
@@arranroberts1463
Exactly, all of their 'Legends' content that made them look competent isn't canon anymore
"Di$nEy sAyS iTs CaNoN tHeN ItS
cAnOn I'm A sHeEp"
Mace Windu: Somehow punching through solid metal and not caring that he’s surrounded by droids that could have easily turned him into a well done steak
The amount of times I used the "Eliminate Target" command in Republic Commando...
I HATED Supers so much. At one point, I just switched to the anti-armor grenade launcher whenever I saw one.
That's why they give you the anti armor thing honestly, they give you plenty of ways to deal with them actually. Anti armor, all kinds of detonators except flashbang, sniper rifle, concussion rifle, ocassional turrets, geonosian beam weapons, hell even dancing around them hacking away with the vibroblade works. Oh and you can command your team to snipe or go anti armor or just focus fire them.
I still remember backtracking on Geonosis for the specific reason that Sev’s sniper did work on the B2’s
I just got the mental image of a B2 dancing down the joker stairs
They did a really great job showing how powerful and vicious these droids were in Attack of the Clones. I vividly remember one continuing to fire right into the densly packed group of Jedi despite one of its arms having been blown off and another simply smashed a broken B1 out of the way so it could get a better shot. Even Mace Windu had to retreat when they started blasting away at him, since not even he could deflect that much incoming blaster fire.
Imagine a machine gun. Now imagine a machine gun on legs. Now imagine that machine gun walking towards you. Now imagine that walking machine gun being armored against basically everything you can throw at it. Now shit your pants.
"Registering Noise" that line gives me chills to this day
Want real droids?
Play Republic Commando..
In Republic Commando the ultimate SBD Defeat tactic is to mark them to be destroyed by your squadmates and then circle around them with your knife, they will fall very quickly. or if you want you can throw two Droid Poppers at them.
love the battlefront 2 2005 line "watch those wrist rockets"
Those of us who’ve played Republic Commando remember our first time alone in the Super Battle Droid racks. One poorly placed shot or grenade would wake up half a dozen of them.
*"WaTcH ThOsE WrIsT RoCkEtS!"*
Anyone who's played Republic Commando got a fair depiction of supers.
I remember the first time I versed a b2 in Republic Commandos, I thought it would be easy like all the other Star Wars games I had played up till that point.
I was wrong, so very, very wrong.
I never realised how terrifying these were, that was., until Delta squad was deployed on geonosis for the first time. Sev had to deal with those... Three sniper shots!?
Shoot them in the face, stun lock them. B2's can either be outflanked or overwhelmed. Break them down.
😨 Republic Commando: The first Super Battle Droid that you faced on Geonosis (just as you link up with Sev) was terrifying. On my first playthrough, I remember having virtually no grenades and having to try and take down that thing with small arms (of course, I didn't think to use the sniper attachment as it was such close range) - despite having three other squad members, the damn thing felt unstoppable, and by the time that you took the first one down, there was another round the corner, except this time you had no grenades...
I had no shame in loading a previous level to conserve my ion (blue) grenades for a second attempt. Of course, the game is devious enough to have you walk past racks and racks of them when going through the Lucrehulk command module, one false move and you could activate the lot. You give the B2s respect in Republic Commando.
For some reason, in the Clone Wars show I never noticed how the head looked like a B1 head and was infused with the body. I always thought that was just armor to protect the brain of the droid and the red light was its eye. Of course, in Republic Commando you could break that part and shoot it, and that's probably why I thought it that way.
Can we admire Thire and his amazing aim hitting the red weak point on 2 droids in less than a second?
0:49 Hold up, when did I do that?
That's what I was wondering. _One of America's most infamous outlaws, in the Post Civil War era, an author?_ Interesting....
I fear no man....
But that thing....
B2 super Battle droid
It scares me
Just the wrist rockets alone make them vastly superior to a clone in battlefront 2. While a grenade takes time to blow up and needs to be thrown, having both a high power automatic blaster and rockets at the same time makes you quite strong.
Thanks for bringing back my Repubilc Commando days. *shudders*
I once ran into 3 of them when I had run out of ammo and grenades. It took me dozens of tries to kill them all and complete the level.
Clone Commandos fighting Supers: *One of the toughest standard enemies in the game*
501st fighting Supers: "Watch Those Wrist Rockets!"
Captain Fordo fighting Supers: "So anyway, I started blasting."
Well Captain Fordo was a *BEAST*
I have Republic Commando flashbacks during any star wars related games/shows/videos. It was one of my all time favorite Action games
B2 droids in clone wars:
Ah, what a nuisance
B2 droids in republic commando:
*OH GOD OH FUCK*
The "watch those wrist rockets" line gave me a wave of nostalgia. Thanks for that!
B2 battle droid “ what are you looking at?”
Clone trooper “ I don’t know maybe it’s those wrist rockets “
the B2 droids in the SW:RC were a real deal, back then, when i saw the B2 dispenser for the 1st time i was really frightened :D
cute
5:50 WATCH THOSE...
W R I S T R O C K E T S
Ah, I remember they were BITCH to take down in Republic Commando, lol! I was playing again recently and figure out that besides grenades, anti armor and well placed sniper shots, you can actually melee them to death really quickly, considering how fast melee is and that it actually does considerable damage.
No one:
Geetsly: *INHALES* THE B2 BATTLEDR...
9:20 republik commando LETS GO I LOVE THAT GAME
By the way b2s actually have a sub variant know as the b2 HA these are the b2s with wrist rockets
*WaTcH tHoSe WrİsT rOcKeTs*
No, those are the ones with the rocket launchers replacing one arm
That’s what I mean but I guess it sounded kinda vague
Yesssss clone commando super battle droids were BRUTAL, I remember when you had go through the super battle droids factory and try your best to avoid them or they'd wake up and totally overwhelm you xD good times good times.
i always thought that the red powercell was there eye and I found it funny
Republic Commando is a brilliant game.
I remember finding a way to just circle around B2's and meleeing them to death.
8:51 oh cmon buddy thats clearly a grenade. Why would you just look at it dumbly
Did you know that even the clones in Battlefront 2 (2017) sometimes say "Watch those wrist rockets!" as well?
Who has heard “Watch those wrist-rockets” before
I remember in republic Commando having to fight o. The clone ship with waves of these hives bringing absolute terror since they were complete bullet sponges
When I was young, I thought the super battle droids from the clone wars were basically the same as the barren droids in the movies
Wait, they're not?! The toys and video games always said they were same.
Brings new meaning to "Watch those wrist rockets!!"
Does anyone remember the level in Republic commando’s where you fight a lot of B2’s and when you enter the room Boss says: Alone against all these droids.... Hmph... they don’t stand a chance.
That level is the reason i discovered cheat codes for the game.
I remember playing Republic commando and the part where your in the ship *full* of these guys.
Was like "ok... I'm gonna start singing lullabies now..."