ARC THROWER BUFF now STUNS CHARGERS & HULKS! - HELLDIVERS 2 Guide & Showcase (Difficulty 10)

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  • Опубликовано: 2 фев 2025

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  • @ludewich
    @ludewich 3 месяца назад +31

    Welcome to the Arc gang :-) The arc thrower is my favorite weapon in helldivers - always was. Now it is in its best shape ever. I have never used the jump pack, though - may need to try it. I think it pairs very well with a utility primary weapon (especially eruptor).

    • @JulietNovember9
      @JulietNovember9 3 месяца назад +3

      She's got a mind of her own sometimes but when she connects!!! ⚡⚡
      The best is when the chaining arcs go around corners. Also if you are at the 55 m limit it will hit the first enemy then chain BEYOND that with the additional arcs! Glorious!!! With the jump pack you can charge while airborne then hit the ground blazing.
      "Ghostbusters" build with shield generator to give you time to respond if they get too close, diligence counter sniper to hit the out of reach targets.

  • @avenger_dx6048
    @avenger_dx6048 3 месяца назад +17

    I don't know if I missed it in the video or if you didn't know, but the small terminids car now be completely destroyed with enough damage, which means less bodies on the battlefield which is an indirect buff to the Arc Thrower as the arc as less bodies to be stuck on.

    • @bodkin7841
      @bodkin7841  3 месяца назад +3

      100% true! Forgot to put that in

  • @waffleyell6562
    @waffleyell6562 3 месяца назад +9

    It's so good on the bug front that I've been avoiding taking it unless I really need to so I don't over-rely on it like a crutch

    • @bodkin7841
      @bodkin7841  3 месяца назад +4

      It's definitely really solid but I think it's limitations keep it out of crutch tier
      But tbh there's nothing else I'd rather have vs a lot of enemies

    • @alejandrobgaytan1865
      @alejandrobgaytan1865 3 месяца назад +1

      ⁠​⁠@@bodkin7841after trying it out for the first time I do agree it’s on the crutch tier, but I wouldnt say it’s OP
      Basically I think it’s a crutch in the sense that it’s really easy to use, like, the skill ceiling is very low I guess is one way to put it, but I also don’t think is OP or anything, I think is perfectly fine balance wise, and it also has a kinda high mastery ceiling so I think is fine at it is

  • @EscapeVelocity599
    @EscapeVelocity599 2 месяца назад +3

    I love that weapon on both fronts too. When things get hairy, I can be sloppy with my aim and still melt everything. It is a little frustrating sometimes with the misfires into the weeds and dead bodies but that's the price I think for how powerful it is. The other thing too is if you hit one enemy at the very edge of its range at 55 m it will chain even FURTHER and keep going and also kill enemies around the corners that are not in line of sight. Jump pack pairs nicely as well with DCS for sniper/shock trooper loadout. Get up high and rain down terror with lead and lightning. Now that we have the PLAS 15 Loyalist, I take that for gunships which was pretty frustrating before (I'd bring an autocannon sentry for anti air).

  • @Kaiser282
    @Kaiser282 3 месяца назад +2

    The arc thrower pairs well with the Blitzer. Bring a statement to deal with bile Titans and you walk through the bugs.
    I actually had to switch load outs because it got so trivial (on difficulty 7-8)

  • @itrot2186
    @itrot2186 3 месяца назад +3

    Damn ngl this is cool af

  • @krimson4257
    @krimson4257 25 дней назад

    recently got back into the game and noticed its great against illuminate as well, aiming higher up to kill the flying overseers and letting it arc down into the horde of voteless, ive gravitated towards the sickle for close up range since its a fairly high dps and i dont have to worry about ammo, as well as the senator (i need a better secondary for my build imo) and the impact grenades.
    as for strategems ive been using either the jump pack for distance or the guard rover for the call out ability it has, firing at enemies i may not have noticed at first (though it can be bad in condensed areas obviously) the 110 rocket pods for anything i cant kill easily, and a napalm strike to provide ground control which helps me put distance imbetween me and anything gunning towards me

  • @Benjamin.N.
    @Benjamin.N. 2 месяца назад

    The Ac Dc pick along with Thunderstruck is top notch music selection

  • @matthewlange176
    @matthewlange176 2 месяца назад +1

    I love the Arc Blitzer and with the Guard Dog Rover, I personally believe it is the best clutch loadout to have in level 10 bugs. last time I used the arc thrower, I hated it. After seeing this, I might have to try it again.

  • @Akeada
    @Akeada 3 месяца назад +1

    It's always a great day to see more joining the Arc diver core. Welcome brothers !!!
    I like running peak physique armor ( Heavy ) and jet pack with my Arc. melee the small bugs that get to close a focus the arc on the big ones

  • @personperson8199
    @personperson8199 Месяц назад

    The stun is genuinely insane. The arc thrower can decimate groups of light and medium enimies and lock down heavies, lining them up for teamates to throw down a strategem or hit a weakpoint. Even in solo you can handilly defend yourself with it (unless youre doing a high difficulty dive, the arc thrower cant keep up with the sheer volume of enimies).
    Bottom line, it wont be making the big kills like an autocannon or mowing down fodder like a stalwart or flamethrower but it will grind any kind of push to a halt and clean up smaller groups with ease all without needing a resuply.

    • @bodkin7841
      @bodkin7841  Месяц назад

      I disagree on the difficulty thing. All my clips are diff 10
      Unless I misunderstand you. It clears chaff and mediums extremely well imo, I literally solo a max difficulty breach in the first clip after the intro, and the arcthrkwer user can just use thermite with it for heavies so he doesn't need teammate support

    • @personperson8199
      @personperson8199 Месяц назад

      @bodkin7841 I must just he bad then

    • @bodkin7841
      @bodkin7841  Месяц назад

      @personperson8199 not saying that man
      It's a coop PvE game anyway. Good/Bad literally doesn't matter. Only fun
      Nobody ever really talks about this weapon or others much in a good light, so ofc people don't know a lot of things about it. It's all g

    • @personperson8199
      @personperson8199 Месяц назад

      @@bodkin7841 fair

  • @northernhand9781
    @northernhand9781 3 месяца назад +1

    Yep I got over 500 kills on the bot front in a ICBM match. Stun locks multiple hulks until my OPS lands on them or strafing run is good too, thermites are great while they’re stunned as well. Pairs well with jump pack as stated, but I also like the guard dog with it too. Any of the shotguns, lib-pen, eruptor, crossbow etc works well for your primary. Senator to finish off hulks while they’re stunned is the cherry on top

    • @bodkin7841
      @bodkin7841  3 месяца назад

      imo you dont even need the senator. It 2 taps their eyeball if you know where to aim it and 6-7 their body if you don't. Which isn't that bad tbh since it chains off the hulk and keeps killing the patrol

  • @somander
    @somander 3 месяца назад +2

    Aaaaaaaaand we're back!

  • @inthenameofnine64
    @inthenameofnine64 3 месяца назад +1

    It's fantastic now, but you gotta keep in mind and adjust for it's weirdness. Bad tracking through foliage or near some kinds of cover or through too many corpses can get you in trouble. It's a good trade-off for being able to solo a double-Hulk patrol and hold ground against a bug breach...WITH the jumppack buffs?
    We're backer more than we've ever been.

  • @EchoObserver9
    @EchoObserver9 3 месяца назад +2

    The arc thrower is amazing. I already loved the weapon.
    Even before Buffdivers. With the limited 35 M range.
    I still think it needs TWO more changes to make it as FUN as it can be:
    1)The FIRST ARC you shoot SHOULD BE ACCURATE and not random. So you can aim down the weak points of the big/medium targets.
    It would add alot of skill expression to an already super fun weapon. Especially vs hulks! It is frustrating that it only randomly goes for the eye >.>
    2)It should Jam the systems of the BIG boys AKA the Tanks,Chargers,Factory,Biles.
    After a number of shots depending on how big the unit is. It would shut them down entirely.
    The numbers can be tweaked imagine
    1 shot to stop a charger's charge. 3 shots to stun it then 6 to kill it. (AS IT IS NOW)
    2 shots to stop a behemoth's charge. 5 to stun it. 8 to kill it.
    4 shots to stop a Titan for spewing. 8 shots to slow it. 12 to stun it. (Not very good but it would be Op otherwise it just offers more fun options and team work!)
    Play with those numbers for all units. That way it is not Insanely op and fills better the support role of stunning the big boys for your team mates to execute.
    Ps: One of my fav load outs even before the buffdivers for bugs was:
    ARC/MG3
    Jetpack
    Eat IT
    500 KG

    • @bodkin7841
      @bodkin7841  3 месяца назад

      Being able to aim it would help a lot, maybe as a alt fire toggle so you still have current method as a choice

    • @mattmcintyre7083
      @mattmcintyre7083 Месяц назад

      "Support role" is just another way of saying I'm not going to kill much. Nobody needs support, they need someone that makes enemies die.

    • @EchoObserver9
      @EchoObserver9 Месяц назад

      @@mattmcintyre7083 No it is not...
      If you stun a charger that means the rocket sentry stays alive.
      If you stun a tank that means your teammates don't get lobotomized from 300 meters away.
      All the while the arcs do KILL many of the smaller enemies surrounding the big boys.
      tldr: You are lacking in imagination or simply not intelligent enough to think of what it implies.

    • @mattmcintyre7083
      @mattmcintyre7083 Месяц назад

      @@EchoObserver9 Perhaps you could answer this question. Why would I stun a charger for someone else when I could just as easily outright kill it? Look man, I'm all for stunning something if it's going to help you kill it more quickly but to suggest that rather than simply kill the enemy outright it is somehow preferable to stun the target in hopes that *_someone else_* will kill it for you seems a bit misguided. I only play level 10 difficulty but even so from time to time I do run across players who for one reason or another seem to want to play assistant helldiver. I generally don't mind carrying them if it appears that they are children or are genuinely need help but when someone has the ability to pull their own weight yet they choose not to it tends to get old fairly quickly.
      As for your ad hominem jabs at my intelligence and imagination, I believe Socrates said it best-- "When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.”

    • @EchoObserver9
      @EchoObserver9 Месяц назад

      @mattmcintyre7083 "Why would I stun a charger for someone else when I could just as easily outright kill it?"
      You can't You just exhausted your last recoilless rocket.
      You buddy has one but he is far away.
      Now his shot is easier.
      He also does not have to worry about 16 hunters on his ass because you killed most of them with collateral arcs...
      As I said...
      No imagination or intellect I legit don't mean it as jab btw... It is simply what I saw before me. A lack of one of those two things...
      ps: You also seem to have missed the part where the game is supposed to be for fun.
      Go install a cheat engine and have infinite nades or something and enjoy killing everything.

  • @MikleKaneChannel
    @MikleKaneChannel 2 месяца назад

    I often using las guard dog for extra cooking - it's like being one-man army, almost literally

  • @buddyrem9917
    @buddyrem9917 3 месяца назад +1

    Used this build last night on Martale, its a ton of fun! Only problem with bots is not being able to kill Gunships or Striders. Bringing a Rocket Sentry and 500k fixes that.

    • @bodkin7841
      @bodkin7841  3 месяца назад

      @buddyrem9917 yeah Scorcher or Purifier as your primary works well too, purely for gunships or tank heat sinks
      Their ammo economy isn't the best, bur you're using a infinite ammo support weapon for 90% of the fighting anyway, so not much issue here in the end

  • @Fred-f4h
    @Fred-f4h 3 месяца назад +2

    Been using arc since day one.... im the Bug Bot Zapper

  • @averagereviews3389
    @averagereviews3389 Месяц назад

    I always use arc thrower even when it was nerfed a while back.

  • @Old_Man_Bernard
    @Old_Man_Bernard 3 месяца назад +3

    I shit my pants while watching this bro

  • @devinshilightsdale9738
    @devinshilightsdale9738 3 месяца назад +2

    Spread the word!

  • @taintedsrrow2417
    @taintedsrrow2417 3 месяца назад

    With the Constitution now available, I like running it alongside the arc thrower. Cause frankly you don't need any other weapon, it's goated.

  • @mintytrash7240
    @mintytrash7240 3 месяца назад +2

    It didn't struggle in close combat, tip is just dont shoot only from hip. If enemy is getting too close - you use melee when your arc is fully charged. ( shot will spead sloser to surface) Btw after last changes the Arc thrower simply bullying automatons. Arc Gang everybody! Arc thrower supremacy!!! ⚡️

    • @bodkin7841
      @bodkin7841  3 месяца назад

      @@mintytrash7240 by close combat I mean like, literally facehug enemy
      For these you either melee or pull out primary 100%
      Outside of that though it's a great weapon. Everything has downsides

  • @TheNightOwlKS
    @TheNightOwlKS 3 месяца назад +1

    I wish the Blitzer got a similar buff on its range (and extra 5m-10m would have been perfect). It pairs with the Arc Thrower seamlessly, & just pack a Dagger or Guard Dog Rover if anything gets too close.

    • @bodkin7841
      @bodkin7841  3 месяца назад

      On bots I like bringing Scythe, for distance and headshots. Very confident with that weapon. On bugs I'll unironically use libpen because its p good right now imo, or punisher. Blitzer is a good choice too however

    • @TheNightOwlKS
      @TheNightOwlKS 3 месяца назад

      @@bodkin7841 Only issue I had with the Scythe was the AP2 & nothing to handle Hulks if you die & reinforce somewhere far from your support weapon. The Senator is now a good solution to that problem.

    • @bodkin7841
      @bodkin7841  3 месяца назад

      @@TheNightOwlKS Scorcher or Purifier are good choices too, since they quickly kill gunships

    • @TheNightOwlKS
      @TheNightOwlKS 3 месяца назад

      @@bodkin7841 Yeah, they just have that slight problem with ammo - it's limited. I hate running out of ammo.

    • @bodkin7841
      @bodkin7841  3 месяца назад

      ​@TheNightOwl11683 yeah 100% but at least if you're running arcthrower you use it for 99% of the fighting anyway so it's less of a issue

  • @Danthepanman1
    @Danthepanman1 3 месяца назад +4

    it’s also really good for controlling(team killing) the crowd(your teammates) into killing(kicking)you

    • @bodkin7841
      @bodkin7841  3 месяца назад +2

      The chain lightning only goes forward, so as long as theyre not behind anything you are shooting you are good. Takes a bit of getting used to and hard to explain, but I rarely tk after using it for a while.
      Definitely an S-tier pvp weapon though lmao

    • @bigpapapurple
      @bigpapapurple 3 месяца назад +2

      Learn trigger discipline and to know when to swap weapons

  • @ladislavtrojan8765
    @ladislavtrojan8765 Месяц назад +1

    Wait you shoot higher even for flying rats? (aka shriekers) Didnt knew i should do that... thx for the tip.

  • @Joker1982BkB
    @Joker1982BkB 3 месяца назад +1

    Arc is so da..mn good,its just simple fun...Looks somrtimes,like a Spaceghostbuster.
    Dont cross the beams Soldiers😂

  • @RealKidNamedFinger
    @RealKidNamedFinger 8 часов назад +1

    May i ask why you move your crosshair up while shooting?

    • @bodkin7841
      @bodkin7841  6 часов назад +1

      @@RealKidNamedFinger arcthrower targets enemies using a cone
      So if you aim right at foes, you put half your possible angles under the ground, leading to more misfires. Aiming high solves this issue

  • @petercottantail7850
    @petercottantail7850 3 месяца назад +1

    didn't know it stuns big targets again, that's all i needed to hear cause killing chargers prepatch was cheeks, thermite should one shot hulks too to speed up the cc train for them and chargers

    • @bodkin7841
      @bodkin7841  3 месяца назад

      I'm not 100% reliable at it yet but aiming at a right spot above the hulk leads to a 2 shot through their eye same as autocannon, but yeah bringing thermite is a good choice

  • @finnjones8093
    @finnjones8093 27 дней назад +1

    How come you keep aiming above the enemy heads? Does the arc fall down over distance?

    • @bodkin7841
      @bodkin7841  27 дней назад

      @finnjones8093 No, it doesn't fall down but it improves targeting
      Targeting works like a cone right, so if you aim right st the enemy, you put half of your possible angles under the ground. This increases misfires whereas aiming high ensures you have a higher likelihood of hitting your target

  • @omni_0101
    @omni_0101 3 месяца назад

    Im really trying to bring a zap build. Just need them to release an armor that lets me glow in ultraviolet and aggro all the bugs. What's the best stratagem for titan control? Railcannon seems like the cooldown is too slow for diff 10 titan spawn

    • @Flint367
      @Flint367 3 месяца назад

      I usually use autocannon sentry for super heavies. Orbital precision strike is also nice

    • @bodkin7841
      @bodkin7841  3 месяца назад

      Eagle 110s and Strafe are surprisingly good here, or just throwing 2 thermite
      500kg is the best for pure titan killing. Precision strike is good as well

  • @Goochigoop
    @Goochigoop 3 месяца назад

    The weakness is visibility - poor visibility makes this weapon not viable on fog maps without radar

    • @bodkin7841
      @bodkin7841  3 месяца назад

      It actually targets enemies through fog. Even smoke grenades, and bots won't shoot back well through this

  • @deeptide182
    @deeptide182 3 месяца назад

    Whats the song on 4:46 ???

    • @bodkin7841
      @bodkin7841  3 месяца назад +1

      ruclips.net/video/VL4UsdWz1Pc/видео.html

    • @deeptide182
      @deeptide182 3 месяца назад

      @@bodkin7841 thank you!!! ^^

  • @eilumial1337
    @eilumial1337 3 месяца назад

    Is the current buffed range longer than the original range from around the first few months of release before it got nerfed?

  • @NeurotizismusDoodle
    @NeurotizismusDoodle 3 дня назад

  • @mattmcintyre7083
    @mattmcintyre7083 Месяц назад

    6 shots is what it's always taken to kill a charger. Why not just take a quasar cannon to kill chargers in one shot?

    • @bodkin7841
      @bodkin7841  Месяц назад

      Simple, because Arcthrower does a lot more than just kill chargers. I just show that it can do so pretty well. Something else to consider is while you're shooting this charger, the arcs also chain off of it and keep killing all the little/medium guys (your main job with arcthrower is to kill hordes and stun heavies for your anti-tank people)

    • @mattmcintyre7083
      @mattmcintyre7083 Месяц назад

      @bodkin7841 are you aware that a primary like the eruptor can kill swarms of light and medium enemies far faster than an arc thrower can while also allowing you to keep moving at the same time? So if I can kill big bugs much faster and small bugs much faster why would I use the arc thrower? The way I see it there's one very valid reason to pick it over any number of superior weapons-- Because you enjoy it.
      If that's the case that's perfectly OK and you'll get no argument from me on those grounds.

    • @bodkin7841
      @bodkin7841  Месяц назад

      @mattmcintyre7083 it doesn't kill them faster than the arcthrower. This is verifiable skill issue. I'm not going to argue with you further

    • @mattmcintyre7083
      @mattmcintyre7083 Месяц назад

      @@bodkin7841 says the guy who doesn't know it's always taken 6 shots to kill a charger.

  • @respectyourelder2298
    @respectyourelder2298 2 месяца назад

    What are are you wearing ?

  • @thealeks1
    @thealeks1 2 месяца назад +2

    Finally pro-arc propaganda

  • @aidenpangborn2382
    @aidenpangborn2382 3 месяца назад

    AC/DC is super strict about their music use, it’s a great choice of music but I bet you will get a strike in a few days :/

    • @bodkin7841
      @bodkin7841  3 месяца назад +1

      Should be covered under fair use. My channel is not monetized yet.
      Look at that little sub number lmao

    • @aidenpangborn2382
      @aidenpangborn2382 3 месяца назад

      @@bodkin7841 Thats fair, however i have had friends with as little as 30 subs get warnings for playing acdc, hopefully you are right.

  • @Notauserofyoutube
    @Notauserofyoutube 3 месяца назад

    A good ark user is much less impactful then a bad ark user

    • @bodkin7841
      @bodkin7841  3 месяца назад

      if we ignore casually soloing Diff10 bug breaches while my team does the objective, sure
      but yeah a bad arc user is a p bad detriment ngl but it doesnt take much practice imo

  • @losingbow77d47
    @losingbow77d47 3 месяца назад

    Nah its worse than the blitzer

    • @bodkin7841
      @bodkin7841  3 месяца назад +1

      Blitzer is only medium pen, so ap3
      Arcthrower is AP7, and got a shitload of buffs. I think you should try it again. Its ok to just not like the weapon, but its certainly not bad or worse than the blitzer.

    • @DailyQuestPDC
      @DailyQuestPDC 3 месяца назад

      ​@@bodkin7841when it got buffed?

    • @bodkin7841
      @bodkin7841  3 месяца назад

      @@DailyQuestPDC 2 patches ago, like 2 weeks before this video. It got 55m range, more chain lightning, more damage, and stuns targets including heavies (outside of bile titans or factory striders). Anything hulk/charger tier and below gets hard stunned.

    • @DailyQuestPDC
      @DailyQuestPDC 3 месяца назад

      @@bodkin7841 ouh, that one. Oke thank you