HARDEST Mode in Helldivers 2 (HELLDIVE)

[@Muppet-kz2nc]

We're in the Endgame now. Cross has turned into a psychotic Vietnam vet.

[@urazz7739]

Those Vietnam vets are no joke. My teacher in high school was a Vietnam vet and had a flashback. He was giving us a lecture on the Vietnam War and ended up pausing for a few seconds. He then yelled "Incoming! Get to cover," jumped behind his desk pulled the stem off his apple, yelled "grenade out" tossed it at a classmate and hit him in the head. My classmate wasn't really hurt but he was stunned like the rest of us. It wasn't funny at the time, but afterwards, everyone found it funny. 😆

[@Muppet-kz2nc]

​@@urazz7739 People say that if you don't love Super Earth, then get the hell out. Well, I love Super Earth.

[@boechlerguitarsandrepair]

That happened ​@@urazz7739

[@soul8860]

he finally made it there and made a vid. (PS lvl 20 trivializes everything other than tk)

[@joefuller3886]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@seanmccatharn8832]

The incentive for Helldive difficulty is the glory and knowing you made .002% progress per member to an objective versus .0001%

[@XanitosGaming]

“No deaths” Famous last words.

[@SanityPotion776]

Tip for chargers btw Cross. Put 2 50% railgun shots into one leg to break the armor and shoot the unarmored leg with your primary. Saves railgun ammo and makes chargers much easier to take down.

[@TsuriaDragon]

Another tip when they’re chasing you if they rush into a rock or strong debris it will cause them to stagger for a few seconds.

[@seanmccatharn8832]

Feel like the armor break is bugged sometimes. No pun intended. I’ll clearly see broken armor and still get the deflect icon and deal no damage.

[@IntangibleSlime]

@@TsuriaDragonRail gun stuns them half the time

[@MysticLuka]

@@seanmccatharn8832 I haven't had that happen personally, I've just missed xd

[@robertman369]

Here’s what our squad does on helldive: We have two runners and two slayers pulling as much aggro and killing shit as efficiently as possible. From what we can tell, if you can focus all the spawns on one area other areas chill out. I play slayer role, and our team takes a rail gun, an auto cannon, breakers, orbital lasers 500kg and rocket pods. Runner team runs stealth bonus armor with smoke orbitals and jump packs to zip around grabbing the main objective and samples. For terminids, it’s been super effective and fun :)

[@noliebyrd718]

That sounds really fun actually

[@bartell20j]

Sounds great.... but we have a Droid problem. They are hard af

[@nilsingvar7319]

Sounds like a cool tactic!

[@robertman369]

@@bartell20j smoke stratagems and nades are still crazy good against bots too!

[@MinoanHunter]

Nothing is too hard for FREEDOOOOMMM

[@killerjoshy863]

I'm hard for freedom

[@memecrider3585]

FREEEEEEEDOM🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@ImKiingg]

Cap. 🤣🤣

[@RandomDude1842]

Nothing is to hard for democracy

[@emptyblue6530]

;;;;;)

[@Mr.Linguini]

“YOU DON’T SPREAD DEMOCRACY BY RUNNING LIKE A BITCH!” - Commander DemoCrossacy Cross at the Battle of the Bug I love how there’s so many difficulty levels for this game, I wonder if the devs will add more 😂

[@Nayr090]

HD1 had up to difficulty 15 lol probably going to ease the playerbase into it in the future

[@deltyh3650]

The first helldiver had 15 so maybe 😉

[@RoyalStarlord]

What would the difficulties beyond Helldiver even be named? Heavenplunger? Demigod Killer? Demonslayer? God Ender?

[@Xenoxz83]

@@RoyalStarlord HD1 lvl 15 was: Inner Circle of Hell

[@TsuriaDragon]

This must be one of those inspirational speeches 😮

[@MiguelGayarreConde]

Helldivers is a dream come true for people like me who put thousands of hours in Mass effect 3 MP back in 2012.4 players coop, objectives and extraction fighting against hordes of enemies....no other game has been able to replicate those moments until now.Pure and unaltered FUN

[@ScorpionHanshi]

All these years Cross been yelling "Harder, Harder" while playing Destiny now in Helldivers his face says "Too hard".

[@doom_slayer_5.048]

Exactly skill issue

[@legoshi6531]

I am genuinely so proud of the game, im a Helldivers 1 player and seeing the active playerbase for H2 on PC alone increasing by 100k players each day is mind blowing!

[@tacoboy2218]

We are at 300k rn

[@legoshi6531]

​@@tacoboy2218exactly, the average player base from the start was like 126k, in the last days it jumped from that to 226k to 330k. It's absolutely absurd. Not just that, they maintain those numbers... I have never seen a game do this.

[@tacoboy2218]

@@legoshi6531 the game Is just so good im hopelessly addicted

[@MyNameIsSalo]

honestly this weekend could have broken 1m+. Its only at 330k because the server capacity is maxed out

[@Jon_EL]

@@MyNameIsSaloyeah ive not been able too play much due to servers

[@krux02]

Helldivers 1 has three more difficulties higher than "Helldive", with the highest being "The inner circle of Hell". So be prepared that there might at some point be more

[@MysticLuka]

Difference being that HD1's Helldive difficulty was 12 instead of 9 like this one. I'm sure they'll add more difficulties to HD2 though.

[@soksocks]

​​@@MysticLukaI'm positive that it's basically confirmed that majority of content from HD1 will come into HD2. Most obvious, though a stratagem, is the mech

[@Aggro224]

Will there be more enemy factions?

[@32dylan23]

​@@Aggro224at minimum 1 more faction as there's an alien tech race in the previous game. But who knows with how cool the devs are.

[@gorjegiron1777]

Damn cross ate half the revives

[@trickster562]

For Helldive difficulty staying mobile is key. Staying stationary for to long or in one area for to long is a good say to sap your resources.

[@Caseyjbl]

Love how the difficulty isn’t more health, but more enemies. The correct way to do it.

[@Wizinja]

The real hard mode is getting a squad with matchmaking.

[@gamerclips1882]

What is this matchmaking that you speak of 😢

[@DANNYTWISTER46]

I had to close down the game and then restart just to get matchmaking to work.

[@kassaken6521]

If only match making was like Deep Rock Galactic. Just pick a mission and join players who's already there.

[@mrbigglezworth42]

@@kassaken6521 It's "technically" in the game, but good luck seeing missions to join.

[@JessieJoseph-y1w]

Yet these streamers don't seem to have any problems

[@gamingcouplelife559]

"You don't spread democracy by running like a b*tch!" is gonna have me laughing for the rest of the week.

[@Phillz91]

I think the 'Meta' for helldive is not so much run from everything but more pick your fights and be able to stand your ground when you need to.

[@chimeraelite]

That and sometimes waiting around for a bit to wait for Strats makes life so much more liveable. I'm running eagle bombs, cluster, 100kg rockets. Probably gonna just focus and get the 500kg when I can then supplement with a heavy weapon. Auto cannon for now. Probs rail later.

[@Kingjay814]

@@chimeraelitethe 500kg bomb is bait. I unlocked it and it’s kind of bad. The 110 Eagle strike is WAY better. If you want big single target damage the orbital rail cannon is better.

[@mrbigglezworth42]

@@chimeraelite The game is a push and pull between finishing quickly and staying long enough to grab samples or other objectives. Things get worse the longer you take so seeing nothing but armored enemies starts becoming the norm. I hope the spawn rate gets fixed or retuned because jesus, it's insane sometimes.

[@LUCAS420BLZ]

​​@@mrbigglezworth42 they instead made it more difficult

[@thebabycakes]

The meta for this game is team dynamics if your team has their weapons and stratagems centered around one another you can take any threat instantly, bug breaches dont exsit anymore because all 4 of you drop everything you see when working together

[@MSK-o1n]

My personal loadout for helldives: Medium armor with additional stim inventory and duration-that extra duration is life saving since you can be getting pummeled and be able to wiggle your way out just in time and still be at full health and some cases save you from a teammates poorly place stratagem. Middle ground of mobility and durability keeping you agile and avoiding most one shots. Gear: Personal shield generator- mitagates alot of damage conserving stims for when your really need them and helps from being stun locked in most situations. *This is optional and can be substituted for a 500kg or my preferred optional the orbital railcannon that's sole purpose is for quick charger kills Weapons: Machine pistol-if your primary runs outta ammo it's always faster to switch to your secondary than to reload. Can change fire rate to semi so it's just like the base pistol but with a bigger mag but I recommend full auto. Breaker No explanation needed. Railgun-"learn weak points and armor ratings, it's a precision weapon" You can one tap bile titans to the mouth/shred a chargers leg armor in 2 shots then dissmeber the leg with breaker or follow up with a 3rd sometimes 4th to secure the kill/one tap bile spewers to the chest (don't shoot the sack on back. it's bait and a waste of ammo unless your using breaker to take them down that way). Stratagems: There should be a good mix of firepower and utility in team composition. Eagle strike- quick call in/decent cooldown, predictable blast for danger close, can plug a couple holes before moving in or wipe out entire groups of enemies and shred armor on beefier targets for quick clean up. Gatling barrage-short cool down, decent lingering time. throw it on bug breeches/choke points/incoming waves. It's main purpose is to thin herds conserving your primary ammo and creating breathing room so your squad can focus on the bigger targets that spawned in with the small fry. General tips: Avoid calling in stratagems on bile titans unless you know your gonna get collaterals. I know they're big and scary but if everyone uses they're railguns properly they can be dealt with quickly before they become an actual threat. Avoid using sentry turrets. They're excellent for defense missions but in mobile missions and open ground theyre more of a liability to get you or an ally killed, limit your movement, aggro unwanted patrols or in quite a few cases be destroyed before they can net any results. Consistent results is key.

[@stefanforsgren9023]

Im farming 7s so cant speak on 9s but sentrys with 50% ammo and the low friction thing are amazing, but team does need to be aware of them. Or they will die. An autocannon placed a bit back with some statics for slow will clear a breach on its own more or less A gatling will shoot forever, spin fast, clear trash left and right

[@MrTorgueHighFiveFlexington]

How many bile titans would you like on screen at the same time? Yes

[@TheRealAD45]

are you 12?

[@jessanpalomer2647]

​@@TheRealAD45 Are you 10?

[@TheRealAD45]

@@jessanpalomer2647 no but I say that cause only kids comment like that

[@jessanpalomer2647]

@@TheRealAD45 everyone comments like that its in right context given how many of those big bugs appear.

[@TheRealAD45]

@@jessanpalomer2647 talking about asking a question then answering your own question wit yes. I see this style everywhere amd it's has to be kids talking like this or morons....

[@thatdudeKarim]

What makes this game soooo good is that the Enemies are Legitimately trying to kill you AT ALL TIMES instead of just running routines.

[@G82Jesse]

Lol I noticed the editors removed the 7th difficulty, maybe for monetization reasons? Can't have that word on screen in the first 10 seconds?

[@GiantEnemyCrabtree]

Yeah KZbin is wildly unpredictable with their guidelines. Unfortunately you just have to play it safe, else the whole video gets demonetized for a single word on screen.

[@vinicius10573]

I don't remember the last time I was so exited to watch gameplays of a new game. I don't even have perspective to buy it right now, but it's so enjoyed just watching it. I am play mostly single player and story driven games, but this game got me in a way I can't explain

[@sayzin]

Now we gotta Helldive with the Automatons. You would get a kick out of endless Annihilator Tanks and Obliterator Hulks.

[@AndrewSmith85]

The sentry sticking to Cross was the best 😂

[@fishmo_mofish]

The incentive for helldiver level is freedom and democracy. Plus the chaos hahahahahahaha FREEEEEEEEEEDOM.

[@_d--]

This is how General Brasch got his first medals

[@Guile_The_Exile]

As a Titan main, watching Cross a fellow Titan fight with such spirit and confidence brings me pure joy. Zavala, Saint and Shaxxx are all SUPER PROUD of you Cross. :')

[@SJSharkByte]

cross is a warlock main :kekw:

[@MonsterTRG]

​@@SJSharkByte nah uh

[@alfvred7969]

The hardest part is getting the servers to let you play.

[@ryith]

Been sitting in a 15min loop so far trying to play 😭

[@7KingCobra7]

​@ryith it took me over w hours earlier... good luck

[@ryith]

@@7KingCobra7 twice now after waiting to get in I get to select a planet to land and then the game crashes. Back at my 3rd time tonight. If this keeps up I may have to just wait till the devs fix the server problem.

[@MiketheMagicPaper]

16:26 is the greatest shit I've ever seen. Lmao I CAN'T

[@tommysmith7462]

"NO DEATHS!" *Dies 4 times in first 2 minutes 😂

[@dizzyrinn]

6:35 this part had me CRYING idek why 😂😂😭 dude said “getting ass pounded over and over”

[@picklerick5191]

When you somehow managed to call the sentry down and get it stuck on your head was hilarious 😂😂

[@Fighting2Survive-i9f]

I love Aztecross so much lol. You're hilarious man! I so much enjoy your content. FOREVER FORWARD!!!!

[@AcolyteOfDantioch]

Lol one of the devs are watching and rubbing his hands together like a villain as he adds more and more bugs 😂

[@ShippellShow]

This man said "commy aliens" lmfao

[@yirbyvanegas239]

I play Helldive mode everyday, makes it even more fun and intense! Lol

[@PigeonTheory]

Absolutely loving the helldivers content, keep it up!

[@roadogsc]

Shoot the leg of the charger with the railgun (in safe mode) twice. The armor will be destroyed and 4-5 shotgun shots to the leg will kill it. Meaning you have 10 charger kills in one railgun (if you don't refill ammo of course).

[@98Emile]

you can save the railgun for armor stripping bc mag dumping primary into the stripped leg kills easy

[@ice-coldcoffee5282]

I love how your expectations go from well ace this to I just want to finish the mission.

[@aznpanda510x]

Nothing hurt more than seeing you drop your supplies and running back and dying again.

[@MortarMike]

Bro said "No DEATHS!" and proceeded to die more than his entire team combined 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 I mean, it's Helldiver Difficulty but still, that's hilarious 😩😩

[@unloyal4847]

its amazing really, as you progress through the game you feel yourself improving, from medium being hard to hard being impossible then you slowly improve, learn all the kinks and weaknesses, the best way to take out stuff, when to engage and when to fight then you hit helldive where all your learned knowledge all brings it all together to fight tooth and nail against endless hordes of normal to elite enemies, this game is amazing.

[@robkort2166]

Thanks!

[@steak-a-potamus6231]

Bug spawn rate is tied to the amount of nests on the map. Prioritise nests to lower the spawn rate. Godspeed, Helldiver!

[@Ellimanist15]

FREE (and I cannot stress this next part enough) DOM!!!

[@RobsRemixes]

Just got done with the platinum for Helldivers 2, what a game 👌🏻

[@foxlyfe1416]

I had to rewatch that grenade throw into the stalker nest several times just to make sure I wasn't seeing things. That was incredible

[@riggatonygacha]

Aztecross is liberating his own difficulty

[@hotkoyoto]

Yeah, that's true end game. I don't think i'll ever be able to beat it no lives. let alone WITH lives. xD I need a full squad for that. Let alone with the bots?! Hell nah, I love democracy. But i'm gonna need john wick, master chief, and a sunbreaker titan from destiny to get me through helldive.

[@WuBlazer]

Need more of this PRO DEMOCRACY energy from you Cross. This is why i only run turrets . Have enough democracy for all these damn roaches

[@TacticalBeard]

The incentive is more medals and higher percentages of liberation/defence for the planetary objective.

[@MrNooah]

16:25 this is the sentry of the year for sure

[@austincrews7575]

Ross I've been watching you for a while bro, love the content, but this one... this is 5 star entertainment at its finest. I was laughing the whole time.

[@pmmcrobb]

Can’t wait to play this, when I can finally get into the servers…

[@oldguywilikers4340]

whats more impressive than playing this game on helldive is the fact you managed to load into the game in the first place

[@PrecariousHusk]

Omg the turret sticking to your head was so gd funny haha

[@naga3588]

Can't wait till he sees the Inner Circle of Hell Difficulty (Difficulty 15) possibly be added in later. As for the 2nd game I pretty much rushed to lvl 50 within the 1st week and just stress tested loadouts. Best I found was 500 kg bomb, railgun, personal shield, and rail cannon strike, I recommend the scorcher or Breaker as they are great at taking out hunters which will be on you constantly. Soloing is hell too, just avoid any planetary modifier that increase the call in timer and be sneaky. As for objectives, do all main and optional objectives, avoid nests like the plague. You can skip the nests and still get a Glorious Victory.

[@SafetyFooT]

LOL. Quite possibly the best astecross video to date. Lol.

[@extractkun5911]

If only the servers werent down, i'd be grinding this out right now 😔🙏

[@Phillipmurr]

same , thats why im watching this , now PS5 to overloaded....

[@BlackSkullArmor]

This must be what Spehs mehreens feel like fighting the space locusts

[@smittysmiff9318]

How bout a nice hot cup of LIBER-TEA!

[@ps5_c0de]

And yes cross, it's infinite hoards. The longer you stay on a mission the harder it gets, it's a scaling difficulty as said from the descriptions.

[@shadowD33]

The turret beacon that stuck to him wouldn't have dropped on him if he didn't run back to the original place he called it lol.

[@YuriiTemnikov]

Actually, you can kill the entire wave of beetles - you just have to carefully monitor all the beetles, and if one of them raises its face up, begins to chirp and release a cloud of pheromones into the air - then you must kill it immediately, or you will get a new breakthrough with reinforcements. The same thing with bots, the only difference is that bots can ONLY call for reinforcements from infantry - if you knock out all the infantry in a squad in the first seconds, you will quickly clear the area. But in beetles, a breakthrough can be caused by all beetles, from small ones to the brood commander. Only big spitters, chargers, stalkers and titans can't do this - everyone else can do it. Therefore, approaches to fighting them should be different - if the bots have a LOT of armor, then they need powerful guns. But for beetles - you need a weapon that can inflict massive damage on unarmored targets as quickly as possible - the steelwart, for example, is almost ideal, because with its rate of fire you can quickly mow down all the small things and concentrate on finishing off the remaining ones. P.S. The Tesla Turret is actually VERY powerful - but it is EXTREMELY dependent on positioning. If you place it in a place where enemies cannot reach it in the first 3 seconds after entering its affected area, it can fry a very large number of enemies. She just needs about 3 seconds to charge, and of course, so that enemies don’t rush towards her in a huge crowd, she’s still not omnipotent. But if you place it, for example, on a small hill in a narrow place, it will be very difficult for the beetles to pass by it alive. And against bots, any turrets are not particularly useful, except mortar ones. And then they need to be hidden, because they still find them and destroy them.

[@maleaque]

bro didn’t wanna show his stats lol

[@Lotu5_]

Most insane part of this is the fact he can actually get into the game

[@mell4006]

1:40 With the rail cannon I would suggest going for the legs on the crusher or charger after two clean shots you open a weak spot where you can use light armor penetrating rounds to kill it really fast. The real weak points on them are the legs but you have to break the armor first before you can hit its weak points.

[@Ventus_Wraith]

Im surprised yall can even get in the game I've been in queue for 4 hours XD. Games fun though hopefully we can all play at some point.

[@Mr_BB_Man]

im so sad i just wanna play in what little free time i have this weekend 😭

[@Official_Golden]

yep been sitting in queue for like 2 hours now

[@kurtisdeakin]

Same. Can't get in game.

[@specky3flush345]

If you come out of the game and push down, to the screen with the cards, select play with fireteam or quick play, it'll take you into the game. I seen this on reddit. Works everytime

[@DeanGetYourWings]

Man should adopt Rail and Shield Backpack. Makes the game trivial on Helldive. Edit: 10mins in, ah, he is converted! - Also for charges, save ammo. Two shots to the leg, half a SG225 mag to the leg and they're dead. Honestly the shield is great in both solo runs and group play. The amount of times it's saved me from my own teams orbital bombs or a sneak attack from behind. I just fear they'll nerf it instead of making other backpacks better, like the I LOVE the laser backpack, he was my homie, but the amount of times it friendly fires me and team mates is too dam high. I know it's an intended mechanic but the rover backpacks should be the exception. Just don't nerf the backpack.

[@isteelyphil_yt]

This was fun, and thank you @Aztecross for having me on. It got hectic, and at some point, I had to leave yall to solo some main obj. Felt like that one meme where I'm singing along to maroon 5 while everyone was sweaty like tom cruise. To be fair, completing the main obj is more important than killing hordes of bugs.

[@Soupcan13]

"thats that rank 6 mentality" HA HA HA HA

[@josephsapida5774]

he's slowly losing his mind. 😂😂😂

[@Stockclasspaintball]

Main trouble is once you die you get boned cause it’s hard to get your kit back from drops. I’d love to have the backpacks and heavy weapons drop with us.

[@AWildHaggis]

Feels illegal to be this early to one of your vids! Just bought a ps5 to play this, arrives Wednesday I can't wait!!

[@UniqueTechnique29]

Better hope they add a bunch of servers or you’ll still be waiting.

[@l3m0nw4t3r]

When i say i laughed at the turret head issue. That does no justice to the noise that escaped my lips

[@Dunidid]

The sentry getting attached to your head hahhaah

[@Arrrmix]

its like playing super mario and helldivers 2 at the same time with the sounds XD

[@keking2178]

Everything I hear democracy I laughed.😂😂

[@wilturner9220]

“I lost a lot of samples” dropped two samples

[@ocram7495]

for those that dont know, the big fat acid shooting bugs. instead of shooting the green butt try to shot its head, its their weaker spot.

[@Spectacular_Insanity]

I love the smell of Liber-Tea in the morning!

[@sethswords7959]

bro said no deaths and dies first lol

[@aznpanda510x]

Lmao!!!! That such a good ass PRO TIP!!! I been saving all my resources to upgrade turret. It work good on small thing but not on Godzilla

[@kidbidness]

"Fk that how bout we dik shit down!" Damn cross you done changed! lol!

[@trevorallen3212]

Now we need perma death or one life mode difficultly for exoridarny heroes and legends in the making here. Those that win this mode shall be given medal of honor title and fame to be known for the entire galaxy to admire with given respect.

[@hawk81dk]

as it is now yes there needs to be some kind off endgame reward for helldiver difficulty, with there current cap of 50k an unlocking everything at level 20 you have nothing to really farm for other then samples, also i don't yet understand why the max level is 50 unless thy plan to add more items to your starship that is unlocked at higher levels, but i also hope thy well put in like assault or defend strongholds

[@silk3sm00th]

Another Dominator enjoyer in the wild!?! I knew i liked cross for a reason

[@skullkingdom9972]

I miss anticross lol. "RAGE RAGE F.CKING RAAAAGGGGEEEEE".😂

[@DestructoVic]

Crazy how many people are playing this game. I bought it and did the tutorial but I'm playing fallout new vegas rn so I haven't touched it much since

[@a4san99]

Everyone seems to like that shotgun. It’s very good. I like it too

[@TrellSkywalker]

Use the railgun, you can kill everything you want. But you have to move constantly. You'll run out of ammo before you clear out a full horde on helldive

[@giordygamer9633]

i was on the live, and was do much DEMOCRACYYYYYY

[@mrbigglezworth42]

Helldivers 2: The intense running simulator.

[@Moto1987]

They've just made this difficulty harder in today's patch a couple hours ago too....

[@TheNazexus]

never he had an idea that spamming whole mag into ricochet icon wasn't a good idea :D

[@oafrs92]

Special armor and weapons that you unlock with helldive medals you can only get in helldive mode. Sorta like raid weapons in D2.

[@COLOFIDUTI]

ptsd is real in this game 😂

[@auburn8833]

Having played Helldive a whole bunch, yes you can clear every bug and enter stealth again, but they'll be back lol

[@jace9968]

Stress is subjective 😂

[@ps5_c0de]

New update buffs impossible and helldive difficulties. "im doing my part"... "see I have parts over there... And here's my arm, thought it was lost forever. That's why half my diver is robotic"