Bet you didn't know that in HELLDIVERS 2 these are the best weapons to take down a SHRIEKER NEST

[@getfakt]

Share any other strategies you use to take out the breeding grounds of these aerial affronts to liberty and freedom in the comments 🫡

[@Johnny_200]

500kg my beloved

[@sofmedic38W1]

Mech suit takes 2-3 rockets, but you only have to be in visual range.

[@Christian-Syndicate]

Eagle Airstrike +Jump Pack Get light armor, a jump pack, and lots of orbitals amd eagles. Now don't stop running. Charge into the middle of the nest with no hesitation and drop an air strike. Jump pack down. If 1 of them still stands, do it again.

[@tomlahtam4077]

I find The HMG emplacement works best. Takes down the trees from far away and any flying bugs.

[@landon4284]

The manual turret

[@darksuperman1259]

The laser orbital locks on to the nest immediately and can take out all three

[@Un_Named05]

Yeah but I need that for when 5 BTs and 9 chargers are on my ass

[@MaybeOrangeJuice]

No it doesn't, it gets distracted by bugs

[@tatersalad76]

My orbital laser has ADHD and it will immediately get distracted by an anthill 3,000 feet away from any real target

[@DirtyDino2_IRL]

I’ve tried it a million times, works perfectly every time and takes out a full nest in less than 30 seconds

[@BigBagelBoss]

Yeah idk why people say it doesn't. Best strat

[@MrTheSilentAssassin]

The grenade launcher does nothing BUT 2 impact grenades will take out a tree Makes sense

[@thelinkgamersnetwork3724]

Not 2 takes 4 plus

[@MrTheSilentAssassin]

@@thelinkgamersnetwork3724 Maybe there’s been a change or I was hitting a weak spot but I promise you there was a nest of 3 trees and each took two impact grenades to clear

[@felix776rt]

Grenade pistol also works

[@neotuxxedo]

“Anti democratic tree” is what got me 😂

[@justsomeeggsinapot1784]

Damn trees. Not even made of plastic, what's their point? Make undemocratic pollen and leaves.

[@neotuxxedo]

@@justsomeeggsinapot1784 I don’t know where, but I know this is quoting something…

[@savvycadaver4329]

Delivered it so naturally lol

[@generaljedi8691]

That’s just broccoli my guy

[@Sarge226]

Did you really start laughing at that?

[@JXSnWp]

2 Quazar Canon shots also work. Their rounds don't have as much drop compared to the arch trajectory from an EAT or Recoiless rounds. It makes using the Quazar an ideal weapon to choose as it has infinite ammo.

[@peterknighton2757]

There’s no drop

[@JXSnWp]

@peterknighton2757 thx for the clarification. I thought there was but to be fair, there can be so much going on it can be hard to tell.

[@z34rk79]

I mean if you're the only one shooting the nest with just the cannon, that's 60 seconds of fiddling around to spend 20 seconds per tree

[@zilotprotoss4661]

​@@z34rk79not a big problem, you can just move to nest obj and meanwhile shoot trees :D

[@z34rk79]

@@zilotprotoss4661 that's all well and true so long as you have the time to spare and the enemies occupied

[@beefyboisurpreme8481]

laser cannon: it has a range of 200m and the shriekers only spawn once you are within 150m. you can destroy 1 tree within 1 heatsink

[@kyze8284]

I heard it had a range but I’m a recoilless supremacist. I’ll pass it on to our medic who runs laser beams (mainly to mark bigger targets for us by removing the smaller ones in the way of our big bullets)

[@tzsaint9113]

People are sleeping on the laser cannon

[@Can-0-Soup]

I still use the hellbomb it gives you. I know it is dangerous and slightly time consuming but that giant democratic explosion that it creates is just too good.

[@fabiowillot6763]

​@@Can-0-Soup the Quasar Cannon is good too ... two shots to have a tree

[@NoodleKeeper]

​@@tzsaint9113Laser Cannon is good. But don't let the balance team hear us saying that, or they'll nerf it too.

[@strooptrooper]

Laser canon works too, i tried many times with it and took longer than the spores tree. Also u have to get bit closer and its quite risky that shiekers can reach u and kill u fast..

[@NyJoanzy]

You can see it used near the end of the video. Not sure why it wasn't mentioned.

[@nwmancuso]

How well does the laser cannon work on the shriekers themselves?

[@titaniumtitan741]

@@nwmancusoIt works great, I was playing a little while ago with it snd you really just have to swipe their wings with the beam for maybe half a second to drop them out of the sky, and since it’s a laser it’s very accurate so you can take them down before they get close enough to dive bomb you

[@strooptrooper]

@NyJoanzy I rewatch it and didnt realized 😅 maybe he skipped it bcs of duration

[@strooptrooper]

@nwmancuso Its okay, but prefer to use sickle main weapon to deal with them. I also use laser guard dog to help me kill them while im aiming my laser cannon to their nest..

[@Havelthegravel]

Two shots of quasar cannon from a safe distance and you got the job done

[@SerialDesignationN-0X00]

Problem: shreiker nest Solution: 500kg of pure democracy

[@lizardlad8620]

I love the expendable anti tank so much. After struggling with chargers every mission, being able to one shot them is not only really cool, but also super satisfying. I really hope it stays this way

[@totoch07]

They are not supposed to be easily one shot. I hope it changes. The game is getting easier and it’s not good

[@kyze8284]

@@totoch07 if you consider headshots to be easy then yes. Any shot to legs or side just removes armor and starts a bleed out process

[@CircusFoxxo]

@@totoch07 shut up

[@vanessa601179]

“For some reason” the Grenade launcher does not work. Best damm line ever, for some reason, haha

[@quietlifesanti2456]

Since the newest update I have been trying the expandible anti-tank and is so busted (Joel please don't read this) Two rocket-launchers each minute, It is very convenient for Bile Titans and Chargers

[@Alex-dh2cx]

Run it against bots, if you have one on your back and reinforcements get called, drop 2 more, and shoot the dropships down. You can knock out 3 ships in seconds

[@imchipjames]

We run 3 or 4 at this point and spawn on cooldown. Anybody can take anybody else's.

[@Ravatis_ChipGear]

It’s gotten the affectionate nickname of the PanzerFaust in my group since I always take it and I use the stahlhelm looking helmet

[@Scrublord96]

Hopefully we get a surplus

[@Christian-Syndicate]

Eagle Airstrike +Jump Pack Get light armor, a jump pack, and lots of orbitals amd eagles. Now don't stop running. Charge into the middle of the nest with no hesitation and drop an air strike. Jump pack down. If 1 of them still stands, do it again.

[@Thriscucker]

Quasar canon from across the map is my go to😂

[@onetoughpickl1729]

“Aerial affronts to liberty” has me in tears! 😂

[@S.E.S.SoldierOfDemocracy]

Bro must've taken his mask off near one of the spore mushrooms!

[@fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu9577]

1. Give your autocannon backpack to another diver. 2. Tell him to reload you. 3. Fire 10 shots at each 'tree' Congratuwelldone.

[@dmk_yt]

I love this dude's voice, gets me all pumped up to defend Super Earth from evil, vile, disgusting bugs

[@roofie1695]

This time, it made me wish for a glass of water for him.

[@dylanbaker7090]

I actually hated it.. everytime this channel pops up I gotta unrecommend

[@XXRandoMizedXX]

​@@dylanbaker7090 I don't like it either, it sounds like an AI voice-over

[@theunbrokenbarb169]

The Exosuit is perfect against them. You can shoot rockets into the nests and use the chaingun to keep the shriekers away. I have sniped the nests from across the map with this strategy, because the exo suit sits so high above the usual terrain

[@Brandl-zb3lp]

Really needed this. You are the epitome of a super citizen

[@lepunicorn]

Ive started packing the HMG emplacement on terminid missions, if you tippy tap to semi-auto it , it will be accurate enough to saw down the trees from farther than you can yeet an anti-tank rocket. Usually has enough ammo left to mop up the fliers afterwards to boot!

[@Tur33233]

Exo suit can kill it with 2 rockets per shroom and its easy to target from any distance so you can basically clear a whole map worth of these with one exo then proceed to never think about them again.

[@tylerscira9324]

You sure because when I tried it, I emptied out my entire rocket supply into one, and it still didn't go down, maybe it's because I only hit the top part?

[@canadiangoose1451]

@@tylerscira9324yea you definitely did something wrong

[@Tur33233]

@@tylerscira9324 May be. I know for sure i fired exactly 2 rockets for each and i did so with 3 shrooms. Could be they already changed it ?

[@Beowulf95]

How dare he forget the greatest, liberating weapon of all? The legendary SPEAR So good, even the GEP gun from deus ex is but a peashooter compared to super great SPEAR of liberty

[@joshuacase5639]

Imagine a whole squad with autocannins just focusing fire on one tree before moving to the next two

[@squeezyjibbs6643]

Don't need the full squad, 1 man is enough. It just will take like half of your ammo.

[@lepunicorn]

It takes 10 autocannon shots per shroom, so takes 30 ammo to completely destroy.

[@potatoindustries4361]

The grenade launcher does actually work now, it takes almost an entire clip for a single tree so it's not recommended, but it does work

[@Mike_Rotch2002]

I just run into it like a madman and call in a hellbomb. Most dangerous strategy but really satisfying when pulled off

[@pafmaster]

I didn't realize the anti-material could take them out. That was actually really helpful.

[@flipdipple7899]

I still love my hmg emplacement. Hits through the armor and still has enough ammo to eat through anything else coming at you.

[@TheMichaelb44]

Quasar Cannon has been working well for me, good range and the 10 second cool down between each shot gives plenty of time to check surrounds for enemy patrols

[@Ebon_Eclipse]

Meanwhile me, flamer in hand ready to call the Hellbomb "I'll be back, I need to go on a walk"

[@Dark-Mustang]

that the grenade launcher didn't work on shrooms was a real nasty surprise on a high difficulty helldive

[@MrYdoineedthis]

Been fighting bots, didn't have time to test all freedom solutions on those facists. Appreciate the cliff notes to speed my missions. Cheers!

[@getfakt]

🫡

[@miirico5398]

Going prone will make you 100% safe with Shriekers attack except for the Shrieker Charger.

[@z34rk79]

I agree that for some reason the grenade launcher not doing damage is criminal and should at least take a whole clip than just no damage at all

[@SeraphsWitness]

If you're brave enough to get close, you can call in a hellbomb.

[@somevaultdwelleridunno1750]

This man deserves an award for that voice alone.

[@piratemat2824]

I find that calling down a hellbomb is usually the best way up close

[@Menschenzkinnas]

You can shot it down over 400m with the Quasar Cannon in 3 Shots

[@BonkLoud]

No one ever mentions the HMG. I know it’s not the most popular stratagem, but you can destroy the nest from really far away

[@pillarofsalt9724]

I'm a big fan of the hmg emplacement. It's great for those damn trees, and it's awesome to call down when clearing a nest or defending a breach. It also works on hulks.

[@aGothpancake]

We had a mission where we encountered shriekers and no one brought explosive weapons. So I mag dumped like two full resupplies worth of Senator ammo from 200m away and destroyed the nest... Of course, there were two more nests that we didn't know about until it was too late.

[@desire_to]

5 impact nades also work, 12 fully charged unsafe railgun shots, 9 autocannon shots, 2 rockets feom the exosuit, 380mm barrage, orbital laser, orbital railcannon site, the hellbomb, 3 drop pods,500 kg eagle airstike. Etc

[@Christian-Syndicate]

Eagle Airstrike +Jump Pack Get light armor, a jump pack, and lots of orbitals amd eagles. Now don't stop running. Charge into the middle of the nest with no hesitation and drop an air strike. Jump pack down. If 1 of them still stands, do it again.

[@desire_to]

@@Christian-Syndicate as a lvl 50 super citizen, I approve of this method

[@ToskDragon]

I've only encountered these twice. Both times I just took advantage of the infiltrator armor and ran in and set a hellbomb. They barely paid any attention to me.

[@UnforgivenVagabond]

Grenade launcher does work but you have to aim high enough to do damage to the upper portion of the tree to get it to fall. Heavy machine gun also works, takes time. Stick with antitank weapons like shoulder mounted launchers to do that job quick. If you don't mind waiting for recharge the quasar Canon can do the same thing

[@jcxpnc1037]

Quasar cannon is a 2 shot per tree. 6 shots total so 1 min if you’re fast. In the high difficulties with good players it takes 20-30 sec from far away before they can spawn

[@lgitbacon7293]

I had no idea these were their nests. I’ve always taken them down early so it’s no wonder I haven’t encountered the shriekers yet

[@theprovoloneman281]

Laser Canon works pretty well, need to get 200m close to it though and takes nearly the whole heat sink to take out one of the three nests.

[@jacob5169]

"The area is inundated with airborne maggots." -Spookston

[@tommyescobia8381]

Sometimes when fully geared and I’ll have a commando ready from cooldown. And when I see a shrieker nest, I’ll call down my readied commando, switch to my ready commando, two shots for one tower, two shots for the second tower and by the time my called in commando should be landed, I’ll pick it up and last two shot the third tower and still have two left in the tube. But it’s all about timing. Usually, with my loadout, I have to get up close and personal anyhow. 😊

[@hunterdeas6184]

You forgot the GOAT: Quasar. 1 shots them, and no projectile drop.

[@DragonMan5643]

I can usually manage to get all three if I'm lucky or two if I miss with an Eagle strafing run. It's quick, efficient, and sometimes before anyone else has time to react because the code is so simple.

[@dardoscorvo510]

As of recently, they changed out the armor rating of the nests from heavy to light, which means, you can in fact, blow up the nests with a grenade launcher.

[@GLJ94]

If you're ballsy enough you can call a hellbomb on the trees

[@EightsofSpades]

I mostly use the hell bomb it gives you access to in the middle of the nest

[@squeezyjibbs6643]

Yeah but you gotta fight through the horde first. If you get covered by your team - sure, but otherwise I would prefer a method that lets me take the nests down from afar, without spawning any shriekers.

[@XDave05X]

​@@squeezyjibbs6643 not true just walk in its easy. With a shield on and 2 stimpacks its done

[@squeezyjibbs6643]

@XDave05X well I don't use shields.

[@fahqkiddz2052]

@@squeezyjibbs6643 it’s really not that hard to just walk in there by yourself and hellbomb the nest no backpack or anything special required at the very most you might have to use a stim. I don’t pay any attention to the shriekers at all the second I see their nest I run in call a hellbomb make a circle while it drops arm it then leave and deal with the shriekers after the nest is gone, just stop over thinking it 😂

[@squeezyjibbs6643]

@fahqkiddz2052 Not when I'm getting breached. And again, why would I even want to deal with shriekers when I can destroy the nests from afar?

[@Dare_Busted]

I can confirm, I put over 30 grenade launcher grenades into one and absolutely nothing happened

[@Philtopy]

A really good weapon for anti-air is the Lazer cannon. I was suprised how well it worked.

[@nuyabuisness7526]

spore spreaders and shrieker nests are great if you've got EAT launchers. Just account for drop at extreme range and you take them out from across the map.

[@blakebowles7818]

Quasar Cannon works for me. Not the fastest item, but I simply position myself somewhere that I have to accomplish more than one goal at a time, and while one clock is ticking I hit another task.

[@TheMadMurf]

Worth noting that the Recoilless takes 2 rounds to take out a tree. So you're looking at 6 in total for a 3 tree nest. Make sure you're fully supplied, Helldivers o7

[@SchizoRoider]

The shoulder laser can be used from far enough away that you wont even spawn the shriekers, if you can get the angle right. I also use it for the spore trees so i dont have to go into the fog

[@JH-fd9xt]

Running up to it and deploying a hellbomb like a chad.

[@monolithic7739]

Now that I've got the ship upgrade for support weapons and EAT is on like, 1 minute timer, its become my favorite support weapon because I run the shield a lot

[@dylans482]

I really want to hear one that makes him break character, and straight back into character

[@djdog-12hill98]

As you said eat works but the walking bombardments works really well.

[@keet_spencer]

You could use a quasar cannon to it help when taking them out from a distance due to no bullet drop unlike the recoiless rifle

[@DerrikJames-m6t]

The mechs rockets also work very well and as a bonus you have a minigun that they turns all shriekers into a yellow mist

[@joshuawessels2335]

Quasar cannon is great, it takes two shots per tree and you can shoot it from very far away.

[@Armagilord123]

One EAT and two impacts takes out a tree, so with full nades and one EAT call in you can quickly take down two of the three.

[@UnbanBeans]

I’ve found the hellbomb they give you is more than enough, especially if you have a shield gen. They won’t be able to destroy it in time as long as it’s only shriekers

[@brandonz404]

The quasar cannon is also great for these from any distance if they are in view.

[@GoodBoyGoneDad]

I just run up in between the trees and call in a hell bomb. It's more work, but it sends the bugs a message.

[@laggybum3218]

Precision Strike will take one out. My problem is getting the marker to land on it or under it. It usually bounces off and lands far away.

[@impyromaniacjack]

Exosuit is the best 2 rocket per and you can do it from half way across the map while doing some other objective

[@Ugimara-Imokrasa]

The HMG manned turret can take all three out no problem if you have the +50% ammo upgrade.

[@donalddouds6033]

The HMG can definitively take out all three from outside their aggro range BUT the increase to “turret” ammo ship upgrade does not work with the HMG emplacement. When you call down the HMG your Hell Diver yells “calling in fortification” NOT “Calling in a sentry”. The upgrade also shows what is effected by it and the HMG emplacement is not included.

[@randomconsumer510]

We blew up 2 of 3, everyone was put of missiles and strats. I thru my 4 thermites and ran... few seconds later, "Area Secured"

[@spacepandashark6366]

The laser cannon also works although it takes a bit and you might overheat if you’re not careful but it’s effective to not waste freedom rounds for later in the mission

[@OriginalMrBandicoot]

Id suggest using the armour that gives you extra throwing distance for grenades, should be able to throw some long stratagems

[@Shiggy_]

The mech. Literally I can take out the whole nest in 2 seconds from kilometres away lol

[@earthleyy1493]

Quasar works but sometimes it needs an extra shot to take one doen

[@YamiYuji]

Using 4-6 EATs on nests is too much, I'd say they need to reduce it because you'll get swarmed by shriekers before taking care of the nests

[@nursejax9152]

Orbital laser cooks all three and then moves on to more pressing tasks.

[@ryanblakeslee6890]

The laser cannon works quick from far away surprisingly

[@Tony-of-Stony]

Quasar cannon can snipe the fuck outta the nests but you gotta have a steady hand to it

[@theholymagikarp2982]

Fun fact the laser canon stratgem works extremely well from a long distance

[@brecibros2469]

I thought the footage that i had seen was like the leak footage for the mechs. Until i dropped in 100 meters from one completely unprepared for it. A 500 kilo did fine but the resulting ambush by the terms pinned us down for a while

[@nikolaiandersson6024]

Very weird so far I've only managed to take them out with Hellbombs, the recoilesrifle didn't do anything neither did the 500kg bomb

[@ItsNotaCult420]

As soon as I hear "hey dummy", I'm hitting that like button

[@eriklarsson6622]

I use HMG emplacement to take out the nests and spore throwers. Works over the entire map and is reliable as heck

[@1deathupondawn1]

The robot pants work well! Always bring your robot pants to a bug fight!

[@king_meliodas9247]

Lazer cannon takes them out easy and no ammo cost

[@Legendstar55-cj5ie]

You can also use the Quasar cannon however it takes much longer due to the weapon cooldown

[@Pcr12]

If you need to get close, a machine gun turret can cover you pretty well.

[@lucasbrizendine]

The best hands down is the mech because you get like 16 rockets and it can take them out in two from any distance (as long as you can see them) and then you still have the mech with almost all it's ammo and 10 rockets

[@R-XI_Sulla]

Me and the machine gun: this is a no fly zone (It can take out an nest)

[@schwarz8614]

Grenade launcher works now, but takes it takes lot of shots, like almost a full magazine.

[@NathanielBell-bh8sw]

Qould the orbital gas strike work on the nest, it sometimes works on the egg secondary objective

[@gtaveteran]

The new laser cannon thing shreds them lol

[@TheDenVx]

Damn, it's about 3-4 shoots from Quasar. I always taking them down from far as possible position in the beginning of game. But damn, me and dude spent like a lot time to take em down with Quasar. It feels like Quasar now is a Nerf toy against trees 😂

[@RedDullahan_VR]

The Quasar works pretty well especially if you have more then one of em since they're like 2 shot

[@subhumanbeing198]

The liberator concussion works...surprisingly

[@TheFriendlyEyes]

Two people with quasar cannons firing at them in sync can destroy em fast