Can The ''Vanilla'' Destiny 2 Meta Survive Today's Meta?

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Destiny 2's vanilla meta was.. rather dry. How does it hold up vs. today's chaos?
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[@Heli]

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[@endless7115]

Nameless Midnight and Origin Story... you just love to hear and see those classics

[@yoursteak5215]

Please Bungie Make Origin Story/Nameless Midnight Great Again

[@SeaHicken]

I still use them

[@payumn6168]

Connor Spurdle yikes

[@SeaHicken]

Chuckles Poku-Mensah I do pretty decently

[@trickytreyperfected1482]

Origin Story... I think you mean Horror Story.

[@XxRileyxX42]

The origin story and Uriel’s gift that I first got got thanos snapped out of existence for some reason. They carried me through both PvP and PvE. They will be missed

[@Tanky-uy2zr]

“Larry from nebraska” 🤣

[@jirobeylavis4490]

He truly is a treasure 😂🤣!

[@jesse8979]

That slap emote sent me straight into an ad ffs😂

[@SampleChan]

Same here. Perfectly timed

[@liplessnavajo4011]

I would say the Duty Bound auto rifle is totally usable. Especially since 600 rpms are meta.

[@eclairhk4824]

id say the khvostov is too. ive used it before AR buffs and i loved it

[@lele_goof]

you can literally use any 600 rpm and do fine cause autos don't require any skill at all

[@cej3940]

@@eclairhk4824 the Khvostov is an absolute beauty, used it a lot in comp last season 👌

[@BiggaMyMan]

@@lele_goof its a videogame Be mad about something else

[@lele_goof]

@@BiggaMyMan saying that they don't require skill isn't being mad, its a fact

[@nicholaszaneasuncion2074]

Asked a Scandinavian, it’s pronounced “Yo-Tune”

[@iridiculous8662]

Thought it was yo-tun

[@siva4wotblitzhero531]

Nameless Midnight and Skyburners Oath will always be remembered for me,I used those in year 2 and occasionally use one or both of them,I used Nameless Midnight in my first ever Raid completion along with Whisper and the Sniper that was on the Freemium Pass during Season of the Dawn,you are not forgotten Year 1 META

[@XxRileyxX42]

How to get Randy’s Throwing Knife Nameless Midnight: *so anyway I was blasting*

[@davesmith8851]

His laughter sounds like lord shrax

[@FrankieW00FR]

Heli, my lad. Why use Origin Story? When you can use the Horror Story? It's like the same gun, but spoopy :D

[@Fusi453]

“You ever have one of those games?” Everyday man.

[@BillyG21]

You came up in my recommend. So I looked through some of your vids and I quite enjoyed it. This vid brought back good memories and nightmares from vanilla D2. lol

[@the_carter_smith]

Jade Rabbit is meta? HA! Bro that gun suuuuuuuucks! (Just kidding it is my favorite gun and it is Lowkey hot but I don’t want people to know!!!!)

[@Bounty_Hunter_McShay]

People used it nonstop in season of undying So im sure people know lol

[@sukhoifps7076]

Kinga Crimsonuu to be fair everyone used it to get randys

[@sn1pertoaster]

The thing is that I'd agree with the first statement oof. Jade Rabbit in Momentum Control was everyone's go to in Undying for Randy's Throwing Knife , but outside of that mode, Jade and pretty much every other scout rifle is not that good in the current meta

[@sr-71blackbird87]

Heli's selection of emotes is the best part about the video

[@heycat6167]

Omg that throw back, uriel's gift, nameless midnight, it hit hard

[@Silverrrr-]

7:24 , Ahh yes Connection based matchmaking at its finest :P. Also you forgot Curtian Call rocket launcher, clusters were nasty against boss's/raids

[@bengill5734]

I swear I've watch every single one of your vids 😂

[@Shnibbs777]

I was curious about this actually

[@Heli]

definitely went better than I expected haha, thank you for stopping by & watching!

[@jackpeters6056]

Great video and i like having a D2 youtuber on console instead of pc for once. Feels more relatable.

[@tropicalpuppy6431]

Love your vids great effort

[@Heli]

Samuel! I hope you're doing well :) Always good to see your comments on my videos, thank you very much!!

[@wreckedsine7453]

My absolute favorite vanilla gun is Call to Service. Idk how, or why, but i did amazing with it. Some reason I used it recently and it still holds up really well

[@gxldengxd7938]

I read the title and said “Yes” because you are the one man who’s still cracked with scouts and slow rpm autos.

[@prod-tkat]

I have a god roll Ridge wallet, does me good in the daily Crucible we call life

[@Mo-ph4pp]

I used to rock the ol Sun shot and OG auto rifle back in the day. Awesome times on the wacky FOV which was console. Lmao. I love it.

[@cej3940]

I was clearing out my vault a couple minutes ago and just realized I took out the majority of my nameless midnights thinking they were my pulse rifles

[@Heli]

put a nameless midnight next to a nightshade pulse and i can hardly tell the bloody difference 😂

[@cursed3568]

"But I've got good teammate" Proceeds to walk into tether

[@natesnowsentinal813]

Nameless midnight and the Prosecutor. Still one of my favorite energy autos

[@katlegomzizi2300]

I salute that you can play on this FOV. Jeez it's so close

[@Heli]

it definitely looks worse than it is. WOULDN'T MIND GETTING A FOV SLIDER, THOUGH.

[@lemogoat7777]

@@Heli ive been asking for that since vanilla! like WHY DOES THE CONSOLE VERSION NOT HAVE A FRICKING FOV SLIDER???!?!!?!?

[@KiddBuu_]

I have a whole compilation of me and my No Feelings with explosive rounds getting domed after landing a crit on a sniper to refute your point that snipers will always lose to flinch...

[@gradyandres1045]

9:37 Everytime I try and snipe with blueberries

[@redacted144]

4:40 he flinch the sniper crosshair to heaven

[@bigjake8943]

Heli the back to back missed shoulder charge had me rolling. That happens to me all the time

[@2fortranger636]

These videos give me an immense amount of joy, thanks Heli

[@flamez9020]

HELI UR MY FAVORITE D2 YT AND APEX I LOVE UR VIDS!!!!!

[@izeybotpictures9220]

The Osiris autorifle is an underrated gem

[@woebegone_kenobi]

Fun fact, when I came back my loadout was origin story and uriels gift. Which I had no idea were meta, I just did very well with them lol. Then got my ass kicked when I got back because gnawing hunger ate my whole ass booty

[@Slimerror]

9:35 reminds me of my teammates who push me up stairs Im sitting at the bottom of into a shotgun ape! My teammates use me as a meatshield, no scratch that a non willing meatshield.

[@AzrailYasin786]

Heli mate, appreciate the content as always and hope all is well 😎

[@Heli]

Thank you very much Stuart! Always good to see you in the comments :)

[@julian-c17]

Technically fusions were heavies in year 1

[@Heli]

you make a very good point Julian, a point I completely bloody forgot.

[@julian-c17]

Heli Holy shit you replied I love your videos man

[@CB-ny8zg]

Heli Hey, what about Antiope and Uriel’s gift?

[@jburgos961]

What a terrible time

[@franchise1237]

I still love using trials of the nine weapons especially A Swift Verdict and The Last Breath they hold up pretty well in the meta

[@thedarkgenious7967]

I kinda miss these guns. Would love to see them back next season with good rolls.

[@Alexander_Hodge]

My notification sound on my phone is the bonk sound. I cant tell if its my phone or the video

[@shotguniskey6552]

I never stopped using origin story... probably because I never got seuros regime

[@quangodjango9351]

Manscape sponsorship when? Love your vids, good to see you getting paid for the quality content

[@ChuuniCorn]

just slapped me with an ad with that glove

[@stressdaddy6407]

Scathelocke range masterwork and last hope.

[@KS-mn7qk]

Goddamn that was a smooth sponsorship transition.

[@moira4231]

when youtubers and movie theaters use the same music

[@pirate_duck4985]

Mida/Uriels or Mida/Last Hope, Better Devils or Dire Promise/Graviton Lance, even before the MEGA Buff I enjoyed Grav-Lance a lot. Last Perdition was pretty damn good, ToTN Weapons were SUPERB! Judgment HC, Purpose Scout, A Sudden Death Shotty, The Long Walk Sniper, Prosecutor AR. I guess we're getting a bit too modern but there was quite a few really good guns from the Warmind era Maxim Sniper, Unification Shotty, Niflheim Frost Scout, Mananananananan Scout, Nightshade & Reqium-45 Pulse Rifles, DFA & Duke MK.44, The Frigid Jackal was my favourite Sniper! So many GREAT Weapons that Bungie has just left behind! If they added literally a handful of the Weapons we're talking about back in with Random Rolls!! Add the ToTN Weapons back either in the Prophecy Dungeon or give them an Osiris look & smack them into the ToO Loot Pool!? I'd LOVE the Mars Weapons back with Random Rolls! With what's going on atm we could grab them trying to get Anna off Mars whilst she's trying to save Rasputin!

[@DestinysAdmiral]

Loved the video mate do you think I could use this video idea for myself ill put you in the description and say it was originally yours

[@ronanduran7399]

I always ran antiope-d with uriels year one

[@JakeDriver]

Heli enjoys his cereal.

[@micahknerl1738]

"Larry from Nebraska" only a little bit in and I'm hurt.

[@SaintFizz]

That Fable music at the end...

[@mxyogerts2121]

Gonna come back to this game after having last visited it before shadow keep- so like I should be fine using mountain top, recluse, NF, and the revoker right

[@jakemiller3026]

Of course, those are still meta. Well maybe not recluse because well, it’s an SMG and those are trash on console. But mountain top is as broken as ever

[@AutumnLynx69]

Am I the only one who remembers. A lot of people using Mida multitool in vanilla

[@Yes-gc9vr]

Better devils is probably my favorite gun in the game ngl

[@dpw0499]

i love how hardlight isnt there to show how badly they nerfed it

[@ericsu74]

ahh i remember nameless midnight and uriels gift

[@patthemat7134]

Mida multi/mini tool was my favortie in vanilla

[@PercLacer]

Orgin story and the last hope or drang and some others are still goated

[@33Isaiah96]

Me still holding my own with uriels gift

[@zercuil_grease4310]

Uriels gift and the end scout rifle

[@yureiunbound8441]

You gotta have the Scathelocke next time.

[@spherexxx44]

you gotta build momentum for shoulder charge, it takes 6 steps while sprinting to trigger shoulder charge.

[@tyler77971]

Random rolls main ingredient is pog af

[@cmdrmeldoc59]

Hearing the Fable 1 music in the background at the outro there really got me hyped for Fable 4.. it’s gonna be awesome!

[@Heli]

YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT IT WILL BE.

[@KingofNewark]

I like using Vanilla weapons from time to time, any 600rpm autos any 150 hand cannons and any 340 or 390 pulse rifles can still be decent.

[@renjiro4124]

that one guy named Larry in Nebraska: huh?

[@ninjascout1]

Better devils.... That ain't a name I've heard in a lomg time... 110's man. They were crazy back in the days.

[@FirestormDDash]

Tone patrol is always in my back pocket. And really. All the levi vanilla weapons are robust collection pulls in a pinch. I hate random rolls locks out collection pulls. So much clutter now.

[@XxRileyxX42]

Jötunn? I call it *a flaming toaster*

[@thedoc7408]

Noti gang!

[@alreyes8393]

For a brit you are really funny i laugh in every video i watch lol Keep up the good work👌

[@maddog_27]

Remember nightshade pulse from the beta and early year 1

[@Sohelanthropus]

I miss the 2 primary weapon system, I really enjoyed it

[@muffinboi4134]

My time worn spire got me through many matches

[@rafaelhernandez6717]

I wish there was a way to play D2 vanilla pvp every now and then

[@toiletduck.]

Are you ever doing a d1 package oppening again

[@lilyaceous]

I bet you'll see one sooner than you think ;)

[@J.Starkweather]

I still use my Manannan SR4 from time to time

[@SonYugioh]

My go to was Mida + Uriel

[@GQteddybear]

My first time seeing one of your videos and it was quite good. You are pretty funny lol

[@Heli]

thank you very much GQ! I appreciate you watching and commenting :)

[@jaydenhinote1674]

my favorite weapons to use were the time worn spire (ib pulse) and the nul calamity 9 (lost prophecy weapon)

[@clonetrooper332]

I'm from Nebraska and I can confirm even we say "yo-tunn"

[@garrettdriscoll9364]

Scathlocke was fun in year 1 d2

[@GloriouslyDead]

Guns probably felt more powerful back in vanilla because 99% of engagements were team shooting lmao. The play style back then was so bad now it feels similar to D1

[@jasonmcphantom5694]

My favorite loadout in vannilla D2 was Top-Tree Sentinel with Nightshade (Vanguard Pulse Rifle), Death Adder (Veist SMG) and Alone As A God (Leviathan Sniper Rifle). After the special/heavy ammo changes, I used Alone As A God, Death Adder and the Legend Of Acrius (Exotic Leviathan Shotgun). Cool video I really miss having two primaries...

[@jasonmcphantom5694]

Btw, I make videos too, only on D1 so far, but I want to expand in the future... Maybe you wanna check it out? 😉

[@SampleChan]

You can still run 2 primaries now? Both the ikelos SMG, prophecy death adder and basically any sidearm + a pulse/ scout is a very strong (trials level) setup.

[@noturkill9879]

Mate. You can run double primaries now!!! Just equip death adder from the dungeon and monte Carlo. Double primaries!

[@ImpatientPlatypus]

Jason McPhantom Your comment was good until the self promote

[@jasonmcphantom5694]

Well, yeah, I know I could still run double primaries. What I meant was that I can't use my favorite sniper (Alone As A God) without giving away a primary. I would gladly give any other heavy weapon away for having my Sniper occupy the heavy slot.

[@jordanhill7162]

my favorite load out was mida multi tool and mida mini tool

[@sally-cas]

always used a mannanan in trials of the nine

[@paulfilcher3108]

Glance and the antiope d. Ah the range to compete anywhere. Honeslty I think it would be fine

[@CeeJay____]

Can they be used? Sure. But you're gonna have to work for it.

[@eatdemgreens9470]

Strum and drang.

[@tommymoran8955]

I miss using nameless midnight

[@quinnhait3475]

Jade rabbit hella underrated

[@sayonara1894]

Stop

[@ninjascout1]

Fusions were not in the energy slot They were heavy year 1 Pretty muvh anything with white ammo is what was a weapon in year 1 (except bows)

[@TimelostInTheSauce]

I miss the old days of d2 where it was Origin Story or Uriels Gift

[@yoshigodgames]

better devils by far best pvp gun in vanilla absolutely loved it

[@kurodo9926]

Scathelock is still godly

[@herbenevolence4198]

I miss year one... simpler times...