Helldivers 2 - All Premium Warbonds Ranked WORST to BEST

What Warbond should you buy in Helldivers 2? Here's my breakdown and ranking of each and every Warbond in the game.
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[@itseasymode]

Hey dudes - I'm sorry I didn't provide the proper visuals when talking about the Warbonds! Quite honestly, I had a long day and spent so long on the ranking and voice-over, that I thought simple gameplay would be adequate. Clearly an oversight by me. I genuinely just want to provide the best possible content, and this ain't it. Not even close. I hope some of you still enjoy, but I'll do better in the next one. Promise. ❤

[@NathitTheGamer]

I didn’t even notice that, lol

[@joshfritz5345]

The Verdict, Liberator Carbine and crossbow are actually excellent weapons. The verdict one shots troopers and can kill devastators with a mag dump, it's a viable alternative to the Senator. The Liberator Carbine is an alternative to Knight SMG. It's an excellent CQB weapon. The crossbow is basically a very long ranged grenade launcher for your primary slot. You can lob explosive bolts across the map, one tap devastators to the head, two shot scout walkers. The thermite grenades are decent, they can kill hulks and tanks which frees up my other weapon slots to be anti medium.

[@AP-mf4fz]

I just got off a 12 hour overnight and have extremely important information to pass on to all helldivers. I discovered this morning that if you rotate your thumb stick 360 while diving, you can take little to no fall damage. I did it for about an hour and found that 2 out of 3 jumps while doing this trick either completely mitigate fall damage or if done right only gives you a quarter of what you would normally take please let me know if you try it and it works

[@IQFZ]

​@@AP-mf4fzpost this on the subreddit helldiver

[@planetnebulallc6771]

It’s funny that the warbonds started strong then got weaker with each new one and vipers is only better than polar because of vibes

[@polar3488]

Viper commandos is goated it's just a skill issue of the playerbase

[@tstanemo8950]

​@@polar3488goated for cosmetics and booster, weapon wise it is objectively worse than many and that has nothing to do with skill. Whether you can use those weapons or not doesn't change that there are better ones in the other warbonds.

[@Ace-Intervention]

@@polar3488 again with a skill issue, your kind are the problem of this community

[@sweatydog-nw9cg]

@@tstanemo8950bushwacker is literally one of the best secondaries

[@Tamachii12]

Not worth to pick, the grenade pistol utility is way better or the machine pistol for bad situations.

[@axel.1358]

I am the Helldiver that likes to watch other Helldivers talk about things

[@apiggie]

I am the Helldiver that likes to read the Helldiver that likes to watch other Helldivers talk about things

[@mr.s9783]

Helldiver things

[@RememberMeNot711]

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[@BRNG2042]

I'm the helldiver who approves of Helldivers that like to watch other Helldivers talk about things

[@killerfroggaming6397]

I’m a helldiver that plays helldivers 2

[@eyiss7236]

I just want another 10 page free warbond that isn't hindered by a theme, and we can truly get some more unique cosmetics and weapon variety.

[@mr.s9783]

I agree. I think periodically adding a few free tiers would be nice, even if it’s just cosmetics.

[@johnorulzu]

​@@mr.s9783I'm sure they'll do that sooner or later.

[@nerovipus6327]

Not sure why they would

[@KommissarBanx]

I want more gear with the default Helldivers colors. I don’t know what their new obsession is with orange, but I want more Black and Yellow drip. More black and grey helmets that just go with anything.

[@blessedboticus2473]

I feel like they might add another free warbond in due time

[@ourlordandsavioredupes4102]

sad to have polar patriots at the bottom since the Tenderizer is my fav primary right now, but I understand the ranking.

[@monkeyXmonkey]

Tenderizer is fun but man I run out of ammo so quickly!

[@yeet_the_heat6328]

And it cost us the Pummelers superstagger capability

[@sanderspijkers2495]

It also has really good armor sets and the Incendiary Impact granades. I even like the verdict. It is definitely a very underrated warbond.

[@potatopitoto3301]

@@yeet_the_heat6328yeah, it sucks that we can’t have two good weapons from one warbond. It’s a curse.

[@RememberMeNot711]

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[@SirRado]

It would be super helpful if you showed gameplay of the weapons you're talking about when you talk about them

[@PenixderGallier]

i told him that a few videos ago. he goes on about how he uses the new stims in every dive but somehow has no footage of stiming himself with it? i dont get it.

[@Someguy6571]

They tenderizer CANNOT one shot devastators in the head. Dev head health is 125 so it takes at least two.

[@Robert-fr9wl]

🤓

[@jiopa]

2 or 1 doesnt make a difference much. Realistically in game, it takes a second to kill a dev with a headshot.

[@locmorningstar2740]

I thought he said jar dominator

[@VvV-tn7mq]

Nu uh!

[@thepancakemen]

🤓

[@carlosvicenty-9856]

I say viper commandos could be two because the Devs agreed possibly that they would give the carbine an under slug shotgun or a grenade launcher

[@joshfritz5345]

Wait, did they really? When? I need to see this.

[@TrixterTheFemboy]

That would be so cool

[@Cyberfreg]

The devs wanted to change warbonds, so they were more thematic and cosmetic, and they will add more free stuff. The theme is top notch on Viper, and for cosmetics is the best, which I think is what the devs intended

[@danieljacksonofficial5107]

Yes I would rather have 1-2 good weapons and some cosmetics than a warbond with 4 weapons and only 1 good weapon. I think it will help with the game's overall stability and weapon balance as they wont have to test as much. (also I fear it would bloat the current options we have, and it would definitely be harder to balance weapons overall when there is more weapons in the game obviously).

[@silvergeist43]

Cutting edge is the best in my opinion. The stun grenades are a game changer. All three primaries are very good in their specific roles. And sure The secondary is lackluster but can still have its uses and specific loadouts and once the aluminate comes out, the armor bonus is going to be a must-have because the aluminant do primarily Arc damage

[@jackrogers5712]

Illuminate

[@mr.s9783]

I think the Sickle energy rifle is worth the price of admission alone.

[@markadams5009]

​@@mr.s9783I like the Sickle and used to run it all the time on bugs however I've now moved to the Breaker Incendiary for bugs and love it. It just shreds bugs to pieces.

[@xgzyzyx]

Once I started using stuns, I haven't unequipped them for either of the factions almost at all. Also punisher plasma is my all time favourite qeapon against bots so cutting edge is definitely the best warbond imo

[@sordbrute2753]

Yeah I was debating between polar patriots and cutting edge, buuuut I think imma pick up cutting edge to get said armor and stuns once I'm done with viper commando

[@danieljacksonofficial5107]

I'm a crossbow main currently lol. I basically use it in place of the grenade pistol (since the crossbow is semi-auto, shoots farther and has more ammo than the grenade pistol), use a stun grenade/incendiary grenade, I bring heavy/medium machine gun or stalwart for chaff clear, most tank stuff in the game will die if you shoot out its back (chargers, hulks, tanks). I typically bring orbital precision strike/500kg, and orbital airburst strike for bug breaches and eagle airstrike for bots. I personally have a lot of fun with it and I've found it to be useful, I know people still do not like it but that's only more good news to me because if the community thinks it is weak it'll only get stronger! If it had the explosive radius of an impact grenade and was able to 1 shot Bile Spewers it would become viable IMO, it should realistically kill medium enemies with 1-3 shots. It has a great stagger and is useful for support builds. It has a enough damage that it should 1 shot Devastators in the head at least on paper, and there is a glitch where the damage from the explosion radius is not the same even though in the patch nots it said it would be. My Current loadouts Helldiver Bug Loadout: Crossbow, Bushwhacker, Stun Grenade/Incendiary Grenade Helldiver Bot Loadout: Crossbow/Dominator/Scorcher, Grenade Pistol/Senator, Stun Grenade Stratagem Bug Loadout: Heavy/Medium Machine Gun/Stalwart, Shield Pack/Supply Pack, Orbital Airburst Strike, Orbital Precision Strike/500kg Stratagem Bot Loadout: Heavy Machine Gun/Grenade Launcher/Autocannon, Shield Pack/Supply Pack/Autocannon Backpack, Orbital Precision Strike/500kg, Eagle Airstrike, 380 Barrage (if I take autocannon) Edit: I will occasionally bring out the Incendiary Breaker, however I think I have a justifiable fear that it will be nerfed in the near future. I also fear that the autocannon will be nerfed because it is so versatile and strong against the bots. Flamethrower I fear will also be nerfed so I am currently not playing it because I don't want to rely on "meta" builds if AH is just going to throw them in the trash.

[@williamhubbard4945]

I pretty much use the crossbow the same way. The two shorting bile spewers and one shorting devastators is just too good for me to not use this. Once you get good at aiming with it it’s a must have.

[@Aquablade95]

The illuminate "where did u get electric resistant" helldiver "cutting edge" am i right 😂

[@not.krosshair]

Ok not funny bro

[@CHAYSE333]

@@not.krosshairyeah fr was this supposed to be a joke?

[@OctagonalSquare]

Dude, what is with these replies? Just because you didn’t find the joke funny doesn’t mean you have to be a jerk. Y’all are so pissy

[@nastynamed1892]

I thought your joke was funny buddy

[@RememberMeNot711]

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[@emgee2807]

The confusion booster comes in *very* clutch on defense missions and eradicate missions, almost mandatory on civvy defense missions.

[@thewartuna1627]

Since the game came out, I've been playing on my wifes PS5 account. This week, she gifted me a shiny new PS5. So i re-bought the game and started a PSN account. I agonized over which warbond to gift myself at first. Amusingly, I chose the warbond thats dead last in the video, "Polar Patriots." I did it because I wanted to surge straight to the Pummeler so I could pair it with the ballistic shield. But I ended up finding the recently buffed Tenderizer so very satisfying as a marksman AR. I seriously got some Halo vibes off of it. Those two guns I think, will do well for me till I can re-earn everything on the new account. Before someone asks why I'am not just using my wife's account still. She decided to start playing Helldivers with me and gets to reap the benefits of my work. She doesn't have all that time to grind.

[@brandonjew1397]

This is such a good list! I had the exact same feelings for the viper commandos warbond, feeling that skins don't effect gameplay enough for purchasing. However, I do like that they don't have 2 medium armor sets with the same passive. I just wish the exo suits and weapons (both primaries and secondaries) had unlockable upgrades, like laser guided tow missles for the patriot exosuit, or perhaps extended barrels or larger magazines for weapon upgrades. Overall great video, keep up the good and unbiased content!

[@Drunken_Unicorn]

Great vid and great content. Keep it up.

[@geronimo5537]

pretty accurate review. I also want to like the verdict however it plainly needs medium pen with the same ammo/damage.

[@JeranMathew]

Another good use for the electrical conduit passive is if you use the electric tower

[@CharliMorganMusic]

I hate the tower. It's a worse version of Gatling Barrage at this point.

[@TrixterTheFemboy]

Man, I really wish the Conduit perk had half of the Scout perk baked into it too, it's fitting imo to have an advanced radar or sight-blocking tech on such futuristic armors and it would at least make them do something other than reduce one rare type of friendly fire to you.

[@VadoF1]

With regards to the crossbow, its highlight is that when firing, it is silent, and the explosion draws enemy attention, making it the best primary in the game for stealth (which is a very viable strategy for automatons)

[@dahomiebolton3553]

The dominator hits like a absolute truck against bugs and bots alike. Probably my favorite warbond weapon to date. It's just an absolute animal and I know it's a better bot weapon but man it destroys everything up to tyrants and stalkers alike. The only thing it's kinda useless against is the heaviest of bug enemies but by that time you have a rail/laser strata. Not to mention the sound design is just chefs kiss. I feel like I'm a god with that weapon and it's only draw back against anything is it's capacity for ammo because if you miss its a major thing. 6 clips totaling to 90 rounds can have you needing a reup on ammo pretty regularly. Otherwise it'll take care of every enemy in the game especially bots. It's just my go to primary. Although I might have to try the DD warbond weapons after this video. Having 2000 credits and in glad I found this video. I been saving them for too dang long. Thanks for the video and you've got my sub man.

[@spartaninvirginia]

I've been using the light armor from Viper Commandos ever since I unlocked it. Paired with the Dominator, it makes a noticable difference in moving the weapon around.

[@NicNewson]

Finally, THE Adjudicator IS Getting some love😎

[@muscularclassrepresentativ5663]

Goated channel and opinions. Before I finished the free warbond I had come within a few super credits of unlocking steeled veterans for free, then said fuck it and spent the $10 to unlock the cutting edge one too lol. Jar and incendiary breaker are rediculously goated

[@itseasymode]

Thanks brother! Yeah man, both the Steeled Veterans weapons are insane. Good choice on Cutting Edge, too. Those three weapons are damn fun.

[@christianwilson5956]

It's important to pay attention to how many super credits are in each warbond because saving them to buy more warbonds can give you a discount on later warbonds.

[@elijahwilson7779]

I'm pretty certain they all contain 300

[@paulclark6988]

Well VC is their 1st foray into vehicle skins so I think in that aspect not a bad start to a new feature of something, least they stayed on theme with it

[@tyrellweed6097]

Electric conduit paired with tesla tower is a slept on combo. A tesla can hold a lvl 9 bug breech solo. So long as the heavies are dealt with quickly. Literally, the only things I see destroy it are titans and chargers. It can 2 taps bile sewers and 1 taps basically everything else. Being able to throw it down as a anti anything zone and wearing the conduit armor with it is just great. I tend to pair it with spear and precision strike. Last option is usually whatever we are lacking as a team. More horde clear, heavy elimination, or defences. I even use the tesla without the armor. It's just easier to work around it with it.

[@seoultrain99]

Cutting Edge really is great. It's really the stagger warbond, with the Blitzer pushing back bugs and Plasma punisher throwing bots around. Then the stun grenade staggers them more. No set of primaries and grenades has more "sit down, shut up"

[@armstronggaming8566]

As someone who plays with the purifier, it's best as a mid-long range support weapon first, and a killing weapon second. The stun combined with the slower rate of fire for optimal stun uptime and increased range over the plasma punisher is what makes me like it so much compared to the plasma punisher. Of course it's down to personal preference, but I feel that too many people don't give the purifier a fair chance, and only really look at its admittedly low DPS.

[@D-S-G.]

2:35 the next 30 seconds is such a helldivers moment.

[@junibugged3988]

the liberator carabine is really good with burst fire against smaller enemies especially with the ergonomics armor buff

[@philippvoid1800]

i use crossbow as a secondary to close holes and it also 1-2 shots medium bugs. pair it with flamethrower, granade launcher or any MG and ofc the pocket shotty, and you're good to go.

[@damienmcdonald7610]

Yeah that's my view of the crossbow now, it's a primary utility weapon that can free up other choices just like the grenade pistol is a secondary utility weapon

[@Presofcamelot64]

I'm a fan of Polar-Patriots. The Kodiak armor/helmet are my favorite armor set in the game, especially when combo'd with the super citizen cape. And the Motivational shocks booster is 1 of my favorite boosters. ... Idk, im a heavy armor fan.

[@raphaelsilva6071]

1. StVe- IBreaker, Dominator and Senator are top tier weapons 2. CuEd- PPlasma is amazing, stunnades are a really nice item and Sickle is a solid main. but its not as hard as StVe 3. DeDe- GPistol and the Crossbow post patch are good. Eruptor fell off after the nerfs and still solid 4. PoPa- the main weapons are usable, the Tenderizer is the best among them for control on group play 5. ViCo- disapointment. only have ass cosmetics and the booster that carry everything. weapons are weak and dont work properly

[@anthonyp9562]

In my opinion, experimental infusion is the best booster. It's gotten me out of bad situations so many times and I think greatly increases survivability.

[@AM-or5vo]

the knife is actually pretty good, I always run it vs bug now due to it ability to kill charger faster than you use a rocket. Chaff clearing main, greande pistol and knife then you can kill any enemy on the bug side, the knife can also stagger stalker like literally stun it and one shot them if you hit their head. pick true anti large support then you can deal with every enemy the bug throw at you.

[@jesseduckworth6873]

The pummeler in polar patriots is so good it's S tier for me

[@mawrk6501]

wait u said the non impact incendiary lingers more with the aoe? i thought the impact was just a straight upgrade: the stats were the same as well so i didnt know it lingers longer i have to test

[@NathitTheGamer]

“Take care of yourself, drink some water.” Thanks mom. 😂 18:57

[@reyluna0]

The arc protection is insanely good if you've ever seen a Tesla Turret up close 😂 Or like you said have teammates who don't check their shooting

[@skygrasper_47]

The armor sets in Polar Patriots really should have had a different passive, wherein they prevent you from slipping on icy surfaces and make you less hampered when traversing snowy terrain. Call it Winter Warrior, the same name as the armor. Wouldn't be the first time they gave an armor and its passive the same name (Servo Assisted).

[@trumanway3763]

I just realized how “Motivational Shocks “ work. Idk how I missed it.

[@Yeetdameet9]

I think the cross bow should stick to the enemy before exploding, it should be able to deal slight damage to low tier heavy amour as well.

[@SteveAkaDarktimes]

I think viper commando focusing on more on cosmetics and adding less weapon and equipment bloat is good. it lets devs actually balance things.

[@nicolasheung441]

When I first checked the warbonds, I just saw the Jar-5 and went like "THE HOLY BOLTER" and chose that as my first without much thought. Turned out it's better luck than judgement on my part

[@Alfie-z6r]

“Super credits are the most valuable” medals and requisition “are we invisible?”

[@jis11]

Medals and req slips are handed out like candy from missions. To get super credits you have to go out of your way for vaults/salute points

[@catching.rainbows]

15:22 Okay, I understand what you’re saying, BUT. they look cool

[@anoniemb5175]

Thanks mate

[@xyriliawhitestrake7263]

Yeah I definitely do not care about the shotgun pistol and I think it's funny to have the warbonds listed best to worst in release order so I'd swap viper and polar. Good list, though if I were completely honest, stun grenades are the most powerful thing in any of the warbonds by a county mile imo. I'd put cutting edge first even if it didn't have sickle, blitzer, and plasma punisher. The only downside of course is that you have to rely on stratagems to close bug holes and bot fabs until you get detonation. Which is something I dealt with for a long time because I took it first and then got steel vet into detonation and the grenade pistol is a breath of life to me and I'd legitimately put detonation second because of that. The incendiary breaker is amazing but I don't really use anything else from the list since I don't like the ergonomics on the dominator and the two armors I use 90% of the time are super credit store armors so that doesn't come into account for me at all. (light servo assisted and light engineering kit) obviously I'm basing it on my experience and play style rather than pure value of the warbond on what's good. I think you're list is more useful for a new player and mine just serves to tell what I value most in my loadouts.

[@b.e.h7324]

8:35 bro was moonwalking

[@timng81]

I think people are sleeping on Cutting Edge because it started out so bad at release. Probably the most utility of any with the stun grenade, Blitzer, Plasma Punisher, and sickle For sure primaries where I have logged a bunch of hours because the excellent crowd control. I agree with your list though. Wish Democratic Detonation didn't go through so many nerfs that crippled the warbond. I would have paid to unlock others if there wasn't an underlying fear that they would take a great weapon and nerf it to the ground a month after release. Instead I'm just slow grinding for super credits to unlock the rest.

[@axel.1358]

The bushwacker is the best shotgun

[@HarryVoyager]

Honestly, for the your two warbonds, I'd still argue it needs to be Democratic Detonation and Cutting Edge. DD because it introduces three spawn closer weapons. Cutting Edge because Stun Grenades open so many options. I am going to have to disagree on the Carbine and the knives. The carbine is basically a more controllable knight. In close quarters it can put out a done of bust and sustained DPS. I find it is a good alternative to the Sickle is builds where I need a primary that pushes damage out, and its controllable enough I don't have to have the -30% recoil perk to use it. The throwing knife is in a weird spot. It is a completely silent weapon that can kill devastators. For Stealth gameplay, it's extremely capable, but it is also competing with smoke and stun grenades. A very interesting concept, but not quite done yet. I'm also going to note that you absolutely need to get familiar with stealth gameplay, because apparently you don't know what the stealth weapons are in the game, and seem to assume they all need a complete rework because they don't work for door-kicking horde clearing. Final comment: I'd have to swap DD and Steeled. Steeled has a lot of good weapons now, but it does not open up anything different from what you get in the free Warbond. Detonation, by having both Primary and Secondary spawn closers and a silent spawn closer opens up multiple new playstyles that simply are not available without it. Likewise, the stun grenades in Cutting Edge also change the ways you can play the game in profound ways. That's also why I've been advocating the Purifier get AP4: that makes it an anti-armor weapon that lives in the primary slot, and lets you put different things in your secondary, and if that happened would firmly bump Polar Patriots up to 3rd. But if you are spending money on something, it needs to bring something new to the table, not just better weapons. Because patches happen and weapon balance changes. (See Eruptor...)

[@danieljacksonofficial5107]

Crossbow is ironically a stealth weapon because they can't hear you fire it, only its explosion, its very good for stealth and its my current favorite gun in the game. Combine it with the knives and you get a very quite loadout. Also 380 Barrage is good for stealth, I know it sounds like it isn't but if you toss it far enough away it will actually draw enemies closer to it and away from you.

[@asgasdg7693]

For me, I think democratic detonation is my top pick. I always carry the pocket g launcher for bug holes and fabs, eruptor (ez headshots for devastators) or crossbow (wave clear) for bots and ajudicator (kills warriors, hunters and brood commanders fast, i come across them more often now and get killed by them a lot) crossbow (wave clear again) for bugs. I also always just switch around the three armor sets depending on my loadout and the passive I want, plus they all look really dope!

[@turdbergler657]

Dd value dropped hard with the shrapnel removal

[@jacksondavis8940]

I use expert extraction pilot when I join a mission later into it.

[@ltdom]

My cousin recently got the game and asked what warbond should he go for first, and after a long thought porocess, I told him Steeled Veterans. It's weird, every warbond has something good in it but also something awful so it was a process to narrow it down lol

[@gamingcactus486]

my opinion for viper commandos i like it beacuse the devs said they would rather go for quality over quanity for warbond wepons maybe one more weapon would be ncie but i like it

[@aff66]

I'll argue your 5th and 4th! No way the Defender is "arguably better" than the Pummeler, and the viper armors showing skin would be arguably detrimental in helldiver's battlefield. The Pummeler is the best anti-stalker one handed weapon, which means it can be used while retreating without slowing down, making it really good against anything melee. The Bushwacker is cool, but still not better than the Redeemer or the goat Grenade Pistol. The Stim booster is the best though, agreed! but quantity wise it doesn't carry the warbond.

[@MB-dn1fx]

I feel like if the Penetrator and Concussive had 45 Round magazines they would be able to compete with the Adjudicated and Pummeler better

[@arakhar_9812]

The purifier should have 2 fire mod; normal shots like scorcher & charge up one for aoe damage

[@tehphoenix7441]

Actually, what weapons can compete with Inc. Breaker and DomDom for the best primaries in the game?

[@Randomness662]

I just cannot get behind using the breaker incendiary for bugs. Every time I've used it I just get overwhelmed because of the lack of pushback. I love my blitzer because it just says "fk u" to armor and has crazy good pushback. I pair that with Quazaar and precision strike and I'm pretty much covered.

[@emoguy9583]

i only got cutting edge for the sickle to be honest and im so glad i did

[@markadams5009]

I like the Sickle and used to run it a lot but I'd recommend trying the Breaker Incendiary from the Steeled Veterans warbond. It's devastating against bugs!

[@damienmcdonald7610]

I actually got cutting edge for the blitzer and stun grenades when we had the dark fluid missions but yeah the sickle is nice and the plasma punisher is a beast too

[@kingzilant]

Very fair 👍

[@irondude71]

I really want another warbond. But I know they're slowing down now.

[@defenstrator4660]

Peak physique is better than people think. I ran the Dominator with it and it was handling like an AR. Quick to target and the dot and the reticle matched quickly.

[@RSOxSPEC4x]

the purifier needed to some kind or plasma thrower type or full auto 20 -25 rounds less to no AoE but keep the mid armor pen

[@PeteTheecat]

At least on the ps5 there is still a lot of game breaking bugs . Yes I love this game but I just wish these developers weren’t rushed , it’s a half assed released with a lot of bugs still

[@kacheechang4667]

I think you're straight up wrong with the crossbow. I found it really useful and better than the eruptor. I've have just been spamming it the last week because it feels so much better. Not having to bring regular grenades nor the grenade pistol opens up even more weapon combinations since it felt really awkward if you didn't have a way to manually close bug holes and bot fabricators. That alone, feels much better. The hunter argument doesn't hit for me because even if it did, why are you shooting at hunters with this gun in the first place? it has a slow fire rate, a small explosion radius, and like you said, doesn't one shot them directly at times. It can, its just not consistent. So just switch to your secondary or support weapon. Bushwhacker and Redeemer are a LOT better at handling hunters than most primaries I find and flamethrower ain't bad at turning them into bug barbeque. The crossbow's ability to handle enemies is also great. It 2 shots nursing spewers in their sac(the few times the explosive trait is actually useful), keeps brood commanders and warriors at bay very easily, 2 taps hiveguards, and deals with chargers better I thought. Wasn't expecting to 5 shot a charger butt in all honesty. On bot side, 4 taping a hulk back as well as a devastator is pretty solid considerinng you stagger them each shot and of course a headshot is a 1 shot as you would expect. It also pretty consistent at one shotting scout striders, two shots if needed and since bots only have one or two fabricators at each base, it makes it really easy to just run in, blow them up, and get out before dropships come. Especially, since you don't have to reload after every shot and gain all your shots from ammo packs unlike a certain secondary. I also just think cutting edge is kinda bad. I don't know, I just don't use any of the stuff in there besides stuns. Scythe is okay, plasma punisher is good but only good vs bots, and biltzer I hate using. That's a gun that NEEDS to one shot hunters reliably.

[@Aquablade95]

Crossbow is for egg hatchery missions shoot those arrows at the eggs

[@Randomness662]

I really want to like the laser pistol but it just does too low damage for how fast it overheats. Even on normal planets it feels like shooting it for 3s causes an overheat. Also why is the aiming so weird? I get that it's a pistol but it has literal sniper range, I feel like with that range I should be allowed at least a tiny lil scope I can actaully zoom with. In past CoD games you could deadass put a thermal zooming scope on a revolver if you wanted.

[@nocovanco6179]

Whoa sir. Cuncussive liberator is an excellent weapon for a support play style. Switch to semi auto and hang back a bit. Knocking hunters of your people or tripping a stalker up is gold on some high tire levels. And especially since for every less titan we're fighting an extra 4,305 hunters.. My liberty is hurt. My democracy is wounded! But hey to each their own 🤣

[@xenobattlestar7327]

Plasma punisher is under use? I see it in every game I am in (bots and bugs)

[@stevet6975]

3:30 also the scout armor is literally just a reskin of the free scout. Not even a reskin. It’s just color change. Shows the state of warhonds that time

[@NoOneKnows88916]

I don’t know what you’re talking about, I main the crossbow and it’s really good, you just need to pair it with a support weapon like the heavy machine gun then you’re god tier

[@bugsy3209]

at 3:11 the purifier is NOT the scorcher, stop trying to use it like it. It is a CC MACHINE. Use it as a cc machine, and you'll see how good it really is

[@CrakaBakBlak]

Viper commando should be last. The same price for less gadgets.

[@iXSIKOBOIXi]

I think the top spots are a toss up between Steeled Veterens and Cutting edge, i tell my friends to get Cutting Edge first as weapons like the Sickle are just so good and so reliable, so i would say Cutting Edge is number 1 but honestly the two of them are absolute top 2, with Democratic Detonation being 3 and the other two not mattering (only reason to get VC is the booster and Patriots is now decent but it is better to get at the end because it hasn't got anything necessary)

[@thescoundrel9826]

do you know what sections are so people can better see what warbonds you are talking about?

[@geoffrogers7590]

I cannot stand the breaker incendiary. If someone on my team brings it, I know I'm going to get team killed at least once by it. Probably multiple times. It'll definitely almost kill me way more times than that. Those incendiary pellets do way too much damage just from the burn alone. If one of them touches you and you don't dive immediately, you're going to die.

[@milomateer6565]

I only bought vipers for the booster but I can’t even get it because of the stupid medal cap

[@user-qr8ns4yw8x]

I do think that less weapons would be better if they were tested and fit there niches right, instead of being other guns but reskinned. I dont want to go too far into that extreme though, as 1000 super credits for one primary, secondary, and grenade seems a steep price.

[@davidr5087]

Cutting edge is the best since demolition had to many nerfs on erupter

[@TheoBrown-me3hh]

Reinforcement ran out months ago bro was there while there was malevwlon creek he was there he is actively giving us intel

[@bronzieblue63]

I'm sorry man, saying Adjudicator is a good all rounder feels wrong, I haven't played with it recently, but if I recall correctly, it's inferior in every stat when compared to the Tenderizer. The only thing Adjudicator has up on Tenderizer is it's greater armor penetration, but even then that's not usually good enough to grade it higher than Tenderizer in my book.

[@cursedapostate3705]

Polar Patriots was only ass because they didnt add an armor buff that makes you run faster in snow biomes

[@herosupport1606]

lol the SubMachineGun Pummeler is the best Assault RIFLE, the Purifier aka False Advertisement (can't one shot a scout strider) would need its damage doubled to be worth using. The Eruptor is not a bolt action rifle its a semi-auto that fails to cycle rounds every time its also a lazy sack copy and paste of the dominator because they couldn't be bothered to move the action behind the ejection port where it should be. Arc Blitzer needs 15 more fire rate and not to hit ground assets and dead bodies.

[@hquan1]

Us grinders will eventually unlock all warbonds so let's just enjoy 😅. I just unlocked the 3rd warbond, only polar and viper left.

[@TheoBrown-me3hh]

High command are you getting this Send the fleet we need him back he has killed 50000000 in the past 6 days

[@SirAwesome5auce]

So far Democratic Detonation is my favorite wb by a large margin

[@stoney5137]

I play casually a few times a week. I never seem to need super credits…. Now Medals on the other hand…….

[@chaseyestrau]

Steeled veterans because I like fire. Polar one because of the drip

[@foodpowerreviews7032]

Cutting edge in my opinion is number one. Steel veterans two viper command three and I stopped rating at that point ha ha

[@baJeeken]

I have almost 100 hrs in helldivers and i only was able to buy one warbond. I suck at collecting super credits.

[@RealGlorp]

15:21 what was that precision strike?

[@cinnamonflavord]

I hate the new weapon content is locked behind grind warbonds. I grinded out for the explosives, and then polar, and then viper came out. I play helldive and feel like I don't find jack for hours on end.

[@blessedboticus2473]

The crossbow is amazing against automatons bro wdym, so many times ill see a random with most kills that was using crossbow last few days.

[@jay70games14]

I honestly think the blue scout amor in polar patriots looks god awful and the other two look great like very reminiscent to snow troopers.

[@gab_plays6235]

One day nothing will be trash

[@T1Oracle]

I only have two unlocked. I feel like I'm missing half the game.