HELLDIVERS 2 ANTI-META SOLO STEALTH

it was super fun, i highly recommend trying different builds as it opens up a completely different playstyle for helldivers 2.

[@Heyyouhello950]

What's up with all the solo B's this game is about playing with friends having fun dam I swear I'm so tired of no lifes

[@miles7224]

But... they *are* having fun. That's what games are for.

[@2SK3TCHY]

"I swear I'm so tired of no lifes" how do i address this is in the nicest way possible? 1. "this game is about playing with friends" I do play with friends, very often too - but don't upload it. Since that's the majority of the experience most of us are consuming on the daily while playing HD2, i don't think it's content worthy. We know the chaos that unfolds is fun, nothing wrong with that. 2. i like a challenge. I like finding ways to play games in ways not designed as intended, it keeps my gamer brain ticking and keeps me sharp, allowing me to show my friends tricks, tips, and optimize playstyles for both casual and tryhards - It helps explore the game past the normies experience, which is to be desired for many who can't achieve that. 3. the elephant in the room - "I swear I'm so tired of no lifes" I have done, and been through more in my life then most can say. Setting aside the 3 languages i speak due to traveling the world at a young age, a brother of 3, a self-made NYC resident coming from a immigrant EU family, serving in the US military, followed by getting my degree in multimedia and 3D animation, working at AIMLABS...and in the middle of publishing and producing my own games. My piece of advice to you would be, watch what you say...the internet will surprise you.

[@2SK3TCHY]

Oh and i casually have a ytube channel with over 20K subs for the fuck of it... shrug.

[@gamersupreme7980]

@@2SK3TCHY you didnt have to say shrug, that part makes me cringe a bit lmao, other guy is lost tho. Pin of shame!

[@2SK3TCHY]

i didn't have to do any of this tbh. But sure, excuse the petty attitude. I just see too many people assume no consequence will happen, or take any consideration when writing into the void we called the internet, i think it's ok to remind others there are real human life's behind these words/screens. Enjoy ur weekend bro.@@gamersupreme7980

[@permanent8387]

ah yes the 500KG bomb, .50cal sniper rifle, jetpack and orbitar laser strike also known as the 4 hoursemen of stealth.

[@flygawnebardoflight]

Hard Stealth: The act of leaving no witnesses

[@Sourwhatup]

You ever play Hitman? LOL

[@Thesavagesouls]

@@flygawnebardoflight There can be no alert if you leave no one alive !

[@scootyman3800]

It counts as stealth if you leave no witnesses

[@uniq4922]

Well he didn’t go in guns blazing and technically did as much stealth he could the 500kg is a little loud maybe

[@silentmayan5427]

*does all of the major objectives solo* "Disgraceful Conduct"

[@WeeWeeJumbo]

in the military you expect to be judged but Helldivers 2 is a harsh mistress

[@projectTyrasa]

Effective Self Preservation isn't very Democracy it seems

[@RogerNbr]

the new rating system is kinda ass ngl

[@silentmayan5427]

@projectTyrasa what is self-preservation in the face of democracy? It's nothing but cowardice and selfishness.

[@blindedinchains829]

Well, of course. There are many objectives Super Earth wants out of you! And they'd prefer you didn't come back if you don't complete them.

[@friday8531]

Feel like high command is gonna come in to figure out why one of their star destroyers has been producing "disgraceful" results... then find out a lone helldiver completed the mission with zero casualties... and reconsider their rating.

[@Lvcian_Guardian]

The game actually takes into account how much you destroyed on a mission and applies that to the "world statistics" to determine how strong the remaining forces are there, thus the defenses don't get weakened for future missions on that world but might even be stronger since the bots have less to defend with a lot of remaining forces from the previous failed defense. I do like the games Push Pull system, makes for a very interesting way of things as we can win objectives all day but still lose the war.

[@lilneoman1]

@@Lvcian_Guardian Not being argumentative but is there a source for that? Never heard of that being a feature.

[@tylerrice9924]

@@Lvcian_Guardianya that sounds like a cool idea! But unfortunately I don’t think that’s in the game yet. Destroying more factories “reduces enemy presence” in that mission, but I’m pretty sure it doesn’t affect future missions

[@DBZHGWgamer]

​​@@tylerrice9924The point isn't that it affects future missions, it affects your squad contribution towards the liberation counter, he's just providing the in world justification.

[@tylerrice9924]

@@DBZHGWgamer unfortunately I’m pretty sure that’s not the case either. The only thing that affects your contribution to the liberation percentage is the number of missions in an operation. 1 mission = .0001% 2 missions = .0002% 3 missions = .0003% I could be wrong but that is what looks like I think it would be sick if side objectives and stuff did affect those percentages

[@saitamaonepunchman8176]

"welcome to my first ever helldivers video" level 50 my fuckin man

[@avalerionbass]

Running stealth on bot worlds seems to be the only way to successfully finish bot worlds. Taking lots of notes here though for advanced stealth tactics. Good shit, Diver! A tactic to try that I've learned: If you make it back to extraction without aggro, once you call in the dropship, many enemies spawn, but they actually don't have aggro on you, simply high alert of the area. So you can actually use the jetpack to get on top one of those rocks near evac, lay down, and they'll swarm around but never know where you are. I have done this on terminids and have gone the entire 2 minute ETA without being attacked until the dropship landed.

[@TooTrue22-24]

Yeah jetpack makes it so easy to get to those spots. Simply getting the high ground has so many advantages that people overlook

[@KKdessu]

Alternatively, toss a grenade away from the LZ, as long as you're not detected most of the spawned enemies should go towards that location to investigate, clearing the LZ.

[@Vaderman011]

Some LZs just have a spot where you can tuck yourself away and if the squad comes in from the right side they just never patrol to where you are.

[@eliaspanayi3465]

​@@TooTrue22-24its over clanker, I have the high ground

[@Some-q1]

stealth is necessary on all bot missions… but this guy is taking it to the extreme

[@diswazzi1683]

11:57 pro tip, there's a keybind that allows you to switch 3rd person camera sides so you could peek corners without moving out of them

[@2SK3TCHY]

its on my thumb mouse key, just didnt use~ but for anyone reading this, yes u can switch shoulders

[@cheemthief]

can you do it on console ?

[@pistolgrippoet]

@@cheemthiefyeah just gotta figure out a bind for it

[@trulynavi4543]

​@@cheemthief it's aim and hold down on d-pad, but me and my dad switched it to hold X while aiming. The setting is called switch camera side

[@AlexCreemers]

The hell i dint know that. God i love this game.

[@Maxsmack]

500kg and orbital laser, the pinnacle of anti-meta

[@TheFoul_]

Feel like i'm watching a movie😁

[@TheOrgil220]

Yes true starship troopers sequel we never got.

[@TheReapersSon]

@@TheOrgil220Starship Scouts: Leave No Witnesses 😆

[@1ken3kurt5]

the part where she got her right leg hit is very heartbreaking. also the fact that she got shot on the back while fleeing after destroying airbase is very cliche. i dont understand why didn't she keep shooting with the mech and even died instead of going around the rock

[@AKTG197]

Gameplay like this is exactly why I like playing automatons so much. You can play it slow and steady making it easy or you can initiate an all out war. Loved the video, keep it up!

[@2SK3TCHY]

lol please stop subbing'- im not gonna keep posting helldivers 2 content, so i'd hate to disappoint lol

[@Extiriority]

💀

[@dovahkiin456]

Bro! No! This was freaking awesome! Please keep it going! I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. You don't have much to do but share your recorded gamplay!

[@pray4dropz438]

Why start posting hell diversity stuff if you are just going to move on?

[@2SK3TCHY]

so when i do post another, it's a surprise~ lol@@pray4dropz438

[@scootyman3800]

Imma sub just cuz I appreciate that kinda honesty my guy good stuff

[@khirondb]

Bruh, those falls into jump pack to high ground again cracked me up. Absolute movie stuff :D

[@kizam64]

Fuck sake...awesome job...my palms were sweaty from just watching!!...I think I stopped breathing a couple times as well, lol 😂

[@timothybablington1781]

Finally someone showing that helldivers can be more than just an all out shoot fest n can be stealthy

[@The_Real_Bonesaw]

Stealth really only works against the bots. I have yet to achieve a stealth win against the bugs.

[@Febreeze419]

@@The_Real_Bonesaw It's not possible with the bugs, they're too sensitive.

[@Some-q1]

@@The_Real_Bonesawbugs are more difficult for stealth because they have very heavy armor variants that you can’t easily take out with something like the anti material rifle. Not to mention the bugs chase you instead of shooting you which makes them more difficult to loose aggro

[@brianw1058]

3:14 YEET!

[@2SK3TCHY]

I forgot about that 😂

[@MrRawryorawr]

I'm loving this because it's pretty close to how I play, except I play with a group and I'm their 'high priority' sniper.. Though I love when I go out and take out objectives solo! The revolver headshots on the striders like 10:30 were beautiful.

[@nickkurzy2246]

you can almost hear the "oh shit" when he aims the AMR and it went *click*

[@MrRawryorawr]

An Oh shit I have on many a times experienced.@@nickkurzy2246

[@GamePath]

The game should give a bonus for every missing Helldiver

[@Khinouille]

agreed !

[@GamePath]

@Khinouille I just realized, it's probably because they want to encourage co-op play

[@Colonel-Sigma]

Everytime you got rag dolled off that cliff I though "Oh no, it's joever..." The the jetpack descended form the heavens and said "Nay my child, forye hath been faithful. Let the meta kids seeth for this is not your time." And came in clutch more than once, god damn!

[@tni333]

Insane Jumps! The jetpack buff is great. I already liked it, but this is just icing on the cake.

[@2SK3TCHY]

So good! i agree~

[@scootyman3800]

I love that that 500 kg despite everybody and their mom using it still counts it as off meta because it’s good but not too good it’s just right satisfying but not cheese levels of effectiveness

[@forty9r9r7]

yeah he can call it "anti-meta", this loadout is about as meta as possible. 500kg is so meta because it's as good as the high level orbitals but you get 2 AND it has like half the cooldown.

[@default_liver1641]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@forty9r9r7 i disagree, its frequently used but not meta. there are better options for taking out heavies and objectives, like the orb. railcannon or rocket pods. i do think he couldve used a less frequented strat and achieved the same result. if the 500kg gets a buff to its area of effect it will be meta, but right now its inconsistencies drop it below its more consistent contemporaries.

[@RichardMPM]

this is exactly what i run for some solo bots missions. the jetpack opens up new angles in their outposts

[@BasicDev]

the mech not being able to take out striders is crazy

[@ICECAPPEDSKY]

Yeah because their damn front armor counts as heavy for some god forsaken reason

[@007999999999999999]

you can shoot the dick region, at least with the machine gun strategem you can pen there

[@forty9r9r7]

it's so weird because several primaries can so when I'm running slugger or scorcher it's more effective to jump out, shoot their hip 3 times, and get back in the mech

[@vulcanmm6573]

@@forty9r9r7I mean with scorcher you can just shoot them in the face and the AOE from the plasma kills the pilot after the 2nd or 3rd shot so yeah effective indeed

[@yarekwojcik4061]

would a tackle from the mech be able to take them out though?

[@adamsmith632]

The fact that he let his performance to do the talking for him, is content I can appreciate.

[@broomhandle3700]

Almost a totally clean run. Really cool work, you're a more capable helldiver than I.

[@NaregChakhbasian]

Imagine space marines going stealth against the tyranids.

[@Wangpi3ce]

Imagine getting spotted by a single bug of any description, and then every single enemy on the map knows your exact location and rushes immediately to drown you in bodies. There is no stealth against the tyranids, only exterminatus

[@NaregChakhbasian]

@Wangpi3ce yeah which means people that play stealth on bug planets are kinda special.

[@BabbyBoomCook]

Great run! Interesting thing about support drops, the devs stated recently in a KZbin video that if you call down more than one support drop within the same area, it actually attracts patrols. Haven't tested it myself yet, but it seems like calling in one support then moving a bit away and calling in your second is the stealthiest way to do it!

[@SilvaDreams]

Yup the enemies actually have senses and will react to noise and visuals (the bugs even have smell at close range). So have to be careful about using drops but at the same time you can diistract them with grenades and false noises.

[@BabbyBoomCook]

@@SilvaDreams Yes! Mortars are super super useful for pulling patrols AND potentially dealing with them until they run out of ammo.

[@gabelehbabe6189]

Did they change the jump pack with the recent patch because man it feels good, even the little animation changes with the step off and landing are awesome

[@2SK3TCHY]

ok, i thought i noticed something - it deff feels smoother then day 1. Glad im not alone in this lol

[@ilikepies4877]

They stealth buffed it, I believe they gave it shorter cooldown and higher jump.

[@Yomamacallinbak83]

Whenever i use it my feet get caught on a 6 inch lip and I just slide back down to the ground. If over 1/2 your body or even arms are up, you should climb the surface imo. Still use it all the time but sometimes it’s like… really?…

[@gabelehbabe6189]

@@Yomamacallinbak83 this or you clamber everything you don’t want to. Like seriously game, why would I want to climb on the supply drop.

[@beisukouchiha9626]

If you choose to go stealthy, probably hide on extraction until the bird arrives. Use the jetpack to hop on the highest rock there and stay low. Works for me and my buddies all the time.

[@ChadZLumenarcus]

You are a mad lad and I have been wondering if anyone can stealth a level 9 mission. Bravo.

[@greinum]

the timing of that looooool 3:13

[@JOHNJ3DI]

Democracy needs soldiers like these. keep it up, helldiver.

[@GabrielF39]

When you're on that Helldivers train but you really love metal gear solid 5

[@jetski-sam]

I don't think they're ready yet if "the inner circle of hell" difficulty ever gets added

[@Lildoc911]

The amount of times you were thrown into the stratosphere was hilarious.

[@MrHeorhe]

I'm finding huge success with the archthrower/beam cannon paired with the rover and using the eagles airstrike and 110mm pods. The pods injure tanks enemies and I can finish them with my support weapon, and the airstrike helps crush nests and destruction objectives. The overwhelming firepower and armoure penetratikn is amazing on those two weapons and when the eagles are down you can play slow and stealthy

[@kristiancorrea8271]

14:46 jetpack save was pretty cool

[@МихаилЗемяхин-щ3э]

Cool! I love watching how they approach missions wisely. Your video is a balm for the soul. I'm sick of looking at kamikaze fools.

[@saafi9723]

The striders at 14:50 broke their ankles so hard they're called Hobblers, now...

[@voidphoenix2991]

Godda love that launch from the first objective

[@FarmHend]

Ahoy to my fellow "Fog Devil"! *DRAUPNIR STANDS!!*

[@jax1411]

Now let's see you do that on a bug mission!! Great dive Helldiver!

[@umayle07]

This is literally my build. I love using this! Nothing feels as good as using the jet pack and light armor

[@futuristicbus61]

I fucking love the rating system in this game. All main objectives completed with no casualties? Disgraceful. Fuck all accomplished, entire squadron dead? Outstanding Patriotism.

[@RemiX_O]

@2sk3tchy if you hit your back mouse button while aiming in 3rd person, it will change the camera over to the other shoulder. Should help with those pistol shots.

[@comedy_goblin6378]

Peacemaker looks like such a fun sidearm

[@Footballfan896]

I hope we get a silencer for the anti material rifle. As soon as that shot is fired, all enemies FREAK. Even if it reduced it’s damage output, having a way to silently take down enemies would be sick.

[@Somethoughtz]

Always been my favorite loadout

[@Dogemite]

Mans out here looking like a Reaper from XCOM 2

[@DarK__0.]

Another xcom Player I see and indeed, bro looks like a reaper

[@leoreaper3100]

Popping the smoke spores on your way out helps disengage and confuse the enemies.

[@Rapture9999]

Smoke is such an underrated piece of kit. Harder during group play to benefit from it.

[@jamescooke7243]

Impossible. Meta players say you isn't solo past level 7.

[@Shadow747MK]

...only jet pack here is not meta.

[@Swampdonkey796]

No they don’t lol

[@ilikepies4877]

@@Shadow747MK I’d say the 500kg is also not meta, its blast radius is too small, eagle 110 is better.

[@hipperguy1654]

@@ilikepies4877 the eagle 110 is fucking DOGSHIT

[@Dreamvivid]

I do the jet pack anti material rifle combo as well but with different defense/offense combinations. Also for fun I do jet pack, HMG on top a rock against bugs.

[@2SK3TCHY]

ohh MG+jet sounds like a good time~

[@dimmat1116]

really cool, however it wasnt all entirely anti meta, the laser strike and armor set definetely made it alot more possible

[@Raven5431]

The sad thing is bot grenades will send you flying even from behind cover a lot of the times.

[@myne1377]

Tagging the map reveals enemies positions close to the marking?

[@TheDrizzCAKEN]

With the scout armor, yes.

[@Filumgaming]

Too add, with a keen eye and the scout armor you can even mark out stuff like side objectives and minor points of interest including super samples if you know what to look for on the map

[@Khinouille]

@@Filumgaming keen eye ?

[@jamalcamogus9058]

@@Khinouillethey mean looking closely at the map

[@dystopia7851]

you really showed the meta slaves with this one! (0 stars, 500 xp, and 2.3k Req in 30 minutes)

[@Drunken_Hamster]

Hmm. Not bad. One death and that was only because they caught you lackin in the mech. I was wondering how extraction would go for you since you didn't handle any of the outposts. Anyway, I have everything unlocked that you used except the patriot exosuit and the scorcher. How you you suggest I kit my Helldiver out to attempt this? Particularly wanting advice for difficulties 4-7 since I'm definitely not ready for a 9. Also, what do you change on maps/operations that don't give you the extra mission stratagems like how this one gave you a free Patriot?

[@عليالحميداوي-ف9ع4ظ]

Much love❤

[@270eman]

500kg bomb and orbital laser are META though. Change my mind.

[@parruiacatwithagun4310]

I love watching these hell dive stealth mission, I bought and downloaded the game it’s just I can’t play it because I have a gtx 750 (yeeeaa I think it’s time I finally upgraded, I know it’s a 10+ years old graphics card) Keep up the good fight helldiver.

[@Khinouille]

lmao yeah time to get yourself a gift after all this time my man

[@carcosa_tyrant9444]

it'd be cool if you could do some commentary as well so we get a glimpse into your tactics and mindset while doing this. fantastic job.

[@GoliathcraftLP]

Used pre nerf railgun with shield backpack to solo unlock difficulty 6-9. Was a lot of fun, but sometimes when things escalated too much it was over. Game respawns you in the middle of enemy bases and such. Now that extraction automatically attracts bots it’s become a lot more difficult to get samples out of this strategy

[@MercenaryPhase]

Good job! You reminded me of those legendary WWII snipers who got hella kills on the battlefield without being in the backlines. Curious though, how do you normally survive extraction without the exosuit being available? And if you have the exosuit as a stratagem, which would you cut out to make space for it? (I assume its the 500kg but that seems useful too)

[@palik1979]

I imagine this is how Helldivers actually vlog.

[@someasiandude4797]

I read stealth in the title then see a mech in the video. I think something happened

[@bruisedtomato7299]

john helldive is that you

[@kiantekennedy1862]

I wish they can had some health bar or critical status in the eco suits so you know if you are near failure for the rig..but solid solo run

[@azreth7190]

I'am surprised at the end it didn't say 'shameful dispray'

[@PiKangNa]

Stealth used to work on bug world too, but now they homing at you no matter what instead of go and investigate the sound source. Good to see its still works on Robots.

[@acarrillo8277]

There is a smell mechanic. So there are literally bloodhounding you

[@Khinouille]

@@acarrillo8277 so we gamers are fucked, can we buy a ship module called shower or something

[@XanderDraft]

Well the sample collection part seems terrifying but I’ll have try this on solo runs as the play style much calmer then the standard kill everything I see on the randoms.

[@vampledample]

dude this mgsV mod looks sick

[@reggieosbourne]

I’ve been picking the anti material rifle more often now…the auto cannon is better in some scenarios but I find not killing myself with the aoe when theirs close enemies helps ALOT

[@simon_lifer]

When he aimed empty AMR at the Hulk I thought to myself yea what are you gonna do now xd

[@gianfra-en4zs]

How did he was able to call stratagems without destroying the signal tower?

[@RogerNbr]

he got just barely out of range of the disrupt tower

[@Lyrux7]

He's playing like it's Ghost Recon Wildlands

[@2SK3TCHY]

best game.

[@ParadoxicalSunlight]

Only thing I don't like about trying stealth is when I get the atmospheric spores effect on planets and then my scout armor doesn't ping enemies.

[@friday8531]

Good work Helldiver

[@He_Who_Burns]

do you play in public lobbies, because i feel like ive seen you in my game before?

[@NukieDookie]

Run Autocannon, Eagle Smoke, Orbital Laser & whatever you would prefer for the last, thats my go to stealth

[@MyNameIsNurf]

Any specific reason you take the sniper rifle or just trying to use something off-meta?

[@thecyanpanda241]

Sniper is extremely ammo efficient and, provided you can aim, is very good at killing hulks and devastators by hitting thier face. It's also obviously very long range

[@xanderlaskey2753]

Snipe 2 taps hulks twice as fast as a railgun

[@tyler89557]

Stealth is basically the name of the game for HD1

[@wombatturd]

Wow amazing run

[@CheapGodiva]

I'm surprised you didn't think to bring the smoke or use the smoke mushrooms on the map. They conceal your presence and break line of sight for the bots.

[@ryanvacation7319]

Very skilled gameplay.

[@diswazzi1683]

The revolver desperately needs a moon clip animation that you use when the chamber is empty

[@Atlessa]

Had to google the term "moon clip". I only know those as 'speedloader'. But yes.

[@Duskraven377]

Mission Impossible: Liberty or Death

[@Burger_The_Helldiver]

Hud/display settings? Cus its looks cool that the hud curves

[@2iqplays]

I'm surprised that u didn't choose to do a stealthy extract at the end by laying on one of the rocks where the bots can't see ya. This was very impressive tho. Now I gotta try and lose all my lives on the first objective

[@janthekiller2487]

Yes, that is solid snake

[@nicold89]

if you're aim down sights, you can swap shoulder to better approach targets at different angles on PC it is mouse 4 or 5 i believe

[@fjshdf]

3:11 that's one way to disengage lmao

[@EminenteHades]

I can only play solo in helldive (9) with the finished ones, complete raid of 40 min missions out of 3 but with the cars it is something else. I'm probably missing something in a planned strategy to play with solo automata since all the videos are the same on various KZbin channels.

[@philipp16738]

where you playing with the 50m scope on the anti-mat rifle? if you didnt know it, you can change the zoom. its really handy!

[@PanRokador]

3:14 Tactical retreat

[@rubles3143]

So close to a no deaths run! You gotta keep trying

[@ChadZLumenarcus]

I was wondering how you were going to stealth the evac. Great play with the mech.

[@Daps741]

Space Barrett and jetpack is my go to for challenging and hard solo runs on bots I need to max out my eagle upgrades though.

[@Mc.Scrumpy]

It's actually fun not doing meta stuff. In fact, doing Meta stuff is incredibly boring! Going outside your comfort zone can be fun too! In call of duty, I can see everybody use the same damn gun over and over. I'm sure that can get really boring after a while. What I like to do is run nothing but pistols, It sucked really bad at first. But when you win a game With the most kills and minimal deaths with only a pistol, it feels satisfying! Same with playing smash brothers with a character that's notorious for not doing good in competition

[@Yamy-py8su]

Based and anti-meta pilled

[@Ethnicgnome]

500kg & orbital laser...Non meta??? I don't think that means what you think it means