Helldivers 2 - Are Sniper Loadouts Finally Powerful? (Helldive Difficulty, Solo)

Testing out the Diligence Counter Sniper, combined with the Anti Materiel Sniper Rifle.
Enjoy!
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[@MrJacoolest]

That "WhaaaaT!!??" on the ARMY of bots advancing on the extract was priceless!

[@the_takibo]

i knew it was the end of me 😭

[@CanYouNotOk]

No clue why OhDough called you a clickbaiter when your videos are mainly just based off opinions. People will always hate for no reason. Love the content!

[@TheOneAndOnlyLUUUU]

Starting shit on youtube is good for engagement and views. Blame youtubes algorithm for that.

[@AstraAnima]

He sees him as a rival. That's it

[@Pyromaniac77777]

He was just stirring up drama for fun, I don’t think his critiques mean all that much. It’s clickbait, it’s not clickbait, doesn’t really matter if it is anyway. If his viewers are happy then ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@realdoodlehole]

OhDough post literally the same videos like a few hours after Takibo does. It's like he's copying him. He's the real clickbaiter. He's not even entertaining either.

[@toad7395]

I'm pretty sure the list itself is half satire, though takibo should be B tier at most smh

[@jbowho]

Only youtuber that keeps it about gaming you earned my sub

[@drogan4932]

After your Ballistic Shield vid I've started using a ballistic shield loadout with AMR, and been having a ton of fun. Keep up the great vids!

[@shinseiniwashi]

Its the way

[@Nikkendaleni]

BS, RG, stun grenades and grenade pistol with smg, heavy armor with explosion resistance been my absolute favorite for a long time and can't find more fun kit.

[@svn5510]

ADS with the diligence is amazing for making long range snipes reliably. I keep mine at 200 for diligence and AMR. DCS can one shot most devistators if you engage them at range. And it is pretty good at not aggroing baddies to you from range as well

[@svn5510]

@ck9395 oh I agree fully. I mainly do it for fun when solo diving, not because it’s the best loadout, but a fun change of pace. Half the time it’s just to take out a sentry then get in throw an eagle air strike and get out. And even though I have it on 200 it’s mainly just to make the devastator heads bigger so they’re easy to hit. I still do most of my fighting at around 50m

[@gatekeeper99924]

agreed about the brightness, cant stand those fire planets that still have bug spores, nursing spewers and fire tornadoes that follow you around.

[@KenobiStark1]

Yeah I can’t see fuckin shit around here!!

[@victorcastro9890]

@@KenobiStark1 fr I always shoot out the lights and the glowing things on bugs planet, that shit be hurting my eyes

[@Pr0digyZRX]

Facts... I feel like the fire tornados have a helldiver seeker built-in 😂😂 idk how anyone enjoys playing on the fire planets

[@gatekeeper99924]

@@Pr0digyZRX especially when youre waiting for evac. somehow the bugs know exactly where to walk to make it through

[@maxgessa3504]

I also think a booster that reduces or removes aim flinch would be nice. Maybe call it Pain Dampeners, since the flinching really is just from pain.

[@nktslp3650]

Or just make medium and heavy armors have a stagger reduction boost. That would really help

[@sonquan5492]

They sure are more solid now for bots, all AH need now is to fix the reticle misalignment.

[@lucienmoolman8017]

Ong, so many support weapons need their sights realigned

[@joepancerz8048]

@@lucienmoolman8017 100%

[@nathanielr8098]

It's fixed now with recent patch

[@sonquan5492]

@@nathanielr8098 Definitely good news!

[@bobdillin8388]

This is basically my setup. Im primarily a solo player, or was till the patrol spawn mixup. That said, this plays quite well in a group and is downright impressive when u truly master it. Ive gotten quite a few compliments from rando groups running it. I use amr/countersnipe/grenade pistol/ shield pack, medium armor with engineering (usually, sometimes light) the other 2 are usually orbit laser and airstrike, but those are basically flex spots.

[@Morcorco]

Don't listen to OhDough. You're not a clickbaiter :)

[@dipdor1]

That video is hilarious 😂

[@touyang7172]

He his not all diver are good as he is

[@Shway_Maximus]

Definitely not a clickbaiter

[@Pyromaniac77777]

I mean it’s all just fun and games, doesn’t matter if he is

[@rp2974]

@@Pyromaniac77777 it does matter, I immediately unsubscribe from clickbaiters. They dont respect you or your time so I don’t respect them.

[@tree4575]

I enjoy your positivity, and in alot of ways your almost TOO GOOD to properly review some weapons for the average player. But you always preface your takes with mentioning your perspective comes from solo play. Keep on keeping on!

[@ChusWias]

You can toss the resupply into the vents and kill it every time. Or you can try to land it on top of the fab.

[@niceguyniko]

Shield generator or ballistic shield are a must for me. Bots will just keep you in a constant state of being staggered without it.

[@ipatchymakouli415]

Ballistic shield is a nice option if your team can delete anything with rockets for you while you soak up laser fire. But shield generator is never a good option in my experience against bots. It gets taken down instantly, so you're staggered anyway, increases your hitbox, resulting in rockets that would've flown over your head to explode... And that's without comparing to what other backpacks have to offer (essentially jetpack, autocannon and rocket launchers)

[@thatoneguy1741]

Much better off just focusing on repositioning and using cover to replace with something else imo

[@spbynum]

It’s okay. I’d much rather run a plasma punisher for trash/scout striders, senator for zerkers, and autocannon for everything else. Airstrike, 380, and laser with medium explosion armor. Very well-rounded.

[@Blit_Wizbok]

senator + ballistic shield shrecks bots, and diligence + any machine gun is really fun

[@davem257]

Love watching your clean aim. Hoping for KBM support for PS5 soon...

[@danguv7234]

Love your content ❤

[@IainDoherty51]

I find it very interesting that you always use the scopes at minimum zoom. I always found that higher zooms were extremely helpful when going for precise shots like hulk eyes or devestator heads.

[@Kadaj997]

Max zoom increase the misalignment and troll some shot, vs hulk i get shot trolled hard on 200m adjustment

[@IainDoherty51]

@@Kadaj997 I think it just makes it more obvious a lot of the time, and you quickly learn to adjust for it

[@Kadaj997]

@@IainDoherty51 i learned to adjust but 100m is my way to go, only last problem shoting moving target with this small disalignment still annoy me, the most vs devastator that should take one hit, they tank the first bullet most of the time because the hitbox is small

[@rageburst]

I use AMR with arc-12 against bugs. The main problem are bile titans and chargers. I recommend adding stun nades, grenade pistol, 500 kg, EATs, and rover. The plasma shotgun might be another good choice since you can used them to shoot the shoulder of bile titans. Using the plasma shotgun should require you to use fast light armor and jump if a hunter comes too close to avoid AOE self-damage.

[@benmalatin5237]

Dude, thanks for the stratagem jammer glitch fix, that's huge.

[@tobiasnenseter8044]

I used this loadout before the CS and AMR buff, so I am very happy :))

[@wabbit2099]

Why did you stop corner peeking everything? There was that one video you did about corner peeking with the arc thrower. I thought you learned how to fight bots. But aside from that video you keep taking fights just out in the open. You should really apply that corner peeking mentality to every bot fight. Right now your positioning is very bug diver. You don’t need heavy or medium armour. You don’t need a shield pack. You just need to not stand out in the open when you take fights. You could be really good against bots if you changed a few habits.

[@VFRNinja]

I ran a mission last night with dcs and amr and it was great. Devastators getting pwned was a great feeling. I did miss the sickle at some moments though.

[@vampirelordx1]

Snipers are really good in teams, as Overwatch support. You hang back and deal with HVT’s from the back line.

[@gjl4101]

Try throwing your eagle while diving, it will increase the throw distance

[@hamothemagnif8529]

I love AMR no scope for bugs. I need a bit more precision with bots though.

[@philschmidt7794]

Try it with a shield pack and maybe gauss. I agree you can't evaluate a weapon when you don't use it because you have the AMR. I'd say EAT or Quasar but that makes hulks a lot harder to deal with solo I imagine.

[@Redgar2811]

Try to go prone more, zoom in more on those snipers and heavy armor mitigate some of the flinching ;)

[@Mtaalas]

I feel the bots aim has been improved DRASTICALLY int eh last patch. Usually I had time to be out on open and aim a bit... not anymore. Also, I feel like Hulks have gotten much MUCH faster. They come at you like a freight train.

[@Steir12]

>Pick sniper rifle >Don't aim down sights My brother it Christ wtf?

[@the_takibo]

misaligned sights bug mess me up

[@Chromico]

The way you take bots out with ease on 9's makes me strive to be a better player. I think a lot of it is due to your great target priority.

[@DuraheLL]

Yes, yes they are!

[@ryancoombs8281]

RIP the samples he forgot after dying by the AA facility edit: guess he died at the end anyway lol

[@SatAnanas]

All those samples lost, it's so sad 😭

[@Andrew_001]

Thanks!

[@the_takibo]

❤️

[@wyldz6763]

I wish they could make the DMR:s more relevant because the playstyle is cool, the AMR basically fills that slot and actually works, makes up for the handling by actually doing enough damage. Maybe the DMR:s would feel more enticing if they didn't feel like they are being used underwater. As it stands, there's no reason to take a primary sniper style weapon since other primaries can do everything they do and even better, unless you just want to do it for fun.

[@EnergyLawyer]

one arguement has been that DMRs aren't necessary broken, but that the gameplay pattern and maps just doesn't support them well, (if that makes sense). The elevated outposts make it hard to get a supporting angle, and pressing into objectives makes them less usefull outside of objectives.

[@Rockforce80]

1:51 Excuse me WHAT

[@VFRNinja]

AMR two shots hulks when you shoot em in the eyehole.

[@the_takibo]

😈

[@Rockforce80]

@@VFRNinja Lol if you start from the timestamp and close your eyes it sounds like he's after a different eye

[@DannyStoleMyPizza]

Audio fix at the start is crazy. Thanks for showing us

[@lucienmoolman8017]

The AMR on the bots is so good. Pair it with a jump pack and you are a very sneaky and very mobile Angel of Death

[@Matt-iq7ci]

I agree. I only use it in 3rd person and its a GOAT. Cant even count how many times I saved our entire team from shamefull death. Also paired with plasma shotty for stagger/AOE its mint.

[@Floaydi]

Yeahhh it's so cool too, 2 shots hulks in the head and destroys pretty much everything else in 2 shot too.

[@Matt-iq7ci]

@@Floaydi did you notice u can 1 tap dropships if u aim right?

[@Floaydi]

@@Matt-iq7ci I never shoot at drop ships to be honest, it's not fun.

[@erikyoung5139]

​@@Matt-iq7ciuhhh ill need more details about this.

[@TheFallenSniper]

Anyone interested in this build i slightly disagree with Takibo's choices. Counter sniper is great now. Go first person and one shot everything in the head, AMR for hulks, striders, and factory striders, and bring the grenade pistol instead of Senator for factory vents. Shield gen like he said is good and it works really well if you have the red light armor that lets you bring 6 stun grenades and better aim when crouched and prone. Takibo if you see this maybe give that a try? Good video, cheers man!

[@DarkDragonLord]

Ill be honest with you Takibo i stopped watching you over the weekend cause the game left a bad taste in my mouth with the shit going on. Its nice to be back though now i can try to be you again and get creamed as usual.

[@Pwh5476]

Nothing gives you more confidence in your abilities than seeing someone on the internet crush it

[@thepromman]

Agreed on flinching. I think heavy armor could be helped with this as well. The heavier the armor, the less you should flinch and be thrown by explosions imo. Atm mobility outweights any benefit heavy armor provides because why tank enemy attacks when you can just outrun it.

[@golevka]

Nice revenge kill dropping on that heavy devastator. ShieldPack/Sickle/Grenade Pistol/AMR is my fav bot loadout. I suck at aiming the Grenade Pistol into fabricator vents

[@BlacJack22]

Diligence CS now oneshots all devastators though, which the Scorcher doesn't. Only thing Scorcher does better is against Scout striders. And if you still want stagger then you have Dominator.

[@matthewcoffey1306]

Anytime I try this I get swarmed with multiple bot drops, idk how the spawning seems reduced for you

[@ElewIV]

A Senator only run would be absolutely amazing. 100% recommend.

[@sertevren]

if you wanna increase the difficulty level play with my friends.

[@grey5751]

It's insane how few patrols and drops you seemed to have after the solo patrol adjustment.

[@zachhunter3399]

That audio glitch has haunted me for weeks thanks for the fix

[@hcsvoicepacks]

We use nothing but these loadouts... Anti material and one of the sniper rifles, at all times. Very powerful especially as a stealth scout.

[@bubalolo]

Don't worry about this odo guy. Just do your thing. You are not a clickbaiter.

[@danijel8019]

Man takibo i love your vids always looking forward to them. You are the best helldiver.

[@ProfShikari]

I’m relatively new to Helldivers, your content is awesome, really helps me in my own gameplay, especially when playing with friends and I feel like peeling off to go complete some side objectives whilst they concentrate on the primary, keep it up mate 👌 if I ever make a YT channel, I’d defo collab with you, there is no need for shade with other YT channels, shouldn’t be a rivalry like you say ❤️

[@bluemew6457]

I’m loving the new DCS. It one shots devastators up to 125m away if you hit the head. I’ve been pairing it with the Laser Cannon and Jump Pack, as the Laser covers for the big stuff better than the AMR and the Jump Pack enables me to get high ground so I can snipe to my heart’s content. I imagine that the AC would also pair well with the DCS if not having a backpack isn’t a big deal. Watching your gameplay, I think you would benefit from going prone more. It allows you to better manage the recoil and sway of both snipers, and it shrinks your profile, making it harder for bots to hit you at range. Play stealthily, pick your battles, and engage at range. Oh, and have good trigger discipline. It’s wild how much the enemies rely on being shot at to detect you. Edit: I agree that if you’re taking the AMR, the DCS is kinda redundant. The DCS is functionally a baby AMR for your primary slot, so it’s best to pair it with something else.

[@b0nes95]

Hey I was running this exact setup since yesterday and it's extremely powerful. I was pleasantly surprised with the rewarding headshots. Running solo through 8 was a breeze, although I couldn't manage extraction due to the sheer amount of rockets and aimbot Devastators.

[@Cuts58]

Not sure if it is my Monitor settings but i cant even see the enemy in the fog , and you shoot them :D nice

[@ci825]

Wym??? AMR runs amazingly well with CS! For two reasons specifically: CS is basically a quieter AMR so that’s good for stealth as well as the fact that you can switch to CS when you wanna stay in sniping range but don’t wanna waste AMR ammo on troopers or 1-2 devs that are easy pickings

[@ecklesezekiel9804]

OhDough's earlier videos were riddled with inaccuracies, poor testing, and high sodium clickbaiting. He's much better at testing now but the rest hasn't changed. Don't mind it, your gameplay is excellent and I like your vibe a lot more. Just keep doing you.

[@mrrodriguezHLP]

I've been taking Counter Sniper on bug dives with nice results. It takes out medium bugs, I bring LMG for the small things, and Eagle strikes for big things. It's feeling balanced.

[@Pr0digyZRX]

Why didnt you use the AMR to take out the jammer towards the end? Doesn't it blow up fabricators like the autocannon? Or am i just faded and remembering wrong? I haven't really ran the AMR in a while

[@IshmaelDoe]

Hey man I think there are couple of thing you are missing out: diligence sniper can 1 shot devastator with headshot, and 1 shot body shot pretty consistently with small unit. 2, with that in mind and that you don't wear a shield, you should not engage the enemy in close range. 3 with factory strider, what you can do is take out the 2 miniguns and go under it shooting it's belly, it would take 1 or 2 magazines max to take it out.

[@StrutZ007]

I wish the game showed the stats of the support weapons to better compare them vs each other and primarys. This loadout is a prime example. Obviously the AMR is the better sniper rifle, but I would like to see the stats. Great content as always bro!

[@Zebo12345678]

IMAGINE if that eagle airstrike actually landed on that army at extraction though. That would have been incredible!

[@Phier554]

CS has two weaknesses. Chainsaw zerkers and the two legged striders. You're generally better off eirh a plasma jar or scorcher. That being said i have fun with rhe ca and rake it ehen i know I'm with a good team.

[@jjprs3062]

Counter sniper trivializes devastators so hard. I constantly find myself at super kong ranges headshotting missile devastators when i normally think i wouldn't.

[@skywolf7717]

Does less damage than the revolver secondary..... No thats not how marksman rifles suppose to work.

[@cpncorndogg]

man I dont know whats up with this hell dive difficulty. You got barely any bot drops ever and they had so many possibilities to do it. It is a easy version of hell dive, which is weird I dont know how people get these. Like lol when you turned the corner and there were 10 devastators.....none of them even shot you and they had like a good 4 seconds to do so lol.

[@Toek23]

Great video and showcase to make multiple builds work! If you take the scorcher instead of the erupter, would you use a grenade pistol for fabricators additional to it or would you keep the senator?

[@coleostimie9725]

I never run the shield backpack with the amr but i also only use it in squad play and mainly stay in the back to support the fire fights and call out heavies when the squad is engaging the enemy, also i never enter the objectives when running amr just keep an eye over the squad to keep them safe

[@wantedbonbon6443]

As someone who hasn't unlocked scorcher yet I love the Countersniper... one shoting Devastators in the face is so satisfying and ad clear is also made easy

[@gobarash6279]

against bots both diligence where always good. I liked more the base one, but with the buff to ergonomics the CS now feels much better.

[@yashau]

Muscle is better for solo than sprint on these maps. You get a lot more value by not being slowed down by the ice and blizzards imo

[@CBeavr]

I think the CS might perform better when you have someone (or something) else being shot at instead of just you 😅

[@DataCraftsman]

"Probably not a good idea..." proceeds to get absolutely fucked up in every way possible.

[@NhemF]

U used the scout armor but you're playing aggressive might have benefited from engineering or fortified perks

[@andreuzzo1]

Wait, that's an audio glitch and not part of the bot world vibe? Instant subscribe, thanks dude

[@TheCosmicAstro-]

No

[@user-ee1fn4vt8b]

Counter-diligence is so slept on, which is great, because it means they won't nerf it.

[@jobanski]

Maybe in leu of the shield generator backpack you wear a medic armor for the extra sims.

[@ElewIV]

Ive got pretty good accuracy, but I don't think i could pull this off.

[@madkaris7224]

Nice vid, but you should try to use your primary more on devastators. Headshots is the way to go.

[@BluePoo52]

I really hate when you stim, hear the stim sound, and yet don’t actually heal

[@polaroidsky]

Is there any other weapon that can two tap a Hulk from the front? That fact alone kind of sold me on this weapon.

[@damien6703]

Keep up the good content man

[@Jaakeup]

It's crazy I always saw you and ohdough as equals if anything like oh these two are uploading full gameplays that I enjoy but idk if he was being satirical or not but it was weird he called you a bad clickbaiter Also, that audio fix is genius I can't believe I never thought of that but it always bothers me lol

[@brandond2005]

If the AMR can open crates can you use it to destroy bot factories too?

[@shermgerm950]

I did not know you could drop resupplies to take out fabricators that’s craze

[@bigmoneyshmoneymaker7697]

theyve been pretty strong against bots. long as your team isnt idiots and getting non stop tanks and walkers on you guys ass

[@robinwright531]

Thanks for the vid, do you plan to run a similar build vs bugs?

[@vandaeds]

Hey man, I heard some people were trying to start beef with you, don't let it get to you. Don't engage with them just let your content speak for you. You are pretty good at what you do and don't need underhanded tactics like that to pull views or engagement. Nothing good can come out from doing things like that. Keep what you are doing, don't change a thing, you have a good thing going so keep it up man

[@RaptorJesus.]

2:50 i wish they'd just add a 3rd person crosshair to AMR

[@joepancerz8048]

maybe give the diligence cs another shot on bots next time you have a chance, 1 taps all flavors of deistators in the head, 200m scope setting is killer, I really think its a standout in the current patch, Ive been running d cs, rail gun safe, gernade pistol, stuns, eagle air strike and shield gen, heavy armor feels very well rounded vs bots in high diff solo. Keep up the good work @takibo love the videos

[@joepancerz8048]

absolutely thought it was hot garbage before this path too fwiw

[@bengisu491]

bro do a video about best guns, support weapon, best airstrike for bugs and bots please

[@3G00dboys41]

Ive always liked the Counter sniper

[@EingyiFlame]

The turn on 13:28 was priceless xD All the devastators that the fabricator made when it was stuck there xDDD

[@NhemF]

DCS excels at 50-100metres mybfriend

[@franzoloranzo7302]

You can kill dropships with the AMR?!

[@naay72]

i really wish they put silenced weapons someday so we can really play stealthy

[@minekaff]

what?? always has been one shotting everything on the bot side...

[@NoChylDyl]

Ohdough’s just jealous hes not as cracked as takibo😎