Helldivers 2 - The Airburst Rocket Launcher Is Actually Good Against Illuminates (Super Helldive)

[@Mute_R6]

Many helldivers and civilians gave their lives so that this weapon could be tested.

[@Dinosaur8125]

Indeed, I joined the S.E.A.F right as testing started.

[@pnumenu]

Btw orbital gas strike will one shot the outpost ships! No need to take down shields first. One of the best starts because it's so low cooldown and also great for the hordes

[@Lockerus]

The cognitive disruptors don’t work on me. My brain is simply too smooth.

[@brilobox2]

Simply keep your head free if thought

[@Paulunatr]

@@brilobox2 unburdened is the mind too simple for un-patriotic thoughts

[@Screech2111]

2:02 All Arc weapons stun passively. But it's a build up, so eg Chargers take some shots to get stunned. And it has to do damage to build up. They changed that a few months ago.

[@noty4m4]

Mute's Extreme Team Annihilation

[@Mute_R6]

LMAO

[@kaizzeart6659]

yesturday I played the Arcmancer with the Arce thrower and my rando teammates were super horrified to see at the end of run stats that I topped friendly fire and did the highest numbers they ever seen in a run before lol. Gotta love the Arcmancer build

[@gamerdude7481]

Now do it without murdering your team

[@Joemama-xw2wy]

@@gamerdude7481 The arc thrower craves violence.

[@UserXVI]

This airbust has new type of bullet right? Either the cluster or flak. but the explosion spread is kinda different

[@Mute_R6]

Flak is proximity based, and cluster has a set detonation time.

[@BB-fu6ws]

I really thought I was the only idiot using this thing.

[@thesenate1844]

This thing really needs a minimum arming distance. Or at least one that can be programmed

[@HellJustFroze]

And even better against your teammates!

[@wilkham2678]

What's the difference between Cluster and Flak when holding the reload button ? Is Flak for flying and cluster the rest ? I did some test and I cannot see the difference except I get far more kills with Flak (also more teamkill but anyway).

[@Mute_R6]

@@wilkham2678 Flak is supposed to blow up by proximity to enemies, and cluster has a set explosion distance.

[@wilkham2678]

@@Mute_R6 Well, Flak is the better pick then.

[@Althemor]

The flak projectile explodes on proximity to enemies, impact with a surface, or after 350 meters. The bomblets are timed, creating a cloud of explosions. The cluster projectile explodes on a timer (flight distance something like 50 or 75 meters) or impact, and the bomblets are impact fused. So if the projectile explodes in the air, the bomblets all fall to the ground and explode there. Apparently there's also a short arming time for the bomblets, so if the projectile explodes super close to the ground, the bomblets will bounce once and not all explode in the same spot. I think the cluster bomb mode could be good for patrol ambushing. Once you have learned the actual distance the projectile flies, you could wipe out all the little bots and some devastators, preventing a bot drop from being called. You can fire over walls and ridges, clearing out bug nests you can't look into at the moment. Aim high and you get greater dispersion, aim low and you get greater kill probability in a smaller circle. I don't actually like the airburst rocket launcher. You don't get all that many shots, and in that case I would much rather have something that can kill heavies. That said, if you can actually use it properly in a well-oiled team such that the enemy doesn't get to call in reinforcements, it might shine.

[@wilkham2678]

@Althemor Thank you for the info. I use the Airburst only for fun. My main weapon is the Arc Thrower. I take it every game.

[@Althemor]

@@wilkham2678 I also only really take it once in a while. Today I got a couple of 15ish kill hits with it. Ok, but an MG turret achieves the same more reliably while leaving support and backpack slots open. For example for a Guard Dog (projectile) Arc Thrower combo, which reliably gets 50 kill streaks while keeping me much safer. Or supply pack + AMR/HMG (bots), MG/EAT (bugs), HMG/LaserCannon (squids). Seen by itself the Airburst can do a decent amount of work, but it doesn't round out an individual loadout as well as other things. I can only really see it being effective in teams that try to make it work together. ... Maybe if Arrowhead adds a lure, like the DRG Engineer's holo-grenade.

[@neruil77]

Fire grenades work well against zombies, I was using guard dog and machine got 1k kill's

[@LaserTractor]

So many good chaff clearing options and Airburst RL is one of the worst of them. Honest opinion? Needs total rework

[@Mute_R6]

I would have to completely disagree with this take. I've used it multiple times at this point, and the abr kills anything easily that isn't a harvester. Just because it isn't the best weapon does not mean it needs a total rework.

[@ThePartisan13]

Does the Blitzer stun Harvesters?

[@Mute_R6]

@@ThePartisan13 I don’t know, but I think the arc thrower will.

[@feminem3206]

What armor is that?

[@Mute_R6]

Check the description for my full loadout.

[@feminem3206]

@@Mute_R6🫶🏻

[@Dunhovisques]

Está na hora de mudar o canal de mudo pra tagarela 😒

[@doomskull7549]

watching brand new players think a weapon is strong because it kills voteless easily is peak comedy

[@IliumGaming]

updates been out 48 hours and people are already being elitist about it, incredible

[@doomskull7549]

@IliumGaming smells like a skill issue

[@sullid413]

Thinking a weapon that kills voteless well isn't good when there's giant packs of voteless everywhere is peak comedy

[@doomskull7549]

@sullid413 the harmless voteless that stand around and don't fight back? The voteless that can be killed easier and quicker without risk of friendly fire or in close quarters by the machine guns? The same machine guns that mulch multiple harvesters per belt? Wafts of skill issue over here

[@sullid413]

@doomskull7549 thinking killing voteless is easier in all cases with machine guns than a single rocket smells like a skill issue. The game's in a good spot and multiple things are viable. Must be tough being a serial curmudgeon