Helldivers 2 - The Best Build For New Players | Weapons, Armor, Stratagems and Gameplay Tips

[@LegacyGamingUS]

We have a bunch of build videos heading your way, but this should provide a solid starting point for all new players!

[@annoyingtosaytheleast]

How do you even get in to the build part?

[@iancharless]

Well actually you can't even progress the other levels and upgrades until you've spent enough medals in one to unlock the next. Usually there's only a couple small things like banners and helmets and maybe a cape that you don't get. So go ahead and unlock the guns. You have to if you want to progress to the next level up. So this whole speech about saving your medals is as the brits would say, BULUX. Just spend them because you have to anyway. I upgraded grenades when possible, guns and armor and the credits. The rest is choice is yours.

[@joseantoniolago5857]

How he missed that one.

[@frmrfr]

His suggestion is to not waste medals on weapons because you probably won't use. That frees you up spending on everything else, which will also progress you to next level. How you can't understand that simple concept is beyond me, but just because you follow, doesn't make it a "BULUX" recommendation.

[@BadAtVidGame]

Bollocks.

[@johnwhitfield3547]

Yeah each page requires a larger amount of medals to be spent to unlock the next. Not sure why he was saying don't waste medals.

[@hazardjunction]

​@@frmrfrweapons are still a better medal investment than capes, helmets, backgrounds and finger guns.

[@Troy211]

Stealth is a thing in this game. In a 2 man team I’ve completed level 7 difficulty using stealth and smoke is s tier in that case. Some stratagems and weapons are very situational and when used in the right situations can be extremely useful. There’s also armor that makes using stealth easier.

[@davidmartin531]

Yeah this guy is right about some things but he has zero idea about a lot of the game. Smoke is S tier

[@jester_24-78]

Yeah i think this just boils down to play style and time it looks like when he was recording these he was still new and speeking to the very new players cause alot of his advice was for below difficulty like 4 maybe 😂 and he was running a squad just full blast and you right stealth do go hard

[@yoyoyouka]

Grenade Launcher, Supply Pack, Eagle Airstrike, Gatling Sentry You can clear nest/building with ease from afar, provides more ammo/stim/grenades, area control with gatling sentry Very good until you unlock laser orbital, Auto cannon, Railgun etc

[@mancamiatipoola]

Yes, i am surprised he did not mention supply pack. It is one of the best support strats. Helps you and the team get some much needed ammo in a grim firefight.

[@HAL1138]

You basically have to spend medals. So unlocking all the weapons is good advice. Unless you think banners and dances are better investments, no judgment.

[@Mothman1992]

I'm thinking I'll try to get this soon if my next check is decent. I'm usually a shotgun fan

[@ritoTM]

⁠@@Mothman1992I was worried I would regret buying this game, but I'm having a lot of fun with it. If you like killing shit and unlocking new ways to kill shit then you'll like the game. The only problem right now is the server issues.

[@Mothman1992]

@ritoTM I really wanna play It, but money is tight. Hopefully I'll be able to get it before the game dies

[@TheLuggi84]

@@Mothman1992 This game won't die. Helldivers 1 had a very loyal fanbase that play to this day. Helldivers 2 will have a much bigger loyal fanbase for many many years to come.

[@ritoTM]

@@Mothman1992 Trust me I get that. At least when you get the game these server issues will be fixed and there'll be some new content. I doubt it'll die for a while

[@lsthree6996]

The 1st shotgun is worth it b/c it reloads one bullet at a time instead of clips. Also one shot kill for small bugs. Great for close range, use machine gun for hordes., and op for supply pack.

[@korkrest2669]

Will add a point to get scout/light armor. Running faster and faster stamina regen is the best damage mitigation vs bugs imho

[@rafe_1318]

Can't wait to be able to put these tips to use. Hopefully one day I can get farther than the 'servers are full, trying again in 30 seconds' screen.....

[@halsariph]

What’s cool is that it will do that for a bit, and then I still don’t have any quickplay options. Just searches and searches.. 🙃

[@Omega-h4e]

Well, the servers have been expanded twice I believe. I've had no problem getting into missions just now.

[@bernardopicorelli2369]

servers appear to be fixed

[@nosleep1271]

I recommend any armor that grants you the 2 additional grenades. The standard SG Breaker, the machine pistol and until you unlock the impact grenade, use the standard explosive variety. As for stratagems, I recommend getting the Gatling sentry asap. Eventually you’ll have all of these unlocked but as early as possible you want the Eagle Airstrike and the orbital laser. I also recommend the auto-cannon as an early armor tool but the shield pack and the railgun as more of a forever combo. All in all you just have to get comfortable with your kit and play style. At that point this game really shines.

[@vahlen5281]

True, armor passives are currently not made equal, and until they fix armor ratings, the Technician armor rules supreme.

[@syco470]

My first game was solo against “Terminators” and escorting folks. I got wrecked…. 10/10!!

[@TheLuggi84]

8:53 You don't "waste" your medals. You need to invest medals to unlock more pages no matter what. So invest everything until you get the breaker shotgun.

[@OllieDM910]

One important thing, you can have someone else equip the ammo backpack on a support weapon and they can reload it for you way faster, and the gas is actually really good for fodder.

[@strygian192]

Hardest boss in the game: the login screen

[@JonathanAllain]

Suggested build?

[@jakesmith9745]

@@JonathanAllainI’m running uninstall button personally but it’s really personal choice

[@ilidiocaralho9197]

Wait until you get to the matchmaking boss.

[@firefly690]

@@jakesmith9745if you’re on or near pacific time usually you can get in easily at like 8 and you can just leave your pc on

[@SanityPotion776]

big disagree with the Eagle Cluster Bomb recommendation. The cluster bomb is effectively just a much worse Eagle Airstrike with a higher potential of TK due to how wide and long it is. Let’s not forget it can’t destroy structures which is a big part of why air strikes are so good in the first place. Being able to just deal with multiple nests or automaton printing facilities from range without needing to push into a hive nest cluster or automaton base saves both a lot of time and ammunition.

[@johnwhitfield3547]

Yeah hard agree. Definitely gotta be able to demolish outpost buildings. Eagle airstrike far better than cluster bomb which specifically says it won't destroy buildings.

[@brendenwatkins5207]

So what’s your recommendation???

[@SanityPotion776]

@@brendenwatkins5207 Eagle Airstrike.

[@mkaleborn]

Yeah, I had no idea about AS until I was looking for more unlocked Stragems to try out later. It's pretty much superior in every way. I still like the idea and feel of CB, but in practical terms AS does more of what a team needs with less risks.

[@golfer435]

Soft agree, don't have AS yet, but CB is always exactly horizontal so it's pretty easy to destroy

[@Breakingfasst88]

For Ship Modules, both Engineering Bay and the Robotics modules need super samples for tier 2, the other modules do not. Sentries are more powerful than you think, and that shows with the upgrades. I suggest grinding for the 50% increased ammo, this is a godsend on your sentries to keep them shooting for far longer.

[@twistedjoker7944]

The glitches and the server capacity when trying to log in is so frustrating. Because I enjoy the game. If they can patch the bad this game will be amazing. So many throw backs to 80s movies that I love.

[@LegacyGamingUS]

Game is amazing, the infrastructure issues...not so much

[@sikevillain]

Yeah that's the biggest hurdle, I enjoy the game a lot but let's not ignore it's issues like some are lol

[@brocksinclair66]

good thing about living in oce is that the servers arent full when i knock off work

[@Neyreyan]

Best gear played by chads on helldiver 9 Difficulty, not difficulty 3 like legacy gaming: Basic shotgun and then Breaker shotgun forever, Smg secondary, impact grenades, armor with +2 grenade perks(6 in total). Stratagems mostly depend on upgrades, sentries and eagle become a lot more usefull with T3 upgrades. Best stratagems: 500kg bomb, walking barrage orbital, orbital railcannon and/or a sentry, the minigun sentry is the best until you get sentry upgrades(50% ammo and others). Heavy guns: basic machiegun, autocannon and then Spear. After upgrades the autocannon sentry becomes very good, rocket is also good now. Mortars are only good in defense missions. Eagle stratagems get +1 uses so you can use the heavy ones more. NOTE: while some eagle stuff has 4 uses and 8 sec cooldown, after using all of it the eagle goes to rearm for 3 or 4 minutes. So using a 500 kg bomb will mean the eagle wont rearm and refresh the 500kg bomb until you use up or manually reload other eagle stuff. In essence only use 500kg bomb from eagle in the begining. Heavy guns/support: there is a big disscusion here but the machinegun is great for dealing with anything except heavy armor, autocannons for fun and clearing a lot of enemies but doesnt penetrate heavy armor while the sentry autocannon does penetrate armor. The spear is hard to use but it can 1 shot charger(still need to shot them) and 2 shot bile titan(if you hit the face). Other usefull gear but situational: shield backpack is op, drone with laser, grenade launcher for clearing bug nests and eggs, sniper rifle against ranged enemies. Important NOTE: against the automatons you will need to use mortars, shields, smoke and all of the other gear since they also have artilery. You cannot be agressive with the robots and you need a better team so grind all your favourite gear against the bugs and then challenge the chad vietnam ptsd horror(yes, they will shot you when you can't even see them) Boosters: usually take the scanner one since no one takes it, there is a booster for more reinforcements at the end of the pleb battlepass, the extortion edition battle pass has one much earlier so use them if you are playing with lower level players. They are a team bonus so match them nicely. Get the radar upgrade from the ship module, it really really helps with planning attacks where there is no interference. Pro tip: always activate the radar dish secondary to sell all objectives on map and destroy the Stalker nest since they will bother you the entire game. in the artilery secondary, find mini-nukes, high-yield explosive and napalm rounds first because it fires them in the same order you put them

[@LegacyGamingUS]

It's an early game build...why would this work on level 9...weird way to get people to check out your channel, throwing shade at someone else, but ok.

[@Neyreyan]

ah, sorry, i was joking around with the way i wrote it. Just noticed that many youtubers tended to showcase lower tier weapons that dont work later. Most times people prepare for soft targets and the team ends with running around egg nests or from swarms. The napalm and mortars tend to kill more allies in the chaos of battle and the grenade launcher/machinegun are quite weak since the basig guns and grenades can fill those roles. No disrespect meant, just wrote it fast since many players waste resources and get stuff with subpar items and end up at level 12 on difficulty 7 to get the super samples

[@ohnoitisnt666]

Good content in this comment.

[@sikevillain]

​@LegacyGamingUS lmao yeah may of not meant it like that but damn I felt the shade a little 😅

[@LCInfantry]

@@LegacyGamingUS My favorite part of this game is getting team-killed by napalm and mortars

[@stonaraptor8196]

Strategem system reminds me of a game back in the day called Mercenaries on PS2. You could call in airstrikes similar to this game, even call in vehicles via air drop. Imagine if we could get a tank drop in Helldivers.

[@orion1204]

I loved the first Mercs

[@TheSholaska18]

Awesome videos as always! I really enjoyed the fact that the developers actually used Science into this game like the player cannot get the max damage because of the temperature of certain planets, etc. That is awesome!

[@Creshex8]

5:42 Actually, running multiple Eagle stratagems is more efficient than just one. The rearm refills all stratagem counts. And the rearm time is exactly the same regardless of how many you choose. The trouble comes from the rearm time leaving you temporarily without air strikes. But with a good team, it’s unlikely everyone will have their Eagles all rearming simultaneously.

[@theSLVRFOX]

If the mortar is "used proactively, and communicated effectively to the team..." The team: ☠☠☠

[@ironboy3245]

Yeah basically that's a 'use only with a squad' strategem

[@dh1380]

Same with any game. The starting gear is enough to allow to bank resources for some time before you have to spend

[@pFantam611]

If you're more of a bug player, GET THE FLAMETHROWER. It has a big mag size, can kill just about anything except bile titans (has the fastest time to kill for chargers), has really good crowd control, and it is a lot harder to kill teammates than shown here as long as you point it away from teammates and towards hordes.

[@quetzypoo]

Smokes are actually really nice against automotons. I like it a lot for the civilian escort missions, and when you're in a pinch, it can buy you a decent amount of time.

[@sdothollis]

I feel like the first thing i always have to do now is goto the comments to see whats wrong with a video. I just use the title to search for comments in the subject i desire.

[@johnwhitfield3547]

You suggest taking Eagle napalm at 9:19. Did I miss where you changed from cluster bomb to that? Or just a snafu.

[@Jeepod]

The beginner video i was waiting for :D

[@TheRobloxianRepublic]

for me i personally use the light gunner or the steel trooper helmet. And for the armor i use steel trooper, infiltrator, or marksman. Btw i use penetrator as my main and the redeemer as my pistol.

[@BS-np8xt]

Don't forget: Buying the hug emote is mandatory for all new Divers. Also, Divers who do not return hugs are to be considered treasonous until proven democratic.

[@TheBlakex123]

Thanks about the heave armor I did not know it use less

[@pierreo7108]

This is great and exactly what I was after thanks so much

[@Deviator87]

Maybe Eagle Airstrike is better than Napalm or Cluster, because it can close bug holes, even multiple at same time sometimes.

[@golfer435]

Cluster can close holes

[@Reoh0z]

HD2 "Overconfidence is a quick and visceral killer."

[@ratchetryda]

Love this game. Hope everyones having a good time and able to play

[@NLFU]

How to you unlock armors I am very new to the game and can’t find any thing to but armors

[@Lik3m4n]

thank you for sharing!

[@richt.2966]

I can hold down R to bring up weapon options - but how do I navigate that menu ? My mouse and arrow keys do nothing .....

[@Oakawiw]

Guys before you load into a world you choose your stratagems but what is the yellow icon that can be chosen far right? What are they called and how do I access them 😅

[@LegacyGamingUS]

Boosters. Buy them from your warbonds. They are infinite, team wide buffs

[@Oakawiw]

@@LegacyGamingUS yeah figured it out shortly after writing this lmao.. ty bro

[@anthonyricci5380]

6:29 Please don't be that guy, kids

[@Oyvind88]

Great guide and subscribed😀🇧🇻

[@Wedum-j4t]

I went up to the r-63 diligence with the redeemer I’m saving medals from there

[@spideerman83]

What a amazing video man.!!

[@DeadmanEmsland]

What else can we use medals for if we shouldnt be unlocking the battlepass for guns? I don't get it.

[@LegacyGamingUS]

Guns aren't always the best thing to grab is all we are saying. Boosters are invaluable and should always be purchased, then super credits to get you on to the premium pass faster, and finally armor if you want specific bonuses on a certain weight class that will be more important once they patch resistance values. Guns, aside from the really good ones, are kinda not worth the medals on most cases haha

[@Metaphysicalgrace86]

Remember to actually get some of these because they may go away and then get a buff in patch down the road

[@peter_hauer]

In the summary you have the Eagle Napalm Airstrike on screen, but you mean the Cluster Bomb there. Otherwise great overview.

[@nwkey]

Servers at capacity badge earned.

[@dawinswaitingroom]

Great video

[@Jmoneygaming88]

Thanks

[@radtzerthecommanda8523]

Sometimes some misions don't allow me to use the 4 stratagems only 3, i though it was because of My level but then i help someone lv9 while i was lv20 and still get 3 slots not the usual 4, can somebody explain?

[@FedDonovan]

I’m enjoying this game but I have the feeling that arc riders is this on steroids and can’t wait

[@cali4806]

Im on xbox and im watching this.

[@Dudeoncrach]

Fov settings like in the video please?

[@comixrr7721]

Could we PLEASSSEEE get a update of these or a mid range build after recent updates.

[@LegacyGamingUS]

We are waiting for the new Warbond to update builds. There will likely be an additional balance pass here shortly.

[@cramerthomas1279]

When does it come out and what game system is it take for playing with your friends?

[@huntercrawford5556]

It’s already out and it’s on pc and ps5

[@amazinkay4512]

Why does it seem like theres no enemies? Like a few bugs finish objective and leave? Am I doing something wrong?

[@LegacyGamingUS]

That changes drastically as you increase the difficulties.

[@KeMzHD]

Stalwart is the better version of the machine gun tbh the lower damage isnt noticeable plus you get extra ammo with it plus its more versatile

[@LegacyGamingUS]

It doesn't have the armor penetration that the Machine Gun has on things like Hive Guards. You sacrifice effectiveness for the ability to mobile reload

[@KeMzHD]

I personally play on medium difficulty i know hive gaurds become more and more common along side brood commanders on challenging so yeah it falls off later but then again there isnthr grenade launcher

[@thenomad8732]

It is bether to unlock weapon early, you need to spend medal to unlock new tier of item, and more weapon is good for expreiment and learn the game. Same for the ship upgrade, for the advaced upgrade you need purple sample very rare and only found on the hardest difficulty, and you need a skilled and well balance team to do that. My suggestion try and learn a lot of equipment require practice specialy the stratagem. If you use the machine gun, very good weapon in my opinion, it's bether to put her on the highest rate of fire for maximum effect.

[@BrotasticBatman]

I literally bought my ps5 last night just to play this...going in solo since I dont know anyone on ps5 so this video will help :) now just to be able to login :(

[@LCInfantry]

You can select your difficulty and then “quick join” someone else’s game. This also won’t interrupt your own series of missions if you have a chain going.

[@Tribalfreak]

Remember it's always faster to switch to your liberator.

[@Wilkins325]

Good to see the channel doing well dude. Been subbed since the early Hytale hype back in late 2019, the Game Gurus days.

[@miguel_carrasco1206]

Should’ve watched this before

[@88Spint]

You are not burning resources unlocking weapons, you need to spend medals to progress the tree anyway so unlock away. Just keep an eye on how many medals you need for the next tier.

[@Mrlackofthought182]

I haven't tried automatons yet, as I'm still getting used to the game. But the chargers on level 4 difficulty is giving a hard time. It takes my entire squad 5 minutes just to kill one.

[@SanityPotion776]

Get either a Recoilless or EAT (Expendable Anti-Tank) shoot the charger in one of its front legs - this should break the armor on the leg and expose the flesh underneath. Use your primary and shoot the unarmored leg and the charger will go down with no issues. Hope this helps.

[@MrUblik]

Jus to let you know your strategems at the end say Naplm strike not cluster

[@TheGreatMilksteak]

You put the napalm strike in the visual build but say cluster bomb. Might want to eratta that

[@robertsnead2319]

Guys spend your medals on whatever you want so long as your heading to the breaker shotgun

[@crack0n]

Don't you need to buy weapons and armor anyways? Since you need to spend those medals to get to side 1,2,3 etc ??? Or do I miss something here

[@LegacyGamingUS]

No that's true, just you want to analyze what you should go for out of that list. Boosters are super overlooked by a lot of people and are extremely valuable over a mediocre gun. That's just what we are getting at.

[@partyrd487]

found out the hard way - Req Credits stop increasing at 50K & green common samples cap at 500.

[@zerokool-2058]

I like playing a more mid range game. I don’t like being up in the middle. A bit more range.

[@wargandi7659]

I like build expect for machine gun. Good gun but it runs out of ammo to fast and a newbie will be spending lots of time ammoless. I know I was of them. If using machine gun might as well pick up supply backpack. It will extend your time in combat. I personally prefer Stalwart for bugs. Now when I think about it starting out I would say vs bots grenade launcher and vs bugs Stalwart because it has more ammo and you will tear through bugs and ammo isn't bad because picking up supply boxes gives you 2 clips instead of one. So you don't really need supply backpack wasting a stratagem spot. Again machine gun is fine and more powerful but without supply backpack you be using your primary much more often.

[@danielmphilipp]

armor is not working right now, so light armor brings speed and is the only choice right now

[@timothymclain]

Can’t level if ya can’t login. Waiting 4 hours on PC. No joy.

[@masterDevis]

Not happy that heavy armor is essentially useless right now >~

[@Feldsomethin]

Eagle bomb is really good because it can take out bug holes so you're not having to burn through your grenades.

[@Double5tandards]

I need to get in the servers 1st, then I can think about my build 🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏾🤦🏻🤦🏼‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦🏿🤦🏽🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🤦🏼🤦🏻‍♂️

[@pFantam611]

The laser cannon is really good on bot planets, don't listen to this guy. It can take out practically anything: devastators to the head in a few seconds, hulks with 3 seconds to the eye, tanks to the back vent, and even factory striders in 3 seconds if you aim it at the eye.

[@andrefisker]

Mines are super fun but cause a lot of friendly deaths lol

[@XxTommyboy890Xx]

Cant even get past the servers being full, this was the fastest refund I ever requested lol

[@timothymclain]

You guys can login???

[@warmonger165]

why not run more than 1 eagle? Wouldn't having more uses before each reload better??? Why gatekeep people out of doing something that's perfectly viable???

[@Neyreyan]

having 2 eagles means you need to use both abilities to rearm or call the rearm after using one wich is a waste

[@nateknudson8500]

It's "awe-TOM-uh-TON".

[@SkeletonGuts45]

I was an idiot and went straight in 🤦

[@Huntro69]

Am I the only one fucking with the jump pack x grenade launcher?

[@Raor1820]

Is it good ? I havent tried that

[@pacomeistergaming3722]

I thought armor was cosmetic only lmao

[@AdjudicatorBrbal]

This would be interesting if we could play. Lmao!!!

[@TojiFushigyo]

They don't know about the codiak helldiver...

[@alexc9434]

wtf there are bugs? I just got the game yesterday and we have been fighting giant robots.

[@charliebernier4943]

BS smg > assault rifle. bad info

[@dmo848]

Controls, I need a better controller build. The 1 given sucks. No quick grenade and who uses melee in this game. I'd figure u would die pretty dang quick🤷😒

[@Ev3r3st_22]

I cant even get into the game

[@Laxaholic82]

Sorry but this guide is not that good

[@Nomanspie]

The best build would be one where the servers would let you in.

[@micbab-vg2mu]

Game is unplayable - error - servers at capacity!!!

[@godpaco]

shotguns not worth it ? ye you have no idea what you are talking about lol

[@LegacyGamingUS]

The early shotgun is very mediocre. The Breaker later on one of the strongest weapons in the game.

[@godpaco]

even that i dont really agree with, the abillity to reload a single shot and shoot is highly underestemated, and can be a huge life saver. especially early game wen getting used to the game.@@LegacyGamingUS it is as good as the late game one's, well no but i would never say "not worth it"

[@LCInfantry]

@@godpaco Takes to long to shoot multiple enemies with the pump

[@jayceedee5807]

Literally all wrong, giganoob advice.

[@larsdols3157]

XD this is so dumb

[@Ken-pw9ze]

The moronic devs didnt implement a queue system. Instead you get to sit there and hope you get a random login attempt every 30 seconds. Absolute waste of money if you were hoping to play this weekend .

[@LegacyGamingUS]

Hardly think a studio that went from peak player count of 6.5k on their first game to over 800k combined on this are moronic for not anticipating this level of success. They've communicated they are doing their best to try and improve things.

[@majorasmask5523]

Unless this is coming to Xbox, I’m not interested.

[@TheForever206]

Good to know

[@LegacyGamingUS]

Oh it's coming to Xbox at some point, best believe that. Too much money on the table to pass up.

[@majorasmask5523]

@@LegacyGamingUS It’s a PlayStation exclusive. Sony doesn’t share with Xbox, even if Xbox is sharing with Sony.

[@stacyjackson1255]

Maybe give it a year or two. Or 3

[@davidmartin531]

Most of what this guy say's makes zero sense. I would not follow his advice.

[@LegacyGamingUS]

1.4K people disagree with you

[@davidmartin531]

@@LegacyGamingUS maybe you should read the comments. Dont take my comment as disrespect, take it as being objective, fair, and balanced. Can you say with 100% certainty that you were correct?

[@snapforge]

Lol "save the medals" for what ? You need to spend medals so that next upgrades can unlock . That was dumb af asking to save medals.