Railgun and Thermite Are Great vs Every Heavy Enemy in Helldivers 2

[@thiccfila]

⚡CHEAP Games Here⚡ www.instant-gaming.com/?igr=gamer-a94f3b3 💡Free Game Giveaway using this link💡 www.instant-gaming.com/en/giveaway/thiccfila

[@Brn2Dai]

You say thermite gives build diversity... and i agree... but what happens when its the only thing everyone uses

[@TabiTheCat]

@@Brn2Dai you're right they should make it useless again

[@Hydra10130]

@@Brn2Daistuns, impact, and maybe frag grenades and incendiary are in circulation

[@Brn2Dai]

The power spike with thermite was one of the largest in the patch and it now outclasses the damage grenades, ofc the utility of the stuns and gas are there, but at first glance they may need to buff the other grenades to match the new thermite's power level ... for example: do you care to use frags/incins for fodder if you can bring a thermite for heavies? The mobbing strength of the AoE grenades do not warrant that trade-off rn

[@Planterobeets]

The most surprising buff was the 100 to 2000 damage increase to Thermites. Farewell, stun grenades, you were there for us during our suffering.

[@gabusdeux]

I think it can still work well, in more niche scenarios yes, but still good

[@DiogoSalazar]

I mean, thermite is good to one shot heavies now, but it won’t help against a bunch of people Where as I feel the stun is pretty good as throwing some eagle attack on a patrol, followed by a stun grenade to prevent them from advancing while the eagle hits

[@mangasaint]

In a group of 4, I believe it’s more fun one person just plays support. Supply back pack or loading another allies weapon with a double of their weapon stratagem, stim gun, increased stims or grenades with smoke, stun, or even gas grenades which are sorta cc now, support stratagems like shield generator or emp’s turrets and such. Then a tank player with shield (ballistic or energy) or a mech for bugs, heavy armor naturally, AT mines for fun, with a flame thrower or heavy machine gun. A light armor scout with sniper weapons and long range turret stratagems. And finally a medium armored Dps with weapons designed to kill mobs in mass. Even the AOE stratagems should match the type. 500 kg for the tank, eagle Rockets or rail gun for scout, Clusters or barrages for dps, and for Support maybe napalm, gas, or emp.

[@Planterobeets]

@@DiogoSalazar Ideally, I would run a team with two Thermite and two Stun users.

[@berserkerpride]

Stun grenades are good when you have weapons with poor stagger.

[@gavinfreenone6626]

Thermite is now the "go fuck yourself" grenade

[@xCptLegendx]

Gold comment. It sure looks like that is the case

[@lolasdm6959]

@@gavinfreenone6626 superearthsuperearthsupearth

[@MattDBOM]

You know what’s great about this patch? People are actually having FUN again in a PVE game, as it should be. Our enemies should be many, and we are few, but super earths weapons should be well… super. Can’t wait to dive tonight!

[@gigahertz7352]

just done playing 20matches man even if only like 12 out of 20 matches i had proper play (DCs and network lags) i had so much fun while using the buffed weaps, and ohh saw the numbers ingame went to 70k we are so back, or atleast i am so back after 3and ahalf months

[@Deadsnake989]

I'm having so much fun using Eruptor against bots again. It's not as good as it was on release, but it actually feels fun again to shoot it at a crowd and watch a ton of chaff drop.

[@GameFuMaster]

@@Deadsnake989 xbow is actually better than eruptor now IMO, at least against bugs. The shrapnel feels like it just misses the mark a bit

[@Deadsnake989]

@@GameFuMaster Xbow is better than Eruptor at both imo, and I'm fine with that. Eruptor still feels fun af and gets the job done plenty fine, and the Xbow is fun af too. I've noticed the tech with the Eruptor is to try and hit next to, or under an enemy if you can't 1 shot them in a direct hit. You can 1-2 tap chargers if you get the spot right with the shrapnel. Arc thrower got such a glowup too, I just W key at everything and win. It takes forever to kill Behemoth's, but stunlocks them while you do it. I've been using Arc thrower to stun them and then sticking Thermite to their face. It's a ton of fun. Also, you can kill a Biletitan with the Crisper. It feels so nutty to walk under it and kill it with a bug spray cannister. Absolutely W update. I'm doing so much stupid stuff and it's hilarious.

[@dragonking4386]

Nah we need bot buff

[@jckfrost36]

Haven't touched the patch yet but what im noticing is that anyone i watch play this has lost the edge in their voice. Nobody is as pissed at the game as they were before. Promising step for helldivers!

[@PradoTraceAZ]

Servo arm with longer throw might be sexy with thermite now too.

[@MrZEPYRO]

Especially if your team forgets to run Vit Enhance too.

[@barrygamer7449]

And the decreased health of body parts

[@Nachismo79]

That's what I'm rocking

[@Turpis017]

Naw run that with +2 grenades. 5 thermites is just amazing as a pocket anti-everything.

[@thechroniclesofcriss942]

so... the railgun slaps, thermite cooks, and enemies are well done and spiced up.

[@FazeParticles]

The bugs are nasty this patch. Thank Goodness for the flame thrower buff to damage

[@darthrevan454]

Proving that the difficulty is still there but the difference is that it's actually fun now ​@@FazeParticles

[@FazeParticles]

@@darthrevan454 yup.

[@La1den1]

I cannot wait to try eruptor stalwart and thermite now, having shrapnel back is such a saving grace for me, and TWO THOUSAND explosive damage really is looking like it cooks. Haven't played the update yet, but I have never been more hyped.

[@natedawg1007]

Why use Stalwart over machine gun? Genuinely curious I might make the switch

[@ironhorse492]

​ @natedawg1007 Stalwart has much more ammo per mag (I think something 100 rounds more) while also being reloadable while moving. It doesn't do medium armor pen, but those two other things make it competitive with the machine gun, especially when you pair it with a supply pack Edit: did the math, and assuming the supply pack gives 2 mags per resupply, a fresh stalwart and fresh supply pack hold 3000 rounds, with 250 per mag, 8 mags from supply pack, and 4 mags in a fresh stalwart (1 already loaded, and 3 backups).

[@tonyoso1391]

Eruptor is 30 percent of what it was big ass L

[@s2wuolf508]

@@tonyoso1391yeah we don’t need a primary doing 9k dmg man this isn’t wh40k

[@artvandalleigh7894]

@@tonyoso1391 some people just don't want to be happy, I guess

[@SG5fzZ]

the fact that i can kill a behemoth charger standing still with a recoilless to the head is honestly pretty goated

[@catfunt5583]

Hope it always should have been

[@SG5fzZ]

@@catfunt5583 yeap

[@DawgAC]

I've never had such a 180* turn in my feelings for a weapon in my life. I avoided thermite like the plague when it came out i'm so excited to get to play with it when i get in man so many more build options now.

[@delboythethird1200]

I tried thermite a few weeks ago but I swear I used all four grenades on a charger's face and it didn't die. This actually makes it a useful anti-heavy weapon

[@Crispy_DAWG]

Try it with servo assisted and you’ll be absolutely nailing Titan heads from safe distances. Tradeoff for not using engineering but both work gloriously.

[@quintonlim4275]

I love the smell of hope in the morning

[@Aegxs]

They increased the armor on the front of tanks as said on patch notes, maybe railgun can’t penetrate anymore. Which leaves RR a place as anti tank, and railgun is just in the same family tree of AMR and Autocannon.

[@thiccfila]

You can still shot the barrel but rr blasts them anywhere

[@likeadevil]

@@thiccfila sorry, rr - recoilles rifle?)

[@red11rus85]

@@likeadevil Yes

[@FazeParticles]

You simply can’t face tanks head on unless you have a proper anti tank stratagem. That’s good. But tanks still have weak points thankfully. They’d be busted if not.

[@epsilon1372]

@@FazeParticles I wish the barrage tanks had more pronounced weak points. Like it was visually more obvious where the weak points are

[@sevroaubarca8745]

Def a fan of thermite being anti tank for real & that they nerfed inventory from 4 to 3, so if you use armor that carries two more you’ll have 5 anti tank nades

[@Screech2111]

The diversity Thermites give. Now I can just run Eruptor+Stalwart+Whatever and don't feel bad about itxD

[@nitrocool2.0-1]

Thermites saved helldivers 2 conformes?!?1!😱

[@trundelingporpoise2404]

The thermite might actually be the standout buff for me this patch. The doors that it opens for builds is craaaaaazy

[@atlgameslayergaming]

Thermite to the body of a tank is sick.

[@Quintinius31]

You will love the buff recoiless rifle thicc One tap everything, even factory striders and fabricators

[@Wolf37f]

Can finally rock my jetpack railgun loadout again.

[@neverleft7494]

All we need is some more progression outside of warbounds

[@TheRealWorldNews247]

I like the hidden notes That spawn rates are crazy high on hell diver & the smaller enemy’s are why more aggressive!😂 But I feel strong but body is weak 😂 that be real life humans fighting giant predators bugs

[@OP10thNakama]

OMG thermite can be a solid panic button for big dudes. amazing

[@beeofwulf]

fully charged railgun shot can actually strip charger legs, i think you just barely missed the charge threshold lol

[@metainstincts85]

My favorite helldivers tuber helping out my favorite helldiver tuber is such a cool thing to see. Thiccfila and ohdough my helldiver GOATS

[@jalontf2]

Arc Thrower legit stunlocks chargers lol

[@jarebare510]

Still shoots dead corpses all the time

[@keilti]

​@@jarebare510The easiest way to counter that is to move away from the corpses or get above them.

[@jamesThebulbmin]

​@@jarebare510just aim slightly up

[@jamesThebulbmin]

I held 4 charges from doing anything

[@deadshotdairy]

@@jamesThebulbmincoming from an arc thrower with 100 hrs on it. that does not work about 70% of the time

[@shanehunt3019]

So the things that are supposed to kill heavies.... Kill heavies now?! Liberty's bell they are revolutionary designers!

[@Destroyer.2000]

The fabs having a health pool now is HUGE! However, some people should be aware that because their destruction is now based on an HP pool, certain things (such as eagle smoke) will no longer be able to kill them (which honestly makes sense). Absolutely huge W patch.

[@davidburke4101]

Stun grenade vs thermite is a really interesting decision now. Thermite is obvs much better at dealing with heavies. But stun grenade also lets you deal with smalls and heavies if you have a support weapon that can deal with them. So if you're running a dedicated horde clear support, then thermite is the way to go, but if you're already running RR/Eat then you might want to consider still using stuns for the utility.

[@Jeff-cn9up]

Would still like a 5-shot magazine for the railgun, though. Manual loading sucks.

[@Crispy_DAWG]

Hopefully when upgrades come they’ll add something. The fact they’re adding assets for things like mag size difference and scope changes means we’ll hopefully get customization like the first game.

[@elfireii328]

Thicc out here with the cat ear mod. Nice.

[@Inkinred]

That was cool of you thicc, really like seeing people stick together

[@MightyManotaur22]

stalwart, crossbow, bushwacker, thermite, ammo pack imaboutamakeanameformyself

[@raighteous7165]

kind of worried about the game's big enemies not being scary anymore. i love the feeling of "oh shit here it comes" when a Bile Titan spawns, but i played a match where this one guy just immediately one-shot every single one with Railcannon Strike and Recoilless when they spawned. primary and secondary weapons are probably in the best state they've ever been in since launch, but i feel like there's a few statagems that now just trivialize any encounter you'll face

[@Blade.9606]

I agree, mostly, If you haven't, switch to the Anti-tank rocket. The thermite grenade to the kill point on one heavy and a rocket straight to the head of the second, with your next anti-tank rocket ready to call in, giving you 2 more rockets to kite 2 more heavy's. The anti-tank calls back so fast that between those first 3 rockets and 3 thermite your request for more rockets will be available before you even use all of your first loadout. 500lb drop and OG carpet bomb clear kills lights, with a sickle as primary and grenade pistol as secondary. pistol covers bug holes and factories (get good at aiming), sickle is a machine gun on steroids, so it mulches through lights and weak points. 500 can be changed to a heavier hitter if you want to keep focusing heavy units, i use it for bug holes and factories, otherwise its not a guarantee heavy kill. OG carpet bomb clears the light hordes.

[@greedygreen8269]

Now THIS is what i call escalation of freedom

[@Nachismo79]

Grenade armor and thermites and more thermites slaps heavies

[@LethalOwl]

Well, now I got really intrigued to try some crazy new builds xD Thanks for the showcase/testing

[@sbcavo4332]

That thermite makes so many interesting builds possible. This is what needed to happen 🎉

[@demonicdude1328]

Thermite was the big winner this patch. Now you can make so many different builds and still have an anti tank option

[@pawelk411]

01:49 Its not two unsafe. Both were pretty much safe as you UNDERCHARGED by A LOT.

[@NoHands46]

Railgun... my beloved

[@stillshakes5499]

I haven't had this much fun in Helldivers 2 before. Everyone in my group felt this patch was excellent. We are having a blast.

[@sirslayer3739]

6:17 ✋😐🤚 cinema

[@DefenderMobileLegends]

They have probably just reverted to an older version of the game, you can see that by Eradicate missions being as they were at launch

[@gamergumilyov8579]

The angling of the turret face causes the ricochet, however I agree that the unsafe mode should penetrate the surface either way

[@thiccfila]

railgun actually only goes up to AP5 now

[@beebopcola]

Bruh, with this patch I think I can finally play above diff6 and crush beers

[@Chasm9]

The enemies are more vicious too 😁 But since all weapons are buffed, it's all good. :D

[@Jack-cc3qm]

Unbelievable. They actually made some changes that make things fun again.

[@epsilon1372]

My one complaint is that bugs don’t seem to have anything AP 5 anymore. I think the change to chargers is great but maybe wasn’t necessary to titans. Regardless, amazing update and these things are small issues they can just adjust later when needed

[@berserkerpride]

Titans do only have ap4 but they have so much health that firing at anything other than the head is soaking up tons of damage.

[@epsilon1372]

@@berserkerpride I will have to fight bugs more to see this in practice, but regardless, even if they die too easily, I’d still say it’s only a minor problem.

[@Jeff-cn9up]

It never made sense to me that all the top bugs were as well or better armored than the automaton's literal tanks

[@epsilon1372]

@@Jeff-cn9up I mean the bugs are supposed to be mutated science experiments. I don’t expect most bugs to be heavily armored, but with bile titans specifically, I felt that was their identity. Not that bile titans are now too easy necessarily we’ll see, but I think the head fix as well as the belly armor change was all that was needed, not the overall AP decrease. But again it’s not like it’s a huge deal, just kinda wanna see a new AP 5 bug in the future, maybe in the form of hive lords

[@dabbingtoast7743]

Re-installed and played about 5 missions and the game just feels good to play again.

[@postman6553]

Thermite bros... We're in. On another note fuck the new hulk lazers. The ragdoll is annoying asf, just a complete upgrade over the rocket ones, though it's an indirect buff to ballistic shield, so shield up + chuck thermite if it sneaks up on you ig.

[@thiccfila]

can you block them with ballistic shield?

[@epsilon1372]

The hulk lasers are better imo. I find the rag doll to be less than the rockets and that it has to hit me in order to rag doll. Either way, I think it makes bruiser hulks more interesting and the rag doll isn’t bad enough to truly annoying me especially since we have so many ways to deal with them for awhile

[@postman6553]

@@thiccfila yeah

[@midtown3221]

FUCKING HELL YEAH!!! RAILGUN SLAPS AND THERMITE TAKES OUT TANKS!!!! I absolutely love it! Now I really feel like the demolition man in the squad.

[@VilhelmHortz]

I love your videos and the content is solid. But I also LOVE the language that you use for the audio. Maybe I should change mine from english too.

[@adrewadrew5860]

I tested Braker SaP and its ok basically braker without flame effect but with 8 mags you can well spray with it.

[@ryanvacation7319]

The Diligence Counter Sniper kinda feels like a mini Jar -5 now (with less stagger). And the regular diligence feels like the Counter sniper from the last patch. 😅

[@ArthurEverling]

I do think that Thermites should only do the 2000 damage if you stick it to your target. Just exploding next to a Hulk and killing it is a bit excessive, but it looks really fun.

[@greenninja4656]

I think we are actualy taking more damage due to the limb changes, I think it registers the same damage on multiple parts with different damage reduction from the armor, for me thats the only negative with this update and i hope to see more great buffs

[@ClumsyDrow]

It does seem like they are slightly adjusting and or nerfing the gas. They're wanting it to blind and disorient enemies somewhat. I was personally hoping for a bus to where it would hurt heavier armored enemies

[@Krystalmyth]

Yeah I'm a bit sad at the nerfing of gas before a warbond.... but depends on how strong the confusion is on enemies. If it causes Automatons and Illuminate to stop shooting, that could be pretty huge.

[@Lord_Chibi]

@@Krystalmyth it's not a nerf. They agreed with the players that fire should be a DoT that bypasses armor, which is similar to gas which is a DoT that bypasses armor on enemies within a set area, so instead of having two very similar status effects, they decided to make gas its own damage type like laser/plasma/arc with its own unique properties now that gas weapons are being released.

[@Krystalmyth]

@@Lord_Chibi Yeah I just tested gas out and I like it. The confusion is strong. Against bugs it kind of just slows them down but against bots it's hilarious. Not only do they stop shooting, they shoot in random directions and Berserkers kind of walk in circles. Pretty neat. Takes the edge off when you're being pressed.

[@connor_the_otter]

I saw someone ask "is this a typo?" I thought the same thing after looking at the patch notes. The maniacs really did just say "fuck it" and made thermite go BRRRRRRRRR

[@T-WRX_83]

I haven't played it since the update yet, but just curious, did they do anything with the jetpack?

[@pawelk411]

You are undercharging your shots (really common): 70% of the meter is in fact 30% charged shot. You are supposed to charge the railgun as close to the top as possible. Charging it to 3/4 is pretty much a safe mode shot and does barely any damage. Dont look at the meter, just count to 3 seconds. The moment the charge meter has the particle effect that looks like overheating, YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO FIRE. ITS THE TIME THE DAMAGE STARTS TO INCREASE BY A LOT. Let the button go as late as possible for almost twice the damage of what you are doing rn.

[@pawelk411]

03:14 EXACLY. This was a properly charged shot. And thats why it 1 tapped

[@pawelk411]

A good way to demostrate that (although dont use that in normal play as its cheating) its so try to macro it with the charge times being 1 second(30% charge, 70% on meter), 2 seconds(half charge, 80% on meter) and 2.8 seconds (max charge, max charge)

[@xxstylinonyaxx2622]

I been using it wrong thanks for the info

[@pawelk411]

@@xxstylinonyaxx2622 np. Glad that i helped

[@xxstylinonyaxx2622]

@@pawelk411 bruh It can one to two shot them if you charge it up enough

[@charr4671]

Difficulty 10 feels like difficulty 5 now. I've yet to see a heavy live past 3 seconds before being erased

[@AuronCommander]

3 shots for railgun to kill a titan. 20 shots means this is *almost* 7 titans before running out. 2.5s charge up (is this correct?) means a ttk of 7.5s RR has 6 total shots if I remember correctly, and a 3s reload. So effectively a 3s ttk. Probably just needs 1 or 2 more spare rockets and it’s goochie

[@thiccfila]

its still gucci, RR has tech this patch just wait......

[@AuronCommander]

@@thiccfila SHOW ME. I NEEEEED IT

[@SoraTheKobold]

ive played a couple games now, it feels so good now, we die super fast but kill fast too my only complaint ia heavy armor feels kind of useless now in my opinion also hi thicc hi hiiii :333

[@theyehsohz]

because the flamethrower mechanism is back, so are the bile spews insta killing us since they probably share the same properties

[@David-tt1ct]

Thermite one taps factories from any side. It is amazing.

[@Captnspork]

That Thermite change is hype!

[@miso1167]

Did they change anything with the automaton barrage tank? Like add a weakspot?

[@epsilon1372]

No but they buffed a lot of weapons that are strong against them, like every anti tank weapon

[@AKTG197]

I am so pumped to play with the boys tonight.

[@thenomad8732]

Termite granade buff is incredible add so much varaiety tu the potential build

[@silksong37]

What armor is that man it looks sick

[@mc_seabass7345]

Recoilless is insane against the bots now

[@thiccfila]

yes

[@ooooooooofffffffff3225]

If you use 1 shot 90% charge rail gun and eagle rocket pod you can insta kill a bile titan or impaler in 1 shot to the head

[@Epicmonk117]

3:00 I’ve never seen someone stick the stratagem ball to themselves before.

[@xxstylinonyaxx2622]

Good job Arrowhead 👏

[@shemsuhor8763]

Oh maaan, thermite is so siiiick

[@wrbsloat]

Odo is a shape shifting cardasian collaborating cop.

[@diydrivenGA]

Game is gonna be LIT tonight! Servers will crash out!

[@judyfps5059]

I know arrowhead watches and reads comments. I just wanna say, I apologize for my doubt. Once I’m done enjoying Satisfactory’s 1.0 release, I’ll be on the galactic fringe once again

[@itsssbtimes2387]

NO SHIT THAT THERMITE ONE SHOT ?! SO FUN

[@aross6802]

Definitely giving this a try 😉 👍

[@petergriffinson1907]

Damn it’s actually nice they buffed the rail

[@edjonhadley1]

railgun is good but im ngl i thought it would kill those heavier enemies abit quicker

[@pawelk411]

It would, he is pretty much undercharging the shots by half. ( the charge meter is misleading, 70% on the meter is actual 30% charge). It generally 1-2 taps everything currently WHEN USED PROPERLY

[@Kronosbattlemaps]

I still prefer stuns. More as a defensive. So much kill potential with other guns and strategemsn now and stuns have saved me from bug hoards so many times. ( thermite is still S tier good though )

[@thiccfila]

thermite is so much fun and feels so good to use, 10/10 recommend

[@MrKrachachla]

Thanks to the devs for fixing infinity grenade glitch, or I would be unstoppable

[@MayorDesu]

I got timed out for a day in the official discord for saying "bring back dough lmao"

[@claymungas7082]

But how does the thermite do against gunships? Riddle me that

[@Daethbane]

Bro I'm so sad I'm at work RN... I'm about to go full heavy wrecker soon!

[@ORy652]

we are considerably weaker, helldivers are so squishy now ( but it's a good thing for me at least)

[@claymungas7082]

i managed to 2 shot a bile titan to the head fresh out of a bug breach. Idk if thats just super lucky but ive played abt 4 hours today and gotten the 2 shot pretty consistently

[@snappa_tv]

What mods are you running.

[@shiznaztm]

Only content I ever saw from the dough guy was crazy negative, I probably can see why they're done with his bs lol but I'll watch his video to see what's up anyways.

[@thiccfila]

well banning someone for negative opinions is wrong.

[@shiznaztm]

@@thiccfila I don't disagree, I know discord mods in general are flaming trash so I hope it's reversed now that I'm watching his vid

[@mattm3023]

​@@thiccfila Im sorry but IMO he has displayed worse than "negative opinions." He was being all around aggressive. And then his impressionable (I assume young) viewers get all fired up and start being nasty too. People can have opinions but the gaming community needs to get a little more friendly toward each other. Especially in PvE where everybody is on the same side

[@ThatsOk83]

I hope they don’t nerf the thermites and if they do I hope it’s just a half nerf

[@Ericbbbb]

Sooooo satisfying

[@enjaded7222]

so one thermite to door is enough for striders. can they dmg a strider anywhere on it? like if u cant get a good angle just stick 3 thermites on it randomly and call it a day? or like 2 to head?

[@thiccfila]

I think 3 to body 2 to head but you might have to let one pop

[@ShareefsCrewTV]

Just did 2 to the head. 1 to blow open the head armor and a second one to finish it off.

[@enjaded7222]

pog

[@pawelk411]

They can damage anywhere any enemy, just do half dmg on some heavy armor spots, and the final explosion might not penetrate. Best to use it on weakspoints cause possibly 4 times the damage difference

[@aquamayne8168]

RIP OhDough. 😂

[@lukasart3951]

Didnt the railgun already strip leg armor in 3 safe shots?

[@michaelmcinally5899]

Justice for odough✊️

[@zemufinman1639]

Im so sick of the reinforced scout striders that just seeing a normal one makes me happy even though i used to find them annoying. The fact that the rpg version completely replaces the balanced version on diff 10 is so sad

[@wijayleon8159]

i dont like how the game becomes easier but i understand why the devs did it, making the game more challenging definitely didn't bring more players in.

[@KevinSoch]

How do you have that helmet ?