The Constellation Guide & Breakdown for Helldivers 2

[@EravinVT]

Took me awhile to get this one together but it's finally here! In all honesty i'm getting low on ideas for this style of guide content so let me know the kinds of things you'd like to seen covered in detail on the channel! Thanks for watchin

[@michaelwallace9291]

This guide was highly anticipated thank you. Next guide how to best work around different DSS forms of betrayal?

[@ReitRedProductionsCHEEEESE]

best way to gain liberation and defense xp (is it 100%ing? Blitzing the MO? Doing the MO and all the nets, but ignoring the side objectives? Etc

[@feldamar2]

Fastest way to gain squad impact? Sprinting/blitzing level 2 missions(and consequently an op) repeatedly in 4 minutes 15 times an hour? Or slogging through the entire 3 missions of a a level 5-10 difficulty less than 1 an hour?

[@michaelwallace9291]

@@feldamar2 oh go back a week in Eravin's videos he covered this. Overly simplified highest difficulty that you can confidently complete in full squad all objectives that grant exp while minimizing deaths

[@mar2336]

Maybe make some documents or pictures to visualize contents covered?

[@Vuntermonkey]

AH better start sponsoring you. You're single-handedly keeping me hyped for this game.

[@EravinVT]

my price for my consultation is one ingame trailblazer skin in my likeness Arrowhead, no more no less

[@Metaspace2]

Same here!

[@JuiceJive]

If they gave us the enemy composition before we drop, it would be easier to bring different weapons and we'd end up using more diverse loadouts instead of just what covers the most bases.

[@denodagor]

I've been asking for this since the first month. It seems like such an obvious and easy to implement change...but still nothing...

[@rekcity7444]

half the fun is not knowing exactly what you are up against to you have to work with what you have and adapt to the circumstances, it wouldnt be fun if you brough the perfect loadout every time to make every mission as easy as posible

[@Lakelaogaiorthewin]

@@rekcity7444 I disagree. It feels garbage to bring light-pen to bile missions, chaff clear for heavy charger/titan seeds, anti-tank loadouts for hunter seeds. Of course if you’re in a team everyone is hopefully making sure all sides are covered but it simply doesn’t happen every mission especially when solo-queuing. It’s so boring to bring a generalist loadout everytime because you need to be ready for anything lest you want to suffer the whole mission.

[@joshuasilva8057]

It does tell you when you select missions bile skewers dont show up till 2 or 3 chargers in 4's titans in 5 plus all others and spewers will shoot artillery. 8 and up you get special heavies n stuff

[@jenechek]

​@@joshuasilva8057 It's just a difficulty level, not a enemy composition.

[@bakaonlinegaming1751]

""Ah ok, I understand now!" Me still in every single mission: AUTOCANNON

[@Hadfield15]

Had no idea constellations were even a thing, but I've always wondered why I encounter certain enemies in one mission, and not in others. Now I know! Thanks again for the info, Eravin!

[@z1u512]

Offensive operations: 1:38 Launch ICBM: Bile bugs/ Rushdown bots 2:48 Retrieve valuable data: Bile or Big bugs/Rushdown or Bullet Hell bots 5:00 Emergency evacuation, geological survey, spread democracy: Big/Nursery bugs or Big/Foot Soldier bots 7:50 Purge hatcheries, enable E710 extraction, nuke nursery: Big/Jumpy bugs 8:53 Sabotage air base, destroy command bunkers, neutralize orbital defenses: Bullet Hell/ Big bots 9:32 Blitz, eradicate, evacuate high value assets 11:16 claysthetics chart 12:00 mercy graphics Sub factions replaces all constellations

[@mrtuggs9172]

Presenting this in a little pop in modifiers section would do some much to increase weapon variety. Light penetration weapons would see an increase in use if you knew there would less armored enemies.

[@BackwardsPancake]

Definitely. And a lot of underused stratagems would be more viable too. Something like the Airburst Launcher becomes way more viable if you know you won't be facing a majority of enemies that are basically immune to it. Anti-tank mines can be at least usable, if you know you'll be facing heavier enemies without too much chaff. Mortars may not be suicide on bugs, if you're facing hive guards/bile spewers rather than the jumping bugs.

[@Dionach]

It could even be part of the campaign that we acquire intel on the enemy order of battle for a planet/region

[@lanceupperrcut]

@@Dionach that's such a good idea!

[@etuanno]

​@@BackwardsPancakeChargers & Hulks are a bit tricky to dispose of with the Airburst, but if you detonate it underneath them, it's a oneshot (Chargers butts go boom as well as the heatsink of Hulks). I haven't found the right spot for Impalers and Bile Titans don't care about firecrackers in their mouth. It's such a fun weapon, but I have to carry around an orbital railcannon strike for consistency. :(

[@stnilus3294]

The last time I was this early for an Eravin video, the Senator still had AP3.

[@EravinVT]

lol

[@stnilus3294]

@@EravinVT thanks m8. You are the only valid vtuber.

[@sncounts]

Dang. I was 2,668th. Reminds me of a girl I knew once…

[@ianr-]

it doesn’t anymore??

[@x.Rival.x]

Rofl

[@GrandSupremeDaddyo]

Once again you provide information that we should have been receiving from the game itself. Knowing these in advance of a mission would make such a drastic improvement to the issue of loadout diversity. I am hoping you're right about factions becoming a replacement for constellations.

[@BlazingDarkness]

"fuck it's an aquarius today"

[@Commander_Appo]

Whenever I heard about you talking about constellations, I always assumed that you could predict the constellation by looking at the space outside your ship lol

[@RinnzuRosendale]

Ive noticed this since launch week but I didnt know it had an official name. Ive always just called them sets. I call the hunter one the "Oops all hunters" set.

[@swanqlord3048]

@RinnzuRosendale same here lmao. I'd call them Seeds. I had green guy seed, yellow seed, hunter seed, and big guy seed. Kinda funny to see official names for these

[@benignsentient6772]

I've always liked calling Terminid constellations "Broods" and automaton constellations as "Formations" or "Legions." Anyone else come up with cool names for them?

[@Limit19970]

Brigades, Compositions, Divisions? For automatons anyways.

[@TrixterTheFemboy]

I'd just been calling the bots' Forces, but I've been right there with you on Broods for the bugs.

[@GregtheHelldiver]

Gamma legion for the laser consolation?

[@BackwardsPancake]

In my group, we prefer "f*ckers" and "bastards".

[@jegantdragoch.7088]

thanks for another informative video

[@EravinVT]

thanks for watchin!

[@ntb-gaming7876]

Yeaaaa, they need to update the galactic map to show these. knowing these would drastically change how well our loadouts are

[@CsubAzUrmedve]

Knowing what kind of bugs we can expect more of would actually increase loadout diversity by a ton. What I dislike about the game is the fact that on higher difficulties, the whole thing becomes a loadout check, instead of a skill check, so everyone becomes a jack-of-all-trades, unless you want to feel miserable for 40 minutes.

[@hody.8381]

This would be so much simpler if Arrowhead wasn't allergic to giving basic information like what type of enemies we're going to be facing. Just doesn't make sense to me as to why we have to keep guessing when it comes to loadouts.

[@TotPocket]

​@@keegan4exactly! If I knew I'd be on a mission with little to no heavies, I'd run machine gun all day!

[@Dr.Succ0]

@@TotPocket I only run hmg and supply pack Usually use a 500 kg bcuz boom 4th strat could be anything depending on how you’re feeling like playing.. I often run hmg emplacement.. airstrike.. auto cannon turret.. recently started running gas strikes This build tends to get me the most kills on any mission and requires a lot of aggression and covering your less bullet friendly teammates… if the enemy is looking at you you’re doing your job right!

[@MrVelociraptor75]

This is so true it hurts. I guess they're afraid "it'll make it too easy"? (seems to be their catchphrase), but really it will just allow more weapons to be viable against certain constellations They could then vary the constellations and not tie it into the mission types The other thing they could THEN do, is have that as a mission modifier "unknown enemy types", where we WOULD have to loadout for anything

[@Bosssauce11611]

Ship module advanced Intel! Each upgrade increased info known or likely hood of accurate information.

[@TheBigHA]

Especially when they have a loading screen tip specifically about bringing weapons to fit the enemies

[@f1redemon966]

I've always been curious about this, thanks so much for making a nice video on it!

[@EravinVT]

glad to help!

[@f1redemon966]

@@EravinVT If only the devs gave us exact percentages in game so people could plan accordingly. at least I have a few friends to play with

[@974cerebrate]

You're probably the only respectable Helldiver 2 youtuber. It's so good to not have clickbait bs ... Thank you for your work

[@fadedchicken]

I like glitch unlimited as well

[@974cerebrate]

@@fadedchicken That's fair. GU is nowhere as annoying at the rest of them. Maybe I was angry and I jsut strated throwing the rest of them in the same bag. But between Thordan AI generated thumbail and Stylosa's laugh ... I won't even be talking about Cloudplays

[@Jeremy13294]

@@fadedchickenglitch is super clickbaity and just says the same bullshit in all his videos. He releases “leaks” that I’ve already seen literally months ago.

[@fadedchicken]

@@Jeremy13294 Yeah there’s a lot of KZbinrs that all use the same sources for their content but I feel that he’s the lesser of all the evils. Not to say that they’re evil lol

[@fadedchicken]

@@974cerebrate lol cloud creeps me out. Idk why, my best guess is he looks just off of the camera at his script and it looks super uncanny. Edit: nvm I’m not thinking about cloud it’s someone else but I can’t remember right now

[@prasepe8745]

Been waiting ages for someone to finally document this. It's such a nightmare when you land with Stalwart and all you see are bile spewers

[@angryamish6903]

This is huge! Thank you! A prepared Helldiver is a living Helldiver.

[@joshualighttime604]

Thanks for all these info. I hope arrowhead adds this information in the future for easier to understand and prepare.

[@EravinVT]

unlikely at this point

[@raccoonmanthing]

Constellations are why i avoid bugs

[@EravinVT]

fair

[@peterthanos2209]

What? Is it specific constellations that you don’t like? Or just the idea of them?

[@sophisthemlock246]

@@peterthanos2209 for me it's the bile constellation.

[@Dr.Succ0]

@@sophisthemlock246get hmg and supply pack and have fun

[@WreckItRolfe]

​@@sophisthemlock246 Take a shield

[@NachoC9]

I've gotten more information on Helldivers 2 from this channel than from Arrowhead.... And that speaks volumes about how Arrowhead runs their game. Thankyou Eravin ❤

[@TheNitrospit2003]

Great video! The clay shoutout was dope, we’re lucky to have someone like thicc to bring great content creators together.

[@TheSouthern1cross]

nothing shits me off more than when you run a flamer build then you hit the ground and its the green bois swarm that absolutely shut you down in CQC...

[@BackwardsPancake]

Or it's jumpy bugs where, even if you manage to burn them, the hunters' giga-tracking pounce attack will still hit you and possibly set you on fire. Really, bringing flamer to bug missions feelsl like russian roulette these days - It's either the best thing ever, or a borderline dead pick.

[@peridrawland5955]

It's sounding like at the end of the day most scenarios come down to a coin flip, but still interesting to hear about the funky seed-machinations behind the scenes

[@PrimusJupiter]

There's always new players which is good but they often fly through the difficulties with a high rank friend that has to verbally teach him about strengths and weakness which can be exhausting to other squad members and alot to take in. I hope the community comes to these videos

[@someguy4611]

I love all this information very useful. I would like to add one thing. Gar Haren is at 0% decay rate I just want to spread the word that is a free take uses information to help take it faster

[@stevepoulsen83]

Thank you Eravin for providing the intel we wish the game would

[@CharliMorganMusic]

I've been waiting for a guide like this for sooooo long.

[@MegaFrog]

This is definitely something I noticed during gameplay, but it's great to see a full breakdown. Thanks!

[@DeadlyNightshadeZ]

So, what im getting from this is 'Bring the exploding crossbow'

[@BackwardsPancake]

Kinda, yeah. You could meta-optimize based on the mission type, or you could just not bother and build every loadout to cover all your bases (Answer to rushdown enemies, answer to medium armor, optimal answer to heavies, optimal objective/side objective clear per faction). And since the crossbow does at least something in all those categories...

[@Claysthetics]

Thanks for the shoutout brother! Great video.

[@InsurethePanda]

Arrowhead should employ you as “professor of liberty supreme, head of tactical education” to give training in game. (Complete with cutscenes)

[@lastsentinel20]

Knowing about the enemy types before deploying makes sense, and it's a shame we didn't get any information like that in-game.

[@jiby911]

Thought you were gonna teach me about the stars for 13 minutes (which i was fully ready for), but this is much better

[@Jordyio]

Thanks so much for making this video. I would always default to a general load out having no idea how to properly strategize for a mission

[@spookiboys]

I'm glad they gave a name in those parch notes to constellations, everyone was confused why i kept talking about enemy seeds

[@arisakathedappergoose4796]

so... keep maining my AC... got it, thanks boss :)

[@dsquaredentertainment]

My outfit usually refers to this as "X planet". For example, we'd say a "Bile planet" or a "Devastator planet". Glad to know it wasn't just a hallucination.

[@thepyrokitten]

:O this is the kind of things I wish the game actually told us

[@Wolf-Nyan]

"mission difficulty is determined in part by the type of enemies you face, bring the right tools for the job!" Me: man i wish i could see what enemies i was facing so i could tailor my loadout to actually do that I will pay all of my samples, requisition, and SC for a module to see what enemy constellation a mission has in the briefing

[@Grimm9890]

they should tell us what const we are going to face before the start of the mission so we can prepare (especially bugs)

[@viewsan]

this is such useful information, I could never find any information about why I see certain enemies appearing on missions and now it's all here. maybe now I can stop bringing stalwarts vsing bile spewers. thanks Eravin!

[@bertillindquist]

Very excited for this video! Been awaiting its drop!!

[@GameFuMaster]

I wish they would just get rid of the +50% and +25% modifier and turn that into what enemies will spawn (like the patrolling shrieker)

[@augh-p4m]

8:08 What is a prowler? Super Earth does not recognize this bug variant (yet). Report for re-education immediately.

[@EravinVT]

think I said prowler when I meant to say pouncer

[@Brown95P]

TIL to only do egg/nursery/e710 missions in order to avoid spewing hell on bugs, and to only do icbm/data missions to avoid strider hell on bots. Thanks Eravin! 👍

[@skie6282]

Tyl not completing a full operation(all 3 missions) contributes 0 to planet liberation. If your doing single missions, think about dropping in a random squad to help

[@Brown95P]

@@skie6282 I already mostly join randoms anyway, so yeah. :V

[@jerlstif]

i wish we could just get this info before selecting our load out; cause im not gonna remember all this; and what happens when new mission types show up?

[@dogishappy0]

Thank you! I used this video to find Stalkers for a recent personal order!

[@TheFlamePhoenix]

Hey there! I appreciate the effort you put into these. As for ideas: - military attack and defense strategies ( what is a kill box, how to ambush, how to use mechanized infantry etc). - Sharing popular loadouts that you or your community find interesting could also be an option. - If all else fails, you can always do summaries of reddit like other content creators.

[@LeisurelyShtooping]

Finally, I have been waiting for this video for awhile.

[@EravinVT]

thanks for waitin

[@InsurethePanda]

This is some of the most important information about helldivers I didn’t know!

[@JorgeSilva-gz3ku]

You're always so informative. Thank you for your services, as there is no Helldiver's School/Academy to enroll in for this information.

[@p1psychoticprankster]

In a sea of negative helldivers KZbinrs you and Commisar Kai are breathes of fresh air. Thank you for all the amazing content!

[@colbyfowler3392]

Had a feeling about this but it feels sometimes like a seed also has a minor spawn rate increase or decrease sometimes too. Great video and breakdown as always

[@Pyromaniac77777]

I knew it! I've been telling my friends this for months! Thanks Eravin!

[@southcac24]

Top notch content as always 🫡 Super Earth would be proud

[@EravinVT]

tyty

[@Schlumpfelch]

I have waited a long time for this video

[@ПавелКожухов-ж7ч]

Thank you! Great content! 🙏

[@MrDonut99]

Never even heard of constellations

[@Suhayl_Khatib]

They’re also called seeds.

[@EravinVT]

they've been mentioned a whole one time ever in one patch ever

[@MrDonut99]

​@EravinVT It'll definitely be handy to know what types of enemies to expect.

[@The_Hunta62]

Thank you for the advice that I will forget in an hour

[@aaroncalderone]

long awaited, thank you king 🙏

[@achillesa5894]

I really wish we had this info in the loadout screen, I had no idea this was predictable, I'll definitely be using this. A lot of equipment in the game is niche and just sucks against the wrong constellations.

[@DariusT32]

Awesome as always!

[@bradygoodrich5318]

I actually love the jump bug constellation as a machine gun user.

[@SergeantCrwhips]

"and eradicate misdions, the spawns are completely random!" *dropship drops bile Titan

[@Mai_Velder]

Thanks for the useful guide! Always been confused about the constellation mechanic.

[@arathyn8294]

At this point, just always keep that senator on you

[@darthvaper4776]

Freedoms greetings ghost divers

[@LightingbladeShen]

A Ghostdiver and an information distributer. I thank you for your service Field Marshal Eravin VERA LIBERTAS

[@Suhayl_Khatib]

Been waiting for this one!

[@EravinVT]

thanks for waitin

[@Tonisaka]

Thankyou for the work. Defintly will help with bringing a good loadout.

[@patricks2237]

Jumpy bugs is my favorite

[@carlosvicenty-9856]

Good news the dss should get fixed by December

[@EravinVT]

woohoo

[@carlosvicenty-9856]

@ I know right a little late but nice very nice

[@theelmozusflame3015]

This year? Orrrr

[@carlosvicenty-9856]

@@theelmozusflame3015 this year luckily

[@carlosvicenty-9856]

@@theelmozusflame3015 this year

[@yuligamein5502]

i think it be a really neat idea to see the bots and bugs fighting..while we need to activate a nuke in the middle of the map.. to take them out

[@residentevilfan4]

I pretty much figured it out when I started getting really good and would get NOTHING but Stiders and Juggernauts.

[@sirjose7478]

I need to just tell us prior to launching the mission, this would encourage diversity in class loadouts greatly, Like Bile Spews I like to bring AMR or Grenade Launcher, and then Hunters light armor penetration weapons such as stalwart or incendiary breaker. Same goes for Bots, such as Heavy Devastators with their Shields are so annoying to hit, so Purifier has a good stagger with its explosion so it'll hit them behind their shields, Autocannon is also a good choice for them.

[@WildcardActual]

Long have I waited for this one...thank you sir! O7

[@infinitekarma4949]

If there’s nothing to make content on, maybe come up with good team composition load outs, speed run tutorials for each mission type, or fun team composition load outs (similarly to the struppwaffle or whatever that one tactic was called)

[@regnarrocker6162]

I think an idea is that information like this should be normally provided to the player, but an operation modifier should disable it. Like how we can normally see the general location of enemy outposts on the map, unless we rolled the operation modifier that obscures the map.

[@t3rdac]

I saw something like this, but this is more accurate info, thanks, really usefull

[@Speyeder121]

Been waiting on this one

[@thesilentone30]

Thats super fascinating to see I've always noticed more of certain enemies on certain mission types but I never thought too much about it though because why would I? I see bug I shoot bug it goes boom hehe

[@V1UltrakilI]

why the hell(divers) are they called Constellations? seems so random

[@EravinVT]

good question

[@slash4660]

How were you able to figure out the constellation spawns? Was it just in game testing or looking through code/data leaks etc.

[@FaceIntoKeyboard]

Bile Bug constellation is why I like running the Gun Rover these days. Yeah, it has to reload, but man, it can take down patrols quickly and is slightly less likely to kill teammates.

[@Mikeofzedead]

I'd love to get a "trainee honest mistake" modifier that just gives you random stratagems with only one rule : a stratagem can only be randomized in its category. Support for support, eagle for eagle...

[@enigmatvarence4319]

Man, watching these clips and seeing your shotgun just deflecting in nearly vid clip is absolutely hilarious. Totally no problem with the deflection mechanic. Totally nothing wrong with it at all... lol

[@JonathanPearceName]

Outstanding!!!

[@methodman6725]

THANK YOU

[@EravinVT]

yw! thanks for watchin

[@Baba_Lysaga]

This video is very informative I’ll likely be using it to study and teach my friends 😂

[@hellcy7237]

AH needs to make one of the future ship module upgrades show the constellations you'll encounter- that would assist in weapon balance as you wouldn't need to bring a generalist loadout to every mission but instead could vary depending on enemy type (for example the slugger is good against bile bugs but terrible when they arent present)

[@Vurkrin]

Ive been waiting for this

[@BluePoo52]

Yay it’s here!! 🎉

[@HeartlesJosh]

It's interesting to finally know the phenomenon is actually called when i drop into a mission that is "oops all hunters". However the further information that a lot of missions have wildly divergent enemy types, like oops all big guys or oops all small guys in the same mission, coupled with not knowing what subgroup of enemies is going to be the opfor before landing in a mission, I overall find my mission planning to be unchanged. A one size fits all loadout for bugs and a one size fits all loadout for bots. Or a one size fits all loadout for both factions (such as crossbow/HMG giving you the means to kill all AP4 or less non-heavy enemies, crossbow giving you nest destroying capability and other supports can fill the gap against the real heavy units like Striders, Titans, Chargers and Tanks.) If you knew that a mission was most definitely going to be oops all hunters and heavy units were going to be almost a non factor then you could go balls deep on horde clear weapons and supports, reserving only one or two support slots for a heavy killer like the OPS. As you don't know this beforehand, generalist loadouts that have contingencies against the spectrum of enemies is preferable. Even if you play with friends, generalist loadouts allow you to pull your own weight instead of being caught with your pants down because your friend with the RR and all the airstrikes is on the other side of map, dead or otherwise unable to intervene and all you have is a Cookout and crowd control supports like gas and EMS that was meant to help set up the now nonexistent one-two killing strike of you and your friend.

[@tienluuquyet5069]

arc thrower is such a good crow control in any constellation, it can stun almost every heavy and kill small enemy in 1-2 shot, I try to change my load out just to find myseft bring arc thrower out again and again :))

[@Wish-and-Hope]

Good info, thank you. Bit bummed out by it though. :( I had noticed the different enemy force deployment, but assumed it was planet based (not planet type - actual planet!) or in some other more varied logic, at the very least consistent throughout an operation. I guess it makes some sense for balancing that the constellations are linked to mission types, but it feels a bit underwhelming. I had hoped for some more personality. Whole planets getting a reputation in the community because of their unique and/or difficult enemy types. Malevelon Creek, but this time it's "oh my god all Bile Titans" hell. Weapon meta shifting depending on where you deploy, linking the myth of the planet to the tales of specific weapons. "I learned to love my MMG back on Vernen Wells." Ah well, let's hope they build on the Jet Brigade concept.

[@iangresham3515]

This information is so important they should play this video instead of the game intro