Helldivers 2 - This Is Still the Greatest Loadout vs Automatons (Solo, Super Helldive Difficulty)

[@BigZane84]

This guy takes a turret blast to the face in light armor and lives. I take a turret blast to the finger in heavy armor and die...

[@BigZane84]

And a reinforced scout strider staring right at him most of the time at Upload Escape Pod Data...not including the countless small units just standing near him...

[@danteinpuro319]

Plot armor

[@TheREPPIX]

​@@BigZane84 sometimes the automatons are either GOATed marksmen ,or are about as good at combat as a recently lobotomized man is at building a helicopter

[@Flipbounce]

I tried using the scout armor more and noticed that my teammates had a much more difficult time then me. Almost like the armor not only makes us more sneaky but makes the aim of the bots slightly worse.

[@RockOverwatch]

​@@Flipbounce I think it is just the sneak, and they're shooting where they think you are like in smoke.

[@asraarradon4115]

The number of times you don't die from things you don't see is impressive. You're like the Mr. Magoo of Helldivers.

[@geistzilla]

The Spear is GOAT’ed for solo bot dives! If you ping the target when it locks, if you drop your aim and check the ping, you can see what it is locking onto before wasting a missile. You can re-establish your lock pretty quickly.

[@doctorsnart6389]

Dude, when you’re using thermites, don’t throw them right away. If you want them to stick to stuff, you have to hold them in your hands a moment before throwing them and let the spikes extend. Then, it’ll stick to stuff. Otherwise, you just have to hope the grenade is in the air long enough for the spikes to extend.

[@JeanBernardJansen]

Nice tip

[@shank9873]

my hero

[@jacobthefiend]

Patently false. I've insta-thrown about a thousand thermites and they all stick just fine, regardless of distance. It's just a question of whether they hit what I was aiming for.

[@doctorsnart6389]

@@jacobthefiend This information is explicitly stated in the Helldivers wiki, free for anyone to review. If you’ve experienced otherwise, that’s fine. I’m just going by the book.

[@SmokeSAS]

Makes sense but I also insta throw thermite when in a pinch and it still sticks, maybe it's not an intended feature?

[@hunvalex1478]

20:17 "HOLY SHIT IS THAT TAKIBO IM YOUR BIGGEST FAN CAN I GET AN AUTOGR-" BOOM 🤣

[@Derethevil]

I swear to god. Joel must SMILE down on Takibo. Anytime i play even on Challenging or anything below 7-8 i get Bots in such clusterfuck masses that i can't even move an inch without getting the attention of half the map. Even with Scout armor. It's like Joel hates me. He sees me online playing by myself and he is like: "Fuck that guy in particular!" and presses that spawn button a million times. Meanwhile Takibo runs through D10 like indian food runs through my body.

[@ManuR-l4m]

Every KZbinr i watch recommends diferent builds. And that is speaking lots of the liberty score of this game! Great patch.

[@HandiNap]

Your vids have single-handedly got me back into this game, I respect how you can be surrounded by everything and manage to escape or even kill everything sometimes.

[@gunslinger5249]

if you want the thermites to stop bouncing just wait until the spikes come out

[@Prockski]

Yeah I assume he may not be aware of the need to wait for the hooks to deploy.

[@catman1800]

they will still bounce off occasionally even if you wait for the spikes, side note, the spikes deploy on their own in mid air regardless if you wait for them

[@chadamericanman1863]

I didn’t know that . I thought they were like sticky grenades 😂

[@RadicallyMilkToast]

I believe the further away it is thrown from the point of contact, the more likely it will bounce. I always wait for them to deploy but I've ran into issues with it not sticking when yeeting from further distances. I've found that Servo-Assisted does help with that.

[@painrelief3441]

I love how the spear went from the most frustrating thing to use to a very satisfying weapon to use. I'm glad it finally got the attention is desperately needed.

[@firedrake6277]

I was able to wipe out all comand bunkers with the spear on group play. I love the spear.

[@FairwellNoob]

This isn't really exclusive to the Spear, and the RR can also one shot them when before it could only 2 shot

[@OliTaylor]

31:27. Bro literally stalking you and then dipped.

[@waltnuclear2944]

I’m like how did he not see tht😭💀if it was me it would’ve been shot me

[@Sotanaht01]

Gave the spear a good try, but I still think the RR is better. Spear can 1 shot tanks and cannon turrets more reliably while they are attacking you, but RR is better at sniping turrets from extreme range, can hit close in enemies, can 1-shot Factory Striders in the eye, has an easier time killing dropships before they unload, and has more ammo. And it can still 1-shot tanks and turrets if you can get them at any angle but head-on. I can maybe see how the Spear might be a little better solo than it is otherwise. You won't get as many opportunities to hit a Tank or Turret from the side compared to in a team, and you might not be willing to aggro a base from the opposite end of the map just to snipe a turret. You also can take all 4 resupplies yourself every cooldown, so having less ammo isn't as important, and there are fewer enemies to kill in the first place. Not being able to kill a Hulk as it's winding up its flamer animation just because it's too close though is a major drawback though. Thermites are way too slow.

[@syphox6685]

The recoilless rifle can oneshot tanks and turrets frontally when hitting the barrel

[@GhostofSpartaaYT]

Yeah RR is definitely better for sure it can one shot anything

[@TsarBomba69420]

I love how Takibo is so much better than us, but still doesn't know about the thermite grenade spikes.

[@carlosmdc9069]

I had to try the rat loadout and strat. I don't really love it that much hiding around but it has allowed me to destroy bases while remaining undetected. My stratagems are eagle strafe run for fabricators, OPS for detector towers and orbital laser to clear a path if I get cornered by a bot drop. Finally able to reliably clear the map on diff 10 bots with randoms and solo

[@goshagrigorian4009]

24:18 omg yes every time I bet they made it like that just to mess with people

[@ZakalweFeragh]

That drama ledge for the finish. chefs kiss.

[@reresupreme2945]

The tank has 2 targets you need to aim in the part above the base and the speark will kill any tank

[@Spec-FiveCarr]

I think the Mortar Emplacement uses the same cannon symbol as the Command Bunker (sans hexagon). That was your fifth sub-objective. Great run!

[@h2o848]

by the way they fr gotta nerf those so they only shoot at you when you're spotted right now they're straight up omniscient 😭

[@Spec-FiveCarr]

@@h2o848 I agree!

[@blahblah94897]

Rat has always been op vs bots, the real challenge is finding a loadout to brawl vs bots

[@Eric149498]

That's easy, laser cannon sythe, las pistol, shield and your choice of eagles or orbital strikes. The laser cannon honestly melts everything now, especially hulks and drop ships. Hulks die fast if you aim at their weak spot on front or rear.

[@triantulas]

​@@Eric149498wait the sythe is good again?!

[@h2o848]

@@triantulasgood to prevent overheat on laser cannon without having any downtime on dps

[@basicwizard675]

they should add a way to keep a whole loadout and armor and just name them for the purpose you want. like that you dont have to change it all during the match prep.

[@sky10456]

also for those that do not know, sticking a thermite to a fabricator kills it, don't need a vent, just stick it to the structure and it will destroy it

[@Pchel_kek]

Some day takibo will try different primary. But not today

[@dabestgrimmreaper4]

Smol tip with the gunships btw; literally listen to the audio que of them firing their rockets and just change directions; they aim completely compensating for your exact movement at that particular second that they fire then they quit tracking with the rockets for the rest of the volley; once i figured this out i pretty much don't get hit by gunships anymore..(yes they can track you through rocks/terrain once activated and will continue to track until the ai itself loses sight/knowledge of you completely.. it's like aimbot with extra steps..)

[@woolwizard2469]

takibo casually having 2 hellbombs and 2 barrages available and doesn't even care to use any of them for like 4 minutes straight... thats some money efficient helldiving for Super Earth

[@Soggysenpai]

Airstrike, 500 kg, orbital laser, autocannon let's me feel like a solo carry cause you can just deal with anything.

[@triantulas]

It's such a basic bitch Loadout tho

[@osvaldorodriguez7987]

which airstrike, cluster bomb or precision?

[@mr.barnett9383]

@@osvaldorodriguez7987eagle

[@Leviathansgard]

Wow we got the same setup for primary, hand and nades! :D I'm happy my choices are valid

[@Mazapine]

This is why I still love the Quasar, you can clear fabricators from across the map without worrying about projectile drop/lock on, or ammo. The recharge time is a bit long but you're also free to run a backpack which is nice

[@grekygrek]

The dominator/diligence CS/adjudicator and the bushwhacker, frag nades, missile turret, eagle 500kg, recoilless rifle, and the emancipator....thats every single game lol. I like hard hitting semi auto stuff i guess. Revolver dope too.

[@atlaslee8681]

Gunship dodge where you almost landed on your feet was sick

[@yeskevz]

I use the spear for my solo missions too, but I use the counter sniper instead of the crossbow. Sometimes I clear obj from a distance cos I don't want to deal with a bot drop so stealth is very useful. If the enemy is too close and the terrain would allow it, lie prone and use the spear. It will send the missile sideways instead of going up and down on the target and thus, makes it more accurate on close range targets.

[@prettyboynav99]

He’s literally Keanu Reeves in the matrix with dodging the rockets

[@ariadnavontardium9095]

The objective counter with fabricators and bug holes I realized that it's basically showing on which fabricator are you right now so you've destroyed 3 and now you're destroying the 4th one so it shows 4/6: destroy fabricator, as like the 4th step

[@kamilbanicki2533]

Question. Would this loadout work well if you replace the crossbow with the buffed plas 101 purifier?

[@economicfreedomfighter]

13:35 Now THAT was smooth 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@guyman8742]

I personally run the recoiles rifle, and the Gatling, Auto-cannon, and Mortar OR roll Rocket turret. I can easily take the big guys while my turrets do the rest, also I can blow up factories from afar, there is still nothing more satisfying than a cross map factory snipe

[@redjoker4882]

WEAPON IDEA: give the adjudicator a 3 round burst fire mode with reduced recoil for the first shots. This way we could have something similar to a battle rifle, improving the concept of the weapon that imo feels a bit off at the moment.

[@saltygamer8435]

Bro u say this about every loadout

[@overtoneca8729]

Bro you are here DAILY to bitch about something… get some sunlight fam. It’s gotta be exhausting being this miserable.

[@marchanarch1728]

Whats the benefit of the spear over recoilless rifle? Seems to do just as much with less ammo.

[@vaderlatino9924]

Why at 31:27 is that chicken walker looking at you but doesn’t kill you and how did you miss it

[@patrickhuffman9632]

So close to 50k! Lets go Takibo!

[@CauseOfBSOD]

24:27 yeah that confused me for a while until I realised that it was referring to the current active target (the fourth fabricator out of six) rather than the last completed target (the third fabricator out of six), which is consistent with every other objective in the game.

[@nonerland2762]

How is your reticle bright green? Because on my menu I only have 4 reticle colour options and they are all terrible.

[@anom2619]

I would’ve jumped on that turret for the Gunship shenanigans. I’ve been using the crossbow for the last month and I still can’t reliably hit gunship engines with it, and those turrets although damage is low, they’re surprisingly accurate.

[@Just_Flipy]

this is great FOR SOLO, because holy sshit, i tried this and my teamamtes either kept killing me through their barrages.... or mine did. because they never CALLED IT IN. like don't place on... in a base... that I am already in destroying.

[@DrErikNefarious]

The most surprising thing is seeing a CROSSBOW take out a gunship

[@niskanen19]

I'll probably try a similar loadout but with orblaser instead of 120 and a thrower armor so i can stay bit further away whilst still raining hellfire

[@RezaQin]

I LOVE the Spear. Love it, love it, feel naked without it.

[@林禹安-u1w]

Just asking , you already did the helldivers and space marine ,would you like to try deep rock galactic?

[@cloggedpitot1]

Id like to see this as well.

[@TheZazzMatazz]

Seeing you struggle to hit the gunships with the crossbow makes me feel better. I have a hell of a time hitting them, to the point I end up using the spear cause I get tired of missing lol

[@Dr.Thatcher]

He and I must he playing 2 different games. I just did my first helldive difficulty and bots were just raining on me from drop ships from the second my boots hit the ground. Factory striders, tanks, hulks fire coming from every direction, every corner i try to run around for cover has more enemies. This looks like a hard or extreme difficulty. I must just be terrible lol. Thank democracy for divers like this.

[@SteveAkaDarktimes]

Spear has now enough damage to 1 shot most close targets. means that when it arches over and hits the hulk Top or Rear it still kills it.

[@RepublicofODLUM]

Recoilless does this as well with more ammo and better consistency

[@aldoparziale5669]

When pull out thermite give it a second before throwing it as it has spikes on it that take second to open up that are what make them stick to things

[@eliaskarasik194]

What advantage does the spear have over for example the recoilless?

[@angwydud]

what about the commando or even laser cannon for automatons since the laser cannon can down pretty much everything if you hit them in the right spot and the commando can be used to kill fabricators from any angle (if that wasnt patched) combine the laser cannon with the jump pack and you can fly over tanks and then just laser them in the back or alternatively bring the shield and youre basically indestructable

[@carloschaparro07]

You make this look easy. I can't play without an energy shield against the Bots or I get ragdolled and can't hit my shots.

[@Morfik45]

22:50 pretty sure that tank is bugged, you killed it, but not the weapon part of it, so it was not able to drive, but it was still able to shoot

[@void-1632]

How do you do this without something going awry and a causing a huge bot drop or bug breach to occur right on top of you? it happens often in my missions even with my stealth going well

[@MannyXVIII]

I still wonder what makes the spear superior to the recoilles rifle if you simply got the training to basically never miss with it.

[@Khamsin-]

i also like to dive back when i fire the spear, as it somewhat mitigates the curve it creates during its initial launch and allows me to get more hits on closer range targets if need be

[@22rsx]

Why should I use the spear over the recoilless? I can shoot any enemy with Rec, it one shots almost every everything . The lock on is fun but doesn’t seem as good.

[@codypritchard2377]

Hold your thermite grenade until you hear the spikes deploy. About half a second. It will always stick then when thrown.

[@pistolgrippoet]

I’ve still gotten some bounces somehow but yeah this is still the way

[@RatKing2137]

"always" Blatantly false

[@codypritchard2377]

​@RatKing2137 Skill issue.

[@RatKing2137]

@@codypritchard2377 So you're that clueless, huh 1. The handle doesn't have spikes and it can still bounce 2. Throwing it at an extreme angle reduces AP and it can still bounce ez lmao

[@aliveisuppose]

24:12 I'm pretty sure the spear just can't lock on to those turrets. I want to say AH did this as a convenience feature because it can lock on to bunkers and you wouldn't want to shoot the turret but not the bunker, but obviously I have no idea and it's just a guess

[@tacoboy2218]

I much prefer the purifier over the crossbow its just easier to aim for the same ammo count yes you lose the utility of blowing up fabricators but it makes up for it in ease of use and ammo efficiency

[@Choco36111]

Could we get a video on your keybinds? I really wanna know if you use the arrow keys and anything else besides that.

[@peridrawland5955]

Spear is beyond useful with those pesky Jammers and Command Bunkers specially

[@RepublicofODLUM]

What does the spear do the recoilless can't? they have the same breakpoints but the recoilless has more ammo and better consistency at what you hit unless your aim is atrocious. That first base for example, the recoilless would've cleared that in 10 seconds easy without having to manipulate the lock on

[@BKBTC-e9m]

you must wait a lil bit for the thermal grenade before throwing it , for the spike to go out for latch to enemy , if you just instant throw it the spike wont go out so it wont latch on the enemy

[@spoopydeuce]

I’m sorry but the recoiless will always be KING

[@Degarth]

RR is better on the whole but spear deals with turrets and gunships faster and can lock things you can't even see really. That is a good trade-off for less ammo and slower reload time.

[@MydloM4n]

Carolus Gustavus rex

[@spoopydeuce]

@@Degarth understand that point, but the recoiless is pretty easy to shoot down gunships with a bit of guidance and account for the round dropping at distance, when running bots I always bring a rocket sentry which alone can take out a whole pack of gunships

[@Degarth]

@@spoopydeuce yeah, I use the RR over the Spear, but I see why someone would prefer the spear. It takes out turrets and gunships even at horrible angles and even while taking incoming g fire. It doesn't matter if you flinch that rocket is going in target. For me the versatility of the RR beats the spear and the ability to hit medium targets if I choose to which the spear can't do except scout and rocket striders beats it out, but I believe the spear has some upsides that make it worthwhile.

[@sowiwiody3681]

EAT can do anything RR can, but you can use another support weapon and a backpack.

[@natsucro2595]

Laser pistol, exp crossbow and impact nade Orbital railcanon, 500kg, autocanon sentry and spear!

[@technologicalwaste7612]

You have to admit this was a perfect seed.

[@triantulas]

When should you use the two different orbitals?

[@sergioalejandroarbisuonava9156]

Hi, I'm new, to play Helldivers 2 on PC do I need a PlayStation account or can I play without the account?

[@3kEdits]

You can play without a PlayStation account

[@JorgeMendezcristin]

you play soo good gg game i suscribe

[@JexroShadark]

I still think the recoiless rifle is much better. If you have a good aim you can take down these outpost from same further distance. Also has more ammo, and can take drop ships faster.

[@beanzeani2440]

2:08 how does he have the jetpack strategem?

[@bensonmowrey2367]

Hey just so you know, you don’t need to destroy the fabricators once you’ve completed the objective they’re in. Destroying them does not give you XP or Requisition Slips, they’re a waste of time to destroy if they are inside of a main objective

[@CJM738]

That evac was sick

[@rustthesquirrel8668]

i still think the quasar is still best because you don't need to reload, and you have an open backpack slot. also its can kill just about everything, its so versitile

[@abhinavmehrotra]

Would it have been possible to use the mortars to kill the turret towers? 😅

[@Sepwelt]

Is there a reason which justifies using the spear instead of the recoilless rifle? In my opinion, recoiless does about the same, but you can aim yourself and you have 5 shots in yor backpack instead of 3. Is there a reason im not aware of why the spear would be superior despite these advantages?

[@atlaslee8681]

The spear is effortless, which is why I like it over the RR. If I want to shoot rockets I’d rather use EAt because backpack is free and I can swap with something else I may pick up

[@POWER_WAFFLE]

The Spear just feels more fun, that's it. Especially now since using it doesn't crash the game like it was a few months ago.

[@tex3781]

Napalm barrage is really fun and good its what I use with my spear

[@SagePent395]

Do you prefer playing solo? I've had a ton of fun doing stealth duos with a friend but most players arent as good at stealth lol

[@BeastNugget44Main]

Where are teammates like you when i need them

[@MERCIERClement]

I'm confused aswell on the counting of fabricator in outpost, doesn't make sense to me.

[@jamesdayton5712]

Yo ur the first other person I seen that has the stiff cape bug. I have this on my pc but not on ps and I can’t find any fix. Anyone know anything about this?

[@siegwarfheid2868]

24:40 I think that's bugged, happens to me too, and too often locking on striders, hope devs fix it and make spear can't lock to striders soon

[@dominikkunic7024]

You can lock on command bunkers with spear and destroy them with 2 missiles from afar.

[@J0hnnyonthespot]

that hulk just walk onto your thermite @5:35?

[@nickrackel7949]

Spear is great but it goes through ammo so quickly - in teamplay I suggest one of your teamates rock a supply pack and run together Spear has 4 shots and recoiless has 7 i think? I could be wrong

[@starkeskinn]

Sry to break it to you. Now, there is the constitution. So spear is done now. We got Melee Melee those pesky Striders!

[@patrickhuffman9632]

What's up legend!

[@sasdasu00dfsdfardo]

is it still crashing the game? I remember seeing teammates aiming and disconecting soon after

[@misterezioauditore]

I understand clearing out a super Helldive solo but what about samples. 99% of the time I’m playing to collect rare samples. So doing a full clear without collecting samples doesn’t really do it for me.

[@xXKjeoXx]

Fun fact, the Spear can destroy command bunkers!

[@TheSupervang]

Almost my exact go to stratagem for both enemies (minus 500k for eagle )

[@ThePartisan13]

It looks powerful asf but the best bot loadout is currently around the Recoilless rifle.

[@Aquila.]

How do you run, use stratagems AND look around at the same time?

[@arthur_ohumukini]

If you're on PC/Keyboard you can remap the stratagem inputs to your arrow keys. This way you can move with WASD while holding CTRL and using your right hand to input the stratagem.

[@Aquila.]

@@arthur_ohumukini That would block him from looking around though.

[@arthur_ohumukini]

@@Aquila. You should already have situational awareness when calling in strats. However it takes 0.25 seconds to call in most strategems, as you can see in the video. Stopping and dying is WAY worse in every situation

[@Aquila.]

@@arthur_ohumukini I am aware? How does that answer my question? Being able to run and call in stratagems is a lot better than having to stop to do so obviously, and there often are situations where you can't just stop and call in a stratagem since you'd die, so the running part would come in very handy. Having situational awareness won't save you from every close call.

[@arthur_ohumukini]

@@Aquila. I answered your question bud. Then you made a statement and I said why it did not matter because the answer to your question resulted in a better situation 100% of the time.

[@PinkKing907]

At first I assumed you were just saving the spear ammo for fabs and gunships, but on the last bunker you had a perfect line of sight, plenty of ammo and a resupply only seconds away so... fyi bunkers are 2 shot by a spear now. FOR DEMOCRACY!!

[@mrkuma1915]

Spear vs Recoilless Rifle?