Space Marine 2 - The Sniper Dominates Ruthless Difficulty (Solo, Max Difficulty)

[@michaelpatterson1889]

In regards to the fire trap at the end of the mission, you have to interact with the other keypad that the BLUE interact is directing you towards after using the one at the landing pad

[@itriyum]

Yeah i dont see how people compare SM2 with HD2, they are vastly different

[@HelplessTeno]

People compare the two because they both have you play as a space soldier who kills hordes of enemies. Lots of gore, lack of woke BS, very masculine. There's plenty of reasons people compare them. Acting like they're totally different because the gameplay loop and progression is different is dishonest.

[@thedeleted1337]

@@HelplessTeno You are literally being dishonest lol. SM2 is in its current form a LINEAR experience and mechanics such as gun striking/parrying/dodging are core to the gameplay. Hell divers is an open level experience and all that matters is shooting weak spots.SM2 also has ACTUAL character/class progression. They are not close in the gameplay department at all.

[@HelplessTeno]

@@thedeleted1337 Apparently you don't have any reading comprehension because I specifically said the gameplay and progression is different. But acting like the games as a whole aren't similar at all is ridiculous.

[@CentauriTT]

@@thedeleted1337both games take place in realities I have no intention of even fantasizing about living in. They’re very similar in that way. Main thing in both universes is that there’s no free speech and humanity is always fighting for survival against aliens. Can’t get more similar than that.

[@thedeleted1337]

@@HelplessTeno You apparently lack reading comprehension. THEY ARE completely different BECAUSE OF the fact that the gameplay and progression ARE different. Being so unintelligent and saying "omg space soldiers and hordes theyre the same!" is wild. Halo Helldivers and Space marine are the same type of game!!!!

[@Blyatimir_Putin]

There's two consoles to the gas - the one you activated turns on the pipes and activates the other console. You can see the interact prompt show up on your HUD after you hit the first one, activate the second console to set off the fire

[@facundopirola1729]

It is always funny to imagine a 2m tall walking tank as stealthy... WH is so absurd, I love it.

[@Gypsyfoxx-j3l]

I mean we have entire bomber jets that specialize in stealth in our reality

[@facundopirola1729]

@@Gypsyfoxx-j3l Stealthy for radar detection, but you can still see them. Just like this dude. Every step resonates, and his armor is not quite merging with the background...but again, who cares? We are not into WH because it makes sense.

[@ryanj610]

I'm 2m; Space Marines are a bit more than that

[@НиколайЛамберт]

Gameplay) In wh univese sapace marine scouts and snipers dosent use power armor.

[@kramitthefrog648]

​@НиколайЛамберт Yes they most certainly do. All Raven Guard snipers have power armor.

[@UminokenOshanu]

Giant screaming interact indicator after you turn on the gas lol

[@antoniofernandes3409]

To ignite the gas in the end section, the two outer platforms have consoles that turn on the gas and the Center platform has two consoles that ignite each side but if you ignite one side, you can’t do the other until the gas is ready again

[@theking13lade]

I hope they allow for SOLO operations.. I like clearing stuff by myself then MAYBE clear it with other players later

[@1326evolvedGodzilla]

Yeah randoms try slower mission down while speedrun

[@leanderbenn9146]

they're adding private lobbies later

[@mandrillsass5687]

MAYBE NOT, OTHER PLAYERS STAY HOME

[@sunbreakerqueenofbronze621]

@@leanderbenn9146incomplete game

[@trundelingporpoise2404]

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[@WarfighterKilo]

The Bots in WWZ function exactly like the bots do now in Space Marine 2. They do nothing but not die and take on small enemies. They won't change them. The horde Mechanics Saber uses won't let that change. Plus the challenge is there with weaker allied Bots.

[@Gullboy92]

the horde engine they use for xenos wont enable the 2 allied character bot players to change? how...?

[@WarfighterKilo]

@@Gullboy92 Not saying the engine. I'm saying the way it is now is priceless to Saber Entertainment. You start making the allies stronger it takes away from the whole point of trying to solo. The Bots heal you and draw agro. That's all they need to do. Become a good enough player. Soloing in video games is ment to be hard.

[@xSyn_]

@@WarfighterKilo They already said they were going to be changing the bots in their latest update. So yeah.

[@AKKillgar907]

@@xSyn_ imo the bots seem strong compared to any other game ive played, do we not remember halo ai killing you on legendary nonstop?

[@xSyn_]

@akkillgar907 the bots are tanky, sure, but doing anything else except reviving they suck lol

[@IAmNumber4000]

The thing about the pve in this game is what are you supposed to do when you have got your relic weapons? Play the same missions you have been grinding I guess Really wish there was more content or more open-ended stuff like horde mode

[@brysonjohnson2997]

I agree, but they plan on adding it already thankfully

[@Cyberhawkzz]

Level other characters, level their weapons. Max lvl on everything. I’m 75 hours in and have worked on several at a time but have only just maxed out one class. Actually I need to level out one more weapon version then good. But yeah, if you max everything out, then outside of PvP, you’re done for now. Or maybe just help friends, if applicable. Good time to play another game for a month or so. I’ve got another Warhammer game ready to go when I get a break from this one. Never played Inquisition, Martyr before. Got it for like $8. Woot.

[@LoganLatuszek]

I don’t really understand how people ask these things for a game that just came out

[@Moogle]

@@LoganLatuszek because a game should have more content than this on release? short ass campaign (though good) pvp with super basic progression and zero balance and operations that get repetitive really quick lol.

[@Moogle]

@@brysonjohnson2997 yeah mid 2025 lol

[@CalAndAly]

You actually pronounce it perfectly! - sincerely a WH lore nerd

[@ShapeshifterOS]

Any 40k nerd should know Las weapons are pronounced "laz" not "lass."

[@CalAndAly]

@@ShapeshifterOS that what it sounded like he said. Close enough

[@barnebyoconnell8176]

@@ShapeshifterOS It's an accent. Relax.

[@justnerdlife]

Love the content! I started following you for Helldivers and now I'm subscribed and loving space marine content. Keep it up!

[@wutever8167]

The strange thing about dodging is that it doesn't allow you to animation cancel attacks aside from the early startup and recovery. It's so much worse than parrying and makes attacking really risky because an enemy can just do an unblockable attack and wreck you. Odd design choice.

[@sturmmagnunstein1008]

Agreed. Certain weapons like the thunderhammer can benefit greatly considering how slow they are. Imo attacks with multiple parts should have a longer dodge cancel window, like the whirlwind strike on knives. Considering parry can already be used to cancel most attacks dodge should also be allowed, even more so considering how bad block type weapons ares...

[@meejmuas8686]

I wish it was cancellable too. But design choice I think was to stay in gun mode and evading when an attack comes. Really annoying when Im doing a melee attack, see an unblockable enemy attack and have no option but to get hit

[@meejmuas8686]

The only thing I can do with the slow thunder hammer and not being able to cancel attacks by evading is to get the perk that wont let you get knocked back during charge attacks. You can still evade during the wind up but once you release the attack, you are commited and cant cancel evade anymore. The perk will at least let you trade with the enemy with a big charged attack There's also a weapon perk on thunder hammer that gives you a shield back on full aftershock charge hit. It synergizes well with that class perk that wont let you get knocked back

[@sturmmagnunstein1008]

@@meejmuas8686 does that perk actually work? Certainly doesnt feel like its prevented me from being bullied by warriors

[@meejmuas8686]

@sturmmagnunstein1008 just tried it out. Sadly, it doesn't work. Definitely a bug. Sorry about that

[@CJM738]

looks awesome. crazy damage

[@TheDwarfishjoe]

When you die and get to watch the bots "work" you REALLY get an idea of how garbage they are... like really really garbage.

[@sethael1741]

Yeah. they are bots. They are not here to win the game for you. But at easier difficulties, youre better off training with bots then players. Its easier with them, much easier. Most people suck hard at this game. But still wanna speedrun instead of playing and training their class. Horrible.

[@garrettnobles8956]

@@sethael1741right? Honestly if I’m playing by myself and the game gives me bots I get mad if they are just unstoppable monsters. They’re my cannon fodder monkey bombs.

[@ICCUWANSIUT]

They are payday 2 level Which released 11 years ago

[@sethael1741]

@@ICCUWANSIUT i think you guys still miss the point. Even the devs said, they want them dumb, they shouldnt win the game for you. Recognized that they work and act much better in the story mode?..

[@ICCUWANSIUT]

@@sethael1741 I understand the devs don't want them to win the game, but that's already a non issue considering once you die the games over. It's laughable that you defend giving bots basically invincibility in this manner. They could have made it so bots die much easier than they do but make them more effective and the game would be much better, but they didn't. Instead we get bullet sponges that either do decent if they are AoE or absolutely garbage as single target classes.

[@Wwillswords]

In the generator defense by generator 4 in the corner to the right, when you come in, it can be an armory spot.

[@sethael1741]

Left and right is to active the gas down there..and the console in the middle! is to activate it. You can do that 1st and 3rd wave and timed right, you kill tons of them..

[@jegantdragoch.7088]

thanks for another fun play through. a thought just came to me while watching - would it be OP if the AI bots that comes with you could be the other space marine classes that you designed with the build skills/guns you set out? in the off chance you got no other choice but to play with AI at least its the AI characters you as a player designed and can choose which classes to come with you?

[@Daimondcraftz]

Vermintide 2 does something very similar where the bots take the form of your other characters. Makes playing with them much cooler and more immersive, definitely not op since a remotely competent player will always be smarter than a bot

[@86dra]

What's up with no waves on highest difficulty? Did they add them with some patch of something? Just curious, cause I'm getting these constant enemy waves every 2 or 3 minutes for the entire operation on normal

[@firestarter000001]

I was wondering about the same thing. We play with my friend on substantial diff. so with 1 bot , and it seems to me we get much bigger waves (often 10+ majoris) and those waves every 2-3 minutes.

[@agentnerd]

gotta activate both terminals one on either side for the trap at the end great vid!

[@deadway9258]

1 terminal activates the gas, there is another terminal in the middle with the interact icon that ignites the gas, to the left of the detonate terminal for the end of the mission

[@RaiKov]

I had that glitch yesterday, was good for learning Bulwark. Has happened to me a few times.. if it happens to you and you don't want it, switch Game Types (e.g. in Operations -> swap to Campaign and back).

[@mpredator1]

Hey dude, awesome vid as usual. Could you give us a breakdown of your keybinds? I prefer m&k but I swear the default controls feel super wonky for me.

[@HitsuDen]

31:59 that's the second console where the blue is standing you have to activate to start the fire trap.

[@sousouluteru9223]

Lore of the Long War- Nykona Sharrowkyn was a member of the Raven Guard Legion during the Horus Heresy. He was trained in "wraith-slipping" and could literally evade light and walk instinctively in shadows, giving him an almost ghost like ability to infiltrate . He held the incredible accolades of being one of few beings to shoot a Primarch in the head with a Sniper Rifle and survive, and also besting Lucius the Eternal of the Emperor’s Children and Champion of Slaneesh twice in sword combat.FOR THE EMPEROR!!!!

[@kriseightyfive5854]

I’ve had these “glitched” solo operations happening as well. It happens when I’m spending too long in the armory, and it resets when I back out to the title screen. The matchmaking of operations is pretty bad regardless atm, at least on console in the EU.

[@fortrex5457]

can you show the build with all the perks you are using please?

[@michaelmontalvo7441]

parrying is definitely good, but you have to dodge certain attacks, so dodging is still relevant, you can still get gun strikes from perfect dodges

[@Armendicus]

9:08 the least the bots can do is absolutly kill all the small enemies. In these types of games they’re the most dangerous.

[@mikehall1318]

Max difficulty but you got a green armory token for killing the first boss? Why not gold?

[@schneckers7245]

It was gold, it’s just a visual glitch they need to fix for the text pop up. It happens with the purple too. If you look at the bottom right though you can see it’s a gold that goes into the inventory.

[@brettorsborn2989]

It's bugged. It shows green no matter what difficulty you are on

[@StrudelKitty5527]

Could you go over your keybindings for this game? I can't seem to narrow down a good setup

[@sriotstarter]

Great run👌

[@Xaxxus]

in regards to parrying vs dodging. The biggest issue with dodging is that you cant animation cancel with it. Whereas parrying you can interrupt pretty much everything.

[@Midnightspace]

Shouldnt mini bosses on ruthless give relic tier armory data instead of the green one or is that just a visual bug?

[@WanuboiOfficiel]

The damage of this sniper on the boss is ridiculous, wasn't aware of that. So easy to go ruthless with this gah damn

[@scottarrowsmith3649]

Can't wait to get past my busy period and dig into this game!!!

[@Atsuru]

Personally, I think now the Bulwark is the best solo class especially with the parry changes and armor. If you continuously parry, it won't be fast, but you can eventually clear the wave on your own.

[@luxter858]

I love playing the sniper class. My only problem is running out of ammo. When ur further back u often cant get ammo crate drops bcs my dear "brothers" never leave some for the sniper that keeps saving them from specials

[@thashore]

15:23 If you stand in the spot where the pod drops you can block it

[@don945646]

Question, i heard that the cloaked trait that increases your first shot is bugged, is that true

[@SnakeandLevi]

Watching you try to figure out the fire trap was painful lol when you interact with the first console another will light up “interact” across you just run around and use it after one’s fuel ones spark

[@xStriker888]

Can i ask what graphic settings your running? Using DLSS on native or quality etc?

[@joemamma953]

what variant of the Las Fusil are you using?

[@annasramli2450]

How do u get the colour for the armour?

[@moobox]

What does shooting the flowers do?

[@linshji]

What perks did u choose for the sniper?

[@DaidSS]

When you replenish ammo at the cache.. If you dont have your sniper selected, you get less ammo.. In this game instead of 26 shots you only got 22.. Just something i noticed while playing..

[@deathfromthedepths]

Not just sniper. Any weapon that ends up getting extra ammo from perks.

[@R8M3N25]

how many times have you played this mission?

[@brainbane8550]

Watching you miss the neurothrope twice in a row hurt.

[@kiki_de]

First time when I used the laser sniper I was thinking: "they will nerf this thing down in the ground soon..."

[@darkmxhishot7475]

Is there a way to play operations just solo ?

[@detriotswat]

Is this game worth $70? Unsure if I want to buy it. Any input?

[@mrdevious-o5j]

wait till theres more content

[@jasonlicerio5006]

I’m enjoying it. So for me it was worth it. I didn’t do any pre order shit. It’s not a 100$ game 😂.

[@sethael1741]

Im in for about 50 hours so far and having a blast. Still not finished the story because i enjoy the multiplayer content a little too much. But as many said, it seems the story isnt very long, i played it about 5 or 6 hours so far, enjoyed it very much..but got distracted by other modes;) If you like that kind of game, definitly. But, be aware, its not an easy game, even at lowest difficulty.

[@Combine96]

Wait for a sale, game is fun but not 70 dollars worth of fun.

[@Wisznuification]

How do you do that your first dodge is a roll?

[@GameLover45408]

Will you play other classes like Bulwark or Heavy?

[@H4rtK0r]

Nice vid ! What is your perk ?

[@kurtjacobson467]

I tried the Sniper class and absolutely loved it...until the massive swarms hit, then the lack of armor/health compared to the other classes caused me to die too quickly.

[@stevendrake477]

How do you get bots that actually do anything? I literally only get a sniper and a assault who rarely even attack lol. The sniper will just stand there with a pistol and kill 20 enemies in a match, and the assault always seems to disappear to some random area, and never help while i get swarmed 24/7 while i take aggro the vast majority of the time 😂

[@jhankhit1475]

Sniper bot actually helps but he uses up his ammo real quick it seems. He aimbots all the mobs then maybe switch to pistol when the primary is out of ammo

[@joshuanation7955]

You said it right

[@mavor101]

Sniper with bots is great. As soon as you camo, aggro switches over to them (which all other classes cannot do), and since the bots are invulnerable bullet sponges, they end up being almost better than actual players (at least when playing a maxed out sniper where you can get your camo back easily).

[@Mantelar]

Creatively similar. They occupy the same niche - everyone excluded from the ‘modern audience’

[@MALZEL-19F]

Las Fusil = Laser Fusion Rifle. You are saying it right.

[@jakamoo1990]

With the gas trap theres literally a big cross saying press this lol You press the button on the left or right of the oiterplatform and then you press the corresponding button on the left or right if the central platform.

[@patrickhuffman9632]

What's up legend.

[@SSR117]

they really need to increase the ammo amounts in general

[@seancampbell3895]

I main sniper...I highly recommend the perk where you do 75% more damage once your first shot breaks cloak. Pair it with %5 headshot dmg going back to your stealth. You can one shot warriors. Not stagger...one shot. You also do insane amount of dmg to extremis and terminus.

[@worksopadam]

If your not getting anyone in your lobby could have it set to private top right when you pick quick match or select a mission

[@ondrejkopic2108]

Can you please do video on heavy?

[@Desert_Fawks]

for the fire its two buttons. one on each side

[@asimplecliche6642]

Takibo rolling like he in a Fromsoft game😂

[@Vogue69]

somehow you have to fill up the las gun twice at the ammo crates to fully max the ammo. maybe a bug.

[@jibblecain]

Max difficulty is angel of death

[@brettorsborn2989]

Angel of Death on Campaign. There is no Angel of Death on Operations mode, and Ruthless is harder than Angel of Death

[@Gehweggg]

17:28 BROTHER!! FIX YOUR TARGET!!

[@lenrokstar]

Ey yo new popular broski coming out i tell you all

[@thomasmorales8066]

When I start getting glitched lobbies I restart the game and that usually helps

[@akhiltrivedi8995]

how do u play solo?

[@Moose7701]

I was able to beat this level 1 with sniper solo on ruthless as well, though skipping 90% of the mission is definitely to blame. Camo is super strong for just swapping aggro to bots for melta bomb plays.

[@Cleptomancer]

very cool

[@thefourthwallpolicedepartm7981]

Decimus got beef with people smiling fr

[@ezyfnef]

My G we need some Wukong boss cheesing videos 😂

[@IsaacChoo88]

Hope takibo will try out darktide

[@no_you_hang_up]

Las Fusil is GOAT

[@SAMcGarvey1]

Laz-fu-seal is how I understand the pronunciation.

[@DezsöBodi-o2f]

Can you olso ön hard mód to duit????

[@sigma_04]

Parry is extremely nice for ranged combat. In melee you simply cannot parry, because 4 out of 5 times you're stuck in your melee animations. Even dodging heavy attacks depends on luck. Hope this gets fixed.

[@whisperingcrown591]

No this is wrong. Parry is most important in melee because it gets mobs off of your. The only time you get stuck is if you outright miss the timing.

[@mynameswouldntwork]

I parry all the time in melee. You have to choose when to commit to attacking

[@darkhamer3659]

you can call the Las Fusil however you want but that being said im french and the ''L'' in fusil is silent. I dont know if the creators intended for the word be like in french but anyway LOVE your content!!!

[@CultOfMonika]

Yeah matchmaking is bugged. After the randoms leave the party, you have to go to a different mode, just so you can find people for operations

[@jofr4]

Is this in PC ? the Graphics look way better than PS5

[@forgebreaker7752]

You got it, pronounced FYOO-ZIL, it's an old term for a light musket.

[@henrikaskavaliauskas6639]

I really dont understand the whole logic with those 2 - shots to kill the enemy. Especially with Sniper. Your Sniper can literally for example do like million of damage but you still gonna need to take second shot to finish the enemy. I get it that when enemy is close to death you can execute him,but playing with Sniper and needing to take second shot always is kinda diabolical when you know you do enough damage to 1 shot the enemy straight to the head. I really hope they gonna do something with that.

[@chrislegacy4883]

All this hell divers 2 vs space marine talk Let’s dive into a real topic Who wins Titus or the master chief 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@patrickhuffman9632]

I maxed my taxtical, hes crazy now.

[@Axehilt]

Yeah game needs a lot of work. 1. Matchmaking is absolutely awful. * matchmaking completely breaks sometimes (without letting you know it's broken) * classes are handled terribly (if you queue Heavy, you should get the Heavy slot and skip any matches where it's already taken) * mid-match matchmaking should be communicated to players and toggleable * fix bugs like if people leave your Barge it can leave matchmaking in a broken state, forcing a restart 2. Private lobbies should have the option of disabling bots (for the truesolo crowd) 3. Bots should feel just slightly worse than the average player of a given difficulty level. They aren't anywhere near this currently. One method the devs could use is have bots predetermined to be certain classes (Tactical > Bulwark > Heavy probably) and focus on having each class played well by that bot. This isn't done because less variety is better (it's not; it's worse), just so that those bots could play those classes well faster (fewer classes to worry about means the AI developer can focus, which improves quality).

[@honestbenny]

Much better for solo is Tactical (I know casue I also do Ruthless solo becasue Match Making is shit :D ). Try Tactical next time with following build: 1,2,3,2,2,1,2,X (X - whatever). This build uses "Priority Targeting" + "Battle Focus" + "Exper Timing". You get 12 second Auspex for 125% more damage + you get free auspex on every parry (including bosses) which also will last 12 seconds, making combo like Parry (+125% dmg from Auspex perk on parry) -> Quick Shot -> Melta/Plasma charged/Nade Launcher shot immidietly put any Majoris into Execution state or outright kill it. Weapons to use on this tactical build: Plasma Inc, Melta Rifle or Bolt Rifle with Grenade Launcher (even without Auspex it's 3 nades into one Majoris for execution state). All synergize great with Emperor's Vengence perk but Bolt Rifle with Grenade Launcher best becasue it gives all 9 nades back on kill. So you can put 3 Majoris into execution with 9 nades and every 30 sec a kill on Majoris or higher enemy will give you all 9 nades back. You can pretty much run infinite nades with that. Try it out. I maxed Sniper but after I maxed Tactical I only solo with Tactical. And he has better melee with fencing Chainsword.

[@Casualgaming763]

I havent been able to play pvp for about 3 days now. It would keep searching but doesnt find anyone.

[@ПервыйАккаунт-п4я]

Я без мельта пушки даже низкую сложность пройти не могу)

[@marcurobert4699]

YOU CAN SHOOT THE FLOWERS?

[@Mellow429]

The less ppl in a mission for future private lobbies should = more xp

[@godtiergarou2531]

on the screen it literally says interact maybe just maybe interact with it and see :D

[@warmasterjames797]

Yep, that's how you pronounce it!

[@fffhunter]

Great game No color spectrum bullsh** makes it even greater

[@sloanNYC]

The Melta Rifle feels like a cheat using it too. Fun though.