Updated Best Loadouts All Factions Helldivers 2

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[@Ly..]

Would love to hear your thoughts on running Exploding crossbow, las dagger, thermite grenade. HMG emplacement, arc thrower, jump pack, precisions strike. I feel like it offers pretty much anything for Squids and also works quite well against bots

[@nanakoshimuraside]

Uhm actually the loadouts that I use are the best ones not urs 🤓

[@Inkinred]

Don’t you mean “ackshully” 😉

[@Odog78]

"Mom, meatloaf!" ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

[@sanderspijkers2495]

You use my loadout too then?

[@dansksjow7612]

this dude every time 😂😂

[@zDemoGODz]

Damn i kept my loadout secret. How did you find out about it?!

[@danielvice3313]

The saws on the Berserkers and Flame hulks definitely need an audio queue , those things are ninjas and the Hulks are only noticeable because their heavy footsteps.

[@TheCreatorT]

There are a few unit audio balancing on the nexus you should check out!

[@topnotchindeed1536]

am i crazy or do nursing spewers/bile spewers also make like zero noise i swear ive died too many times to them matching up behind me and spitting me to death without a sound

[@shadow-squid4872]

Fr. Enemies in general needs to make far more noise. Their voices/vocalisations are fine but their footsteps are almost silent even when they’re only a few steps away from you

[@Dark_Tesla]

@@danielvice3313 bruh you think that’s bad, Bile Titans are basically Solid Snake in his prime.

[@byranwitherspoon5369]

@@topnotchindeed1536same 😂😂😂 i was playing yesterday and couldn’t hear them until acid dissolved me

[@Memealytis]

Loadout videos are always super fun imo (not necessarily meta ones), it’s just really interesting to see how people mix and match all the strategems. Great video!

[@thiccfila]

thank you :)

[@Hydra10130]

General Brasch to John Helldiver - “Look at what they need to mimic a fraction of our power.”

[@thiccfila]

the squids are not democratic enough for super earth

[@Thurber-qd3ye]

The final boss fight, joining John Helldiver to kill an illuminate controlled General Brasch

[@Saucychemist]

Against squids bring commando as your third shot weapon, you are pretty much guarunteed to find a MG early on on the map.

[@sebastianhernandez7434]

Most of the time I don’t bring a support weapon cause there are usually so many lying around. But sometimes there isn’t anything anywhere, I’ll finally find one and it’s already almost time to extract.

[@CODDE117]

That makes sense!

[@Xenodius]

Or, take an MG anyway so you have an instant reload on hand, or a fallback if you die and get separated from your weapon.

[@DesignatedHealer]

Also very nice to one hit tripods

[@That-_-Guy]

@@sebastianhernandez7434love this problem, makes you think more about your loadouts

[@timsnoddy]

Considering how different the solo loadouts i use for all 3 factions are, i think this just means Arrowhead finally has this game well balanced. Feels nice 🎉 Definitely will give these a shot

[@thiccfila]

reply your solo loadouts, I'd like to try more, especially for bugs

[@Xenodius]

​@@thiccfilaHere's a fun one-- Torcher, AMR, jump pack. Strafing run and one of 500kg/gas strike/napalm barrage by your preference. Torcher and careful distance management can kill massive hordes of light bugs, AMR can one-tap every medium bug to the head and is passable against bile titans (8-10 headshots). With enough practice, a third party cross hair, or burn tick damage, you can hip fire bug heads all day long. I like to run bushwhacker for the stagger in case something gets too close. It's a fun, effective, but challenging loadout. Kiting with the jump pack and dropping strafing runs is super effective. If you hit a bile titan head with one strafing run, usually one AMR shot will pop its head! The other way I really like to kill bugs, is with the Halt, flamethrower, and jump pack. If you prone and aim just right you can stun chargers from the front and burn their ass. Or face. Just stun and gas and flame everything. The new jump pack changes make it feasible to make flaming passes at BT heads also, which are cinematic as hell and if you actually manage to get most of your flame into their face from that close range up in the air, you can get it close to popping. Enough with one pass that you can quickly finish it off after baiting a melee stab out of it. It's a risky playstyle but the halt seriously mitigates a lot of the risk, it's great for closing breaches and huge swarms. Stunning the front of a horde slows down all the bugs behind them, so you can make sure they're all cooked till well done.

[@La1den1]

Thank you for giving me a reason to stop using recoilless rifle on bugs, that scorcher talk with the 500 kg was definitely something I needed to hear. At least this way, I can use the supply pack to truely fulfil my stim addic- errhm, my bad. . . I need my super therapist back.

[@thiccfila]

scorcher cooks

[@Dabrick47]

General Brasch’s Recoilless Rifle Just point at what you don’t like… And it dies

[@wdub8421]

Bugs….crossbow senator impact nades, take Quasar w/guard dog napalm barrage eagle straffs … guaranteed 700-1100 kills

[@kissesuwu5282]

My favorite weapon against the illuminate has to be the arc thrower. Simply because you'll never fight anything other than patrols. The watcher and tripod gets stunned for like 5 seconds and literally stops. I think the illuminate are innately weak to electricity. Seeing those big tripods stand completely still like you just factory reset it's whole life is so satisfying.

[@linkrocks1120]

the laser cannon is now my favorite gun in the game, amazing on bots and squids

[@thiccfila]

you know i love me some laser cannon

[@drewrhodes9954]

Especially on cold planets. You can shoot it for dayyyys lol

[@rakeeth]

I've been on laser cannon kick recently. been bringing this to all 3. Although I kind of have to bring laser rover as well to bugs.

[@Xenodius]

Dude if you can hit nothing but heads, it clears Overseers out crazy fast. As good or better than the HMG, since you can just swap instead of reloading. And it's respectable for Harvesters too, about on par with the MG. Just not as good at clearing Voteless.

[@ThePartisan13]

I just feel like it takes so long on the harvesters. Hitting that leg join after blasting through its shield takes longer than desired. Having said that I def have a loadout for it, its just not my favorite one for squids.

[@seannyandme]

I somehow manage to bring the crossbow to every faction and make it work. I could even play with 3 stratagems using my loadouts. CROSSBOW ROCKS.

[@wdub8421]

Cross bow 2 taps overseers does dmg to harvesters wipes voteless in droves… it’s a go to for me on all enemies

[@BounceWindu]

My buddies like to farm bugs, and I love running over to bug holes with the cross bow solo and being more than capable of taking care of it. Such a fun weapon

[@distractiblejeff1285]

I genuinely have to force myself not to bring the crossbow sometimes, just to mix things up because i think its by far the best primary in the game.

[@DemonChild862]

I just started using it and it is hard to put it down to try other weapons

[@ssjmonstar]

Now, primary weapons are good. I'm starting to miss the planet modifier where you lose a strategem

[@sirshenanigans5270]

Blitzer is fun against illuminate especially when the stun locks keeps watchers from calling in reinforcements.

[@larryjeff]

Blitzer + Dawg combo is imo one of the best against squids and bugs

[@vx_cozy]

idk man, blitzer by far has been most effective primary against squids. everything u like about the cookout but no ammo + can stunlock multiple enemies at a time

[@stanbauer3549]

The beatiful thing about Helldivers 2 is that people find other loadouts as the best ones, which means that the game really got rid of strict meta and most of the things are playable now. Personally I really love Jet pack + Purifier against squids. Fully charged shots twoshot overseers and clear zombies really fast and you are still able to tap things in melee range or pop harvester's shield quickly with non-charged shots. With jet pack you are able to get on top of the buildings and relocate from one roof to another which automatically makes you invulnerable to voteless and melee overseers and it's very convinient to clear hordes from the rooftops. I had games where I literally didn't touch the ground and spent the whole game on the roofs giving my team a good vision of the map and covering them. Super fun build.

[@magicstick9922]

I think gas strike for squids is one of the best because it has incredibly low cooldown, area denial, AND it can take down the grounded ufo ships if you throw it underneath; super useful

[@_n1ghtl1ght_89]

The best loadout is the friend we all made this year Happy new year in advance boss

[@sanderspijkers2495]

They are really dangerous though. They are easily the thing that killed me the most.

[@Kronosbattlemaps]

Orbital laser is great for that last spot vs squids. Just a good "oh crap" solver

[@calebkelly8221]

Real. Sometimes you need to make some Harvesters do the Piss Dance.

[@CompleatedMagic]

“Jet Pack Dudes” 😂 lmao that needs to be a shirt or something.

[@retroplayer56]

Each faction has a different general idea for the stratagems. Illuminate: fast response and immediate reaction. Automatons: long distance, powerful explosives. Bugs: overwhelming crowd control that can be used on the move. If you can make load-outs that prioritize these things that can still can handle all threats are ideal.

[@retroplayer56]

Try these: Illuminate: mg sentry, 120 barrage, guard dog, E-AT, liberator penetrator , gl pistol, stun grenades, with an armor that gives crouch recoil and extra nades. Automatons: At turret, shield generator, recoilless rifle, 500 kg, adjudicator, gl pistol, thermites, heavy armor (ideally with extra padding) Terminids: cluster bomb, napalm, 120 barrage, recoilless rifle, crossbow, laser pistol, impact grenades, with any light or medium armor that can provide extra nades, stims or increased throw distance.

[@philipps1158]

I love that in the current game state you can Pick your role and it works if you play it out Well. Just beeing creative and trying things is awesome. Not every loadout does need to deal with everything. Team has you covered ;)

[@twinmercy-mt2tz]

I did not know you could kill bile titans that quick before I saw this video

[@TTE.Heretic]

My LO is crossbow, senator, gas nades, gatling sentry, orb gas strike, eat launchers, and either orb strike or 500kg. I also like to bring the new ammo capacity armor.

[@HAPPYG3]

Awesome video!! Been playing super helldive and really enjoying the illuminate

[@SD-zu6od]

My personal favorite loadout for bugs. Adjudicator, bushwhacker, thermite. Engineering kit. Medium armor. Recoilless Rifle, Gas + Tesla + Rocket sentry. Really solid at taking out big targets and the gas + turret combo CC's and kills bug breaches very well. Recoil reduction helps offset the adjudicator's hefty recoil.

[@imcarolean]

Wasting a slot on medium machinegun when you find them all over the cities?

[@b_thomp_53]

For illuminates, I’ve been using the knight smg - great for ad clear, grenade pistol for ships, regular thermite grenade for creating space or blocking off small alleys, AMR to headshot floaty boys and deal with walkers, jump pack to separate myself and get around better, 500kg for general use, and Gatling sentry for ad clear and to hold a position.

[@SoraTheKobold]

ive been LOVING the melee weapons honestly, experimenting with them in builds has been super fun, my favorite use case so far is having one person on emplacements while you have someone with the lance and various CC acting like a guardian to the emplacement person also happy new year thicc and people, and hi hi hiii thicc :3

[@thiccfila]

Stun Lance on bots lowkey cooks lol it's wild how good it can feel. I kinda genuinely think it's like A tier lol. Happy new year sora :)

[@ExtremusStupidus]

Napalm Barrage on a super helldive Illuminate ship reinforcement is guaranteed to kill every single mf in those ships (excluding harvesters oh god oh fuck)

[@J3rr1ch0]

For group play I love using the spear, especially against the bugs. Shrieker nests, spore tower, spore charger, one shot bile titans if they’re looking at you. It just provides utility for your team to deal with everything else. Also takes the hassle out of looking for spore chargers,

[@DramaTrain88]

For illuminate the Wasp is SOOOO slept on. Mini missile mode single trigger pulls kill overseers, full unload two mags to kill tripod (auto targets both like the spear). Blitzer or sickle(for shields), gas grenade, grenade pistol, stealth armor(rarely see you), wasp, gas strike, orbital precision, orbital laser or machine gun sentry.

[@hook357]

The squids brought me back to the game. So much fun and so many load outs to try. Been using the knight for the first time and it works well. Also enjoying the stalwart more. With the squids there are so many fun options!

[@shadowwarrior7302]

Very organized video. It's appreciated, and I hope 2025 brings great success to this channel 👏

[@thiccfila]

thank you very much

[@northernsoul0127]

my go to for illuminates is crossbow, revolver, sticky nade, flame sentry, machinegun sentry, gas strike and 500kg. I dont tend to use gas or 500 unless I destroy squid bases. Crossbow 2 shots overseers, great at clearing crowds, sentries are great distractions and clear. Sticky nade for tripods but revolver can do it too. Throw sentry under tripod to distract it, it will probably have a hard time killing it from that close.

[@just.a.jester8233]

Been looking for a real take on this so thank you. I typically play in groups but am often away from the group and my "group build" loadout leaves me stranded

[@zesorath]

My Solo Loadouts: (keep in mind I used to run lvl 6 and only recently started playing lvl 10 against squids) Bots: Primary - Crossbow Secondary - Senator or Redeemer Grenade - Gas or Thermite Armor - Medium Explosive Resistant Stratagems - Gas Strike, Recoilless Rifle, HMG Emplacement (haven't tried the new one against Bots), and Rocket Sentry. I usually run Redeemer over Senator to have an option for when I have to deal with close up enemies, and also run gas grenades 9 times out of 10. Bugs: Don't really have a solo loadout as I struggle the most against them and only really fought them with a squad. I usually just use your recommended loadouts for the bugs. XD Still working on figuring out a personalized build. Squids: Primary - Scorcher or Sickle Secondary - Grenade Pistol Grenade - Gas Armor - Light Siege Ready Statagems - Guard Dog, Machine Gun, Gatling Sentry, and Machine Gun Sentry or Gas Strike I find that if I bring both sentries I'll use the MG sentry more often. If I end up swapping one out for a more flexible option, I'd usually swap the MG Sentry for a Gas Strike to keep the larger fire power of the two. Great video though! Happy early new year! :D See y'all in 2025 O.o

[@computair6920]

I think you'll like the AT Emplacement for Bots. I too used the HMG Emplacement a lot, paired with the recoilless rifle and it was amazing, but the amount of tanks and factory striders on higher difficulties makes it really hard to reload in time. Not only the emplacement doesn't have that problem, but it is really effective against medium and big units, as well as buildings. A strait upgrade over the HMG in my opinion, especially after lvl7

[@curtisbrown547]

Taking the stalwart + a jetpack is an absolute blast vs the squids. You just ping around the map being a badass, solo clearing all the warp ships, leaving your team in the dust basically. The other 2 slots are more up to personal preference, but for objectives that make you stand and fight, i genuinely recommend a mech. not only is a mech actually capable of working on diff 10, its really fun! Gas strike works great too, but for this slot, you can take whatever. For my primary, I'm typically using the stalwart, but the tenderizer is just amazing as a back up weapon. Grenade pistol secondary for the raw utility. Ultra light siege ready armor for armor.

[@zehsackett6132]

I've noticed for the illuminate the scorcher is far and away the best weapon for the overseers and floating eyes but you run out of ammo quick and it's not good for anything else. I paired it with a flamethrower and grenade pistol. My go-to is still the triple mg. Both mg sentries, hmg, jump pack, crossbow

[@gajxo]

My preferred Squid loadout is 90% similar to yours. The main diff is that I use both the gatling and machine gun sentry. This allows me to set up combat positions much faster. I suggest you try it. I also like to swap the machine gun for the laser and use the guard dog laser bot. I guess they do lower DPS, but I like the clear feedback on aiming that the yellow beams provide.

[@arkine11]

Love seeing all the loadouts/partial loadouts in the comments. So many things are viable now, and it's great to see.

[@rzr0015]

I am enjoying quasar, jump-pack, 120 and eagle airstrike 🦅 (eagle strafeing™ 🦅 is also nice) vs bugs. Using gas nade, sickle, grenade pistol and light demo armour.

[@trunglerfevr]

I like Walking Barrage on bots. Definitely one of the best when you need to take out the mega base or larger bases. Throw it in, clear it out when done.

[@someOldBaldguy]

My loadout against the squid Purifier, grenade pistol, impact grenade. Lib guard dog, AMR, gatlin sentry, gas strike. Came here to confirm if my loadout is any good. Glad to see I came up with almost the same loadout

[@harryevans4994]

it would be a really great addition for Arrowhead to add a similar ship module for the guard dogs as they did for the turrets. being able to ping specific enemies and have the guard dog focus on them would be a fantastic QoL change

[@craftboy338]

One loadout I like to run is CInderblock (heavy armor w/ siege ready passive) with Purifier, Grenade pistol, Incendiary impacts, bullet guard dog, medium-pen machine gun, gatling sentry, machine gun sentry, and armed resupply pods booster. Haven't tried it solo, as I prefer to play with at least one teammate, but it really brings the pain. You can deal with everything, as well as hold down areas with your sentries.

[@MrArtorin]

For squids supply pack and incendiary impact grenades can basically clear all voteless from the map. I like scorcher for overseers, and bounce between hmg/mg43/amr depending on my mood. Gatling or machine sentry, walking barrage or strafing run. Strafing is really good for stripping the shields off ships and harvesters allowing you to focus the joints. I did do a rover/laser cannon/sickle combo which is also quite fun and works well in group play as well. But solo, still prefer endless grenades and stims with supply pack.

[@flameshroudsolarflare4927]

Against illuminate i like the scorcher with the flamethrower. Scorcher is AWESOME vs overseers and the zappers. 6 shots for any overseer and you can fire it full auto with barely any recoil. It feels great to quickly pick those overseers out. Flamethrower kills litterally everything on the illuminate roster very well, even the tripod, it takes 1 full clip though and ignores the shield completely. Vs bots recoilles is great, but i found an absolute gem, the new wasp with the new at emplacement + the dagger pistol. Go find some elevation and wreck everything. AT for striders (shoot turret on top first) 2 shot hulks to the front, 2 shot fabricators and for all the devastators and walkers you use the wasp. Walkers take 2 shots (sometimes 3 if you are unlucky) ALL devastators are a 1 shot although heavy devastator can take 2. Also gunships are an easy 2 shot. You drop a funship patrol in seconds. Small turrets like anti air, mortars or command bunker turrets are a 1 shot and but guns a 3 shot. It has insane range and is incredebly efficient.

[@kyleallen1442]

I either try to have an answer for each enemy armor type with some flex, or I'm focusing clearing objectives with heavy artillery taking multiple slots. What I've been running lately regardless of faction: Scout armor, high impact grenades, slugger, machine pistol, shield generator, heavy machine gun, 180mm, 380mm. Run in, kill enemies on objective, do objective, run to next one. If it's a large Hive or base, throw artilleries or clear the spawners with grenades if stratagems are on cooldown

[@PIGEON5265]

My most used loadout on illuminate front! Street scout armor Infiltrator helmet Tyrant hunter cape Liberator Stun lance Impact nade 500kg Orbital precision strike OR Orbital airburst strike Jumppack machine gun Love this new faction. 😀

[@JoeMama-wr1wr]

I’ve found that the quasar cannon is super fun against bots, shoot down a tank, laser cannon, factory, hulk. And it’s infinite ammo. While I wait for its relatively quick recharge rate I can shoot down other smaller bots too.

[@Zerccies09]

9:32 my illuminate build isn't too different - Gatling Sentry - kills everything - HMG Emplacement - kills harvesters and jet packers fast - backpack or car - movement is nice - Napalm Orbital Barrage - very often get 70x-99x kills and it seals off an entire giant circle weapons of choice - Purifier or any assault rifle - Revolver - it's to shoot the legs of harvester and kill it in roughly 10-15 shots - Fire impact - just works armor -more Nades and prone accuracy, no actual preference other than I don't use grenade pistol so more Nades is nice

[@unclenchasbestos]

I want to make the stalwart work on squids. The voteless clearing is incredible and the overseer takedown is good. The problem is harvesters. Maybe the DCS and thermites? Other end, commando is such an efficient harvester kill. Stalwart Commando in a duo feels fantastic. I could see: incendiary breaker, commando, turret, backpack (supply pack?)

[@unclenchasbestos]

Nah, the more I think it, you can take a liberator backpack and strafe run down harvester shields. Anyway, I took incen breaker for a spin with a supply pack recently and forgot how incredibly it clears mobs just like always, and squid cities are stuffed with ammo

[@kassaken6521]

Auto cannon has never let me down. 2 shot medium armor units, flak rounds to aoe clear hoards of enemies. Destroy bot fabricators, bug holes, and illuminate ships from long range. Easy to destroy heavy target weakspots.

[@Xagroth]

I've been using the cookout for both squid and bug games at lv 6 or lower (both solo and in groups), and it's more than adequate, but it not only burns enemies, it burns ammo as well. The heavy MG works wonders against tripods, but for the grenade I prefer the stun one, as for the secondary, either senator or grenade pistol (the flamethrower pistol is good too against voteless and bugs, but too easy to self-barbecue), with a grenade launcher as support for bugs in groups (with the senator).

[@CODDE117]

I've gotta say, the Orbital Gatling Barrage is doing work for me vs the Illuminids. Super low cooldown, area denial, and it can stagger a Harvester the entire time. I throw it twice in a fight no problem.

[@dathore]

I was running the guard dog with the eruptor last night, and can confirm, lil dog can take down harvesters, though it's not very good at it, it's still a good boy for head shotting everything that even looks my way.

[@mahwiiiife408]

I used to be an Autocannon main, but I just love the consistency of the Recoiless. I enjoy getting a skill shot on the Hulks, but taking down Tanks needs to be quick and efficient.

[@broman191]

The scorcher looks interesting on the bug front, useful vs almost dead bile titans, but I usually prefer shotguns, point blank shots don't hurt me. I love the scorcher against squids tho, it can take down overseers very fast, it's good to have that option when the hmg/mg needs reload but don't have time.

[@hex5771]

I prefer the Autocannon to the RR on bots, because of the sheer versatility it offers (and the faster reload), taking out Hulks, Gunships, smaller turrets, mortars, AAs, and fabricators, and stunlocking Devastators. Yeah, it struggles against cannon turrets, Factory Striders, and Tanks (if the vents aren't exposed), but that's why I bring the Anti-Tank Emplacement along with it, for the REALLY big stuff. Against bots, the Autocannon effectively becomes your primary, with the Diligence CS delegated to headpopping devastators when your Autocannon is out of ammo, and picking off Troopers/Rocket Striders.

[@con_zur]

Alpha Commander helmet with Heavy Peak Physique armor, Full Auto Scorcher, Bushwhacker, LMG/MG, and Ammo Pack is literally the Doomslayer loadout. Could also do Cookout and Loyalist with jump pack and Quasar for bugs or XBow, Senator, Ballistic Shield, and Laser Cannon for Bots.

[@ThePartisan13]

I was running the MG pretty regularly until I remembered how good the HMG is. Offset with some Engineering kit armor and honestly its God tier. MG has better mobility overall, but with the right mitigation the HMG is just so much better in terms of consistently taking out Illuminate enemies quicker. Overseers, Harvester, etc, no issue at all.

[@WhiteCavendish]

Orbital Laser can often clear the whole illuminate base by itself. Awesome option for the squids.

[@Kirhean]

If you wish to experience true madness vs squids...try the Torcher + shield pack combo. The Torcher can kill every unit they bring, the shield pack protects against melee and stray shots. You just have to bring testicles of solid steel.

[@KTheStruggler]

I've been enjoying bringing the mg sentry and gatling sentry, mg can get thrown down so often and gatling can be used to combo and as long as you kill harvesters not a thing is getting past it

[@Xenodius]

We both independently arrived at identical peak meta squid load outs! 😂 Though in a team I definitely go HMG/peak physique to be the dedicated harvester clearer.

[@KnightFusion]

I like using the recoilless rifle lately against all 3 factions. Hitting the harvester in the leg and him just crashing is very funny. I also think it is useful against chargers and bile titans if you hit them in the face.

[@hvoltage1524]

Has anyone else discovered just how cracked proper usage of the WASP on Lvl 10 Squids can be? I've been rocking that bad boy with the cookout lately on my solo 10 runs, and aside from if you get those few elevated overseers that dodge your shots every now and then, the fact they 1 tap both shield and jetpack overseers and even lock onto watchers is nuts when you come across a fortified position. Couple that with a well placed gatling (and an orbi Laser for pesky War of the Worlds scenarios) and I've never faced an objective I couldn't handle... Aside from the defend the 8 rockets mission. That one solo to me is truly tough as nails if you don't have at least a buddy to assist reload the RR.

[@ProtectorOfDemocracy1]

For illuminate I take a quite coward like approach. I carry the personal shield, spray and pray breaker, high explosive grenade, senator, arc thrower, eagle airstrike and a machine gun turret. For armour I use arc resistance 95%.

[@replicaknight2219]

"I'm Torque and I'm here to ask you one question and one question only." "EXPLOSIONS!?"

[@jamesonewigleben4013]

I came to the same conclusion for the bot load out. I use the mg sentry in my flex 99% of the time. You can call it in frequently and run, or throw it into a base before you storm it.

[@hexahedronhead7516]

I know these loadouts are intended for solo Super Helldive, but for playing with friends or a team, the Shield Generator Emplacement is super fun on bots. Not saying it’s anywhere close to as good as a Rocket Sentry, but it gets points for being extremely fun in big firefights

[@STARPHASE]

Cluster bombs are my go-to for every faction. It's so great for clearing those smaller enemies, and the illuminate are no exception. I use the same loadout that I do for bots. Crossbow, Senator, ballistic shield. Stats are usually eagle strike, cluster bomb, napalm barrage. But...I also don't play solo. That loadout isn't ideal for taking out illuminate outposts.

[@char.s1ksmashing444]

Goat load out for illuminate Primary: spray and pray Secondary: Granada pistola Throwable : G-10 incendiary/ G13 impact incendiary Support: Lazar cannon Strat 2: orbital gass ( 🐐) Strat 3: MG Sentry Strat 4: guard dog ( must have best weapon period against squids)

[@Ginocide_TV]

The heavy rocket devastator from the thumbnail is a truly horrifying prospect.

[@autisticturtle5838]

Grenade launched and supply pack, are from what I have found, universally decent at everything.

[@kerrygillock25]

Brick would totally bring the sickle for squids

[@thiccfila]

He would bring some meowmix

[@justinwhitsitt7072]

It’s criminal nobody talks about how effective the Gatling/rocket mech is against the squids

[@zinney9316]

Ima be ready. The Patriot exosuit is the best strategem for the squids and its not even close. The machine gun can kill every single enemy trypods included and having bouth rockets and bullets means you can deal with the spawners too.

[@thiccfila]

Yes this is true but the first time I spawned one in it got insta lasered by a tripod lol. Then I used emancipator and staggered it.

[@zinney9316]

@thiccfila ye thats the only downside but if you can dodge the laser and walk up to it and blast the leg joint its cooked

[@mysterious___1]

@@zinney9316 the patriot exo isn’t the best strat against the illuminate. It’s very good but not the best.

[@MrKillerUndead]

until the cooldown is reduced, the limit of 2 is removed, and a stratagem launcher is added to it, exosuits will never be the best at anything because other strats will outdo them. I love exosuits but I almost always feel like I'm just screwing around when I bring one and end up wishing I just brought a sentry or emplacement instead

[@Apoc-77]

like and comment cuz this was edited VERY nicely. super easy to get to the information im looking for (:

[@johnhenton8172]

I'm not trolling, I've got 500 hours in the game. The best loadout for bots is: Light armour with reinforced passive. Plasma sniper Plasma pistol Thermite Air burst rocket launcher Eagle 500kg Walking barrage 380 Try it. It slaps. The plasma sniper deletes towers. The air burst rocket launcher is a point and delete button, the rest clears out heavies and bases. Air burst launcher slaps. Super underrated strategem.

[@SpamRambe]

towers?

[@johnhenton8172]

@SpamRambe ye the turrets

[@sanderspijkers2495]

Don't tell everyone about the airburst rocketlauncer. Let everyone think it sucks so we can use it more.

[@emdo.unlimited555]

The mark of a well-balanced arsenal: if someone else picked your primary and two strats with the rest up to you, can you spread the democracy successfully? Granted, being saddled with the EMS Strike and Shield Relay would be a testy one.

[@KerriganTyranid]

Nice builds! I don't play solo, but since I mostly play matchmaking, choosing all-rounder loadouts is my preference. The Squid build is basically the strongest build even in a team. MMG is the king jackknife tool that can kill everything and adding a MG Sentry or a Gatling Sentry makes it the best combo. I am trying something different because I kinda got bored of always playing MG (although it is very fun, but even fun stuff sometimes get us bored). I am having fun and a very solid performance using the Dominator + Supply pack. This gun shreds Tripods from medium to close range and kills all other enemies with ease. Recoiless is still the GOAT weapon vs bots AND bugs for me. We can pretty much delete every major threat with 1 rocket and even destroy spawners and some objectives (bunkers, spore spewers, nests) from very far away. I have a technical limitation with my PC (not good enough) that most maps when I ADS the FPS drops like crazy, so I really can't rely too much on scopes and always use the third person aim with everything gun, that is why I rarely use DCS or AMR. The Purifier is my go too vs Bots, probably like most players. It can deal with all not-heavy enemies amazingly and even shoot down gunships quite fast. Vs Bugs, my go to primary to pair safely with the Recoiless it is still the Halt shotgun. For me this gun is fantastic. I always go vs bug with a loadout that creates better safe space to play. Halt with the stun rounds fits perfectly in this logic. The complete loadout is: [Halt + GP + Stun nade] [any light armor, but generally Light Gunner] [Orbital Napalm + MG Sentry + Gatling Sentry + Recoiless]. I am using this for a long time. Before Truth Enforcers, Cookout was my go to, although it lacked medium pen, the GP could deal with some emergency situations. Halt can protect the sentries not to get overwhelmed and the stun nade is another tool to stop a charger in an emergency. That way I can get all the potential of both sentries to the max.

[@Chonito4747]

I usually use the 120mm barrage on drop ship before they arrive thins them out well

[@kyokomiyami5624]

The best primary for the bot is still the crossbow for me, + the new urban armor, it kill everything reliably with less aiming than the DCN since not everyone can pop head, even worse when you are in the heat of battle. For secondary I go with senator, 2 pop the scout strider and killing hulk is crazy for a side arm.

[@83BlackSwan83]

Have you tried the blitzer for Illuminate? Fun crowed control head popper. Only problem is distance.

[@phaledax3661]

1 loadout for ALL factions: Purifier, gas grenade, (Verdict or senator), | medium armor as engineer kit | ac-8 Autocannon, sentury turrets: Gatling, rocket, Autocannon. The purifier, gas and autocannon is a solid vs all the factions. Turrets to create a firing line that takes out just everything. I protect the turrets. This loadout can handle everything in the game, the main problem is things getting into Melee with you when turrets are on Cooldown.

[@mightymongrel86]

I love running arc blitzer with recoilless or the EAT against bugs.

[@angrychef9693]

The EMP fire mode for the HALT is not getting enough attention against squids, stuns everything, mid air, ground, for 5+ sec HOLD R and be surprised of a lot of weapons....autocannon has full auto too.

[@kjordhenriquez3799]

No one gonna talk about the thumbnail. Heavy rocket devastator would be crazy

[@aidanwj]

Ill only solo dive bots heres the loadout Eruptor for mediums and vents Verdict (3rd person only) to spam the flare guy and good fall back Hmg you are the hammer and bots are nails Thermite for turrent, tanks and hulks Heavy armor: faster reload or jungle armor for the handling Eagle strafe for patrols Orbital walking for bases and heavy bot drops I go either way on the backpack either jetpack or shield

[@aidanwj]

Oh and disable hud (in game setting not no hud mod) check your ammo on the fire rate selector Check health and map by hitting tab Turn off cross hair

[@ultrajoshx6726]

personally I like using the Scythe and Autocannon for bots, but I might reconsider after watching this video!

[@Jkim890]

Loving your Automaton and Illuminati (I know what I said) load outs, definitely going to give them a try. Something I noticed with your bug build is that it’s heavily dependent on call-ins as key components. Grenade launcher for mobbing and the supply pack especially. The problem I see with this is, and especially for solo, is the very frequent scenario where one dies and has to either wait for the cooldown to call them in again or fight their way back to their equipment using only what they emerge with out of their hellpod. Perhaps one can argue that if a player is dying so often with such a strong load out, they ought to be playing a lower difficulty. A sentiment I can understand. But for a “best load out,” I still think that there ought to be a bit of a buffer built into those who find themselves in that scenario in the form of a slightly more flexible primary that can do more sustainable mobbing in order to get to that dropped equipment/samples, sustainability being the weakness of the bushwacker and gas grenades when you aren’t dropping down with pod optimization booster. To soften that brittle spot of your load out that I mentioned, I would sacrifice a little less performance against heavy bugs and shrieker/spore towers by using the Purifier at full charge or the Crossbow. I especially think the crossbow would be great as the supply pack significantly reduces ammo problems and it can be used for closing bug holes (even without call-ins or grenades), eliminating the need for the Grenade Launcher altogether and allowing for something else to be put into the slot, perhaps a dedicated anti-heavy weapon like a Quasar, Commando, or Railgun. Just the thoughts of a big fan❤ . Happy New Year!

[@thiccfila]

If you die you shouldn't death rattle and keep trying to get your gear, fly away, use a 500 or something to clear it

[@Jkim890]

@ Good advice. I’ll try to do that more often and see if it works for me. Thanks!

[@thiccfila]

Yeah often times if I die once I die again landing near the gear. Much better to land away and get back to it later

[@lifefindsaway483]

Yo THICC! Happy New Year man. :)

[@thiccfila]

Happy new year!

[@Kyle341341]

I actually think the Laser Cannon is super underrated against the squids. Takes out the legs of harvesters quick and snipe overseers head and jet packs at range

[@SirAwesome5auce]

Also 1 thermite to the face of the harvester kills it but you have to pop the shield first or they won’t stick I tried just running into the shield and throwing but they wouldn’t stick until I popped the shield

[@BluePoo52]

FYI at 19:06 if people didn’t know, this part he is shooting is a fatal body part. So if you deplete the health pool there, that means the bile titan will die. I’m pretty sure but not 100% certain.

[@Alyrael]

Like the Chargers, yeah, if you blow off their abdomen then they'll begin to bleed out and will eventually drop dead after a couple seconds.

[@Hansiwansi]

I often use Autocanon turret and Rocket turret and 500kg bomber with the Recoiless rifle against robots. Works pretty solid. Thinking about changing the 500kg bomber with the shield turret, to save my turrets from enemy fire.

[@Hansiwansi]

As a main gun i use the SMG-32 Reprimant! You can get close and kick pretty good everything! great for an assault on bases! As a pistol the grenade pistol and thermite Grenades for big guys and factory buildings.

[@CodeRonin42]

Liberator Guard Dog, Laser Cannon, Breaker, Impact,Grenade pistol. Eagle Strafe, Eagle Airstrike/cluster for the squids. I call it the Ex-Wife.

[@BOTmaster15]

Funny how my bot loadout nearly didnt change at all since day one. I'm still rocking penetrator with javelin and walking barrage on top of throwing range aug armour.

[@janreineke7275]

Have you tried the regular fire grenade against the squids instead of the impact one? The fire duration was buffed on it and the radius is bigger i think. A single granade will clear a whole voteless horde.

[@thiccfila]

a fire impact pretty much clears the whole horde

[@janreineke7275]

@@thiccfila true, the fire impact is usually enough, but the regular fire one is more consistend from my experience.

[@zenicwave3696]

500 kg for illuminate objectives. Even against hordes. For bile titans use a orbital rail cannon. Same with a charger.