When the developers actually listen to their community

[@azizahandaz2511]

''Pick up that can'' weapon

[@DeusVultCrusader]

I though I was the only one who saw that 😂

[@PissSanity]

Now put it in the trash can

[@shaftoe195]

1:12 "PICK. UP. THE. CAN!!!"

[@Yourboytomato]

i need a combine voice now

[@galenwilds3273]

Every good dystopia needs enforcers with stun-sticks

[@Terminator45845]

Helldivers throwing cars with the new batons isn't a glitch, they've just never had the chance to show their strength.

[@Wither255]

might've accidentally taken melee weapons from General Brasch's armory

[@EchoObserver9]

0.2% of what general brash is capable of!

[@Average-Illinoisan]

​@@EchoObserver9You assume there's a limit.

[@konan102102]

I bet we can do the same with Automatons' tanks!

[@inurokuwarz]

What 19 stims a mission does to a MFer.

[@s_t_r_a_y_e_d]

HELLDIVERS. WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION? A-HOO! A-HOO!

[@Alblaka]

My first thought, too. Who needs Spartan Armor, when you can have a Spartan Phalanx :D

[@Zplayz112]

theres even a this is Sparta emote

[@samueldacruz989]

The heavy armor is based off of spartan armor

[@Sniper_Status]

I’m rocking the spear, viper commando armor, and the new shield or the ballistic one, with the constitution

[@lappelduvide2445]

Do you know why they named it 300? It's how gay the movie was on a scale from 1-10.

[@collecter343]

Just saying, if a chainsaw sword comes out, a player increase is definitely going to occur

[@_aWiseMan]

Nah chainsaw swords are too common. Hear me out. Chain saw axe. Make it a heavy weapon. That does crazy damage and large sweeps but is slow.

[@pirodrivega4439]

​@@_aWiseManthis still being too common. Think about it... A Flamesaw

[@taxcollector9543]

@@pirodrivega4439 Just add chainsaws to the armour bro

[@blam320]

@@_aWiseManChain Axes are in 40k as well.

[@averageeughenjoyer6429]

Or let things be different

[@TheBigFlex_]

now they have no more excuses, GIVE US A SHOVEL

[@ArosianStagg]

TROLLDIER TIME!

[@jtrei1737]

for krieg

[@alejandroid5575]

Quasar shovel or plasma shovel?

[@mr.h1083]

@@alejandroid5575 *SERRATED*

[@TheBigFlex_]

@@alejandroid5575 stainless steel

[@ethancollings3657]

Hear me out, 4 man with the new spear, constitution and new shield with the twigsnapper armor,and throwing knife.

[@tako6340]

The hellriotcontrol

[@Snake-d6i]

we’re making a phalanx today boys

[@Reckord652]

Awesome! Hope that in future devs will add more melee weapon, such as sabers and long knives

[@BenOtterson]

@@Reckord652the day they add a greatsword, is the day I can become the berserk diver

[@long_chin_man]

the hit divers

[@JerichoYeet]

Finally. A weapon to surpass the melee enemies.

[@xaviersavage8570]

it doesnt. Damage is less than a normal melee attack

[@snorkelwackjr]

@@xaviersavage8570 To surpass Metal Gear?!?

[@K_Balu]

@@xaviersavage8570 And it stuns, that's like exactly the point of them, they can't attack back if they are constantly getting stunned, can work well with Peak Physique's 50% more melee damage

[@xaviersavage8570]

@@K_Balu Should also work with Balistic shield since both are one handed

[@K_Balu]

@@xaviersavage8570 They do work with ballistic shield though

[@Just_Melee-Man]

As you can probably tell by my name, this puts a smile on my face

[@ulpurt7612]

You must be on cloud nine.

[@blobly5773]

this man might just be happy, hell, maybe even overjoyed

[@LegionofStorm]

Buck up, boy! You’re one lucky marine!

[@Heavy_Blues]

As a fellow melee boi, I am now actually considering buying this game

[@DarkJusn2020]

B-but sir Just-Melee Man, there's so many ranged options out there!

[@Lemonhead4403]

I grabbed that batton and equipped the riot shield and became a helldiver police man using brutal force to subduce and arrest the voteless for ensighting a riot. I beat like 30 at once and didn't take a hit while making my own quotes in the chat. This thing is comical

[@Lemonhead4403]

You can also fling cars in the sky with it.

[@doubletroubleinc.2914]

Where'd you get the baton? I don't see it weapons or warbond

[@pluto3061]

@@doubletroubleinc.2914 Superstore

[@leech9017]

it’s in the superstore

[@thedarkgenious7967]

superstore for 200 supercredits. ngl that's kinda bs making it literally a 5th of a whole warbond's price.

[@sterm1ous]

We 1v1ing a charger!!!!

[@shirokatatsu5886]

And you can win as long as you get the first hit

[@ashenmutant1836]

New weapons have a stun effect so go for it lol

[@Febreeze419]

I've meleed killed a charger before, they're pretty easy if you just run circles around it and you have enough stims.

[@marvinnovilla4918]

Killing a Charger with Dmeocratic Backshots 💀

[@Chris-ok4zo]

Forget trench warfare with the Constitution or volley fire with the Railgun, we going all the way back to Greek shield wall tactics like it's the Battle of Thermopylae.

[@tr1bes]

It's a good thing that the Greek didn't meet the Chinese. That phalanx would be useless against the ji.

[@arcturus64]

Now that we have melee weapons we can recreate the dawn of war 1 opening.

[@Boot72]

A Amazing piece of ART

[@MrTai5hogun]

DawnOfWarScream.mp4

[@dennisv3435]

>about to be overrun >Walker wades out of smoke and lays waste to the aliens with its minigun >Helldiver roars a battle cry and incites a melee charge

[@BeavisSaves]

STEAL RHEIN

[@crazy4sian]

@@dennisv3435 I wonder why nobody recreated that scene yet.

[@Yourboytomato]

Humanity always comes back to their first and greatest ally The mighty poker

[@average_gaalsien_fan]

Humans when sharp stick

[@twforster15]

Don't forget club

[@matejspevacek1226]

The Spear conquered the Earth, now it conquers Space

[@average_gaalsien_fan]

@@twforster15 ah yes heavy stick

[@guywhosnamestartswithz2520]

Nothing defeats the great poke poke

[@forge3908]

gotta grind for super credits… again…

[@ahappyimago]

Pay a few bucks

[@unitmikey7]

go find that mod that adds a huge glowing arrow to the super credit model

[@DO_Takeshi]

Fuck that I’m giving them my money 🙌🏻

[@Spearofinamorata]

This is why you save a bunch of super credits in your super bank account

[@unitmikey7]

@@Spearofinamorata fukkit bro i put my shit on the super stock market, lost everything when they blew up meridia

[@Echo_8054]

The best part is is that the stun baton is actually insane for crowd control

[@K_Balu]

Yep, it can stun and only have a very little time between swings, which means enemies can be stun locked easily and they can't even hit back.

[@Echo_8054]

@@K_Balu fr, you can stunlock the overseers to death, it's busted

[@K_Balu]

@Echo_8054 Even the stun duration is fairly decent

[@Dstryrr]

I want a Zweihander SO BADLY!!! Just imagine how helpful all that crowd control would be

[@averageeughenjoyer6429]

Not sci fi enough

[@Jun-il8ci]

​@@averageeughenjoyer6429zweihander light sabers

[@Dstryrr]

@averageeughenjoyer6429 laser freaking super zweihander

[@K_Balu]

Closest thing Helldivers canonically had is the Power Saber from Helldivers 1 (They had stuff like that in 2084!). It was like a cavalry saber with a blue energy field pulsing alongside the blade.

[@ferdinand5223]

You're asking to get lit up from the back by that guy who's deliberately killing teammates when he gets the chance.

[@omarfue556]

Illuminate: "Helldivers!! Lay down your weapons!" Helldiver: "Squids! Come and get them!!"

[@TEAMFIGHTER27]

You can straight up be a combine soldier now 💀 just wait till gorden freeman pulls up tho

[@K_Balu]

Nah, Civil Protection unit! Oddly enough (not really) Combine themed Warbond would be awesome in Helldivers, armors and weapons, like we could get an MP7 like primary SMG and an AR2-ish energy assault rifle

[@theorcamafia]

I would love half life inspired stuff

[@сергейчернов-ъ4п]

Take the stick Take the supply backpack Take medic suit Congratulations, you a barbarian now

[@ZuckerbergsAi]

oh this is a really funny and great idea.

[@Dave-qz9tq]

Take the enhanced syringes and go berserk

[@Marconius6]

Now you can play as a Spartan, famously the most DEMOCRATIC of all ancient Greeks!

[@K_Balu]

Wasn't that the Athens?

[@Meteor2022]

​@K_Balu Have you been listening to illegal broadcasts, citizen?

[@Yorikoification]

@@K_Balu It was every ancient civilisation essentially xD Spear and shield have dominated battlefields for millenia

[@K_Balu]

@@Yorikoification I meant the most democratic part lol, Athens were practically the birthplace of democracy

[@Yorikoification]

@@K_Balu Oh yaaaah! Nice one nice one!👍🏼

[@redmenace8194]

Ah I only need a trusty chain sword so I can serve my emper- errr… I mean democracy to the fullest!

[@madeofgrease9220]

Unrelated but I’m really glad they stuck with the original design in the data mine a few months ago, they looked really cool.

[@asfdasdful]

I've fallen in love all over again.

[@redmenace8194]

IM A LOT LIKE YOU SO PLEASE IM HERE IM WAITING 🎶

[@Funghios]

RIP Ballistic Shield Backpack. Not gone, but definitetly forgotten

[@elpollo2805]

nuh uh

[@pieines7299]

the balistic shield go very vell with the one handed weapon, though.

[@Funghios]

@@pieines7299 the new directional shield is better in every way

[@Denzio.]

@@Funghiosthe directional shields takes a good amount of damage from enemies, after that, it goes into cool down for what feels like 20 seconds. The ballistic shield has no HP so as long as you don’t get hit with rockets or explosives, the ballistic will never go down

[@that80ssongyoulove84]

@@Funghiosbeing directional makes it not better in every way. Your back is exposed.

[@LuxDragon]

0:24 Helldiver or Spartan? You be the judge.

[@prolycangaming7327]

Hellspartan if there is a clan if those who use the spear oh boy someone recreating 300

[@DE0.01]

wakanada foreva ahh setup.

[@Nazz-b7p]

The illumiate, standard formation; little bastards up front, big in back!

[@starfox1436]

The spear also works with the ballistic shield if you really want to go full Spartan mode

[@mawnkey]

The spear can be used while diving. I can finally live out my HD2/Final Fantasy crossover dreams and go full Dragoon as a Helldiver.

[@lostree1981]

1:07 Finally I can live out my fantasy of being an America police officer on the beat in a bad neighbourhood.

[@gaiusfulmen]

England maybe. In America they just shoot you

[@Stephenmichaelwellness]

💀💀💀💀💀😂😂

[@Ibra-fx1dy]

Just need black enemies now

[@Stephenmichaelwellness]

@@Ibra-fx1dy wow !!!!

[@justanormaldilo.249]

@@lostree1981 Out.

[@DarthVinatiss]

Ever since i saw fresh iluminite blood on my armor, i knew i had to have a blue paint scheme

[@TheeActualKeyboardWarrior]

I actually tweaked out when I saw this.

[@erby69]

The Stun Lance, Spartan-styled helmet, Peak Physique Armor, and Projection Shield stratagem has, without a doubt, given rise to a new faction of Helldivers: the 300-diver! MOLON LABE!

[@riotman3579]

"Stop resisting! Stop resisting! Sto- oh he's dead."

[@Putt-Putt]

idk if this has been said enough but really thank you for putting the HALO soundtrack over this. It really brings me back to the late 2000s of Halo videos on youtube

[@macrossMX]

Peak physique plus baton, and you can beat your way through a terminid horde.

[@Sai1523]

I was gonna say this spear looks like some Wakanda shit and then I saw the shield: “Okay that’s definitely some Wakanda shit 😂”

[@TheDoctorFromArknights]

Robinswords is happy lol

[@DevinSantos-t2k]

Id bet money hes making a video on it rn

[@Brother_O4TS]

Can't wait for thr power saber to show up

[@foxmask8032]

Heavy armor, ballistic shield, stun spear, time to become a space legionnaire

[@rowantheminotaur6120]

unfortunately with how stamina is consumed with melee weapon attacks I think it'd be better to use medium or light armor

[@foxmask8032]

@@rowantheminotaur6120 Who needs stamina when you have enough health to rival God?

[@LeroxYT]

I love the new police brutality they added😍

[@teddymitch9842]

The extreme knockback on melee looks so jank, i love it!!

[@the_aaaa]

I can already feel the "stop resisting" jokes But seriously this is a fire warbond

[@daswordofgork9823]

Combine the sear with a ballistic shield and energy shield. COME AND GET THEM!!!

[@Budderguy]

I hope the car glitch doesn't get fixed

[@satariel8652]

i just say the same to me gf, i hope they dont, its funny, and dont mess with nothing. maybe if kill people like the L4F2 tank, there yes, patch it, but if just a funny glitch, no .

[@jaujaurigue5697]

Ngl every time you swing that spear i image a angry farmer saying "you better git it!"

[@ryokkeno]

A spear with a high frequency, reciprocating head. "Every thrust is like a hundred stabs" "Whats more patriotic than impaling an enemy once? Doing so 20 times a second"

[@posterus4413]

You can also use them with the ballistic shield. Like the spear will be wielded using the corned to keep it in place like you would with a shield in real life!

[@daswordofgork9823]

Illuminate: Our ships, will blot out the sun!!!

[@willferrellssweetnips]

Then WE will provide democracy in the shade

[@henryjenkins2839]

Helldivers: Then we will fight in the shade.

[@poombayz8493]

the VIPER COMMANDOS will be responsible for the reclamation of Calypso

[@yashimanarada5112]

Enforcer armor set paired together with the baton gives cop vibes

[@jeremyacevedo6592]

With the roadblock armor set, shield, and lancer, you'll look like a paladin. Equip the dominator, and you'll be an astartes! 😃

[@ShopperKungTVplay]

kinda hope maybe we can hold attack button to parry and like maybe cost more stamina but reward you if you can parry enemy attack and maybe you can parry Mid size enemy if you wear Heavy Armor

[@averageeughenjoyer6429]

At that point you are usually dead

[@Yorikoification]

Naw parries are lame, timing blocks is awkward when fighting multiple opponents. Just let me block melee attacks. (the ballistic shield and the directional shield doesn't block melee)

[@swivelshivel6576]

Not me putting on the red armour and running into a crowd with a baton, yelling “stop resisting!”

[@brotat285]

1:07 r32 truck

[@LordJazz]

Just a fun fact for a vid The new kick emote is a melee and can melee animation cancel the normal melee into the kick for a double melee. It does also kick your allies around.

[@longdonpiano]

GIVE US A GOD DAMN SWORD ALREADY

[@felop136]

The baton is basically a sword, what with the wristguard and such. It even cuts like one, just with electricity instead of a blade.

[@K_Balu]

We had a sword in Helldivers 1, power sword or something like that, it was a cavalry saber that had blue energy pulsating alongside the blade.

[@zeryuouros4411]

One step closer to comically large spoon in Helldivers 2

[@a-person-who-goes-by-Isaac]

send dudes........

[@falloutfart9917]

Don’t you mean nudes

[@griggorpi8751]

You meant... send nudes?

[@ScoutSilico]

The Peak Physique perk grants a bonus to melee damage but currently it only works if you use the melee keybind and not the main attack button with the melee weapons.

[@plconqueror5040]

car physics straight from G-mod

[@tank-stubbs]

They did an incredible job with the animations for the voteless. Im like 90% sure they made a bunch of different death animations for them. If you shoot the head off they will try and reach for it and the animation is slightly different every time.

[@asfdasdful]

This is the odst game we deserved.

[@Certago]

For now, use the melee attack button instead of the normal attack button for melee weapons to benefit from melee damage bonus on certain weapon sets.

[@shaftoe195]

Cool. Need a power sword capable of cutting heavy armor, though.

[@gasmask7064]

The peak physique perks buffs the weapons.

[@Artofjoe]

I'm so glad they put that car glitch in, the community was SCREAMING for it

[@wolfe.rus.gaming8678]

The Wolf divers are going to love this.

[@user-nl5re1th8p]

Every day this Metal Gear Survive Clone gets closer and closer to being complete

[@TheNightOwlKS]

I almost wish the Stun Lance had a charge shot on it, straight out of Stargate

[@SarFireBox]

The first thought that came to mind when I saw this thumbnail, was that The Helldiver was wielding a keyblade, haha

[@plaidpvcpipe3792]

This game is basically advanced halo firefight now and i love it

[@Malog.]

I wish the spear had more range but it can stunlock most enemies so it's still good

[@Grimm9890]

some advice for the spear: if you cant hit the zombies in the head go for the legs to turn them into crawler and the hit them in the head

[@Goldmask-lm2sy]

What make me a good demome....What make me a good demoknight!

[@daleksec01]

Multiplayer Game of the Year was 100% deserved

[@RandomMackem0069_Official]

I’ve been asking for urban environments for so long and we finally have them

[@yaboisnow727]

This update trailer made me feel like that one guy who cried when star wars ep 7 trailer first dropped

[@Neil_likes_soda]

"car volleyball" a popular sport among helldiver's :)

[@michelecastellotti9172]

And now the kids can play pretend as a krieger while the adults will form ranks in a GLORIOUS phalanx!

[@TruthKeepersOfficialHD2]

Just when i thought i was at peace after getting Truth Enforcers... This comes out

[@nella544]

With spear and shield in hand, I will stand in defiance of the gods - Pantheon

[@alejandrorvilla7571]

ooh they implemented star citizen physics on the cars

[@kevinwalter2674]

Helldivers 2 with Halo music in the background is wild.

[@gkubie8726]

now we need a squad who just run phalanx formations the entire time

[@nicklapallo9090]

It's not a glitch, that's just field footage of John Helldiver having a silly afternoon of Toyota Toss.

[@Alf4killer_010]

U can also use the shield with every other one-hand weapon of the game btw

[@catsoelite2551]

and this is how i learn that the illuminate have been added to the game

[@BlahBohogun]

Me and the boys running Balistic and stun staff with viper commando armor to be Space Spartans.

[@arthurhex]

this is going to add so much to the game. i look forward to future weapons.

[@woundedhealer8575]

The halo music in the background is just the icing on the cake

[@doubt3430]

me with my riot shield and stun baton when i seen an overseer: "PANOPTES... FACE ME"

[@oddtomato1049]

I thought that was a Golf Club in the thumbnail, turns out it was.

[@holy_joe]

they added a dam baton. there's no more excuses for them to not add in a SWORD

[@infamoushero3824]

Don’t know if anyone has brought it up, but the way the squids transport down from the beams of light is really reminiscent of Thanos coming in from his ship. Looks pretty damn intimidating, love it.

[@Nerthos]

They synergize with the melee booster too! You have to use the melee button instead of the fire button though

[@KUREIJIMAN]

GIVE US A SHOVEL THAT WILL MAKE THE METAL PIPE SOUND EFFECT EVERY TIME WE HIT AN AUTOMATON

[@vineveer4358]

The development of the stun baton was outsourced to black mesa. That's why we can pick up and move cars with them.

[@amazingnoo9935]

I was hoping there'd be a shovel

[@Sharklegs22431]

Bros got the “get back in your cell”

[@drippylightbulb4634]

My dream since day 1.

[@lilIAN97huh]

Ive now converted from helldiver to hellspartan and it is glorious