World's First Flawless Solo Lethal run with a Block Thunderhammer | Space Marine 2

[@DedZwn]

If you haven't seen them yet, I posted more flawless runs with this build on Decapitation, Ballistic Engine & Termination! Check them out if you enjoyed this one! Timestamps: 00:00​ - Class/Weapon perks & Level choice 00:53​ - Swamp 12:42​ - Camp 13:46​ - Near death experience 19:19​ - Promethium Field 28:00​ - Promethium Refinery/Bomb Deployment 35:41​ - Abandoned Base (After Bomb Deployment) 39:08​ - Neurothrope Boss Battle 42:47​ - Final Showdown 49:21​ - Game Director really wanted me dead... 50:34​ - Flawless Victory! 🎶 I'M STILL STANDIN!🎶 51:32​ - Mission stats 51:54​ - Again, Class Perks & Weapon Perks

[@bruterasta]

Using blocking melee on assault sounds like the most cruel handicap I could think of since it relies on gunstrikes so much.

[@DedZwn]

Luckily the gunstrikes use no ammo lol, thank you for watching and commenting, brother. I really appreciate it!

[@2205Razors]

Perfect dodge can also trigger gun strike vs melee enemies. And Assault's starting perk is increased perfect dodge window, iirc

[@bruterasta]

@@2205Razors Yes, I know, and? Perfect dodge is way inferior to perfect parry. It does not push back and stager enemies. Having no ability to parry "blue indicator" attacks for instant stager, gun strike and shield bar in return is super bad, especially on extremis. You also can't farm minoris for shield. Arguing that perfect dodge also gives you gun strike like perfect parry is like getting nokia for christmas when you wished for iphone.

[@francisbongiovanni3608]

Welcome to the Salty Spatoon, how tough are ya? Dedzwn: I cleared Inferno on Lethal Solo So? Dedzwn: With a block Thunder Hammer Holy Terra...

[@DedZwn]

🤣 Thank you for this comment, it made my day, brother! Thanks for watching and commenting and giving me a big laugh! I appreciate you!

[@Azreal123]

Refreshing to see someone fight it out instead of sprinting to the finish line. Well played mate

[@DedZwn]

Exactly! I bought this game to fight Xenos and Chaos, I didn't want a running simulator lol. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@mut-x8k]

Chapter master material.

[@DedZwn]

@@mut-x8k Thanks for saying that brother! Also thanks for watching, It means a lot to me!

[@АртемПименов-л2о]

I wanted to make block hammer work aganst tyranidsso bad but lost any hope Now you show up in my recommended and do this You're a gurdian relic to my dream of beating it

[@DedZwn]

I thought it would be impossible as well, but with some skill and a lot of luck, it can be done. Thanks for watching and commenting! I really appreciate it!

[@MuggsisGune]

You know block weapons are in a bad place when you have to run the class with a bonus perfect dodge window, and it still takes 52 minutes for the first operation in the game.

[@DedZwn]

Agreed, but then again we wouldn't have this footage. I did have a great time making this build work though and after work, I'll be trying Decapitation. Thanks for watching and commenting, it means the world to me brother!

[@MuggsisGune]

@@DedZwn Please don't get me wrong. The run was super impressive. It's just sad that 1/3 of all melee weapons are garbage because of a badly designed block archetype.

[@DedZwn]

@MuggsisGune Agreed, all block and balance weapons need a buff for sure. I'm sure they will inevitably be buffed in the near future, hopefully

[@kinoman4875]

This is fucking incredible But holy hell it looks like a slog to get through, respect

[@DedZwn]

It was definitely a slog, but overall a very fun challenge. For this game I basically told myself "Just play like your life depends on it" and this was the result lol. Thank you for watching and commenting, brother! This helps me so much and I truly appreciate it!

[@black_r0se]

23:55 haha i had no idea they could move the explosives crate Sick gameplay man, this is impressive as hell

[@DedZwn]

Lol I didn't either, but it worked out for me! Brother, I appreciate you watching and commenting! Thank you!

[@scotttattitch2733]

Great job brother! A true master

[@DedZwn]

@@scotttattitch2733 Thank you for watching and commenting, brother! I really appreciate it!

[@ringwraith5513]

Amazing work!! That was fun to watch

[@DedZwn]

I appreciate the comment brother! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@itz_bahamut3822]

This is insanity bro

[@DedZwn]

@@itz_bahamut3822 Haha! Thanks for watching & commenting brother!

[@matteomauriello7631]

You bring honor to the emperor brother! Jokes aside, great job, keep it up🙏

[@DedZwn]

For the Emperor! Haha, thank you for watching and commenting, brother! It means the world to me!

[@jonnowocky8179]

Great play - I've been testing myself running block weapons on and off and it improved my dodge game a lot. I will say - just because you're running block doesn't mean you can't use the parry button - quite a few times where you could've negated the damage/ stun of a heavy blue marker attack by blocking when there wasnt time for anything else (coming out a gunstrike for example)

[@DedZwn]

@@jonnowocky8179 There were a few mistakes made in this gameplay for sure. I saw a few spots where I could've blocked, but in the heat of the battle my instincts slipped slightly a few times. Definitely noted in my mind and I'm actively working on improving this for the next attempt against the Hive Tyrant. Thanks for watching, commenting and providing some constructive feedback as well! I greatly appreciate it, brother!

[@greenwolf4782]

Love the customisation of your space marine, could you make a video showing what you used to make it? Wouldn’t mind replicating same look. Great video btw.

[@DedZwn]

Thank you for the nice comment! I definitely plan on doing a showcase of all classes eventually. But for now I'll be working on challenges, like doing this same thing on a Chaos op (Haven't attempted it yet). But my colors are Abbadon Black with liberator gold, survivor helm with wraithbone and khorne red. Thanks again for watching and commenting!

[@piotrcthlu]

Holy shit how's that even possible Emperor bless this champion for he's real deal

[@DedZwn]

Honestly, I thought it wouldn't be possible either, but by the grace of God and the God Emperor, we made it happen! Thank you for watching & commenting, I'm very thankful for it, Brother!

[@bernardoschettini6584]

Skillz of a true astartes brother! But how do you do the ground pound so quickly? And dont you need to charge while in air to do most damage in it? or the diference is minimal

[@DedZwn]

@@bernardoschettini6584 Thanks for saying that brother! To ground pound faster you just hold and release your attack button when you're ready to strike your target. It is more beneficial to charge it, but you still take melee and ranged damage while midair. I will quickly ground pound the devourer warriors and big packs of minoris because they do way too much damage very quickly. I appreciate you watching & commenting brother!

[@joecook1298]

Dodge duck dip dive and... dodge.

[@DedZwn]

@@joecook1298 "If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a Tyranid" - Patches (Probably) Thanks for watching and commenting Brother!

[@harmsway9365]

Awesome! I just did this a few days ago, not with the block hammer though that’s insane. Was about to say where’s the Terminus? Then 39:24 ha. Well done. How many attempts did this take you?

[@DedZwn]

For the first video I posted, it took 6 tries. This one took 9, I had 2 flawless runs prior to this one where I made it all the way to the end and failed. One of them I didn't detonate the bomb in time (which I had no idea there even was a timer lol). The second time I made it all the way to the part where the captain tells you to detonate the bomb and I had a Zoanthrope shooting the green balls at me while fighting off a horde. One struck me and destroyed my armor, I dodged the next one and no joke, 3/4 of the way through my dodge a Lictor materialized from his cloak into an attack and killed me at the end of the dodge animation. I was heartbroken lol. But thank you for watching and commenting! I truly appreciate it!

[@harmsway9365]

@ I understand that frustration, wow. Sometimes it feels the devs are watching you and throe in real-time curveballs ha

[@DedZwn]

@harmsway9365 I agree with this, at the end of this video I was ready for him that time lol

[@IvanGRANID]

lightning fast reaction

[@DedZwn]

Thank you brother! I appreciate the comment and for watching!

[@thepunisherxxx6804]

Parry is so crucial to the game, both for utility, frequent gunstrike damage, and just making the game feel more fun. Block type weapons shouldn't even exist. Everything should have balanced type parry. Really odd how they just remove a core part of the game. Hope they actually balance them well. It feels like half the balance team knew what they were going for with the overall design and the other half just had no clue.

[@DedZwn]

They'll get it figured out eventually, the game does need a little polishing with weapon balancing in general. Overall I think they've made an incredible game, and I've gotten my money's worth in my opinion. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@thepunisherxxx6804]

@@DedZwn Yeah for sure I've had so much fun with it, but its definitely dropped significantly in concurrent players on steam, and balance I think plays into why that is. The game also just has a content problem. Back 4 Blood was a similar type game with the same missions with dynamic AI, but it had an entire campaign to go through. Here we had 6 missions at launch, with 8 total by the end of the year. That and nothing for XP after 25 just feels meh after awhile. Another big reason for the falloff I think is the map pool is limited even more because nobody likes fighting Chaos. I'm not excited for the new Chaos operation and enemy because Chaos don't feel fun to fight. They just feel annoying most of the time. I don't even think the game needed 2 enemy factions, they should have stuck with Tyrannids and just had a few extra enemy types, and more missions. IDK how you fix chaos without reworking a lot of the enemy types.

[@RobC2201_]

impressive gameplay, especially on console. you control recoil & choose your engagement ranges very well

[@DedZwn]

@@RobC2201_ I appreciate the comment, brother! Thank you for watching!

[@UnwindUK]

very nice

[@DedZwn]

Thank you for watching and commenting!

[@SkuIIKn1ght]

Very impressive, now if we can just get Saber Int. to make the jump pack in pve as good as pvp then we'll be set lol

[@DedZwn]

@@SkuIIKn1ght 1000% agree with you, I don't know why they chose to make them different in the first place, but I'm sure there is a good reason development-wise. Thank you for watching and commenting, it really helps me out, brother!

[@SkuIIKn1ght]

@@DedZwn Absolutely man, keep up the good work

[@christianhagels439]

​@@DedZwn Pretty sure the only reason is the maps. PvP and the chosen sections in Campaign are designed for the verticality of the jump pack. They probably chose to restrict the verticality in PvE because it would take too much to design their maps and operations around it.

[@SkuIIKn1ght]

@@christianhagels439 I gotta disagree, I think they could have very easily made it work based on the fact that they've done it in two other modes and I still think it can work even with the missions now. The biggest reasons I've heard for not allowing the pvp jump pack attributes in Pve is; (people falling off the map, speed running missions etc) but frankly none of those arguments are particularly strong as you can vote kick players if they're not sticking with the team and if someone falls off the map that's their fault and people will start to learn as time goes on, Bungie understood this with Halo Reach, a game that came out in 2011 mind you so I don't see any excuse as to why Saber can't replicate that in the modern era. I think they need to at the very least lessen the cool down time on the charges and add another charge so you're not grounded half the time and can actually have that enhanced mobility like the other modes.

[@RobotDude375]

Lore accurate astartes

[@DedZwn]

Haha thank you for this comment brother! You gave me a good laugh and I appreciate that, thanks for watching!

[@jimbuckeridge3439]

How are you such a good shot? Any tips? What do have your aim and camera sensitivity set at?

[@DedZwn]

I don't really have any tips for aiming other than focus your crosshair where enemies would normally be while not aiming. Basically, keep your crosshair up and not aiming at the floor all the time. Look sensitivity X & Y - 15, Aiming Sensitivity X & Y - 10 and Aim Assist - Default. Thanks for commenting & watching! I appreciate it.

[@shiny1769]

did u ever try this challenge with the regen jump pack charge on perfect dodge with damage enemies along dash trajectory? i was messing around with it earlier and it makes dodging much more comfortable also congrats on achieving this absolutely insane run im tryna watch u see if i can finish 1 solo lethal myself (but just regular, not block hammer)

[@DedZwn]

I thought about trying that one out but I prefer "Zealous Blow" because getting more jump pack charges is more beneficial in my opinion. But I haven't actually tried the "Wings of Flame" perk on lethal. I'll try this out and see how it goes though, thanks for the idea. Also thank you for watching and commenting, brother! I really appreciate it!

[@kxursedOF]

great vid man i could not do this i hate using bulwark without the fencing

[@DedZwn]

This game is definitely more fun with fencing weapons in general. It seems to be designed for fencing only currently lol. Thank you for watching and commenting, it's greatly appreciated!

[@HeavyGee84]

A true Chad 🫡

[@DedZwn]

@@HeavyGee84 Thanks Brother! You sir are a true Chad for watching and commenting! Thank you!

[@esbennielsen8832]

Flawless right up til 2m44.

[@DedZwn]

Flawless as in no deaths/downs/incapacitations, but I can see why you would think that. You cannot do Lethal with this build and not take damage, it's not possible. Maybe if the game had zero bugs, ran perfectly and the game director gave you the easiest enemies then you'd still have a 1% chance of never taking damage with this build. The Minoris (in large groups) are your biggest threat and they are faster than you are. All it takes is 3-4 hits from them on Lethal and your No Damage run is over. But thanks for watching & commenting!

[@RyantheGumby]

Amazing gameplan. Isn't flawless when you take no damage? In this case I i presume that would imply health damage.

[@DedZwn]

@@RyantheGumby I meant it as no downs/incapacitations, but I could see how you would think this. That would be amazing, but impossible (probably) to do with this build and current state of the game, which is fine with me. Thanks for watching and commenting! I truly appreciate it.

[@brandobeens]

Nicely done but why would you put yourself through this?

[@DedZwn]

Because I want @FocusEntertainmentOfficial or @SaberGames to send me a lifesize Thunderhammer for being the world's first to do it, lol kidding... but seriously that would be amazing! Jokes aside I love a challenge and I really just wanted to test my skills. There may have been some angry moments while attempting this, but it was mostly a very fun experience. Thanks for watching and commenting, Brother!

[@FallenUnicorn11]

For lore purposes what chapter is this legendary marine before the deathwatch?

[@DedZwn]

I was going for an Honoured Blackshield Captain so I added the golden right arm. I know it's not lore accurate, but I like it lol. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@TheDeviousDuduDevourer]

My man probably enjoys cbt. I don't really understand why would you do that to yourself but impressive nonetheless

[@DedZwn]

Cbt? If you meant combat, then yes (I don't know, I guess I'm old now lol). Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@Oshaoxin]

In what world? How can you be sure?

[@DedZwn]

@@Oshaoxin In our world. I have searched every social platform and haven't found anyone else that has posted a flawless lethal run with a Block weapon. If you or anyone else finds one prior to mine then I'll remove my claim. But thanks for watching and commenting! I appreciate it!

[@SavageHun1]

I dont get it. What does flawless mean?

[@DedZwn]

@@SavageHun1 No incapacitations/deaths/downs

[@tokyogaru]

What is meaning of word "flawless" in title? 🤔

[@DedZwn]

@@tokyogaru No downs/deaths/incapacitations from myself. Some errors were definitely made in this video lol. Thanks for watching & commenting brother

[@tokyogaru]

oh that make sence☺️that quality ofcause elevate video😚

[@IvanGRANID]

kill Hive Tyrant in this setup!

[@DedZwn]

He's next on my list! I've just been busy with work and home life with my wife, but I'm off the next 5 days, I'm gonna put him in a hurt locker lol

[@josephworkman9294]

Click bait with that worlds first lol

[@DedZwn]

@@josephworkman9294 Gotta promote myself brother. Show me someone else who has accomplished this with a Block Thunderhammer. Go on, I'll wait... Thanks for watching and commenting though!