Stress Testing Helldivers 2's NEW BEST Energy Gun

The LAS-16 Sickle is currently the best energy weapon in Helldivers 2, arriving with the new Cutting Edge warbond. Naturally you would assume that makes it the best gun in your primary slot. But is that actually the case? We thoroughly review it here to find out.

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[The_Firehawk]

I like how everyone's saying it's a horrible weapon because they don't want the devs to completely nerf it to the ground

[AbyssWatcher]

Low recoil, rapid firing laser gun? Perfect for roleplaying as a 40K guardsmen

[theblueneko]

thanks for telling the devs so openly. if they nerf the sickle im removing my flesh and joining the robots

[Straksis-]

3:44 ... I don't think the sickle can take care of that hulk right there, easy F tier

[TheSoutherncross]

its a horrible weapon, stop talking about it, nobody should use it.... n..no joel i wasnt enjoying the new gun no NO JOEL NOOOO "nerfed into shit tier with the rest in a week"

[MrMcbear]

Just wish it actually sounded like a laser weapon.

[MYTHonROBLOX]

"We've made some mistakes during the launch of the new LAS-16 Sickle and also due to the player base prefering this weapon over the other primaries, we've heavily considered and made some adjustments to make the weapon more on par with the other weapons."
- weapon wind up time increased to 3 seconds
- weapon actually fires in repeating 3 round burts instead of full auto
- firerate reduced to 500
- lasers fired before reloading adjusted to 50 from 100
- extra magazines reduced to 3 from 6

[sadfrostnoises]

The range magnifier isn't new, it's just a lot of the games weapons don't have lpvo's or scopes. Small correction, but a mostly insignificant one.

[jaywerner]

Ermz.... Small correction but that Scope is not new. The Standard Issue Liberator has the exact same scope (25m, 50m, 100m). Every other weapon ether uses the Sniper scope (50m, 100m, and 200m zoom) And everything else much to my confusion in some cases just have a Red Dot sight.

[seanjenkins]

"We've noticed the sickle is out performing the sythe more than intended. We decreased the fire rate, spare heat sink count, and made the damage 25 and increased the recoil to bring it more in line with the sythe"

[zenks]

3:43 nice cut LOL, Flamethrower hulk out of nowhere, absolute classic XD

[wwld]

arrowhead: we've noticed a lot of people are extracting with the sickle! hmmm we're bringing it down a bit because primaries are meat to be shit actually **nerfs it**

[russian_knight]

The sickle is what a primary should be. Good overall, can handle small-medium targets, but not overly powerful.

[robotic-race]

I just wish the reticle wasnt having a disco party

[alternative]

Hulk: approaching menacingly
Ermz Plays: 👏👏👏

[namo]

is it the best weapon in the game? no
is it what i want/ expect from a rifle? yes
and thats why i like it
the other weapons do need some more testing / potential buffs though

[llMurcielagoll]

"But the real magic is how it handles devestators" .... Big ass Hulk comes rushing in, Handle this, Sickle boi!

[onashenwings]

Joel: Did I catch you mf’s having FUN!

[YipeekayHarasho]

LAS-16 Sickle is everything that I wish an automatic AR would be

[Vronize]

Scythe in your hand: 👶🏼
Scythe on rover: Killing machine which causes all your deaths 💀🔥