The first stratagems you should unlock in Helldivers 2

Here are the best stratagems you should unlock as you level up to level 10 in Helldivers 2.

From the Patriotic Administration Lab you gotta set your eyes on the Expendable Antitank unlocked at Level 5. Each drop guarantees 2 single-use rockets that can easily damage heavily armored enemies. They pack a punch and have a decent cooldown that will help you with the rhythm of the initial difficulties of the game.
The Flamethrower, unlocked at level 10 is a great stratagem for crowd control, especially the Termininds, and can deal heavy damage to the bugs while releasing the sweet aroma of bug barbeque, these include some of their heavier units like the Charger and the Bile Titan.

From the Orbital Cannons, I would recommend staying away from all stratagems in the early game. The most useful are the final two but those are unlocked until levels 15 and 20, so, save your requisitions for other stuff.

The Hangar has some of the most useful Stratagems for recruits in the lower difficulties. The Eagle Airstrike, Eagle Cluster Bomb, and Napalm Airstrike work absolutely amazing for crowd control, but be sure to communicate with your team to avoid unnecessary casualties on the battlefield.

This might be a controversial take but I would suggest you avoid all Bridge Stratagems. Most of them are too weak, useless, or not as efficient as they might seem. I'll make a full Stratagem Ranking in upcoming videos, but these are some of the least used stratagems I've seen in my time playing Helldivers and become even rarer as the difficulty spikes with each level. So, let's better move on to the Engineering Bay.

Here we have some absolute gems that will be forever useful, including the Supply pack to restock ammunition on the fly for you and your teammates, the grenade launcher for a happy trigger experience exploding stuff left and right, and the guard dog rover, a fantastic extra gun mounted on a drone that will make crowd control a breeze. All of them are extremely useful in all difficulties, but beware of the guard dog, as accidents might occur frequently and you might end up killing either your teammates or yourself by getting caught in the friendly fire of the drone.

Finally, from the Robotics Workshop, I would say that out of the first four options available to you, just stay away from the Mortar. The Machine Gun, Gatling Sentry, and Guard Dog do a great job with crowd control, just, watch out for the sentries that can kill you when they're trying to track enemies. But the mortar? That thing has caused more casualties than I can remember in the lower tiers of difficulty. It has a very wide AOE and a great shooting distance, but if the enemy crawls past your defense lines and starts rubbing shoulders with you, you're probably going to be blasted to oblivion. So, for the safety of your squad, stay away from this thing, PLEASE!

And those are my stratagem recommendations for recruits in Helldivers 2. Shout out your favorite stratagems in the comments and for more Helldivers 2 check out these videos right here. Thank you for watching and keep enjoying the game.

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0:00 Intro
0:20 Patriotic Administration Lab
0:57 Orbital Cannons
1:11 Hangar
1:31 Bridge
1:58 Engineering Bay
2:35 Robotics Workshop
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