Helldivers 2 - 10 Things I Wish I Knew Sooner | Tips & Tricks

Just starting out in Helldivers 2 or already well on your way to spreading glorious democracy? Never fear, your friends at Legacy Gaming have tons of tricks to help you survive during your adventure in this co-op tactical shooter. Codiak shares his favorite tips and tricks that will help you understand the game and set you on the right path to surviving Arrowhead Game Studios new game Helldivers 2.

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*Timestamps*
0:00 - Intro
0:22 - Changing Perspective
1:33 - Shoulder Swap & Firing Modes
3:04 - Map Hacks
4:27 - Maximizing Potential
7:06 - Field Stratagems
8:13 - Macros Win Wars
8:45 - Finding Medals & Super Credits
9:57 - Bring In The Heavy Weapons
11:05 - Supporting Your Fellow Helldivers
12:37 - A Few Tips About Secondary Objectives
13:49 - Join The Community!

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[Mr_Putts]

Using macros to circumvent the unique code combinations seems to go against the spirit of the game. Anxiety is absolutely supposed to cause you to slip up applying these codes. :(

[grambo]

This game is great. It is so engaging. Getting side tracked on clearing out nests or looking for items doesn’t feel like a chore on the way to the main objectives. Something about being in a fireteam and moving as a group just makes this play so well.

[chitin]

Light armor while using a energy shield backpack is really great for solo play at higher difficulties or just going off to find POI's in coop.

[RickRate]

this game is so fun man, its already one of my best games in 2024

[Reddude]

The amount of times I've called down the Hellbomb and ran away, not knowing you had to activate it lol.

[Estaran]

There are also a lot of things on the different planets that interact with each other:

- Ice planets (= with the "freezing cold" debuff) lets you use the handheld laser a lot longer, because it's not overheating as fast, as it would do on a non ice planet.
- Patches of ice can be slippery - especially for a Charger at full speed. ;)
- Chargers can be stunned, if they charge at you, and you dodge out of the way in time - revealing a big rock behind you. Time to shoot the Charger's back now. (We even managed to get to Chargers to charge each other - both were stunned for a short time afterwards)
- If you have to walk through deep snow, the first person will be slower, but every other person right behind the first will be a lot faster, because there is already a trench for them to walk in
- The plants can be interacted with: The yellow ones explode (on impact, or when shot), the blue ones slow for a short time. Those can be used to lure in enemies for an advantage.
- Every Stratagem can be used as a makeshift weapon, provided your aim is good (e.g. landing a resupply pod on a big enemy - same for the drop pod, but you may die doing so)
- Turning off your flashlight will reduce the aggro range, especially if you are crouching to sneak by an enemy patrol. Smoke launched from the Destroyer, Eagles or by walking over those spore plants also helps to hide your movement.

[Kentaloupe]

Also a good tip to know js to remember to equip a booster when you get one from the warbond. I was under the misconception that it was always active once I bought it. It’s also not consumable, so be sure to check the icon to the far right of your load out next to your stratagems before a mission.

[Michael-exlk]

The opening cutscene really sets the tone perfectly.

[ecargfosreya]

I love that the game makes firing lines important by having friendly fire

[ImLaminarBro]

If you use macros for the key codes then you are not a super citizen

[codybrownell]

If you load in the same type of shell in the artillery back to back it will fire those in a volley rather than one at a time

[thickums]

Using macros feels cheap. A very important part of the game's moment to moment gameplay is the stress and skill of using strategems mid firefight.

[jaydenwenning]

Once the mission timer runs out, you can still extract whenever, but you can’t use stratagems

[DrSizzles]

I downloaded the game yesterday. I went on a 6 hour binge playing 👀. It’s amazing and unique in its own way. Fun and tactical af

[ItsRedVelvet]

Dude a gun range on the ship before you drop. That way you can tweak your settings and then actually use it, instead of just a Hail Mary against a charger 😂

[drg_rat]

Nice video, I learned a few things. I rebound my strategem call in keys to the arrow keys, and this lets me run around while calling them in. I also set the strategem menu to open on press instead of hold so I have an easier time sprinting with the menu out. I do have to take my hand off my mouse when I call them in so there is a trade-off, but it seems very worth it to me since moving without looking around is more valuable than standing still and looking around imo.

[mangasaint]

To scope in on the Ps5 press the R3 while aiming.

[vercetti]

Reliving my Starship Troopers childhood

[RaphaelZeller-zmdt]

When you start reloading a weapon (Static animation), cancel the animation because, for example a big a** crusher is charging at you, the reload animation start where you left it

[keldon_champion]

A super important thing the game doesn't tell you at all is how eagle stratagems work which is terrible because they are super OP. The way it works is all your eagle stratagems are lumped together on a fighter plane and the "uses" is not a limit per mission like helldivers 1, it is how many times it can be used before you send your eagle on a rearming trip. So effectively you can burn these on the super short cooldown (15 seconds or 7 with the upgrade) and when you have downtime send your eagle to rearm. The only downside is all the stratagems share a cooldown and rearm but it's 7 seconds oh no what ever will I do, and the rearm is about 2-3 minutes so it's less than a lot of the orbital strikes.