Helldivers 2 - 50 Support Weapon Tips EVERY Helldiver Should Know (Hidden Mechanics)

50 Support Weapon tips every Helldiver should know, from beginner, to advanced! Against both automatons and terminids, either solo or grouped, Should be something there for everybody :)

enjoy!

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:03 Flamethrower vs Automatons
0:11 Flamethrower aim matters
0:26 Flamethrower wind
0:35 Flamethrower on smaller units
0:46 Fire doesnt go around
0:53 Dive to extinguish fire
1:01 Flamethrower can kill Bile titans
1:18 Get rid of EAT drop pods
1:33 EAT's work on all loadouts
1:45 Call EAT's proactively
2:10 Don't make builds strictly around EAT's
2:33 Quasar cannon reload
2:45 Quasar cannon side overheat
3:00 Edge your quasar lol
3:10 Recoilless rifle reload cancel
3:32 Recoilless rifle needs swarm help
3:50 Arc thrower small objects
3:55 Arc thrower needs high ground
4:05 Arc throwers ship module is sick
4:12 Stun those hulks
4:21 Don't let LC overheat
4:34 Different planets cooloff
4:49 LC's armor penetration is awkward
5:12 Grenade launchers damage is weaker
5:27 Reserve your grenades
5:37 If you cant get high, get far
5:44 Spear can easily solo automatons
5:53 Spear vs Weakspots
6:06 Railguns safe mode
6:14 Railguns unsafe mode
6:26 Airburst can deal direct damage
6:33 Airburst bursts downwards
6:44 Reload your AC before its empty
7:00 AC + Stun Grenades
7:13 AC Closes off fabricators and bug holes
7:18 AMR's no scope is amazing
7:41 ARM with stuns is godly
7:50 Stalwarts DPS is insane
8:06 Stalwarts benefit from EATs
8:12 Stalwarts vs Automatons
8:23 HMG's Armor Pen is great
8:45 HMG has really high Durable Damage
8:55 MG is the middleground
9:07 Jump pack to reload mid air
9:19 Reduced recoil armor set is needed
9:28 Crowd control role
9:44 Consider your enemies
10:05 Change your RPM's
10:21 Superior Packing Methodology Carries rockets
10:33 Wait until the bile titan stops spitting

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[DinoGod]

"you can edge your quasar" never could've said it better myself

[cadet]

i had no idea i've been edging my quasar cannon until i saw this 💀💀💀

[_Jay_Maker_]

The AMR is so accurate in third person that you don't even need a monitor crosshair to use it. Just eyeball your first shot and you should be good to go once you correct for deviation.
It's so good that I've used it in CQC plenty of times. It's extremely fun.

[mazza_c]

"The flamethrower can kill bile titans as a last resort type of deal, and it sometimes is somewhat effective at doing so" ... really stretching out that dialogue, lol

[Puttrik]

You can also super-easily reload-cancel with the Recoilless rifle by just pressing the crouch button to stand up once the shot is loaded. Since your diver crouches down to reload it.

[adenansu]

+1 to calling down AT's frequently. I like to spam them all over the map. Having them spread around has saved my butt multiple times.

[DrauulGaming]

It is common courtesy to tap the charger on the head to let him know your quasar is about to burst

[rayguym]

Another recoilless rifle tip is that when you are being chased or overrun and need to reload, you can stop for a sec dispose of the old shell dive away and resume the reload animation. You don’t need to wait for the entire animation to finish, once the character dispose of the shell, dive or start moving, get some distance and Helldiver will just input the new shell

[Hedgepook]

One more tip for the airbrust launcher, from someone who uses it a lot:
The most important thing is to always seek high ground. Try to avoid shooting at groups that are on the same or higher elevation than you are. This is because the proximity sensor will detonate the rocket about 5m ahead of the closest target in the group. This maximises the possibility of friendly frie and minimises the amount of enemies hit.
Instead, seek higher ground so you can try and get a detonation towards the centre of the group. All you need is about a 5m height advantage to be able to fire over the heads of the front rank and circumvent a premature detonation.

It's a simple tip, but if you always seek higher ground when you're lining up an air burst shot, you will notice a huge difference. Even just a boulder or small wall is enough.

[windsgrace]

EAT tip: When a bot sends up a flare for a bot drop, if you immediately call down an EAT after you see the flare go up, you should have just enough time to pull one out of the pod and shoot the dropship down before the reinforcements land (assuming no increased call-in time). It feels good even though it's not that effecient.

[davidballantyne]

For the autocannon one, you might want to mention you only reload 5 with the fast reload - and you can only do it with 5 or fewer rounds in the cannon.

[MystXeno]

tip 50 actually going to be very helpful to me, i thought they took more damage when they were doing their spitting animation

[PricefieldPunk]

I never thought about running the EAT rifles along with a normal support weapon. So simple yet i didnt even think about doing it

[theoverseer]

0:41 I feel there was a high likelihood of death here

[OgiShigaogi]

3:00 Nahh but the wording on that tip brother💀💀💀

[BigDBrian]

For the Recoilless Rifle reload cancel, you can also tap your stratagem button. Requires no time commitment or stamina.
For the Anti-Materiel Rifle, you can use the damage ticks from the Incendiary Breaker's DoT as a crosshair.

[PaidWin]

Thanks for the tip about edging, I've been doing it a lot since you taught me

[GrandSupremeDaddyo]

Quasar: Call down another Quasar on a point you are defending to be able to swap from one to the other while they cool down.

Spear: Aiming downwards when locking on will make it easier to hit enemies right in front of you.

Stalwart: Set it to a low fire rate when using it like a primary.

EAT 17: Just because it's "expendable" doesn't mean you should use it frivolously. It is better to not fire and still have the Eat than to fire and not hit a weakspot.

[travis]

You're my favorite HD2 content creator

A lot of other channels right now are releasing content daily regurgitating the same news over and over again, and being overly negative about the game.

Keep up the good work man.

[Kublai_jesus]

Some weird comments here, but just wanna say this is an amazing list of tips and tricks, props on the work to put this all together. Appreciate the content dude!