Ranking the Railgun in Helldivers 2

The Rank of the Railgun in Helldivers 2 has changed many times over the games history but where does it stand now in the Escalation of Freedom on Difficulty 10 Super Helldive?

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[EravinVT]

Hope you guys like this new series pilot, Full breakdowns will still continue but, I thought this would be a nice way to touch on the weapons that i've previously broken down, but have seen balance changes or meta shifts making them worthy of a revisit with a quicker more to the point rundown. If you did enjoy this be sure to like the video so I know to keep making them and as always my favorite comment will be featured at the end of the next video!

[CatharsisChaser]

One of the greatest hidden weaknesses of the railgun is the god awful scope... like who thought it was a good idea to put a giant imprecise red dot on a single shot precision weapon
I should not have to play in third person to use this weapon effectively
Changing it to a sickle style basic crosshair would be one of the single greatest quality of life to effort changes AH could make imho

[MobiusOneGaming]

Astronaut 1: "The rail gun is back? --Astronaut 2: holding a railgun behind his head. "It never left" ...

[WildcardActual]

The electro-musket (as my squad likes to call it) is such a fun weapon to use

[PhaseShifter]

INSANE level of depth mate - thank you for breaking this down so now I can actually understand what is going on with my favourite bot weapon!

[GrandSupremeDaddyo]

Piercing the front armor of striders justifies this weapon's entire existence.

[leesh]

An incredible weapon on the bot front. Beyond OPS and 500kg that Eravin recommended, I found that it really pays dividends to take rocket sentries.

They drop often enough that they can be deployed into most high risk engagements, and handle a lot of the hard counters against the railgun (gunships and factory striders).

And with how AI targeting works, bots often divert fire to the rocket sentry - which means that you are less likely to be aim punched when charging up your railgun shots! And with how rocket striders one shot you with their rockets, rocket sentries also keep you alive!

[bronzieblue]

One of the most common things I hear from my friends is that they wish they could change the scopes on certain weapons, if HD2 makes a comeback and the devs pay attention to their community's wants, it'd be scope customization. Like, if we could mod railgun to have a sniper scope with varying distances like the AMR that'd be killer honestly.

[mustang_]

i’m a big fan of this kind of series as. you include much more info than just damage and pen stats, like how to pairs with your own gear and your teammates loadout, nice stuff!

[Xandranxanda]

Glad you brought this up. I’ve grabbed a random railgun spawn a few times on the bot front just out of curiosity and was pleasantly surprised how quickly it deletes devastators, hulks, and striders. A lot of my teammates are skeptical since they still have the “glory days” of railgun and shield in their minds, but I’ve been pretty happy to bring it occasionally to mix things up.

[Aaronauful]

Yes please. MOAR of this video type series. love your work man. another great vid as always

[prestoncrenshaw]

Defender/Pummeler, Railgun, EAT and Supply Pack is my go-to for bugs

[HazopGaze]

Cool format! Looking forward to seeing more of these in the future.

[Driftingsiax]

Love this new series! I’m a huge fan of the railgun, and I have no nostalgia because I never used it until after the nerf. The way this thing handles devastators, scout striders, hulks and even the gunships (2 engine shots last I checked) like you said the tanks and base turrets are a shortfall, but I bring thermite grenades for them.

[SplitFinn]

“The Railgun Is Back!?”

Well… it sure as hell is after the update.

Durable DMG going from 60 to 225
Full Overcharge now boosting damage by 250% instead of 150%.

Add to that AP Lv.7 and it’s going to absolutely demolish anything it’s aimed at.

[karlotmvilla]

Wonderful format, loving this series already!

[Cthulhuliessleeping]

this is a great series, I like how tight and well-presented your videos are, a real gem amongst the helltubers

[TheSoutherncross]

hulk on patrol: do you guys hear something humming?

[UrVidaGameMum]

Oh boy, can't wait to see railgun get nerfed, again, and get called "brain dead" and that I'm "playing easy mode".

[LythonV]

Great break down, Eravin! I am excited to see your break down on the autocannon and the AMR!