Tip 1: run and gun. This is objective oriented gameplay emphasizing speed over greed. Tip 2: running. Armor value is broken atm. Go light armor, choose bonus stats that compliment your play. More nades for greed, more stealth/tracking for attentive running, etc. Tip 3: objective oriented. Choose missions that are feasible. Goal is stalker nest (ping all over map while waiting on delivery to check for it, may be a bug now, but pinging optional shows on map even if hidden,) then main objective, then everything else. Want to greed? Clear objectives and map lights up all points of interest. Tip 4: breaker shotgun. Weapons are imbalanced / mislabeled (like slugger for opening metal boxes instead of using nades). Breaker shotgun + auto pistol is dummy thicc. Tip 5: strategems. Orbital laser wrecks big bads, spawners, buildings like research/airships (saves calling hellbomb), etc.. Mortar placed properly can wipe groups without full aggro. Backpack use shield generator or supply (guard dog honorable mention.) Weapon use grenade launcher for fast spawner closure/radio tower/enemies/spore skewers. Rail Canon for quick titan/hulk kill (hold reload, toggle safety off, charge 95% before fire.) Anything delivered, the pod can close holes, kill things, etc if placed right. Tip 6: boosters. If planet has encumbered (mud/snow/etc) muscle. Otherwise choose stamina for fast clear, or if you still die often or don't run supply, choose supplies booster. Rest are negligible with armor like trailblazer. Tip 7: ignore everything you've read, seen, or been exposed to, including this post. Try out everything, enjoy the game. Everything you do is literal Canon events to the story, so have fun. Want to play with others? Cool. Solo? Cool. Like the feel of a severely non-meta weapon or getting caught up fighting off reinforcements? Neat. You do you, I'll still engage your hug emote. The game market's rough, this is fun, and they're not out to gut your wallet and push predatory practices. You should enjoy your sense of duty to liberate the universe by spreading Super Earth Democracy far and wide. Get some Helldiver!
finally someone talked about the backpacks. Yes, always always always take a backpack. they are so good, there really isn't a reason not to run a backpack. Either take a support weapon that comes with a backpack since these are much stronger, or take a backpack and a separate anti-tank solution without backpack. so for example, either go with the jetpack and the expendable anti-tank launcher, or, if you don't want your backpack to do special stuff, at least take the recoilless rifle or auto gun thing since these require backpacks to reload. it's really hard to overstate how important backpacks are in this game, they are extremely strong.
if you've played helldivers 1 it's mostly the same. You solo and you always go for cardio to run away when you get spotted and you kite a lot. I think most players didn't know helldivers 1 that's why they get bloodthirsty on helldivers 2 and engage every patrol, kill most bugs except the one calling for reinforcements, shooting and air striking armored enemies with non armored stuff, etc.
Yeah I played a little bit of helldivers 1 with my older cousin and we play this game kinda like ghost recon where we engage most fights either quickly or not at all so that we aren’t being ambushed and what not, plus playing with just 2 ppl can be hard at times. But when I played with my friends who never heard of this game they wanted to fight everything and only used airstrikes or land mines 😭and nearly failed most missions due to time constraints of engaging every enemy
@@MPC-0251-D if they did not see you they won't call for reinforcements and you can just pass by them. It's like you only pick your battles, sometimes when they spot you can even just ingore them and beeline to the next objective, they'll just despawn.
To add onto your Light Armor Tip * Even if it's in the light armor category, they will have different speed ratings * The highest speed ratings makes it so you don't even have to doge roll chargers * Run behind the Charger and the Auto Canon can take it out in about 4 consecutive shots to the rear *Shooting the same leg 4 times with the railgun will also kill a Charger
railgun can also kill a charger with 3 fully charged shots to the head (gun set to unsafe mode) pretty sure it's the most reliable way to kill them solo, I haven't tried using my primary after stripping its armor tho. that sounds like it could be effective
I think a common mistake rookies make is shooting the wrong spots on enemies. Like those big spitters. Most players think they must shoot on their big bodies, but the weakspot is their head with armor piercing rounds or their legs. Knowing simple things like that makes a huge difference. So as takibo said, know your enemies. I hope there will be a very quick video showing all weakpoints, so everyone can learn them. Even those guys who say "what? 10 minutes? I dont have time for a video that long" xD
A grenade launcher takes the large spitters out in 2 shots (basically anywhere in the body) and is generally my go-to weapon for wiping large groups with minimal resources. I run solo a lot, mostly because I’m more confident playing solo and don’t have to worry about tk’s or waiting for my friends to catch up after killing every enemy they see.
i totally agree. i managed to solo almost all types of missions on helldive difficulty.i prefer grenade launcher over the railgun when fighting vs terminids @@whatthezoink5562
I would love an online beastiary/codex with a short video in the style of the opening cinematic of the game for each enemy's strengths and weaknesses, strategems, etc
@@Katastra_I'm a bit surprised that this game doesn't just have it by default but it's whatever. Like in some games, it's either you kill and/or encounter and already registers it to the beastiary. Like Monster Hunter, it does that system so you can learn what's affective down the line
Tip for the guard dog variants: Laser- near infinite uptime, decent dps, laser remains on when switching targets leading to damaging friendlies. Liberator: Good dps, consistantly avoids shooting allies, has limited ammo that has to be resupplied fairly often. Also, keep in mind that you can't turn the drone off. So sneaking past patrols can get tricky.
you can sneak past patrols, you just have to hold X (on pc) and drop the pack and pick it back up repeatedly, you will have about 2 seconds after putting the pack on before it fires, so if running scout class you can often run and not be seen so this makes up for having to drop the pack again.
I think the MG Guard Dog kinda bugged, because it's mostly just floating and not shooting at all if you close to allies even if that allies is nowhere near on direction of enemy, really regret buying this first lol
@@rz3264I doubt they will allow it, but I kinda wish you could sell/refund gear after buying. Or at least let us try out before buying. The grind isn't terrible but it's frustrating to buy something that turns out to be a mistake.
@@Venomonomonom nope they will not, the dev will be happy seeing us grinding like madman, but i will be really mad if someday the dev release stratagem with medal unlock but it has trash performance.
one HUGE piece of advice that I see forgotten about is using your Environment around you. A slow debuff from an ice flower can stop a big boy in it's track.
Imho best starter items for the early game (vs Bugs) = guard dog with laser rifle, Orbital strike, grenade launcher (helps you close the bug holes REALLY FAST and effective vs the Bile titan), and a stratagem of your choosing. When you're 15+ lvl you can take 500kg bomb airstike. My preffered armor is the one that lets you use 6 stimpacks instead of 4 and prolongs their effect duration (p.s. stimpacks negate the fall damage). I'm currently lvl 17, soloing 8 lvl difficulty (9th is not open for me yet). Oh! Breaker works really well as your main weapon when you're soloing ;) UPDATE: When you solo bugs on the 9th diff, you should take the energy shield instead of the drone. 500 kg bomb, any quick airstrike (prefferably the one that can hit through armor), grenade launcher / railgun depending on the mission. I also recommend scout armor + stamina enhansion.
I saw a video that said, the timer is kind of a suggestion, and when it runs out, it just means that your reinforcements are slower but you don’t lose the mission at all. Maybe it was not talking about the higher difficulties, but they were pretty adamant that if that timer goes to zero, you’re still going to be able to complete the mission
another tip! Only play blitz or swarm missions. They are realistically the only way to complete higher missions(this comes from a guy who runs suicide solo) Bring a grenade launcher or autocanon to break the nests really easily, or eagle strikes and barrages for swarm. Auto shotgun and napalm grenades are your best friends if you have them. EMS strike is a must for giving yourself distance.
Tossup on backpacks between the shield generator and the supply pack (the most expensive and least expensive, funnily). Shield is more cozy but ultimately its better to avoid those situations. Whereas supply (especially solo) just lets you never waste your resupplies and stay topped up at all times (particularly for clearing out big nests and factories with grenades) The big thing with objectives is to get the main ones done, then do your running about with side stuff. Main objectives = you succeed at the mission. Side objectives is bonus XP. Extraction is ironically optioal, and the least overall rewarding for Xp/Slips, though is required to bring home smaples.
Hi I have solo'd Helldiver numerous times now (lvl 40) and for bugs its mandatory to run railgun and scout armor! Pick your fights, and RUUUUNNN!!! Lots of running! Orbital rail cannon (for bile titans) and corrosive gas is really nice! We play the long run so run and gas them. Good luck!
I am Level 8 and confidently doing medium difficulty on my own. I find myself running low on ammo so I take the supply backpack. I run bot machine and gatling turret as well as eagle strike. I think once I get more confident in my skill I'll be able to try challenging. I'll definitely take note of these tips for sure though.good to know solo won't be impossible to do higher difficulties, eventually.
Definitely would like a guide on the best way to deal with each enemy. I’ve been sitting at difficulty 3 because that damn bug on 4 that snatches you just made my life a nightmare. Now that I have the Guard Dog Rover I’m ready to try again, but knowing their moves and best strategies would be hugely helpful.
Ive been scared to play this solo because it seems so overwhelming but you convinced me to try the single player since coop is too much rushing to learn the game
Stalker lais aren't marked anymore. You can still spot them on the map and mark them if you know what to look for, but they don't have the the red spot anymore.
Surprised for backpack that the shield generator pack wasn't mentioned. That thing so useful for bugs. Stalkers dont get to knock you down and decreases damage significantly. Even from a charger if they manage to hit you. I don't leave home without it most of the time. But the guard dog rover is veey good as well though. Lil guy serves me well😢
It seems that getting good at being solo makes you better overall even in groups. You can handle certain objectives by yourself when with others. I can't help but love having all support to switch my load out on the fly, but I do need to consider having a better balance. I'd love to see a group of solos doing each objective. Also I now get annoyed with higher level players not taking any type of pack. Just take any. There's no reason not to have one.
A hot tip for anyone with or without a team on Higher Difficulties. Play for Just Enough Time, A lot of people glaze over this and then they find themselves stuck wondering why they can never finish objectives without suffering a cataclysmic amount of causalities and this is mostly because they're to focused on killing things rather than getting the Objectives done. On Higher Difficulties you almost always make over 1k regardless on if you do side objectives. As a teammate you should be trying to draw the attention away from the guy whos getting the Objectives done or at least buying him enough time to get the objective done. Main Objectives take priority over literally everything else in the game. You aren't winning wars by doing side Ops. So fight as long as you can to fend off the bugs or automatrons from killing your teammate doin the objectives..
I'm currently running a GL/supply backpack/loght armour combo and its extremely versitile. You can run in and destroy nests by yourself on extreme difficulty. Another tip would be don't be afraid to branch off in teams of two, might take some practice and coordination but its speeds things up... A lot.
See ... I see Woolie complaining like a spoiled kid that the game needs a balance patch ... and here YOU are ... showing us in a calm voice, and with GOLD Tips and Advice to play the game.... I salute you o/
How about your loadout? Weapons, armor, stratagems, boosters? Maybe your top 3 in each of those categories? Thanks for this vid & keep them coming! Subbed!
Solo difficulty 6 damn. I wasn't that brave yesterday. Did a two man egg kill mission because the host quit after dropping us in danger. Barely made it out of extraction but received less rewards because one objective registered as failed bugged. Fair amount of hell because we couldn't catch the bug calling the alarm. Many Bile titans.
armor is broken right now anyway, heavy armor doesn't reduce damage like it should so until they fix it light or medium is best depending on the secondary abilities.
Yeah this is rough as heck! Even when I'm trying to sneak around to do just the sub objectives and the main and collect any rares and super rares. Railgun, breaker, mortar sentry and the orbital railgun with the ammo booster. Sometimes I get lucky and the game doesn't send half the map at me at once sometimes I can sneak around and leave with a few rares and some super rares of I find the old tree stumps that are gold or silver veined.
I would absolutely argue against bum-rushing the main objective. Instead pick a drop spot and rotate counter/ clockwise. You'll hit everything on the map in a much more efficient time. On higher difficulties, definitely pick your battles more, but anything on low to mid difficulties you have more than enough time
So, every time people join my game, its a flippin free for all. We end up using all our reinforcements quickly because nobody wants to move as a team. Even people fighting over using the terminals is something i see often. I can't get past extreme because of it.
I usually run with an eaglr napalm,stalwart machine gun,orbital precision strike and an orbital barrage. Sometimes i swap out the orbital barage for a jump pack.
Load out: medium scout armor, eagle airstrike, orbital laser, auto cannon, rocket sentry, plasma shotgun, grenade pistol, stun grenade. Jack of all trades, I run this on bots level 9
Recoiless and EATs are now my best friends. Biles and Chargers were crushing my balls early. Now that coked up stalker bugs run my fade. Bots are doable, unless they just spam missile smashers and dreds. We need vehicle patch rolled out soon. I miss my mechs and tanks.
i heard the amour scaling is bugged right now, so medium for perks or light overall is the way to go right now Edit: it was a post from a day ago, but its spacific heavy armor, including the one in the shop a day ago
i would only suggest doing artillery objective as priority over main objective. Because its just too strong of a tool. calling different arty shots 5 times
The current armor system is kinda wonky. You seem to take the same number of hits to die in light armor than you do in heavy, so might as well take the light armor to maximize your mobility. And yeah even in the first game that was the key to soloing missions. That and melee spamming.
Fully disagree that in higher difficulty you should focus the main objective. Taking utility obj like mortar towers ore the spores, jammers or nests close to the main objective can be paramount to a smooth mission completion. Collecting samples or auxilary missions like illegal broadcasts or data extraction can be saved until most main mission for sure though. Not saying you shouldnt oick up samples that are right in front of you, but dont attract patrols or contest the area for them before finishing the main obj, in that case your point is sound
Is this game hard to play if you’re a solo player? And is there matchmaking built in to find other players to team up with? Is it worth $40 also in June 2024?
Great info had to subscribe answered most build questions so far I just want to know what strategens are worth it bought the 380 mm orbit and its trash
I don’t trust those Guard dogs when I’m with homies it hits them to often to trust and if there’s a hellbomb near by the laser dog will tag it by accident when sweeping its laser around and make it explode but solo they are alright but can also be a hazard to the Solo ops health as well
At the moment, the lightest armour and heaviest armour both take the same amount of hits to kill you. So there is 0 point to use heavy armour right now
been having a huge problem with bug breaches, no matter what i do run fight completely wipe out everything with 1 strike literally no matter what they just keep spawning and it's really ruined the game for me on the solo aspect. the only time i can actually enjoy the game is when i'm not running and dodging the entire time which only happens in multiplayer. idk what the problem is it just might be me but i literally want to uninstall because of this 1 thing.
i’m not by any means *good* but i’ve come to a lot of the same conclusions from my own low-rent solo play. gonna try doing Secondaries after Primaries, that hadn’t occurred to me, i’m high-tailing it after Primaries, most of the time
They are really going to have to improve heavy armor for it to be in any way viable. Mobility is king in horde shooters and as it stands the heavy armor doesn't offer a real reason to be worn. Wich is a shame as I prefer tank classes.
Heavy armor isnt really useful versus the Bugs. Since movement is needed for them. However..heavy armor is -very- useful against the Automations. The bots will shoot you and they can deal a decent bit of damage, or outright 1 tap you depending on the bot. So heavy armor is far more useful versus them. When selecting a sector on the big galactic map, select the red sector for the automaton planets and missions. VERY different feel and very different mission types when you get tired of the bugs.
SHORT AND DIRTY RAILGUN GUIDE step 1 (pc) hold R and right click to toggle safety to OFF (AS GOD INTENDED) step 2 (pc) while aiming notice while charging for a shot there is a red bar going up on the gun 1-4 levels of power, CHARGE LEVELS- (to better see the shot power gauge going up, while aiming press middle mouse button (pc) switches your view to first person aiming) level 1- ok, you did some damage but armor no breaky level 2-better but we didn't turn the safety off for nothing, and charger is running at you like he wants to smash (oh and he does) level 3- this is the sweet spot for efficiency -but safety is for anti material rifle players! level 4- this is for those that like to play russian roulette, if you hold too long you go boom, if you get it there without going over , it strips armor in a single shot, now just switch to explosive ammo shotgun and 3 rounds in the squishy spot you made will make him D.E.A.D -dead level 5- congratulations you are dead Hope this was helpful PS -lastly , aim for the legs (front best) stops movement on enemy and pretty easy to hit on most enemies that you don't get away with doing clean headshots.
@@Daytruin Thanks for the tips bud! I'm currently aware of the visual levels. I'm now interested to know in seconds so that I can count without the need to stop looking over my shoulder, cause them stalkers XD. If I ever win over my lazyness, I'll test it out and put the results here!
I solo because i have a very stable framerate when alone lol all those orbital and eagle strike with teammates is causing me stuttering's I really want to play multiplayer but cannot due to my computer cant handle all those process tsk tsk
Pick up a ton of samples and such as the time runs out, just run from the horde the entire time the ship is coming, assuming you’re jetpacking & using light armor
how on gods green earth are you surviving more than two hits? hunters consistently 2-3 shot me in medium armour. what booster are you using? do you use the damage reduction or the full ammo booster? my only personal issue with solo play are the goddamn hunters (and the stalkers which are basically just upgraded hunters) those bastards alone have killed me more than anything else in the entire game (except for maybe the big bile spitters, but im getting more used to them) if i didnt have to deal with them then my games would be 200% easier. PSA: fuck hunters.
What gun are you using? Because on resupply it says breaker, and it looks like the breaker, but the game says the breaker is a shotgun, but the way your using it doesn't look very shotgun like
@@sethdemirjian6259 funny, it's actually more realistic here than in most games. shotguns irl have a very tight spread and can still be lethal even past 100m.
Id suggest swapping the Grenade launcher for Anti-tank..or look into getting something like the Eagle strike 120mm Rocket Pods. They do a number on a Charger but are level 10 required i beleive. Otherwise, your best bed is dodge the charger and unload the breaker into its butt. Only really doable once the other mods are cleaned up.
Then you can use the expendable anti tank, call it only when facing charger so you can still pickup the grenade launcher after. The cooldown also fast and give 2 unit at once.
How do you change the dificulty? I looked through all the options, it said i unlocked easy and medium, im only lvl 5. Its not in the options anywhere. Seems like there is very gew enemies a lot of the time and i want to turn it up but cant find the option
@@Quentinclu thanks, that will be great once they fix servers. Haven't been able to log into game last 2 days. Played online game since their inception, never once have I not been able to log in for days on any game launch. Probably the poorest server launh I've ever seen for a game that is good.
At higher difficulties you unlock the next difficulty by competing the campaign not a single mission. You need to do the 2nd 3rd or 4th mission in the campaign to get the next tier.
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Tip 1: run and gun. This is objective oriented gameplay emphasizing speed over greed.
Tip 2: running. Armor value is broken atm. Go light armor, choose bonus stats that compliment your play. More nades for greed, more stealth/tracking for attentive running, etc.
Tip 3: objective oriented. Choose missions that are feasible. Goal is stalker nest (ping all over map while waiting on delivery to check for it, may be a bug now, but pinging optional shows on map even if hidden,) then main objective, then everything else.
Want to greed? Clear objectives and map lights up all points of interest.
Tip 4: breaker shotgun. Weapons are imbalanced / mislabeled (like slugger for opening metal boxes instead of using nades). Breaker shotgun + auto pistol is dummy thicc.
Tip 5: strategems.
Orbital laser wrecks big bads, spawners, buildings like research/airships (saves calling hellbomb), etc..
Mortar placed properly can wipe groups without full aggro.
Backpack use shield generator or supply (guard dog honorable mention.)
Weapon use grenade launcher for fast spawner closure/radio tower/enemies/spore skewers.
Rail Canon for quick titan/hulk kill (hold reload, toggle safety off, charge 95% before fire.)
Anything delivered, the pod can close holes, kill things, etc if placed right.
Tip 6: boosters. If planet has encumbered (mud/snow/etc) muscle. Otherwise choose stamina for fast clear, or if you still die often or don't run supply, choose supplies booster. Rest are negligible with armor like trailblazer.
Tip 7: ignore everything you've read, seen, or been exposed to, including this post. Try out everything, enjoy the game. Everything you do is literal Canon events to the story, so have fun. Want to play with others? Cool. Solo? Cool. Like the feel of a severely non-meta weapon or getting caught up fighting off reinforcements? Neat. You do you, I'll still engage your hug emote. The game market's rough, this is fun, and they're not out to gut your wallet and push predatory practices. You should enjoy your sense of duty to liberate the universe by spreading Super Earth Democracy far and wide. Get some Helldiver!
finally someone talked about the backpacks. Yes, always always always take a backpack. they are so good, there really isn't a reason not to run a backpack. Either take a support weapon that comes with a backpack since these are much stronger, or take a backpack and a separate anti-tank solution without backpack. so for example, either go with the jetpack and the expendable anti-tank launcher, or, if you don't want your backpack to do special stuff, at least take the recoilless rifle or auto gun thing since these require backpacks to reload. it's really hard to overstate how important backpacks are in this game, they are extremely strong.
Remember you can call down your backpack for other team members too!
I usually run 2 air strikes and an orbital for the automatons and the jump pack and 2 air strikes for the bugs
if you've played helldivers 1 it's mostly the same. You solo and you always go for cardio to run away when you get spotted and you kite a lot. I think most players didn't know helldivers 1 that's why they get bloodthirsty on helldivers 2 and engage every patrol, kill most bugs except the one calling for reinforcements, shooting and air striking armored enemies with non armored stuff, etc.
Except sadly there is no Lure Beacon in this game...sad days for solo runners :/
Yeah I played a little bit of helldivers 1 with my older cousin and we play this game kinda like ghost recon where we engage most fights either quickly or not at all so that we aren’t being ambushed and what not, plus playing with just 2 ppl can be hard at times. But when I played with my friends who never heard of this game they wanted to fight everything and only used airstrikes or land mines 😭and nearly failed most missions due to time constraints of engaging every enemy
@@Indy2109 This is how it should be played...at least above difficulty 3. And yeah...good luck picking on all fights post difficulty 5 or so...
Why would you not kill the bugs calling for reinforcements?
@@MPC-0251-D if they did not see you they won't call for reinforcements and you can just pass by them. It's like you only pick your battles, sometimes when they spot you can even just ingore them and beeline to the next objective, they'll just despawn.
To add onto your Light Armor Tip
* Even if it's in the light armor category, they will have different speed ratings
* The highest speed ratings makes it so you don't even have to doge roll chargers
* Run behind the Charger and the Auto Canon can take it out in about 4 consecutive shots to the rear
*Shooting the same leg 4 times with the railgun will also kill a Charger
For rail gun its more ammo efficient to use 1 to break the armor and finish with primary as it will strip the amour of where you shot them
@@t.e.a4357 I didn't know that, I'll try it out today
railgun can also kill a charger with 3 fully charged shots to the head (gun set to unsafe mode)
pretty sure it's the most reliable way to kill them solo, I haven't tried using my primary after stripping its armor tho. that sounds like it could be effective
@@lukedri_i ....... That thing has a safety? How unsafe we talking?
@@RustedBuddy5192when you hold your weapon in your hands, you can change fire mode and flashlight mode (If gun have it) by holding R.
I think a common mistake rookies make is shooting the wrong spots on enemies. Like those big spitters. Most players think they must shoot on their big bodies, but the weakspot is their head with armor piercing rounds or their legs. Knowing simple things like that makes a huge difference. So as takibo said, know your enemies.
I hope there will be a very quick video showing all weakpoints, so everyone can learn them. Even those guys who say "what? 10 minutes? I dont have time for a video that long" xD
i think their head has armor so you wanna shoot the mouth specifically, which does make a bit more sense
The real weakspot is actually their legs :) Try it
@@starbreeze7249 hmm that's a point. I only use armor piercing rounds and I totally forgot about it xD
I edited that in :)
A grenade launcher takes the large spitters out in 2 shots (basically anywhere in the body) and is generally my go-to weapon for wiping large groups with minimal resources. I run solo a lot, mostly because I’m more confident playing solo and don’t have to worry about tk’s or waiting for my friends to catch up after killing every enemy they see.
i totally agree. i managed to solo almost all types of missions on helldive difficulty.i prefer grenade launcher over the railgun when fighting vs terminids @@whatthezoink5562
enemies guide would be great, no one done that yet
I would love an online beastiary/codex with a short video in the style of the opening cinematic of the game for each enemy's strengths and weaknesses, strategems, etc
@@Katastra_I'm a bit surprised that this game doesn't just have it by default but it's whatever. Like in some games, it's either you kill and/or encounter and already registers it to the beastiary. Like Monster Hunter, it does that system so you can learn what's affective down the line
Tip for the guard dog variants:
Laser- near infinite uptime, decent dps, laser remains on when switching targets leading to damaging friendlies.
Liberator: Good dps, consistantly avoids shooting allies, has limited ammo that has to be resupplied fairly often.
Also, keep in mind that you can't turn the drone off. So sneaking past patrols can get tricky.
you can sneak past patrols, you just have to hold X (on pc) and drop the pack and pick it back up repeatedly, you will have about 2 seconds after putting the pack on before it fires, so if running scout class you can often run and not be seen so this makes up for having to drop the pack again.
I think the MG Guard Dog kinda bugged, because it's mostly just floating and not shooting at all if you close to allies even if that allies is nowhere near on direction of enemy, really regret buying this first lol
@@rz3264I doubt they will allow it, but I kinda wish you could sell/refund gear after buying. Or at least let us try out before buying. The grind isn't terrible but it's frustrating to buy something that turns out to be a mistake.
@@Venomonomonom nope they will not, the dev will be happy seeing us grinding like madman, but i will be really mad if someday the dev release stratagem with medal unlock but it has trash performance.
@@Venomonomonom The game isnt going anywhere, eventually youll have enough money for everything and WISH there was more content to buy.
when being chased by 2 chargers or more, you can make them hit and stun each other :3 which is an awesome trick to pull when the situation is dire :D
Important note, beating your main objective makes 4x the patrols spawn, so youll have harder side objectives
one HUGE piece of advice that I see forgotten about is using your Environment around you. A slow debuff from an ice flower can stop a big boy in it's track.
Imho best starter items for the early game (vs Bugs) = guard dog with laser rifle, Orbital strike, grenade launcher (helps you close the bug holes REALLY FAST and effective vs the Bile titan), and a stratagem of your choosing. When you're 15+ lvl you can take 500kg bomb airstike. My preffered armor is the one that lets you use 6 stimpacks instead of 4 and prolongs their effect duration (p.s. stimpacks negate the fall damage).
I'm currently lvl 17, soloing 8 lvl difficulty (9th is not open for me yet).
Oh! Breaker works really well as your main weapon when you're soloing ;)
UPDATE: When you solo bugs on the 9th diff, you should take the energy shield instead of the drone. 500 kg bomb, any quick airstrike (prefferably the one that can hit through armor), grenade launcher / railgun depending on the mission. I also recommend scout armor + stamina enhansion.
I saw a video that said, the timer is kind of a suggestion, and when it runs out, it just means that your reinforcements are slower but you don’t lose the mission at all. Maybe it was not talking about the higher difficulties, but they were pretty adamant that if that timer goes to zero, you’re still going to be able to complete the mission
Excellent content and very helpful as I am a new Helldiver solo player. Thank you very much and looking forward to more guides
another tip! Only play blitz or swarm missions. They are realistically the only way to complete higher missions(this comes from a guy who runs suicide solo)
Bring a grenade launcher or autocanon to break the nests really easily, or eagle strikes and barrages for swarm.
Auto shotgun and napalm grenades are your best friends if you have them. EMS strike is a must for giving yourself distance.
How do you break the nest with auto cannon or do you just shoot more than once?
@@t.e.a4357shoot inside the nest
Autocannon can break nests? I was using nades with resupply drops :D
Tossup on backpacks between the shield generator and the supply pack (the most expensive and least expensive, funnily). Shield is more cozy but ultimately its better to avoid those situations. Whereas supply (especially solo) just lets you never waste your resupplies and stay topped up at all times (particularly for clearing out big nests and factories with grenades)
The big thing with objectives is to get the main ones done, then do your running about with side stuff. Main objectives = you succeed at the mission. Side objectives is bonus XP. Extraction is ironically optioal, and the least overall rewarding for Xp/Slips, though is required to bring home smaples.
Hi I have solo'd Helldiver numerous times now (lvl 40) and for bugs its mandatory to run railgun and scout armor! Pick your fights, and RUUUUNNN!!! Lots of running! Orbital rail cannon (for bile titans) and corrosive gas is really nice! We play the long run so run and gas them. Good luck!
How do you deal with the machines? The chainsaw enemies keep ending me
Thanks for the tips and content. this game is awesome!
I am Level 8 and confidently doing medium difficulty on my own. I find myself running low on ammo so I take the supply backpack. I run bot machine and gatling turret as well as eagle strike. I think once I get more confident in my skill I'll be able to try challenging.
I'll definitely take note of these tips for sure though.good to know solo won't be impossible to do higher difficulties, eventually.
Clearing main objective increases spawns so do it last then extract.
What about the medkit armor that makes stims last 2 seconds longer basically giving you a short period of invincibility and you get 2 extra stims
Also grinding for samples before main target will make it so you have to go around looking for your samples when you die at the main objective
Definitely would like a guide on the best way to deal with each enemy. I’ve been sitting at difficulty 3 because that damn bug on 4 that snatches you just made my life a nightmare. Now that I have the Guard Dog Rover I’m ready to try again, but knowing their moves and best strategies would be hugely helpful.
Ive been scared to play this solo because it seems so overwhelming but you convinced me to try the single player since coop is too much rushing to learn the game
Certian guns should never be reloaded from empty namely the auto cannon the reload time is a fraction if you do it early
Stalker lais aren't marked anymore. You can still spot them on the map and mark them if you know what to look for, but they don't have the the red spot anymore.
Those stalkers did steroids they used to be a pest at worst in helldivers 1
Surprised for backpack that the shield generator pack wasn't mentioned. That thing so useful for bugs. Stalkers dont get to knock you down and decreases damage significantly. Even from a charger if they manage to hit you. I don't leave home without it most of the time. But the guard dog rover is veey good as well though. Lil guy serves me well😢
It seems that getting good at being solo makes you better overall even in groups. You can handle certain objectives by yourself when with others. I can't help but love having all support to switch my load out on the fly, but I do need to consider having a better balance.
I'd love to see a group of solos doing each objective.
Also I now get annoyed with higher level players not taking any type of pack. Just take any. There's no reason not to have one.
New subscriber here, love this game can't stop playing.great tips, thanks 👍
A hot tip for anyone with or without a team on Higher Difficulties.
Play for Just Enough Time, A lot of people glaze over this and then they find themselves stuck wondering why they can never finish objectives without suffering a cataclysmic amount of causalities and this is mostly because they're to focused on killing things rather than getting the Objectives done.
On Higher Difficulties you almost always make over 1k regardless on if you do side objectives. As a teammate you should be trying to draw the attention away from the guy whos getting the Objectives done or at least buying him enough time to get the objective done.
Main Objectives take priority over literally everything else in the game. You aren't winning wars by doing side Ops.
So fight as long as you can to fend off the bugs or automatrons from killing your teammate doin the objectives..
I'm currently running a GL/supply backpack/loght armour combo and its extremely versitile. You can run in and destroy nests by yourself on extreme difficulty. Another tip would be don't be afraid to branch off in teams of two, might take some practice and coordination but its speeds things up... A lot.
Shield backpack, rail gun, eagle cluster bomb, rail cannon strike, stamina booster. Easy.
Please make more of these. Playing and commentating your way through would be a great aid to democracy!
More guides and how to deal with all enemies would be awesome! Great videos so far!
outstanding vid, feel shamed now at not taking on the higher difficulty missions, bring em on 07
This game is sold out at all GameStops in my region had to order from eBay can’t wait to join in on the war 🔥🔥🔥💯
See ... I see Woolie complaining like a spoiled kid that the game needs a balance patch ... and here YOU are ... showing us in a calm voice, and with GOLD Tips and Advice to play the game....
I salute you o/
How about your loadout? Weapons, armor, stratagems, boosters? Maybe your top 3 in each of those categories? Thanks for this vid & keep them coming! Subbed!
Solo difficulty 6 damn. I wasn't that brave yesterday. Did a two man egg kill mission because the host quit after dropping us in danger.
Barely made it out of extraction but received less rewards because one objective registered as failed bugged.
Fair amount of hell because we couldn't catch the bug calling the alarm.
Many Bile titans.
Yes a video on how to deal with al types of bugs would b great
what is your loadout? I wish you went over this in your video
Breaker shotgun primary, railgun support weapon, personal shield backpack, light armor. That is the meta.
I noticed in my 4 games last night that if you get swarmed your character struggles to get away even if you try to run which is fsr more realistic
With so many grains of salt im taking ill be able to flavor my food now, thank you !!
Laser guard dog against bugs or bring an ammo bag. For bots, bring the shield back pack, bullet guard dog, or jet pack
armor is broken right now anyway, heavy armor doesn't reduce damage like it should so until they fix it light or medium is best depending on the secondary abilities.
For the guard dogs it’s best to use the river guard dog because of how much more it shoots and kills. The normal one isn’t as accurate as well
Thanks I’m trying to lvl up with to some friends who started before I was able.
Yeah this is rough as heck! Even when I'm trying to sneak around to do just the sub objectives and the main and collect any rares and super rares.
Railgun, breaker, mortar sentry and the orbital railgun with the ammo booster.
Sometimes I get lucky and the game doesn't send half the map at me at once sometimes I can sneak around and leave with a few rares and some super rares of I find the old tree stumps that are gold or silver veined.
I would absolutely argue against bum-rushing the main objective. Instead pick a drop spot and rotate counter/ clockwise. You'll hit everything on the map in a much more efficient time.
On higher difficulties, definitely pick your battles more, but anything on low to mid difficulties you have more than enough time
What a nice Video, charger was Most difficult enemy for me. But that helps alot, ty.
So, every time people join my game, its a flippin free for all. We end up using all our reinforcements quickly because nobody wants to move as a team. Even people fighting over using the terminals is something i see often. I can't get past extreme because of it.
Thanks for the video. Just a question, which macro are you using for stratagems? Any mouse in specific or keyboard config?
Light armor protects ypu enough cause the protection is bugged still and all offer the same dmg reduction while the light also makes you faster
This was great. Thank you for the tips.
Guard dog laser is a must against bugs and shield backpack for the bots.
I usually run with an eaglr napalm,stalwart machine gun,orbital precision strike and an orbital barrage. Sometimes i swap out the orbital barage for a jump pack.
Load out: medium scout armor, eagle airstrike, orbital laser, auto cannon, rocket sentry, plasma shotgun, grenade pistol, stun grenade. Jack of all trades, I run this on bots level 9
the shield gen paks my fave & it woks on everything even melee & saved my ars from stelthers so many time :) last miska thay ever made
Recoiless and EATs are now my best friends. Biles and Chargers were crushing my balls early. Now that coked up stalker bugs run my fade. Bots are doable, unless they just spam missile smashers and dreds.
We need vehicle patch rolled out soon. I miss my mechs and tanks.
Last time I played solo I dropped and 2 tanks a stalker and about 30 other enemies spawned around the corner
i heard the amour scaling is bugged right now, so medium for perks or light overall is the way to go right now
Edit: it was a post from a day ago, but its spacific heavy armor, including the one in the shop a day ago
Great video. Thanks you friend
I'd love a detailed enemy guide
Shield backpack is my go to whether it's bugs or automatons.
i would only suggest doing artillery objective as priority over main objective. Because its just too strong of a tool. calling different arty shots 5 times
The current armor system is kinda wonky. You seem to take the same number of hits to die in light armor than you do in heavy, so might as well take the light armor to maximize your mobility. And yeah even in the first game that was the key to soloing missions. That and melee spamming.
It's stuck on easy, it doesn't go up difficulty on solo ? Only when im with team, wanna try higher difficulties solo but not working?
Fully disagree that in higher difficulty you should focus the main objective. Taking utility obj like mortar towers ore the spores, jammers or nests close to the main objective can be paramount to a smooth mission completion.
Collecting samples or auxilary missions like illegal broadcasts or data extraction can be saved until most main mission for sure though. Not saying you shouldnt oick up samples that are right in front of you, but dont attract patrols or contest the area for them before finishing the main obj, in that case your point is sound
Is this game hard to play if you’re a solo player? And is there matchmaking built in to find other players to team up with? Is it worth $40 also in June 2024?
Great video bro 👍
Great info had to subscribe answered most build questions so far I just want to know what strategens are worth it bought the 380 mm orbit and its trash
Soo, another tip is no bots missions i suppose? They do seem to be a bot more annoying to handle alone.
could you make a video on all your settings. I like the way your game looks/runs
I don’t trust those Guard dogs when I’m with homies it hits them to often to trust and if there’s a hellbomb near by the laser dog will tag it by accident when sweeping its laser around and make it explode but solo they are alright but can also be a hazard to the Solo ops health as well
Yes, but how do you actually switch to solo gameplay?
At the moment, the lightest armour and heaviest armour both take the same amount of hits to kill you. So there is 0 point to use heavy armour right now
been having a huge problem with bug breaches, no matter what i do run fight completely wipe out everything with 1 strike literally no matter what they just keep spawning and it's really ruined the game for me on the solo aspect. the only time i can actually enjoy the game is when i'm not running and dodging the entire time which only happens in multiplayer. idk what the problem is it just might be me but i literally want to uninstall because of this 1 thing.
For me best loadout is ammo pack grenade launcher mortar turret and orbital Gatling gun with the war pond orange armor
What light armor do you run? The only light I have is the one that gives you 2 extra stims
I can't ever beat a solo at level 7. I've taken every combination loadout and always get overrun
Can you make a video on the best weapons and some good stragagems too?
Enemy guide please! More tips
Come back when you have to tackle for bile titans but orbital laser for the win.
You can one shot them with railgun in the right place lol
i’m not by any means *good* but i’ve come to a lot of the same conclusions from my own low-rent solo play.
gonna try doing Secondaries after Primaries, that hadn’t occurred to me, i’m high-tailing it after Primaries, most of the time
I wpuld be very interested in a giide to all enemy types!
ty for this - i have no friends
I for the life of me can't figure HOW to even play solo
my TIP is that u can turn your hip fire targeting reticle on at all times..... not shur y thy set it to off:( i run gun &shotty & like never aime
i will try this, but aiming is important and i imagine run and gun wastes bullets, General Brasch would not approve.
They are really going to have to improve heavy armor for it to be in any way viable. Mobility is king in horde shooters and as it stands the heavy armor doesn't offer a real reason to be worn. Wich is a shame as I prefer tank classes.
Heavy armor isnt really useful versus the Bugs. Since movement is needed for them. However..heavy armor is -very- useful against the Automations. The bots will shoot you and they can deal a decent bit of damage, or outright 1 tap you depending on the bot. So heavy armor is far more useful versus them.
When selecting a sector on the big galactic map, select the red sector for the automaton planets and missions. VERY different feel and very different mission types when you get tired of the bugs.
Try to make a guide on each stratagem. I'm still trying to understand the best time to shoot the Railgun. Some need a little study.
SHORT AND DIRTY RAILGUN GUIDE
step 1 (pc) hold R and right click to toggle safety to OFF (AS GOD INTENDED)
step 2 (pc) while aiming notice while charging for a shot there is a red bar going up on the gun 1-4 levels of power,
CHARGE LEVELS- (to better see the shot power gauge going up, while aiming press middle mouse button (pc) switches your view to first person aiming)
level 1- ok, you did some damage but armor no breaky
level 2-better but we didn't turn the safety off for nothing, and charger is running at you like he wants to smash (oh and he does)
level 3- this is the sweet spot for efficiency -but safety is for anti material rifle players!
level 4- this is for those that like to play russian roulette, if you hold too long you go boom, if you get it there without going over , it strips armor in a single shot, now just switch to explosive ammo shotgun and 3 rounds in the squishy spot you made will make him D.E.A.D -dead
level 5- congratulations you are dead
Hope this was helpful
PS -lastly , aim for the legs (front best) stops movement on enemy and pretty easy to hit on most enemies that you don't get away with doing clean headshots.
@@Daytruin Thanks for the tips bud!
I'm currently aware of the visual levels. I'm now interested to know in seconds so that I can count without the need to stop looking over my shoulder, cause them stalkers XD.
If I ever win over my lazyness, I'll test it out and put the results here!
I solo because i have a very stable framerate when alone lol all those orbital and eagle strike with teammates is causing me stuttering's I really want to play multiplayer but cannot due to my computer cant handle all those process tsk tsk
Been soloing most of the content up to suicide but havent been able to extract with samples consistently any advice?
Pick up a ton of samples and such as the time runs out, just run from the horde the entire time the ship is coming, assuming you’re jetpacking & using light armor
how on gods green earth are you surviving more than two hits? hunters consistently 2-3 shot me in medium armour. what booster are you using? do you use the damage reduction or the full ammo booster? my only personal issue with solo play are the goddamn hunters (and the stalkers which are basically just upgraded hunters) those bastards alone have killed me more than anything else in the entire game (except for maybe the big bile spitters, but im getting more used to them) if i didnt have to deal with them then my games would be 200% easier. PSA: fuck hunters.
What gun are you using? Because on resupply it says breaker, and it looks like the breaker, but the game says the breaker is a shotgun, but the way your using it doesn't look very shotgun like
it's just a standard breaker. the breaker is an automatic shotgun, and most shotguns in this game have a very tight spread
@@lukedri_i yeah it's just so weird because the spread is ridiculously tight. It makes it look like a DMR.
@@sethdemirjian6259 funny, it's actually more realistic here than in most games. shotguns irl have a very tight spread and can still be lethal even past 100m.
tips on chargers? I run breaker shotgun, supply pack and grenade launchers so I don't have access to armor breaking weapons.
Id suggest swapping the Grenade launcher for Anti-tank..or look into getting something like the Eagle strike 120mm Rocket Pods. They do a number on a Charger but are level 10 required i beleive.
Otherwise, your best bed is dodge the charger and unload the breaker into its butt. Only really doable once the other mods are cleaned up.
Then you can use the expendable anti tank, call it only when facing charger so you can still pickup the grenade launcher after. The cooldown also fast and give 2 unit at once.
What Shotgun do u use in the vid
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@@olegbelyaev1672 Roger. Thanks
How do you change the dificulty? I looked through all the options, it said i unlocked easy and medium, im only lvl 5. Its not in the options anywhere. Seems like there is very gew enemies a lot of the time and i want to turn it up but cant find the option
you can change the dificulty on the mission select below the planet on the hub before launching a mission
@@Quentinclu thanks, that will be great once they fix servers. Haven't been able to log into game last 2 days. Played online game since their inception, never once have I not been able to log in for days on any game launch. Probably the poorest server launh I've ever seen for a game that is good.
Auto cannon is class
From my experience of you die in the end of the Mission when you have completed all objectives i did not get a higher difficulty
At higher difficulties you unlock the next difficulty by competing the campaign not a single mission. You need to do the 2nd 3rd or 4th mission in the campaign to get the next tier.
@@Zierk11001 yea i know but still by dying but completing the Mission on the last Mission of 2 i still didnt get the higher difficulty