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!

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.

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.

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

Solo vs bugs - laser drone Solo vs robots - shield backpack In a team - always shield backpack. Drones just kills your team and you too many times, plus it gets in a way whenever you need to position with its laser blasting in direction you want to move. Also, shield saves you against teammates using the drones or even airstrikes, and I think it blocked all damage from several mines once. It adds a lot of survivability. Great for dashing into burrows to quickly throw grenades inside.

enemies guide would be great, no one done that yet

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

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.

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.

Thanks for the tips and content. this game is awesome!

Excellent content and very helpful as I am a new Helldiver solo player. Thank you very much and looking forward to more guides

The biggest tip i can give to players struggling to deal with chargers is USE THE EXPENDABLE ANTI TANK MISSLE. not for the rockets, but for the drop pod. punch in the code and stick the charger in the face or middle of the back with the beacon marker. if you do it right, it should 1 shot a charger. you can also use the drop pod to plug a bug hole.

Thanks got great video, you’ve got a new subscriber. New to helldivers so found this useful. A breakdown of killing the different enemies and also weapon’s would be awesome, thanks. Anyone that’s doing this solo on suicide level has to be the nutts 👌

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

New subscriber here, love this game can't stop playing.great tips, thanks 👍

I feel like a guide on each enemy would be really fun to watch even for people not playing.

On lvl 9, so this video really chimes we me. A great video, loads of usable suggested tactics. Thank you very much! Soooo looking farward to lvl 10, and the little drone guy! (esp for solos)

More guides and how to deal with all enemies would be awesome! Great videos so far!

Thank you for being transparent about the gear you recommend. About to give solo a go, wish me luck!

This was great. Thank you for the tips.

What a nice Video, charger was Most difficult enemy for me. But that helps alot, ty.

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.

Great video. Thanks you friend

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.

Please make more of these. Playing and commentating your way through would be a great aid to democracy!

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

Great video bro 👍

Important note, beating your main objective makes 4x the patrols spawn, so youll have harder side objectives

Here's a tip, right off the bat. Don't waste 10 minutes weaving/attacking 1 heavy like the intro. You can heard them together, since they are slow and easy to dodge, then 1 precision strike kill 3 or 4 of them

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.

Thank you for posting. Very new player here.

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

Thanks. Subscribed.

Certian guns should never be reloaded from empty namely the auto cannon the reload time is a fraction if you do it early

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

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.

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

outstanding vid, feel shamed now at not taking on the higher difficulty missions, bring em on 07

No man, this shit become Dark souls when I'm alone.😂😂

this game needs a report support for the teamkillers who kill on purpose to loot items they dont have

Prioritize the comms relay side mission, it reveals the location of all key locations on your map so you can plan your route. Often, the comms relay is on the other end of all the objectives, so it's usually better to land there first if it's visible and then do main missions.

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.

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!

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.

With so many grains of salt im taking ill be able to flavor my food now, thank you !!

A guide on how to deal with each enemy would be great!

Thanks I’m trying to lvl up with to some friends who started before I was able.

Yes a video on how to deal with al types of bugs would b great

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

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

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

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.

Laser guard dog against bugs or bring an ammo bag. For bots, bring the shield back pack, bullet guard dog, or jet pack

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.

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..

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

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.

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

I’m finding that the railgun is extremely versatile and strong. I use it to fight EVERYTHING because it penetrates everything, besides the tanks and towers for automatons.

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😢

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.

Shield backpack, rail gun, eagle cluster bomb, rail cannon strike, stamina booster. Easy.

Shield backpack is my go to whether it's bugs or automatons.

I just started so when you just stated what the loadout should be, I'm lvl 8 but Im still not entirely sure about everything you mentioned. A visual would have been helpful so I could pause and try to see what I have unlocked so far

I'd love a detailed enemy guide

Honestly before even watching this video I'd like to say that this: Run a railgun as your heavy weapon, that will deal with all tank units, a resupply backpack so you never run out of ammo/ shield backpack for extra safety. As primary you'll want the breaker auto shotgun because it's simply the best, and for the rest of your strategems: take airstrikes with good clearing capabilities for lower to midtier enemies.

could you make a video on all your settings. I like the way your game looks/runs

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 🔥🔥🔥💯

what is your loadout? I wish you went over this in your video

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

about the tip for light armor - as of yet the armor rating is bugged and not working as intended.. all armors take the same amount of hits to die - 6 light hits from normal small mobs - so taking the light armor or medium armor gives you better passive choices. (personally i go with the one withj extra stims and stims healling time +2seconds ) ;)

Clearing main objective increases spawns so do it last then extract.

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 light armor do you run? The only light I have is the one that gives you 2 extra stims

Can you make a video on the best weapons and some good stragagems too?

Seeing how you deal with the higher mobs is pure eyecandy. I personally don't feel comfortable with it just yet... Btw, are you using the Breaker? Is it better than the penetrator guns (Liberty AP and the premium JAR)?

For me best loadout is ammo pack grenade launcher mortar turret and orbital Gatling gun with the war pond orange armor

Railgun + Supply Backpack. It's far too valuable not to. Kills chargers, biles and any armoured unit. Bring 500kg bomb with the +1 and airstrike. The negative effects on strategems (such as cooldown and increased deployment time) make orbital strikes worse than eagle currently.

Breaker shotgun primary, railgun support weapon, personal shield backpack, light armor. That is the meta.

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/

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

I'm trying to push difficulty in a similar way, but I've hit a brick wall with difficulty 5. I can deal with one charger easily, two is...ok, but at difficulty 5, especially at extract, there's often three on the field, and I just have a hard time dealing with that. Did you experience this? If so, how did you counter it? I feel as though I'm missing something, but I can't for the life of me figure out what.

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.

Thanks for the video. Just a question, which macro are you using for stratagems? Any mouse in specific or keyboard config?

Come back when you have to tackle for bile titans but orbital laser for the win.

ty for this - i have no friends

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

Enemy guide please! 🙏🏽

thanks

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

When it comes to bugs, the regular guard dog is the best. The rover is nice, since it can't run out of ammo, but you'll be able to use supply drops often enough to keep the regular/gun guard dog loaded... which not only packs more of a punch but also has knockback, which helps manage the larger swarms of smaller enemies.

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

Enemy guide please! More tips

Which loadout u using and the gun

The guide would be nice 🙂

Yes please tutorial on each ennemy...

Been soloing most of the content up to suicide but havent been able to extract with samples consistently any advice?

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?

Last time I played solo I dropped and 2 tanks a stalker and about 30 other enemies spawned around the corner