Thank y'all for watching ❤ 51 minutes is too dang long! Next one, I'll edit down to 20. Promise! But I felt like I had to tell the full story of this challenge, and cutting it down wouldn't do it justice. Hope you enjoy!

The default armour is actual a sleeper. It is heavy armour with medium speed making it very powerful against Bots. Bugs… not so much.

IT PAINS ME SO MUCH HE USED FRAGS AND NOT HIGH EXPLOSIVES

Your stratagems are also way better with upgrades though

Easy, you're a legend for even attempting this. Also, I love the use of the "Death by Hellpod" 'strategem'. Absolutely impressive.

Meanwhile being level 100 and playing Trivial: *Gordon Ramsay eating at McDonalds*

Starting armor is definitely some of the best in the game in terms of overall versatility so no wonder you did it

you should have gone traitor for the forbidden 5th stratagem on those eradication missions. what mattered was the mission completion, not survival. people dont utilize the secret 5th stratagem and it boggles my mind. you can still extract while being labeled a traitor.

Your devotion to this horrifying challenge amazes me. Asking your democracy officer to give you 5 minutes of family time to recover. Keep up the good work John Helldiver!

The wall of martyr’s most common word will be “hunter”

I’m level 72 and this is literally what I run all the time, except I partake in all 4 stratagem spots, and I bring the senator in place of the peashooter.

how did the helldiver in the intro going into the ship have a flamethrower at 0:07

For anyone wondering about the song at 20:15 -ish, it’s called The Kill by Particle House

Helldivers on Tuesday, August 6th 2024 be like: 1:02

Not to be that guy. But i presume you had all your ship modules, not making it a true lvl 1. Big respect tho and i love the vid❤ Keep up the great work (i would not be able to do this lmao)

i respect that he had enough self respect as to not play with the automatons, not to nulify the absolute torture you did endure

The real problem here is the reduced stratagem count and the lack of a booster. The starting gear is actually super solid. Especially the armourset and the percision strike are some of the best in the entire game imo.

I actually do this to practice it really helps you die less in normal matches if you want to practice to get better and not for just the challenge then I would do lower difficulties until you can do them consistently with no deaths then go up until you’re at max difficulty and I actually think that eradicate swarm I think is the best mission actually because you have to dodge and stuff more

Really happy to see someone else playing the hardest difficulties also thinks that hunters need a rebalance. (Either they need to jump shorter distances, or they shouldn't have the tongues that chase you down when you dodge the initial attack).

You should also do this with friends! Would love to see that

I feel you bro, i once conpleted a nightmere mision in mothergunship with no weapons, only two fists.

Thank you for suffering for my entertainment 😂😂😂

MY LUNCH VIDEO HAS ARRIVED RAAAAAHHHHH

The breakdancing terminid I can’t 😂😂😂

Huge props to you doing this ❤, that was awesome

49:59 "These things absolutely blow" Well... that is what grenades are supposed to do.

This was hilarious 😅 bc in a sense I found with this game that difficulty balance not that bad bc they are gracious enough not to hit us with bullet sponge enemies. Just have your strategy movement down when observing the map before the mission but the real difficulty is truly this going into these missions with bad loadouts will truly make you hate this game 😆 but I believe that’s what changes it up & makes it exciting adapting and finding a way thru it . This was fun to see. Need more vids like this

This challenge highlights a lot of the issues with HD2. Enemies walking and attacking through dead bugs while you can't or just get stuck, hunters being way over-tuned, inconsistent damage received, etc.

I salute you brother. I can’t even play Helldive solo w best gear. Shoot I can’t even play Helldive in general. I think I’m good at the game but then I see guys like you do stuff like this and I’m blown away!!

The basic armor is legit, at least

[29:49 atm] Dude. From the bottom of my heart. I really appreciate you doing this. This was both educational and entertaining. Those Helldivers suffered not in vain but rather inspiration. I'm rooting and hoping you pull it off by the end of the video.

Dude I had to comment. Holy shit this looks painful, I would have gone through a couple of monitors doing this😆 thank you for your service soldier!

the MG stop and reload must have made it 1000 time harder on solo. Stalwart would have made this SOO much easier.. and maybe a cheeky orbital rail strike too. Well done for finally getting there!!

I understand the spirit of the challenge of not picking up weapons found on missions. But a level 1 cadet would definitely ditch his/her machine gun for another weapon, either for the better firepower or just because they want to try that shiny new weapon😆

Watching you go through all that let me know how upsetting even trying this would be. 😂 Good video though.

another channel did a challenge similar to this and called it “level 10” they used machine gun, orbital strike, supply pack, and eats.

Holy shot this is hilarious😂

respect. told many people before doing helldive and before you go on the reddit to complain ‘the game is too hard’ run solo every difficulty.

Holy hell man, hats off to you for even attempting, let alone completing this challenge.

Ironically, the extra padding and standard nades are pretty useful against lvl 10 missions. My loadout for it has been medium extra padding armor, basic nades, scorcher, redeemer, auto canon, emancipator, eagle airstrike and precision with any booster my teammates need. Hope it helps for whoever needs it, Goodluck helldivers.

Damn this is crazy. I’ve messed around with cadet loadouts but always with all 4 stratagems You’re wild 💀

I'd totally be down for a duo version of this

Amazing, This vid needs more attention

u kinda sound like homelander when angry lol 1 AM but i'm watching the whole thing. Love this, thank u for ur suffering

The thing that was killing you when you didn't die from attacks was acid DOT from titans spitting

the tilting is what really killed me xd Great video bro lol

Precision is pretty good later on, just need to be careful you don't choose an orbital scatter mission with it

this is insane, well played!

One time when I was farming SC on trivial, 3 level 1s entered my ship. And I couldn't suppress the urge to throw them into a helldive (on the bug planet because I heard they are easier) to see how they react, fully expecting a wipe and failing to extract. I'm not that good of a player, and I also spend 99% of my time on the bot front, so believe me when I say that TCS mission went WAAAAAY better than I expected. Sure one of them left after 4 deaths, but I carried the rest without dying once. I later realized how good of a spirit they had and a bit undemocratic for me to risk them refunding the game if they thought the game wasn't for them.

This is a definition of a TRUE HELLDIVER, such dedication sure is admirable by super earth!

The OG suit is definitely a clean design but they have got to add a standard helmet with a black hood like that one "scout" outfit.

Ask your mom I’m dying 😂 23:44

Lore accurate first mission

I appreciate your willingness to dive into hell with pure rage in your heart. I am also this way.

lets be honest, a couple of us totally brought our friend on his first mission with us to helldive.

I do this a couple of times once every month, the liberator absolutely sucks, 0 accuracy. As for my normal loadout, Primary - varies quite a bit but at the moment im loving the tenderizer, I like the ability it has against devastators. Secondary - Senator Support - AC armour - SC30 trailblazer with a different helmet (Forgot its name), and the black to green gradient with a yellow stripe at the bottom for my cape. Stratagems - Usually* pres strike, 380, eagle air. * I swap out the 380 for eagle smoke strikes on certain mission types, and blitz is just whatever I feel will destroy bot bases that day.

Here's a variation of this challenge that could actually be enjoyable. Full team, same loadout as lvl 1 Cadet, gauntlet. Have to complete a full operation from Trivial, all the way to Helldive. Extract isn't necessary but mission complete is. If fail, restart.

Back in March I was thinking about if the new player experience for HD2 should have more things available at level 1, such as a turret stratagem and a booster. I understand the default loadout was chosen to not overwhelm new players, but by the time you've played like 5 missions you'll be able to unlock a full stratagem loadout, so what's the point in being so stringent? The first booster you get is on page 3 of the main warbond, so you're missing a core part of your loadout for easily a dozen missions. I'm undecided on whether an existing stratagem should be brought down to a level 1 unlock, or if new things should be added and automatically unlocked. Either way, I do think the new player experience would benefit from these changes, and this video is a great showcase as to why.

4:35 Dodge smooth af

If you can time it, the Bile from the Bile Titan can kill the Charger.

So Bots next?

If your super surrounded and there are so many bugs that you know you can't kill them all, go out of bounds and you'll get a free 380 centered on you. If you can survive for long enough to get 2-3 shots off then it can get 20-30% easily.

picking up weapons on field is part of being a cadet , but well that was a fun challenge to see anyway. o7

I greatly appreciate that the starting weapons and strats are still decent. New players can still contribute when playing with higher level friends.

How can I NOT SUB? after seeing all that PAIN... Then looking and seeing I'm only halfway through the video.. just SO GOOD lol. 😂 (I'm truly sorry for that pain and anguish though, no lie XD)

Imagine fighting Automatons at Helldive as a demoted cadet Helldiver

Bro, this literally just happened to me because I switched from PS5 to PC

I would like to remind everyone that because of how helldivers 2 works this is 100% canon to the universe and someone in universe actually did this.

NEW EASY DROP🗿

you: going back to default me: never stoped Super earth supplied me with the best gear they saw fit from the start. and i belive in their judgment

Imagine the music in the beginning is sneaky snitch and you just go stealth for the full challenge, the video would be much less entertaining that way but it would have probably been easier

Those missions made you so made you didn't punch a hole in your monitor, rather you punched a hole through Meridia

Bro nuke nursery chambers are one of the hardest missions when your team ain't toguether, why did bro choose that 😭🙏

holy crap, an original helldiver channel video idea (almost all other channels spew the same shit)

its like playing LASO mode from halo, so this is gonna be a nightmare to do with friends, helldivers - Helldive lvl 1 cadet all stock (HD1CAS mode)

I could feel your rage, lol

The mental decline throughout the video is scary ngl

I feel you could have used the weapons found around the map. That's definitely what I did as a low level before I'd unlocked them all. It's also how I found my love of the Arc Thrower (may it rest in peace).

Seems like you really earned your promotion.

I genuinely play like this. Stock Helldiver goes hard

18:16 this moment even pisses me off I smacked my teeth

Solo alone is hard because you simply do not have the firepower to punch through the hordes. Now multiply that with not even having the right tools.

Oddly enough stratagem wise this is close to my go to 9 build for bugs, the starting mg, precision strike, supply pack , and something that kills bigs like rail cannon or eats but generally its open choice

this has inspired me to do something similar, go back to the roots of the game and use some more basic stuff, great video!

"Enjoy my suffering" - That's.. why I'm here. Jokes aside, good content deserving of the fat Like.

A fellow legionar armor enthusiasts. Respect

amazing video, honestly really fun, but i can tell you have that same hatred I have I have hunters, but unlike what you said (I think around the 15 minute mark) I don't think they are unbalanced, but rather built on purpose to be like that, their name is "hunter" after all, probably means they should be the one getting most kills, plus the slow prevents prey getting away, I mean "scavenger" "warrior" "hive guard" they all tell us their roles even "stalker" and "charger" you can pretty much guess only ones breaking that chain in my opinion in the bile titan and shrieker, however for the titan at least it could be because they just don't hunt and rather are only birthed by a colony if there is a decent threat to them (the helldivers) like how ant colonies in real life will have more or less soldiers depending on how many fights they get into. shrieker however I have no such excuse for though

If I may add you can get unlock the machine gun sentry and the eagle strafing run at lvl 1 which would have made the challenge easier, I know you dont get it from the tutorial but you can unlock it immediately

The amount of Democracy I'm feeling in my veins while watching this video is immeasurable

I think these challenges prove something: Without the Incendiary Breaker, players just struggle. Feel like people really gotta get used to more weapons than just the Ol'Reliable.

Bruh… through the fire and flames edit hits so hard. Very nice. Very very nice

Not picking up items on the map is a bit extreme ngl 😅 but hey certainly a challenge

I feel like the two stratagems that were disallowed were the only thing holding you back tbh.

Actually a lvl 1 wouldn't even have all the ship module upgrades xD

I did this on my boys account because he had never played and I wanted to get him leveled up quick to buy some important stratagems to get him started. Hopped on my other boy's ship to play helldive on level 1 and fuckin wrecked. I really underestimated how good the initial loadout is.

I would go as far as saying that the Second Rule is kinda unnecessary, since you can find those as a level 1 too

I think blitz missions are easiest to do. I used to do speedruns on diff 9 to farm medals on this missions - just run arround, close holes and then die few times to finish. Takes like 4-6 min and gives you +8 medals.

great job. now do it on difficulty 10 super helldive

now make a supercut making i look easy and you have new propagan- i mean motivational materiel for super earths recruitment campain

you forgot that lvl 1 helldiver's are not allowed to steer their hellpods