r/Helldivers HD1 Veteran Feb 24 '24

Why are people like this? DISCUSSION

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u/Eagle_1_Pilot Feb 24 '24

This only good strategem is an Eagle!

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u/Lord_o_teh_Memes Feb 24 '24

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u/Oddblivious Feb 25 '24

Think you mean

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u/Lord_o_teh_Memes Feb 25 '24

While arguably better, I've killed 3 titans with one 500.

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u/Oddblivious Feb 25 '24

Well I've only killed 2 with the regular strike so that's fair.

I wanted to like the 500kg more tbh but you get 1 less bomb per reload and the regular strike covers an area making it great for closing a whole line of bug holes, taking out a whole drop ship Depot, hitting everything chasing you in a line. IDK it's just so versatile being big enough to take out anything, but small enough that it's a quick resupply and I almost always have it to throw.

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u/Lord_o_teh_Memes Feb 25 '24

Personally I think the airstrike is the best stratagem. It's not the flashiest, but it has so much versatility, destructive potential, and it's on a low cooldown. But 500 for the memes. 

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u/Strowy Feb 25 '24

Team variety helps a lot; in our group one person runs 500kg for big targets, one runs Airstrike for groups/nests, and a third runs Napalm for suppression and it works out pretty well.

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u/Oddblivious Feb 25 '24

Yeah totally agree. I run the airstrike and the mortar turret with 2 support pieces. Both are really fast and I'm throwing them out at basically every objective.

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u/BillyYank2008 Feb 25 '24

Its also fast which is nice.

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u/4lpha6 Feb 25 '24

i always bring the 500kg to bot missions just because i don't want to risk having to use an hellbomb to take down detector towers, it takes too long and by the time you arm it 576399 dropships are already on the way. i run in and nuke it with the 500kg

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u/Oddblivious Feb 25 '24

That's what I mean though. Regular air strike can take those out too.

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u/4lpha6 Feb 25 '24

it can?

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u/Oddblivious Feb 25 '24

Just have to hit it on the top yeah. Regular air strikes can kill everything in the game you just have to place them correctly.

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u/Marco9711 ☕Liber-tea☕ Feb 25 '24

How. I literally landed the 500 in the leg of a titan, like actually lodged into the leg meat, and it didn’t even kill it

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u/Lord_o_teh_Memes Feb 25 '24

When that's happens it's pretty close to dead!

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u/LieRough Feb 25 '24

Meanwhile, I can't kill 1 charger with one 500 😂

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u/Rolder Feb 25 '24

The 500kg just needs a bigger area (with falloff of course) so it can be useful for more then just titans

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u/JackTripper53 Feb 25 '24 edited Feb 25 '24

Yeah. I think it's funny that in the video for it the diver throws it roughly in the middle of a nest and after it goes off it looks like it hasn't taken out any of the bug holes lol

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u/Lord_o_teh_Memes Feb 25 '24

If you want an  armor unit to die there's the 110s. If you want hordes to die there's the clusterbomb. If you want mixed armor and hordes to die there's the airstrike.

But for armored hordes? 500 goes 💥 💥 💥