Arc-12 Blitzer Stress Test & BREAKDOWN in Helldivers 2 

Edit: Hey accidentally inverted the math when talking about the rate of fire, it’s 0.75 shots per second 45rpm. Nothing changes about the results of course, My bad! I’ve actually always enjoyed the Blitzer but this buff gave me the perfect excuse to cover it here and update since the video I originally made it that began this series! Hope you enjoyed the video and as always my favorite comment will be featured at the end of the next! Cya next time!

"I have autism. Sorry for being annoying" Same.

Last dive with the Blitzer + Rover I had 756 kills. My teammates 120+ kills each. The combo never runs out of ammo and slays bug breaches.

RU-vid finally suggested your channel, and I'm so glad it did. The hard numbers and armor penetration stats are wonderful, and I appreciate that you avoid silly categories like coolness. Subscribed, commented, and liked. Thank you, helldiver.

Hey Eravin, its so exciting to see how much youve grown since. It hasnt even been that long and you are almost at 10k subscribers, I remember when you merely had a 1000. So happy for you bro keep up the amazing work, much love!

As a day 1 blitzer main I've never felt more unstoppable. I was already getting crazy kill counts before the buff so now I can only imagine how crazy those kill counts will be.

Have you seen how the Punisher Plasma now blows you up if you're wearing an energy shield? Something with the recent patch must have messed up how the two interact

Hold on, stalkers heal while they're invisible?! that explains so much! I had one go invisible on me with the blitzer, and then it just kept leaping over me back and forth as I kept shooting it, it took foreveeer to kill, like way over 10 shots probably closer to 15, I don't think I was hitting with every lightning bolt but at least some of them hit as I noticed it stagger every time it landed, it was honestly quite terrifying seeing as they're practically invisible now.

I used to loathe blitzer with burning passion but tried it today and i'd say blitzer is in a good spot now. It subpar to punisher and such in terms of raw damage output on close distance but its wonky aimbot allows to hit targets that might be unreachable for other weapons. It used to lack stagger and RPM to be a decent weapon but after the buff i was able to fight back 3 stalkers with it which is a feat not every gun is capable of. It biggest downside is how bad it is against horde of chaff bugs and how good it is against your fellow helldivers but at least it is fun to use now. It excels at killing medium bugs including bile spewers which it has just enough stagger power to interrupt during initial phase of their spew. Oh and one quick addition: it has ZERO penetration so any object like wire fence or small shrub that would give you no headache with most other weapons are essentially impenetrable wall for blitzer. So i would recommend to only use it on desert-ish planets.

In my experience, for devastators, it will target the weak point at the bottom of the torso. Not the head. I've only used this for automatons😅

I love what they did with it. My current favorite primary atm tbh.

Next patch is gonna give it a max range of 10 meters if people don't keep quiet😭

Small on-screen text mistake at around 3:00. 45 rpm means 1.33 seconds per shot, not shots per second. It's 0.75 shots per second.

This is the Blitzer I was hoping for when it came out

I've been finding the Blitzer to be really useful for the current crop of bug missions, but I'd been switching to my support weapon for the heavier units. Given what you're describing here, I may well just go for a Blitzer + Quazar + shield + Titan build against bugs. I did not know that ADSing pushes the initial point forward 1m. I'm in the habit of ADSing for every shot, and that explains why I couldn't seem to hit hunters in point blank range. Really informative video!

How has the patrol spawn buff affected your solo play? I had a bad time where I kept getting chain killed even on the lower difficulties like 4 or 5 and couldn't run away from the enemy without catching the attention of another patrol.

It's S tier on Terminds missions right now.

It feels great if you're not seeing an abundance of hunters. It struggles against them. Running and gunning feels great, stopping the spewers from puking feels great.

That gun needs a buff either make it shoot faster or increase the damage because all it does is push the enemy back so it only works if your friend is next to you helping you

It was always good. It just needed an increased fire rate. Now it has a place

If you ask me, this weapon was a mistake. It has to stay weaker than the arc thrower or else it IS the arc thrower. You can’t buff it anymore than what they just gave it this latest patch.

Hands down the best weapon in the game against Stalkers. They'll never catch you reloading.

The Blitzer is the medium pen shotgun I wish the slugger still was. Since they buffed the DMRs into usability, maybe they'll give the slugger its stagger back.

It is my new favorite weapon

best primary after the eruptor nerf

0:50 Fish Gun bzzztt

it dose chain ??. iv killed 3 - 4 bugs whit one shot while aimig and iv sen the chain . i shot an charger once and it chained to my team player and killed him

it is good , i is very good

One thing to note Blitzer does NOT destroy bug eggs. You will need to use a side arm or something else to destroy those.

The inability to spam fire like you can with an assault rifle or one of the breaker variants is a HUGE downside as well. Very often you just don't have to fire rate or damage to deal with everything that you have to around you. You can't always be sprinting. Helldivers have stamina afterall. But overall its in a much better spot. I think I'd like maybe a smidge more range or a smidge more damage so it'll consistent actually oneshot hunters when the arcs split lol. But other than that it's in a fair spot.

I'm very excited to play the all-new Arc-12 Blitzer that was just added to H- *oh wait.*

Whoa, Stalkers heal when the cloak and jump away?? I learned something new. Blitzer has always been my go-to. Even better now. And yes I do use against the bots, usually in a sneak attack playstyle. It's just so satisfying making a Shield Devastator drop their shield...

I was learning to like the blitzer even before the buff and now i just really like it. So far i like blitzer on bots for the light troops and the ones with chainsaws.

Eravin is so cute when he talks about a weapon he really enjoys to use, such a major shift from the RailGun video!

I guess you could say the new Blitzer buff was quite SHOCKING… I’ll see myself out

The Blitzer was my favorite gun before the patch and now it feels even better!

Video posted 1 minute ago? Hot damn. Yeah I wanted to love this weapon before, but it was just way too dogshit. I didn't even think the 50% fire rate boost could save it, but I turned out to be wrong. I actually like this gun a lot. It's not S-tier by any means but I think it can comfortably sit in A tier alongside many, many weapons. Sprinting away and hipfiring behind as you go is a hilariously effective strategy. It sounds completely bizarre but it's actually really good. *all vs bugs vs bots, don't. Just don't

I literally bought this weapon the day before the patch, tested it and it felt underwhelming. As soon as I saw it being mentioned in the patch notes, I rushed to test it again and it's almost perfect. The new fire rate helps so much to clear the small thrash mobs now. It's a blast to use now. The only big drawback is still the corpses blocking the shots but at least it's relatively easy to avoid on most missions!

I think the fire rate is 1 shot per 1.33 second (0.75 shot per second)

Yesterday I saw this weapon perform extremely well in team play. I held off a swarm with knockback while another player used a Stalwart to gun down the stunned Terminids. Such a potent combination.

10:03 This was new to me about the health mechanic during the cloaked phase of stalkers. Thanks for the info!

I'm so happy that the Blitzer got this buff, it was underrated and not very flexible before but now it'll shine on the battlefield!

Blitzer + quasar is pretty damn good in my opinion, Never have to worry about ammo, When a tank comes along just hit it with the quasar and if need be run around for a bit until it recharges and hit it again, all the while crowd controlling with the blitzer without fuss, Only problem with the blitzer I have is dead bodies blocking the shots and it's not great against stalkers, not bad but not great in my experience, I usually use the smg secondary for those.

Can't wait to see ArrowHead nerf this gun into the ground after so many people saying this gun is good.

The Blitzer was already amazing. As long as you had an Autocannon or some method to deal with harder targets, you had a primary that: 1. Aims for you, can effectively be hipfired while running away like an SMG. 2. Has enough damage to evaporate the light automatons and light armored bugs, and can arc 1 to 3 of them per shot. If the bugs like Warriors and above might tank one shot, they just need two. 3. Has a pretty deceptive range. 30 meters ain't too shabby. 4. Penetrates medium armor? Somehow?? (Sadly won't kill a Strider to be fair) 4. *NO AMMUNITION REQUIRED. IT IS FUELED BY RAGE ALONE.* I'm genuinely concerned it's gonna get too popular and they're gonna nerf it back down, now- but you still have to get seriously close to your target, so I hope that prevents some people from abusing it the way I do lol I really like it with fighting bots. Maybe I'm just crazy.

Nerfs in this universe make no sense but the buffs do Nerfed helldiver: why is my gun suddenly performing worse than yesterday's do i smell treason Buffed helldiver: FOR DEMOCRACY

Can you do another breakdown on the plasma punisher? It was my favorite gun to use against automatons before the update, and now it feels even better. People are absolutely SLEEPING on this thing! In fact, I expect it's going to get nerfed.

last night a team mate was using the blitzer and guard dog rover I was using the punisher plasma and guard dog rover we utterly dominating hordes of bugs on helldive difficulty both of us had over 400 kills we just stood side by side about 10 feet apart staggering and decimating mobs was so much fun we used primary weapons 99% of the helldive and stratagems for big badies

The blitzer is just not that good. You vastly understate how horrible the corpse targeting is an the times where the shots just do nothing at all. If it had a decent fire rate it wouldnt be a problem because you could just shoot again, but the blitzer will get you killed A LOT if you aren't constantly giving ground to enemies regardless of how many there are.

Oh ok, I get why the arc fizzles now. I had my suspicions, but now thanks to this video I'm pretty sure those stacked corpse and other geometric stuff in the way tend to intercept the shot which is the main reason why I steer away from these. Autoaim is the automatic drive of shooting games, it's a nice feature to have, but I like my manual transmission.

I was really surprised being a lightning lover I had to test it when it came out and I was very disappointed and just didn't have a good time I hated the thing but saw they buffed it figured i'd give it another go with low expectations and wow I genuinely get good use out of it+arc thrower sure I'm fucked if there's a bile titan or walker but that's what my team is for as for ad clear I'm tearing shit up arc thrower for most situations or if something is too close I swap to blitzer is it the best setup? probably not, is it fun, absolutely

I am so sorry for leaving 1 minute into the video, but I just leaqrned there are real world plasma-laser-weapons-thingies and I need to inform myself about them.

gotta love how the single target arc thrower only has 5 more meters of range. With this buffed, there's even less reasons to ever use it imo. Just don't see any actual use case for it that other stuff doesn't do better anymore. Also, real shame this doesn't get the extra target arc. Would make it an actual monster vs bugs for CC, but also make it possibly dangerous for allies nearby

Shhhh! Keep my secret Blitzer love a secret! People passed right over this buff; it's so good now. Don't get it nerfed!

Can confirm this weapon is absolutely cracked versus bugs! Wouldn't be surprised if the damage was tuned down a bit in the future 😏

Oh no we do not want to let the devs know about this lest they nerf it. Been rocking it since it was launched, it was already good for bugs then. Very pleasantly surprised it got a rof buff. Goes to show balancing is not their strong suit 😂

Call now for your very own Arc Blitzer... Operators are standing by! 😁

I love your channel, brother. Thank you for putting in the research for us For Democracy ✊🏼

Hopefully they don't keep nerfing stagger so we can keep locking down bugs. One of the few ways to lock down bugs.

Anything that handles hunter swarms well is a godsend. I've been trying the buffed Scythe and while it feels great, it still seems to fall flat there.

I feel like a HD2 encyclopedia after these videos being able to quote damage distance to other players. Then I get to point anyone interested to the videos

"No Ninja Palpatine builds" Damn, I laughed so hard when you said this. Glad I wasn't drinking anything at the time.🤣

I got 700 kills yesterday with it on 8. Also does range increase with crouch or prone first person?

I think u may have inverted the math, how can it be 1.33 shots per second if its 45 per minute?

Huh, I always thought the blitzer tracked towards the center of mass of the enemies and the bugs heads were just in the way most of the time, neat.

I have been double arc’ing this week. It’s fun! I hate to be the guy that wonders how long until they nerf this one too.

i really do love the 'real world weapon' intro you give these videos :) i would argue that the arc thrower is closer to a juiced up electrolaser than the blitzer. obviously ignoring how much power you would need to not only arc 25 m out (in the thrower's case) but then to arc to secondary targets, and just in general make huge arcs. its the future tho and we have FTL travel so we can say its possible. the blitzer seems to be more just a juiced up tesla coil based on its multiple arcs seeking out the closest 'ground'. many tesla coils that are powerful enough and given a breakout point do look like how the blitzer fires. except for the fact that you still need a way to direct it. all that to say, given our current knowledge on physics, you are correct. a laser superheating a path to your targets is the most likely way to get an electric arc to your target. the blitzer just doesnt look like it which is what made me yap for so long. maybe a extra super power laser that diffracts into a bunch of beams in a cone area that superheats a bunch of channels? idk! obviously this is a sci-fi future world so it doesn't really matter but electrolasers are much less jumpy, and very directed. there's also the magical power to not arc back to the real closest ground, your helldiver. something with enough potential to arc to enemies 10m away would much prefer to just jump to your arm or leg. but hey who cares

Nice to hear you're a fellow gigachad who likes doing the hug spread spam lmao

can we have an ingame training simulation mode? where we can just test out weapons and practice hitting as well as learning the weak points of our enemies?

8:37 I gave up on this gun today because I didn't get anywhere near consistent 1 shots with these trash mobs. Particularly the hunters. The final straw for me was watching a hunter tank 5 shots from this thing, which was just enough for its buddies to be able to get around me and Jurrassic Park raptor murder me. Gun feels awesome when it does its thing. Feels like absolute garbage when its being finnicky. Which is very often in my experience. This weapons a no go for me.

Can’t wait to use this and the arc thrower. Arc for distance and blitzer when they get too close

I love the blitzer. Infinite ammo, plenty of push back, zippy zappy, and now even faster rate of fire! So it stuns stalkers, blows up heads of the armor head bugs, fries small bugs, and doesnt require absolute aim to hit. 😅 so allows quick spam while focusing on other tasks. How to deal with larger groups or heavier enemies? Well titans/chargers dealt with 500k. Carry flash nades with engi kit. I prefer grenade pistol to assist with groups or holes. Need larger group damage or armor damage? Any anti armor but I prefer autocannon or air bust rpg. Need even more damage? 120mm or 380mm barrage will assist in clean up. Oh and I prefer dropping mech on bugs to deal with shriekers

Even with the buff and the really good stagger and unlimited ammo it still has the worst dps of all primaries. Eruptor technically has the worst but with the aoe it probably is better. So basically arrowhead there is no reason to do anything negative with this weapon! Leave the stagger alone!!!

Stop drawing attention to the decent weapons!!! All AH is gonna do is nerf TF out of it.

So excited to give this another try, it was mad disappointing prior to this buff.

Imagine what this can do when the inconsistency of arc weapons will be fix ...

It's funny that i prefer using blitzer than arc thrower, just keep moving and tasing bugs is really fun.

The excitement in your voice about this gun makes me so happy. The blitzer absolutely slaps vs bugs!

ok but why not use an explosive primary and the arc thrower?

Since the Adjudicator has been buffed and you said it had a quiet noise profile in a previous stealth video, could you cover it again against bots? I feel like it could now be a solid stealth pick, but i could not find any other Video about it that was posted after the update...

also a good thing I'd say in options in hud settings, change reticle visibility to visible so you don't need to aim down sights to see where the rounds/shots will land also allows to see where you're gonna ping without needing to ADS

Now THIS! Is the type of weapons breakdown I’ve been looking for since the game released! Instant sub.

does anyone know what planet has that defense mission with the big doors?

The dead body thing is real pain. Also does not seem to work well when they are in your face

I Imagine in practice, it's still an Arc weapon, so *STAY IN FRONT* of your team mates, otherwise you're going to kill them too.

I loved it before. I’m getting nothing but W’s

This thing was really strong in its niche before the buff. Glad to see it's getting some love from the community now

Ive really been enjoying this paired with the recoiless

blitzers is my most played weapon these days. I can recommend everybody to run it vs bugs. Blitzer/Rover/Incendiary nades/quarsar and no hordes of bugs gonna stand a chance. im farming so hard with that loadout.

Great, AHS will just nerf this in 4 weeks now

I love the blitzer for bugs because if we happen to get unlucky with mission RNG giving us spewers I can comfortably take them out. If they fixed the dry fire and corpse attraction this gun would be perfect. On the stalker note ive noticed while it does stun them its much less time then any other enemy resulting you giving them just a long enough gap to whack you with their tongue if you're too close so try to keep the distance up.

It looks more like resistance welder. It shoots current arc, I assume DC, from negative (gun) to positive ( bug) . Resistance in the bugs' body creates heat resulting in bug being cooked.

I used this weapon when it got buffed. Tried it on level 7-8 with no death somestimes. Recommend shield backpack in case you get jumped by a bug. Most of the time, i pair it with a railgun to deal with heavy armored enemies

Pump action animation not needing to be completed so you can do whatever else during it, but this is true of all weapons afaik. Even the Eruptor doesn't require you to do the animation, you just have to wait the time out between shots, regardless of what you do with the time. If you shoot it, swap off, and then quickly swap back you can watch as the gun pulls its own bolt back into place. The only animations that I've seen holding you back from doing something are the reload animations, including the final step of chambering a new bullet on empty reload for the weapons that applies to. But once your mag on the hud shows it's full, the game mechanics only require a static cooldown between firing, even if it's accompanied by an animation like pulling the bolt on a rifle.

I so badly want this weapon. To bad i just started and cant afford the pack yet. I'll try and save up to it. Anything with infinite ammo is my favorite. Especially since sometimes I click r to reload, just for it to not actually reload for some odd reason. And my mic doesn't work in game either so I have to fix that too.

Guys im usually fighting bots cuz i cant stand bugs. I finally found my combo for it though. Blitzer, scorcher, he grenades, light armor with more nades, orbital laser, quasar, rover guard, and eagle airstreak. Nades and airstreaks to take out nests, quasar for heavies everything else to shrrrrred the bugs braaaaaah

It absolutely needed the help, but I wish they would’ve gone in a different direction for the buff. Rather than making it shoot faster, I wish they made it chain to a bunch of enemies, so it would be a super slow, but insane crowd control weapon. I feel like the Blitzer should be stronger the more things are in front of you. That’s a niche that would both make sense and be unique to the weapon. Hell, make the arcs split for ultimate coverage. The lack of fire rate, range, and single target damage against enemies that are submerged in the crowd would keep it balanced, without making it suck. I also feel that this would make the weapon’s name even more fitting, as it would be less suited to drawn out, stagger locking engagements, and more viable for a blitzkrieg, closing the gap before the enemy can react and dropping an electrical nuke on every small enemy in the general direction of “that way,” at the cost of being unable to sustain that kind of devastation. It’s still fine as it is right now, but I wish it had the chaining property of the other electrical weapons and was balanced around that.

My biggest issue with this gun is when the bolts DON'T come out of the gun... like some invisible wall in front of me. Happened when I was over run by the little ankle biters.

The autism apology part is so real. I when I say things like that and people respond the way I expect. I always hit them with the “Thanks for the support but be fr” 🤣 I annoy myself on the daily

Weapons with medium pen and infinite ammo are going to so valuable in the future with the increase to spawn rates in this recent patch. I hope we get secondaries like this.