Helldivers 2: Build Up Your Squad with this OVERPOWERED Sentry Loadout 

Apologies for this game being so DARK. Dang bot planets blottin out the sun with their nonsense. I'll try and record on a better lit planet next time, but I hope y'all still enjoyed it! We got discord coming up in the next couple of days and I'm lookin forward to doing some more "refined" teamplay with y'all. I'll mention this in future videos, but I use the Creative Commons RU-vid license, so feel free to clip anything you like in any of my videos. As long as people hear the good word of cooperation and teamplay, I am a happy Commissar.

I am genuinely serious when I say you're a shining member of the community. Amidst the horde of content creators who only complain about the state of the game, focus on the most meta builds, and spewing misinformation about the game "dying", your videos on teamplay and variety loadouts always put me in a better mood for the day. Your enthusiasm keeps my interest in the game strong, this coming from someone who can only play less than ten hours per week. Keep up the amazing work!

Holy shit.. helldivers content that isnt negative or clickbait?? FINALLY 😊

Absolutely LOVE this teamwork-oriented series youve been doing, it has honestly helped me so much with my mindset with this game and helped me rediscover why I like COOP games to begin with.

Regarding gunship facilities, if you’re willing to swap out the autocannon sentry for a shield relay it is a really potent option for sticking those hellbombs on the first try. The shield really can be used actively or preemptively and can provide a lot of flexibility to an engagement, as well as pivot certain fights toward your favor

I forget which game it was I was playing when I saw this, but: "Two players making a bad decision together is better than two players separately making a bad decision and a good decision alone."

Dude, this video is absolutely incredible. Everything is well-laid out and super easy to follow. Your selfless playstyle, commitment to quality tactics, and constant team-focused mindset are exactly what this community needs. Keep up the good work, Diver. For Super Earth!

statwise the HMG emplacement's stats is actually more akin to 2 AMRs, it's a great stratagem, love seeing people use it and the sentries

Great video! I like how you point out the subtler details of human behavior and how to work with or around it. Really appreciate it when people communicate, even in the more subtle ways you’ve shown. Personally, I prefer voicechat, and like you mentioned, its easy to get on people’s nerves if you start telling them what to do. I think I’m pretty good at not being over commanding, at least with strangers (I can be a bit harsher with people I know in real life because I expect them to have my back, working on that.) Have you done or considered doing a video on how to actually talk to the teammates? Things I’ve found. - don’t tell them what to do, instead tell them what you want to do or what you are doing, allowing them to choose to follow you. - similarly, focus on potentially useful info than trying to force people to do anything. Point out enemies, safer areas, mention the time left and that main objective is not complete… - use questions instead of commands. “R2, can you take out that hulk?” Tends to go over better than telling anyone what to do. - phrase things so they can be responded to with a simple yes or no - or other responses that can be done with the in game options. This lets people communicate with you without having microphones. - a generally positive attitude helps. It makes people feel comfortable, and makes you come off as more likable. - be helpful and considerate. Like mentioned in some of your videos, people appreciate when support them, so help them. But you can also use your voice to let them know you are helping or one the way or which enemies you are focusing on, etc - similarly, and probably most importantly, adjust to your teammates, do not expect them to adjust to you. - If you are the only one with a microphone you have the opportunity to increase communication between teammates by calling out when someone else needs support. You can also let people know when (sometimes why) you cannot get to them. - you can speak your reasoning out loud. This means people have a harder time assuming you are just incompetent and stupid, because they can see some sort of thought or logic behind your actions. But don’t spent a lot of time on this. Do it quickly when needed. I appreciate your videos.

One thing you could add to your teamplay is constantly checking your minimap. This will tell you the location of the enemies, where they’re moving and how many of them they have (and sometimes even tells you the composition of the patrol based on the size of the circles). You can check your minimap while on the HMG that way you don’t get flanked. Also recommend using the booster that increases the range of your minimap so that you can better plan ahead and for better teamplay. Nice video btw.

this guy's so good at nonverbally manipulating his teammates into working together

Gotta say this format is my favorite. I enjoy the live gameplay commentary as well for a more relaxed watch. But these types of videos are just filled with great information every minute and motivate me to dive in

Funnily enough iv been enjoying the HMG last couple of days

ive been running the HMG for months now, its my favourite stratagem, amazing for both bugs and bots. i always pick it before even knowing which support weapon to choose for the mission. it shreds through hordes of armoured enemies, its able to kill almost everything in the game, only struggling with bile titans, chargers from the front, striders canon, but other than that its amazing

You are an absolute invaluable pillar pf the helldivers community. Thanks for all the fun and unique loadouts and strategies.

The HMG emplacement is genuinely one of ny favorite strategems. It always was, but after the turn speed buff, I began to use it almost every opportunity I could make for it. It clears hordes of bugs and bots alike with *no* difficulty. Very few things it can't handle, and with the ship module to speed up emplacement deployment, it can work as an emergecy fallback weapon when being overrun

HMG emplacement and a touch of high ground is the ultimate ranged support to get your team out of a battle. You need your guys to keep you up, and you'll keep the enemies very dead. I've been running it with the spear, cluster bomb, and literally any other stratagem that can fit the mission type and run smoke grenades and it's been working so smoothly

Thanks, Kai.

Patrols get ridiculous after you complete the last main objective.

My pal and I have been running what I like to call the "Hoplite" combo because I've got a shield and he's got a spear. I've got the pummeller, railgun, and ballistic shield with whatever other stuff I want (usually ems mortar with the recent module upgrade and precision orbital). My buddy has a counter sniper, spear, hmg, and whatever else they want. So I press forward with the backpack pummeller combo, relatively impervious to the little bots and trying to soak up as much aggro as I can without dying. If I've got it, I'll throw the ems mortar and start pinging big things to get the ems to stun them. This has the additional benefit of calling out those things to my teammates. If they can't cut it down, a well placed railgun shot usually does the trick. Meanwhile, overwatch man covers me with the counter sniper, spear, and hmg emplacement. I'm entirely vulnerable to airborne enemies, so that's a bit of a bummer (could be solved with a rocket sentry, I guess) but I count on his spear and HMG emplacement to cover me if I'm in danger.

Got a great teamplay build for ya starring the new COMMANDO (vs bugs)!, the "Nail-In-The-Coffin." You ever feel sad when you see someone use a 500kg or Railcannon to finish off a heavily injured titan or charger? Well the commando is great at reliably finishing off injured targets. It is the 2, in any 1-2 punch. Pair it up with Gatling Barrage and Strafe run, not only are they top tier wave clear, but they will damage titans and hulks enough to allow a COMMANDO finisher. Its not too different from the autocannon if you think about it. It's good against bug holes and Shrieker nest. You can kind of think of the Commando as a similar swiss army knife but for the bug front.

I love going round after round after round after round with the enemy

Your videos are always so positive, I appreciate you and the way you emphasize the importance of being there for your team. Very much in the spirit of comradery that I think was intended and I am sure your team mates are glad to have you watching their backs. Thank you for being you, mate. Also, I am using that "down to sticks and harsh language." Too good.

Another amazing video, Commissar!

Dude i love your videos. I learn so much, and i love how you promote team work in this game. The game is so much more fun playing with a team instead of solo

Just discovered your content - this is gold. I'm always so anxious about whether or not I am actually helping my team. These videos help a lot.

Playing this way to support the team has been the most fun way to play for me and has kept me coming back for more! Great video and nice tips 👍

That's almost my standard layout :) For 'default' mission types when playing with my friends, but instead of the airstrikes, I use the orbital railcannon to help with heavies and in emergency situations and until recently, instead of the emplacement I was using either the orbital airburst for bug breaches or 110mm rockets for tanks and hulks. Primary, secondary and throwables depending on the type of enemy, mostly Incendiary stuff for bugs, Scorcher or Sickle plus impact 'nades for bots and the grenade pistol as emergency explosion projector. I use those mostly supplemental for helping with additional damage for crowd control. But I will try the 23C, Pummeler and stuns, they might be even more helpful than just throwing more damage downrage.

I watched your Spear loadout video too and gotta say I love your mindset and how you explain your actions in your videos. I plan to give this sentry build a go as well

Great video gives me a lot to think about next time I drop on bots. Also bonus points for" At this point I'm down to sticks and harsh language!"

Finally a content creator for Helldivers 2 that is worth the RU-vid space! Subscribed!

You'd be a blast to dive with. Recently started using the hmg emplacement and I cant believe how powerful it can be. I was hesitant to use it at first because being stationary is kinda counterintuitive to surviving but you get positioned right and you can solo entire bot drops. Great video!

Great vid man. I really enjoy the team play aspect also even as simple as just watching a teammates back while they’re reloading if it’s like an auto canon or spear etc Been using stun grenades lately too and they are so good!

Man this is great stuff. I have played this game a TON on quickplay and its so hard to get the co op gears turning sometimes. I think people are missing a massive chunk of the fun of this game by not learning how to work as a team, to the point i almost started making youtube videos like this to educate. Let me know if you ever need someone to do like two man coordination, i live for that stuff. Ill stay off the mic though cause we have the same accent and people probably cant tell the difference lol. You are now the only Helldivers content i am subscribed to.

Keep up the great work. Excellent video

My favorite loadout Scorcher grenade pistol (container key) Stun grenade. Orbital rail strike (heavies, transports) Eagle air strike (general purpose) Static mortar (area shutdown or big base assault) Autocannon sentry (overrun/patrol stop sign, over watch, flank protection, breaking contact)

Something I tried against bugs is the machine gun, supply pack, machine gun sentry thingy, and hmg emplacement, it's really good for support because of crowd control and the ability to delete anything exept for bile titans and chargers

Great video. I am going to try the HMG emplacement tonight and see what it's like.

This helped me with level 8 on open planets immensely ! Ty

Great! Thank you for another one!

Very nice video. Very nice colloquial sayings. Hope to see you on the field one day.

I was running HMG emplacment, shield relay, emp mortar, Spear. Diligance counter sniper, senator, impact grenade. But i ended up switching to plasma punisher and grenade pistol, stun grenade, which was way more consistent.

I like your style, man. Subscribed.

Love the HMG emplacement! So happy to see it getting some love along with the Diligence.

Loving these videos man. If you decide to branch out into other stuff, I can't wait to watch that as well

I’ve been messing with a build that has a similar philosophy. I use the commando so I can have the shield pack and then run heavy medic armor. The level of punishment that combo lets you take while on the emplacement is ridiculous. The ability to draw that much enemy fire on its own has turned the tide of battles for my team.

“I’m about down to sticks and harsh language at this point” 😂

The HMG emplacement can also take out things like a shrieker nest/spore spewer from across the map btw, which is dope. No need to waste rockets or anything on those.

I took a break from Helldive difficulty for a bit to try things with the new patch, jumped back into it the last couple days. People and their metas man. I used the regular ass MG turret/Rocket turret w the humble Precision Strike, AMR + Supply pack/Lib Guard dog Amazing for providing overwatch support to allies, especially if you know how to place the turret (it shouldn't be getting killed hardly ever). There's a lot of nuance and you probably suck at it (you meaning players in general). When you have both cooldown bonuses it's about 100 seconds cooldown which allows you to comfortably have two of them on the field at once Love your content keep it up!

Long time enjoyer of the HMG platform. I cannot put to words how vindicated I feel at the moment xD

When you were running up that hill being shot at by all the bots in one direction, I think there was some microcover you might have used to the right of the screen. You did not need to crest the entire hill in one run. If you could get to one of the flatter areas, especially ones with craters, you may have been able to dive to safety much sooner. I was amazed you made it up that, and was hoping you might talk about it a bit because I’ve found a hill like that to be something a lot of players struggle with. If those bots had been closer, or had heavier units, (or perhaps your ally wasnt covering you), that could have gone a lot differently.

Great video! But I have two rebuttals. 1) Orbital Laser is the best strat in the game. 2) I will get on comms and get assertive in directing my team when it comes to stalkers and their lairs.

Really enjoy your videos on the tactics, its been a big help for me in rando missions. Could you do a teamplay video on using either mech? I run the emancipator often but am not sure which stratagems to pair with it.

Best RU-vid recommendation yet

Ah, my favorite armor/helmet combo

My favorite HD creator

Bless ya Brother

Thanks for the shout out to 40 years old dads. Thankfully I can mostly play a full operation per night instead of a single mission

You don't need to exit your turret to stim.

HMG emplacement is insanely powerful against bots. A well placed emplacement can wipe an entire 4P D9 bot drop by itself.

A loadout with the New Commando ? Thanks for your vidéo, very useful

I personally like bringing the laz7 dagger as the secondary to remove minefields.

Waxin em down, and rollin em out 👨‍🌾

Just keep spamming HM emplacement on all objectives can be quite useful, combine with a rocket sentry for defense is quite good and fun.

10:46 the second I see a barrel near the terminal I throw it off the cliff, died to that way too many times

I had a few nice rounds with this loadout. Thank you for the video and spreading democracy

B4 I watch this I just want to say splitting up is WAY better quicker and more effecient and is clearly meta

my build is very similar but its all ENERGY, i take the sickle for its economic fire and high rate and low recoil and i shred any and everything with it, devastators from close range, every little strider from 20 to 300m is fair game, and for support i take the lazer canon, acts like an auto canon but fires a beam, i use it to take down gunships super easy just aim for the thrusters and the same for every body's face, even hulkers go down with in seconds, stun grenades to stop enemy marching on me and strike egle for sure, and for turret, the rocket, its range is great and it has more ammo so it shoots for longer, helldive levels solo easly

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What’s it gonna take to play with ya? I really enjoy team play as well!

I’m pretty sure I played with you recently

Thank you. (This message is brought to you by the Super Earth Ministry of Gratitude).

You said if I'm in your game you will work with me... what if I'm at the drop point trying to build the base and hook up resource nodes?

I need advice for planets with poor visibility and a lot of cover. I can adjust decently to my team when ai can see them, but not sure how to do it in a jungle maze.

I’m curious, what’s the armor you were using for this vid?

CK- do you use voice chat to announce what you are doing to your team?

Darn maybe I shouldn’t just die repeatedly solo on extreme

Teamplay with randoms is the definition of hit or miss. It’s either fantastic or garbage lol. I hate it when teams are only occupied with shit that don’t matter. Always unnecessarily alerting all patrols while ignoring the biggest priorities. I often join sessions or missions where my teammates unnecessarily alert patrols, yet they fail to eliminate enemies and simply run away while the enemies breach and multiply. At the same time, they pay no attention to destroying stalker nests or any other nests and shrieker trees. They do absolutely nothing. They just spawn as many enemies as they can and then just keep running. Eventually, you end up playing at level 6 (because you want a relaxed game), but the entire map is overrun by enemies due to the incompetence of teammates. Making it feel like level 8. It’s actually easier to play solo then playing with a shitty team.

What armor are you using in this match?

For democracy!

You ever mess with mines at all?

All of this assumes you have at least 1 other teammate with a functioning brain who is open to teamplay. _This is a minority of the time_ I look for this shit all the time. I _react_ when I even suspect a teammate is handling a threat they might need some assistance with or can use a hand to clean it up faster and get back on track. It's disheartening when I check the map and the team is scattered, zero teamwork, zero communication, no pings or markers on the map, just total disconnect. Even when we "regroup" it's temporary as they give off the lone wolf vibe. I pull out of those squads, it is so lonely and isolating and I hate it so much, much more than helping out clueless noobs on trivial or easy missions.

Watching your "how to" be a good squad member makes me sick. This should be a common sense. Bravo Zulu to what should be already be known. Keep teaching the duds.

communism isnt the opposite of democracy! Communism isnt actually evil

Im all about the team play but for you higher-leveled players please stop bringing your advanced ammunitions to easy and medium missions when joining low-leveled players. Please. You could easily pass that mission with your Peacekeeper as your primary and an Eagle Air Strike for overkill. I was level 4 and some 100 joins my medium mission with a Spear and 380mm explosives. I will kick. Thoughts?

Kinda lost interest when snoy killed our player base and the the first descendant came out. im just not feeling it anymore. I know I'm not alone. We used to have 100k + players every day. Now it's a big thing if 30k get on to test a new stratagem. It's not dead, but looks terrible on life support. Thanks for your content tho man😊

This is the stuff the makes me want to play helldivers, and is what makes the game so fun (at times)