Helldivers 2 I Tested Every Weapon In Viper Commandos Warbond! 

No testing against the automatons? So you only half tested the weapons then.

i personnally love the HMG. The update fixed it.

man i really want some melee weapons... arrowhead - 'here i made you a knife' "gasp" arrowhead- 'a throwing knife.... and its plastic...' god dammit arrow... one job.

If i have to choose between a knife that only has the potential to kill 8 times. Vs grenades that can kill 6 mobs or more with one use. there is no scenario where i would want the knife lol

With the massive increase in enemy units , the primaries and secondaries ammo economy feel completely inadequate

How to fix the throwing knife: Make it actually go where your aiming/give it a flatter trajectory Rework it to a "arc" knife. Knife stuns enemy on impact, shocks nearly enemies for less damage

I really enjoy going around with the supply pack, heavy armour with the 50% limb health and further throwing, rail rifle, rocket turret and orbital laser.

Before the patch I was using the HMG and was thinking how good it would be to have a slower fire rate, 2 days later they slowed the fire rate. Great 😂

Wonder if the knives will go through squid shields?

i saw a dude yesterday using the trowing knife on the chargers and he killed them and he hit it in the front on the armor he also hit a couple in the butt and it exploded im gonna test it today

Just in case anyone missed it. I haven’t seen anyone mention it in a vid but the Quasar got a stealth buff. It’s recharge time is down 3 seconds from 18 seconds to 15 seconds.

To be honest, we all knew the throwing knife was going to be silly to begin with from the start, but a fun silliness nonetheless the less. Though sounds like the fun factor is missing from this silly utility knife. Hopefully arrow head fixes the stealth and aim of this knife soon and maybe up the damage a bit. Like maybe enough to kill a warrior at the least with a head shot. Though be fun if you can see the knife sticking on enemies armor.

No gun in the game is supposed to be good in every situation. Balanced loadouts is an intended feature. The new AR doesn't work great vs medium armor enemies....so that's when you pull out a secondary or support weapon that does. As far as the knife goes.....one of my favorite loadouts us the plasma punisher and grenade pistols. It works great UNTIL something gets really close to me. The knives are a great new option for that situation.

Well just finished one video guess its time for another 😂

The difficulty has only been reverted to lower teir enemies I'm still getting the over spawning patrols that has more than 10 enemies in them. Use to be max of 5. Took me almost all 40 minutes to beat a teir 3. Where as I used to have it completed in 20 minutes or less

I heard you can 4 shot behemoth chargers to the leg with the knives. It doesn’t make sense but it officially has a faster ttk than the recoilless rifle

"Who needs a knife in a nuke fight...sir?"

The precision orbital is good, but I still think it should have a tiny bit of target adjustment, as is now, you can take out certain targets like cannon turrets or any target that is not low to the ground.

Thanks for the Hell Divers Warbond Review

You can kill chargers with the knife. Around 5 knives to the leg, even behemoths.

I thought the throwing knife would be a pos except if it could be used as a melee option as well

i feel like making the carbine a one handed weapon would help with its utility somewhat

Guys try the erupter with the new armor perk and without it massive difference 😮

The Heavy Machine Gun finally got its Heavy Machine buff that it needed! Mag still feels a bit small, but otherwise I think it’s fine.

I love sawed off shotguns and i am so so so so happy we got one

just ab fyi on the throwing knife, you can kill chargers with 4 hits to the front leg :)

ARs are a technical weapon that have a bit of a learning curve. You have to learn things like recoil control, enemy weak spots, Making sure your not getting over kill shots, and range limitations to get the most out of the weapon. Like other ARs you have to be accurate with the carbine. You also need to focus on ammo conservation. That means reducing over kill shots, making sure your engaging at the right range and angles. As with all light penetration weapons you need to learn how to deal with medium armor. Most medium armor targets have spots where you can do damage. Medium armored foes can also be disabled or weakened by removing arms and legs, this can effectively take them out of the fight. Heavy devastators can have their MG arm removed with just a few shots from light penetration. The upper arm right below the shoulder is particularly vulnerable to damage. Brood commanders can have their legs shot off. this reduces their threat and makes them easy targets for grenades, support weapons or stratagems. I find burst fire to be the best for dealing with Med armored foes as you can get a strong accurate hit in while remaining mobile. The carbine is an ammo guzzler and you need to be ammo savvy if you want to not run dry or rely on a supply pack.

If we ever get into a more closed in fighting situation, like actual urban maps, the carbine might be more useful until the map is flattened out. Bushwacker is good, if it's good enough to replace the grenade pistol or other secondary of choice is a personal matter. The knives were never going to be amazing, but if given the ability to pick them up after thrown especially if the throw was a miss or they bounced off, they might actually have some use outside of devastator headshot montages.

I ran “challenging” vs bots last night, had to circle a few of the objectives, once because the detector turret was sending in a dropship Every 30 SECONDS, and another because a heavy base was guarded by 3 hulks and I wasn’t geared to take in that many at once plus the “patrols” of aim-bots teleporting in flanking me, plus the devastator crew sniping me through the smoke/fog, plus the jump troops and walkers going from the slightly raised ground to in my face non stop. Ended up taking out all but one factory on that heavy base via 500kg 5? Factories and I got death-dropped by the RNG solo spawn’s between the hulks twice after a patrol jump bot said hello mid furball (couldn’t retreat, melee had the same effect as a bullet and around every corner we’re machine guns and rocket-spam). The bug spawns feel better but the bots are as bad if not worse than ever. I timed out that mission because the detector tower in 2 different missions made the spawns worse than that evacuate mission that AH removed.

Throwing Knife needs to be able to be picked up after a throw, restocked from ammo crates, grenades crates and resupply crates. They should also replace your melee when wielding it with slot 4 (PC players)

The knife is really cool but yeah its hard to aim with. Tried it a bit and got the aim at medium range down but any grenade is more usefull. I do use it a bit just for the fun, since im running with crossbow and sawed shotgun i dont have much trouble with bug holes anyway. I do have a bit more trouble with enemy hordes now that i dont have nades 🤣

Im still waiting for Fire Resis armor, i love the flamethrower on the bugs side but i hate the fact its so ez to get burnt even when running with the shield.

I personally get the warbonds jus for completions!!! I have tested ALL the weapons/stratagems on 1-4 difficulties! Jus personal testing. And I tend to religiously use my loadout. I will on occasion change it up. The loadout that is most effective, for me, Fire Breaker, Nade pistol or Revolver, Impact Nades. Stratagems----I like all Egale Strikes, most used are 500kg and AirStrike. An orbital strike precision strike and RailGun Strike Shield Gen backpack or laser Rover, and the RailGun as support weapon. And the perks used to be stamina, injury resistance or full ammo, but now it will probly always be the new stims!!!!! Which I average 20+. Which is a rookie number!!!!

Maybe they should have tried some kind of fishnet trap instead of the knife, I don't know is weird choice for the kind of game but there it is for some potentially very crazy plays.

I love the throwing knife my load up is crossbow P-113 verdict and the throwing knife support weapon spear i can clear difficulty 9 solo easy

I was trying the adjudicator against the bots and im liking it.

IMO, knife should have been a new weapon type - this would allow you to melee with it and the throw should be your ADS button + melee button

Only way the throwing knife would be worth taking is if It killed any individual target other than a Strider or Bile Titan in one shot no matter where you hit it. Some might call that too powerful, but if they took the ammo down to 2 or 3, it is balanced out by the fact that you can only kill individual targets with it. You know, like the thermite grenade was supposed to do. Also, speaking as a guy whose preferred difficulty is "suicide": assault rifles straight up do not work. They have far too little ammo and not nearly enough damage, ESPECIALLY against the bots.

Bushwacker semi fire cant even kill a regular bot unless melee range....good for berserkers tho

Yeah what about armor and the truuuuu highlight of this warbond? The new booster?!

Something that should be kept in mind is that the throwing knives are ignoring shields. You can test it by throwing one on your teammate with the shield generator. So maybe the enemy that is countered by them is not yet in the game.

Maybe if they were explosive throwing knives

the Liberator Carbine plays very similarly to the Knight SMG you get with the Super Citizen edition of the game. At least with the Carbine it has a slower RoF so it is more controllable in full auto, doesn't rinse through ammo as quick and does 5 more damage per shot so Burst fire is more likely mow down Warriors and Hunters in a single burst, whereas with the Knight it's likely to single burst but not guaranteed. With all that being said - the Knight is hands down one of the worst VIABLE primaries in the game, while some primaries are just not viable at all *ahem Purifier ahem*.

The Br is fantastic now

Got the warbond for the Beret

Wasup everyone any idea how to equip camo on on hellpod,pilcsn and exosuit I didn't equip when I purchased it and now don't see option

All of the new weapons are outshined by everything else basically - nerf-apocalypse as usual.

The knife isn’t the best option, but I was killing devastators with them lol

I’d love a war bond that was more about killing the automatons. I really like the new war bond but they have all felt more bug oriented.

Tip for liberator carbine....PUT IT IN BURST MODE. SHITS FIRE. Its excellent on bugs but is a no go for bots. The burst fire makes this thing mean if you hit your shots. one burst kills scavengers and one Burst to the face for the warrior's. Its obviously not meant for amored targets....pair it with the grenade launcher pistol and its a sweet combo for light/no armor and medium armor. Anything else rely on stratagems and ypur grenade choice...(personally run incendiary for chargers and biles). The carbine is good and has its place dont let anyone tell yah different. Also....that knife that everyone is saying is bad....that shiz is nasty on bots. Everyone knows the automaton head is weak and vulnerable...work on your aim and your one tapping them in the head with a good knife trick.

It passes the aesthetic test for me, that’s all I care about. Any one weapon is only marginally better than the other when you exclusively play on helldive anyway.

Bushwhacker is amazing for Nids. Not so much for the bots. I mean it works but it’s not effective. The warning is very good tbh. ❤ The Knife is a meme 😂

I love the bushwacker but the knives are really bad and the gun is mid but I really want the knives to be good because they look so cool!!!

People wanted to play more stealth ie throwing knife. Its not a grenade. If you want a grenade take a grenade. I actually enjoyed the carbine and ive seen lots of people say same. Good for hordes. Primaries arent really meant for heavies thats why we have strategems and grenades. Only issue like everything else is they reduced how many clips you can carry. I didnt care for the buschwacker. I still use pistol from last warbond. Good dmg fast rate of fire

To say the new Liberator is bad is crazy. It's not MEANT for medium armor enemies. You said it was great at killing a lot of chaff enemies, and that's exactly what it was meant for. Clearly, the gun is good, but you're so focused on the damage it does to enemies that it isn't meant to be used on that you're calling it bad.

aww :( I was hoping for more but then again throwing knife lol

The Stems man the Stems! You forgot the Stems!

They still need to give all armour different passives. Armour against heat, acid... pretty bummed they still haven't really made a difference, most armour is just meh.....

I don’t really know if I want to buy it. The knife is kinda meh (though it passes through shields, which might be an intentional feature for when we fight the illuminate). The liberator is just that, another liberator. Only thing really worth getting in this warbond is the shotgun. I feel like going for cutting edge because of the armor passive, plasma punisher and blitzer. But I’ve heard that the tenderizer got buffed so maybe I’ll buy polar patriots. Not sure what to do

I think twin beard saying "haven't had the time to play yet" says it all. They dont fucking test the patches themselfs before they release them. All it would take is a single lvl 9 helldive. Or even a level 7 to realise that "hey wait a second, there is x10 more enemies then before this change!". The problem isnt spawns and patrols being reverted. Its the implementation of enemies taking up empty spots between objectives to make it feel 'less empty'. Ya its less empty alright. Jjst try to dive down with scout armour and drop a fucking ping near you. There will be chunks of map filled wkth 10+ enemies all around you. Just thick red circles full of little smaller red circles all over the place. And once you are spotted? A million+ drop ships (bearly exadurated) and good luck clearing them all before it cools down and more come. And more. And then more. Anyway its doable. My guild is doing it on helldive. But it isnt reasonable by any measure. It should be a whole new difficulty level at this pojnt. Lime a 12 id say.

I've not even bothered buying the new warbond.. it's just not good, I don't like anything about it except the skins but that isn't worth it for me, I'll get the arc blitzer or.. something. Not got much to spend my bonds on that I'd like to actually use. All the weapons in this warbond are really lackluster when the grenade pistol, senator, and Tenderizer exist. If they released another warbond with like a urban/winter digital camo, an acid type weapon, like a grenade launcher that fires corrosive rounds, an AR with medium pen and piercing (65 damage, pierces up to 2 times depending on the armor it hits, maybe semi-auto with a basic optic with 4X zoom), and that plasma pistol that leaked a while back and a grenade that's also like corrosive (Think melts heavy armor on charger legs so it can be damaged with light pen weapons) I'd be so down.

ARs were never that good against bugs cause of their low ammo. I always go with sickle. But for bots the carbine shreds with ease. Only time I switch to SW are for striders and vent only enemies

cant even melee stab stuff with knife

Nope, I skipped the last WB. And I’m skipping this one too. It’s clear I’m not really missing out on anything

What about the armor? Does it do anything? I mean forget about melee but all I’ve seen opinions are different about the weapon handling. Everything from JAR5 feels much better to it doesn’t do anything at all.

Still waiting on the contest winners from the past 4 weeks... 😮‍💨

The armour in the store was better, this is the first warbond I won't be buying. I think the weapons r a bit lacklustre,and the warbond overall is less value for money as they dropped the amount of stuff u actually get. I hope they do better on the next one.

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50% melee boost is crap too

No undergrowth pattern on your shuttle!?!? Come on get festive !!

Did you attempt a melee attack with the knife?

gimmicks and skins - love the new direction of this new warbond 🙄

Why are the teir 3 weapons such ass in these recent warbonds? It's a giant waste

Personally wont be buying, even though i already have the super credits for it im saving it for the next one hopefully. The aesthetic is cool (however doesnt suit the game atm with the lack of Jungle planets) however the fact this Warbond is the same price as all the others even though it replaces 2 weapons and 1 armour set with a SKIN for one of the least useful and least used stratagems in the game is a no go for me. The only thing i really want is the new booster, but i dont play solo often and can guarantee at least 1 person in the lobby with have it at all times so im good for now.

About bushwacker, yea, it packs a punch and freaking love the gun, but with the nerf to big enemies and buff to small ones bushwacker gets overwhelmed by hunters its not even funny.......3 shots to kill 3 hunters and then reload like old magnum.....even magnum is better today than bushwacker, p19 is still the mvp for bugs.

So you only tested on bugs? I've seen the knives used pretty effectively on bots.

literally everything you said about the knife is incorrect lol wtf????? you good bro??? (edit) so I watched again and your knife doesn't do what my knife does???? lol, mine flies straight, yours doesn't, mine staggers brood commanders as hard as any weapon in game, yours didn't stagger at all, I can stealth with it and nothing knows were I am, they go straight to their dead friend not me, it does way more damage than it should, 4 knives to the leg will kill a charger, 2 accurate hits will kill a brood commander or a hive guard, it's insane, it's actually crazy OP, FOR A KNIFE! remember kids, it's just a knife, as far as knives go, it's amazing

Ok, so the only thing worth a damn is the shotgun and carbine?

Bag to differ on the carabine its very good its fire rate butchering everything especially berserker. You have to know where to shoot and shoot well. Shotgun useless. Helmets only one fancy. Armor fancy. Customizations good. Dagger useless.

That new trashy liberator is the Liberator C recoil with the Liberator base accessories. FAIL!!! 😆😆😆😆

you need to add an "absolute/ly" counter to your video

Can't play at the moment, CPU overheats, before the patch it didn't... Can't believe they fu*ked the game up....

u can kill chargers with the knife tho....

All new weapons are trash as usual. Shot a shrimp bug 7 times with the new shot gun. Great knock back but didn’t kill it. Knives useless. New carbine useless. Tenderizer is great fun now, adjudicator good option just not enough rounds.

@cloudplay thank for the video 💯

The throwing knives will 4 shot a charger behemoth to the front leg…. Skill issue man

no shit the knife is crap its a knife we throw most bugs it would really do nothing and a bot it really should just bounce off

Im so annoyed at the first clip wasting bullets shooting the shielded shrimp lol jesus stop it

I love how cloud spent 3 minutes shitting on the knife and then just goes "but it's like a 5/10" XD

Bro is a little slow but he’s all right this has multiple meanings and I don’t mean one of them

The Knife sucks and the armor passive is crap other than that eh

That knife shouldve been a melee addition option. I have no idea why we are stuck here in this stupid reality with goofy game makers. A throwing knife makes no sense in this game!! In hd1 knives were mounted on weapons for an melee option. Wtif were they thinking!!? Bro make Helldivers great again by revisiting helldivers 1!!!!

5/10 for an item you basically said useless. Makes no sense.

Yeah no. It's all just opinions, but yours are bad sometimes. I do love it when you read Reddit though, you've got a narrator's voice.

Figured the AR was gonna be mediocre at best. The shotgun secondary looks cool, but Im not giving up my D. Eagle sidearm for it since I use the Breaker Incendiary vs bugs and the DCS vs bots. Also, I knew the knife was gonna be fucking useless. Hokie movie memes and archaic weaponry are no match for a good impact incendiary at your side, kid.

Light armour on the viper commando just meh.. found myself getting 'owned' far too quickly.... annnd...stimming when low health...why does the diver feel the need to stand up to stim when lying prone is by far best thing to do when under heavy fire???? Oh yes of course you would get up when being pinned to stim... NOPE!!!!!!!

The crossbow is pretty good for stealth now, though it’s still very bad at open combat.

Weapons without medium armor pen is lowkey useless 😂 The bushwhacker need to have armor pen and the tenderizer

Hey it's ME! Lol Ggs earlier! Sorry for talking shit about you bringing knives 😅 I was X2 XZORDIUM btw

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