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Unexpected useful strategems? (self.helldivers2)

submitted 8 months ago by Hindufury to c/[email protected]

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Hey I was wondering which stratagem you tried out on a whim but ended up really liking? I've been switching it up especially since I read that EAT spam can mess up missions, as that was one of my go-tos.

For me it has to be the gatling barrage. It peppers a concentrated area and can hurt all enemies from what I've seen. I love using it for Breach suppression and yesterday I didn't see anyone shoot any rockets, so I swear it knocked down a dropshop on an elimination mission.

Its use case is definitely limited, but when that case is present those repeated explosions feel nice to see.

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[–] DarkSpectrum 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Similar idea but EMS mortars are essential on bot missions for me. Along with 6 impact grenades!

[–] Maalus 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That's the thing about smoke - you can drop smoke and shoot them, or you can drop an airstrike in the same slot and get rid of them at once. Same for nades - throwing an impact into a freshly landed bot dropship is way better than throwing a smoke for a few seconds of them being inaccurate

[–] bouh 2 points 7 months ago

Smoke and air strikes are very different. Smoke allows to disengage and avoid patrols. Bots are often too spread out to be taken down by one air strike.