These HELLDIVERS 2 Tips Are Completely OP

Instead of "strategic retreat", call it an "aggressive relocation" 👍🏻

Being a skull commander and not doing the same defense missions actually playing the game I learned a few things: 1. New players want to shoot and kill EVERYTHING. There’s a stage where you just wanna go guns blazing and just go crazy because the game look cool and super fun seeing explosions while you’re unloading rounds. 2. If you’re a vet and they’re new. Let them do whatever while you put in the work for objectives. FUN is a priority for new players and as a leader you want to make sure they have fun so they don’t get bored. 3. They will definitely follow you. Use the communication wheel or coms. If they don’t listen then that’s okay too because at least one person will. 4. This happens a lot to me. If you die and they take your stuff then let them. They want to try out the cool guns they haven’t unlocked & a True HellDivers vet can be effective with ANYTHING. 5. Remind them that spreading democracy is a fun thing and great for morale. 6. You will always look super badass and awesome showing new players how to properly survive hoards, kill bile titans/tanks. 7. Remember, a great leader wants the experience to always be fun.

This video is perfect for everyone who grinded that one cheese mission from level one to fifty and don't actually know how to play.

Everybody thinks their own control scheme is the perfect one. Well lemme tell ya, everybody is wrong except for me.

Funny how streamers and youtubers have turned the phrase "OP" to mean anything "kinda useful" for clicks and views

As an old dude (50) who plays this game with his kids, when you mentioned TRIBES, Q3 Arena, I was an instant sub! Your keyboard and mouse tips have answered all of problems that age and senility present for me to be able to keep up with my kids in this game, thank you!,

The players who fight everything drive me absolutely insane.

musician here, and halfway decent piano player, here’s what u wanna do if you’re tryna transition from wasd to arrows! 1. Mirror hands! Write down some of your favorite strats on a notepad and practice inputting them in both hands at the same time! This helps your brain establish muscle memory from one side to another 2. Rhythmic mirror hands! Go back and forth between each individual directional input (w, up; d, right; a, left etc) as fast as possibile, using the same strats. 3. Lh Rh! Run the Strats with the left hand, then the right hand, simple nuff. You should be moving at lightening speed on this step; if you’re experiencing hesitation, go to step 2 and try again Aside from locking in those Strats in the RH, this establishes a relationship in your head between the arrow keys and wasd, which is atypical for the computer keyboard! Aside from the stuff you practiced, your brain will have an easier time “sight reading” other Strats bc you’ve already established neural precedent!! It’s worth practicing, bc fellow helldivers are counting on you to get that strat on the ground asap

I’ve seen a lot of comments about teammates killing patrols/taking unnecessary engagements. I’m high lvl and don’t have any need to solo grind helldiver to get samples or credits etc. so i decided to quick play lower difficulties to help out lower level divers and that’s something that runs rampant. What I learned is you need to take control of the squad, use the coms wheel and type chat and they’ll most likely follow your lead. If they’re engaging every enemy they see, just keep going. Sometimes you gotta learn the hard way, or they just bail after the second bug breach and follow you. All 4 people don’t need to be in that fight, especially when trying to get the mission done in time. If your teammates continue it, just do the mission, it’s gonna be better in the end since you’ll get the mission done so they aren’t wasting the mission time

The keybind tip was eye-opening. Since Helldivers 2 is unique in letting you also adjust the input of actions based on tap/press/hold, new avenues of rebinding have opened that I never realized. You just saved me the trouble of awkwardly reaching for nearly out-of-reach keys in the heat of battle, and a whole lot more. That tip was very much appreciated, it changes a lot about this game.

End game?? The war has only just started!

Heads up on the double space dive key. This breaks the jetpack. The jetpack does not use the "Use backpack Function key" yet so if you double bind climb as shown in the video, the pack almost entirely becomes non functional. I have been using this setup for a while and as a fan of the jump pack, I have had to rebind for now. Just a warning to those who may not want to learn the hard way. Great tips though nonetheless.

2 notes for alternative strats: The shield generator can be swapped out for the ballistic shield and a one handed SMG or pistol. I like to use the revolver for this in earlier difficulties for good and consistent light armor penetration. The cluster bomb strike can be used to clear robot factories, but it's inconsistent. You have to position the factory on the right of your screen and hope that one of the munitions lands in the vents. You can also time it so it hits right as the doors open to release more Automatons. Little tips I also picked up: You can ricochet an Autocannon round off the vent covers of factories to take them out at range. Being highly versatile, the Autocannon can also be used to clear bug nests, spore trees and propaganda towers from significant range. Enemies will investigate the sound of the round exploding rather than you firing, so this can be coupled with an armor that provides agro range reductions for a stealthier experience or to kite enemies onto a strategem. The Railgun overcharge is 3.00 seconds *exactly*. Time shots accordingly. The Eagle gun run will always come down in a straight line parallel to the angle the strategem is thrown, this is great for bottlenecks and keeping collateral damage down. Any impact explosive shot/thrown at the back of a Chargers leg will weaken the armor, the second shot/throw is a guaranteed kill if it lands. Extreme tip (use at your own risk): If you're having particular trouble with an enemy and you're close to the edge of the map, you can go out of bounds to trigger the traitor barrage and kite the enemy into it. You will die, so be sure to have a reinforce on hand. I've taken out Chargers and Bile Titans using this suicidal strat.

Even that I changed some of my bindings I did not realised you can assign not only simple key press but also long press. Thank you for pointing this out, and crazy appreciation to developers for adding this!

OMG TOTAL ANNIHILATION SOUNDTRACK i love you

Your ADS and mouse tips are a real game-changer. I felt like I was being carried in every mission and relying way too much on sentries to do my killing for me, but now I'm way more confident in my aim. Thanks for this!

the number of comrade who generate the infinite bug breach is insane.

We don't retreat, we Democratically Reposition!

Please keep making people aware that you don't have to engage all the patrols in the map, you can just drop a sentry or a similar strategem if they're gonna inevitably cross paths with you and continue with the objective, ammunition and time are invaluable!!

Thank you so much for the PC control suggestions. I couldn't find good layout that worked for me and there are a lack of videos out there for PC players at the moment. So great job here. You might want to reupload that part of the video and name it best PC settings for Helldivers 2 - you might get a lot of view on that one.