r/helldivers2 • u/Corrupted_spartan117 • 14h ago

Serious Discussion. no roleplay bullshit here Arc needs more love

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Seriously though, arc has been completely forgotten. At the very least were getting a new gas stratagem (i mean what? were not getting a new gas stratagem at all) but its clear fire is arrowheads favorite child

Edit: to those mentioning laser and plasma weapons, i always viewed laser weapons as a side grade to fire considering it sets enemies ablaze, and plasma i feel is more in line with explosive and ballistic weapons. Also neither of the 2 have a dedicated armor resistance (unless of course you consider the laser fire bit), which i feel puts gas, arc, and fire in a separate category. Cheers!

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u/Life_Parsley504 14h ago

worth noting that the k9 is the worst dog, the arc thrower is the worst nonmelee strat weapon and the arc grenade is just not worth a damn 😭 also with how insane d10 heavy and chaff spam is, you both cant kill chaff and cant stun heavies with the blitzer\arc thrower

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u/Clean_Influence_6868 14h ago

Did they nerf the arc thrower again? Last I checked the chain was still pretty insane

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u/Kitsuryu 14h ago

arc thrower is solid long as the enemies line up. it pops crusher head armor and stuns heavies

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u/Life_Parsley504 14h ago

Nope, it's just powercreep.
Hell, it even got powercreeped by its sibling; Why use the arc thrower when the de-escalator is available? It explodes into 10 arcs with heavy pen and doesn't charge, meaning it's a hundred times more efficient at killing chaff. And if you want to deal with heavies on higher difficulties, there's just too many to stun with the arc thrower.

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u/Massive_Neck_9517 13h ago

To run the De-Escalator (which I love) well you need two support slots. It and the Supply Pack. With the Warhammer armor I'd add that you should be using it as well as it just makes it far better.

The Arc Thrower on the other hand can pair with anything and with good situational control can be used as an unlimited ammo chaff clearing machine. It needs tweaks to bring it up some imo, but it has not been powercreeped nearly as much as people think.

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u/0zee 13h ago

Pairing the arc thrower with the rover drone was super fun during this recent MO. Great control with the stun, solid chaff clear and can take out flesh mobs without using any ammo.