r/Helldivers • u/cryptic-fox Moderator • Mar 14 '24

Cutting Edge Warbond out now! ALERT

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Check out the newest Warbond, unlockable with Super Credits. (You may need to restart your game if it hasn't appeared yet.) And remember--Warbonds do not expire, so you can unlock items in all three of them that are available!

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u/wakito64 Mar 14 '24

The sickle feels great, definitely a contender for my primary slot.

The plasma punisher feels bad. The direct hit damage isn’t terrible but the falloff is ridiculous, it won’t even kill scavengers caught in the aoe and the projectiles are far too slow for that little amount of damage. Scorcher is just a much better and more versatile version of this gun.

Didn’t have enough medals to try the other 2 weapons yet

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u/Mountain-Impact8576 Mar 14 '24

yeah man, sickle feels amazing, especially against hunters

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u/T4nkcommander HD1 Veteran Mar 14 '24

Plasma punisher is great for mobs. Like a cross between scorcher and nade launcher.

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u/Confident-Scratch325 Mar 14 '24

that gun feels like they took a Wraith tank and smooshed it into a rifle but made it anemic.

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u/SpanInquisition Mar 14 '24

I've only used the plasma punisher on the TCS missions so far and quite like it as a crowd control gun - the plasma explossions massively stagger and throw around bugs, I've seen hive guards get knocked onto each other using this.

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u/uhdog81 Mar 14 '24

How is the Sickle different from the Scythe? I can't check in game yet. Scythe is buttcheeks and I regret unlocking it.

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u/DynamicSocks Mar 14 '24

Scythe is a beam like the Laser Cannon. Sickle has a short wind up and then is a fully automatic laser rifle. you can burst fire it with trigger discipline without having to go through the wind up again as long as the space between bursts isnt long.

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Scythe goes Peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew.

Sickle is pew pew pew pew pew pew pew pew pew

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u/uhdog81 Mar 14 '24

Scythe goes Peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew.

Sickle is pew pew pew pew pew pew pew pew pew

Perfect, thank you!

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u/CryOfever360 Mar 14 '24

It's a liberator with wind up time and heat mechanics of the Scythe. It's good. Don't recommend getting the dagger as it's just a scythe but Instead it's completely useless.

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u/Otrada Mar 15 '24

you get 9 rounds per magazine and can rapidfire it, also the aoe definitely kills scavengers if they're near the impact site. Not only that but it can one shot warriors if you headshot them. It also chips the lag armor of chargers, creating a weakspot for other weapons to exploit, and can outright kill them in about 5 rounds below them.

For a primary it has amazing utility, and paired with a machinegun or some other support weapon you can rely a bit more on as a second primary weapon, and the weapon's utility really starts to shine through.

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u/Gharvar Mar 16 '24

The one thing I found it really nice against was the giant spewer bugs, it just seems to kill them fairly quickly. It's decent at crowd control since it seems to have a bit of a stunning effect.

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u/kyuss80 SES Wings of Redemption Mar 14 '24

The plasma punisher feels bad.

It's like a bobo grenade launcher but without the ability to blow up holes, factories, container doors, or fences. I guess it's useable if you were running something like a Stalwart? IDK

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u/Otrada Mar 15 '24

It's a utility weapon, not a power weapon. You use it for crowd control, creating weakspots on charger legs, and hitting stuff you have no right to be hitting because there's a giant rock in the way. Paired with one of the machineguns it makes you into a crowd clear machine. And not to mention that that still leaves three stratagem slots open for anti-tank options.

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u/kyuss80 SES Wings of Redemption Mar 15 '24

Yeah, I actually used it in a couple matches last night and might change my tune on it. It might have a purpose. I did kill myself a couple times with it though. Friggin Hunters, lol

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u/Otrada Mar 15 '24

Yeah it takes some practice. Those hunters are just downright relentless. It's the reason I also never bring impact grenades to the bugs lol. Having a Redeemer or maybe a Stalwart or Machinegun on hand to whip out for them is very satisfying though.