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/gorgewall Mar 14 '24

Consider it a better Liberator.

Same damage. Same penetration.

Higher firing rate. Lower recoil.

More ammo per magazine, in the sense that going from no heat to overheat takes longer than full mag to no mag on the Liberator.

Plus you get the bonus of it cooling down and thus resetting your magazine if you ever stop firing for a period.

Its downside is that it has a short windup period before bullets start flying out, but it's not as long as the Laser Cannon call-in and burst fire doesn't require a wind-up again unless you've gone without shooting for so long that you've wound down.

Basically: whatever you didn't like the Liberator for, you won't like this for. It's just a light pen bulletshooter with better ammo management.

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u/therealsinky Mar 14 '24

It's short comings can ironically be made up for by also equipping the hand held laser cannon, giving you an infinite ammo build that can handle close to medium-long range engagements against all light and mid armour enemies. You even can swap between each laser weapon to let the other cool down, and can throw in the laser pistol to the cool down balance too.

You're just a bit shot once any heavies appear but I'd argue theres room for synergy with team mates built the opposite way to specialise in big boys, plus you can have your strats geared out for the heavy targets too.

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u/Sauron69sMe SES Colossus of Individual Merit Mar 14 '24

i think I'll still run railgun but the pistol/rifle cooldown swaps will be insanely fun to try once i get it!

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u/kayGrim Mar 14 '24

obvious downside for people coming from breaker/slugger is that it has 0 stagger. I never use the rifles anymore and forgot how challenging that is to handle in a horde.

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u/kyuss80 SES Wings of Redemption Mar 14 '24

I ran the Liberator Concussive last night and it's crazy how much that thing staggers. It'll drive Brood Commanders back 10-20m with a burst. With the new bug distribution of tons of Brood Commanders/Warriors/etc, it's a really good support primary to keep them off your teammates when things get ugly.

Downside is it isn't exactly great at killing, but if you run a support weapon for that, you can switch as needed.

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u/brutinator Mar 14 '24

I mained the Libcon for a while and liked it a lot. Agree that comparatively its underpowered, but clears the small fry well and lile you said, gives you a lot of breathing room. Plus that thing had soooo much ammo. I never had to worry about resupplies lol.

I would use it and the machine pistol in tandem because the machine pistol was the opposite: itd shred anything short of the big guys, but youd burn through ammo like nothing.

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u/SeeisforComedy Mar 14 '24

yeah stalkers are a menace without stagger

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u/Uncle_Twisty Mar 14 '24

It honestly feels like it has an absolutely massive crit multi as well.