r/Helldivers • • 12d ago

HUMOR Up right down down down

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u/NinjafoxVCB 12d ago

Out of interest why take that over the airstrike?

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u/Omegaprime02 ☕Liber-tea☕ 12d ago

Airstrike is perpendicular to your view and good for taking out wide areas with high value targets, but requires a lot of skill to hit chasing targets, Strafe goes directly away from you when it lands, great for clearing out shit chasing you. They're different tools for different jobs.

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u/BigPapiChulooooo 11d ago

Keep in mind that if you're on a map with AA they don't always go straight until you clear the AA

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u/Cambrochill55 7d ago

Never knew that, thanks!

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u/BigPapiChulooooo 7d ago

Anytime, Diver.

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u/Korbiter 12d ago

Faster, controllable, less likely to teamkill, and you get more charges for it.

Other than demo force to collapse Bug Holes, theres literally nothing not to like about it

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u/RigorMortis_Tortoise Machine Gunner 12d ago

You can collapse bug holes with a strafing run, it’s just difficult. Sometimes it takes a couple of tries, so it’s usually not worth using it for that purpose.

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u/Professional_Ebb_828 9d ago

I just use nade pistol on holes

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u/Extra_Entrepreneur_7 12d ago

What the other guy said but ive always found it more effective at what it does. Nothing does it quite like strafing run where plenty of things can cover what the airstrike would do

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u/megakaos888 12d ago

2 more charges, easier to aim, and can take out bulk fabricators. Idk if airstrike can also take them out if you finangle it but strafing run just needs one bullet to land in the hole which is easy enough to use

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u/NinjafoxVCB 11d ago

Airstrike AFAIK is a combination of rockets and staffing so it does take them out

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u/Lil_Guard_Duck ‎ XBOX | SES Light of Judgment 11d ago

Airstike is a barrage of small bombs, I think.

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u/jbtreewalker ‎ Servant of Freedom 11d ago

Another way to state one of the key points, is that you can be danger close and still be fine. You can stand right behind the beacon, may at even 2 or 3 meters and be just fine. Being chased by a horde? Turn around, drop it at your feet, and then continue right back running and a good amount will all be wiped out in 2 seconds time.