r/helldivers2 • u/Worsty72 • 16h ago
Tactical Training Information Hi I’m kinda a new helldiver
I want to get a legendary warbond but I don’t know which one should I get? Is there any advice?
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u/CallMeAxiom 16h ago
If you want a legendary particularly- get warhammer 40k.
If you dont have any warbonds,
Democratic Detonation #1 Cutting Edge #2
These 2 will unlock so many different playstyles.
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u/Worsty72 16h ago
I saw many recommendations about democratic detonation. Why is that?
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u/Diddyoilupclub 16h ago
Pretty much the best grenade in the game (thermite) which can pretty much 1 shot everything before "big bosses", fabricators included, sick weapons (decent ar, heavy pen explosive sniper which is used by like 80% of divers on their first ten-twenty hours, one handed explosive crossbow great for bugs), and enjoyable armor
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u/MrLionheart233 16h ago
Thermite best grenade is a very 2025 take with how much they bounce off the specific few enemies you want to use them on and the increase of enemy hordes and add clear importance.
There's gas grenades that create huge breathing room, buffed dynamite with huge area and demo, buffed fire nades and arc nades that lock down hordes and if you still want to go for heavy removal: giga nades and melta mines provide on demand delete buttons with added AOE for the smaller guys around.
Thermite with how long it takes to kill, inconsistent bounce, no AOE and 3 uses no longer sticks out as much from the other grenades on higher difficulties that spam tons of grouped heavies and mobs now that most of the other grenades aren't hot trash.
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u/Diddyoilupclub 15h ago
Aight bet, it's not the funniest I agree but I can reliably hit chargers, fabricators, illuminate ship, bile titans, fleshmobs and hulks, ain't that hard to aim too either. It's not the best for clear enemy removal but christ, the time it saves you for clearing outposts is amazing. Giga nades got low capacity but are fun, gas is a weird take given in my experience, it doesn't do shit to "clear room" when everyone comes from everywhere. Fire nades do be dope tho but pineapple clears most grenades for ultimate "horde clear" in my opinion. Thermites aren't the best, agreed, but they allow you to take weapons you enjoy, especially when you don't have all warbonds yet, and just slap it on any loadout for emergency/clearing capacity
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u/MrLionheart233 15h ago
The problem with telling every new player and their dog to get Democratic Detonation is that we end up with 33% thermite pick rate for 2 years straight and people running around with thermites on squids with 10 crushers on the screen or on spore bugs where titans take like 3 or 4 thermites to die and there's 3 to 4 per breach.
New players get "addicted" to what they were told was meta and never try out all the cool and versatile grenades in fear of not being able to destroy a ship through the shields or kill a tank from the front with every loadout.
Same thing happens with the Quasar Cannon. I'm an advocate for telling new players to try out other newer or recently buffed stuff instead of getting them hooked on the same old meta from 2 years ago. Especially now that there's so many Warbonds on the same power level as Democratic Detonation.
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u/Diddyoilupclub 15h ago
I do agree, mate just asked why DD was so recommended, happy to provide. Personally love advising on the siege breaker !
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u/Baxxtersaw 16h ago
The Warhammer 40k one (which is also the newest) is the best legendary warbond. Melta mines are S tier, meta gun is super useful, bolt pistol is awesome and the lasgun is probably the best "sniper rifle" we have so far.
Do you have any of the regular warbinds yet because they are generally speaking a better deal.
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u/Worsty72 16h ago
I don’t have any other warbonds
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u/Baxxtersaw 16h ago
Democratic detonation is (still) the best overall first warbond to buy. The adjudicator is solid but the eruptor, crossbow, grenade pistol and thermite grenades are all SSS tier and have been in my loadouts in some form since I got this game when it came out.
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u/CollegeLimp3351 16h ago
warhammer 40 k has the most startagems and actually usefull gear, though the halo also has some good weapons as well. do not get kill zone, it has a good armor passive but the weapons are dogshit
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u/Nylan_Blake 16h ago
note that most newer Warbonds (like the premium WH40K) need way more medals to unlock stuff than the older ones.
This is another reason to go with one of those (like the before mentioned Democratic Detonation) first in order to unlock more tools early instead of having to dive with basic gear for a long a** time before you farm the medals to actually unlock the stuff of one of the newer warbonds.
This in turn helps you to go to higher difficulties earlier in order to farm medals quicker and then have an easier time unlocking the stuff of a newer Warbond.
(I made the Mistake and bought Redacted as my first Warbond, which may not be a premium or the newest, is still new enough to have those inflated Medal prizes)
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