Helldivers 2 Has Just Made the FLAMETHROWER Loadout the BEST Meta (FIRE loadout and build)

So today we're going to be talking about

how the flamethrower and other fire

weapons, such as the Incendiary Breaker

and the Incendiary Grenades, have just

become one of the most powerful loadouts

and weapons in Helldivers 2 by quite a

large margin. So they've recently just

made an update to the game where they'll

be spawning less heavily armoured enemies,

like the Chargers and the Bile Titans,

and instead they're going to be spawning

more of the smaller enemies and hordes of

large groups of smaller enemies. As you

can imagine, taking out these large groups

of small enemies is going to be much

easier using weapons like the flamethrower

and the incendiary grenades. So what

exactly can we do to maximize the damage

of fire builds now that the patch is out?

Well, first of all, you want to go over to

your ship management and you want to make

sure you have the ship module— you want to

make sure you have the Bridge Enhanced

Combustion module, which increases fire

damage from stratagems by 25%, and this

affects the flamethrower, the Eagle

Napalm, and the incendiary mines. So I

designed this fire-based loadout. For the

primary weapon, we're going to go for the

Breaker Incendiary, very rapid-firing

shotgun with fire bullets. The Grenade

Pistol for clearing out large groups of

enemies and bug holes. Also, the

incendiary impact is extremely useful

against crowds of enemies. And for the

armor, I went for the Trench Engineer to

give us an additional 2 grenades. And for

the stratagems, I'm going to go for

obviously the Flamethrower and Napalm

Airstrike for 500 kg bomb. And also I

quite like the Orbital 120mm HE Barrage,

and the Experimental Infusion Booster from

the new Warbond Viper Commandos is also

very good. Okay, so first of all you want

to get your flamethrower, and then you can

see how good it is against a new kind of

playstyle, I guess, with less armored

enemies and more hordes and swarms.

So as you can see, we've got some Brood

Commanders up ahead. Watch how quickly the

flamethrower just melts medium armored

enemies in a matter of seconds.

See, that thing's already dead. See, it's

already spawning. Look, this guy's got a

flamethrower as well, just kind of showing

that it is now the new meta to use the

flamethrower, not the railgun, Not the

recoilless cannon, not the autocannon,

but the flamethrower. It's now the best

weapon in the game.

Melt those guys.

Combined with the boosted sim thing, it

really helps you get out of pickly

situations. Oh look, a Charger.

One of the best weapons against Charger is

probably the flamethrower. Look at this,

it is basically dead already.

I really hate this new mission type, the

nuke nursery chamber thing. Takes ages to

find where you actually got to nuke it.

Look, you go on the map and it says you

gotta go to these 3 points. You go there,

but that isn't where the thing is. You

gotta walk around within the circle around

the orange point to find the thing where

you got to drill or place the nuke.

Such a stupid, boring new level design.

And incendiary grenade's pretty good.

Against these guys, not very good against

that guy. That's why we have— oh, I

thought I got the rail cannon, but I

didn't. Whoops. And then you can just

melee these people. Oh crap,

completely missed with the 500 kg.

Come on, stop Limping, stupid idiot.

I've got one 500 kg bomb, put it here.

I think I missed it again. Maybe some fire

grenades. Yeah, I really didn't bring a

loadout to handle Bile Titans. Now there's

2 of them. I could do a barrage.

I'm gonna die. Stupid game. Fucking hell.

And the Breaker Incinerator is really good

against all these guys.

Always remember to dive before you throw a

grenade. 'Cause it reduces the amount of

explosive damage you take. I fell down the

hole. Why is there a massive hole?

Wow, massive bug hole here. Oh,

charger. No.

Ah, you get killed so quickly by the

burning.

I really love how the Eruptor, you can

just snipe at bug holes, blow them up from

distance. But it's

annoying how you have to get the, the

explosive right down the hole instead of

hitting anywhere around the hole.

Now I lost my flame. Oh, I got a new one.

Really wish there was armor where you take

less damage from fire. I set myself on

fire so much. I should make a fire

retardant suit and take no fire damage.

God, 8 minutes really drags when you're

making a video, doesn't it?

30 seconds.

20 seconds.

10 seconds. 8, 6, 4,

2, 1. 5, 4, 3,

2, 1. Okay, I'm going for lunch now.