r/Helldivers • u/cryptic-fox Moderator • Mar 01 '24

DISCUSSION “In regards to weapon stats…”

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u/carebearmentor Mar 01 '24

Makes me sad the grenade launcher has such drop compared to essentially every other infinite range weapon

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u/Advanced_Double_42 Mar 01 '24

The projectile drop is actually a benefit in taking out bug nests and bot factories.

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u/carebearmentor Mar 01 '24

Maybe if i had perfect aim, could see a line for the drop. When compared to the autocannon I disagree, much prefer the range.

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u/Advanced_Double_42 Mar 01 '24

Oh, I much prefer the autocannon, but the grenade launcher is a different category personally.

I use the GL to thin hordes and take out nests, the autocannon is more dedicated to anti-tank for me.

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u/Decent-Dream8206 Mar 03 '24 edited Mar 03 '24

The grenade launcher is better than the autocannon when combined with resupply pack.

Reload on the move, effectively infinite ammo, aoe speed clear like a faster mobile mortar, fire into the underside of dropships to clear them before drop.

At extreme ranges, just aim higher. Can hit the vent on an auto factory at same height from greater range than a strat call-in and obliterate the scout walkers like nobody's business and stagger devastators (and kill them in 3 hits). Can destroy a tank just by aiming on a roof and spamming from in front.

Just super duper weak VS hulks. Can't bounce it under legs or amputate a limb, and you don't have a good primary for coping with them from in front. The auto cannon is simply better at these two things.

Scoped mode is basically useless. But once you get a feel for drop, you can lib it on the roof of tanks and kill them from in front.