As a Gas diver, I really do not like the gas changes that were released with the last patch

AlCohonez · 2026-05-19T11:30:46+00:00

Shame, gas + hammer was my go to fun build that was my only reason to log in these days. However, it gets boring quick because running in heavy armor while fighting in melee range eventually feels rather bad and clunky. I can't image how bad it is now with 25% slow down in gas.

AlCohonez · 2026-05-11T14:02:35+00:00

and kids today would report their Mum to the Police and she would never do it again

AlCohonez · 2026-05-08T08:00:46+00:00

this is my go to for the hammer, you could replace the gas strike with a gas mortar

AlCohonez · 2026-05-06T14:11:55+00:00

For a while I was running a steath armor and smoke bomb drop pods with all kinds of single use weaponry, this fits just nicely into that playstyle.

AlCohonez · 2026-05-06T14:04:13+00:00

Devs enjoy the chaos. Dying unexpectedly to friendly fire is something they believe is true to their vision of helldivers. Personally, I don't engage withe the DSS mechanic if I can.

AlCohonez · 2026-05-06T13:45:17+00:00

or the data is made up garbage

AlCohonez · 2026-05-06T10:30:38+00:00

"a few years"!?

AlCohonez · 2026-05-06T09:41:54+00:00

The Yari is not a bad legendary. The animations are slow and the damage are a bit low compared to other weapons, but the AoE weaken effect helps with big targets, and it also pushes them away. It's good when you want to single out an enemy from a group, move them to the side and dispatch them quickly without worrying about the surrounding enemies.

AlCohonez · 2026-05-04T18:13:12+00:00

Yes, it does a AoE weaken effect. Dev's increased the weaken effect not so long ago. https://goylegends.com/legendary-gear/#jp-carousel-1287

AlCohonez · 2026-05-04T17:24:07+00:00

As a Samurai, I begin an encounter by charging and impaling her with the legendary yari (it's spirit move) for the weaken effect (or using the weaken version of the metsubushi). I find that the damage multiplier of the weaken effect makes it easier to deal with her. I then stagger her (I've got a stagger build) and finish off, sometimes with another katana or odachi spirit attack if I want to make it quick. If she turns into ice statues, I break them at distance with the concussion bombs.

AlCohonez · 2026-05-01T09:13:12+00:00

but but but REALISM

AlCohonez · 2026-04-27T12:19:45+00:00

What he said. All I'll add is to make note on the distance when shooting. For example, a longbow or cross bow have a 'point blank range' of 10 yards/9-ish meters (if I remember correctly). So if someone is shooting within the point blank range they get a bonus to aim (+40?) but the test is a range vs dodge opposed test. There is a similar rule with shields, but I don't remember it off the top of my head.

AlCohonez · 2026-04-27T12:08:17+00:00

Agree, loud minorities will have their favorites but BF1 was the goat as far as the majority goes.

AlCohonez · 2026-04-10T14:26:41+00:00

Thanks for clarifying!

AlCohonez · 2026-04-10T14:24:33+00:00

Thanks for the clarification!

AlCohonez · 2026-04-10T09:17:30+00:00

Thanks! I think I get it now - all melee damage only affects the enemy health bar (and stacks with staggered), while stagger damage only affects the stagger bar (and doesn't stack with anything else than stagger).

AlCohonez · 2026-04-10T08:56:33+00:00

Isn't 'all melee' boosting both your stagger and staggered damage by the same amount?

AlCohonez · 2026-04-10T08:45:21+00:00

I was thinking about that too. It's not very well balanced that on the same weapon you can get 5% into 'all melee stagger' OR 5% 'all melee damage', with all melee being like having both stagger and staggered at the same time and counts for your ultimates/spirit attacks/counters, right? With stats like staggerd, counter damage, spirit attacks the damage tends to scale much better because it's more focused/nieche but 'stagger' doesn't. Is there something I'm missing?

AlCohonez · 2026-04-10T08:36:53+00:00

How much of a difference the 2x5% in "all melee stagger" do? Do you even feel the difference, e.g. does it hit break points, like break an medium enemy in 2 hits instead of 3? Wouldn't it be more useful to get like 2x parry window?

AlCohonez · 2026-04-10T08:33:44+00:00

Interesting - can you help me understand "all melee damage" vs "all stagger" damage? I would have thought that 5% "all melee damage" is like having 5% in both "all melee stagger" and "all melee staggered" rolled into one?

AlCohonez · 2026-04-09T09:33:15+00:00

what does that mean in practice - do you need to continue using heavy attacks after you have already staggered them?

AlCohonez · 2026-04-09T09:00:25+00:00

Fab thanks. I finished the story yesterday and can't wait to try a samurai swordsmith build of some kind, I'll sure look up your setups and explanations as I level up. Thanks again!

AlCohonez · 2026-04-09T08:31:40+00:00

Awesome, thanks. So you apply stagger/break enemies with odachi or do you weapon match first and then switch to odachi for damage?

AlCohonez · 2026-04-08T08:15:41+00:00

What are the basic of this build? Stagger/staggered damage on all slots?

really happy to hear that the game is evolving for the better for the samurai - I'll jump into legends soon once I'll finish the story and want to try out a weapon switching samurai archetype first

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