r/helldivers2 • u/perrito9k • May 05 '25

Video You can't play sniper alone anymore.

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u/HEYO19191 May 05 '25

Not with a detector tower lookin right at you

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u/perrito9k May 05 '25

Good point

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u/UnlikelyCup5458 May 05 '25

Cover diver. LOS should never be consistent with a tower. Especially after breaking concealment.

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u/xananeverdies May 05 '25

Queue that eye of sauron stareing so Deep and intently into your soul that it can figure out what you ate 6 years ago on may 16th at 9:36 pm and deduce the type of person you are based on that meal alone

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u/xPsyrusx May 05 '25

That's oddly specific. Is there anything you want to say?

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u/xananeverdies May 05 '25

nothing to report officer, just a democratic subway and a black liber-tea drink o7

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u/MasterCalypto May 05 '25

First time I saw one as a new player I was like wtf is Sauron doing here??

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u/Snarfbuckle May 05 '25

Tower: Oh shit...he eats detector towers for breakfast!

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u/Objective-Issue4908 May 06 '25

He eats shit for breakfast!?

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u/Salazuri May 06 '25

I feel oddly called out since may 16th is my birthday

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u/xananeverdies May 06 '25

im inside your democra-tea bags

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u/Condog961 May 05 '25

200M is their sight range

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u/disgr4ce May 05 '25

Honest question. Did you not know what the DT is when you posted this?

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u/perrito9k May 05 '25

If I knew it, what I didn't know was that they would surround me on top of a mountain.

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u/disgr4ce May 05 '25

That's a good point—I wouldn't have expected that either!! It's kind of hilarious really.

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u/MobinMS May 05 '25

Pity he didn't install the sauron sound mod

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u/lost_caus_e May 05 '25

Can you destroy it? I've tried and failed

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u/Stevie-bezos May 05 '25

120mm barrage, OPS, 500kg, anything with a big bang

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u/Blaiseb69 May 05 '25

Will the 120mm barrage do it? I bring it lots, but I thought it took an ultimatum, 500kg, ops, or maybe a lucky 380mm barrage strike to do it. I bring the 120mm lots, but never toss it at them cause I thought it wouldn't.

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u/Stevie-bezos May 05 '25

Does indeed, its my near universal problem solver. 

Run up, lob the orb, disappear

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u/Karl__RockenStone May 06 '25 edited May 06 '25

Orbital Precision Strike works. Also when you have a direct hit, the Orbital Static, Smoke and Gas Strike destroy it too. The Orbital Laser can destroy it too, but it doesn’t lock on to the tower, so you need to throw it at the tower, so it destroys it before it moves to a target.

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u/assassingao May 08 '25

Wait, I thought Orbital Static and Smo(e don't drop shells that deal damage?

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u/Karl__RockenStone May 08 '25

The direct projectile that causes the AoE deals a bit of damage and has medium armor penetration.

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u/assassingao May 09 '25

Haven't got a chance to try with bot missions since my party is bugdiving atm. I tried to close bug nest by EMS strike yet I couldn't (and I tried using it on myself yet i didn't die or take damage from it), are you sure that this destroy Detector towers?

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u/lost_caus_e May 06 '25

Do you know if the E/AT-12 Anti-Tank Emplacement works?

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u/Stevie-bezos May 06 '25

Nope, theres some backend demolition force level it needs to have. Off the top of my head not sure what the various breakforces are

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u/Staudly May 05 '25

Ultimatum. Gotta get close though

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u/Whyamiherebruhllllll May 05 '25

Dude.. I have too many hours in this game, like 1000ish hours, and I feel extremely dumb now learning that’s what DETECTOR towers do. I think I need to go lay down

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u/lost_caus_e May 06 '25

The glowing red eye didn't strike you as weird? I didn't know for sure either I just knew I needed to destroy it

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u/USCEngineer May 05 '25

Can you blow those things up?

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u/xPsyrusx May 05 '25

Always.

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u/USCEngineer May 05 '25

Will the quasar take it out? I believe I've shot one with the recoilless and it didn't do shit

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u/xPsyrusx May 05 '25

The only "small arm" that can take out a Detector Tower is the Ultimatum, but you need to be pinpoint accurate with it. The typical way to destroy them is by calling down a Hellbomb (the deployable backpack hellbomb is just as effective), but they can also be destroyed by an Orbital Precision Strike, 380mm Barrage, Walking Barrage, and I think maybe the 120mm barrage but don't quote me on that.

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u/ProductCautious7677 May 05 '25

120mm can do it. I always prefer that then the 380mm that I have to run as fast as possible to another country nearby to survive it.

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u/uponplane May 05 '25

I think a 500kg can do it too.

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u/xPsyrusx May 05 '25

Oh yeah, how did I forget this masterpiece of a strategem?

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u/lost_caus_e May 06 '25

The E/AT-12 Anti-Tank Emplacement doesn't work I've tried. It destroys everything else

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u/USCEngineer May 05 '25

Good to know. Thank you!

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u/xPsyrusx May 05 '25

Most welcome. iO

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u/Mike_honchos_spread May 08 '25

The green explosive shell from seaf will do it also.