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Helldivers 2offers the elite soldiers of Super Earth a wide variety of weapon types so that they can spread managed democracy against bugs and bots. The arsenal variety ensures that your Helldivers are up to the challenge and can adapt to situations by switching to various playstyles.
The Airburst Rocket Launcher is another higher-firepower weapon that requires a particular playstyle and cannot be played in any scenario. This weapon is designed to do one thing: destroy the mobs, but a certain level of experience and awareness is required to utilize it efficiently. Otherwise, it could turn into a team-slayer weapon rather than a weapon for killing enemies.
How To Get The Airburst Rocket Launcher
To obtain the Airburst Rocket Launcher, you must buy it from theShip Management console for 8,000 Requisition Slips. The weapon comes with a 480-second cooldown, which means you’re able to call this strategy again in the field after the mentioned time has elapsed.
TheAirburst Rocket Launcher became available after helldivers liberated Penta. This weapon unlock was part of a Major Order whereliberating Choohe would give helldivers the MD-17 Anti-Tank Mines, andPenta would offer the RL-77 Airburst Rocket Launcher. The players clearly favored the latter.
How To Use The Airburst Rocket Launcher
The RL-77 Airburst Rocket Launcher is a support weapon that has the capacity of one rocket fired at a time. Like other rocket stratagems, such asGR-8 Recoilless Rifle, and theFAF-14 SPEAR, the Airburst Rocket Launcher, it comes with a backpack.
Thebackpack comes with five spare rocketsthat you can reload after firing the main weapon. You canrestock the used rocketsby interacting with theammo boxes found in the POIs,resupplying them from the Supply Pod, or calling downthe Airburst Rocket Launcher againafter the cooldown.
Whenever youfire the rocket salvo from the Airburst Rocket Launcher, it seeks a target toexplode into mini-cluster bombs. This target could be a friend or foe, and the singlerocket immediately bursts open into a wide AoE of cluster bombson first contact.
The Airburst Rocket Launcher also detonates into bombs when you have defensive stratagems nearby. For instance, during our weapon testing, we found that a rocket salve exploded immediately into cluster bombs when the HMG turret, Sentries, and Resupply Pod were nearby.
Do not fire the Airburst Rocket Launcher near the dead bodiesof enemies or friends. Therocket salvo even detects these bodies and explodesinto cluster bombs. This could result inkilling you or any teammates nearby. If you are targeting a mob at a medium range, but you have dead bodies closer to the actual target, you must find another angle and then fire the rocket salvo.
Is The Airburst Rocket Launcher Good Against Terminids?
TheAirburst Rocket Launcher performs more efficiently against bugsin the game. That is because mostTerminid enemy typeshave light to medium armor.The Bile Titanand the Charger are the only two enemies with heavy armorthat require heavy weapons to penetrate.
The Eagle Cluster Bomb already does a good job when used on bugs. Similarly, theAirburst Rocket Launcher, which shreds light to medium armor foes, completely destroys Terminid mobs. Using the RL-77 Airburst Rocket Launcher,clearing a bug hole POI or wiping off a roaming patrol becomes very easy. The weapon can alsoone-shot a Spore Spewer.
Since the Terminids like to attack from a close range, it will bebetter to maintain a medium-range distance from the target before you fire the Airburst Rocket Launcher. That is because the medium range is the ideal distance not to get sucked into the cluster bombs' explosives.
If you fire this weapon from very close, you will die instantly. Compare this with the collateral of the Eagle Cluster Bomb stratagem, and you will realize how lethal the Airburst Rocket Launcher is for friendlies.
If you are running with the Airburst Rocket Launcher as your main support weapon stratagem, you mustbring a heavy offensive stratagem that could kill heavy-armoredfoes such as the Bile Titan anddefeat a Charger.Eagle Airstrike,Eagle 110MM Rocket Pods, andOrbital Railcannon Strikeare three ofthe best stratagemsfor quicklykilling heavy-armored enemies.
Is The Airburst Rocket Launcher Good Against Automatons?
TheAirburst Rocket Launcher is underwhelming when you use it against the Automatons. Even though this weapon has a rocket salve, youstill cannot use it to destroy Automaton Fabricators. If you fire straight at it, the cluster bombs will explode and kill nearby bots, but they will not destroy the Bot Fabricator.
Similarly, theHulk, Tank, the Tower Cannon, andthe Factory Striderare impossible to kill using the Airburst Rocket Launcher. This support weapon isuseless for dealing with heavy armor penetration damage. Hence, using the Airburst Rocket Launcher against the Automatons faction will waste your stratagem slot, as the weapon lacks the higher firepower to destroy powerful foes.
