Helldivers 2's Quasar Cannon becomes even more of a fan-favorite as players realize it one-shots bot ships of every flavor, including the new Gunships

04.04.2024 - 12:31 / gamesradar.com / Hirun Cryer

Helldivers 2's Quasar Cannon is quickly becoming the hot new trend, as players realize it can take out Automaton Gunships and dropships in just one hit.

Arrowhead added the Quasar Cannon to Helldivers 2 just a week or so ago, but you could tell it was an immediate hit with players, as they were instantly begging the developer to nerf it. Around a week later, it looks like the Quasar Cannon is going from strength to strength among players for its pure firepower against the Automaton forces.

For example, in the clip just below, you can see a player one-shot a bot dropship in mid-flight. It's not just the Quasar Cannon's destructive capabilities that are impressive in this clip - the player hits something of a wild trick shot by timing the cannon's shot so that it collides with the dropship while it's still moving at high speed. 

It's not just the dropships that go down in a single hit. The Quasar Cannon can make incredibly short work of the pesky new Helldivers 2 Gunships, which have been harassing players and peppering them with missile and laser cannon fire since earlier this week. The Gunships are lethal, but the Quasar Cannon trumps them. 

It also turns out the Quasar Cannon is a dab hand at despatching the Automaton Fabricators extremely quickly, similarly in just one hit. In the comments of the post, another player claims that the cannon can take out an Automaton tank in just two hits, so if you've got two players running the Stratagem weapon in the same squad, it's game over for the tank.

"They'll have to bury me with my Quasar because I am never letting this thing out of my grasp," adds another subreddit post, accompanied by footage of a player taking down another dropship in a single shot. A similar subreddit post shows a player taking out a Bile Titan with one shot from well over 100 meters away, which is perfect for keeping those horrible bugs at bay.

Gunships might be weak to the Quasar Cannon, but the factories that create them definitely aren't. Helldivers 2 players are seriously struggling with taking down Gunships factories, since they only have one weak point, and even a Hellbomb won't get the job completely done. 

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