with over 50 different strategems in Hell divers 2 there are countless setups you can run you want to set everything on fire call in your napon barrages your fire turrets and flamethrowers and watch everything burn you want some extra protection from the bullets lasers and Rockets you can do that too take two Shields and shoot them up from a distance using the anti maerial rifle and an anti-tank in placement you want to get kicked well you can do that too team collect no tomor with these picks make sure to throw them at your teammate's feet and you'll be banned in no time but all jokes aside of all the potential picks and of all the ways you could play Eagle stratums are really the bread and butter of a hell divers Loadout and there's an entire Arsenal to choose from air strikes 500 kgs cluster bombs strafing runs just to name a few these are all versatile picks that can completely turn around fights clear out patrols and nullify any bug breaches and even soften up bases by destroying Fabricators other eagles can wipe out an entire section of enemies every hell diver should bring at least one Eagle strateg in their load out but which Eagle stratum should you bring how do they work and what can they destroy let's get into it let's start with the basics imagine you're where the hell diver icon is you're facing forward when you thre the stratum and the Red Dot is where your stratum ball landed each Eagle stratum has a strike zone which is determined by the direction you are facing when you thre the stratum Eagle air strikes and na pump strikes land perpendicular to the direction you facing when you toss the stratum air strikes release several bombs in an alternating pattern that damage and push back enemies within the bomb's blast radius napom strikes release bombs in the same manner and the bombs also have an additional AOE burn on the terrain cluster bombs and spoke strikes also land perpendicular to the direction you are facing but the area of effect for each is significantly larger cluster bombs explode into smaller bombs that release shrapnel this stratum has a possibility of wiping out an entire Patrol or your entire team so watch out for your teammates if you decide to use the stratum smoke strikes also have a large area of effect but it's a non-lethal stratum it's more of a distraction tool to block the enemy's line of sight to you so you can either run away or go towards them and avoid detection Eagle strafing runs are a bit different this attack is a very narrow Strike Zone compared to the previous hor stratums and it's great for clearing out enemies that are either bunched up or chasing behind you instead of dropping bombs with explosive damage eego one fires a quick barrage of armor-piercing shells the attack starts at where the Straten ball landed and then moves away from the direction you were facing finally rocket pods and the 500 kg bomb land and explode directly on the beacon rocket pods will Target the biggest enemy where the Straten ball landed but this interaction has been a little bit Hit or Miss for me the 500 kg bomb have a second of delay before they explode and the strike zone is a large vertical column that has ability to destroy nearly every heavily armored enemy now that we've covered the strike zone Basics let's move on to which Eagle strategy you should bring against each front Bots bugs and illuminates all behave differently Bots want to snipe you from across the map and throw barges of lasers and Rockets at you bugs want to swarm stagger and charge you down and illuminates are a really annoying mixture of both the voteless try to swarm you while the overseers and Harvesters try to snipe you from a distance for the illuminates bring either a 500 kg or a cluster bomb 500 kgs are the only Eagle stratum that can destroy illuminant ships and you don't even have to pop the shield they can also take out Harvesters in one hit the bomb stickes of the Harvester Shield before exploding so there's a huge margin errow when you toss it other eag strategems like the rocket pods take two or so strikes to take out Harvesters and we just have a couple of uses it makes more sense to use a 500 kg that can do it all other Eagle stratums like the air strike strafing run and Rocket pods can only remove the ship shield and can't destroy the ship even after the shields are removed this forces you to go in close range or to take an additional stratum like an orbital Precision strike or rail Cannon strike personally I think it's easier to bring a 500 kg that can do everything for you if you are already running anti-tank weapons and you're looking for an eagle traum to clear out the small guys to give you more Breathing Room the cluster bomb works wonders because you're fighting aluminates in a city map the buildings in terrain can block some of the damage that come from Eagle air strikes or napom strikes with cluster bombs you don't have to worry about that because it's one large shrapnel carpet bomb plus as we are currently only facing aluminates with little to no armor cluster bombs can rip through everything as long as you make sure your teammates aren't in the strike zone you can clear out mobs super easily for Bots bring the strafing run I think this is easily the most underused eagle and I've rarely seen people use it in my games with the last update the stratum has the ability to take out bot Fabricators with ease as well as almost every bot enemy from Troopers to Devastators to Striders especially in harder difficulties like hell dive and super hell dive Bots seem to spawn in clusters and don't spread out so a single strafing run can take out an entire Patrol this stratum also has the quickest call- in time and you have the lowest chance of killing your teammates because the strike zone is right in front of of you and that zone is also extremely narrow another eagle worth using against the Bots is a smoke strike I've seen some guys with jetpacks and smoke strikes solo entire bases but it's definitely a tricky strateg to pull off Bots seem really affected by the smoke and you can be right in front of them and they won't aggro you and the stratum is definitely a viable pick for stealth players but requires really good timing and really good usage to pull it off for bugs air strikes pal strikes and cluster bombs are all great picks air strikes are the bread and butter of bug missions because they can close bug holes and kill if not severely wound anything it lands on napom strikes are great for area of denial if you're playing a raise a flag mission or a defense Mission and they're great for bug breaches because of the AOE burn bugs want to come towards you so if you coat the terrain with fire they'll be easier to deal with when they come jumping in your face bugs also have the tendency to spread out so cluster bombs work great because can cover huge swads of area it's especially effective against bile Speers as it can kill them in one pop so for my recommended Eagle stratum for each front for Bots bring strafing runs because of their great utility or a smoke strike if you're a stealth player and for bugs bring air strikes naps or cluster bombs as all three stratums are great picks and for luminates run cluster bombs to deal with the hordes and a 500 kg as a backup to delete any Heavies or Luminate ships that wraps up my beginner's guy to Eagle stratums let me know what you think what your favorite Eagle stratum is and I'll catch you in the next one [Music] [Music]