do the Sterelizer no damage at all??

[BlackViper]

that one that is like a flamethrower.. but it shoots gas.. it seems it doesnt do damage what so ever when i spray on them.. it just slows them down.

[TheZon]

Yes, it damages them but not by much. Don't let it discourage you from using gas weps, they are incredible good. By usefulness - Gas strike, gas grenades, gas drone, and gas thrower. I think they need to buff the last two.

[BlackViper]

Originally posted by TheZon:

Yes, it damages them but not by much. Don't let it discourage you from using gas weps, they are incredible good. By usefulness - Gas strike, gas grenades, gas drone, and gas thrower.

alright, will try them out again, so far i only have the gas thrower and granade though

[Shy]

here's a fun combo:

Fire resistant armour, Flamethrower, Gas drone.

The Flamethrower will roast anything in a large radius, the Gas drone will blind and confuse them so they aren't piling their burning corpses onto you, and the fire resistant armour is a just in case they do thing.

it's pretty fun for bugs. Add Fire nades and Napalm and you're having a good time.

[BlackViper]

Originally posted by Shy:

here's a fun combo:

Fire resistant armour, Flamethrower, Gas drone.

The Flamethrower will roast anything in a large radius, the Gas drone will blind and confuse them so they aren't piling their burning corpses onto you, and the fire resistant armour is a just in case they do thing.

it's pretty fun for bugs. Add Fire nades and Napalm and you're having a good time.

1000% trying that combo out once i unlocked the drone! :D

[Botji]

Its a very low damage the point is mainly to disable/disrupt the enemies while you use something else to kill them, like fire for example.

Against bugs it can be fun to use the Constitution rifle + Peak Physique armor + Gas drone or Gas grenades with Supply pack. I would recommend Gas grenades and Supply pack over the drone since you get more stims with the Supply pack as well.

Throw gas grenade on group of Hunters/Warriors, then go stabbing(going to need stim too).


If you use the drone you kinda need to move around in a 8 pattern, run in close to the group(makes the drone fly out to gas them) then run away from the group(avoid their targeted/random attacks) before turning around again and start poking them now that the drone has had a second or two to spray gas.

The gas drone has a fairly long range that it can go away from you while still being active shooting gas but it has a very short range where it STARTS to fly out to attack them, wish we got the ability to send it out without having to move into hugging distance of enemies. Would make it much better and even somewhat viable against the bots..

[BlackViper]

Originally posted by Botji:

Its a very low damage the point is mainly to disable/disrupt the enemies while you use something else to kill them, like fire for example.

Against bugs it can be fun to use the Constitution rifle + Peak Physique armor + Gas drone or Gas grenades with Supply pack. I would recommend Gas grenades and Supply pack over the drone since you get more stims with the Supply pack as well.

Throw gas grenade on group of Hunters/Warriors, then go stabbing(going to need stim too).


If you use the drone you kinda need to move around in a 8 pattern, run in close to the group(makes the drone fly out to gas them) then run away from the group(avoid their targeted/random attacks) before turning around again and start poking them now that the drone has had a second or two to spray gas.

The gas drone has a fairly long range that it can go away from you while still being active shooting gas but it has a very short range where it STARTS to fly out to attack them, wish we got the ability to send it out without having to move into hugging distance of enemies. Would make it much better and even somewhat viable against the bots..

i see.. so far when i try the gas thrower, 2 out of 3 times they jump on me anyway after a few second even though fully gassed out. dont know if that is a bug or not. the granade seem to work fine all the time though

[Metalshock]

Originally posted by BlackViper:

Originally posted by Botji:

Its a very low damage the point is mainly to disable/disrupt the enemies while you use something else to kill them, like fire for example.

Against bugs it can be fun to use the Constitution rifle + Peak Physique armor + Gas drone or Gas grenades with Supply pack. I would recommend Gas grenades and Supply pack over the drone since you get more stims with the Supply pack as well.

Throw gas grenade on group of Hunters/Warriors, then go stabbing(going to need stim too).


If you use the drone you kinda need to move around in a 8 pattern, run in close to the group(makes the drone fly out to gas them) then run away from the group(avoid their targeted/random attacks) before turning around again and start poking them now that the drone has had a second or two to spray gas.

The gas drone has a fairly long range that it can go away from you while still being active shooting gas but it has a very short range where it STARTS to fly out to attack them, wish we got the ability to send it out without having to move into hugging distance of enemies. Would make it much better and even somewhat viable against the bots..

i see.. so far when i try the gas thrower, 2 out of 3 times they jump on me anyway after a few second even though fully gassed out. dont know if that is a bug or not. the granade seem to work fine all the time though

From what I got told by an experienced diver I trust, how the enemy confusion works is that their AI will attack any valid target nearby... including Helldivers.

So there is a chance they'll just decide they want to attack you anyway, but they're also more likely to attack each other, so just keep that in mind.

[BlackViper]

Originally posted by Metalshock:

Originally posted by BlackViper:

i see.. so far when i try the gas thrower, 2 out of 3 times they jump on me anyway after a few second even though fully gassed out. dont know if that is a bug or not. the granade seem to work fine all the time though

From what I got told by an experienced diver I trust, how the enemy confusion works is that their AI will attack any valid target nearby... including Helldivers.

So there is a chance they'll just decide they want to attack you anyway, but they're also more likely to attack each other, so just keep that in mind.

alright :)

[Dakota]

They're more for their damage over time than doing more damage with the spray. A single puff of gas hitting a hunter will kill it over time, and during that time it'll be wondering around attacking without being able to see you well. Sterilizer is rather good for taking out groups of small enemies with a quick spray, but struggles to kill the medium and larger enemies. For this reason I often bring a flamethrower in my primary slot along with the sterilizer since the sterilizer still blinds medium and heavy enemies, making it easy to kill them with a flamethrower.

[T.K.]

It has damage but low. It kills the small bugs easily though.

And it is Gas based.

Unlike the Toxic Avenger which was basically a hose shooting liquid toxins which kills chargers and impalers very easily. (Think of it as a Bile Titan spewing its acid but weaponised small version)