Hell Let Loose: Vietnam Tips & Tactics

Once you’ve got the basics down, these tips will help you play a bigger part in winning matches — not just surviving them.

Positioning beats reflexes

Hell Let Loose fights are usually decided before the shooting starts:

• Hold the angles. Pick positions where you see the enemy before they see you, with cover to fall back to.
• Don’t skyline yourself. On hills and ridges, staying off the crest keeps you alive.
• Move as a pair or more. Mutual support wins firefights; lone pushes feed the enemy.

Use the new systems deliberately

Vietnam’s fresh mechanics reward thought:

• Helicopters (US) — insert with a plan, suppress the LZ, and don’t waste the asset on solo joyrides.
• Tunnels (NVA) — ambush and fade; resist the urge to over-commit after a successful strike.
• Rivers (riverine combat) — contest the crossings and escort your boats; the banks hide ambushes.

Think in objectives and supply

• Fight for the point, not the kill count. Ground won matters; your K/D doesn’t.
• Protect forward spawns and hunt the enemy’s — controlling reinforcement decides who holds an objective.
• Mind supply. A push with no logistics behind it stalls.

Communicate, always

The single highest-impact habit: talk. Call contacts, mark targets, follow your squad leader. A team that communicates beats a better-aiming team that doesn’t — every time.

We’ll expand this guide with map- and role-specific tactics as the game’s systems are finalised closer to launch.