Charger
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| Charger | |
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| Armor | |
| Head: Heavy Armor
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Body: Light Armor Arms: Heavy Armor
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Back: Heavy Armor Legs: Heavy Armor
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| Size | |
| Enemy Data | |
| Danger Level | High |
| Faction | Terminid |
| Min Encounter Difficulty | 3 (Medium) |
| Ranged Attacks | No |
| Movement Speed | Medium |
Charger is a Terminid Enemy in Helldivers 2.
Charger start spawning at Medium difficulty and higher. These enemies pose high threat to helldiver teams because of their charge and stun abilities.
Charger Abilities and Mechanics[edit | edit source]
Charger skillset includes several attacks:
Charger Charge Attack[edit | edit source]
Charger charges towards target helldiver in a straight line.
If hit by this attack, helldiver will be temporary stunned, thrown back and disoriented. While being thrown back ragdoll mechanics might cause impact damage and kill the helldiver. Overall being hit by the Helldivers 2 isnt lethal, but the disorientation and recovery time makes helldiver an easy target for other enemies and puts him out of the fight for a while.
After the charge Charger will stay on the same position where it finished the charge for a while, making it easier target with exposed weakpoints.
How to Counter Charger Charge Attack
- The easiest option to counter Charger Charge Attack is to run sideways in a perpendicular direction from the Charger's Charge. That way Helldiver will keep the mobility and will be able to counterattack the Charger in its weak spots.
- Hiding behind the impenetrable and solid cover will make charger hit the cover and get temporally stunned, exposing it for counterattack. Just make sure the cover is solid, since some stones and building can be easily destroyed by the Charger and helldiver will get hit straight afterwards.
- Stunning or staggering the Charger will interrupt its Charge Attack.
Charger Fighting Tips[edit | edit source]
- Charger Head is an actual weak pointed if targeted by heavy armor-piercing weapons like
Recoilless Rifle or EAT-17 Expendable Anti-Tank. Well Aimed shot with those weapons will one-shot the Charger - Charger Legs is a second best weakpoint, but since they are heavily armored helldivers need to either get rid of the armor plate using Recoilless Rifle or EAT-17 Expendable Anti-Tank and finish it off with conventional weapons or aim for the back of it's leg after it's charge or if Charger is going for another Helldiver.
- Attacking Charger's unprotected back, preferably with explosive weapons. When enough damage is dealt, Charger's butt will pop and it will lose mobility, bleeding out and dying in 5-10 seconds. At this point he can be ignored. Using conventional weapons is an option as well, although it will take considerable amount of ammo to do enough damage to it.
- Flamethrower can be an effective weapon against armored enemies, since burn damage ignores the armor completely, but it will take some time to burn the Charger down and helldiver should be at a relatively close range to it in order to use Flamethrower
Autocannon can also be used to quickly take down the Charger by aiming at the unarmored back of the leg first, which can be done by evading the Charger's attack. After that, one additional shot to the same leg will be enough to bring down the charger.- When team of helldivers fighting Charger usually 1 of the team members kite the group of Chargers, while other team members decimate their weak points.
Charger Variations[edit | edit source]
There is a variation of Charger in Helldivers 2
Charger Behemoth[edit | edit source]
Charger Behemoth is a rare variation of Charger that have more blades all over its body. Its actual stats are unknown, but most likely it has higher health and damage.
Charger Additional Information[edit | edit source]
- There is an achievement/trophy for killing a Charger with a
Resupply pod. In order to get it try to time Resupply drop time when the charger will finish its charge and will slow down. Also dropping a stratagem ball on the back of the Charger will stick it to it, so the pod will aim for the blue beam when it will enter the battlefield. - Sometimes there is a Mission to defeat Charger.