Weapons
Weapons are the main way Helldivers deal with their Enemies. Each Helldiver carries a Primary Weapon, Secondary Weapon and a Grenade. Its also possible to equip a Support weapon through calling it in using Stratagems or finding one on the battlefied. Its also possible to pick up Primary weapons that are on the ground, which are left behind defeated teammates.
Weapons Mechanics[edit | edit source]
Most of the weapons have additional fire modes that can be selected by holding down R and clicking left mouse button.
When helldiver attacks enemies they will get hitmarkers that will show how effective their attacks are:
- Red Hitmarker - Weapons are enough penetration to ignore armor part and deal 100% Weapon Damage.
- White Hitmarker - Weapons do not have enough penetration to ignore armor part but still deal damage (Dealing 40-50% damage).
- Shield Deflect Hitmarker - Weapons do not penetrate armor and deflect, dealing very low/no damage (needs testing).
There are additional mechanics at play that will adjust helldivers damage:
- Explosive Damage does 100% to the sacks and big unprotected parts of the enemies, when other weapons are dealing about 10% damage on them.
- Fire damage penetrates armor.
Primary Weapons[edit | edit source]
Primary Weapons in Helldivers 2 are your way of getting rid of Super Earth enemies. They usually come with a lot of magazines and last long enough to fight between the supply drops. Variety of Fighting styles depending on the weapon will allow Helldvier squads to have different combat tactics and team compositions.
Secondary Weapons[edit | edit source]
If Helldiver run out of ammo on their primary weapon the only way to fight back will be a Secondary weapon.
Grenades[edit | edit source]
Grenades allow Helldivers to get rid of enemy groups with ease, fight off tougher and armored enemies and destroy enemy Bug Holes and Factories. Variety of Grenades will allow to adjust their use to specific situations and playstyle.
Support Weapons[edit | edit source]
Support Weapons in Helldivers 2 is a heavy weaponry that is available through use of Stratagems. It have a call in cooldown, but most of the time is the most powerful handheld weaponry available in Helldivers 2. Moreover it can be shared with other teammates and some Support weapons can be operated by 2 helldivers to increase their efficiency. 3