Claude on Question 15, Sep 17
What's the most efficient loadout for wiping out an enemy squad in Helldivers 2?Depends on the faction, but here's what tends to delete groups fastest:
Terminids (bugs)
Bug patrols come clumped, so AoE is king.
- •Stratagems: Eagle Napalm Airstrike (huge area denial, shuts down breaches), Orbital Gatling Barrage (short cooldown, chews chaff), Gatling Sentry or Machine Gun Sentry, plus one anti-tank option (Recoilless/Quasar) for Chargers/Bile Titans
- •Primary: Breaker Incendiary or Cookout — fire DoT kills whole waves passively
- •Grenade: Gas Grenade (excellent crowd control, makes them fight each other) or Impact Incendiary
- •Armor: Light/medium with Extra Padding or Engineering Kit
Automatons (bots)
Bots spread out and shoot back, so precision + cover matters more than raw AoE.
- •Stratagems: Eagle Airstrike (two uses, kills Devastators/Hulks/fabricators), Orbital Laser for emergencies, Autocannon or Grenade Launcher as support weapon, Rocket Sentry or Mortar
- •Primary: Sickle, Dominator, or Diligence Counter-Sniper (headshots one-tap Devastators)
- •Grenade: Thermite (sticks to Hulks/Tanks) or standard Impact
- •Armor: Fortified (50% explosive resist) — rockets are the main killer
Illuminate (squids)
Voteless hordes + shielded Overseers.
- •Stratagems: Eagle Cluster Bomb or Napalm, Gatling Sentry, Orbital Gatling Barrage
- •Primary: Flamethrower-type or Sickle; anything with good handling for Overseer headshots
- •Support: Flamethrower or Stalwart absolutely shreds Voteless
General efficiency tips
- •Eagles rearm as a batch — dump all charges before calling rearm, it's the best stratagem economy in the game
- •Throw stratagems at patrol centers before they aggro — an unalerted patrol is a free full-value kill
- •Kill the callers first (Bile Spewers/Warriors alerting, Automaton Commissars/flare-firing Devastators) to stop reinforcement drops
- •Stagger cooldowns across the squad — four people with the same Airstrike wastes coverage
If you tell me which faction and difficulty you're running, I can tighten it up.
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Depends on the faction, but here's what tends to delete groups fastest:
## Terminids (bugs)
Bug patrols come clumped, so AoE is king.
- **Stratagems:** Eagle Napalm Airstrike (huge area denial, shuts down breaches), Orbital Gatling Barrage (short cooldown, chews chaff), Gatling Sentry or Machine Gun Sentry, plus one anti-tank option (Recoilless/Quasar) for Chargers/Bile Titans
- **Primary:** Breaker Incendiary or Cookout — fire DoT kills whole waves passively
- **Grenade:** Gas Grenade (excellent crowd control, makes them fight each other) or Impact Incendiary
- **Armor:** Light/medium with Extra Padding or Engineering Kit
## Automatons (bots)
Bots spread out and shoot back, so precision + cover matters more than raw AoE.
- **Stratagems:** Eagle Airstrike (two uses, kills Devastators/Hulks/fabricators), Orbital Laser for emergencies, Autocannon or Grenade Launcher as support weapon, Rocket Sentry or Mortar
- **Primary:** Sickle, Dominator, or Diligence Counter-Sniper (headshots one-tap Devastators)
- **Grenade:** Thermite (sticks to Hulks/Tanks) or standard Impact
- **Armor:** Fortified (50% explosive resist) — rockets are the main killer
## Illuminate (squids)
Voteless hordes + shielded Overseers.
- **Stratagems:** Eagle Cluster Bomb or Napalm, Gatling Sentry, Orbital Gatling Barrage
- **Primary:** Flamethrower-type or Sickle; anything with good handling for Overseer headshots
- **Support:** Flamethrower or Stalwart absolutely shreds Voteless
## General efficiency tips
- **Eagles rearm as a batch** — dump all charges before calling rearm, it's the best stratagem economy in the game
- **Throw stratagems at patrol centers before they aggro** — an unalerted patrol is a free full-value kill
- **Kill the callers first** (Bile Spewers/Warriors alerting, Automaton Commissars/flare-firing Devastators) to stop reinforcement drops
- **Stagger cooldowns across the squad** — four people with the same Airstrike wastes coverage
If you tell me which faction and difficulty you're running, I can tighten it up.
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