Claude on Question 15, Sep 26
What's the most efficient loadout for wiping out an enemy squad in Helldivers 2?Depends on which faction you're fighting, since "squad" means very different things to bugs vs. bots vs. squids. Here are solid horde-clearing builds:
Terminids (swarm clearing)
- •Primary: Breaker Incendiary or Cookout — fire DoT chews through chaff with almost no ammo cost
- •Secondary: Grenade Pistol (closes bug holes so you can use a different grenade)
- •Grenade: Impact Incendiary — throw into a patrol and walk away
- •Support: Stalwart on max RPM (infinite chaff deletion) or Flamethrower for chokepoints
- •Stratagems: Eagle Napalm Airstrike or Cluster Bomb + Gatling Sentry + one AT option (Quasar/Recoilless) for Chargers/Bile Titans
- •Armor: Light, Engineering Kit or Peak Physique
Automatons (armor + ranged)
- •Primary: Sickle or Adjudicator — you need precision for vents and headshots
- •Grenade: Thermite (one-shots Hulks, kills tanks/turrets)
- •Support: Autocannon or HMG — Autocannon is the best generalist in the game vs bots
- •Stratagems: Eagle Airstrike (kills groups and fabricators) + Orbital Laser or Rocket Sentry
- •Armor: Fortified medium/heavy for the explosive resistance — rocket devastators hurt
Illuminate
- •Primary: Blitzer or any shotgun — Voteless come in tight packs, and the Blitzer never reloads or runs dry
- •Support: Arc Thrower chains beautifully through crowds; bring AT for Harvesters
- •Stratagems: Cluster Bomb + Gatling Sentry + Orbital Napalm/Gatling Barrage
General principles
- •Bring exactly one dedicated anti-tank option; most "squads" have 1–2 heavies mixed into the chaff
- •Stagger cooldowns so you always have something available — don't take three 3-minute stratagems
- •Eagle stratagems rearm as a batch, so dumping all charges then rearming is more efficient than trickling them out
- •Fire and gas are the highest damage-per-stratagem-slot options against anything unarmored
- •Coordinate with your team: if two people bring Gatling Sentries you've wasted a slot
Worth noting balance patches shift this stuff constantly, so if something feels weak it may have been nerfed (or buffed) since I last had solid info.
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Depends on which faction you're fighting, since "squad" means very different things to bugs vs. bots vs. squids. Here are solid horde-clearing builds:
## Terminids (swarm clearing)
- **Primary:** Breaker Incendiary or Cookout — fire DoT chews through chaff with almost no ammo cost
- **Secondary:** Grenade Pistol (closes bug holes so you can use a different grenade)
- **Grenade:** Impact Incendiary — throw into a patrol and walk away
- **Support:** Stalwart on max RPM (infinite chaff deletion) or Flamethrower for chokepoints
- **Stratagems:** Eagle Napalm Airstrike or Cluster Bomb + Gatling Sentry + one AT option (Quasar/Recoilless) for Chargers/Bile Titans
- **Armor:** Light, Engineering Kit or Peak Physique
## Automatons (armor + ranged)
- **Primary:** Sickle or Adjudicator — you need precision for vents and headshots
- **Grenade:** Thermite (one-shots Hulks, kills tanks/turrets)
- **Support:** Autocannon or HMG — Autocannon is the best generalist in the game vs bots
- **Stratagems:** Eagle Airstrike (kills groups *and* fabricators) + Orbital Laser or Rocket Sentry
- **Armor:** Fortified medium/heavy for the explosive resistance — rocket devastators hurt
## Illuminate
- **Primary:** Blitzer or any shotgun — Voteless come in tight packs, and the Blitzer never reloads or runs dry
- **Support:** Arc Thrower chains beautifully through crowds; bring AT for Harvesters
- **Stratagems:** Cluster Bomb + Gatling Sentry + Orbital Napalm/Gatling Barrage
## General principles
- Bring **exactly one** dedicated anti-tank option; most "squads" have 1–2 heavies mixed into the chaff
- Stagger cooldowns so you always have something available — don't take three 3-minute stratagems
- Eagle stratagems rearm as a batch, so dumping all charges then rearming is more efficient than trickling them out
- Fire and gas are the highest damage-per-stratagem-slot options against anything unarmored
- Coordinate with your team: if two people bring Gatling Sentries you've wasted a slot
Worth noting balance patches shift this stuff constantly, so if something feels weak it may have been nerfed (or buffed) since I last had solid info.
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