Claude on Question 15, Sep 29

What's the most efficient loadout for wiping out an enemy squad in Helldivers 2?

Depends on which faction you're dropping on, since "squad" behaves very differently across the three. Here's what works well for deleting groups:

Universal group-wipers (stratagems)

•Eagle Cluster Bomb – 4 uses, huge footprint, shreds light/medium infantry. Best raw "patrol deleter" in the game.
•Napalm Airstrike – area denial. Drop it on a bug breach or bot drop and everything that walks through dies.
•Orbital Gas Strike – short cooldown, and the confusion effect makes enemies wander instead of pushing you. Absurd value for how cheap it is.
•Orbital Gatling Barrage – ~70s cooldown, great for repeat use on patrols.
•Orbital Laser – only 3 uses, but it kills everything in the area including heavies. Save it for bases.

Terminids
Lean into fire and sustained chaff clear. Breaker Incendiary or Cookout as primary, Incendiary Impact grenades, and either Stalwart (max RPM, basically a lawnmower) or Flamethrower as your support weapon. Thermite grenades or a Recoilless/EATs handle Chargers and Titans. Napalm + Cluster covers your Eagle slots.

Automatons
Positioning matters more than DPS — they shoot back and ragdoll you. Eagle Airstrike is the workhorse (kills Devastators, fabricators, tanks). Pair with Autocannon or HMG. Primaries: Scorcher, Dominator, or Adjudicator. Thermite grenades trivialize Hulks. Run Fortified armor and fight from cover.

Illuminate
Voteless come in huge waves, so crowd control wins. Arc weapons are excellent here — Blitzer primary, Arc Thrower or Tesla Tower support. Overseers need medium armor penetration, so keep something like the Purifier or a Grenade Launcher handy. Cluster Bomb mulches Voteless packs.

Sleeper combo for chaff: Grenade Launcher + Supply Pack. The pack refills your ammo constantly, so you get near-infinite AoE. Add Engineering Kit armor for extra grenades.

Booster picks: Stamina Enhancement and Vitality Booster are the two most consistently useful; Experimental Infusion is strong if someone's already covering those.

Worth noting balance shifts fairly often with patches, so if something here feels off, it probably got tuned. What faction are you mainly running?

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Depends on which faction you're dropping on, since "squad" behaves very differently across the three. Here's what works well for deleting groups:
**Universal group-wipers (stratagems)**
- **Eagle Cluster Bomb** – 4 uses, huge footprint, shreds light/medium infantry. Best raw "patrol deleter" in the game.
- **Napalm Airstrike** – area denial. Drop it on a bug breach or bot drop and everything that walks through dies.
- **Orbital Gas Strike** – short cooldown, and the confusion effect makes enemies wander instead of pushing you. Absurd value for how cheap it is.
- **Orbital Gatling Barrage** – ~70s cooldown, great for repeat use on patrols.
- **Orbital Laser** – only 3 uses, but it kills *everything* in the area including heavies. Save it for bases.
**Terminids**
Lean into fire and sustained chaff clear. Breaker Incendiary or Cookout as primary, Incendiary Impact grenades, and either **Stalwart** (max RPM, basically a lawnmower) or **Flamethrower** as your support weapon. Thermite grenades or a Recoilless/EATs handle Chargers and Titans. Napalm + Cluster covers your Eagle slots.
**Automatons**
Positioning matters more than DPS — they shoot back and ragdoll you. **Eagle Airstrike** is the workhorse (kills Devastators, fabricators, tanks). Pair with **Autocannon** or **HMG**. Primaries: Scorcher, Dominator, or Adjudicator. Thermite grenades trivialize Hulks. Run Fortified armor and fight from cover.
**Illuminate**
Voteless come in huge waves, so crowd control wins. Arc weapons are excellent here — **Blitzer** primary, **Arc Thrower** or **Tesla Tower** support. Overseers need medium armor penetration, so keep something like the Purifier or a Grenade Launcher handy. Cluster Bomb mulches Voteless packs.
**Sleeper combo for chaff:** Grenade Launcher + Supply Pack. The pack refills your ammo constantly, so you get near-infinite AoE. Add Engineering Kit armor for extra grenades.
**Booster picks:** Stamina Enhancement and Vitality Booster are the two most consistently useful; Experimental Infusion is strong if someone's already covering those.
Worth noting balance shifts fairly often with patches, so if something here feels off, it probably got tuned. What faction are you mainly running?

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