Claude on Question 15, Oct 3
What's the most efficient loadout for wiping out an enemy squad in Helldivers 2?Depends on which faction you're fighting, but here are the builds that reliably delete groups:
The single best "squad wipe" tool
Eagle Airstrike — 2–3 uses, fast rearm, instant-ish delivery, and the bomb line kills light and medium armor. One throw on a patrol usually ends it. If you only take one group-clearing stratagem, take this.
Runner-up: Orbital Gatling Barrage for its very short cooldown (spammable on every patrol), and Eagle Cluster Bomb if the enemies are mostly unarmored.
vs. Terminids (bugs)
- •Primary: Incendiary Breaker or Cookout — fire DoT shreds swarms
- •Secondary: Grenade Pistol (closes bug holes, frees up your grenade slot)
- •Grenade: Impact Incendiary — one throw kills a whole hunter pack
- •Stratagems: Eagle Cluster Bomb, Orbital Gas Strike, Stalwart or Flamethrower, Gatling Sentry
- •Armor: Light/medium with Engineering Kit, or fire-resistant if you're running flame weapons
vs. Automatons (bots)
- •Primary: Dominator or Adjudicator (stagger + medium pen) — or Sickle for ammo economy
- •Secondary: Grenade Pistol or Senator
- •Grenade: Stun (setup) or Thermite (heavies)
- •Stratagems: Eagle Airstrike, Orbital Laser, AMR or Autocannon, Shield Generator Pack
- •Armor: Fortified medium — the explosive resist is huge against rocket devastators
vs. Illuminate
- •Voteless hordes die to anything wide: Arc Thrower, Tesla Tower, Blitzer, Gatling/Gas strikes
- •Overseers need medium pen or explosives — Dominator, AMR, or just an airstrike
Tactics that matter more than the loadout
- •Hit patrols before they spot you. An unalerted patrol stays clustered and dies to a single stratagem. Once they aggro, they spread out and call reinforcements.
- •Stun grenade → airstrike is the universal combo. Works on patrols, on heavy units, on anything.
- •Throw at the front of a moving patrol, not the middle — they walk into it.
- •Build your four stratagems as: one horde clear, one anti-armor, one support weapon, one flex (sentry or backpack). Don't bring four of the same thing.
If you tell me your usual difficulty and whether you're solo or with randoms, I can tighten the recommendation — solo play favors light armor and sentries, while a coordinated squad can afford to specialize.
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Depends on which faction you're fighting, but here are the builds that reliably delete groups:
## The single best "squad wipe" tool
**Eagle Airstrike** — 2–3 uses, fast rearm, instant-ish delivery, and the bomb line kills light *and* medium armor. One throw on a patrol usually ends it. If you only take one group-clearing stratagem, take this.
Runner-up: **Orbital Gatling Barrage** for its very short cooldown (spammable on every patrol), and **Eagle Cluster Bomb** if the enemies are mostly unarmored.
## vs. Terminids (bugs)
- **Primary:** Incendiary Breaker or Cookout — fire DoT shreds swarms
- **Secondary:** Grenade Pistol (closes bug holes, frees up your grenade slot)
- **Grenade:** Impact Incendiary — one throw kills a whole hunter pack
- **Stratagems:** Eagle Cluster Bomb, Orbital Gas Strike, Stalwart *or* Flamethrower, Gatling Sentry
- **Armor:** Light/medium with Engineering Kit, or fire-resistant if you're running flame weapons
## vs. Automatons (bots)
- **Primary:** Dominator or Adjudicator (stagger + medium pen) — or Sickle for ammo economy
- **Secondary:** Grenade Pistol or Senator
- **Grenade:** Stun (setup) or Thermite (heavies)
- **Stratagems:** Eagle Airstrike, Orbital Laser, AMR or Autocannon, Shield Generator Pack
- **Armor:** Fortified medium — the explosive resist is huge against rocket devastators
## vs. Illuminate
- Voteless hordes die to anything wide: **Arc Thrower**, **Tesla Tower**, **Blitzer**, Gatling/Gas strikes
- Overseers need medium pen or explosives — Dominator, AMR, or just an airstrike
## Tactics that matter more than the loadout
- **Hit patrols before they spot you.** An unalerted patrol stays clustered and dies to a single stratagem. Once they aggro, they spread out and call reinforcements.
- **Stun grenade → airstrike** is the universal combo. Works on patrols, on heavy units, on anything.
- Throw at the *front* of a moving patrol, not the middle — they walk into it.
- Build your four stratagems as: one horde clear, one anti-armor, one support weapon, one flex (sentry or backpack). Don't bring four of the same thing.
If you tell me your usual difficulty and whether you're solo or with randoms, I can tighten the recommendation — solo play favors light armor and sentries, while a coordinated squad can afford to specialize.
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