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Helldivers 2: Armor Passive Tier List

Feb 22,25(9 months ago)
Helldivers 2: Armor Passive Tier List

Helldivers 2 Armor Passives: A Comprehensive Guide and Tier List

Helldivers 2 categorizes armor into light, medium, and heavy, impacting mobility and defense. However, the real power lies in armor passives – potent perks significantly altering gameplay. This guide details all passives and provides a tier list to help you optimize your loadouts.

All Armor Passives and Their Effects

The following table lists all 14 armor passives (as of the 1.002.003 game version) and their descriptions. Remember, only body armor possesses passives; helmets and capes are standard.

Armor Passive Description
Acclimated 50% resistance to acid, electrical, fire, and gas damage.
Advanced Filtration 80% resistance to gas damage.
Democracy Protects 50% chance to survive lethal attacks (e.g., headshots); prevents chest injuries (e.g., internal bleeding).
Electrical Conduit 95% resistance to lightning arc damage.
Engineering Kit +2 grenade capacity; 30% recoil reduction while crouching or prone.
Extra Padding +50 armor rating.
Fortified 50% resistance to explosive damage; 30% recoil reduction while crouching or prone.
Inflammable 75% resistance to fire damage.
Med-Kit +2 stim capacity; +2 seconds additional stim duration.
Peak Physique 100% increased melee damage; improved weapon handling (reduced weapon movement drag).
Scout 30% reduced enemy detection range; map markers generate radar scans.
Servo-Assisted 30% increased throwing range; 50% additional limb health.
Siege-Ready 30% increased primary weapon reload speed; 30% increased primary weapon ammo capacity.
Unflinching 95% reduced recoil flinching.

Armor Passive Tier List (Version 1.002.003)

This tier list assesses passives based on overall value, utility, and effectiveness across various missions and enemy types.

Tier Armor Passive Why?
S Engineering Kit Extra grenades are invaluable for diverse tasks: closing bug holes, destroying fabricators/warp ships, using Thermites, and stun-locking enemies.
Med-Kit Significantly improves survivability, especially when combined with the Experimental Infusion booster, effectively negating death.
Siege-Ready Substantially enhances ammo capacity and reload speed, crucial for managing large enemy groups, particularly with high-ammo weapons.
A Democracy Protects Provides strong early-game defense, mitigating lethal damage.
Extra Padding Offers consistent damage resistance.
Fortified Extremely useful generally, and exceptionally effective against Automatons, improving survival against explosive attacks from Devastators, Hulks, and Tanks.
Servo-Assisted Highly effective against Terminids; increased throwing range allows for safe stratagem deployment and grenade use, while extra limb health mitigates claw attacks.
B Peak Physique Less useful as melee combat is generally avoided; reduced weapon drag is beneficial against mobile enemies but other strategies are often more effective.
Inflammable Ideal for fire-based builds, particularly useful against fire-vulnerable enemies and in environments with fire hazards.
Scout Useful for revealing enemy positions, but could be improved by highlighting points of interest or side objectives.
C Acclimated Limited value as you rarely face all four elemental damage types (acid, electrical, fire, gas) simultaneously.
Advanced Filtration Only beneficial for gas-focused builds, and the overall impact is relatively minor.
Electrical Conduit Primarily useful against the Illuminate, but other options are often preferable unless friendly fire is a major concern.
Unflinching Minimal impact on combat effectiveness; reduced camera shake and recoil are barely noticeable.

This guide and tier list should help you make informed decisions when selecting armor passives in Helldivers 2, leading to enhanced survivability and combat success. Remember that the optimal passive choice will vary depending on the specific mission and your playstyle.

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