Charging into a swarm of bugs or bots without a plan is about as effective as it sounds.

If Super-Earth is going to liberate the galaxy, then its troops will need to fight strategically.

Fighting the Galactic War in Helldivers 2 requires firepower.

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Here’s how to get it.

Learning to manage your resources and stay alive is the first step to completing complex missions in Helldivers 2.

Use these tips to get started, and you’ll spend less time spectating and more time shooting.

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Doing so causes you to missAreas of Interest, hidden locations that contain weapons, currency, and supplies.

Most maps also have at least onehidden Secondary Objective.

Finding and completing it will earn more XP and Requisition Slips.

a cache of supplies at an area of interest in helldivers 2

If your magazine is still half-full,resist the urge to reloadunless there’s an ammo crate nearby.

Reloading too frequently can cause you to run out of ammo in the middle of a fight.

Fight Defensively

Your squad will be outnumbered in every fight.

players prepare to launch an icbm in helldivers 2

The best way to even the odds is touse chokepoints and stratagemsto make the enemy come to you.

Just be sure that your flanks are secure - it’s impossible to move quickly while you’re prone.

There’s plenty of chaos to go around.

a player near a pool of terminid acid splatter, with a turret ahead, in helldivers 2

a player fights prone in helldivers 2

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the strategem unlock screen in helldivers 2, with the explosive anti-tank equipped

a player approaches a dropzone in a hellpod after reinforcing in helldivers 2

a squad of three approaches a terminid nest in helldivers 2

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