Level up and get a better loadout for higher difficulty levels during your missions.

This increases the difficulty exponentially asit’s easy to get overwhelmed by smaller enemieswhile focusing on the armored.

you might decrease the deployment time and cooldown of Stratagemsby upgrading ‘Modules’ on your ship’s menu.

A screenshot from Helldivers 2 showing the Hellpod, which is shaped like a bullet, catching fire as it enters the planets atmosphere. A starry sky can be seen behind it.

Distracting a patrol or the horde it summons can be a gooduse of a turret as a distraction.

When possible,it’s best to keep moving to avoid getting overwhelmedby enemies.

These are usuallynoticeable due to the way they stick out against the standardcolor or material of the enemy.

Game images from Helldivers 2.

In both cases,these armored enemies' weaknesses are on their backs.

Bring the best loadout and shred Automatons to pieces.

A screenshot from Helldivers 2 showing the Galactic War screen with a planet in the Terminid controlled system selected. There is an orange oval around the difficulty settings, highlighting them and what they include.

A screenshot of the pre-game lobby screen in Helldivers 2 with the only player character in the lobby selecting a smoke screen, a ballistic shield, an autocannon turret, and an anti-personnel minefield as their strategems.

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A screenshot from Helldivers 2 showing the player character looking at their map, with an orange circle highlighting five red dots on the mini-map surrounding the player.

A screenshot from Helldivers 2 showing the player character laying limp on the ground with a notification on the center of the screen reading “Eliminated. Killed by Explosion."

A screenshot from Helldivers 2 showing the player character running towards a Charger faced away from them. A thin orange circle is around the bug’s large orange abdomen, which is its biggest and most obvious weak spot.

a player destroying Automaton destroyer in Helldivers 2

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