Optimize Your Firepower for Survival in Helldivers 2

In Helldivers 2, communication is crucial, but investing in firepower can greatly increase your chances of survival. As you progress through the game's difficulty levels, you'll notice the need for more powerful weapons to combat armored enemies and outposts. Whether you're playing solo or with a team, purchasing new weapons using the Acquisitions menu is essential.

Primary Weapons

S Tier

• SG-225 Breaker

  • Pros: Great range, easy to use with high mobility, incredibly fast firing rate with high powered shots
  • Cons: None
• G-12 High Explosive

  • Pros: Perfect for destroying Automaton Fabricators and dealing high damage to armored enemies
  • Cons: Takes a while to explode, making it difficult to time throws

A Tier

• R-63 Diligence

  • Pros: Best used in first-person mode for highly accurate shots, little recoil, fast firing rate
  • Cons: Must be used in first-person mode to be effective
• PLAS-1 Scorcher

  • Pros: Highly accurate weapon with no recoil, great mobility, easy to use in third-person mode
  • Cons: Small magazine capacity, requires multiple mags to take down armored enemies
• G-16 Impact

  • Pros: High damage, incredibly fast fuse time, great at clearing hordes
  • Cons: Large radius of impact, putting yourself at risk

B Tier

• R-63CS Diligence Counter Sniper

  • Pros: Great precision and damage, allows for easy headshots and weak spot targeting
  • Cons: Must be used in first-person mode to be effective, not as effective at killing as other weapons
• SG-225IE Breaker Incendiary

  • Pros: Large ammo capacity with high fire rate, kills low-tiered enemies and sets others on fire
  • Cons: Limited range, hard to see if enemy is killed due to visual clutter
• SG-225SP Breaker Spray&Pray

  • Pros: Smaller bullet spread, higher accuracy
  • Cons: Tiny optic, smaller range than the Breaker
• AR-23P Liberator Penetrator

  • Pros: Easy recoil pattern to control, nice optic for increased accuracy
  • Cons: Doesn't deal high damage fast enough against armored enemies, behaves more like an SMG
• SG-8 Punisher

  • Pros: Decent range, great starting weapon in easy to medium Operations
  • Cons: Bolt action, slower fire rate
• MP-98 Knight

  • Pros: Great ammo capacity
  • Cons: High recoil
• P-4 Senator

  • Pros: Great mobility, conserves ammo
  • Cons: Requires high accuracy to take down a single enemy, could be more powerful
• SG-8S Slugger

  • Pros: Good range, decent fire rate
  • Cons: Doesn't have good killing capabilities

C Tier

• Jar-5 Dominator

  • Pros: Highly accurate
  • Cons: Slow fire rate and mobility, small magazine capacity
• AR-23 Liberator

  • Pros: Highly accurate weapon, can kill armored enemies in a single magazine, good mobility
  • Cons: Bullets are consumed quickly
• SMG-37 Defender

  • Pros: Fast mobility, easy to use recoil pattern
  • Cons: Slower reload than other weapons
• G-10 Incendiary

  • Pros: Deals ticking damage against low-tiered enemies
  • Cons: More situational, specifically against the Terminid faction
• LAS-5 Scythe

  • Pros: Long beam duration, deals damage over time
  • Cons: Requires you to permanently track enemies, focuses on one enemy at a time
• AR-23E Liberator Explosive

  • Pros: High accuracy shots that deal good damage against enemies
  • Cons: More situational, stiff controls with reduced mobility, slow firing rate
• G-6 Frag

  • Pros: Helpful against clearing low-tiered enemies that are close to you
  • Cons: Doesn't do much against high-tiered enemies or Elimination mission targets
• P-2 Peacemaker

  • Pros: Can easily take out low-tiered enemies in few bullets
  • Cons: Only deals decent damage to lower-tiered enemies, small magazine capacity

D Tier

• G-3 Smoke

  • Pros: Good for blinding far away, high-powered enemies
  • Cons: There are better Stratagems for this
• P-19 Redeemer

  • Pros: Great at clearing low-tiered enemies that get too close, great mobility
  • Cons: Ridiculously high recoil pattern, high fire rate eats a ton of ammo

Support Weapons

Support weapons, also known as Stratagems, provide additional firepower in Helldivers 2. These weapons are divided into tiers based on their firepower, ease of use, and mobility. They can be obtained through random loot or purchased at the Ship Management.

Remember, communication is key in Helldivers 2, but having the right firepower can greatly increase your chances of survival. Choose your weapons wisely and work together with your team to overcome the challenges that lie ahead.