How to get Helldivers 2 Armor Piercing Rounds
Feb. 27, 2024Armor Penetrating weapons in Helldivers 2 are useful against Automatons and certain bugs
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Helldivers 2 armor piercing rounds and weapons are essential for getting beyond the mid-game difficulties, with increasing amounts of enemies protecting themselves with armor plating of varying degrees. If you can’t handle armored foes you’re not likely to get very far as a champion of democracy, so we’ll explain Armor Piercing in Helldivers 2 and what weapons can and can’t get through enemy armor.
Armor Piercing rounds in Helldivers 2 explained
Armor Piercing in Helldivers 2 - called “Armor Penetrating” in game - comes in three varieties:
Helldivers 2 tipsHelldivers 2 errors and server statusHelldivers 2 not getting rewards after mission
To be honest, there’s no standard Primary weapon inHelldivers 2that’s got really good armor penetration -it’s far better to rely on Stratagem weapons, airstrikes and explosives instead, while just using a primary you’re comfortable with to fight enemies covered in armor plating.
The more dangerous armored enemies in Helldivers 2 should not be shot with regular weapons - bullets can actually bounce off and ricochet into you or others. The process is as follows:
If you’re having a lot of trouble with armored enemies, here’s some Stratagems we suggest bringing into the field.
© GamesRadar+. Not to be reproduced without permission
Weekly digests, tales from the communities you love, and more
Joel Franey is a writer, journalist, podcaster and raconteur with a Masters from Sussex University, none of which has actually equipped him for anything in real life. As a result he chooses to spend most of his time playing video games, reading old books and ingesting chemically-risky levels of caffeine. He is a firm believer that the vast majority of games would be improved by adding a grappling hook, and if they already have one, they should probably add another just to be safe. You can find old work of his at USgamer, Gfinity, Eurogamer and more besides.
“It seems we’ve missed the mark”: As their Steam review score drops to 14%, Dauntless devs wade into feedback after a disastrous update that gutted progress
“It’s impossible to not be cocky when you have a game like this”: It Takes Two’s Josef Fares is back and drumming up another Game Awards reveal
Get hundreds of hours of RPG goodness for $30 with this bundle of 8 games that includes the first two Baldur’s Gate games, which are absolutely worth playing
