Arrowhead Game Studios’ Helldivers 2 provides players with three different types of armor: Light, Medium, and Heavy. Each armor has its own advantages and disadvantages; however, certain armors have something called Armor Passive, which are like special bonuses or effects that enhance the armor.
Some armors provide improved combat capabilities, while some provide utility enhancements, but their basic function is the same: to give Helldivers an edge over the enemies on the battlefield. Currently, the game has 16 types of Armor Passives. Here is a tier list of them all to help you decide which is the best for your missions:
Helldivers 2 Armor Passive tier list
In this list, we will go over the Armor Passives rather than the armors themselves because players have their own preferences in terms of Light, Medium, or Heavy armor.
S-Tier
- Engineering Kit: One of the main reasons why players love this Armor Passive is that it increases the initial inventory and holding capacity of grenades by +2. On top of this, this passive also reduces recoil when crouching or prone by 30%.
- Siege-Ready: Managing ammo is quite important in Helldivers 2 since players are deployed with limited quantities. This passive increases the ammo capacity of primary weapons by 20% and also increases the reload speed of primary weapons by 30%.
- Med-Kit: This passive increases initial inventory and holding capacity of stims by +2 and also increases stim effect duration by 2 seconds, allowing players to survive longer on the battlefield.
A-Tier
- Extra Padding: This Armor Passive adds 50 points to the Helldiver’s armor rating without impacting speed or stamina regeneration.
- Servo-Assisted: This increases the throwing range of stratagems and grenades by 30% and also improves limb health by 50%.
- Democracy Protects: One of the most interesting Armor Passives, as it grants a 50% chance to not die when taking lethal damage. Plus, it prevents all damage from bleeding if the chest is injured.
- Fortified: A Passive that is the best for Automaton missions, as it provides 50% resistance to explosive damage. It also reduces recoil when crouching or prone by 30%.
- Inflammable: This Armor Passive falls somewhere between A and B Tier because this is good only when you equip certain weapons that overheat. This armor passive provides 75% damage resistance to fire, so players can shoot those weapons without worrying about getting damaged by overheating.
B-Tier
- Integrated Explosives: This passive will explode the wearer’s body 1.5 seconds after they die, which can be useful if players get mauled by hordes of enemies.
- Peak Physique: This increases melee damage done by 100%, but players rarely engage in close combat. With this passive, the weapon handling is increased by a value of 30, but it still doesn’t convince players to pick this over other armor passives.
- Scout: This Armor Passive will allow you to remain undetected from the enemies to some extent, allowing players to carry out a sneaky operation. Plus, while equipped, markers placed on the map will generate radar scans every 2 seconds.
- Gunslinger: This passive primarily focuses on your secondary weapon as it increases the draw/holster speed by 50%, and increases recoil and reload speed.
C-Tier
- Acclimated: This provides 50% resistance to fire, gas, acid, and electrical damage, but this passive is often overshadowed by Inflammable.
- Advanced Filtration: This passive will only be useful if your teammates love to use gas on the battlefield, as it reduces damage taken from gas by 80%.
- Unflinching: With this passive, players will experience reduced recoil flinch and camera shake when they are attacked.
- Electrical Conduit: This passive provides 95% resistance to arc damage.
It’s very important to choose the right armor with the right Armor Passive, as it can impact survival and combat effectiveness during missions. Preferences could also change depending on mission objectives, enemy types, and team composition, so make sure you do your homework before diving into battle.
Apart from this, make sure you pick the right boosters that complement your armor choice. For example, the Engineering Kit passive, combined with the Hellpod Space Optimization booster, will deploy you on the battlefield with 6/6 grenades.
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