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Helldivers 2: Essential Gear for Effective Warfare

by Zachary Feb 14,2025

Helldivers 2 Armor Passives: A Comprehensive Guide and Tier List

Helldivers 2 categorizes armor into light, medium, and heavy, impacting mobility and defense. However, the real power lies in armor passives – potent perks significantly altering gameplay. This guide provides a complete list of all passives and a tier list to optimize your loadouts.

All Armor Passives in Helldivers 2

Helldivers 2 Armor Passives

Currently, Helldivers 2 boasts 14 armor passives, each influencing your strategy and combat effectiveness. These passives are linked to body armor; helmets and capes offer no additional bonuses.

Armor Passive	Description
Acclimated	50% resistance to acid, electrical, fire, and gas damage.
Advanced Filtration	80% resistance to gas damage.
Democracy Protects	50% chance to survive lethal attacks (e.g., headshots); prevents chest injuries (e.g., internal bleeding).
Electrical Conduit	95% resistance to lightning arc damage.
Engineering Kit	+2 grenade capacity; 30% recoil reduction while crouching or prone.
Extra Padding	+50 armor rating.
Fortified	50% resistance to explosive damage; 30% recoil reduction while crouching or prone.
Inflammable	75% resistance to fire damage.
Med-Kit	+2 stim capacity; +2 seconds additional stim duration.
Peak Physique	100% increased melee damage; improved weapon handling (reduced weapon movement drag).
Scout	30% reduced enemy detection range; map markers generate radar scans.
Servo-Assisted	30% increased throwing range; 50% additional limb health.
Siege-Ready	30% increased primary weapon reload speed; 30% increased primary weapon ammo capacity.
Unflinching	95% reduced recoil flinching.

Helldivers 2 Armor Passive Tier List (Version 1.002.003)

Helldivers 2 Armor Passive Tier List

This tier list assesses passives based on overall value, utility, and effectiveness across various missions and enemy types.

Tier	Armor Passive	Why?
S	Engineering Kit	Extra grenades are invaluable for closing bug holes, destroying fabricators, and utilizing powerful munitions like Thermites.
	Med-Kit	Significantly boosts survivability, especially when combined with the Experimental Infusion booster, effectively allowing for "cheat deaths."
	Siege-Ready	Substantially improves ammo management and reload times, crucial for handling large enemy groups, particularly with high-consumption weapons.
A	Democracy Protects	Provides excellent early-game defense, increasing survival against lethal attacks.
	Extra Padding	Offers consistent damage resistance.
	Fortified	Extremely useful generally, and exceptionally effective against Automatons, enhancing survival against explosive attacks and improving weapon effectiveness against robotic foes.
	Servo-Assisted	Highly beneficial against Terminids; increased throwing range allows for safer stratagem deployment and grenade use, while additional limb health mitigates claw attack damage.
B	Peak Physique	While useful for reduced weapon drag, melee combat is generally avoided; the benefits are outweighed by other options.
	Inflammable	Situational, but highly effective for fire-based builds and on planets with fire-based hazards; excels against Terminids and Illuminate.
	Scout	Useful for revealing enemy positions, but limited by its lack of highlighting points of interest or side objectives.
C	Acclimated	Resistance to four damage types is rarely needed in a single mission.
	Advanced Filtration	Only beneficial for gas-focused builds, and even then, the overall impact is limited.
	Electrical Conduit	Primarily useful against the Illuminate, but other options are generally superior unless friendly fire is a major concern.
	Unflinching	The reduction in recoil flinching offers minimal impact on combat effectiveness.

This guide and tier list should help you make informed decisions when selecting armor passives in Helldivers 2, maximizing your chances of survival and mission success. Remember that the best passive will depend on your playstyle and the specific mission challenges.

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