Helldivers 2’s next Warbond features a wealth of new flamethrowers

Arrowhead Game Studios has performed an update Helldivers 2 since launch with Warbonds, content packs that included new weapons, cosmetics, and armor. Arrowhead promised to focus each Warbond on a specific fantasy, such as the 80s-themed Viper Commanders. The next Warbond is Freedom’s Flame, and this one is heavily based on a common weapon of war: fire. Lots of fire.

Firearms are already part of Helldivers 2and they can be a risky strategy to rock the battlefield. For example, I like to use my Breaker Incendiary against waves of Terminid, because it absolutely melts those sneaky little bugs. It also scorches and kills any other Helldivers in—or vaguely near—my line of fire. I might be tempted to equip the new weapons in Freedom’s Flame Warbond, because they sound like a lot of fun, but also dangerously deadly.

The SG-451 Cookout is a pump-action shotgun that uses incendiary phosphorus rounds, while the FLAM-66 Torcher is a lightweight flamethrower that’s a more economical choice than the Flamethrower Stratagem. Or, if you want to go even smaller, the new Secondary Weapon is the P-72 Crisper, a pocket-sized flamethrower that explodes at short range.

The armor sets are especially exciting for all my friends who got burned by friendly fire; they have a bonus that gives 75% fire resistance. Now everyone can stop yelling at me for setting them on fire; that’s awesome. Finally, there’s a booster that sets the ground Hellpods land on on fire, making the landing gear even more deadly to bots and bugs.

The Freedom’s Flame Warbond goes live on August 8th; it will join Helldivers 2‘s biggest update yet, Escalation of Freedom, is coming on August 6. It’s an exciting time for the co-op shooter, and Arrowhead still has a few tricks up its sleeve to reveal later on – like that suspicious black hole emitting whale calls near Meridia.