Chargers It has big, nasty bugs in it Hell divers 2and you’ll need to take out several if you want to complete some personal orders (at the time of writing this, it’s “Strain Culling”) and pick up extra Medals.
In this Hell divers 2 In our guide, we’ll tell you where to find chargers and give you some bonus tips on how to use them.
Where to find chargers in Helldivers 2
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Chargers are not the first “mini-bossstyle enemy you encounter Hell divers 2, but they are the first ones that should really scare you. They have a ton of armor, are very fast once charged, and even their weak spot can take a lot of punishment. But we’ll see how to kill them later; first you have to actually find a charger.
Chargers only seem to appear in missions that have been rated Medium difficulty or higher (which means you have to work your way through the difficulties by completing easier missions first). But even on Medium, you’ll only really encounter Chargers in missions that ask you to kill Chargers specifically. And while that can To be useful, none of the Chargers I killed on Medium difficulty counted towards ‘Strain Culling’. That could have something to do with the problems with the server at the time of writing this, but anyway it’s best to play on the Medium difficulty above: Challenging.
Starting on Challenging difficulty, Chargers will only appear in nests or when you’re trying to complete an objective. They seem to spawn more often when you’re in a group (which can be tricky given the server issues mentioned above). Just keep playing missions on Challenge and Hunt nests. In just a handful of missions you should find all the chargers you need.
How to kill a Charger in Helldivers 2
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So you’ve found some chargers, but now you have to actually use them. I won’t lie to you until you and your team figure out how Hell divers 2 really works, a Charger will probably kill one or two of you unless you’re very well equipped or extremely careful.
But that actually leads us to one of our first big tips for chargers or other big enemies: Fall directly on it. Yes, that’s right, you can drop your respawn pod on an insect and they will explode. It’s not worth the revival if you can kill the Charger any other way, But If you’re already bringing in reinforcements, do your best to flatten the Charger on the way in. It’s a pretty quick way to end a fight.
Now, you’re not going to squish a Charger every time you kill one, so it’s important to use different tactics. First of all, you can just shoot it in big, glowing ass. The Charger is heavily armored in the front, but the rear is exposed. Destroy it with a turret or your own personal heavy machine gun. You can of course just use your primary assault rifle or pistol, but at Challenging and above it will take a long time if you do that.
You can also destroy the Charger’s armor with something like the Recoilless rifle. This is a great option if you can consistently get two to three shots in the same spot on the bug, as the Recoilless Rifle and other armor-piercing weapons seem to be better at punching a hole through the armor and finishing off the job then rough damage against already exposed weak points.
Your best bet for Chargers, though, is to just blow the hell out of them Strategies before they even get a chance to see you. They are big – big enough that you can see them in their nest before they see you. And until threatened, they move quite slowly. You and your party can use this to your advantage by dropping Orbital Strikes, Eagle Strafing Runs, and all kinds of other Stratagems on top of the Charger. If you can score a direct hit, you’ll probably kill him before he even has a chance to chase you.