Best Helldivers 2 Stratagems
The best Stratagems are what you’ll need to succeed in Helldivers 2, ensuring you have all the right tools for lethal force against the enemies of Super Earth.
Whether you’re in a group of four or dropping onto planets as a lone ranger, the Stratagems you equip and employ in Helldivers 2 will be a large part of what helps you survive.
To help you on this journey, we’ve put together this handy page to guide you through the best Stratagems in Helldivers 2, as well as an explainer on how Stratagems work, and a list of all Stratagems in Helldivers 2 listed.
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Picking the right Stratagems in missions is essential to success in Helldivers 2, with many options not always fitting the bill for a particular objective or moment.
Some options are effective to have on several mission types, whereas others have specific use cases that make them primarily applicable to a smaller pool of situations.
Especially when in a team, coordinating and planning which Stratagems each player equips will make the higher difficulties of Helldivers 2 more feasible to complete. Without the right picks you may end up very quickly becoming Terminid dinner, or crushed under the metal clank of Automaton forces.
With that in mind, we’ve compiled a list of the best Stratagems across Offensive, Defensive, and Supply-based options, providing additional recommendations if you’re just starting the game off:
Each of these recommendations are given based on the ways in which they can be implemented and how effective they may be at any given moment.
It’s worth keeping in mind however that even if a Stratagem isn’t listed below, it doesn’t mean it’s not worth using since each can be used in different ways, and we’d imagine that lower-performing Stratagems and weapons may end up receiving balance changes in the future which could lead to what’s hot evolving in the coming months.
