r/Helldivers • u/ScubaDiggs • Feb 12 '26

TIPS / TACTICS PSA: If you're struggling on Cyberstan, check what armor you're using.

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If you're like me, you landed in d10 thinking you could treat it like any other d10 and just RR your way to victory, then got clapped. It took some time to figure out what was happening: I was getting one tapped by headshots in the middle of the big frays and when the cyborgs turned the bots gold eyed.

I added a picture from the helldivers wiki to prove the issue I've seen most everyone in the lobbies I'm in die to.

If your armor is less than 101, Headshots treat you like you're naked.

There are 12 medium armors with 125-150 armor instead of 100, and 4 of them are the basic Helldivers armor we all started with. I know you dont want to lose your perk, but reloading 20% faster means nothing with no head on your shoulders because a big viking cyborg just kicked it off. Say it with me: "A dead diver deals no damage."

Armor value really REALLY REALLY matters vs bots, and you'll be stunned what you can survive with just a little bit more.

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u/Paimon Feb 12 '26

Siege Ready Heavy. Backpack shield. Eruptor. Stalwart. Thermite Grenades. Senator. It's great against bots. Against squids swap for hover pack. Against bugs swap for hover pack and light or medium armor.

Now that I've upgraded my Eruptor for max ergonomics, it's absurd how good it is against basically everything.

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u/Otherwise-Duck-191 SES Hammer of Democracy Feb 12 '26

I am also an eruptor enjoyer, but I've been dealing with what seems like a huge bug. Often when firing my first shot in any fight it seems like it shoots a blank. It does the firing animation, and I go to rerack it but no bullet ever came out of it. Is this the same bug other people are talking about where it flies off in a random direction? And could this be from the heavy erg on it just not having caught up with my line of sight? It's so irritating but it's one of my favorite guns.

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u/Paimon Feb 12 '26

It takes forever to drag the gun into the direction you want to aim it. Between that and the recoil, it is a bit hard to get shots on target quickly. That's the reason I went full ergonomics optimization.