The Second Galactic Conflict rages on in Helldivers 2, with greater than 8.6 billion Helldivers giving their lives final 12 months. Of that quantity, 177 million have been from pleasant fireplace.
That is simply one of many staggering statistics revealed by developer Arrowhead Studios in a brand new (*2*) charting enemy casualties, friendly-fire incidents, hottest stratagems, and extra knowledge from the sport’s second 12 months.
Whereas billions of Helldivers died defending democracy, it was a lot worse for Tremendous Earth’s foes. In response to Arrowhead, Helldivers 2 gamers killed almost 280 billion enemies throughout the sport’s three factions. The bug-like Terminids made up the vast majority of these, with 121 billion of the bugs slain over the course of the final 12 months. In return, the Terminids claimed 2.8 billion Helldivers.
Arrowhead’s infographic additionally provides gamers some perception into the sport’s hottest (and deadly) stratagems. The highest three most used stratagems–Reinforce, Eagle 500KG Bomb, and Resupply–aren’t all that shocking. Reinforce is used to convey again slain teammates, and Resupply is actually used on cooldown to maintain Helldivers geared with stims and ammo to proceed doling out loss of life for Tremendous Earth.
Different common stratagems embrace nearly each sort of sentry turret (additionally no shock there), in addition to Eagle Airstrike and Eagle Strafing Run. The Eagle Strafing Run additionally seems on the listing for one more, much less prestigious reason–as the worst friendly-fire offender.
In response to Arrowhead, Eagle Strafing Run is chargeable for 34 million of the 177 million friendly-fire incidents of final 12 months. Subsequent up is the Moveable Hellbomb with 23 million. To no Helldiver’s shock, stratagems just like the Okay-9 and Guard Canine even have their fair proportion of oopsies to their title, with the Okay-9 claiming 21 million pleasant lives and the Guard Canine taking one other 9.3 million. Anti-personal Minefield rounds out the top-5 friendly-fire stratagems with 6.8 million deaths to its title.
It is all a captivating dive into participant habits and the sheer scale of Helldivers 2’s ongoing and ever-changing warfare. Most lately, Helldivers misplaced the battle for the Automaton homeworld of Cyberstan, compelled to fall again after the lack of too many reinforcements. Since a lot of the invasion of Cyberstan passed off after Helldivers 2’s two-year anniversary, it appears gamers might have to attend one other 12 months to be taught the impression the battle had on casualties, friendly-fire incidents, and common stratagems.
In different Helldivers 2 information, an official Helldivers film starring Jason Momoa is about to launch in 2027.