Helldivers 2: Best Build For Terminids

Helldivers 2 features Terminid and Automaton factions that pose a threat to Super Earth. Terminids are bugs that range from small grunts like Scavengers and Hunters to Armored Chargers, Bile Spewers, Brood Commanders, Stalkers, and the behemoth Bile Titan.

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All of the bugs can be squashed by the mighty arsenal of Super Earth and their patriot divers. A diver’s loadout includes Stratagems, Equipment, Boosters, and Armor. Having the top-tier selection of loadout elements can kill bugs easily. That is why this best Terminid build guide lists a perfect loadout that can kill any bug regardless of its size.

Best Stratagems

The Stratagem feature is the meat of combat in Helldivers 2. Besides the Equipment, you get to pick four Stratagems during missions that can potentially define the course of their run.

A poor choice of Stratagems will leave your squad underpowered, and you can easily get overrun by Terminids. On the other hand, having the best Stratagems will ensure each diver delivers maximum combat efficiencythat eventually contributes towards mission success. We have listed here the stratagem selection for the best Terminid build.

Autocannon

Autocannon is one of the best weapons to run with while fighting the Terminids. The weapon comes with two reload clips, and each has a decent number of shells to fire on the targets. The explosive damage is excellent for crowd control and direct damage to a weak spot.

Autocannon is best for the Terminid build because the gun tends to take out swarms of bugs and kill large targets in a few hits. Enemies such as Bile Spewers, Charger, and Brood Commander can be killed in two rounds from Autocannon.

For example, firing two Autocannon rounds at Bile Spewer's back will kill it instantly. A well-aimed two rounds from Autocannon fired at the Charger’s left or right leg is more than enough. Land a headshot at Brood Commander, and it will one-shot it, saving you the trouble of wasting a complete magazine from the primary weapon.

Eagle Cluster Bomb

Getting overrun by bugs becomes a common sight at the Suicide level or above. For moments like these, using any weapon is unwise and wastes ammo without giving many results. Therefore, Stratagems such as the Eagle Cluster Bomb are a perfect fit for mob control.

Eagle Cluster Bomb can potentially take out more than ten targets if aimed correctly and timely. This is effective against enemies like Scavengers, Hunters, Warriors, Stalkers, Brood Commanders, and, in some cases, Bile Spewers as well. Only the Charger and Bile Titan are immune to Eagle Cluster Bomb.

All of this makes perfect sense to include Eagle Cluster Bomb in the best Terminid build as a means to limit mob presence in the field. Most of the small to medium-sized enemies spawn from bug breaches and nests, which must be controlled at all costs before things get out of hand.

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Orbital Laser

While the Autocannon and Eagle Cluster Bomb are more than enough while facing Terminids, multiple Chargers, and Bile Titans can sometimes flood the extraction zone. In moments like this, you need a much more powerful weapon that can potentially take out multiple high-value threats to make extraction possible for the squad.

This is where you will find the Orbital Laser to be an asset in your battles. It can be used to take out a large swarm of bugs as the laser traces targets and runs for a duration of a few seconds.

If the duration is not exhausted but the target being attacked is killed, the laser beam will move to the next high-value target.

The Orbital Laser is a double-edged sword. While it has the potential to take out two Bile Titans, provided they are positioned in proximity, the laser beam can also hit your squad mates, killing them instantly.

Communication with party members and a careful throw of Orbital Laser stratagem on the ground will ensure no squad mates die when the beam strikes the planet from the Destroyer.

Tesla Tower

Terminids are slow and prefer dealing melee damage instead of range, and this makes them an easy target to attack from a distance. The Tesla Tower is the best defense stratagem, and it is especially useful while defending zones such as the extraction point.

You can also create certain choke points by deploying the A/ARC-3 Tesla Tower in a narrow passage. Any bug that comes into its proximity will instantly get friedby the powerful zap of electricity. Furthermore, this electric jolt connects multiple targets and can kill two to three bugssimultaneously.

Primary Weapon

SMG-37 Defender is by far the best weapon for the Terminid build in the game. It has 70 damage and a 45 clip size. This gives you enough firepower per magazine to take out small to medium-sized bugs before needing to reload.

This SMG also has a light armor penetrating Weapon Trait, which means that some, not all, bullets will penetrate armor and damage an armored target. While the usage of this weapon is not ideal against armored foes, at times, you don’t have any other option but to unload an entire magazine on a target.

The best part of the SMG-37 Defender is the One Handed Weapon Trait. This means that you can shoot while running and turning the camera to the front. The diver will blind fire and can kill multiple targetschasing him.

Enemies like Hunters and Stalkers relentlessly chase you down, and this Weapon Trait helps a lot in defeating the targets by blind firing and running away.

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Secondary Weapon

The P-19 Redeemer has slightly reduced damage and magazine size but twice the fire rate when compared to the SMG-37 Defender. This gun is perfect for a secondary weapon as you get a very high burst of bullets fired onto a target.

This pistol is efficient at finishing the targets off. Foes that are near death can be killed by swapping to P-19 Redeemer instead of reloading the primary. As an added bonus, this weapon, too, comes with Light Armor Penetrating and One Handed Weapon Trait, exactly the same as the primary weapon for the Terminid build.

Grenade

The choice of grenade heavily impacts the overall build. G-16 Impact is by far the best explosive throwable to carry as it comes with a fuse time of zero seconds. This means that the G-123 Thermite Grenade detonates immediately after touching a target, this is very useful while clearing out Egg Nests or Main Missionswithout wasting any time.

Since the fuse time is zero seconds, you should not cook the grenade in hand for throwing. G-16 Impact explodes immediately as you cook it, and this will kill your diver.

Armor Choice

Armor choice matters the most as you progress and start playing at Suicide level or above. Democracy Protects is the best Armor Passive that you should keep an eye out for. While this passive buff is found on armor in the Premium Warbond, you do not need to buy it, as a similar alternate is present in the Standard Warbond as well.

The DP-40 Hero of the Federation is our top choice for the armor to equip while running with the Terminid build in the game. The armor gives your diver a 50 percent chance to not die after taking lethal damagethat otherwise could have killed your diver.

Additionally, the armor also prevents all damage from bleeding whenever the chest hemorrhages. Both of these Armor Passives make DP-40 Hero of the Federation a must-have armor, especially when you do not own the Premium Warbond.

Best Booster

Helldivers 2 features seven Boostersfor you to unlock and run with during the missions. While each Booster has a certain advantage, we recommend at least one player in the squad equip the Stamina Enhancement Booster.

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