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Helldivers 2: Armor Passive Tier List

by Anthony Feb 20,2025

Helldivers 2 Armor Passives: A Comprehensive Guide & Tier List

Helldivers 2 categorizes armor into light, medium, and heavy types, each impacting mobility and defense. However, the real power lies in the armor passives – potent perks significantly altering gameplay. This guide details all passives and provides a tier list to optimize your loadouts.

All Armor Passives in Helldivers 2

The game currently boasts 14 armor passives, each shaping your strategy and effectiveness. Note that passives are tied to body armor; helmets and capes offer no additional bonuses.

Armor Passive	Description
Acclimated	50% resistance to acid, electrical, fire, and gas damage.
Advanced Filtration	80% resistance to gas damage.
Democracy Protects	50% chance to survive lethal attacks (like headshots); prevents chest injuries (internal bleeding).
Electrical Conduit	95% resistance to lightning arc damage.
Engineering Kit	+2 grenade capacity; 30% recoil reduction while crouching or prone.
Extra Padding	+50 armor rating.
Fortified	50% resistance to explosive damage; 30% recoil reduction while crouching or prone.
Inflammable	75% resistance to fire damage.
Med-Kit	+2 stim capacity; +2 seconds additional stim duration.
Peak Physique	100% increased melee damage; improved weapon handling (reduced weapon movement drag).
Scout	30% reduced enemy detection range; map markers generate radar scans revealing nearby enemies.
Servo-Assisted	30% increased throwing range; 50% additional limb health.
Siege-Ready	30% increased primary weapon reload speed; 30% increased primary weapon ammo capacity.
Unflinching	95% reduced recoil flinching.

Armor Passive Tier List (Helldivers 2 version 1.002.003)

This tier list evaluates passives based on overall value, utility, and effectiveness across various missions and enemy types.

Tier	Armor Passive	Why?
S	Engineering Kit	Extra grenades are invaluable for diverse tasks: sealing bug holes, destroying fabricators, and utilizing powerful grenades like Thermites.
	Med-Kit	Significantly boosts survival; synergizes exceptionally well with the Experimental Infusion booster.
	Siege-Ready	Substantially improves ammo management and reload speed, especially beneficial with high-consumption weapons.
A	Democracy Protects	Provides strong early-game defense, increasing survivability against lethal attacks.
	Extra Padding	Offers consistent damage resistance.
	Fortified	Extremely useful generally, and exceptionally effective against Automatons, mitigating explosive damage.
	Servo-Assisted	Highly effective against Terminids; increased throwing range allows for safer stratagem deployment and grenade use.
B	Peak Physique	Situational; melee combat is generally avoided. The weapon handling improvement is useful but not game-changing.
	Inflammable	Ideal for fire-based builds, particularly effective in environments with fire hazards.
	Scout	Useful for revealing enemy positions, but could benefit from highlighting objectives.
C	Acclimated	Limited value; rarely will all four elemental damage types be present in a single mission.
	Advanced Filtration	Only beneficial for gas-focused builds; overall impact is relatively low.
	Electrical Conduit	Primarily useful against the Illuminate; other options often provide better overall effectiveness.
	Unflinching	Minimal impact on combat effectiveness.

This guide should help you tailor your armor choices to any mission in Helldivers 2. Remember to adapt your loadout based on the specific challenges and enemy types you face.

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