It’s all about working as a team to take down the enemies of democracy and Super Earth inHelldivers 2. A healthy dose of cooperation and communication is key to surviving the toughest battles thrown at you and your fellow Helldivers, and helping each other reload is a tactic you’ll want to master.

Autocannons, Recoilless Rifles, and Spears can be used by yourself just fine, but this tactic isn’t always feasible, especially if you’re surrounded by enemies. If you want to boost your own survivability and your weapon’s capability for damage, get some fellow Helldivers to lend you a hand on the battlefield.

One player standing still while another player reloads their Recoilless Rifle for them in Helldivers 2.

Team Reloading, Explained

Certain support weapons – theAutocannon, Railgun, and Spear– are special in how they work. They come with theirown particular ammo backpack, and you’llneed both the gunandits backpack to be able to reloadthem.

They can bereloaded by a single player, but theprocess for it is slowandleaves you vulnerableto enemies, since youhave to stop movingwhile you do it. Thesolutionto this isteam-based reloading: you or your fellow Helldivers cancarry additional ammo backpacks, and thenaid with reloading the weapon.

Player character carrying an Autocannon on their back and calling down a second one in Helldivers 2.

Up to four playerscan independentlycarry an ammo backpack, regardless of whether they have the weapon or not.

Helping someone reloadincreases the reload speeddramatically,allows them to move while being reloaded, and alsoallows multiple shots to be fireduntil the person doing the reloading runs out of ammo.

Player character using a Spear and locking onto a Charger in the distance in Helldivers 2.

Toaid with a reload, ensure you’recarrying the right ammo backpack, thenapproach the playerwhile theirsupport weapon is empty, and you’ll get the option tointeract with them.As long as youstay within a few steps of the personandcontinue to press the interaction, theother player will beable to continuously firetheir Autocannon, Recoilless Rifle, or Spear.

You canquickly killlarge targets like Bile Titans by havingfour players carry the same Support Weapon, andalternating between two people firingandtwo people reloading.

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The Recoilless Rifle is thefirst team weapon you may unlock, and you canpurchase its Stratagem at level five. This team weapon is similar to a rocket launcher, and it’seffective against any type of vehicle.

You cannormally only fire one shot at oncewith it, but the Recoilless Rifleallows you to move while aiming, and can either befired without zoom or while zoomed infor better accuracy.

The Recoilless Rifle alsooffers better AOE damagecompared to the Autocannon and the Spear, making ituseful for killing large groups of enemiesas well as aiming at large, single targets.

ARecoilless Riflecankill a Charger in two to three shotsif youaim at its facewhile it’s charging, oraim for its vulnerable backside.

TheAC-8 Autocannonis thesecond team weapon you may unlock, and you canpurchase its Stratagem at level ten. It works like across between the grenade Launcher and the Railgun, and it’sdesigned to go against light vehicles,such as Scout Striders.

It can also be fairlyeffective against most Terminids, as it canpenetrate through the armorof most of them.

Whilenot as powerfulandless accurate than the Railgun, the Autocannon does have its perks. Itoffers a higher fire rateandmore shots per magazinecomparatively, and is stillone of the most powerful Support Weaponsin the game.

The Autocannon can beswapped between Semi-Automatic and Automatic firing modesbyholding Reload downwhilehaving it in hand. This also applies to most other weapons.

TheFAF-14 Spearisthethird available team weapon, and you’ll beable to purchase itonce youreach level 20. Fitting with it beingone of the final Stratagems you can unlock, the Spear is themost powerful Support Weaponin the game, but ithas its drawbacks.

Spearsautomatically lock onto targets, but they canonly lock onto targets of a certain size. This includes:

In return for this massive caveat, the Spear boastsinsanely high damage, and hasammunition thattracks down its target. It can beused to one-shot Chargers and Hulks, especially whenaimed at their vulnerable spots.

Spears are alsocapable of breakingthrough aBile Titan’s armor in one hit, though itmay not always kill them in one-shotunless it’s aimed directly at its head.

Using a Spear can makekilling Automaton Fabricators in higher difficulties or Heavy Outposts easier, as you canlock onandfire at the fabricatorfrom relative safety.