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Helldivers 2gives players the most powerful weapons to fight the enemies of Super Earth, which are called Terminids and Automatons. While equipping thebest weaponsandpowerful stratagemsis vital for survival, wearing proper body Armor is equally important.
You can unlock advanced Armor in the game by buying from the Warbonds menu using Medals as the currency. Most Armor items come with a passive buff that gives each item a certain value for each player’s playstyle. This guide breaks down what is Armor Rating in the game and its crucial role in Armor selection.
What Is Armor Rating?
Armor Rating is the survivability stat of your diverin the game. Theoretically, the higher the Armor Rating of a body Armor, the greater damage absorption your diver gets to experience before dying.
You can find three body Armor typesin the game:Light, Medium, and Heavy. Light Armor has the lowest Armor Rating value, Heavy has the highest, and Medium sits in between. The Light Armor has the least damaging soaking ability, but it offers the highest Speed, so your diver can potentially outrun most bugs and bots chasing them.
On the other hand,Heavy Armor offers the highest damage absorption. Your divercan take more ranged and melee damagefrom Terminids and Automatons before succumbing to the overwhelming power of the foes.
The downside of equipping a Heavy Armor Rating item is that it gives you the lowest run speed and Stamina. You will die easily if the lethal bugs and relentless bots chase you.
TheMedium Armor sits between the Light and Heavy, and it has all three stats, such as Stamina Regen, Speed, and Armor Rating, in the optimal zone.It is the perfect choice for you if you want to strike a perfect balancebetween all three important survival stats in the game.
What Is Extra Padding?
TheExtra Padding is one of the many Armor Passive statsin the game that gives additional buffs to the diver.
TheExtra Padding reduces your diver’s damage against all explosive types. Any hit you take fromgrenades, Eagle bombs, Orbital bombs,andexploding mines will do much less damageif you wear the armor with this Armor Passive.
you’re able to preview the Armor Passive of each body Armor while selecting the items from the Armory in the game. Most of the Medium and Heavy Body Armor items come with Extra Padding.
How To Make Armor Selection
You must always make the Armor selection based on your playstylein the game.A defensive, fortified, and tanky playstyleplayershould always pick Heavybody Armor with an increased Armor Rating. On the contrary, if you likea run-and-gun playstyle, always pick Light Armorover any other type in the game.
Arrowhead confirmed that the Armor Rating is currently broken. It gives inconsistent results on the field due to a bug affecting the game.
