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Helldivers 2: Armor Passive Tier List

Author：Kristen Update：Feb 22,2025

Helldivers 2 Armor Passives: A Comprehensive Guide and Tier List

Helldivers 2 categorizes armor into light, medium, and heavy variants, 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 strategy.

All Armor Passives and Their Effects

The following table lists all 14 armor passives (as of the 1.002.003 game version) and their functionalities. Remember, only body armor grants passive abilities; helmets and capes offer no additional bonuses. Choosing the right passive is crucial for adapting to mission challenges and maximizing your effectiveness.

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 (e.g., headshots); prevents chest injuries (e.g., 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.
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

This tier list (version 1.002.003) ranks passives based on overall value, utility, and effectiveness across various missions and enemy types.

Tier	Armor Passive	Rationale
S	Engineering Kit	Extra grenades are invaluable for diverse tasks (closing bug holes, destroying fabricators, etc.).
	Med-Kit	Significantly improves survivability, especially when combined with the Experimental Infusion booster.
	Siege-Ready	Boosts ammo capacity and reload speed, crucial for managing large enemy groups, particularly with ammo-intensive weapons.
A	Democracy Protects	Provides strong early-game defense, allowing survival against lethal attacks.
	Extra Padding	Offers flat damage resistance, a consistently useful benefit.
	Fortified	Extremely effective against Automatons, enhancing survival against explosive attacks and improving weapon effectiveness against bots.
	Servo-Assisted	Particularly useful against Terminids, increasing throwing range for stratagems and reducing injury risk from claw attacks.
B	Peak Physique	Situational; melee combat is generally avoided, though the reduced weapon drag can be helpful against mobile enemies.
	Inflammable	Ideal for fire-based builds, especially effective against Terminids and Illuminate on fire-heavy planets.
	Scout	Useful for revealing enemy positions, but could benefit from highlighting objectives.
C	Acclimated	Rarely beneficial as missions seldom feature all four elemental damage types simultaneously.
	Advanced Filtration	Only valuable for gas-focused builds, and the overall impact is limited.
	Electrical Conduit	Primarily useful against Illuminate, but other options often prove superior.
	Unflinching	Minimal impact on combat effectiveness.

This guide should help you select the most effective armor passives for your Helldivers 2 missions. Remember to adapt your choices based on the specific challenges each mission presents.

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