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Helldivers 2: Guide to Passive Armor Perks

Author：Kristen Update：Feb 18,2025

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 armor passives – potent perks significantly altering gameplay. This guide provides a detailed breakdown of all passives and a tier list to optimize your loadouts.

All Armor Passives in Helldivers 2

The following table lists all 14 armor passives (as of the 1.002.003 game version) and their effects. Remember, only body armor possesses passives; helmets and capes are standard.

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.
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 trigger 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 in Helldivers 2

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	Why?
S	Engineering Kit	Significantly increases grenade utility, crucial for various tasks (sealing breaches, destroying structures, crowd control).
	Med-Kit	Dramatically improves survivability, especially when combined with the Experimental Infusion booster.
	Siege-Ready	Boosts ammo capacity and reload speed, exceptionally valuable for managing large enemy groups, particularly with high-consumption weapons.
A	Democracy Protects	Provides substantial early-game survivability against lethal attacks.
	Extra Padding	Offers consistent damage reduction.
	Fortified	Extremely effective against Automatons, mitigating explosive damage and enhancing weapon effectiveness against robotic threats.
	Servo-Assisted	Ideal against Terminids; increased throwing range allows for safer stratagem deployment and grenade use.
B	Peak Physique	Situational; melee combat is generally avoided, though the weapon handling improvement is beneficial.
	Inflammable	Useful for fire-based builds and missions with fire hazards.
	Scout	Provides map awareness, but its value is limited by its lack of additional information.
C	Acclimated	Limited effectiveness due to the infrequent combination of all four elemental damage types in a single mission.
	Advanced Filtration	Only beneficial for gas-focused builds.
	Electrical Conduit	Primarily useful against the Illuminate, but other options often prove superior.
	Unflinching	Minimal impact on combat effectiveness.

This guide will help you select the best armor passives to enhance your survival and combat performance in Helldivers 2. Remember to adapt your choices based on the specific mission and your chosen playstyle.

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