The Helldivers 2 Hive Lord is a new Terminid creature of colossal proportions, a gigantic, bile-spewing worm that is extra of a hazard than one thing to be killed. It has a lot well being and armor that killing it not solely takes ages, but additionally requires the largest weapons accessible in Helldivers 2.
Hive Lords additionally pack a huge punch themselves, able to immediately crushing or dissolving unprepared Helldivers with their bulk or acidic vomit. Beneath, I’ve laid out the whole lot I have been in a position to be taught to date about Hive Lords from a few encounters, together with how you will discover them, the assaults you want to be careful for, and the way to kill one if you happen to’re that form of loopy.
Helldivers 2 Hive Lord overview
The Helldivers 2 Hive Lord is a fully huge worm beast that you simply may encounter if you happen to’re enjoying in opposition to the Terminids on one among their hive worlds from the Helldivers 2 Into the Unjust replace and at a excessive sufficient problem.
What makes a Hive Lord seem is a little bit of a thriller, nevertheless. After I encountered one, it was throughout a cellular extraction mission utilizing the all-terrain extraction rig automobile, which necessitates open areas so as to really drive the factor round. Different missions with loads of caves will not give you the option to accommodate a Hive Lord, so it looks like cellular extraction missions are the most certainly assignments the place you may face off in opposition to a Hive Lord.
When one does seem, it might use a number of assaults to obliterate Helldivers straight or might be fairly disruptive thanks to its hazardous presence, so here is what you want to be careful for:
- Floor ripples: These huge waves of sand allow you to see the place the Hive Lord goes because it burrows underground, however if you happen to’re in the best way, they may knock you over.
- Floor eruptions: Hive Lords can burst out of the bottom whereas burrowing, both to be a nuisance whereas repositioning or to correctly assault pesky Helldivers. Both approach, you may need to be distant from it when it does to keep away from getting damage or crushed.
- Falling particles: When a Hive Lord rises up to assault, huge rocks fall off it which might land on you, dealing harm and knocking you over.
- Bile spray: Hive Lords can spew deadly bile over a huge space, placing Helldivers 2 Bile Titans to disgrace.
- Flatten: When you’re close to a Hive Lord and are not shifting very a lot, they will not hesitate to crush you by flopping over. Preserve shifting and be ready to dive.
Helldivers 2 Hive Lord weaknesses, suggestions, and finest weapons to use
It is doable to kill a Hive Lord in Helldivers 2, however I am undecided I might essentially suggest making an attempt until you are with a full crew of like-minded, bloodthirsty Helldivers. Listed below are some suggestions for coping with a Hive Lord throughout a mission:
- Merely keep away from it: Hive Lords have an immense quantity of well being and take ages to kill, so I believe it is best to deal with them extra as hazards to keep away from than a foe to carry down. One of the best factor is to do your finest to escape it. It is too huge to comply with you into caves, so these are protected spots, however bear in mind that you’ll then be going through most different Terminids and even strafing Helldivers 2 Dragonroaches.
- Carry transportable hellbombs and anti-tank weapons: However if you happen to actually need to kill a Hive Lord, bringing transportable hellbombs from the Helldivers 2 Servants of Freedom Warbond (which we additionally reckon is among the finest Helldivers 2 Warbonds anyway) is crucial. You must also carry any anti-tank weapons just like the Commando, Expendable Anti-Tank, and Recoilless Rifle as seemingly nothing else can harm it.
- Goal its head and the fleshy elements: Whereas the physique of a Hive Lord is roofed in extremely sturdy heavy armor, its head has loads of fleshy elements that may be hit.
General, there is not actually a lot level to killing a Hive Lord anyway. There do not appear to be any rewards for doing so (apart from private glory) and also you’re seemingly to waste a lot of time and reinforcement lives doing so due to how unbelievably robust they’re.
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