Armour Penetration Analysis on Bugs! | Helldivers 2 Weapons Guide

In this video I breakdown where the armour is and what type it is on various bugs. Using the AR-23; AR-23P; Breaker and Slugger shotguns to compare and contrast. #Helldivers2 #Helldiversguide LINKS: Visual reference guide (Steam Guide) - GAMING EXISTENCE DISCORD SERVER - FAQ/Corrections: Q1) In some of your tests you miss the enemy with a shot. Is this discounted in your numbers? A1) Yes, I only count actual hits when breaking down the numbers. The difficulty comes in for shots that look like they hit a certain section or not. For example, the Brood Commander AR-23 test may be 16 hits not 17, which would match the Nursing Spewer headshot test. Even at frame by frame a headshot might wing the body instead but it can be hard to be sure. Q2) Were you aware that... Pilestedt, the CEO of Arrowhead, stated on Twitter that enemy armor values basically range from 0 to 9. Where 0 means there’s no armor, 1, 2 and 3 means it will be Light Armor. Likewise, 4, 5 and 6 are Medium armor and 7, 8 and 9 are Heavy armor. Those same values carry over to Armor Penetration on weapons. If a weapon falls short of the armor value, it doesn’t do any damage and deflects right off. If it matches the armor value, it will do 50% damage. If it exceeds the armor value, it does 100% damage. This is why some weapons with Light Armor Penetration can penetrate Light armors better than other weapons with Light Armor Penetration. A2) I had missed this piece of information and appreciate you highlighting it! I will see if I can confirm this going forward in future videos. This information potentially matches up with my data. Most times I found the damage loss on Light Armour with the AR-23 was about 57-59.8%. Accounting for not knowing the exact damage to kill the target that percentage could be closer to the 50%. It will be interesting to get more information and find out! Q3) Are you saying the AR-23P is better than the AR-23? Or the Slugger is better than the Breaker? A3) This is not a tier list type of video. I sticked clear of ranking anything. The tests were also very narrow in their focus. I simply ran tests with armoured enemies to get some raw data to present. In future with perhaps mods to create a test environment, I may do further videos where I can compare: ammo consumed; time to kill; accuracy at certain distances etc. And maybe have more evidence for weapons that perform better than others in certain situations. Q4) Is the Breaker footage pre or post March 6 patch? A4) It is pre the 6 March patch. I had just finished editing the video together on the morning of the 6th, a few hours before the patch landed. I elected to remove all the Railgun tests (I had done tests for each bug mentioned), but decided to leave the Breaker footage as I am analysing damage and shots required. The additional recoil and lower magazine I felt made little impact into the data I was presenting. Other than maybe the Stalker test and hitting the Bile Spewer in the mouth. 0:00 Intro 0:10 Brood Commander 3:24 Hive Guard 4:56 Nursing Spewer 6:27 Bile Spewer 8:30 Stalkers 9:58 Chargers 10:55 Bile Titan