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What is the use of heavy armor? (lemm.ee)

submitted 5 months ago by Poringo@lemm.ee to c/helldivers2@lemmy.ca

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I normally use medium armor, and if I want to be extra fast I use light armor.

Don't get me wrong, I like the looks of chunkier armor, it is more my style.

But what is the use for heavy armor? I understand you are tougher to kill, but I am always left behind because it is slower.

Also I am still thrown around with explosions and I can't still be killed easily when overwhelmed, which I can avoid with medium or light armor by just healing constantly and running away.

So in what situations or what is the tactical advantage of heavy armor?

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[–] IncognitoMosquito@beehaw.org 5 points 5 months ago

Stationary missions like termination or evac. Aside from that kind of mission I always run light armor. Heavy armor works very well on stationary missions because you're running around a lot less, so the slow speed downside doesn't matter as much.