When the fate of an entire galaxy is in your hands, you’re going to need to arm yourself with nothing but the best weapons. With this Helldivers 2 weapon tier list, you’ll be able to pick and choose the most effective pieces of equipment when it comes to neutralizing alien threats.
Helldivers 2 is a third-person shooter where you can squad up with your friends and go on all sorts of action-packed missions in space. Sure, teamwork will be essential to your group’s success, but there’s nothing quite like the rush of dominating the battlefield with a powerful weapon.
You’ll have plenty of arms to choose from in Helldivers 2, so let’s see which ones come out on top with this weapon tier list. Before jumping into the tier list, you might also be interested in checking out how to farm Medals or how to rank up fast.
Helldivers 2 weapon tier list
Here’s how the top weapons in Helldivers 2 stack up against each other.
Against Illuminate:
Weapons Against Illuminate
S
PLAS-101 Purifier
CB-9 Explosive Crossbow
SG-8 Punisher Plasma
ARC-12 Blitzer
StA-11 SMG
A
SMG-32 Reprimand
StA-52 Assault Rifle
SG-451 Cookout
PLAS-39 Accelerator Rifle
R-63CS Diligence Counter Sniper
SG-225 Breaker
AR-23A Liberator Carbine
MP-98 Knight
BR-14 Adjudicator
SG-8S Slugger
SG-225IE Breaker Incendiary
AR-23P Liberator Penetrator
PLAS-1 Scorcher
B
LAS-5 Scythe
SG-20 Halt
LAS-16 Sickle
Against Terminids:
Weapons Against Terminids
S
LAS-16 Sickle
SG-225IE Breaker Incendiary
StA-11 SMG
JAR-5 Dominator
SG-225 Breaker
AR-61 Tenderizer
StA-52 Assault Rifle
AR-23A Liberator Carbine
SG-451 Cookout
ARC-12 Blitzer
A
PLAS-101 Purifier
SG-225SP Breaker SPRAY & PRAY
AR-23 Liberator
PLAS-1 Scorcher
FLAM-66 Torcher
SMG-37 Defender
AR-23C Liberator Concussive
SMG-72 Pummeler
R-36 Eruptor
SMG-32 Reprimand
MP-98 Knight
PLAS-39 Accelerator Rifle
R-63CS Diligence Counter Sniper
R-63 Diligence
SG-8 Punisher
SG-20 Halt
BR-14 Adjudicator
B
SG-8S Slugger
SG-8 Punisher Plasma
CB-9 Explosive Crossbow
AR-23P Liberator Penetrator
R-2124 Constitution
LAS-5 Scythe
Against Automatons:
Weapons Against Automatons
S
LAS-16 Sickle
R-63CS Diligence Counter Sniper
PLAS-1 Scorcher
SG-8 Punisher Plasma
PLAS-101 Purifier
CB-9 Explosive Crossbow
A
PLAS-39 Accelerator Rifle
StA-11 SMG
SG-20 Halt
R-63 Diligence
SG-8S Slugger
BR-14 Adjudicator
AR-61 Tenderizer
AR-23P Liberator Penetrator
StA-52 Assault Rifle
SMG-72 Pummeler
SMG-32 Reprimand
AR-23 Liberator
AR-23A Liberator Carbine
SG-225 Breaker
SG-451 Cookout
JAR-5 Dominator
R-36 Eruptor
SMG-37 Defender
SG-225IE Breaker Incendiary
B
SG-8 Punisher
LAS-5 Scythe
MP-98 Knight
AR-23C Liberator Concussive
ARC-12 Blitzer
SG-225SP Breaker SPRAY & PRAY
FLAM-66 Torcher
R-2124 Constitution
And that’s our Helldivers 2 weapon tier list. For more on the sci-fi action game, you can check out our guide on how to destroy Fuel Silos or read up on some meta builds.
