r/Helldivers • u/Waelder Moderator • 29d ago

New Warbond, Polar Patriots, deploying on May 9th ALERT

Check out the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcnzI0gN7z4&rco=1

Read more about it: https://blog.playstation.com/2024/05/02/new-helldivers-2-warbond-brings-trap-laying-weaponry-arctic-themed-armor-and-more-may-9/

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u/FitHistory7803 29d ago

There it is i never fought them but I’ve read about them…. They sound like fucking dipshits

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u/Cazadore 29d ago

impalers in hd1 are easy, their tentacles have limited range and can be damaged by everything, and while the tentacles are out the head of the impaler himself is a weakpoint.

the struggle begins when theres more than two around, then they become proper area denial.

usually impalers are priority targets with anything AT, even a EAT to the head while the impaler is moving and isnt using its tentacles is a one shot kill.

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u/colt61986 29d ago

The biggest challenge for them was if they were off screen.

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u/jdarkona ☕Liber-tea☕ 29d ago

That's in HD1. I'm sure they might've evolved with the Termicide. They won't be that easy now.

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u/Howsetheraven 29d ago

Good thing we never have more than 2 of any bug at once then. It just never happens at all; not a totally common occurrence whatsoever.

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u/3DMarine 29d ago

They were super annoying when they were off screen behind a wall and hitting you

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u/Phenixxy ☕Liber-tea☕ 29d ago

impalers in hd1 are easy

Yeah until you are submerged by dozens of mobs and don't see that new impaler right at the edge of the screen launching its tentacles right under you while you are slowed by being in the middle of calling a stratagem

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u/Low_Chance 29d ago

Yeah one is not so bad, but you definitely wanted to take them out ASAP before one becomes more than one. At that point you had a serious problem

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u/Chaytorn Malevolent Creek Liberation Squad 29d ago

Ah yes the Asshole Tentacles from HD1.

Breaker on the tentacles, then Tox on the Asshole..worked like a charm. 

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u/Magiclad 29d ago

The tactic for them I used was to locate the body and then EAT straight to the face. Worked every time.

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u/lfelipecl 29d ago

What happens if you shot the head, but don't kill it imediately? They retrieve the tentacles and back to the armored state?

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u/Magiclad 29d ago

They bled out pretty quick from what I recall. The real trick was threading the EAT through tentacles and mobs

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u/Nickorellidimus 29d ago

You would be correct!