The Orbital Gas Strike (or just Gas) is an area-denial caustic gas shell - launched from the bridge of the Super Destroyer - that appears in Helldivers 2 as a Stratagem.
It costs 4000 Requisition Slips to unlock.
Any enemies - or friendlies - that come in contact with the corrosive gas will begin taking high amounts of damage; due to the powerful dissolving properties of the substance melting through armour and flesh alike. Those coated in gas will continue to take damage for a few seconds after leaving the effective area.
The gas is not a neurotoxin like sarin, instead it is a corrosive substance, such as acid; this is why it is able to affect Automatons.
Stratagem Code[]
Players must enter the following sequence, using the default Ctrl+WASD keys or the controller D-Pad in order to call down this Stratagem during a mission:
Stats[]
- Call-in Time: 2 seconds
- Uses: Unlimited
- Cooldown Time: 75 seconds (1m 15s)
- Lifetime: 20s
- Maximum Active At Once: Unlimited
- Penetration: Heavy Armor
Notes[]
- The area-of-effect of the Gas Strike is slightly larger than what the gas particles display it as.
- With the release of the Chemical Agents Warbond, gas got a complete overhaul by introducing the "caustic" weapon trait. Which blinds enemies and causes them to attack anything in range, including their own teammates. Helldivers are simply disoriented and damaged overtime.
Gameplay Tips[]
- Enemies affected by the gas strike will be momentarily stunned, then begin wandering around in a daze. They will attack anything they come into contact with during this time, including their teammates. Being in the gas cloud will continue to damage them, so enemies are killed by a combination of the gas DoT, and the inevitable infighting within their group.
- The gas is lethal to teammates, although not immediately. One will have blurred vision and audibly start to cough upon entering a gas cloud.
- As long as the enemies remain in the gas cloud, the caustic effect is refreshed.
- Wearing armor with the Advanced Filtration trait will heavily reduce the damage caused by being affected by gas by 80%.
- The gas can destroy Terminid egg clusters.
- The stratagem is effective against all factions, but excels the most against Terminids and Illuminate due to their heavy reliance on massed melee fodder.
- It is very effective against Terminid bug breaches due to their singular spawn points. Smaller units are typically killed outright by the DoT, or by the larger terminids swinging wildly at anything that moves.
- The corrosive gas is able to damage most heavily armored enemies.
- The initial impact of the strike can destroy most structures, such as bug holes, bot fabricators, and the research center side objective. Due to the projectile's lack of range, a direct hit is necessary.