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Helldivers 2 Booster Tier List
Helldivers 2 tier list for the best boosters to use against the Illuminate, Terminids, and Automatons for both solo and group play.
Important Information
As of May 2026 – Patch 6.2.3 – Helldivers 2 has 18 Boosters.
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Helldivers drop from the Hellpod fully loaded with ammo, grenades, and stims. This Booster is top-tier against all factions, and is a must-have for every squad. It’s also the easiest booster to unlock and often the first one players acquire.
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Grants a 10% boost to movement speed and 10% damage resistance while under the effects of stims. You’ll know if a squadmate has it equipped when the edges of your screen glow yellow when using stims.
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Very useful, especially for Heavy armor users.
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The Vitality Enhancement Booster does not provide health; it decreases damage taken by 10%. Best paired with armor that offers extra resistances, especially Heavy armor.
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Reduces the movement debuff effects the environment has on your squad. Foliage, Water, Mud, Snow, Barbed Wire. Especially effective on Hive Worlds.
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Boosts initial reinforcements by 1 for each player, going from 5 to 6 when solo, and from 20 to 24 in a full squad.
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Resupply Hellpods are equipped with a med-pen Liberator that targets enemies like a Sentry. Stays active until it runs out of ammo, or the Hellpod is destroyed. Good on defense missions.
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Heavy enemies have a chance to drop Samples upon death, capped at 10 per mission. Useful for sample farming.
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Provides a 15% chance for you to pick up 2x Samples. Useful for Sample farming.
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B
A very niche booster that reduces the additional reinforcement cooldown by 25% (from 2 minutes to 1 minute 30 seconds). Handy if your squad tends to burn through lives quickly.
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B
Increases time between enemy encounters by 15%. Only applies to reinforcement calls (bug breach, bot drop, incoming Illuminate ships). Does not apply to random patrols or objective-based spawns.
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Allows you to continue sprinting after running out of stamina, at the cost of health.
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Reduces extraction timer by 30%. Useful if you’re attempting the Gone in 360 second! Achievement.
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Reduces recovery time by 25% when hit by a slowing effect, such as from Bug Acid/Mines, Ice Plants, Stun Grenades, and Tremors.
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Friendly Fire special. Every Hellpod triggers a fiery explosion with a 4-meter radius upon landing. This includes Sentries, Reinforcements, and Support Weapons.
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D
increases radar distance when your mini-map is open. Useful during blizzards and snowstorms, useless on missions covered in bug Atmospheric Spores.
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Hellpods now stun nearby enemies on landing, dealing minor damage that can kill low-health players, or at least force them to use a stim. Useful if you’re being reinforced in the middle of a horde.
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Deploys a smoke screen where Hellpods land, highly effective against the Automatons but almost useless against the squids and bugs.