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Publish Date: Dec 23 ,2024
Illuminate, a race of aliens calling themselves Squ’ith, were defeated in the First Galactic War, but now they’re back in Helldivers 2.
Some time ago, Illuminate invasion was discovered in Helldivers 2, and more than a million players joined the cooperative battle. Although plays successfully repelled them, it is certain that Illuminate will return as a permanent faction in the near future.
The predecessor of Illuminate was Illuminate Empire. This creature looks like a squid. They are extremely intelligent, and have mastered mystical space magic and advanced electricity technology.
Compared to the other two factions, Illuminate is much smaller in scale, but in Helldivers 1, they were still considered the most difficult faction to deal with - and they will still be the case in Helldivers 2.
If you don’t know Illuminate yet, this article will provide you with some information to help you better deal with these disgusting squids in the future.
Before starting the battle, you need to understand the characteristics of Illuminate and choose the right equipment accordingly.
Illuminate units have extremely high health, but their armor is very weak. Therefore, when choosing equipment, you don’t need to pay too much attention to penetration. Weapons with medium penetration values can successfully cause damage to them. In order to consume the health bars of Illuminate units, you need to choose weapons with extremely high damage. In addition, high-speed bullets and flame-based weapons are very effective against Illuminate.
Although Illuminate units have low armor values, Illuminate energy shields can help them resist a lot of burst damage. Therefore, when choosing equipment, you need to consider weapons that can cause continuous damage, and shields will be broken under long-term continuous damage. P-15 Redeemer is very good at destroying Illuminate energy shields.
Here is a set of equipment that is effective against Illuminate, combining power, stability, accuracy, ammo economy, and penetration.
A Medium Machine Gun or Heavy Machine Gun as the core weapon will work well against Illuminate. When using the gun, aiming at the leg or head joints of Illuminate units will be more effective in knocking them down. In order to control the recoil, it is recommended that you lie down when shooting.
Besides equipment, upgrading your ship is also very important. Actively completing personal orders and weekly major orders in Helldivers 2 can obtain various Helldivers 2 Items. Using them to upgrade your ship will help you more smoothly in battle.
Illuminate will send various enemies to attack you. Here are the characteristics of these enemies.
This will be the most common enemy you will see on Illuminate planets. Voteless are melee enemies. They are very fragile and easy to kill. However, the tricky thing is that there are so many Voteless that they will be surrounded by them if you are not careful. Therefore, you need to be vigilant when facing them. Try to keep a long distance to shoot at them.
Like Voteless, Overseers are also close-range enemies. But unlike Voteless, they can use energy blasts and energy shields to rush towards you quickly when attacking.
Keep your distance from Overseers while fighting them and be aware of their movements to prevent them from getting close to you. Energy blast attacks are relatively easy to dodge, but breaking the energy shield is a bit difficult and requires a lot of reflexes. You can aim at the chest of Overseers until their chest armor breaks.
Elevated Overseers have similar abilities to Overseers, but they have jetpacks, which allow them to fly over the battlefield. Elevated Overseers do not have energy shields and are more vulnerable to damage, so aim at the head of Elevated Overseer to kill them.
ARC Blitzer and ARC thrower can help you better aim at flying enemies. Or you can try to use weapons to blow up Elevated Overseer’s jetpacks.
If you find yourself surrounded by a purple glow, you are probably facing Watchers - flying drone units. Watchers fire a lot of bullets and slow you down. Keep shooting at the center of Watchers’ eyes to kill them effectively.
These will be the most terrifying enemies you will encounter in the fight against Illuminate. Harvesters are large and have huge energy shields.
Harvesters’ shields can be restored naturally over time, so it will be very troublesome if you can’t knock down the shields at once. Therefore, when dealing with Harvesters, you need to concentrate your firepower to break the energy shields first.
The eyes are also the weak point of Harvesters. Shooting at their eyes can effectively cause damage. However, Harvesters’ eyes are very difficult to hit, so aiming at their leg joints is also a good idea. Using explosive weapons such as Purifier or Laser Cannon can help you gain an advantage in the confrontation.
Some players will be affected by Cognitive Disruptors, which will disrupt stratagem codes. You can still call stratagems after being affected by Cognitive Disruptors, so you need to pay attention to the situation of your codes and re-enter them after they are disrupted. Illuminate Cognitive Disruptors will disrupt your codes every 3 seconds.
If you want to disable Cognitive Disruptors, you need to find and shoot down all nearby capsule-shaped power supplies. You can try to use explosive weapons to bomb the area where Cognitive Disruptors are located, which may help you destroy some batteries.
The above is some basic information about fighting Illuminate and effective strategies to fight them. Although Illuminate is difficult to deal with, it is not without weaknesses. I believe that players can still drive these evil creatures back to their lairs in Helldivers 2!
