Helldivers 1:Heavy Strafing Run

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An Eagle fighter jet armed with a 25mm chaingun strafes the area. The heavy rounds explode on impact, making it far more potent than the regular Strafing Run. This comes with the trade-off of a longer time between engagements, as the fighter has to swing wide and accelerate to compensate for recoil.

— Armory Description

Stratagem Code

Players must enter the following sequence, using the controller d‑pad, in order to call down this stratagem during a mission:

Unlock Requirement

The Heavy Strafing Run is granted to the player as a reward for completing all the missions on its associated planet (typically a high level planet - difficulty 10 to 11).

Upgrades

Upgrade		Cost	Effect
	Mk1		Basic variant, no upgrades.
	Mk2	3	Improved recoil dampening on the chaingun system makes for less energy loss on a pass, reducing cooldown from 50 to 35 seconds.
	Mk3	2	Larger ammunition pool extends the range of the gun, lengthening area of engagement and duration of attack.

Stratagem Stats

Heavy Strafing Run Detailed Analysis
Stratagem Info				Additional Notes
Planet Reward	Difficulty: 10 to 11		Any Faction
Stratagem Category	Offensive
Statistics
	Base	Upgraded		Additional Notes
Cooldown	50 s	35 s*		* Requires Mk2 upgrade
Number of Uses	Unlimited
Activation Time	0.5 s
Projectile Info
Power	350
Critical Power	500
Fire Rate	850
Spread	2.6 °
Armor Piercing?	Yes
Unstoppable Rounds?	Yes
Explosive Rounds?	Yes			The projectile always explodes.
Explosion Info
Blast Radius	2 m
Blast Power	200
Center Radius	0 m
Center Power	0
Ignores Armor?	No
Ignores Shield?	No
Force	200
Activation Info
Activation Type	Strafing Run
Weapons	1
Weapon Separation	0 m
Fly-by Delay	2 s	2.4 s *		* Requires Mk3 upgrade
Duration	1.8 s	2.2 s *		* Requires Mk3 upgrade
Distance	30 m
Start Length	-10 m	-13 m *		* Requires Mk3 upgrade
End Length	10 m	13 m *		* Requires Mk3 upgrade
Angle	30 °

Gameplay Tips

• The Heavy Strafing Run always hits perpendicular to the direction of the throw.

• This stratagem is not anti-tank capable, unlike Close Air Support. However, it will make short work of bullet-sponge type enemies, such as Cyborg Butchers or Bug Brood Commanders. It is devastating against Illuminate units of any kind.
  • Even though the Heavy Strafing Run is not anti-tank capable, it can damage Cyborg Warlords and Hulks.

• Precision Call-In reduces this stratagem's activation time to the game's allowed a minimum of 0.1 seconds.

Gallery

• Liberating some dirt with a heavy strafing run

Notes

• The Heavy Strafing Run was released to players, for free, on Liberty Day (October 26, 2017) along with the A/GL-8 Launcher Turret and the Thunderer Smoke Round stratagems.

• Due to a bug, any Helldiver deaths caused by the Heavy Strafing Run do not count towards the total amount of accidentals.

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