Impaler
| Helldivers 2 | Helldivers 1 |
“Back by popular demand: the Impaler! This big guy from the original Helldivers creates some new challenges. No longer can you run from the bugs when the Impaler is around–big, imposing, and destructive, it demands to be dealt with.
— Playstation.Blog, Helldivers 2 Escalation of Freedom Update
The Impaler is a large, heavily-armored Terminid, returning from Helldivers 1. Impalers burrow their "head" of three bladed tentacles, causing them to emerge near Helldivers to impede and attack them.
They can be found on Hard difficulty as an Elimination Target and begin to spawn naturally and more frequently as difficulty increases.
The Impaler was revealed in the Escalation of Freedom Announcement Trailer on July 23rd, 2024, and appeared in-game on August 6, 2024.
Anatomy
Tactical Information
- Impalers can only attack by driving their three tentacles into the ground, where they will reappear out of the ground in multiple locations in order to surround a Helldiver. When they are ready to attack, they will arch their retracted tentacles upwards slightly, then rapidly plunge them into the ground.
- Its tentacles can be shot at, which will force the Impaler to retract them. These do not kill the Impaler, but will temporarily cease their attacks.
- While it burrows its tentacles, it will expose its unarmored head, which has a weak point that Helldivers can take shoot at.
- Impalers can be easily killed when in this phase, so locating them is essential in defeating them. Some of the best weapons to dispatch them in this state are support weapons with high durable damage and firepower such as the AC-8 Autocannon, or offensive stratagems such as the Eagle 500kg Bomb.
- Although high damage weapons are advised in eliminating Impalers, other armor-piercing stratagems/weapons are able to defeat them, such as the GR-8 Recoilless Rifle or the Orbital Railcannon Strike.
Change History
1.001.005
2024-08-21
Fixes
- Fixed a common crash that occurs when killing the Impaler inside a Stronghold.
1.001.004
2024-08-20
Changes
- Reduced the explosion radius of Tentacles Stabbing ability, alleviating excessive ragdolling.
Fixes
- Fixed a bug where the Impaler's tentacles could chase you indefinitely in some cases.
Enemies
| |
|---|---|
 Terminids |
Scavenger – Bile Spitter – Pouncer – Warrior – Hive Guard – Hunter – Stalker – Shrieker – Bile Spewer – Nursing Spewer – Brood Commander – Charger – Impaler – Bile Titan |
 Automatons |
Trooper – Commissar – Scout Strider – Berserker – Devastator – Gunship – Hulk – Tank – Factory Strider – Dropship |