Reinforce

Helldivers 2

Helldivers 1

“

Squad-mates can and will perish tragically all the time.

— General Brasch

Stratagems

Standard-issue

Reinforce

Stratagem Code

If a squad-mate is eliminated, Helldivers can enter the following sequence to activate the Reinforcement Stratagem and receive backup.

Usage

The Reinforcement is a standard-issue Stratagem, available to all Helldivers regardless of rank. However, it is only active if a member of the squad has died and reinforcement tickets are not depleted.

Reinforcement Tickets

• Reinforcements are limited to five tickets per player and mission, up to a maximum of 20 in a full squad.
• If all squad members perish simultaneously but there are still tickets remaining, all players will reinforce simultaneously (up to available # / number of tickets).
• Depleting the reinforcement tickets still allows limited reinforcements on a timer. If the entire squad perishes with no tickets remaining (including the regenerating one) and the main objective is not completed, the mission is failed, along with the operation it was part of. Exceeding the mission timer will disable Reinforcement along with all other player-chosen Stratagems.
  • If the entire squad perishes but the main objective is completed, the mission is considered to be a success.

Tactical Information

• Reinforcement pods can be steered by the reinforcing teammates and used as offensive weapons. This also works against heavily armored opponents including but not limited to Bile Titans, Chargers, Annihilator Tanks, and even structures such as Automaton Fabricators. Note that the reinforcement pod is necessarily limited to an area around the beacon that calls it, and that it squashes enemies & allies alike.
• Similar to all other Stratagems, the Reinforcement Stratagem will also be disabled when close to stratagem jammers.
• If the squad is split up it can be in the squad's interests to reinforce near the fallen comrade. This allows the reinforcer to valiantly and dutifully rearm and gather any samples that were dropped by the expired teammate.
• Helldivers are advised to be extra vigilant and secure their survivability during Ion Storms during which no Stratagems including Reinforce will not be possible to call-down due to being "jammed" / unusable. Should there be no active Helldiver during an Ion Storm, the mission will be considered abandoned.
• A Reinforcement can be dialed in before any Helldiver has fallen. However, throwing it without anyone dead results in the Voiceline for a reinforcement being called out and nothing else.
  • You cannot hold a premature Reinforcement as a form of self-revival. Since the stratagem hits the ground before you are dead, it will be invalidated and nothing.
    • Furthermore, it only works if there is at least one more teammate. On a solo dive you cannnt predial.
  • While the Stratagem is on Cooldown because of a lack of Reinforcements available or because one is still activating, another one cannot be dialed in.

Change History

Patch

Description

1.001.100
2024-09-17

Fixes

• Fixed a crash caused by players leaving the game shortly after being reinforced while using unique hellpod skins.

1.000.302
2024-05-07

Fixes

• Fix for the reinforce stratagem not being present if a Helldiver leaves the session before readying up and then hot joining the active session.