Warrior

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Warrior
Faction	Terminids
Class	Light Fighter
Stats
Damage Type	Melee
Minimum Difficulty	Trivial

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Warriors are the natural end result of a species optimized for mindless expansion. In controlled environments, they have eviscerated innocent baby cows in under a second. One can only imagine what they would do to innocent baby humans.

— Helldivers 2 PlayStation Store Page

The Warrior is a lightly armored, slow-moving, medium-sized Terminid that can appear on any difficulty.

They usually appear in small groups with other Warriors, as well as swarms of small Terminids.

Behavior

• Warriors will attempt to approach Helldivers in as direct a path as possible. They will climb over terrain in their way, and may attempt to attack and destroy obstacles in their way with their claws.
• Warriors will attempt to attack Helldivers with their claws in melee range.
• Warriors have been seen strafing sideways to cut off Helldivers who attempt to run past them.
• When losing their head, Warriors have a chance to enter a berserker state. During this time, their behavior changes:
  • They will attempt to charge towards their killer in a suicidal attempt to take the unlucky Helldiver down with them.
  • They gain increased movement and attack speed.
  • They will bleed out and fully die after a few seconds.

Tactics

• The fastest way to kill a Warrior is by destroying its head. If it enters a berserker state, Helldivers have two main options: they can shoot the Warrior more to fully kill it, or they can avoid it for a few seconds until it fully bleeds out.
• Warriors can also be killed by destroying any two of their legs. This will prevent them from entering the berserker state.
• Warriors are generally slow, and should be one of the lowest-priority targets when engaging a Terminid swarm.
• These strategems are very effective for clearing groups of warriors:
  • RL-77 Airburst Rocket Launcher;
  • Eagle Cluster Bomb;
  • A/G-16 Gatling Sentry (for defense, not for offense);
  • M-105 Stalwart;
  • MG-43 Machine Gun;
  • Orbital Airburst Strike;
  • Orbital Gas Strike;
  • AX/LAS-5 "Guard Dog" Rover.
• Weapons like the EAT-17 Expendable Anti-Tank or the LAS-99 Quasar Cannon are capable of one-shotting a Warrior and turning it into a pile of bile.

Variants

Bile Warrior

The Bile Warrior is a lightly armored, medium-sized Terminid, green in color. It can appear on Challenging and higher missions, often appearing beside or fully replacing the normal Warrior.

It is identical to the Warrior in terms of behavior, anatomy, and tactics, with one exception. When a Bile Warrior dies from damage to its body, it has a chance to trigger a small bile explosion that can severely injure a nearby Helldiver. It is recommended not to kill them at point-blank range.