Helldivers 2 | What Are The BEST & WORST Armor Buffs???

[@nophlast4237]

Unflinching should make you immune to flinch, and then 50% reduction to stuns, stun times, and ragdolling

[@AlaiasAlias]

Yep

[@MetalSolidCrisis]

It would be fitting if you could dive and fire for longer before going ragdoll or shit, just being able to control your helldiver would make a lot of sense and give the armor it's own playstyle

[@AzureIV]

We also need a heavy armor version. Medium armor is still too weak to take hits.

[@sliphstream4927]

I would like it if Unflinching made it so you couldn't get as easily interrupted when operating terminals.

[@thecossackcrusaderofholybr8448]

Decreasing rag dolling would be awesome.

[@nophlast4237]

Scout is mandatory for stealth, it’s so good. If you understand stealth mechanics you’d be surprised what you can get away with. In night missions you can crawl up to 10 meters close to enemies before you get spotted. Also enemies do not spread awareness of you if you 1 tap them (though enemies will investigate sound) A separate note is that melee damage is silent

[@shakafo00o]

Secondary separate note [puns :D] should be secondaries act like borderline silenced weapons for some reason. Also plasma weapons like the Scorcher and Purifier are pretty quiet as well

[@valentine7455]

@@shakafo00o crossbow is good for distraction as it makes more noise where it lands than the small sound it makes when firing

[@pehenry]

2:00 - Not sure the "Fortified" passive is useless on bug missions. The bug's acid attacks count as "explosive" damage (Bile Titan, Bile Spewer, Nursing Spewer...). Also, with bugs, bugs get in your face. And if you're a maroon like myself, you'll end up shooting them danger close with some type of explosive weapon like the XBow or Eruptor.

[@nophlast4237]

Was gonna say this

[@luchifare4940]

The recoil reduction is also superb

[@pehenry]

@@luchifare4940 recoil reduction is nice, especially since you don't have to prone out to use the HMG effectively

[@davidfernandes1966]

The impaler with the tentacles does explosive DMG

[@pehenry]

@@davidfernandes1966 I did not know that. Very odd.

[@GGBlaster]

I’m a servo-assisted devotee, and I can attest that the increased grenade throwing distance is an absolute boon. After enough practice, instinct starts to kick in and you can land stratagems and grenades with uncanny accuracy. You even get a sixth sense for cooking grenades so they detonate on or near impact Servo-assisted is the spellcaster armor of Helldivers 2, and it does its job well.

[@Touchin-Grass]

I'm happy I'm not the only one lol

[@MidLoafCrisis]

Challenge accepted. I shall start giving this some time

[@greggreg2458]

Ok I'll try it

[@KasyMini]

I agree, I played with servo-assisted for the longest time. It's really nice to be able to snipe things with your orbitals from far away and just enjoy the destruction from your safe spot. It took me a while to throw my stratagems right after switching armor passive, I had to learn to walk closer to my target.

[@seancedeno7377]

If you get used to servo assisted, it's the only armor that exists because you cant go back to wimpy throws haha.

[@Touchin-Grass]

DUDE! That's what I'm saying , I don't use anything else anymore lol. Only noobs don't use it 😅

[@nophlast4237]

Servo assisted is very very good, I just don’t like how it messes with my game sense of chucking things when I swap to something else. It’s like time dilation in armor form.

[@robotboy5026]

The reason I refuse to use servo assisted is cause I can't miss what I've never known lol

[@ItzSpritz]

Engineering kit in C tier is WILD. Other than scout, it’s my only other armor I use. Also, could you also do a tier list for weapons? I knows it’d be a huge tier list, but would be cool and free content!

[@EvilLPS]

Hard agree on the engineering kit! The +2 grenade AND the reduction to recoil are so good in any mission and scenario.

[@EKk8819]

You take more explosive damage from stratagems and your own weapons/teams weapons, so 50% resistance isn't useless vs any faction for that fact.. Especially when you bring the crossbow or grenade launcher.. So stop yapping!

[@blitztalks8039]

Resistance to the greatest threat of all: Human Error. It does not matter if it's bugs, bots, or aliens, your team is the most dangerous thing to you.

[@gerogero2011]

Yes anti explosive armor is the best... It save my skin many times thats why i stayed at Bot front... Hahaha

[@greggreg2458]

​@@gerogero2011For me it's heavy fortified for bots, and heavy medic (currently available in the super store) for bugs and squids.

[@EKk8819]

@@blitztalks8039 exactly, calling it useless vs bugs when I've blown myself up with the crossbow or grenade launcher 1000 times vs bugs lmao.. With this u can kill bugs up close and get a light scratch.. Mix it with shield and u can literally grenade launch your own feet and be ok.. Also I've survived whole 500kg bomb explosions with this perk, and other strataggems.. It's an awesome S-tier perk..

[@warrensmith7690]

Afaik several bugs damage is actually classified as explosive so fortified is more useful than you think

[@vengeagrippa]

L take on the Engineering perk. Before Siege Ready that was probably the top most used perk in the game. Especially on the bug side. Before the changes made to Bots. Fortified perk was almost necessary every mission. Even more so on higher difficulties. Scout perk is good especially for solo play.

[@killxswitch]

Peak Physique in S but Engineering and Democracy Protects in C is certifiably insane.

[@nophlast4237]

@@killxswitchagreed democracy protects is at least b tier (i understand it being a bit inconsistent for the ranking) it would be even better on light armor where youre more likely to get 1 tapped by damage and therefore activate it more (then it would be in A tier for me) still not great against chip damage like plasma lasers factory strider machine guns, acid, fire, or gas. But still good in a lot of situations

[@AzureIV]

I agree. Engineering was amazing until Siege Ready. +2 Grenades is game-changing. Crouching for the Recoil Reduction is also amazing on most of the more unwieldy weapons.

[@Alex-mn5rs]

Engineering kit is made irrelevant by the grenade pistol and crossbow. Bring one of those weapons, and you can take med-kit or fortified and get the handling bonus, plus the "grenade" shots for spawners, plus extra stims or explosive resistance. Now that I think about it, crossbow plus stim pistol plus fortified or siege ready armor is probably the most meta build you could take. The only possible reason I could see for taking Engineering kit is if you really wanted to make a build around the special grenades like stun, gas, or thermite.

[@AzureIV]

@@Alex-mn5rs That is assuming you have the crossbow, eruptor, or grenade pistol.

[@HurricaneBee]

I agreed with everything but Democracy Protects. There's too many instance where I've been under a quarter health and it's kept me standing when I should've died. I would at least put it in B tier.

[@detarak_oonson1119]

Fun fact: Bug bile is classified as explosive in the game files, so running armor with the fortified passive gives you 50% resistance to Bug bile damage, which can be helpful on nuke missions and raise the flag missions where there's 100% chance of the "big bug" constatation

[@KCameronJ]

Scout passive is so good. Even if not using stealth tactics, the radar ping for map markers is great for checking out areas of interest from afar and pre-planning your angle of attack. Really underrated passive IMO. It's a particular lifesaver when running missions on planets where there is crappy visibility due to storms etc.

[@haydenshirley1122]

And I think once they add gun customizations say with a silencer, then you could have your full squad kind of as a sniper team and take enemy out far

[@Odog78]

Ya, putting scout in D is just wrong. I'm not even a stealth player, but it's effect is incredibly noticeable and if you ever have a load out that you don't want to be agro'd, it's a nice pick. Any weapon where you want to engage mid to long range with will benefit from scout armor.

[@GGBlaster]

Personally, I’d put peak physique in maybe A or B, because while the handling buff is amazing, the melee damage buff doesn’t see a lot of use. Your melee attack speed tends to be slower than most melee enemies, and you’d probably still get more kills per second by just using your ranged weapon(s).

[@mahditaheri4070]

3:36 They have it in all three types of Armor and it has good level of protection and speed in light it gives you full speed with medium protection in medium like the light BUT in heavy you feel like a tank I took an Automation Canon directly to my chest and all i did get was chest hemorrhage and about 70% damage, in my opinion i like to have more speed to dodge but some times you need to make a stand, heavy armor with extra padding is for that role

[@C-Vite]

I agree with everything here except for engineering kit. Idk how Medit perk is S tier when engineering is all the way down to C 💀

[@Alex-mn5rs]

@C-Vite most people only use grenades for clearing spawners. The grenade pistol gives you 7 shots normally and 9 with siege ready. The crossbow gives you 40 shots or 50 with siege ready. Unless you're running a grenade loadout centered around one of the special grenades, there's no reason to take engineering kit.

[@FlamesGay]

@@Alex-mn5rsthis

[@platinumtheater5948]

Light gunner armor has extra padding. It's Light and have medium armor rating.

[@TheFumizuki]

The one I love is from the Killzone collab the fact it gives you 50% reduction for each elemental type of dmg is very strong

[@nophlast4237]

And to acid which no other armor has a reduction to

[@warrensmith7690]

fortified does limit acid (bile classified as explosive)

[@nophlast4237]

@@warrensmith7690 I was referring to acid damage itself but yeah

[@vesas5214]

Peak physique is weird because for me it's a game changer. I just can't use heavy weapons without it. I would die of old age waiting the crosshair to move where I want it. However, my buddies playing on PS don't even notice the difference :D

[@JulietNovember9]

Same, not only heavy weapons but also handling with the diligence counter sniper too. Super fast target acquisition. In addition, the Jaguar with the hood helm makes you look like a fremen fighter

[@AlaiasAlias]

Scout armor is easily S tier on bots front , especially when solo. Slip into fortress, blow it up under 2 minute then jump pack away. Reinforce can only eat your dirt. Patrol? Sneak pass them by crouching like a boss, like Big Boss. Yep you are essentially playing Metal Gear Solid now. Edit: It basically eliminates like half the chance of triggering reinforcement, if you know what you're doing. On other front, yep it's not that great, but one hidden bonus is, enemies will prioritize your teammates instead of you, you will have more breathing room.

[@gheatza]

a few days ago when we had to capture and hold one of the jungle planets I just dropped in and the team was in a firefight, I hid near a tree and a patrol just passed me by, like 2 meters away and started shooting at my mates. proceeded to unload my adjudicator in their backs, because, Democracy :D so yeah, Scout armor is pretty cool :D

[@titanjake9058]

Democracy Protects is A tier imo. I’ve been saved so many times by it. One time a 500 kg literally landed a few feet from me and I tanked that shit, stimed myself and got to the pelican.

[@STARPHASE]

I feel like inflammable needs more fire damage resistance, like the conduit one. Especially since fire is used the most against bugs, and often they can set you on fire, or slow you down so you set yourself on fire. the 75% can help, but fire does SO much damage, I feel like that passive needs to give more protection. I struggle to part with scout armor though. I love that detection reduction. It helps you escape easier, and if you're like me, where even in a team, you split off and do other objectives alone, while the rest of the team does other stuff, it's amazing. You don't need to do a PURE stealth run for it to be helpful. If you're an aggro player who shoots everything on sight, then it's not that helpful. But when you're one who doesn't feel the need to attack every patrol or small groups at side objectives, it's great. I love that scout passive.

[@AzureIV]

Electrical Conduit, Inflammable, and Advanced Filtration should all be 95% to their specific type.

[@JD867]

Fortified has saved my life many, many times. Just recently the whole team exploded due to a mishandled carpet bomb, and I was the sole survivor thanks to the 50% reduction.

[@nophlast4237]

Telsa armor should have done at least done 50% resistance to plasma damage same should have happened for the gas resistance and acid resistance.

[@CrimsonHeart-jf9qn]

Something better: EMP immuniti Stun granades, mortar EMP and Orbital EMP strike dont do a think to you.

[@RaNikstar]

​@@CrimsonHeart-jf9qn With this kind of passive EMP build would be insane with proper skills. Good idea!

[@AzureIV]

Tesla Armor should be Electric Damage and EMP resistant/immune. Having Plasma and/or Laser damage resistance would be too good.

[@K1NG_of_ReVeNGe1]

Engineering in C is pure insanity. Yeah it doesn't raise your grenade restocks.. But there are grenade boxes all over the map, ESPECIALLY in City maps, like holy damn. This way you can hold more. But honestly you made a good point, I might switch up, but I don't need any other passive on Squids cause Squids just don't demand enough meta choices. Electrical Conduit can smd, KZbinr saying you need it on Squids are absolutely fucking insane. Tesla towers are predictable, Harvesters deal low damage and Harvester only zap you when you approach slowly, from the front and in a straight line.

[@LrdBxRck]

Titles from warbonds should give that warbonds passive. A few warbonds would need to be revisited giving actual titles and passives. Titles should only be given at the completion of the warbond.

[@ItzSpritz]

Most of this makes since, and I love you BG, but scout armor on D tier is a CRAZY L take. It’s by far the most powerful in the game. I’ve crouch walked right up next to a hulk before and never once turned around. You can run around a fortress without the machine gun little guys even noticing you. Bugs not so much, but for bots, there is no better passive

[@jayng9144]

I still find the medium armor we are first issued with the ideal armor that can tank me out of some pretty bad situations while keeping me with enough stamina to retreat to cover.

[@Touchin-Grass]

The servo assisted armor passive is insanely good. For bots , i use the AMR and barrage call ins and wipe the map. I don't even need to go into basses anymore. I just toss my stratagems from across the map before anyone else gets close to the objectives. I just got a 1000+ kill game with that load out.

[@Derotter1345]

Democray protects should be in S because 1. It really lets you survive crazy stuff at all fronts 2. The armor sets wiht this feauture look crazy good 3. All passives in S tier (acept peak physice)suck

[@courtneyrock6202]

Scout armor was an L take. Playing stealthy isnt a requirement its really good for playing fast. Because you lose aggro much faster/easier whem you break line of sight. Or you could just drop a turret which attracts aggro while youre heading to the next objective and due to lower detection distance you dont have to worry about being chased. The scan is good for finding diamonds on the map without the uav booster because you just place pings on the map and see if theres groups of static enemies which means theres a diamond or secondary objectice.

[@nicholasalexander6358]

To me, the game has gotten to a point that you can run whatever passive and still be very effective, suit up to your place style, in the long run doesnt matter what armor is in what tier, just do the mission as best you can. The tier list still gives a good idea what's usually a safe pick, if your're not sure what direction you wanna go in.

[@IIIKobra]

Given most of the cracked out solo SHD divers I watch are mostly wearing scout armor I'm gonna assume that take is wrong

[@AlaiasAlias]

Yep you are essentially playing Metal Gear Solid with that armor. It basically eliminates like half the chance of triggering bullshit reinforcement, if you know what you're doing. No more bots trooper saw you miles away then call dropships, when you aren't even half way to the objectives yet.

[@Yogowafel]

Scout in D is crazy

[@PerfectDeath4]

The 50% acid reduction + 50% fire reduction + shield generator backpack basically lets me face tank Bile Titans with a flame thrower. xD The fire res is kinda nice if something jumps at me causing the fire to spread to the floor. Also during bile spewers I can exchange more comfortably. Being able to fight with more "space" to DPS and not have to constantly dive away is nice.

[@AzureIV]

I use Acclimated against Bugs. It allows me to run a Fire/Gas loadout against them.

[@jalanmoore6091]

How is engineering kit C tier bc you only get two grenades back but it's the same thing with med kit and it's in S tier 💀

[@BurnemThorne]

Having 2 more stims is significantly better than 2 more grenades

[@Alex-mn5rs]

@BurnemThorne you also have many grenade alternatives with the crossbow and grenade pistol. Most people only use their grenades for spawner clearing. Why get two extra grenades when I could get 7 or 40 from those two weapons (which bumps up to 9 and 50 with siege ready). The engineering kit might've been s or a tier when the game launched, but new additions have rendered it useless. Just bring one of those two weapons and fortified or med-kit if you want the handling bonus

[@smugreptile6695]

Democracy protects isn't meant for you to do crazy stuff like stand under a mini nuke. You CAN though. Which no other armor in the game can do. Honestly its almost on par with 50% damage resist to explosives with as often as it pops off. And it applies to every single damage type in the game. While less likely to save you from things like acid and fire due to the damage over time effect, it can still happen. It can also save you from your teammates as well. If you run that armor with the mindset of playing normally, its pretty good. As half the time you SHOULD die, you just don't. Allowing for a quick stim and moving on. And if you are bleeding and out of stims, it can buy you enough time to call down a resupply or have a teammate reach you. Something that would normally be a straight up death sentence is just put on hold indefinitely. Which while niche, just saying "No You" to bleeding out is pretty baller. While the memes are funny, if you aren't trying to rig the jackpot, its not a bad armor to run. Just don't be an idiot and it will save you more often than not. Or if you get really lucky, you just straight up become unkillable. Personal streak was 5 consecutive hits with a completely empty health bar. Though I have see some people get up to 8.

[@tribsta1018]

Scout armour is good for if you want to scout the maps looks for samples, it is also good if you are rocking a turret build and need time to set up, letting your team mates take agro until they are up and running

[@gqbcustomkickz]

The B-08 LIGHT GUNNER provides extra padding in the light armor version...it was available in the super store, it's mostly what I use for bots....medium armor protection with the movement of light armor 👊🏾❤

[@AzureIV]

Unfortunately unless you have 101+ armor, you don't get the head protection.

[@HudsonAktau]

It's just me or I think 30% less recoil is better than handling? I'd prefer engineering armour over peak physic one. Also scout armour helps not only paying stealth - you can complete objectives much more easier. Fortified armour is S tier for bots and bugs (at ICBM missions for example). There is a extra padding light armour. Idk... Your rating feels wrong 🤣🤣🤣 I know it's your opinion.

[@michaelkapustka2210]

As a few have already said, all bile damage from the bugs is 100% explosive damage, I usually use this on bug missions, especially if it's going to be a spewer seed, it is invaluable at keeping you alive when 4 of those green bastards are barfing at you. In terms of bot missions, rockets from all bot enemies are actually split between ballistic damage and explosive damage, so fortified doesn't actually protect you completely from rockets. I use it on bots as well, but I usually go with engineer for more thermites. This is a long winded way of saying that Fortified is actually more effective against bugs than bots, in certain cases. Love your videos bruh 😄

[@AzureIV]

I heard that the mortar bile from the Bugs doesn't count as Explosive Damage. Is that true or has it been confirmed as Explosive?

[@michaelkapustka2210]

@AzureIV I'm honestly not sure about that. I've seen several times that the bile spew itself counts as explosive. My guess would be that it's like automaton rockets, part explosive and part ballistic. But I don't know for sure. That's a good question

[@AzureIV]

@@michaelkapustka2210 Oh right! I forgot that at one point rockets could do impact damage. Maybe it is impact and not explosive.

[@2shoes155]

I solo a lot. engineer with gas grenades really helps a lot for bugs and squids. Or I run medkit if I’m carrying a supply pack. I use fortified for bots. Fortified is nice for bugs when soloing if you’re using crossbow or grenade launcher. You are eventually going to get swarmed. Being able to face tank your own explosion will prevent deaths.

[@firepeaman2440]

I think you're underestimating the practicality of Scout. It makes resource collecting much easier (which you should be doing anyway if you're running it). The stealth is great for clearing the minor POIs and side objective without getting enemy attention, and allows you to get away much easier in the case you do get spotted, which can also help draw attention away from the rest of your team.

[@demonicdude1328]

Peek physique in S tier where it belongs 💪

[@snowwann273]

In my opinion, Light armor for bugs being any engineer grenade set or the reload set. For bots it will be heavy armor that helps reduce impacts/explosions or the reload buff. Illuminate is medium armor, this one varies the most imo, so stims or impact/explosion reduction/extrapadding, +2 grenades. The "special" armors that reduce fire or electric resistance is if you specifically, are playing with a known group and are all using one of those types of weapons that way you can go full tilt with a electric or flame guns and strats build.

[@AzureIV]

I always ran light engineering vs. bugs and medium explosive resist (B-24 Enforcer my beloved) vs. bots. Now with the squids, I run light siege ready. With the new acclimated passive, I run light acclimated vs. bugs to deal with bug acid and I can now run plenty of fire and gas against them (which is great against bugs). If they nerf siege ready, I will use acclimated against squids as well.

[@armorednutella]

Stealth armor in D is hilarious but it is your tier list.

[@jesusalvelo1249]

I use Servo-Assisted a lot specially against Automatons. Being able to throw further eagles, orbital bombardments, sentries and thermite grenades increase my survivability significantly. It also allows me to further drop sentries behind enemies or bases where it may be hard to reach. I highly recommend this armor perk (in a heavy armor) against automatons and in some destroy missions for the bugs :)

[@apexmoto9610]

Dude puts engineering down in C tier cuz you can't refill at least half of your frags from a supply box and then completely neglects to mention that the med-kit passive has the exact same problem while placing it in S 😑👎

[@Karti_Z]

Unflinching could also negate the effects of one broken arm and reduce the effect of two broken arms

[@arthurdias2786]

Bile spit counts as explosions if I’m not mistaken… so it’s a plus for bugs missions.

[@CristianoSetmus]

armory description we use not only for steath, but for run more

[@RowOfMushyTiT]

I actually always run the anti-flinch armour vs. bots since being flinched is so f*cking annoying. Also the Wolfenstein armour looks sick.

[@mugeninfinite500]

It's the opposite for Scout Passive for me. It's super helpful if you wanna finish the mission swiftly without caring about kill counts. Pair it with jet pack and you'll be God like. The marker is useful for evading. It's basically a stealth mission if wearing the scout armor Definitely an S tier

[@saejinquan]

I’m a Heavy Armour Junkie and I always go with the Padded Chunky armour when I go Super Saiyan

[@sliphstream4927]

I like running the Arc Protection vs illuminate because those friggin enemy Tesla towers can easily 1-hit you otherwsie. Flying right above an enemy Tesla tower while using a jetpack really sucks. By the time you see / hear it, it's already too late

[@GotEmAll1337]

Lol peak physique S tier and Scout D tier?....again, LoL.

[@antarex4017]

Holy, prolly one of the worst tier listing of armor ever made.

[@AmaryIIion]

I dont even use it myself, but a 50% chance to just not die is way crazier than you make it out to be. Honestly, your proposed change to it would just be a nerf.

[@RedVeilLavender]

We should have an armor that adds 70% resistance to fire and increased mag capacity

[@tumedei16]

I want to clerify that having 100 armor rating as a medium armor or 100 as a padded light armor is not the same thing

[@edhaine]

You miss the point of Scout. It is not only about "stealth" run, it is about intel. The amount of time I use the ping to obtain intel on a point of interest so my mates know what offensive stratagems is better to use saves us time like hell. Also useful to ping the way you’re taking in advance to not get surprised with what you are doing.

[@Ng6HeavyWeaponsMann]

50 more HP is quite good. I feel like a Demi god suviving ANYTHING

[@mushroom3371]

scout passive just allows you to not fight unnecessary patrols and do most bot objectives like orbital cannons and jammers safer+solo. There were a lot of instances in my games with randoms that i did 3-4 orbital cannons solo without fighting a single bot while they were doing other objectives and it is not even a hard thing to do

[@ryenpdf]

Unflinching is perfect for automatons if you run it w the railgun. I run it for every bot mission.

[@approximately27goats]

Man I might be crazy but I'm gonna have to give some push back on my boy Engineering Kit. I agree it's a bummer the supply packs don't give you more than 2 nades per tap. But through exploring the map you run into grenade pickups AND often times there is just a stray supply pickup or 2 laying around at a spot that everyone has already left, so you can double or even triple tap it. Between those two sources of grenades I really do feel it makes it at LEAST into A tier. Idk. It's my go-to default armor unless I'm running something more niche. Not to mention that recoil reduction, just icing on the cake. My personal S tier.

[@viniribr]

ok, I need to talk about the fortified passive and how its S tier and amazing on bugs. It says explosive damage, which means friendly and your own damage, so it allows you to fire a crossbow at closer ranges and avoid taking massive damage from it while it which leads to avoiding massive damage from bugs that get too close to you Edit: ok,I need to talk about the 50%. Its a safe coin flip, you would die anyway BUT you didn't, Also, it feels like more then 50 cause I always survive the first time and a lot of times it saves me for many times in a row. Once I survive on 1 HP for a whole minute of taking damage and managed to get a ressuply to heal Edit2: I should have whatched everything first lol. So, the scout. Its amazing for solo and for a support for the team. You can ping around to look for enemy movement and see patrols around the map. Now the new passive with 50% resistence on all elements. FIRST: its the only armor that give resistence to ACID, which is the attack element of the bugs, SO, you can tank a Bile Titan and Spewer. It also allow you to use Gas orbital with flamethrower

[@henzimacro6840]

Aint no way you put engineering kit in C. Its 3 boosts conbined in one. MANDATORY on the battlefield

[@ThunderCat78]

Thanks for your effort and play throughs they are great before a dive

[@MFOnslaught]

Scout passive is my favorite. But i usually run solo when playing with a team

[@vyren]

I like the fact that 8/13 Stategems are in the below Average Category or lower 😅

[@ivanhapuku-tenahu1638]

Democracy protects is the best armor i got blown super high by a exploding tank then survived the fall, ive also seen people survive like 6 times while getting shot by another player a traitor and managed to kill them. DEMOCRACY PROTECTS

[@melkor6339]

Light Gunner is my favourite armour in the game. Is Light Armor with medium armor rating.

[@voorachter2733]

I wish we could just pick & choose the passives. Right now I am forced to choose between being useful or looking good.

[@LrdBxRck]

Unflinching pretty good when using the RR i would up it to A tier. Electrical conduit is S-A tier illuminati since harvesters, observer and (illuminati) Tesla Tower (best version since it doesn't target it's allies). Im not an expert on democracy protects but i don't think it has an internal CD. Inflammable is amazing for bug and illuminati missions. It can allow for some pretty dumb plays to happen. Ive called napalm barrage on myself to clear overrun objectives/extractions.

[@erikbell1723]

I think acclimated is strictly better than the other ones against the bugs & illuminate. As long as you are doing one of then other damage types Bugs do acid damage all the time, illuminates do electrical damage If you are bringing flamethrower against either faction chances are this helps you more often then the one type protection armors

[@stevet6975]

Explosive reduction is the best damage reduction on all fronts. Bile acids count as explosive damage. Stalker tongue counts as explosive damage.

[@AzureIV]

Unfortunately the Squids don't do Explosive Damage beyond their grenades.

[@Ben_D.]

Stealth is not your playstyle so you were a bit harsh on the scout armor. I use it exclusively on bots, along with the jet pack, to ensure that I am the one that initiates (most of) my engagements. Fighting only fights I am sure to win, avoiding the rest. Works very well.

[@Robba_DG]

the coin flip feels like a cheat everytime it protects you just dont understand why you didnt just die. Like when a charger tramples you walks all over you and shoots you 100 ft in the air land in a bug nest get swarmed by bugs while youre still in ragdoll so spam the dive button to body surf over the crowd run away and stim. Or when your survive getting shot three time in a row by a factory stryder. it feels more like it gives you time windows of immunity and if you take multiple lethal hits in succesion while in that window you survive anything.

[@darkwings4403]

personal opinion scout only good if you want to go for stealth unflinching you may not get staggered out of the stim animation but thats it if you feel like you get staggered a lot then that armor perk can help engi kit if you us thermite or in general us nades a lot its good but only getting the reduced spread and recoil when cruching or laying down isnt my favorite part the element passives are in general not my favorites i like the all in one from the killzone armors arc is mainly good against fish people fire if you us a lot of fire weapons and gas well rare to see people using gas and since they reworked and nerfed its damage you can just walk gas off unless you go for a gas warrior build servo passiv was my favorite because of the throw range and not getting a broken arm that fast on bug front was on the ground breaker before being changed to engi kit democrasy protects fun in pvp with friends and if you like to gable with your live fortified best armor passive against higher diffecult bots and team mates using mortars peak physic sadly never tried it because i dont like the armor designs medic for people who need more blue vision for maximum democrasy siege ready love it the extra ammo is just chef kiss and still working on support weapons for jsut 1 more mag mostly is just lovely i hope one day they allow us to us passivs on different armors i have a lot of armors that i like the design of but not its effect wish we could switch them out without having to change our look

[@jdd108]

Immediate dislike after C placement for Engineering Kit. I agree about the grenade restock issue, but the recoil reduction is massive for high fire rate weapons.

[@prstechnic1774]

I agree except I think peak physique and engineering kit both go in B. I LOVE peak physique but it isn’t nearly as useful as med kit and siege ready, and the melee passive is useless unless you build into it, so it’s also niche. I think you’re underselling engineering kit because, just like extra padding, it’s always good no matter what front you’re on and it doesn’t require a build to be good. The recoil reduction isn’t as nice as peak physique but it’s still good for hitting targets at range and the extra grenades are the cherry on top that makes the armor really versatile and useful everywhere.

[@jodensmith5093]

Hey man live the video. Would only not agree with the gas armor. Used it a lot for a while and in my experience enemies go from destroying you to rarely hitting you at all if you run around in anything other than a straight line. Also the gas doesn’t slow you anymore and it’s amazing for the grenades specifically because when your being rushed and your dead for sure you can just throw a gas nade down and then have plenty of time to get out. Also the multipurpose armor as you kind of mentioned is amazing if like me you only play with randoms and have no real clue what people will use and how good their aim is

[@BluFalcon_1]

Fortified applies to bug spit too. S Tier.

[@greenlion1089]

Immidiately discreditted yourself with the first rating.

[@Zane12ai]

Who’s gonna tell him that bile is counted as explosive damage and not acid?

[@armorednutella]

I'm just here to laugh at the thumbnail because two of them are the same armor passive lol

[@nikitaKarkavin]

I hope they never nerf Siege-ready

[@Danny-Kane]

Inflammable got a bad wrap. I think you got to factor planets with hell tornadoes. Definitely make it superior to the arch and gas because of that. There's no lighting of gas planets yet.

[@TheCamaro5]

conduit is S tier on squids.

[@theredbar-cross8515]

The 50% explosive dmg resist is misleading. Against Bots the majority of the dmg you take from a rocket hit is ballistic, NOT explosive. It's basically just a big bullet. They reduced the explosive AOE for rockets and missiles dramatically, so it's very rare to take a lethal hit from the explosive dmg. You're dying to the ballistic dmg. In terms of survivability, the best armor is actually Extra Padding. It effectively doubles the Health Booster bonus.

[@bloodwriter1]

Melee is useless Meanwhile some badasses clearing 3 stalker liars with stun lance in solo

[@pug9662]

Fortified gives you 50% damage reduction to acid, impalers

[@guttosmile]

Bile from spewers and bile titans is explosive damage. Thus the fortified passive works great on bugs missions. 50% limb health doesn’t make your limbs have more health. It simply raises the limb break threshold. Lastly, scout armor passive…it’s infinitely useful if you know what you are doing. It’s not splinter cell, it’s guerrilla warfare, which are different at their core. If you don’t know what weapons enemies react to and how, how detections works, then I see it being useless and even more so damaging to one’s experience. But saying it’s D tier is like saying that smoke grenades are useless.

[@jeffkiewiet806]

I used to use the light version of extra padding all the time

[@DakkaDakka12]

Lot of bad takes, acclimated passive is the only means of getting damage reduction against terminid acid in game, and most teams will have someone bringing a elemental weapon against terminids because the elemental weapons/strategems have good horde clear. Engineering passive’s extra grenades have more value than you give them credit for and should pull that armor to at least b tier as extra resources are never a negative. Scout passive is pretty strong, you have one player in scout armor and 3 players not wearing it allows scout player to do objectives unhindered bc the shorter spotting range ensures enemies focus the other teammates even when in very close range of the enemy.

[@valentine7455]

the worst and average in the thumbnail are the same passive on the same armour level

[@SuperGrooby]

Some feedback: can you actually show your tier list while you're talking? You spent 90% of the video looking at the bottom of your diagram. It's hard to keep up with the comparisons of what you're talking about when your tier list is only on the screen for a couple seconds over the course of 20 minutes.

[@DKornetti]

Quit making lists bro

[@xtron1234]

Servo assisted my beloved ❤

[@TaintedMojo]

The fire armor is also good if you’re running around on the fire tornado worlds The medic armor with stun infusion boost: The Philly Crackhead Special

[@richieh80]

Engineering is S/A tier and Fortified is S tier.