Helldivers, when you're on the front lines, emptying magazines into hordes of terminids, do you ever feel like you're a space bug exterminator? I know, and that's why I'm really excited to tell you about our upcoming Warbond*: Chemical Agents! This one has some seriously lethal toys.
I'll start with everyone's favorite part of a Warbond: the offensive equipment. The first thing a terminidic exterminator needs is a good high-pressure sprayer. The TX-41 Sterilizer is the tool of the trade, ready to spray the threat with chemical gas.
A literal spray and prayer with the TX-41 sterilizer.
And in case the bugs have gotten to you, don’t worry – your little gassy friend, the AX/TX-13 “Guard Dog” Dog Breath, won’t let them catch you off guard before spraying them with his corrosive gas spray. If there are still any left standing after the ploys are over, hit them with the G-4 gas grenade. Cover the whole area in a cloud of noxious fumes, Helldiver!
The AX/TX-13 “Guard Dog” Dog Breath fueled and ready to go.
Adding Stratagem variants to Warbonds is new to Chemical Agents, but our designers felt that since gas is a crowd control tool, it made more sense to just throw Stratagems around and let Helldivers pick and choose the primary weapons they liked best. Not only that, but this brings a lot of variety to Chemical Agents that we hope players will enjoy.
Breathe easy with the AF-02 Haz-Master armor.
Now let's talk drip. Super Earth Terminators have access to some killer threads in Chemical Agents. First off, these armor sets have the Advanced Filtration passive, which gives the player resistance to the gas clouds they'll generate with their new toys, including the toxic cloud emitted by the Orbital Gas Strike stratagem. The AF-50 Noxious Ranger is a lightweight armor set, best paired with the Standard of Safe Distance cloak. If you really want to go all out with your protective gear, you've got the medium AF-02 Haz-Master and the matching Patient Zero's Remembrance cloak. Each set also has a player card to match the cloaks.
The AF-50 Noxious Ranger can survive in fumes.
Our players have been asking for more emotes, and the ones included with Chemical Agents are some of the best we have yet. Want to know how to tell a joke in Helldivers 2 with your mic off? Use the Natural Gas Extraction companion emote, of course. Try to convince your entire squad to pull your finger. And once everyone returns to their ship, they can express their displeasure with the “Ew” victory pose.
I said pull my finger, Helldiver!
We're adding another set of patterns for your Hellpods, Pelican-1, and Exosuit in a mustard color. Not the kind you use on a hot dog, but the deadly kind. If your squad ever wanders into your toxic cloud, you can use the new P-11 Stim Pistol to heal them up a bit from a safe distance.
The friendliest of friendly fire: the P-11 Stim Pistol.
Finally, if you really want to dig deeper into the roleplay, Chemical Agents includes a new player title: Expert Exterminator.
That’s it, Helldivers. This could be a whole new theme for your squad as the galaxy’s elite peacekeepers and pest destroyers. Get ready for Chemical Agents, releasing September 19.
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*Requires base game, paid purchase of Super Credits and in-game progression to unlock.
