[STEAM][PRESS]Factory Striders Are Back in Helldivers 2 — and They’re Multi-Dropping

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developer Arrowhead has triggered the resurgence of the Factory Striders — and on ******* difficulties they’re dropping in packs.

For the uninitiated, the Factory Strider is an AT-AT-style Automaton walker that drops onto the battlefield, stomps around ********* up Helldivers, and sometimes even spawns other enemies.

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, but it seems this was something of a test. Now, according to Arrowhead, Factory Striders are back and in a big way.

Factory Striders have made a resurgence on the Automaton front. These imposing, massive support dreadnoughts now threaten freedom and democracy throughout the galactic rim.

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— HELLDIVERS™ 2 (@helldivers2)

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Since this announcement, Helldivers 2 players have discovered that on the game’s ******* difficulties, the Factory Striders can multi-drop. That is, they can drop in groups, which is a terrifying prospect.

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published a clip, below, that shows just how out of control this can get, with Factory Strider after Factory Strider dropping in front of the unfortunate Helldiver.

Factory Strider multi drop

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— Helldivers Alerts (@HelldiversAlert)

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While Factory Striders are imposing and difficult to take down, the fightback has begun, with players sharing their tips for destroying the support dreadnoughts (check out

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). In short, the answer is to bring big, powerful ******, and as many as your group can carry. Drop everything you’ve got, basically, especially if more than one Factory Strider turns up. If you're all out of ******, try blowing its guns off with your hardest-hitting support *******. If all else fails, run!

Some players are reporting that even in public groups Helldivers understand the assignment, and as soon as a Factory Striders turns up, everyone lets it have it. “I joined four, difficulty eight pubs, in all four we had multi-drop Factory Striders at some point that lasted all of 10 seconds,”

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. “Literally soon as we saw one, anywhere from six to eight stratagems would follow. I am talking 380, laser, 500kg, rail cannon, walking barrage, clusters eagle airstrike. The works. These were all pubs but everyone was on the same wavelength, drop big boomboom on big ******.

“Imagine the perspective of the striders, giant mechanical menace, peak **** engineering. Gets dropped, with two of the same. Within five seconds of landing six orbs with red beams aimed at the sky fall at your feet.”

The Helldivers community is currently fighting off the Automaton invasion, which Arrowhead triggered last week with a new set of Major Orders focused on pushing the bots back. It ******** to be seen where Game Master Joel will take the Galactic War next.

If you’re looking for more on Helldivers 2, check out IGN’s feature on

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, a player who has answered over 100 **** Beacons as part of a mission to help others.

Helldivers 2 has become one of the surprise hits of 2024 since launching in February,

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and

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. According to at least one analyst,

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. Check out

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to find out why it's going down so well.

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Wesley is the *** News Editor for IGN. Find him on

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at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at *****@*****.tld.

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