Helldivers, it’s time to dust off your weapons and get ready for some action as a new update has dropped for the game. The Chemical Agents Warbond is finally live, and it brings a plethora of changes and new things for you to explore and sink your teeth into.
Alongside the new update, we also received a huge patch with various balance changes to numerous weapons. With such changes, it’s only normal that you’ll be wondering which weapons to pick for the new update. Well, no need to worry as we’ve got you covered. This tier list will show you the best weapons for the new update so that you can have fun with the newest content!
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Tier List Explanation
The weapons in this tier list will be divided into the following 4 tiers:
- S-Tier: These weapons are the best of the best, and the ones you’ll most often pick when you face difficult missions!
- A-Tier: These weapons are really powerful against certain factions and can help you clear some of the harder missions.
- B-Tier: These weapons are viable in specific scenarios but fall short of the higher-tier weapons.
- C-Tier: These weapons are very niche and more often than not are not ones you’d want to pick.
Note: Although this tier list strives to be as objective as possible in terms of viability, you should not limit yourself to strictly adhere to this list, but rather experiment and see which weapon is fun for you!
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S-Tier Weapons
Breaker is the best non-stratagem weapon in the game and is even more powerful now thanks to the new update, which gave it an extended magazine and increased Stagger force.
Although the Dominator’s projectile speed can fall a bit short, it has the highest per-shot damage out of all weapons. Despite not receiving any changes during the new update, it remains one of the best weapons to use in this patch.
There’s nothing much to say about the Redeemer, as its great DPS per shot and accuracy say all we need to know. Similar to the Dominator, it has received no updates in this patch but remains one of the best secondary weapons to have in your arsenal.
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A-Tier Weapons
Despite being slightly weaker than the Dominator, the Scorcher is a great all-around weapon with amazing DPS potential when fighting grouped enemies.
The Sickle is a favorite mostly because of its nearly infinite ammo and high fire rate. It can deal a ton of damage without overheating quickly, and despite not receiving any changes, this patch is still a great pick.
Although its range is nothing spectacular, the Blitzer is a great tool when dealing with numerous enemies. Its high stagger and great accuracy make it a great pick, which is great for players who don’t like aiming that much.
Diligence has moved up the ranks thanks to the new update, which greatly increased its damage output, making it an even better weapon for those who plan to stay on the sidelines.
Dagger has been in a bad place for a while, but thanks to the new update, which made it gain heat slower while also greatly increasing its damage and removing its recoil, Dagger is now a usable sidearm, which can prove to be quite useful.
Other A-Tier weapons include:
- Crisper
- Torcher
- Eruptor
- Pummeller
- Senator
- Slugger
- Diligence Counter Sniper
- Grenade Pistol
- Bushwhacker
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B-Tier Weapons
Despite its high ammo, you’ll more often than not find yourselves running out of ammo. Thankfully, the new update boosted the Knight’s damage slightly while also reducing its recoil, making it a bit better, but it still falls a bit short of other weapons.
Being the starter gun, the Liberator is close to everyone’s heart. That being said, it can only deal with weaker enemies, thus its lower rank. Thankfully the new update blessed it with a good amount of buffs, so it might just be seeing more use now.
Scythe was considered one of the worst weapons by the community, but thankfully the new update brought a bit of life to it thanks to reducing its cooldown, removing its recoil, and having it set enemies on fire faster.
The Exploding Crossbow has decent AoE damage, which is unfortunately hindered by its small explosion range. Thankfully, the newest update addressed just that and increased its explosion radius while also drastically boosting its damage, so you might want to take it out for a spin.
Other B-Tier weapons include:
- Cookout
- Liberator Concussive
- Liberator Carbine
- Punisher
- Adjudicator
- Incendiary Breaker
- Defender
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C-Tier Weapons
The Stim Pistol is the newest weapon to be added to the Chemical Agents Warbond, and it’s honestly not great. Its only function is to support your teammates by healing them, but being unable to self-heal while also not offering high healing potential, coupled with the difficulty in aiming the darn thing, makes the Stim Pistol a hard recommend.
Similar to the Liberator, the Peacemaker is everyone’s starter pistol and one that you’ll soon forget about. It is unfortunately only useful for the early stages of the game and is later powercrept by other, and better pistols.
Other C-Tier weapons include:
- Breaker Spray&Pray
- Purifier
- Tenderizer
- Verdict
- Liberator Penetrator
- Plasma Punisher
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Chemical Agents Warbond Tier List Summary
Regardless of which weapon you choose to carry you through the new update, what is important is that you have a ton of fun clearing missions and sharing epic moments with friends. The new patch certainly brought a ton of changes to most of the game’s weapons, and we hope that the list above has helped you pick a new weapon to have fun with. Below you can find a summary table of all the tiers and weapons:
| Tier | Weapons |
| S-Tier | Breaker, Dominator, Redeemer |
| A-Tier | Scorcher, Sickle, Blitzer, Diligence, Daggerm Crisper, Torcher, Eruptor, Pummeller, Senator, Slugger, Diligence Counter Sniper, Grenade Pistol, Bushwhacker |
| B-Tier | Knight, Liberator, Scythe, Exploding Crossbow, Cookout, Liberator Concussive, Liberator Carbine, Punisher, Adjudicator, Incendiary Breaker, Defender |
| C-Tier | Stim Pistol, Peacemaker, Breaker Splray&Pray, Purifier, Tenderizer, Verdict, Liberator Penetrator, Plasma Punisher |
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