Crowd control
Track mobile pressure
Keep a close-range or area-control answer available while the squad handles new fast attackers.
HELLDIVERS 2 Illuminate Enemies
The current Illuminate front now extends into the Void. Bring crowd control for mobile pressure, preserve survivability, and reserve sustained heavy coverage for the Crusher.
- Current build
- 7.0.2
- Last verified
- Status
- Official
Cover both ends of the threat spectrum
The Wretch punishes slow tracking and the Crusher punishes damage that stops too soon. A squad that brings only crowd clear or only heavy damage leaves one of those jobs exposed.
Priority threats
Crusher and Wretch
Heavy pressure
Crusher
Keep coordinated damage on a Crusher and do not give it a quiet reset window. Arrowhead's guidance is to wear it down quickly and consistently before it regenerates.
Open the verified behavior and counter plan →Mobile assaultWretch
Track the Wretch through its dodges and leap, then finish it with focused aim. Slow target switching gives this fast Illuminate threat the opening it wants.
Open the verified behavior and counter plan →Anti-heavy
Sustain pressure
The Crusher's officially confirmed regeneration makes coordinated, continuous damage a required team job.
Mission awareness
Expect the Void to change the route
Randomized primary objectives and secondary extraction zones reward squads that keep mobility and objective utility.
Current issue
High Value Assets clipping
Arrowhead currently acknowledges that new Illuminate enemies may clip through terrain or obstacles during High Value Assets missions.
Read the issue status and workaround fieldPrepare the drop