Two Helldivers 2 Tips Will Make Both Meridia and its Shriekers Easy No Matter the Difficulty

These helpful tips will make the Helldivers 2 experience against the Shriekers a walk in the park.

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  • The gaming community just discovered the weakness of the Shriekers in Helldivers 2.
  • Director Johan Pilestedt is open to suggestions for new stratagems and features.
  • Helldivers 2 players can use smoke stratagems to sneak around enemies in stealth.
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Helldivers 2 aims to deliver an immersive action experience on the frontlines of an intergalactic war. The players take on the role of soldiers and will encounter several enemy types of different factions and one in particular can be a nightmare but these tips and tricks will save the day.

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The Shriekers pose a major threat to the players but some have found an easy solution. The secret is to give these hostile forces a run for their money by hiding in plain sight with the help of a few smoke grenades and smoke-related stratagems to mask the location of the players.

How to Defeat Helldivers 2 Shriekers in One Simple Step

Shriekers can't fight what they can't see in Helldivers 2.
Shriekers can’t fight what they can’t see in Helldivers 2.

There is no shortage of enemy types and factions in this live service game. The Ministry of Truth recently sent out a new mandate to permanently wipe out the Terminid threat but had to make a deal with the devil by using a new substance called the Dark Fluid and means to use it against the Terminids.

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Enemy factions are like weeds in a field, another will take its place but the Shriekers have become an obstacle. The community has worked around the problem with a simple solution that involves smoke bombs.

PSA: Smoke mostly hides you from Shriekers
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It turns out the perception of the Shriekers is as bad as a regular human being. All it takes is a few smoke bombs that blur the vision of these creatures for players to go prone and sneak through purely in stealth. The stratagems are mostly overlooked but the smoke-related ones can be quite useful in the right situations.

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Making use of the tools provided effectively could bear some good fruit. Perhaps these stratagems or smoke bonds were not utilized correctly until the gaming community figured out the best way to use them. Director Johan Pilestedt would often engage in conversations with the players as they share their experiences also suggestions for new stratagems like a multi-directional eagle strike.

Helldivers 2 Players Discovered the Best Way to Get Around Shriekers

Every enemy type in Helldivers 2 has its weaknesses and it is up to the players to exploit them.
Every enemy type in Helldivers 2 has its weaknesses and it is up to the players to exploit them.

These helpful tips and tricks could save new players a lot more time by not having to fire any shots. It can be more efficient to find other solutions to go about a combat scenario like not having to engage or fight at all.

Players can blend with the surroundings and avoid signing their death warrants by dancing with the Shriekers.

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This strategy will require stealth and smoke bombs which can spice up the experience to a different level. Players often shoot their way out of every situation but since Arrowhead Game Studios nerfed the firepower and efficiency of several primary weapons, sneaking by is an optimal solution.

There are other ways to win that don’t involve having a trigger finger, players can throw smoke bombs to navigate the terrain and reach a more tactical position that would give the edge against these enemies and rain down hellfire.

Have you been using the smoke bombs correctly in Helldivers 2? Let us know in the comments section below!

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Rouvin is deeply fascinated by pop culture media ranging from comics, movies, TV shows and especially video games with a rich narrative.