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Arrowhead has a lot of exciting plans for Helldivers 2 in 2025, albeit all the developer’s intentions are currently kept secret behind-the-scenes. Fortunately, there are leaks online that potentially pull the curtain aside on massive battles coming to Super Earth, as well as an armor customisation system. Now there are fresh Helldivers 2 leaks that have spilled the beans on a new stratagem upgrade that leaves Jump Packs in the dirt.
Helldivers 2 leak reveals new Jump Pack stratagem upgrade
The Jump Pack is a popular stratagem in Helldivers 2. The LIFT-850 allows players to leap across the battlefield, albeit with the condition of a cooldown after being used each for each pounce.
On the HelldiversLeaks subreddit, OP Tier5NPC has shared details about a newer and better Jump Pack that is currently in-development. Per the OP’s admission, “It is important to note that the [new] stratagem does NOT possess a model and has a placeholder model identical to its current counterpart in-game”.
According to Tier5NPC, the “High Efficiency Thruster Pack… is a more powerful and heavy variation of the Lift-850 Jump Pack” that is currently available for Super Earth soldiers. It “allows its wearer to jump significantly higher with much more controlled ascensions allowing the Helldiver to shoot much more ‘accurately’ at the enemies below”.
While the new Jump Pack leaps higher and comes with the possibility of more offensive accuracy, there is the drawback of a longer cooldown. However, back to the pros, its higher elevation means players can “perform a curved ‘high jump’ over enemies and blast everything underneath them with little worry to trip and fall on landing,” which presumably means little-to-no worries of tripping and ragdolling.
It’s reported that the new Jump Pack is more offensive-based in comparison to the Lift-850 that is more tactical. While the Lift-850 is a tactical pack designed to aide traversal through difficult terrain, as well as “perform rapid and successive evasions of enemy attacks,” the High Efficiency Thruster Pack is more geared towards combat.
The H.E. Thruster Pack lacks “forward thrusting,” but it has “significantly more powerful vertical thrusting,” and this, in theory, allows the player to “retain control over their manoeuvrability while in air [to] obliterate the threat below them from a safe high altitude”.
Basically, the differences are that the Lift-850 will remain useful for players who want a Jump Pack more for traversal, whereas the H.E. will become the better option for players who want a Jump Pack with a competitive edge.
Check out the Reddit post below for gameplay comparisons. Again, the new stratagem does not possess a unique model at this point in time, so the model used by Tier5NPC for gameplay purposes is not representative of the final product.
For more Helldivers 2, check out our guide to the best warbonds ranked, along with the best stratagems and best throwables. We have also a guide to the best weapons, and, if you’re coming back to HD2 for the first time in a long while, we have a bunch of tips and tricks to help you get reaccustomed to the battlefield.
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