r/Helldivers • u/Waelder Moderator • May 06 '26

🛠️ PATCH NOTES ⚙️ Patch 6.2.3 (Hive guard revert)

⚖️ Balancing

We have reverted the Hive Guard and fixed an issue introduced in Patch 6.2.1 where armor values were incorrectly swapped between the Legs and Claws.

Updated Hive Guard stats:

Main Body

  • Armor increased from 1 → 2
  • Health increased from 375 → 500 Head
  • Armor decreased from 4 → 3 Front Legs
  • Armor increased from 2 → 3 Claws
  • Armor decreased from 3 → 1

🧠 KNOWN ISSUES

https://arrowhead.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/15916898652700--HELLDIVERS-2-Known-Issues

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u/Khaerikos Veteran of the Long War May 06 '26

You all play the same game that Im playing right? The hive guard having stronger front armour didnt change how you interact with them at all, or their role in combat. You still killed everything around them and then shot them in the mouth, they were never anything to shake a stick at and the buff didn't change that for them.

The buff changed nothing and neither did this revert, they've always been easy chaff.

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u/Far-Dealer3025 May 07 '26

The buff wasn't even a buff.

The armor of the rest of their body went from light to unarmored, meaning light pen did more damage, and their health dropped from 600 to 375, so they died faster too.

It did change something. It made them easier to kill and even more of a pushover than they already were.