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Helldivers 2 - All Orbital Cannons and How they Work

Tahmid Shihab

Published: 23:30, 04 March 2024

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Helldivers 2 - All Orbital Cannons and How they Work

Dominate the combat zone with your Orbital Cannons in Helldivers 2.

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The game allows players to launch from their Super Destroyer onto different planets and utilize unique stratagems to aid in combat.
There are four types of stratagems in Helldivers 2: Supply, Defensive, Offensive, and Mission Stratagems.
Offensive Stratagems, such as the Orbital Cannon, enable players to call down heavy weaponry, firebombs, and airstrikes to combat Terminids and Automatons.

Dominate the combat zone with your Orbital Cannons in Helldivers 2.

Orbital Cannon is essential for creating space and dealing heavy damage in Helldivers 2. Let's look at the functions of each Orbital Cannon stratagem and how they work in Helldivers 2.

Helldivers 2 is a survival-based extraction shooter from Arrowhead Game Studios. Sony Entertainment published the game for PC and PlayStation 5.

In Helldivers 2, the players launch from their Super Destroyer onto different planets. When they land on a planet, they can use the Super Destroyer's unique stratagems to help them in combat.

All Super Destroyers carry four types of stratagems: Supply, Defensive, Offensive, and Mission Stratagems. Offensive Stratagems enable the player to call down a variety of heavy weaponry, firebombs, and airstrikes, all of which are geared toward combating Terminids and Automatons directly. The Orbital Cannon is the most useful Offensive stratagem in Helldivers 2.

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All Orbital Cannon Stratagems Explained

There are seven orbital cannon stratagems in Helldivers 2. These stratagems effectively create space and take out large enemy types easily. Here's how each Orbital Cannon works in-game:

Orbital Gatling Barrage

The Orbital Gatling Barrage is a barrage of high-explosive rounds that is fired from the Destroyer's highspeed rotary autocannons.

Call in time: 2 Sec
Uses: Unlimited
Cooldown time: 80sec

Orbital Airburst Strike

The Orbital Airburst Strike is an airborne explosion that rains shrapnel debris on all targets below the area of effect. It is effective against all unarmored enemy types.

Call in time: 2 Sec
Uses: Unlimited
Cooldown time: 120 sec

Orbital 120MM HE Barrage

The Orbital 120MM HE Barrage is an accurate artillery salvo that lands on the targeted area. It is efficient at crowd control in heavily populated areas.

Call in time: 5 Sec
Uses: Unlimited
Cooldown time: 240 sec

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Make crowd control easier with the Orbital 120MM HE Barrage in Helldivers 2.

Orbital 380MM HE Barrage

The Orbital 380MM Barrage is a large-scale artillery salvo capable of wreaking destruction over a large targeted area.

Call in time: 6 Sec
Uses: Unlimited
Cooldown time: 240 sec

Orbital Walking Barrage

The Orbital Walking Barrage is a linear artillery salvo that moves at periodic intervals. It is effective for driving Automatons out of cover.

Call in time: 3 Sec
Uses: Unlimited
Cooldown time: 240 sec

Orbital Laser

The Orbital Laser is the Super Destroyer's Laser Cannon that can sweep over a designated area, automatically clearing out anything in its path.

Call in time: 2 Sec
Uses: 3
Cooldown time: 300 sec

Orbital Railcannon Strike

The Orbital Railcannon Strike is a high-velocity Railcannon round fired at the largest target near the targeting beacon.

Call in time: 1 Sec
Uses: Unlimited
Cooldown time: 210 sec

We recommend purchasing the Orbital Cannon upgrades from the Ship Module in the Ship Management menu to make your Orbital Cannon stratagems more effective.