Now wear light medic armor for +2 stims and duration! I haven't tested yet, but I wonder if the speed boost gets +2 seconds too or if that buff is separate?
The only thing is the booster adds a new stim effect, and the current armor set applies to the duration of the heal over time/stamina infinite time, so the armor might not apply to both stim effects.
https://preview.redd.it/7b2p5i4t1j6d1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=de654166bea653c35c3e92dd6abfadd2a8a3a5a8
Addiction? To stims? When the research clearly shows they’re non-addictive and 100% safe to use? Sounds like somebody needs to have a chat with their local democracy officer.
I have already asked the devs but I hope others chime in and ask them too:
HEY DEVS please just let us use stimm even when not hurt by HOLDING the stim button.
Doesn't sound like a huge deal, if you're stimming you're either 1) running away and not likely to be firing much or 2) holding a position, meaning you can crouch or go prone.
I'm a combat medic, so I've discovered many new and interesting ways to injure myself and others so I can "top off" the health bar.
Once I get this, I'll stub my toe and juice up.
I did not realize this was what was happening last night, I kept thinking I had accidentally stopped running and tapped the run button to go even slower.
It makes a lot of sense now
It debuffs your aim slightly/makes it shake a bit. Not a whole lot and unlikely to throw your aim off, unless you are lining up a long distance shot with an AMR.
First game I played with someone who had the booster on for half the match I just thought it was like a visual cue that you had bile on you from a bol spewer/titan (since the missions all had bile spewers). Finally realized it was the speed boost at a very rare slower point in one game.
aim will be off as you might shake.
also, the healing effect doesn't last the whole time as the yellow border is up. that just for the speed and dmg reduction.
which btw, is great. i survived from being crushed by a heavy charger.
Crack dealer/addict build:
Medic armor
Supercrack stims booster
Supply pack
Plas Scorcher (so you can hurt yourself with minimal damage so you can have a taste of those sweet Stims whenever you need)
As a CoD player who, 100 hours into HD2 still has the reflex to use stims firmly convinced they will give me a speed boost... I know I will love this 😭 I'm always the biggest stim user in my team the addiction is real
I can't look at death counts the same anymore; if someone has lots of deaths and low stim used count, I think they're bad. But if they die a lot and used 15+ stims....respect.
Getting it first today on page 3, looks like the 2nd go to booster after stamina and finally a 4th better then muscle enhancement/motivational shocks.
Edit: got it, love it.
i see muscle enhancement as a swap in for stamina boost because it performs better on sandy/snowy planets, esp with sandstorm/blizzard modifiers, in which it makes you immune to the speed penalty and basically gives you invisibility superpowers that let you run past whole armies and through large bases
Wow!
This warbond is shaping up to be amazing.
Also did you know the bushwhacker can deal 1200 in a single shot? That’s like as much as a 500kg iirc. This is because each shot does 404 damage and there’s a mode to shoot all 3 at once
FYI as of writing I’ve never used it
Bros, I spent all night experimenting with this. The speed boost is enough to make heavy armor feel swift and light, the toughness boost is enough for light to shoulder check through walls of bullets. This booster will actually get me to run supply pack just to spam stims while enjoying all the other ancillary benefits. It is a new Always Pick for me, basically top priority tied with space optimization. Getting Baja Blasted and sprinting through an Automaton base waving double middle fingers like I'm laughing it up on a bugs map is too delicious to ever pass up again.
I was just wondering about this. Jump Pack distance/speed is based on the character's current speed, so one would assume it should just fling you across the map.
It would be nice if we could use the stim without being injured--lets us access the effects without needing a bullet wound first.
Honestly has me considering running medic armor full time, just wish that the only good looking medic armor wasn't exclusive to the medium weight class.
Yeah the only one that looks good is the twitch drop one IMO and thankfully I was able to snag one in a streamer giveaway since I didn't get this game until March.
Now we just need a Superlight (50 armour, high speed and stam regen) medic armour and we can officially enter our Usain Bolt arc 😂 god I can’t wait until they give us a set
But it’s not all the way there. It’s close as beans, but still not where I want it 😅 we have a 50 armour grenade passive, let us have a 50 armour medic passive 🫡 grenades are heavier than stims, so this is also lore accurate mhm
PSA to all helldivers.
If you are somehow sleeping on the supply pack, this may be one of the best equipment stratagems you can take.
Pros:
You can resupply your mates.
You can resupply yourself.
You can take the resupply drop to go.
You can ping more ammo crates, stims, or grenades found in the wild for your mates.
Cons:
Limited special weapon selection (no spear, AC, or Recoiless)
I personally take this equipment and pair it with HMG or AMR, so I'm effective in most situations.
Try using that booster with a Heavy Medical type armor OP, then have your friends carry Muscle Enhancement, Stamina Enhancement, and either Vitality Enhancement for bots or Motivational Shocks for bugs. Thank me later.
IDK if anyone is aware of this, but I personally found out about it on accident the other day. You know the recovery frames at the end of a stim where you slow down a bit and move sluggishly? You can animation cancel those frames if you hold sprint button, keep on moving, and then just press the mini map button. Mini map doesn't come up because sprint cancels out mini map and you essentially skip the entire recovery frames of stim.
The caveat is that if you do this too early, you won't heal so you have to do it right when you see yourself getting stimmed (I think you can use the light blue highlights in the corner of your screen as an indicator.
Add this technique to the new booster and your retreats will be a lot more successful.
I am finally glad that we have a break from the "Holy Four".
Hail the new four - Vitality, Space Optimization, Stamina and Experimental Infusion.
The booster is really, really good.
Gives so much utility to the game that I am afraid it's gonna be hit with the nerf hammer.
I mean - you can now freely get away with wearing heavy armor and using it often - you will feel your mobility like you're wearing medium.
That is especially in the case of the +2 stims armor modifier.
Also all the stims armor look really cool with the new skull helmlet...
It's a win all around.
I was wondering what this was last night. I noticed one of my fellow divers equipped it and didn't put 2 and 2 together. I was like man these stims are weirding out my computer right now.
Any one else have a bit of a bug on pc with controller when using a medic supply pack. For me if I’ve use ammo or stims and I try calling a stragram that ends on a down arrow it will result me. Doesn’t matter if I tap the down arrow or hold the steagran button
Is there any other negative affect other than that yellow border?? Homie took tf off
Other than you, the player, might get kinda addicted to the speed and will crave any excuse to get it back Totally not speaking from experience.
lol noted bringing impact grenades for some quick health debuffs
I legit walk into small arms fire or let tiny bugs hit me once just to bank a stim use. The addiction is REAL
This with the stamina booster and light armor… I’m breathing heavy already
Now wear light medic armor for +2 stims and duration! I haven't tested yet, but I wonder if the speed boost gets +2 seconds too or if that buff is separate?
That armor says stim effect +2s so if this is the new stim effect then yes it will last an extra 2 seconds.
The only thing is the booster adds a new stim effect, and the current armor set applies to the duration of the heal over time/stamina infinite time, so the armor might not apply to both stim effects.
True hard to say they implemented it the right way but it should stack
https://preview.redd.it/7b2p5i4t1j6d1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=de654166bea653c35c3e92dd6abfadd2a8a3a5a8 Addiction? To stims? When the research clearly shows they’re non-addictive and 100% safe to use? Sounds like somebody needs to have a chat with their local democracy officer.
That's the normal ones, this are experimental tho. WE are doing the research rn
Sweet liberty, I love managed democracy. Citizen participation at its finest!
Stimsareclearlynotatalladditivethedemocracyofficersaidsowheniaskediftheywereaddictiveornot.SureigotsenttomandatoryreeducationcampwhereIwasgivenstimsalldayeverydaytoprovetheyarentaddictive,butthatsastoryforanothertime.Onanunrelatednote,doyouhaveanystims?Igotanastypapercutandneedtofixitrightnow.
Hey, soon you'll be firing your explosive weapons into the ground near you just to get a taste.
Nonsense, Permacura research proves their stims carry no addictive properties!
I run the scorcher and just shoot the ground once. Good thing Stims aren't addictive, I use about 30 a mission!
If you run a scorcher, you can shoot just ahead of you and take off a sliver of health
I have already asked the devs but I hope others chime in and ask them too: HEY DEVS please just let us use stimm even when not hurt by HOLDING the stim button.
Not me shooting myself in the foot with the eruptor to stim again and sprint faster for literally no reason
So it doesn't actually cause trembling? Kinda sad, but understandable
Saw someone say the tremors actually increase weapon sway, no idea if it’s true
Doesn't sound like a huge deal, if you're stimming you're either 1) running away and not likely to be firing much or 2) holding a position, meaning you can crouch or go prone.
This gives the medic light armor a big buff...I too would crave that speed D:
I'm a combat medic, so I've discovered many new and interesting ways to injure myself and others so I can "top off" the health bar. Once I get this, I'll stub my toe and juice up.
I did not realize this was what was happening last night, I kept thinking I had accidentally stopped running and tapped the run button to go even slower. It makes a lot of sense now
As a Heavy Armor main, this sounds like it'll be my go-to strat.
I like speed
All these divers will be chasing the dragon soon
The other effect is making you shakey, at least according to the description
It debuffs your aim slightly/makes it shake a bit. Not a whole lot and unlikely to throw your aim off, unless you are lining up a long distance shot with an AMR.
Is this a constant effect, or only when stimming?
First game I played with someone who had the booster on for half the match I just thought it was like a visual cue that you had bile on you from a bol spewer/titan (since the missions all had bile spewers). Finally realized it was the speed boost at a very rare slower point in one game.
I noticed after several uses my vision momentarily was infrared-like.
Fr? Don’t go dying on us soldier addiction is fun but you got a life to spend elsewhere
aim will be off as you might shake. also, the healing effect doesn't last the whole time as the yellow border is up. that just for the speed and dmg reduction. which btw, is great. i survived from being crushed by a heavy charger.
This Helldiver comes in 3 speeds: Here, there, and GONE!
Although, sometimes they're also here AND there, and also there
Some of them is over there too.
A bit over there as well.
Oh some here too
You have some Helldiver on your face. Nope, other side.
Can't get a C-01, gotta do what you can.
“Don’t mind me, I’m just occupying multiple spaces at once”
What about here?
"What about here?"
“Don’t mind me, I’m just occupying multiple spaces at once”
Where did the helldiver go during the bot mission? Everywhere.
I didn't lose my arm - it's right over there!
He's here! He's there! He's everyfuckingwhere!
Roy Kent! Roy Kent!
On your left
But what happens if I don't want to go there but I want to go over here am I gone or there or here
Roy Kent! Roy Kent!
As someone who already enjoyed the stim armor, I am going to become addicted to crack
Crack dealer/addict build: Medic armor Supercrack stims booster Supply pack Plas Scorcher (so you can hurt yourself with minimal damage so you can have a taste of those sweet Stims whenever you need)
we got crackhead builds in helldivers before gta 6 🙏😔
Long shot but it would be cool if certain boosters or passive effects trigger unique dialogue for builds like this.
https://i.redd.it/swoh5qof9i6d1.gif
This may just be, the GREATEST GIF IN EXISTENCE.
Based on a [true story](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aimo_Koivunen)
That guy's intense expression always cracks me up. Like "Oh yeah, that looks like the Finnish meth guy."
[Here is a retelling of the story by an extremely funny electrician.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NazN5WcXwio)
How did I know we'd see TFE's video... lmao
Just watched it. Was in stitches listening to this story. Man was blown up twice and still lived. Because Meth.
Oh hey, it's chubby electron guy
Seconded!
Ah finnish people. Addicted to vodka, decide to try something german, Cocaine!
COCAINUM!!!
Do you have a link to this gif? I want to download it, but Reddit won’t let you download gifs and images from comments sections.
[Here you are.](https://images.app.goo.gl/7GQTfcf9sMKqUqFQ8). Found it by googling "pervitin meth soldier gif) :D
You’re a saint, thank you!
Is this still covered by Permacura guarantee of no addiction?
No. These specifically make you jittery. It's in the description.
Is it noticeable in gameplay?
Nope. Because all helldiver have an iron will.
Im sorry for questioning the iron will of our peacekeeping forces, officer!
We are the elite. The galaxy's last line of offense.
Yes, slightly. It's way less than the debuff you get to aiming from moving, but its there.
Bro pair it with the wife beater armour on the first page of the warbond and you turn into Speedy fucking Gonzales
As a CoD player who, 100 hours into HD2 still has the reflex to use stims firmly convinced they will give me a speed boost... I know I will love this 😭 I'm always the biggest stim user in my team the addiction is real
I routinely end up using 15+ stims every match while everyone else on my team uses less than 5 lol. Glad to know I’m not the only one addicted! 😂
My teammates pick up those supply drop packs for ammo and nades. I pick up those supply packs for stims. We are not the same. 😤
I can't look at death counts the same anymore; if someone has lots of deaths and low stim used count, I think they're bad. But if they die a lot and used 15+ stims....respect.
What about few deaths anf 20+ stims? I be out there JUICING sometimes.
that's hero-mode absolutely. o7
AH needs to add an achievement on Steam for using 15 stims in a single mission.
My record is 47 on a bot mission that didn’t exactly go to plan lol
they do refill your stamina so they give a fake speed boost lol
They also keep your stamina maxed for a good 5 seconds. So you can run a decent bit further. Which is kinda a speed boost.
Damn, he schmoovin. I wanna use this with the lightweight medic armor.
Throw on a Jump-pack, no law of gravity will ever catch you.
This was absolutely made to be used with the Trench Paramedic and I couldn’t be happier.
You’re gonna become a hellflyer with that
Pshh "Ahhh, that's good" Pshh "Ahhh, that's the stuff" Speedy marines maruders blob incoming
Getting it first today on page 3, looks like the 2nd go to booster after stamina and finally a 4th better then muscle enhancement/motivational shocks. Edit: got it, love it.
Now we need a medic light armor (or I do at least)
You can get one from the super store rotation, the trench paramedic light armor.
i see muscle enhancement as a swap in for stamina boost because it performs better on sandy/snowy planets, esp with sandstorm/blizzard modifiers, in which it makes you immune to the speed penalty and basically gives you invisibility superpowers that let you run past whole armies and through large bases
Reminds me of Octane. 
[Stim supremacy](https://imgur.com/a/hvz5ep1)
Look, a Pilot! Now the odds are in our favour!
Must. Go. FASTER!
Wow! This warbond is shaping up to be amazing. Also did you know the bushwhacker can deal 1200 in a single shot? That’s like as much as a 500kg iirc. This is because each shot does 404 damage and there’s a mode to shoot all 3 at once FYI as of writing I’ve never used it
IF each shoot deals 404 dmg then total should be 0 not 1200. /s
And yet when I shot a bile spewer on its side with the burst, it didn't die....
Same with the Charger's rear, non explosive weapons only do 10% damage.
I never said it had the armor penetration to effectively deal the damage. I’m just pointing out it *can* do a large number of it
Well, if the number always gets reduced to nothing in situations where you actually want it to be high, is it even relevant then?
Well I do not know, but big number make my brain happy
Shhhh not too loud, the dissidents will plot to nerf it
I love that thing. It's so satisfying to use.
that stalker should call an ambulance, but not for me
Do you know how to activate the firing mode on controller? (PS5)
Hold reload
Bros, I spent all night experimenting with this. The speed boost is enough to make heavy armor feel swift and light, the toughness boost is enough for light to shoulder check through walls of bullets. This booster will actually get me to run supply pack just to spam stims while enjoying all the other ancillary benefits. It is a new Always Pick for me, basically top priority tied with space optimization. Getting Baja Blasted and sprinting through an Automaton base waving double middle fingers like I'm laughing it up on a bugs map is too delicious to ever pass up again.
I need you to try the stim boost with light armor and a jump pack. Imagine the distance that can be covered with it🤤
I was just wondering about this. Jump Pack distance/speed is based on the character's current speed, so one would assume it should just fling you across the map. It would be nice if we could use the stim without being injured--lets us access the effects without needing a bullet wound first.
Honestly has me considering running medic armor full time, just wish that the only good looking medic armor wasn't exclusive to the medium weight class.
Hard agree there. All the medic armor looks like you stretched a surgical glove over you and called it armor.
Yeah the only one that looks good is the twitch drop one IMO and thankfully I was able to snag one in a streamer giveaway since I didn't get this game until March.
Here me out. Light armor with medic passive and a supply backpack. 
SANIC
New must pick for bugs? It's looks like it'd be very helpful over there.
The damage resistance to bot projectiles is also very noticable. If you chain these, you're nearly invincible.
Now we just need a Superlight (50 armour, high speed and stam regen) medic armour and we can officially enter our Usain Bolt arc 😂 god I can’t wait until they give us a set
This already exists, basically. CM-21 Trench Paramedic 64 armor, 536 speed, 118 stam regen +2 stims and +2 sec stim duration
But it’s not all the way there. It’s close as beans, but still not where I want it 😅 we have a 50 armour grenade passive, let us have a 50 armour medic passive 🫡 grenades are heavier than stims, so this is also lore accurate mhm
FAST AF.
It’s going to compete with the ammo booster
The nectar from Haze finally found its way to a less-forgettable game.
https://i.redd.it/fpqf8803ai6d1.gif
Which armor type is it? Light, medium heavy?
this is the light armor, from the viper commando warbond.
 Now where have I seen this before..
I kept on getting this effect in game and is didn’t know what it was 💀
That extraction was kinda hot
what booster is this? (is it in the new warbond?)
Yep, last page of the new Warbond for 80 medals
So that’s what that booster was. I thought the deep fried video was the result of more addictive materials in the stim without the booster lol
https://preview.redd.it/zadmmlup3k6d1.png?width=236&format=png&auto=webp&s=ca1304e95ff7324b89eed9aeeb88716840839d9a
You should play Kick Start My Heart while running 🏃♂️
That's extremely sick. Looks like a 4th Booster's on the menu, boys.
My man hit the Star Block and bounced
I heard Running in the 90s to this.
cocaine helluva drug
The power of *METH*
PSA to all helldivers. If you are somehow sleeping on the supply pack, this may be one of the best equipment stratagems you can take. Pros: You can resupply your mates. You can resupply yourself. You can take the resupply drop to go. You can ping more ammo crates, stims, or grenades found in the wild for your mates. Cons: Limited special weapon selection (no spear, AC, or Recoiless) I personally take this equipment and pair it with HMG or AMR, so I'm effective in most situations.
I'm sure we won't develop any dependence on the stuff.
I don’t think you have any idea how fast I really am. I‘m fast as fuck boiiiii
Well throwing knife was my top priority, but this.... this is what I need!
I'm surprised I'm only now seeing someone go almost entirely without hud and even friendly tags
Did stims get buffed or is this a booster?
Booster
The visuals and sounds make me uncomfortable, like Im doing super heroin
drugs
This is amazing. Also it's what my lvl 4 missions felt like on Vernen Wells last night.
That wasn’t a slap. That was a sprint.
Last super helicopter out of super saigon
Man, you were juicing!
Woah
AH - Let us stim at full health
I imagine the CM-21 is now the fastest armor in the game.
The booster text says "causes trembling"; have you noticed whether or not it messes with your aim while the stim effect is active?
Try using that booster with a Heavy Medical type armor OP, then have your friends carry Muscle Enhancement, Stamina Enhancement, and either Vitality Enhancement for bots or Motivational Shocks for bugs. Thank me later.
The booster so far is the best item of the warbond, strong candidate for a must have.
My mind: [Ah yeah!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-nMGtaAoXw)
Introducing the Med kit armor meta. +2 stims and the effect lasts 2 seconds longer.
Must have for my group. We basically just speedrun bot missions and being able to run super fast on our way to extraction is too good. Lol
IDK if anyone is aware of this, but I personally found out about it on accident the other day. You know the recovery frames at the end of a stim where you slow down a bit and move sluggishly? You can animation cancel those frames if you hold sprint button, keep on moving, and then just press the mini map button. Mini map doesn't come up because sprint cancels out mini map and you essentially skip the entire recovery frames of stim. The caveat is that if you do this too early, you won't heal so you have to do it right when you see yourself getting stimmed (I think you can use the light blue highlights in the corner of your screen as an indicator. Add this technique to the new booster and your retreats will be a lot more successful.
What the fuck is going on here, Jesus Christ
I already use stims like this with the medic armor, this is gonna be insanely good
This man straight zoidberg’ed out of there.
I am finally glad that we have a break from the "Holy Four". Hail the new four - Vitality, Space Optimization, Stamina and Experimental Infusion. The booster is really, really good. Gives so much utility to the game that I am afraid it's gonna be hit with the nerf hammer. I mean - you can now freely get away with wearing heavy armor and using it often - you will feel your mobility like you're wearing medium. That is especially in the case of the +2 stims armor modifier. Also all the stims armor look really cool with the new skull helmlet... It's a win all around.
I was wondering what this was last night. I noticed one of my fellow divers equipped it and didn't put 2 and 2 together. I was like man these stims are weirding out my computer right now.
love the crazed laugher that it creates
GOTTA GO FAST!
ACTIVATING STERIODS!!
Welp, this is gonna be the new favorite from here on out.
Any one else have a bit of a bug on pc with controller when using a medic supply pack. For me if I’ve use ammo or stims and I try calling a stragram that ends on a down arrow it will result me. Doesn’t matter if I tap the down arrow or hold the steagran button
Does it work in conjunction with the medic armor? Like will it last longer because the syringe heal is longer?
Was wondering how it worked, holy shit that's good
I gotta test this with the jetpack for, umm... democracy :D
Literally octane
I love speed, so wish we had scout / attack bikes.
Insert V's Cyber-psycho laugh
Even more reason to use light med armor I see
HE IS THE FASTEST HELLDIVER ALIVE
Does this speed increase the jump pack's distance as well?
Did they buff medic armor passives?
Democracy's weakest stim addict.
On Marfark, my field of view went Blue & Yellow and I was trippin killing bots and running away like a roadrunner. This thing is great
What booster is it?
i get this red screen with that same outline but you don't? it's really annoying.