Heavy Strafing Run

"An Eagle fighter jet armed with a 25mm chaingun strafes the area. The heavy rounds explode on impact, making it far more potent than the regular Strafing Run. This comes with the trade-off of a longer time between engagements, as the fighter has to swing wide and accelerate to compensate for recoil."
- Armory Description

Stratagem Code[ | ]

Players must enter the following sequence, using the controller d‑pad, in order to call down this stratagem during a mission:

Unlock Requirement[ | ]

The Heavy Strafing Run is granted to the player as a reward for completing all the missions on its associated planet (typically a high level planet - difficulty 10 to 11).

Upgrades[ | ]

	Cost	Effect
Mk1		Basic variant, no upgrades.
Mk2	3	Improved recoil dampening on the chaingun system makes for less energy loss on a pass, reducing cooldown from 50 to 35 seconds.
Mk3	2	Larger ammunition pool extends the range of the gun, lengthening area of engagement and duration of attack.

Gameplay Tips[ | ]

The Heavy Strafing Run always hits perpendicular to the direction of the throw.

This stratagem is not anti-tank capable, unlike Close Air Support. However, it will make short work of bullet-sponge type enemies, such as Cyborg Butchers or Bug Brood Commanders. It is devastating against Illuminate units of any kind.
- Even though the Heavy Strafing Run is not anti-tank capable, it can damage Cyborg Warlords and Hulks.

Precision Call-In reduces this stratagem's activation time to the game's allowed a minimum of 0.1 seconds.

Gallery[ | ]

Liberating some dirt with a heavy strafing run

Notes[ | ]

The Heavy Strafing Run was released to players, for free, on Liberty Day (October 26, 2017) along with the A/GL-8 Launcher Turret and the Thunderer Smoke Round stratagems.

Due to a bug, any Helldiver deaths caused by the Heavy Strafing Run do not count towards the total amount of accidentals.

Helldivers Stratagems
Supply Stratagems	Resupply – REP-80 – AD-289 Angel^♦ – AD-334 Guard Dog^♦ – LIFT-850 Jump Pack – Resupply Pack – SH-20 Shield Generator Pack – SH-32 Directional Kinetic Shield^♦ MG-94 Machine Gun – MGX-42 Machine Gun – AC-22 Dum-Dum^♦ – LAS-98 Laser Cannon – FLAM-40 Incinerator – TOX-13 Avenger^♦ – Obliterator Grenade Launcher – MLS-4X Commando^♦ – RL-112 Recoilless Rifle – EAT-17 – REC-6 Demolisher^♦ – M-25 Rumbler^♦ EXO-44 Walker Exosuit – EXO-48 Obsidian Exosuit^♦ – EXO-51 Lumberer Exosuit^♦ – M5 APC – M5-32 HAV – TD-110 Bastion^♦ – MC-109 Hammer Motorcycle^♦
Defensive Stratagems	A/AC-6 Tesla Tower – A/GL-8 Launcher Turret – A/MG-11 Minigun Turret – A/RX-34 Railcannon Turret – Airdropped Anti-Personnel Mines – Airdropped Stun Mines – Anti-Personnel Barrier^♦ – AT-47 Anti-Tank Emplacement^♦ – Distractor Beacon – Humblebee UAV drone^♦ – Thunderer Smoke Round
Offensive Stratagems	Airstrike – Close Air Support^♦ – Heavy Strafing Run – Incendiary Bombs – Missile Barrage^♦ – Orbital Laser Strike – Railcannon Strike – Shredder Missile Strike – Sledge Precision Artillery^♦ – Static Field Conductors – Strafing Run – Thunderer Barrage – Vindicator Dive Bomb
Special Stratagems	Emergency Beacon – ME-1 Sniffer Metal Detector – NUX-223 Hellbomb – Reinforce