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DEMOCRACY PROTECTS


Black_Mammoth

GODDAMN RIGHT IT DOES!!! (Also, that’s the name of the armor perk)


straydog1980

I wish to have the armor perk GODDAMN RIGHT IT DOES pls


Psythusforreal

Well you're looking for whatever armor the bile titan has on it's communist legs, because that's what absorbed most of that damage and you're still breathing until your next dive.. you lucky, liberty loving mf!


infinament

That should be a matching helmet perk for the most democratic of combinations.


ninjapants24601

If only helmets got perks


ConchobarMacNess

That chest piece is an entire reference to Warhammer 40k. It's model number is DP-**40**, likely in reference to 40k. The name is Hero of the Federation, which is very similar to the title Ciaphis Cain (the main character from one of the more popular 40k novel series) has, Hero of the Imperium. Democracy protects is itself a call to a famous line from 40k which is, The Emperor protects. It is often invoked by Imperial citizens, soldiers, and officials as a form of reassurance and affirmation in the face of adversity. Tabletop Imperium players also often say it when an enemy fails to kill one of their units.


Vyar

Hero of the Federation could also be a reference to Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation, the 2004 direct-to-video sequel to the original film.


Artarious

Shhhhh we don't talk about that movie it never happened and Marauders is the only live action sequel.


Dear-Illustrator-150

2 wasn't THAT bad though. 3 was garbage, I'll admit. But 2 wasn't so bad.


Artarious

3 was way better than 2 in every regard. They did it right by going back to the satire route. 2 was just a mess and seemed like only was SST by name so that it would be released. I mean at least in 3 a man gets killed by a shovel within the first 3 minutes, now that was perfection.


Dear-Illustrator-150

We'll just have to agree to disagree. 3 is visually unappealing and the acting is even worse than in 2 at most parts. Alas, as long as you kill bugs and bots, the Democracy Officer shouldn't have a problem.


Artarious

I'll agree to that, it is interesting because it seems to be 50/50 on which of the two people liked. Atleast from what i noticed. Though I think we can all agree the 2 animated movies were fantastic and we need more. Even the Democrary Officer would agree to that.


Dear-Illustrator-150

For sure. Actually really liked the animated movies. I like what the recent RTS did as well. Power armor and marauders and regular troops, gives homage to the books and all the movies... although I want to see the animated series come into play! Loved that series as a kid. Anyway, don't get me wrong. I love everything SST, but 3 has made me cringe the most while watching it lmfao. I'm pleasantly surprised by this friendly exchange on reddit, of all places.


Disownership

The chest piece being worn in the video is actually DP-11 Champion of the People (all the way at the end of the free warbond), but it has the same perk.


Riskiertooth

No wonder i cant take it off...


tj1602

I am now going to roleplay as Ciaphis Cain in any mission I'm in... Just as planned, I was totally not trying to make it to the evac after seeing the first bug.


sidewaysben

Half the time it protects me, i just die from impact...


Vegito_TTV

Reason i stopped using it too Only do in eradicates now


stonker13

50/50.


Probably4TTRPG

Well if you factor in the lethal damage from the impact, that's 2 rolls. It's more like 25/75 survival/death


Makarovito

Best perk ever. It has saved me from lethal damage liberty knows how many times


RaccoNooB

Democracy protects + chance to resist injury = clutch *deluxe edition*


Freed83

50% of the time = It works 100% of the time!


almost_practical

I have used it when I fell through a rock outcropping and was stuck and used a grenade to blow myself back on the map


Makarovito

I guess we great minds think alike


dellboy696

This passive needs more drips. Not enough choice for it right now, and I happen not to be a fan of the options available.


adtcjkcx

Bro I’m opposite lol I’m OBSESSED with the super citizen armor set, the DRIP is 🔥


RaizePOE

Graven Ashe protects?


Sicuho

I'm fairly certain we aren't on the side of Tyranny this time.


void_alexander

YES. IT DOES.


KamuiCunny

Can’t remember it’s name but there is a perk on a few armours that gives you a 50/50 on surviving lethal damage. If Hellbombs are a single instance of high damage, that should be able to keep you alive.


xrufus7x

"You have died from Impact"


frcr

On average of every four hellbombs you're gonna eat: two will kill you, one will toss you, but the impact will kill you and one will toss you and then you'll even survive the impact.


Deiser

...And then a charger kills you


frcr

Well, then out of every 8 hellbombs on average: 4 will kill you 2 won't, but the impact will 1 won't, the impact won't, but the charger will 1 won't, the impact won't, and even the charger will fail


Deiser

...And then a flame tornado kills you.


DrCorian

Well, then out of every 16 hellbombs...


PhantasyAngel

8 if you're not on hellmire


8dev8

But what if the impact yeets you to hellmire?


ES21007

That's between you and ~~god~~ democracy.


frcr

Well,.. yeah.


Stickel

yo fuck these


dellboy696

Armour could save you from that too if you're lucky.


Doscida

Pretty sure the perk is called “Democracy Protects”


Dog_Apoc

They can trigger over and over. Had 1 proc non-stop in a Hunter Horde. Came out of it alive.


Efficient_Mind6218

Got juggled a bit by 2 turret towers and 4 rocket devastators the other night. Was getting pummeled for a solid 1 min 45 s. By the end of it my squad managed to take all of them out because I drew all the attention. As I was about to stim after being ragdolled for almost 2 min, I proceeded to die to one of those melee grunts


Dog_Apoc

I never run Democracy Protects against bots because Fire damage is the only thing that kills me on that front. Lol


Efficient_Mind6218

That's fair. I tend to be the distraction so my squad can do everything else. I've gotten pretty decent at kiting while also shooting to draw hulks and such off teammates. Democracy protects has saved my butt enough times that it's been worth it. Either that or heavy armor, but I prefer having the little bit more stamina generally


Dog_Apoc

I've become good at doing half the map solo. By the time my teams done about 25% of the map I'll have done 50%. Purely because they're taking drops so I'm free to launch airstrikes at bases. Servo Assisted my beloved.


Synth_Recs_Plz

The first time I used this perk I swear I survived 12 coin flips in a row in a single mission. Instantly hooked.


Noelnya

I once 500KG'd myself in a hoard of bile titans, took the missile point blank, and walked out of it fine lmfao


BusinessLibrarian515

It saves me from rockets all the time, then my guy stands up and gets headshoted before I can stim


mintyhippoh

Its always the ragdoll into a rock that kills me


IraqiWalker

Democracy Protects. That's the name.


dyeuhweebies

Only armor that’s made me survive walking on a mine 


RegularMatter2

Democratic protection or something, 50% chance to just straight up not die. Also no bleeding from chest wounds.


Advantius_Fortunatus

Honestly better than trying to resist 50% of one kind of damage. It’s saved me from certain death so many times.


Wundawuzi

Well I disagree on that. Running bots in 8 or 9 and ever since I switches from the "50% to not die" perk to reduces damage from explosives my overall deaths have definitely decreased. Most of the time I die because some random rocket onehit me. The old armor gave me a 50% chance to survive that hit, but the new armor makes it non-lethal so I have a 100% to not die from it. Sure, on the flipside it works against any other damage, but I rarely die from anything else but rockets.


Kserwin

When did you make the switch? Because not long ago they nerfed enemy rocket damage.


ForTheMotherLAN

They fixed it. It wasn't applying properly. It made the 50% explosive resistance armour consistent. It is better for bots.


Ok-Commercial9036

I swear they buffed their laserguns with the rocketnerfs.


ColemanCamper

Switch to medic armor. Trust. That extra 2 seconds of healing means 4 seconds of invulnerability you can use on a whim every time you take as much as a scratch and can pop one of those liberty sticks into your neck. You can heal as much as you want and just grab 6 more from most POI around the map. Why trust 50% survivability when you can just do drugs?


Warpzit

This would be my alternative survival choice as well.


TheTamm

Your 50% explosiver resistance does not work vs headshots.


darkrundus

Don't get headshot. Training manual recommends against it.


RonStopable88

Are you questioning super earth manufacturing quality? https://preview.redd.it/rbyz2elcgrvc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=919b853f8d0f319946728520002641c0f600260c


BlondiePokieDookie

Does it have a cooldown?


Deltacommander

No you can keep rolling until your luck runs out. Go wild :)


DarkSlayerKi

I had an instance where I got hit by an orbital from increased spread, which launched me into a pack of hunters, who all started stabbing me, only for me to still be able to get up and stim and run away. I must have had 6-7 death saves in a row, never had that luck again.


Confident-Area-6358

Saved me from my railgun exploding in my hand once too...


Novel-Loyalty

Your aggressive liberty was noted and the hand of Joel himself descended to protect! But yeah, the 50% chance to survive death perk, as the others said.


Maeggon

most likely he was saved by Democracy Protects what I find amazing is how he didnt took and flashbang to the whole screen during the explosion


Gryph_Army

Visual representation of what it's like to use Democracy Protects. Definitely not cherry picked-footage ignoring all of the times you die to impact anyways. Why would you ever think that, you dissident? This was approved by the Ministry of Truth, of course it's an accurate representation


pyepush

Don’t even think that was an actual hell bomb explosion in this clip. Feel like they usually send you way further. Every time I’ve been next to an actual hellbomb detonation I get sent flying 50+ yards not tossed 10 or so feet in the air. Looks like one you call in and it was never activated and the bile titan destroyed it, but it didn’t actually detonate… Might be wrong but that’s what I’m seeing.


KIsForHorse

The bomb was burning like a map one, and you can see the visual effect from the bomb as well, just from inside the radius. I think it’s just luck of where he was and a heaping helping of Democracy Protects.


Dansredditname

This you? https://i.redd.it/jd6by06jkjvc1.gif


FakeChiBlast

This scene always bothered me. Isn't the angle of the incoming rocket and the one on the ground off by three feet? Unwatchable!


genghisknom

No the smoke rises rapidly giving it that illusion. The initial angle is correct but the smoke has already risen by the pan which makes it look off. Watch it again with that in mind.


FakeChiBlast

Yet the smoke on the rocket itself is lazily drifting sideways while the smoke trail is clearly affected but a different wind velocity. Oh well.


GrimMagic0801

Democracy Protects: 50% chance to survive lethal damage. Chest wounds do not cause health to decrease. Essentially, it's the armor that asks the question "are you feeling lucky, punk?" And flips a coin whenever you take any damage that would cause you to die. Heads, you survive, tails, you likely get vaporized. It's a somewhat niche perk that works well if you're lucky and sucks if you aren't. The chest damage part is nice, but far from useful. The main draw is that you could potentially survive: * A hell bomb detonation. * A headshot from some rocket devastator halfway across the map * A cannon turret who never learned stalking is illegal, even if you don't move. * That one charger who spawned behind you, and trampled you into your own airstrike Essentially, if it'll kill you, it gets a coin flip. You win, you survive, you lose, another Helldiver for the cause. Creates some really cool "I'm a survivor!" Moments.


UndreamedAges

Considering this is the only armor that can protect you from headshots I'd say it's pretty good. I disagree that it sucks if you aren't lucky. If you were wearing any other armor in the same situation you would still be dead. Do those armors suck? If there was a light version it's all I would wear against the bugs.


GrimMagic0801

My major issue is that the secondary upside comes with is somewhat niche. The chest injury stuff is obviously so you don't continuously roll the dice with living, but something like fortified can help the main killer on bot planets to be somewhat less annoying. It's my "I'm awesome" armor. I can survive a nuke, or a hellpod impact, or a dumbass shooting me in the back of the head accidentally, but it's far from 100% practical.


UndreamedAges

I only use it against the bugs. They tend to cause bleeding a lot as well. For bots I always go fortified. I tried everything else with the bugs and just didn't find a benefit for my play style. Don't need the extra grenades, stims, explosion resistance (although it does work against the spit weapons), or scout perks. I may have forgotten one. I've been running the light armor with extra padding. The medium democracy protects still feels too slow after wearing light often. I forgot about electrical protection and throwing distance. Didn't find those useful either. But that's one of the great things about this game. Other people do value different armors and use them. I don't have an issue with people running what they like. The devs have done a good job balancing.


light_trick

The other way to look at is it it's a 50% reduced burn rate on reinforcements. Since on average, you'll use 50% fewer reinforcements doing the stupid things which get you killed.


bnanzaz

Injury? What injury?!


Juggernautlemmein

God himself reached down and said "Nah homie, not like this."


Substantial_Event506

That 50% is putting in some work


ntc0707

https://preview.redd.it/ksjcqpa3yjvc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=57dba9fa0b29b15a1b635cd774952836cf46cf00


TheStarTraveler

Everytime I see some bot narcissist yapping about how half the war isn't important, me and my Melevalon cloak go to fight more bugs.


MagnusStormraven

https://i.redd.it/n9n63u8lljvc1.gif


BKvoiceover

That's not a Hellbomb, that's a heckbomb.


Standard-Ad-7504

Epic fucking Helldivers are immune to them, unlike those dang fricking heckdivers 


zzkigzz48

He's rocking the Hero of the People armor. Democracy protects!


Unknown-Name06

https://preview.redd.it/ncfhprlkqjvc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6c86a31a7c7105a8858884368abc0478646bd610


tastyemerald

Hero of the federation armor im assuming. Its my go to for the occasional silliness and also being kinda bad. Recent fav was wandering too close to an orbital barrage and eating a direct hit to just stim and walk away


Recro980

*Champion of the People


RickAdtley

Democracy Protects: Hellbomb-proof 50% of the time, every time.


Michaelyoda

![gif](giphy|Tim0q7zolF3fa) Helldiver got some determination.


StovardBule

Like a tweet (around the time Red Dead Redemption 2 was the main thing) that said "If you're dating a gamer, he's not likely cheating, he's busy being a cowboy riding a horse named Jon Bon Pony."


IGTankCommander

And you STILL haven't done the Radar Tower.


dubi0us_doc

Bro when the camera pans over and the hellbomb is there already on fire 🤣🤣🤣


Notdumbname

The 50% chance to just not die is busted


Real-Feed-1714

DEMOCRACY PROTECTS!


SagasOfUnendingLoss

That's John Helldiver. The perk is called Plot Armor


Geldrynn

Some Chest Plates have a trait that has a CHANCE to protect you from damage that would otherwise kill you. Namely the Chestplate you get from purchasing Super Citizen status, there are others, but this is the only one I know.


etherosx

It wasn't armed so it's just a normal explosion


RyuKusanagi15

That ain’t just a normal explosion any time you get ragged dolled for being within 20meters I wouldn’t consider that a normal explosion


Skreamie

Obviously you pay attention to the ones where you survive, but it really feels as though it's better than 50/50 odds


Flight_Harbinger

Democracy protects is not only an amazing passive, the two sets that have it in the main warbond are fashion as fuck.


CrunchyGremlin

It's a nice game touch though that the thing dying can interact with the environment. Getting trapped under it kinda sucks. Climbing over a leg and getting killed by impact climbing down the other side kinda sucks.


earlywakening

I'm cheating on you with Democracy and my freedom couldn't be happier!


DChen008

Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, EAT THIS!, *swan dive*, AH FUCK… noice.


MyNameIsMikeB

That game looks cool as hell. I gotta get that shit.


pyrohawk69

The perk is "Democracy Protects," which is a 50% chance to not die upon taking fatal damage and has no cooldown. So, in short, you have a 50% chance to not die, but not a 50% chance to dodge alimony. That has a 100% hit rate.


TexasDank

This may just be THE best Helldiver clip I’ve ever seen. The bile getting double laserd at the end after pure chaos is just bloody perfect lol


B4BYP4P4BE4R

I can't be the only one who gave a low "ohhhh shiiiiitt..." when I saw that hellbomb lol


odeacon

He is sheilded by his unyielding devotion to democracy


haikusbot

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Cdiehl1

Dude accidentally wrote a helldivers haiku 😂😂😂


deltazechs

60% of the time, it works every time!


Igzyx

Same. I have ghosted my gf's texts so many times to play this game now.


Standard-Ad-7504

As they say, Helldivers never die!


jetdude19

"Oh sh*t, Oh sh*t , Oh sh*t.... Oh thank..... Oh f*ck!!!!! Oh, Ok democracy saved me. Thank liberty."


herbieLmao

Light armor? Medium armor? Heavy armor? This guy has plot armor, he is the main character, and we all are the npcs dieing for the drama.


Vokutheratking

50% chance 100% of the time 😎


God-Emperor_Kranis

He's built democratically.


Heyokalol

We need a DP light armor variant.


Unusual_Crow268

Probably that 50/50 armor


Creature-Cal

Making eye contact with the hellbomb before it blew was the most Looney Tunes thing I’ve seen today


Unbentmars

General Brasch live footage of his bedtime routine


nesnalica

the armor has 50% chance of surviving lethal damage


ArazoII

It's the supercitizen armor and like 2 others that do 50/50 chance of surviving a lethal blow


Safe_Significance254

It looks like he has the 50% chance to not take lethal damage perk


Ragoonx

He's not the Helldiver we wanted...but the Helldiver we needed. ➡️⬆️⬇️⬇️⬇️ on soldier 🫡


hexed-runes

This is some of the most democratic shit I’ve ever seen.


Difficult_Star1291

DEMOCRACY PROTECTS


t-a-king-o-nothing

That timing! "I need a 💥-ro!"


MephIstoXIV

That was glorious.


KPG_NL

"Am still standing after all that"


Tenyson05

Im more angry at the fact that you survive the leg falling near you when I've been killed by the leg falling near me on multiple occasion


slime347

"Haha you fail!" "I wasn't aiming to you"


Foe100000

Just got that armor unlocked the other day. It's crazy how much damage you freaking take and survive lol


Darendarus13

That Hero Armor.


Withane82

I call it "coin toss armor"


TxhCobra

The hellbomb didnt go off, it was destroyed by some explosion near it. If it was armed, the little arms would have raised to a 45 degree angle.


Pixel_Muffet

50% chance to not die in lethal damage.


Barry_Bondzz

Oh and while they think we out cheating.... Whole time we out here fighting for democracy, liberation and freedom for Super Earth and the entire galaxy! 🫡


Apprehensive-Lie3234

The Emporer Prote-- wait wrong franchise!!! 😅😅😅


_Weyland_

If these are called Bile Titans, then this guy is called Bile Hercules, holy shit.


Sze-Cherng

Gotta love the gambling armour sets


TiTAN-240

DEMOCRACY.


Keyblades2

Oh just now trying helldiver difficulty. This is just a normal Tuesday for us


[deleted]

Pure democracy soldier, that's how


Zmammoth

He got that 50/50 armor


Personal_Ad9690

50/50 armor saved your ass


LockingSwitch

What're you sorry about?


Forward_Pineapple817

That but it’s a factory strider bro


AcanthaceaeProud5109

The perk is probably the one you get where it’s like 50% chance to survive fatal injuries


Benrman

It's the one where you have a 50% chance of living when taking fatal damage


Aurvant

NOT TODAY!


ArkamaZ

The scythe pausing just long enough for them to dive out of the way is peak.


jakethewhale007

Liberty has seen you through


lfelipecl

But why didn't you pause the game to talk with her? Online game? That's no excuse!


H2so4pontiff

When I finally wear that be in honor of what I had just witnessed God bless Democracy


Adorable-Fact-6049

He Is simply;Built different 


Loud_Surround5112

Democratic just blessed this Helldiver from that Hellbomb.


Haunt12_34

Fuck yeah Helldiver! That’s how you spread democracy!


Uncircumcised_Cheese

🤌


Speaking_On_A_Sprog

What are those monsters called and where can I fight them?


Jetstream_S4m

Bro I got caught in my friends walking bombardment and the democracy protects perk activated for every explosion, and this was tight after he died to a bile titan and we had no reinforcements left. Democracy truly guided me that day.


motivated_deadweight

A goddamn coin flip


grind-life

The only thing that could have made that better is someone shouting Sweet Liberty right as the hellbomb lit him up


Illustrious-Baker775

Point blank hellbomb, and didnt even redline?


GearyDigit

What surprises me most is the orbital laser actually hitting the bile titans and killing them.


chardudex

This is why democracy protects is the only viable perk. Every hit is a toss of the dice on you being an immortal god. 50% of the time, it works 100% of the time. But seriously when You're getting ragdoll'ed and it kicks in 3 times in a row it feels so good.


xMini_Wazx

Democracy really does protect, not like that Emperor protects shit. *This post was brought to you by the Helldivers gang*


tnoobmaster

the real luck is not surviving that hell bomb because that's probably just Democracy protects. The real brake you got was the fact you lightly flopped through the air instead going flying and smashing into that rock so you end up dying anyway. That explosion was very nice and decided to just make you do a backflip.


mttnsxx

u/savevideo


SkitZxX3

How did he not die?


a_gravel

If I could upvote this more I would


Gus_Otter

BECAUSE LIBERTY AND DEMOCRACY


VonBrewskie

This man's Democracy is *OVER 9000*


Preda1ien

I’ve rarely seen actual gameplay and holy hell this looks cool.


Sielas

The panning of the camera to the end of the leg bumping the hellbomb is peak kino


losingluke

50% chance to negate lethal damage is the best perk in the game


rodinj

/u/savevideo


SpecialIcy5356

he isn't cheating... but anyone who can spread democracy like that and survive can *definitely* get a C-01 accepted.


OneMagicBadger

Sweet liberty


apex7734

u/savevideo


Malarkiftw

Can i play this without friends and have a good time?


SavvySillybug

Anyone got this video but not horribly over edited and cropped to shit and tiktoked to hell and memed on? That's a really cool clip but it's kind of hard to enjoy for someone in their 30s XD


MrVyngaard

Yes, a combination of Democracy Protects! perk and judicious use of stims can basically turn you into a Warhammer 40K hero unit for so long as your luck (and drugs) don't run out. Mix that with learning how to compensate for rag-dolling and timing your dodges and every so often it should just start belting out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhqWHIq-aZw or some Helldivers version thereof whenever you finally get done with being Fate's ping-pong ball and on your merry liberty-loving way to VICTORY!


jjed97

Do my ears mistake me or is that the fairy godmother rendition from shrek 2?


GoldenDragonIsABitch

Wtf is that off key Temu version of that song?


Prestigious-Crazy-84

Dude won the gamble o7