{"id":86863,"date":"2026-07-30T13:08:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T17:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=86863"},"modified":"2026-07-30T13:39:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T17:39:45","slug":"helldivers-2s-long-awaited-warhammer-40k-warbond-brings-grimdark-new-weapons-though-not-the-most-iconic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=86863","title":{"rendered":"Helldivers 2\u2019s Long-Awaited Warhammer 40K Warbond Brings Grimdark New Weapons, Though Not The Most Iconic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/games\/helldivers-2\/\">Helldivers 2<\/a> players will soon be able to dish out death to Super Earth enemies with Warhammer 40K weapons like the Meltagun, Bolt Pistol, and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Games Workshop&#8217;s grimdark Warhammer 40K universe is the next crossover coming to developer Arrowhead Studios&#8217; popular shooter on August 12 in the form of a Legendary Warbond, joining the likes of Halo and Killzone. While there are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/helldivers-2s-next-legendary-warbond-is-warhammer-40k-but-dont-expect-space-marines\/1100-6540085\/\">none of the setting&#8217;s iconic Space Marines in sight<\/a>, 40K&#8217;s Astra Militarum faction is instead getting the spotlight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As revealed in a new trailer, two Astra Militarum-inspired armor sets are coming to Helldivers 2. One, the Demo Trooper, is a heavy-armor set, while the other, the Sharpshooter, is a medium-armor set. Both grant the True Grit passive, which grants increased ergonomics and faster reload for Stratagem weapons.<\/p>\n<p>  https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=h-j-SpRxhHo  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They are joined in the Warbond by a selection of Warhammer 40K weaponry. Those weapons include a Meltagun support weapon (40K&#8217;s even more powerful and terrifying version of a flamethrower), Meltamines, a Bolt Pistol secondary, and a Lasgun Marksman Rifle primary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Warbond&#8217;s reveal trailer shows the Hot Shot Marksman rifle penetrating through multiple enemies with its shots, while the Meltagun and Meltamine looks like they will<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Helldivers 2 players will soon be able to dish out death to Super Earth enemies with Warhammer 40K weapons like the Meltagun, Bolt Pistol, and more. Games Workshop&#8217;s grimdark Warhammer 40K universe is the next crossover coming to developer Arrowhead Studios&#8217; popular shooter on August 12 in the form of a Legendary Warbond, joining the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":86865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86863"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86863"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86866,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86863\/revisions\/86866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/86865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}