Could Helldivers Survive a Xenomorph Infestation? 

Correction: the most common and weakest Xeno variant are called RUNNERS, not Drones which are the Xeno’s in Alien and Isolation. The wiki had me mad confused, they referred to Drones as Warriors and that threw me so off lol. Thanks for all the comments letting me know 🫡

Helldivers , with the same fighting power to liberate a planet, meaning hundreds of warships and 250,000 soldiers vs DOOM demons.

If you think about it, its very likely helldivers will be bringing flame based weaponry anyway if they think theyre going up against the terminids

Counter thought process. There’s no helldivers without super destroyers which carry racks on racks of ordinance and divers on ice. Given the drop pod method of launch the only method of retaliating would be boarding the extraction ship itself since there’s no proper area to wedge into like the queen in the landing gear, so only a few warriors or drones maximum. Which even if they did, they’re now in a hangar filled with eagle ordinance ready to blow because why have safety when super earth can use those at a moments notice. Each mission is said to use millions of not billions of dollars worth of ordinance, and with missions even considered complete without needing a team to extract, super earth’s bombastic rain of firepower would be able to even gun down a station they drop divers onto

This is basically asking if a hive of fire ants could go against the defensive budget to kill God

A fireteam of Helldivers can in theory triumph over any obstacle, the indomitable democratic spirit knows no fear or loss in morale (they literally scream catch phrases in full even when bleeding out and seconds away from death) the lack of fear alone means they’re a formidable force, even before factoring in their weaponry

As both an aliens franchise super fan and a daily Helldiver, I’ve got a few notes. First and most importantly, the termanid circulatory system is maintained at a much higher pressure, which is why they explode with a ton of blood, where as the average xeno circulatory system is not nearly high pressured enough to spew acid like the bugs do. So this means the Helldivers wouldn’t get covered in acid like they do bug blood. Second, if the infestation does occur on a super destroyer, as long as the Helldivers can make it the the armory (the ships are pretty small compared to say the nostromo) they will have access to not just the stratagem support weapons, but also the support back packs like the rovers and the shield which I think would be invaluable against any acid that might reach them. Third, there are much better loadouts for each member of the fireteam in their respective roles. A side note to mainly the second point is that the super destroyers are so small that a full infestation happening before the crew or Helldivers are made aware is practically impossible. The largest area of the ship is dedicated to the frozen Helldivers, which would not be hospitable enough for a chest burster to gestate, so the infestation could not start and build up with the frozen Helldivers, meaning it would have to start with the crew, of which there is very little compared to a space station like Romulus or Sevastopol, the two space based infestations we’ve seen.

Can’t believe I got jump scared by a xeno break dancing

Assuming they don’t spread to a different planet the xenomorphs would get glassed into oblivion by orbital bombardments to stop a third alien faction from becoming a problem, if anything the terminids are more deadly since they can actually spread to different planets through spores

"You smell that?" "Their acidic blood sir?" "No, I smell FREEDOM."

i hate to be that "UHRM actually" guy, but the standard enemy in fire team elite, the swarm gremlins that go down in like 2 shots, those are runners, they usually only come out of certain kinds of animal hosts, they're rather weak and small, drones, like "Monica" from fire team elite, and in isolation, are actually pretty tanky and tall in comparison, similar to warriors but not as armored, isolation actually captures the helplessness of fighting just a single drone alone.

You understand that the acid in game doesnt kill you straight away and theirs armor specifically for acid and fire damage yes the fire damage counts for acid as well.

Helldiver covered in xenomorph blood- “I NEED STIIIIIIIIIIIIMS!!!”

They gotta shoot those xenomorphs at long ranges because Xenomorphs have acid Blood.

Depends, do the devs keep replacing our flamethrower fuel with tomato paste? If not, we could do it.

First squad will die, next squad will be more prepared, last squad extinction

The Flood vs The brothern Moons🔥🔥🔥

So there is one thing that I think is missing. Facehuggers. Facehuggers aren’t a threat normally since they have low energy and a low lived life span, but that’s when you add the xenomorph carrier, which carries facehuggers into battle… this is a cannon form btw. Would give the xenos 2 extra threats.

I'd suspect the baseline performance of the divers has to be better then the canonical precedents set by most any selection of nameless colonial marines. Marines at least as of the base set in the OG of Aliens 2 exposed a fair bit of skin in their uniforms, divers do not. Facehuggers don't get as much of a free impregnation out of the diver. Marines have to carry around that Tracking device scanner thing like it's a damn computer desktop, while divers keep that same function on their suits interfaced on the wrist screens. Marines have people get wounded and get tended to while divers take the Stims. You really have to make a point of cleanly killing a Helldiver otherwise they're just one (not)addictive EpiPen away from being right as rain from things that'd otherwise leave a man crippled. Even their primaries, as mach as the players bemoan their piddliness are actually packing a massive punch as they tend use really big calibers for their guns. Standard AR's like the Liberator are chambered in 5.5x50mm. Higher caliber rifles are either in 8x60mm or 9x70mm and the Eruptor is an outlier because it's firing rocket propelled 15mm HE. The only serious matter of contention in this is that divers are a mixed bag of dubious...not quite lack of skill...They did go through the SEaf normal army first to get to be divers... but more so they've got a sheer force of ego. A lot of divers after all are fluffed up frat dudes tricked by a factory line of lies into thinking themselves the main character with a pre-recorded congratulation ceremony & for show cape before being shipped off to die thinking they can solo an army.

Would love to see either a squad of Helldivers vs a squad of ODSTs, or the entirety of super earth vs the federation from starship troopers

Can the helldivers survive the skynet invasions, Can the helldivers survive the predator movies.

If all the helldivers have the 50/50 armor they can just not die

I think the one thing people don’t realize is that the Helldivers are supposed to be the special forces unit of the SEAF. The missions we play in game are in the backlines of the enemy, trying to disrupt enemy advancements, cut supplies, etc. All of this, while the SEAF handles battles on the frontlines. When the Helldivers liberate a planet, its not actually the players doing. Its the SEAF pushing back the enemy that was weakened by the Helldivers. So in a scenario where a new planet was discovered with a new Xenos threat, the testing dummies wouldn’t be unequipped Helldivers, it’d be a bunch of under equipped SEAF soldiers / colonizers. From there, the Ministry of Science would equip the Helldivers with what they believe could take out the Xenomorphs If a battle took place on a spaceship, I understand the concept of them not being able to use stratagems. But wouldn’t that mean they also just… Can’t deploy on the spaceship at all? Helldivers enter missions via hellpods, which are what stratagems also use to drop equipment. This is just my own headcanon, but if the Helldiver corp was sent to clear our a spaceship, there would either be specialized hellpods made to create holes in the spaceship’s hull, and then plug said hole with itself, allowing for a helldiver to enter the ship (alongside any weapons they request). Although there would be some limitations, such as no eagle, no bombardments, no lasers, etc Either that, or they just walk into the ship with their stratagem-weapons already in hand Anywho, personally, I don’t think acid blood is too much of a problem for Helldivers. We have Bile Spitters and Bile Titans in game, which throw their acid blood at the player. If a player stood still and showered in the blood, yeah, they’ll die. But if a player was only touched by a small amount, they can survive (I believe theres also armour that is specifically made to reduce damage dealt by acid? Although I’m not sure) Anywho! I still love this video, and its content, so don’t get me wrong if I came off as rude or anything. I’d love to see more videos putting the Helldivers up against other aliens (or just [character A] vs [character B’s setting] and [character B] vs [character A’s setting])

with democracy, nothing is impossible

Quad Arc blitzer just stuns them over and over so they can’t run forward lmaooo

I say that if Helldivers are uninformed, then they have no chance against Xenomorphs. Even if they have equipment that is best against Xenomorphs. Why? It is simple - in my opinion Helldivers are not most clever people. In fact I strongly believe that they are VERY lacking in that regards. So it means that those 4 Helldivers will land on planet and then, without even noticing enemy, will get ambushed and killed. Not a single shoot. Just dead after venturing bravely into the hive. But! If they are informed OR if those 4 Helldivers are actually clever and intelligent (again, in my opinion they are not, but I can immagine that there are exceptions - and no, Helldiver is NOT player that controls him!), then I would ask... How can Xenomorph hive survive them with those tools under their command? As for acid - I personally think it is neglictible factor.

1:54 those arent drones. Those are runners. Drones are the big ones that come from humans.

I really like that instead of just juxtaposing two worlds and that's it, you showed the entire recommended helldivers squad and explained their role. There is a lot of soul and ingenuity in this video, warm regards

2 thing to mention is: 1- Helldivers will have to fight Xenos in tunnels, they won't get any air support 2- If we include comic Xenomorphs like King or Queen Mother Xenomorph, its kinda impossible to end the xenomorph since another Queen Mother will born when one dies

W in the sssshat! awesome video. Love the meme editing. More Helldivers!

Most major issue is that most locations where xenos haunt are enclosed or very close in. This would bassically cripple stratagem usage and resupply. Additionally, most xenos are smarter than nids, faster, and far harder to hit. Helldivers are a form of augmented light infantry and have extremely limited supply and individual fire power, limiting how well they can use their armament advantages.

Helldivers, afaik, have some armours that may actually be able to resist acid quite well. It's simply a higher tech tier. They've got shield packs as well that deflect acid and other things.

Because of how highly pressurized the xeno blood is, laser guns like the scythe or laser cannon would cause instantaneous explosions of any xeno they burn.

Victory was never in doubt.

Biggest thing is bringing weapons with Armor penetraiting power. A regular firearm is just going to be brushed asside by drones easily (drones being the most common type seen). Even light armor penetration weapons while they work its shown the Aliens can take a lot of hits before they go down able to shrug off a lot of shots. Tougher varients past drone likely will require heavy armor penetration to bypass their armor. That said, I think Helldivers are probably generally fine against Xenos in terms that while not all weaponry might be able to take them out and they will take quite a few shots to really take out one Xeno, they will be capable. The biggest thing is likely the type of warfare Helldivers would be taking part in. While Xenos can swarm, they are also very intelligent. They would likely rely on ambush a lot more to catch Helldivers off guard. I think with that in mind, it's more of an uphill battle for Helldivers given the nature of how battles usually are fought for them. Then again, Super Earth has so many resources... and so long as incompetence doesn't run rampant and Xenos hitch rides or get foolishly taken in for research in populated areas, Xenos can likely be taken care of, although probably not as likely to be fully ever wiped out from a planet.

I think there are 3 things you haven't considered 1. Xenomorphs can reproduce relatively quickly when humans are around. So if they Land on a Super Earth inhabited planet, Helldivers will encounter a LOT more xenomorphs 2. Besides all the Xenomorph types, the Helldivers also have to watch out for the VERY fast and sneaky Facehuggers 3. Xenomorphs in general are very fast, they can reach 50-60mph at minimum, and probably even faster if the right ground is given

Helldivers vrs a Predator. And I agree bro nice vid! I'd love to see ur take on 2 scenarios... Helldivers hunting a Predator on their world, and helldivers hunting xenos when a predator shows up. Need video please lol

You forgot one thing. The face hugger. Once it gets you your cooked. And if even one of the helldivers of the xeno squad dies, they won't have to proper equipment to deal with the enemy. They would also probably take an alien egg to super earth to maybe weaponize it or they think it's a sample, Then the planet is doomed cause you can't weaponize it.

The only Xenomorph you forgot were the facehuggers. I don't think it would have changed much, but it may have tipped in a few situations.

So small correction. Most Xenomorphs are stupidly armored, low caliber weapons essentially do nothing to them, even a shotgun essentially bounces off and staggers them. The Colonial Marines in the movie and games use very large caliber armor piercing rounds with explosive filler, which is why in Aliens the drones and warriors explode on impact. You need high power, explosive or armor piercing bullets to effectively kill Xenomorphs, so trying to shoot them with a basic pistol or a low caliber rifle is just asking to get your head little mouthed.

Helldiver's & ODST'S Vs White Spikes? (Also lmao the Drake joke reference ☠️)

You also have to consider that the pulse rifle shoots explosive tipped rounds while (as far as I know) the bull-pup from helldivers just shoots normal ammo, im not saying the ammo isnt military grade, it's just most certainly not 10-mm caseless

Hell divers are ready to meet any challenge except wide sweeping primary weapon nerfs.

i meeeeaaaan if we give the divers their stims they could probably withstand the acid blood damage

Helldivers vs Doom's demon infestation

They would lose as Arrowhead will make their weapons 48.23749347938% less effective against Xenomorphs.

the power of a single xenomorph is EXTREMEMLY inconsistent. in one peice of media, normal guns kill them just fine, and in alien isolation they are somehow completely impervious to them. it depends if this is an extremely op isolation xeno or not lol. Tbh its kinda immersion breaking that in this one peice of media and ONLY this one peice of media, the alien is like, a god or something with no weaknesses lol.

Drones are Runners which is the Xeno from the first film "Alien" but the Warrior is the Xeno from the second film "Aliens", main difference is Runner has the domed head whereas the Warrior has the exposed skull

Prediction: Nope, not unless these Helldivers have total foreknowledge of Xenomorph XX121 capabilities and tendencies.

Do the helldivers vs the Zerg Swarm please

1:17 they got us in the first half not gonna lie.

What about the starcraft zerg infestation?

I had to pause the video....the fortnite default dance xenomorph killed me. 🤣

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the crusher is typically a lot larger and the warrior tends to act more as a hunter. From the lore, each xeno type depends on their host.

Helldivers vs Halo Flood.

Most of the information on Xenomorphs in this video comes from Fire Team Elite where the Xenos are significantly nerfed, because if they were comic accurate the fire team would be dead in minutes. Actual Xenos would be quite a bit harder to take down and able to take down a Helldiver at close range within seconds, not only that but they usually use all sorts of stealth and ambush tactics instead of mindlessly charging at the enemy like Terminids do, so chances are half of the Helldiver fireteam would be taken out in the first encounter regardless of whether or not they have the right gear for the job. Xenos also aren't stupid so they almost always make their hives inside buildings or underground to ensure that they don't just get bombed to death or have their queen killed and eggs eaten by some much larger alien, so the Helldivers will be able to bring all their guns and stuff into the nest but they wouldn't have access to other stratagems, so chances are they don't last 5 minutes even if they come prepared. Another thing that needs to be accounted for are the hosts used by the hive the Helldivers are fighting. When a facehugger infects any given lifeform, not only can the resulting Xenomorph have a chance to become any one of the variants you listed but they also take quite a few attributes from the host, so if the hive is in an area primarily populated by wildlife physically stronger than humans the Xenomorphs will be significantly more powerful. One example we see of these different Xenomorph variants is the Predalien in Alien vs Predator Requiem, where a Yautja (Predator) is infected rather than a human. An entire hive of Predaliens would be significantly more dangerous than a hive of human-Xenos (there's no official name for them.) Given that this is set on a Terminid planet, it's safe to assume that their primary source of hosts will be Terminids, so the resulting Xenos will be significantly stronger than the ones seen in most media where their hosts are humans or aliens that just so happen to be extremely similar to humans. Human-Xenos are already up to 10 times stronger than their human hosts, so Terminid-Xenos will be damn near unstoppable, especially with the warrior and crusher variants. Edit: It has come to my attention from reading other comics that Fireteam Elite was only for the gameplay footage and is not where this information was actually coming from, but my point still stands as the Xenos are massively underestimated in this video.

When it comes to scenarios that involve Helldivers fighting on ships, I think it’s fair to say that they could bring along special weapon and/or backpack stratagems. Helldivers usually have to call these in because they can’t drop in via hellpod with them due to space. But if they’re deploying to a ship then they aren’t going in via drop pod. More likely than not they’d be flown in by a Pelican drop ship, meaning they would have enough space to carry some extra kit. Though Eagle and orbital stratagems would be unavailable, they may still be able to get resupplies, new weapons, and reinforcements via the Pelican delivering those things from the Super Destroyers

Good video man, really appreciate you covering different scenarios, maybe master chief Vs xenomorph infestation could be a cool idea

Sooooooooooo, just gonna put this out there, the Aliens Colonial Marines games are all really inaccurate with xeanomorph durability. In Alien Isolation (which is far more accurate) quite literally anything other than fire is useless against the xeno, and even then fire doesn't actually hurt anything above a facehugger, just scaring them away (as seen by the fact that the more you use the flamethrower the less it works). I don't know that much about helldivers, but with how disposable they are I doubt their helmets could survive a head bite from a xenomorph

The RTS game does a better job of showcasing the xenomorphs than the multiplayer game. A horde of drones in that game is a literal nightmare to deal with unless you know where to hide and that’s just drones. Throw in the more fun ones and you’ll either run out of ammo or your squad just gets completely overwhelmed. A Helldiver fireteam ain’t surviving any situation involving the xenomorphs.

I think you are forgetting something very crucial, Colonial Marines are actually well trained soldiers. While Divers are not, they are basically thrown into the meat grinder. Whether they make it or not,they will just thaw more out to throw in.

And if the first 4 can't do it, there's always the next 20.

In the game Aliens Armageddon, there are several different Xenomorph variants, (flying facehuggers, kaiju sized Xenomorphs, ones that can launch acid rockets, and many more) I don’t think Helldivers could actually handle that.

There's something people forget with the Helldivers: it isn't just a 4 man team. It is a 24 man platoon of 6 fireteams, deployed from 4 ships with hundreds of thousands of tons in ordinance. They have orbital cannons, lasers, Close Air Support from multiple fighters. If the first 4 die to acid blood, the next 4 that get inserted will be briefed on that and prepare accordingly. That's not mentioning how Helldivers really don't care about rescuing survivors, so calling in CAS and orbital strikes to obliterate places that xenos are concentrated in would be fully on the table. That would leave only stragglers, who could easily be dispatched at distance. They don't have to participate in CQB with them, and any buildings that need cleared can simply be destroyed by regular or nuclear ordinance. Hell, they could do the whole turning the planet into a black hole thing again. They wouldn't just survive or win. They'd push the Xenomorph's shit in so hard that they'd be telling tales about how it leaked from their ears for decades. They'd be the only people in the Alien universe to have the correct response of forgetting about survivors and deploying the highest grade ordinance available to not just drive back the xenos, but outright exterminate them in a ruthless campaign of destruction fought from planet to planet until they were absolutely positive that not a single one was left breathing and recognizable as anything other than a cloud of green mist.

Scerio B would make the xeno rely on guerrilla warfare and luring them into a trap, I think the trap would be leading them deeper into the nest in then send there bursters out first. they would need a army for that many xeno. If there's a alien that's just built different like the nethead or Number 6 then the helldivers gonna get taken out more efficiently since one of those specific aliens basically has human lvl intelligence that being number 6

Could Delta Squad from republic commando survive Dead Space 1?

It's worth noting that Xenomorph Facehuggers have serious trouble getting through heavily armored marines to incapacitate them, as is seen in in AvP Exctinction where Flamethrower marines using similar suits to Helldivers are 100% immune to Facehuggers. With proper intel, Helldivers win.

Don't forget that Xenomorphs are perfect organisms.

In a fight I'm going with the Hell Divers every time. But I could totally see my squad taking selfies for the gram with a bunch of xenomorph eggs then ending up pregnant with face hugger babies

I will add that most more developed Xenomorphs are less vulnerable to fire than some people might think. Xenomorphs of all breeds dislike fire and it causes them pain. But by that same token there are many instances where Xenomorphs weren't actually killed or substantially injured by fire. The standout example to me is in Alien 3 (Yes, not the best in the franchise) when the primary Xenomorph was dipped in molten metal for a significant period of time. And rather than being killed, the Xenomorph was able to not just climb out of the situation but was enraged to the point of moving to kill Ripley. Which has been seen in other parts of the franchise. Eventually a Xenomorph will get angry enough to ignore the pain caused by fire and just charge towards its agitator. As I recall, this is part of the reason one needs to be somewhat cautious with the incinerator in Alien: Isolation. The Xenos will eventually just get tired of it and surge forward regardless. Now the Helldivers are likely to be fielding military-grade incendiaries. But so were the Colonial Marines. And even in the clips above we saw some of the larger Xenos tanking prolonged flamethrower bursts without hesitation, which is consistent with the points mentioned above. And even in Aliens, I can't recall any fully-grown Xenos being killed by flamethrowers. Setting the nest on fire agitated the hell out of the guards and queen and the eggs started to cook-off, but as I recall she had to deal with most of praetorians with the pulserifle. And if anything, the ambush tactics of the Xenos made the flamethrowers hazardous weapons. Many of their problems were caused during the initial ambush, when attacked Marines accidentally sprayed down their squads with flamethrowers. And the resulting fires caused their explosives and magazines to go off. So, fire is a potentially useful tool. But more as a means of controlling Xenomorph movements, keeping them at bay, than as a primary weapon.

Ok there are so many "it depends" that this is almost impossible to call. I do think that helldivers armor negates face huggers out the gate. Helldivers have fought indoors and in CQB in their history before but we haven't seen that happen in game. If it was on a space station or they were storming an underground/indoor hive and Helldivers couldn't get resupplied, they have ammo independent options. If it is out in the open, Helldivers would crush the xenos 80% of the time. So the rest of this would focus on an indoor assault with little to no intel with the divers tasked to take out a strange new Terminid hive. This is also assuming that Helldivers have access to all Warbond weapons and Super Store armors as of 8/27/24. Laser weapons set enemies on fire now so that should be a consideration for a space station or other indoor raid. An earthen cave assault would be the most dire. Of course Helldivers are more than happy to drill into the hive, implant a nuke, then leave the xenos to their doom (which would make it an outdoor fight). If the Helldivers can be resupplied from service elevators, or a MOLLY type robot, then they have more options. Primaries that would go hard indoors are: Punisher, Cookout, Pummeler SMG, Blitzer, Fire Breaker, OG Breaker, Adjudicator, Sickle, (newly buffed) Scythe, JAR-5, Defender SMG, Torcher, and possibly Liberator Concussive. Explosive weapons are a bad thing to bring in CQB and against an enemy that rushes you. Stagger, armor pen, fire, and knockback are far more important. Preferred secondaries: Crisper, Redeemer, Bushwacker, Verdict, Grenade pistol, and (newly buffed) Dagger. Grenades: Both incendiary grenades, impact grenades, but most importantly the stun grenades! Support packs: Shield pack, supply pack are the only 2 worth considering for indoor CQB as the guard dogs would kill the divers more often than help. Support weapons: Pre-nerf Flamethrower, Stalwart, Med Machine Gun, Heavy Machine Gun, (newly buffed) Laser Cannon, AMR, Railgun, Quasar Cannon, Recoilless Rifle, and possibly Arc thrower. Indoor CQB effectively cuts divers' stratagems in half and contain the vast majority of their power. There are builds that don't require resupply, those are the laser and electricity builds. The lasers would be perfect for wiping out the xeno eggs and electricity can pushback and stun the hordes. This would be the scenario that would most likely get the divers killed without any forward intel from simply getting jumped on and getting acid blood on them if they take out the attacker or ambushed and spit on. That said, it is this scenario that most likely has divers wearing shield packs thinking that they are facing Terminids. If they are able to get resupplied, then there are far more options available to the diver but they are severely limited in potential power. Since mobility wouldn't benefit the Helldivers whatsoever, they'd likely all bring heavy armor with the one exception being a medium scout armor to locate Terminid movement from further away. The #1 threat an unsuspecting Helldiver troop would fear would be a Charger Behemoth which would have to be taken out fast by 2 divers with anti-tank weapons. In a no resupply scenario, that's the Quasar's domain. Limited resupply scenario, that goes to the RR and possibly the Railgun. I doubt the AMR and Laser Cannon would be brought by most troops against Terminids if they knew that they would be fighting indoors, so they would go into the post first contact scenario. In a no resupply/scavenge scenario I would expect a Sickle(or Scythe)/Shield pack/Quasar/Engineer armor (one in the Medium scout armor) pair of divers, and a pair of Blitzer/Supply pack/Arc Thrower/Heavy Medic armor pair of divers leading the way. All would have to bring either the Dagger laser pistol or gamble on the Grenade pistol. Grenades would probably be Impacts, stuns, and incendiaries with the stuns carried by the AT team so they could stun heavies while the medic team has the fire impacts and normal impacts. This is an adequate balance of horde clear, egg and bug hole busting, crowd control, and damage mitigation. This setup would likely get overwhelmed by the fast moving xeno chaff or not have fast enough AT.

With the nerfs, they can’t even survive their own battles. All it takes is one infected Helldiver to escape on a pelican. Then the whole super destroyer is fucked

I swear man, the part about popeyes chicken made me burst in laughter 😂😂😂. Thank you 😂😂, fantastic video, I just now came across your channel. For some ideas for new videos, what do you think about putting Space Marines (from Warhammer 40K in the Dead Space scenario?

What about the Flood from Halo? Should be fun to see Liberty's Finest take on such a dangerous and adaptive foe

Our glorious Super Earth would send fleets of meat (ahem… I mean elite Helldivers) at the xenomorph plague until it was put down forever. We are well versed in bug hunts!

Great video love this style of videos! how about hell divers vs white spikes or death angels

You forgot the Alpha Xenomorphs. But What I don’t like about this is that this is considering Helldivers would have the insight to know exactly how to deal with Xenomorphs. Yes the insects are similar, but Xenomorphs don’t attack in mindless droves of waves. They are clever, methodical, and would never mindlessly attack the way Helldivers are used to. They have firepower to defeat them for sure, but I have a hard time thinking an avg squadron of Helldivers with no intel on Xenomorphs are beating them. Especially considering how they dive head first and are extremely arrogant into battle and would be burned alive by acid.

Not with all the nerfs arrowhead is giving helldivers 😂

Just a bit of a tangent but the Xenomorphs in Aliens were Warriors not Drones, there is a big difference between Warriors and Drones, primarily that Drones have a translucent head dome while the head dome of Warriors are more plated. That is all.

I hate to say it but if anything the colonial marines were far more equipped to take out Xenomorphs than Helldivers would be, because their ammo was armor piercing explosive, that’s why they were told to hand over their ammo during aliens, because a single shot would have exploded and destroyed the reactor they were in, so if anything Helldivers yes may have armor piercing but compared to a colonial marine standard issue pulse rifle, are still gonna find it hard pressed to get some serious damage on a xeno, outside the strategems.

Now let's ask this: "Could Xenomorph's Survive a Helldiver Infestation?"

one minor correction. the typical xenomorph is crazy strong. like able to life a fully armored predator with ease. tho with that said the xenos still probably get swamped lol.

that aint funny bro, i dropped my stupid drink1:13

I wonder how well Helldivers would deal with a typical mission of Space Beast Terror Fright (yes, that's the actual title.) On the one hand, I think they honestly have (mostly) better gear than the locals do. (Even post nerfs!) but on the other, it's another case of fighting outside of their element so strategems are off the table. Another that comes to mind is Lethal Company, though I suspect that'd come down to 'what do they run into indoors?'

Dont forget the shield backpack too. Can be used to block incoming attacks

bro that xenomorph meme made my blood pressure rise

The Jedi council vs the marker 😱

so, if we're basing this off of just the title "Could Helldivers Survive a Xenomorph Infestation?", then no, the helldivers would not survive. the caveat is that the human race would likely survive, just not whoever's on the planet or location where the infestation is/was. this would also depends on whether they're trying to take back the area that the xenomorphs took over or if "surviving" just means holding out until they can be rescued. if a xenomorph infestation is already in full-effect then that area or planet is already doomed. all of the helldiver's strengths come from their orbital and air superiority. during a xenomorph infestation, let's say super earth itself, then their only option would be to essentially nuke or destroy their own planet. the only way helldivers "win" is by essentially obliterating super earth and taking out whatever colony is established there and starting over. even then, they'd have to worry about if they actually killed them all in fear of another infestation. if we're talking about a single super destroyer- that's a definite no. any infestation, especially in a confined space, is a complete loss. if you're talking about going to a planet that's already infested, even if the helldivers know exactly what to expect and have prepared specifically for them, their only option is to use orbital strikes to "cleanse" it. but again, that doesn't ensure total annihilation of every xenomorph, which could just start another colony. if they decide to go into a ground battle, which is incredibly stupid, they wouldn't accomplish anything. the only way helldivers actually win is by using their orbital capabilities and not directly engaging with them at all.

LAS energy weapons now do burn damage so may make a good option for ranged xeno cooking, also shield pack counters acid splashes, not prolonged sprays but random spurts.

They would once they find out what weapons are effective, but then their weapons would be nerfed because Super Earth would consider them too effective.

Imma be honest… the hell divers are going to be killing eachother more than the xenos…

Fun idea, what if the forces of super-earth had to go against xenomorphs, necromorphs, and the flood.. how would that unfold?

I feel like you forgot to mention the intelligence of xenomorphs. As seen in the original Alien movie and other media, xenomorphs aren’t just mindless drones (haha) and won’t just rush you down unless they think it’s the best option. They most likely would choose their targets carefully and ambush as well as use their environment to their advantage and retreat if necessary to find new angles. Anyways, great video none the less! Keep up the great content!

Who would win, some scary bugs or THE FULL MIGHT OF DEMOCRACY

Not sure because Helldivers only run with a 30 round magazine. Colonial Marines have a 200-500 drum magazine in their Smart Guns battle rifles, and they barely make it through an Alien skirmish without reloading. I don't think the Helldivers are fit for the job unless they are in open air. If they are on a ship or space station or have to protect a colony they stand no chance without strategems.

Love the video, New idea 4 helldivers are sent back in time to protect John Conner from the T-1000, They have no support but the basic equipment, does the boy survive?

I feel like the hell divers would be instructed to bring a xenomorph specimen back as the primary mission directive and they'd all be on board with the mission no matter who gets a chest burster inside them.

I think Predators vs Helldivers would be very cool to think about too like the comment said. Its actually a pretty fair matchup cus the Predators have cloaking and its been shown that ambushes are an effective way to kill a squad (The invisible terminids are very dangerous and at the very least are a complete nuisance) The Predators also have very advanced tech, maybe more advanced than Super-Earth since basically every vehicle they have has cloaking, the Helldivers bombardments are no joke but I believe the Predators can dish out that same amount of power as well. Also the mere fact that Predators have the ability to travel from planet to planet makes them an equal match. This means stealth missions and trophy hunts on Helldiver teams are possible, and a Helldiver squad fighting a hunting party of fully armed Predators wouldnt be uncommon. Weve also seen that the predators have the capability to create massive bombs and explosions which can be seen from space (In the 2010 Alien vs Predators game the Predator ending shows one of the Predators wrist-devices going through a self-destruct which results in a massive explosion that reduces the facility to ash. The explosion can be seen very clearly from outer space) so if the Predators stop treating their war as a hunting game then they could destroy outposts and bases easily.

"Could Helldivers surviv..." "NO, they won't. That's kinda the point of the game." Also loosely related, I think this is the reason why people bitch about the nerfs in the game, they want to play as some sort of Rambo in bug infestation, the game is designed for you to die, multiple times, it's supposed to be hard.