Helldivers 2 players are getting rocked by Hive Lords, but grunts are begging for Arrowhead not to nerf them: "The game was lacking a fear element"

Helldivers 2 player confronts a Hive Lord.

Helldivers 2 players are getting their asses kicked by the new Hive Lord Terminids - and they're loving it.

If you've come limping to your old friends at GamesRadar+ to find out how to kill a Hive Lord in Helldivers 2, you'll know these giant, wormy, freaky Terminids are not to be trifled with, and in fact the best method of dealing with them seems to be avoiding them altogether at this point. It's a little disorienting to have an enemy so unstoppable in a game defined by blasting away hordes of bugs and robots by the droves, but it is what it is.