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If you want to know how to use the famous “bug zapper”, this article is for you. Keep reading to see how to get and use the A/AC-6 Tesla Tower in Helldivers 2.
There are a lot of Stratagems in Helldivers 2 to help you out, and a significant part of them is focused purely on defense. The majority of these are Sentries, automated gun turrets, but there are other, more niche Stratagems that do a similar job. One of these is the Tesla Tower, an Emplacement that shoots lighting arcs at anyone and anything mad enough to get close. So, let’s see how to get and use the A/AC-6 Tesla Tower in Helldivers 2.
How to Get the A/AC-6 Tesla Tower in Helldivers 2
As always, being a Stratagem, you first have to purchase the Tesla Tower to make it available for you. If you haven’t already, go to your Ship Management terminal and select the Stratagems tab. Scroll down to the Bridge subsection where you will find the Tesla Tower. To unlock it you have to be at least Level 15 and pay 8000 Requisition.
Do not forget to choose Tesla Tower as one of your Stratagems, during the Loadout phase.
Helldivers 2: How to Use the Tesla Tower
You first have to call in the Tesla Tower, like every other Stratagem. Being a Sentry (more specifically, an Emplacement), you should throw the stratagem ball where you expect the highest number of enemies will be. The Code for the Tesla Tower is Down, Up, Right, Up, Left, Right. After a few seconds, the Tesla Tower will appear and start zapping everything nearby.
Tesla Tower discharges chain-lightning strikes, very similar to the Arc Thrower. The difference is that the Tesla Tower will target anything nearby, enemies and Helldivers alike. It deals a lot of damage and can kill a Helldiver in one hit. So, once you deploy the Tower, better stay clear of it.
You can actually see when you are too close to it. The Tower will start to “build up” a strike when anything is in its range, and you will see that the tip of the Tower is getting all charged up with lightning. You have maybe a second before it fires so you better move back. Note that the Tower itself can be destroyed.
We recommend that you put the Tower somewhere where the enemy can’t reach it that easily, like on top of a rock formation, or behind some cover. It is best versus Terminids since they have to get close to anything to attack it. The Automatons, being mostly focused on ranged combat, will rarely approach the Tower, and can just shoot it from a distance.
Tesla Tower can zap small and medium bugs in one shot, making it an ideal Stratagem for Bug Breaches and Defense missions. On the other hand, Chargers really hate these Tesla Towers and will charge at them to destroy them, before the Tower can do anything meaningful to it. So, try to focus your anti-tank fire on those heavies as soon as possible, to keep the Tesla Tower safe and operational.
Best Ship Upgrades for Tesla Tower
There are two Ship Modules that significantly improve the Tesla Tower. First is the Rapid Launch System, which removes the deployment time for the Tower, ie, it deploys almost instantly. The second is the Level 4 upgrade in the Engineering Bay, called Circuit Expansion. It adds one more “jump” to the Tower’s chain-lightning strikes, allowing it to hit one additional enemy per discharge.
In summary, the Tesla Tower is a great defensive Stratagem versus Terminids. If you are playing a Defense mission, or expect quite a lot of Bug Breaches, then you can’t go wrong with the A/AC-6 Tesla Tower.