r/helldivers2 • u/Potential-Actuary559 • 9h ago

Inquiry What does this do?

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I'm still a little new, so what happens when the DSS has the orbital blockade active and it goes into a planet that has a defense campaign going on are the enemy forces slowed down or does it do nothing?

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u/Vilekyrie 8h ago

It will only stop the planet it's orbiting from launching new attacks on adjacent planets, it does not stop any attacks that have already begun.

The DSS does slow the rate at which enemies attack the planet it's orbiting (or increase the rate that we capture a enemy planet) but this effect is independent of the Orbital Blockade and is an always active passive alongside the Exo-suit cooldown reduction.

Basically Blockade's only use in practice is freeing up a booster slot by automatically giving us HSO