Players have nine difficulty options to choose from in Helldivers 2 that scale with heightened challenges and rewards alike. Beyond that, Automatons are rarely easier to deal with than Terminids. In fact, the sole reasons why Terminids are often challenging in Helldivers 2 are their sheer numbers in any high-difficulty bug breach and how they can slow players to a crawl with nearly every attack, overwhelming them instantly thereafter. If players are working together as a well-oiled machine, though, this is largely irrelevant as hordes of bugs can be purged swiftly. Still, bugs unpredictability can get the better of players who are unaware of their surroundings.