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 The point is, as a helldiver, you have a unique ability: You have what is essentially a //temporary invincibility// button. By default you can use this button up to four times (ie. you have four stims), but your number of uses can be replenished with in-game pickups. **As long as you still have uses on your invincibility left, you should //never// die. If you die with stims left in your inventory, you did something wrong.**
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+Seriously, this might sound silly, but it is not. Stims are the unit in which helldivers are counted. Do not run out stims. "But I am on full health" is not an argument. No stims means you will die in the next encounter.\\
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+Stim early - from pressing the button to the stim actually activating will take about half a second, during which the stimming can be interrupted((Unless you're diving, then it can only be cancelled with a ragdoll.)). It will take another bit of time to heal you from low HP to an amount of HP at which you can survive taking another hit.
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 ==== 1.2 Diving ====
-Taking damage will often stagger you. Staggering isn't quite ragdolling, but it will make you recoil for a moment and stop you from doing something - including stimming. This is particularly brutal with enemies that have combos (bugs, especially Predator Strain). This is where //diving// becomes relevant. Diving lets you escape //any and all// enemy combos, no restrictions. You can still take damage, you can still be ragdolled, but it will cancel all staggers and gives you back full control instantly. Crucially, it means you can also //stim// instantly as well. Helldivers are powerful not because they are amazing combatants or because they have immensely powerful Eagle and Super Destroyer support - it's because they have one single move combination in their moveset that lets them become invincible, no matter what happens (except when you get ragdolled).\\ Dive + Stim is the only reason Helldivers are feared. This seemingly inoccuous move is what makes a Helldiver scary. Use it. Dive. Dive for your life. When it says "Dive, dive again. And again. And again.", this is what that means. "Helldivers" means using your Alt key, not being sent onto hellish planets.
+Taking damage will often stagger you. Staggering isn't quite ragdolling, but it will make you recoil for a moment and stop you from doing something - including stimming. This is particularly brutal with enemies that have combos (bugs, especially Predator Strain). This is where //diving// becomes important. Diving lets you escape (almost) //any and all// enemy combos, no restrictions. You can still take damage, you can still be ragdolled, but it will cancel (almost) all staggers and gives you back full control instantly. Crucially, it means you can also //stim// instantly as well. Helldivers are powerful not because they are amazing combatants or because they have immensely powerful Eagle and Super Destroyer support - it's because they have one single move combination in their moveset that lets them become invincible, no matter what happens (except when you get ragdolled).\\ Dive + Stim is the only reason Helldivers are feared. This seemingly inoccuous move is what makes a Helldiver scary. Use it. Dive. Dive for your life. When it says "Dive, dive again. And again. And again.", this is what that means. "Helldivers" means using your Alt key, not being sent onto hellish planets.
 ==== 1.3 Survivability ====