Helldivers 2's latest balance patch has added six-shooter enhancements, spawning a galaxy of Revolver Ocelots that can destroy the Hulk

Helldivers 2's 60-day patching plan was completed earlier this week. The effort is so admirable, we won't detract from the fact that it took 63 days. Patch 01.001.104, which includes a wide range of promised improvements to weapons, enemies, stratagems and core game mechanics, was released today for Helldivers 2. This particular patch note was among the many adjustments.

P-4 Senator

• Armor penetration increased by 4 to 3.
• The damage caused by projectiles has increased from 175 lbs to 200 lbs
• Projectile durability increased from 35 up to 70

Helldivers haven't paid much attention to the P-4 Senator revolver from the first Helldivers 2 warbond. It was always a powerful weapon that could take out even the most durable Helldivers 2 fodder. However, its slow firing rate, limited ammunition capacity, and lengthy reloads made this sidearm less appealing than other options. When I need a backup weapon to protect myself from being swarmed by a group of enemies, I look for something that can fire enough rounds to give me some breathing space, like the P-19 Redeemer.

The P-4 Senator is now something else: something more. The revolver has evolved from a holdout sidearm to a weapon that is capable of destroying some of Super Earth’s most vile enemies.

It didn't seem to take long before players embraced the revolver as a new weapon. Helldivers 2's subreddit has a plethora of video clips that show Terminids and Automatons being casually unmade with high-caliber handgun round.

What about the Bile Titans? Those towering threats that require the use of the most powerful ordinances? Revolver wins.

When you don't have the right stratagems to defeat a bile Titan, you use a Senator from Helldivers.

Gunships: the aerial Automaton weapons platforms capable of destroying barrages of missile fire? Revolver wins.

Helldivers r/Buffed Iron on his hip

Even Hulks, the stomping heavily-plated juggernauts that have burned me with their flamethrowers more times than I care to admit, are prey for this newly-empowered senator.

P-4 Senator can now 3 shot hulks! Helldivers from r/Helldivers

Undoubtedly, there will be those who believe that this is further proof that Helldivers 2 has become too easy. But I'll take a world where I am able to shoot gunships from the air with a 6-shooter over a world where I cannot. Arrowhead needs to add a strange ocelot squeal when you are twirling your revolver.