I'm just glad they doubled the movement on the hmg emplacement

This stratagem has saved so many stuck positions. Getting overwhelmed by bots, throw this away from them get in and clear the field. Takes down nearly everything.

The beauty of the HMG Emplacement is you have range on bots, yes, but it also suppresses them making them fire "randomly"

You can stim while on the emplacement

The emplacement feels amazing against the bots. Once you get it in a good spot it absolutely decimates the big mid tier threats, like heavy devas, berserkers, gunships, and rocket devas.

I only learned how good the turret was when the defence missions became a thing. They melt everything besides tanks, chargers, and titans, and they’re SO good against the bot walkers. It’s like 2 shots to destroy each minigun or something, and then just melt the walker’s eye.

I love your videos. They help me see past the bad blood some strats get.

Never used it til recently when I remembered it’d been buffed in the last patch and bloody hell! Rips and tears - love it!

I was one of the OG HMG placement believers and i have something else. Get the shield force field to drop next to the turret, especially good versus bots. For Bugs, you want the easy EMS strategem, plop down turret and the Ems on a bug breach, heck even the expendable anti-tank is also good to have nearby incase a charge is coming.

HMG Emplacement? More like HMG Replacement! The buff to swivel speed made this weapon LEGIT.

I agree, the HMG turret is a blast and you did a great job highlighting its strengths. One thing you forgot to mention but definitely showed in your footage is that your choice of backpack matters. For some reason your backpack becomes invisible when you mount the HMG, but its ability stays active. This means you should bring the shield backpack when fighting bots - to give a little extra protection against their projectiles - and you should bring the laser rover when fighting bugs - to pick off any little guys who try to flank or rush you.

Wow the mg emplacement actually slaps

I've been rocking this bad boy since before the patch and post patch it's only gotten better. One of my favorites

This thing actually fucks so hard

this stratagem is an under rated gem❤

Awesome vid - one of my fave strats that is a sleeper. Against bugs, throwing one of these down at the edge of a heavy bug nest while your teammates clear it out is the epitome of overwatch. Against bots, it's a good idea to have Shield Relay to plop down next to yourself if you're going to get return fire. Keep the vids coming! Git Gud with the Guard Dog next? (Bullet version, barely ever teamkills)

Yeah, fine, I'll try it.

Mainly use these for the defense mission

The overwatch position on the team is the one often overlooked. My buddy is the guy that loves the HMG emplacement. He is also the guy that takes squad saving pot shots from max range with EATs, spears, etc.

HMG emplacement is literally a must have in my loadout, i know its not for everyone, but its basically an upgrading gatling turret. I love it.

It was already powerful but with the turn speed buff they gave it it's actually devestating. I'm surprised I don't see more people using it.

This bears all caps for important it is… YOU CAN STIM YOURSELF WHEN ON THE EMPLACEMENT! IF YOU ARE TAKING FIRE DO NOT GET OFF TO STIM, KEEP FIRING!

Machine gun turret allows for 2 to be placed as long as it’s not destroyed of course or runs out of ammo.

when doing overwatch and teammates are forward, i verbally remind them to tag (q) large, priority targets coming at them so i can help (due to the smoke and environment) with everyone marking stuff, not only am i properly supporting them but it effectively doubles my kill distance since they are much further out. (just aim under the marker since at distance it shows above the target). second, if i know a large force is coming or a heated battle, ill climb a rock or cliff as high as possible and place a turret of some kind behind me at a lower level ( so it doesnt hit me!) this gives you a warning when the enemy tries to flank or land new soldiers behind you. thanks for the video!

I love getting this strategem while randomizing, especially after the recent buffs. Helps with stuff like gunships, spore spewers and distant shrieker nests

Been saying for ages, people gotta learn how to use this and the support HMG, theyre well-slept on...

Here’s a good tip for chargers as well, the hind legs of a charger if you can hit them can be penetrated by the HMG. It will make quick work in the case that the charger is looking away from you

If you want to feel more safe while using the hmg emplacement guard dog and shield backpack are two good additions. Both work while manning the hmg emplacement and either kill smaller enemies attacking from behind or make you tougher ;)

I started using this stratagem yesterday and fucken love it

What I love about the HMG Emplacement is it's an ACTIVE way to deal with threats. As effective as all the airstrikes and auto sentries are, they dont make me feel like I MYSELF am kicking ass. I'm calling in others to do the work for me. Also, good call bringing stuns with this, though dont recall you mentioning it specifically, the gameplay speaks for them.

my fav startagem ! i wanted to try it with anti tank mine for charger situation but we didnt unlock it, i take a spear and autocanon sentry to "protect" while im trowing lead at hordes of bad guys, alway get the more shot fired !

Alright i bring the HMG on defense mission but you definitely convinced me to bring this on other mission types

I’ve taken out whole bot drops with this, hordes of devastators and hulks, only thing it can’t handle is factory striders, also pairs super well with the jump pack to get to that high ground

The bot door defend missions: Rocket sentry HMG emplacement Precision strike Spear Easy mode and so much fun

continuous recoiless fire at that

The emplacement makes for a pretty decent “support” weapon if you are good at placement.

Very good overwatch agreed. Perfect matchup with snipeing from range. The biggest problem is the sheer amount of planets with rain,fog,spores etcetra. Enemies can still seem to hit you even when completely obscured from your view.

4:01 this describes my sentiment for people who criticize the Emancipator Exo-suit for being "outclassed" by the Autocannon Sentry. The Exo-suit is a mobile emplacement that can lay down devastating overwatch fire. It's driven by a pilot, so the pilot makes target priority and sub-target priority decisions, not with the Sentry that will aim at the smallest yet closest enemy and waste two more shots in the salvo, ignoring the Brood Commander and group of Hive Guards lagging behind the Hunters.

I actually agree, the hmg is under rated

My bot build is: autocannon turret, shield gen, spear, HMG It mows down bots crazy fast and the autocannon takes care of the pesky devastators and chicken walkers fast. For bugs it’s: Autocannon, HMG, Quasor, and laser dog Autocannon will kill chargers of place on time and can weaken bike titans. Quasor can open up charger and bile titan weak spots for HMG to finish off. Laser dog to kill off smaller bugs that get too close. Both builds with team mates helping you out if amazing

recently I've discovered this stratagem can and will shred any bot that comes your way and have been enjoying it so much. I bring it with me to any game now WITH the HMG support weapon and there's literally no bot that I can't kill. pairing it with the supply pack and a precision strike and I become a support class that can deal with anything and help my teammates.

Funny enough, the hmg can tank so many laser shots and rockets for some reason, as if there is a shield in front of it

I had to stop using this one because on higher difficulty random allies will drop explosives on you, thinking you are getting overwhelmed. I'm not overwhelmed, those are dead bodies.

I have no idea if it is my imagination, but I swear it seems that it is more "snappy" when I have peak physique armor on. At least the aim of the turret before rotation of the entire thing. I also pair it to with spear and hold back a bit, had no complaints from my teammates. In fact it's funny to se them glance towards me when they see that enemies that were supposed to swarm them while reloading are suddenly gone.

To be fair i just use it if enemies come in a line your turret also blocks alot of damage and is actually very durable also u have insane stagger resistance, which means u never get interupted on your stims and meanwhile u just stay shooting anyway. Aside from the the moment of instantly dying so genneraly only big explosives or the huge armored enemies are the only real thing u tend to be needing to care out for

okay so crazy idea, but what if you get the new module that allows your mortars to shoot at ur pings is going to be crazy. think about it, charger? ping with ems mortar and mortar sentry well wreck it.

it's a bit weak against bugs, as they tend to swarm you, and their heavy hitters can get to you very fast. But It's my to-go stratagem for bot missions, especially after speat fix. Spear and other stratagems take out tanks and Factory striders, while HMG emplacement mows down everything from smallest bots to hulks, with capability to kill Factory strider too.

I wonder if you could get it to work solo with enough ems and stun grenade spam. Probably spear support

People really do be sleeping on a top-tier stratagem. Invalidates all bot drops and bug breaches besides the very largest targets. One HMG can take down a Shrieker Nest AND a Spore Spewer. Enemy Aggro can bug out when you're on the HMG, saving your life more than not, and yes, you can stim on it, tanking any stray hits from melee. Avoid low ground where you can, prioritize Chargers and stay off the gun when you see them. On the gun, prioritize Rocket Devastators, Hulks anr anything with rockets since one rocket is enough to poof it, and yourself since the emplacement blowing up is enough to destroy you. On bot missions, you can bring the shield generator and never need worry about getting shot out of it. Best of luck!

So do chargers see static defenses as higher priority targets than Helldivers? If so it would explain why they seem to always make a beeline for turrets and emplacements

I think you touched on just about everything people have advocated for about this stratagem. Also, though, i still dont quite like it. The shield relay can help with a lot of gunships targeting you, and i might bring knowing i am going to be the main AA.

The hmg need a 125 round mag and it'd be perfect

i use the HMG all time, i assume people dislike it because they see a green strategem and think “it should fire on its own, i shouldn’t actually need to USE it,” completely overlooking the fact that it’s practically a Fully Automatic AMR with 300 shots and a 3 minute cooldown

At 8:24 it looks like you're not aware of the recoiless rifle reload tech.

Very cool, but, does it still get one shot by rockets?

Personally I’ll take minigun and rocket mech instead, from how little a normal player would use it would be better to have the mech