Shout out to all those people who share their batteries

As a monarch main. I can tell from experience it is so annoying when your going for a titan execution and someone shoots it from far away and steals the extra health and shields you get from it. Usually when this happens the monarch ends up taking more damage. STOP SHOOTING DOOMED TITANS WHEN A MONARCH IS NEAR THEM!!

The harvester shield boost will replenish the harvester's shields, so it is VERY useful. I don't understand why you would say it is useless.

10:08 I remember a match where we had close to 5 nuke titans right up in the harvester’s face. It had barely any health despite having full shield. But someone popped a harvester shield and saved us from an L I reckon harvester shield is just a safety net, in case there’s an unexpected hole in your défenses and enemies get too close before you can do anything to stop em

"Legion can deal great amounts of damage to enemies" *laughs in dreadnaught*

One thing to say about the 5 second Harvester invulnerability shield... Not only does it make the shield invulnerable for 5 seconds, but it also permanently restores the harvester shield back to full health, even after the 5 second invulnerability wears off. So it's actually fairly useful.

Here's a list of tips I can give, based on each Titan (2 per class) Ion >1. Use Zero-energy Tripwire add spam the hell out of it. Most Titans won't go for attacking it and will walk into it when you're fighting them. Plus, with it costing no energy, you can use the energy for other stuff like splitter beams or laser shots. >2. Don't rely solely on splitter beams for damage. Yes, it deals good damage; yes, there are aegis upgrades that increase the amount of energy you have at any time and reduce splitter beam costs, but here's the thing: if you spam nothing but splitter beams, you won't be dealing as much long range damage as you would with laser shots and having good defensive options like vortex shield. Yes, you can use, but don't make it the ONLY thing you use when spending energy. Scorch >1. Don't fight in open areas. Your attacks rely solely on strictly punishing enemies for going into chokepoints and column areas, so fight there. Most maps have good areas for you, while some don't have any at all (like Homestead). Don't battle titans in open areas, as you'll be unable to fight the flanking enemies fast enough. >2. Electric smoke. Spam it. When you'rein a titan v titan fight, the AI will think you disappeared when you sit in electric smoke. Thus, this lets you ambush them and deal MASSIVE damage while being safe from enemy fire. Plus, with how stupidly fast you're gonna get flame core after flame core, you're gonna have plenty of ES's to play with Northstar >1. If your tank titans aren't your last line of defense, then YOU are. You're a sniper. Be that assassin that Titans will be shredded by because they got past your front lines >2. You're a sniper, not a front line fighter. Most titans can never deal sufficient damage at the same range that you can. Don't try to go for close range kill (and yes, this includes terminations) unless you absolutely have to. Ronin >1. Highlander. Is. King. In PvP, it's a meh because it won't last long and most enemies don't clutter up their titans. In FD, however, it's a Titan v Titan buffet, and even without the Aegis upgrade that doubles its timer, with coordination, you can shred every titan in your range with just ONE sword core. >2. Use electric smoke whenever you can. Damage dealt by it still adds to your core and with it, you can hide and farm up from quick core meter charge to start hacking and slashing Tone *(though you most likely don't wanna play this one since it's not good in things other than 1v1 battles)* >1. Constantly use Sonar Pulse. Not only do your fellow titans see what you see, and not only does it give you one lock tick on each titan in the radius, but there's also an aegis upgrade that basically turns it into jarate from Team fortress 2 (yes, the other TF2 game), making all enemies revealed by it take 25% extra damage (TWENTY. FIVE. PERCENT. "Now THAT'S a lotta damage!" ~Phil Swift), so unless it's only like one reaper or one titan before an onslaught arrive, there's no real reason to keep it waiting. Though be careful because cloak drones still hide titans under them, so be sure to kill them first. >2. Practice maneuvering where your salvo core missiles go. As it turns out, there will be times when you use Salvo Core and your target is dead and you have extra missiles. The misses follow where you aim so work on practicing where they can go (maybe pull up a private match and play there for some time to get a good feel). Legion >1. If you're not playing as a final line of defense, pick another titan. Legion is THE titan that says "I am your last obstacle" to all the enemies who try to attack the harvester. He's giant, tough, slow, bulky, and has the power to stop all competition coming his way. >2. Work on using BOTH firing types for the predator cannon. I used to think the long range type was just too good to ever use the short range, but as it turns out, both have good purposes. Annoying reaper on top of the star in Angel City? Use Long-Range. Got a bunch of Reapers coming in the area you're at? Short range charged shots will sweep them all up. Both range types are very good, so work on prioritizing when to swap the types. And finally, Monarch *(Sadly, I think this one is the weakest of the titans because if you lose her in round 3, you're stuck with a titan who'll likely never reach the max upgrade core)* >1. The all around best upgrade list is as follows: tier 1- Arc Rounds (enemies regular and harder WILL use defensive shields, and this will shred them like no tomorrow); tier 2- Maelstrom (drop just one smoke with this on top of a group of titans, ad you're 80% likely to get a full core charge in seconds); and tier 3- XO-16 Accelerator (increases damage, which stacks with arc rounds too so shields are goners, and increases firing rate all around, meaning you can deal MAD damage with it) >2. Your best titan kits will be Counter-Ready and Energy Thief. Counter Ready gives you TWO ES's instead of 1 per core meter, and with Maelstrom (and an aegis upgrades that make the smokes give some shields to you and team mates in the smoke), that's an insane utility that cannot be overlooked. Energy thief rewards you for executing titans, and while it is discouraged to always execute them, it's also a good way to get cores fast, so go hogwild. Now, here's one tip for all players in general when they see a Monarch on their team: STOP IGNORING THEIR SMOKES. If they drop an electric smoke on top of you, and there aren't enemies spawning near you, chances are they wanna give you some shields. Monarch is the only titan who can give themselves some shields, so if they're giving you an opportunity to get some free shields, DON'T WALK AWAY. I've played Monarch so much, but yet it pissed me the hell off when I say "group up with me for some shields" but yet NO ONE does so, thus leaving me to be the only one to gain shields.

Here's a tip with the Arc traps, Know where the choke points are. If you can identify the choke points, you can get a lot of Arc stuns. These also work as an alert that enemies are hearing the harvester the closer you put them to it

Me sneezes THE HARVESTER SHIELDS ARE ABSORBING DAMAGE

I'm a Monarch main and I wish everyone would watch this video.

people really have to share the batteries one time i had a hair of health left and someone called out that the had a battery for you i was so happy that i would survive then i see him jump in his full health ronin and run away

I love this video, but I have to disagree on the fact that you said scorch should be the last resort, I have had many moments where I was using and incinerary trap and got several titans to low health for my teammates to finish off, I personally think scorch is best in the front lines

I never realized that changing enemy colors on enemy name tags also changed the colors of the lights on enemy Titans! It's very strange seeing Titans with yellow lights run around...

I can harshly disagree with the part about the grapple and stim not being useful because if you get the grapple down and you learn how to move better with advanced movements you can cover the map pretty fast and it’s great for rodeos

Here are a few notes. Firstly, the Arc Traps only STUN enemies, not DAMAGE or KILL enemies. You can only stop a enemy titan when it walks over arc traps when a titan is nearby to finish it off. So, when a nuke titan is about to blow up near the Harvester, your final line of defense is the Harvester Shield Boost. 5 seconds is enough when you activate it at the last millisecond, before the nuke titan blows up. So, the arc traps don't STOP enemies, so sometimes you may need a Harvester Shield Boost.

A good way too deal with drones is scorch's flame shield

Harvester shield is (in my opinion) used in higher difficulties when a Nuke Titan has slipped through and is about to detonate on your harvester. It is expensive, but it will save your harvester from MASSIVE damage. The Arc Ronins are immune to the arc traps, so if your team has arc traps set-up everywhere, Nuke titans won't be a problem but you have to prioritize enemies that won't trip them like the flying drones and arc titans. If you and your team have a bunch of turrets out (just keep them repaired), the little enemies won't be a problem, so you can just focus on killing titans and trust your turrets to handle the rest.

Auto-titans are actually great for the plasma drone waves on hard difficulty. You can make short work of the drones as a pilot if you're a good shot and your Titan can help the team as well. Pilots can also easily get to the mortar spectres a lot easier

Pretty simple and effective strategy is learning where the AI spawns each round in each map. You will obliterate the AI providing all your other teammates get into the right positions of the map.

Thx for the tips for Ronin.

Let's forget monarchs role as support and healer, if I'm realistic from my experience unless your in a 4 man and you actually communicate then yes by all means go for it, but if your most likely playing by yourself and you use monarch I would suggest the build I use in order to help your team the best as you can literally melt titans, I use extra dash to be more mobile and can save you lots of damage if you can dodge into cover, use energy thief to keep your self alive but don't get to cocky with executions even if you really need the bar of health don't go spamming melee in the heat of a battle if you can't see what's going on your screen just relax because most likely the enemy has dodged backwards and your just punching the air. First use arc rounds as your first core ability, this will increase damage, use maelstorm when your against a group of titans and when you use it always sit in it for a little bit to regenerate shields, lastly use xo-16 accelerator, this will allow you to literally melt titans as monarch. Use monarch effectively along with his rearm and other abilities and you can be dangerously powerful.

I do beg to differ about the charge rifle not being good...I've only lost three public games using it. Maybe I just had good teams, but the charge rifle is amazing if you pair it with the right loadout (for me, SMR and RE-45), and then use it from a distance.

shield boost is good on wave 5 on the very high difficultys. it can seriously clutch matches when your being pushed back an over-run. I've had shield boost literally save games from the brink of defeate by buying the team just enough time to push back the onslaught. plus it leaves you with the harvesters shield fully recharged which is nice

Played Frontier Defense since TF1, and when I heard it come out for TF2, I was gonna fall in love again. I always play heavies, as an ogre with the XO-16 accompanied with an accelerator, or the Legion. Both titans always are equipped with nuke core, and damage boosts, so when the enemy gets close you can really shred them up. Sadly I always get placed in matches where I may have to scout and be offensive from time to time. The nuke core, and harvester shield is the best combo, as when my lane gets overrun and everyone else does as well, I retreat to the harvester, and when the enemies near it, I let it rip. This is best when nuke titans come in, as using the nuke core kills them before they even get the chance to nuke and the shield gives a temporary invulnerability to the harvester shield, making it amazing at clutches. I always have 2 of these end game, along with arc mines and amped weapons. Also, never be ashamed to rodeo a line of nuke titans, as I have dare devil a lot of it, and got the front of them, it always helped if cloaked as that helps buy time and when they nuke it stalls the others. (But if you are a high enough level, using anti-titan weapons are better). Titans are just big clumsy tanks, use their size to your advantage, and use the AI route as well, if you have a suckish team you can still make it. Just remember that if people don't have mics, there are many who know their roles. Lastly doomed state titans, if there's a monarch nearby you, pop a shield, or smoke so the enemy won't really shoot you, let the monarch take the kill, and focus on other titans until they are in doom state, rinse and repeat. If there is no monarch in the team, don't execute when there is a group, they will damage you as you execute, and you will lose time. I love executing just as much as everyone else, but most the points made in this video are right, and doing an execution will use up time which you can use to help hold off other enemies. As I play legion I never use the gun shield until I need to reload, and I only use the power shots in certain situations, the shotgun blast is amazing at crowd control while the power shot is the little baby North star Cannon.

My favorite thing to do with nuke rodeo is do it with several nuke titans right next to each other and it will make a beautiful chain explosion

thanks for the assist comrade, im always looking for new ways to improve my gameplay

Sentrys are the holy grail of grunt and drone removal

Didn't think about picking up the grunts' weapons. Thanks for the tip

The best thing to do with the nuke rodeo is rodeo a nuke titan on the maps with dozens of them. It's so satisfying to see all those nuke titans exploding below you at once

I like monarch cause you can basically stay alive the entire game

One time I nuke rodeoded a nuke titan and killed three titans, one of which was a nuke titan whom went nuclear due to my rodeo and killed another four titans - 7 titans down baby!

Does anybody else just get games in progress I haven't had a fresh game in 23 games

I can’t count how many times I keep dying to nuke titans because people doom them before I’m clear

Oh man I wish it would still be like this, because now my team mates always try and steal kills, kill a titan while I'm on it and steal my batteries

FYI we need to use executions but only monarch to allow it to keep itself and friendlies

Davis in game: Good luck team! Subtitles: Do I pee.

Tricky when you are good with the charge rifle your a god with it

Here's how to be good and make every one love you! *cough cough sarcasm cough* Make sure you always go for the kil cuz we both know your friend will screw it up Make sure u never use ur a.t weapon Never play defence, your scrub teammates don't know how to attack, always be on offence Don't communicate with ur teammates Steal all the money of the deposite Throw arc traps on roof tops Always do executions even if ur not in danger or monarch to show of your prime or new execution Put ur Titan in auto Teabag on ur teammates

I actually think maybe Phase Shift works really well for Frontier Defense considering that it allows you to survive a nuke titan if you have no cover.

This really helps me figure out what I’m doin wrong

Finally got to play this mode! It was a relaxing and good experience.

phase shift might not be all that useful, but on certain maps, it can be a lifesaver - if you're in a covered map with roofs and such above you, and you have nuclear eject equipped, a phase (if easily timed right) can save you and potentially knock out a cluster of enemies

TF2 pilot ability's ageis upgrades: these are earned at the same time as you earn titan ageis ranks except pilot ageis ranks take twice as long to achieve ( 20 more ageis merits and 40 in total per lvl) each ability has 6 levels (5 upgrades as you start at lvl 1) level 3 for all abilities is faster cooldown level 5 for all abilities is an extra charge grapple: lvl 2: grapple reaches further distances lvl 4: grapple will infinitely grapple until button/key is released lvl 6: grappling anything will recharge your double jump holo pilot: lvl 2: holo pilot has 500 hp, will be targeted by any a.i. unit first and remains indefinitely until destroyed lvl 4: holo pilot will jump and mantle obstacles infront of it lvl 6: holopilot will explode when destroyed or when it hits an enemy (explosion of frag grenade) A-wall: lvl 2: a-wall is bulletproof cover on both sides for enemys and can be shot through on both sides by friendies lvl 4: a-wall and arc traps can be thrown much further lvl 5: a-wall becomes a dome of cover phase shift: lvl 2: enemies leave a blue hue where they were when phase shift was activated (like in effect and cause) and all of the HUD remains when phasing lvl 4: health slowly regens when phased lvl 6: when phased you move at the speed of a stimmed pilot but health regens at the sane speed stim: lvl 2: stim significantly increases weapon reload and handling speed when in use lvl 4: the health regen speed of stim is doubled and the regen delay is halfed, stim renders user immune to arc damage and slowing effects lvl 6: the duration of stim is doubled pulse blade: lvl 2: all enemies revealed by pulse blade take 25% more damage while affected lvl 4: pulse blade deals 500 damage and arc stuns any enemy it doesn't kill and can damage every enemy type (including titans and reapers) lvl 6: killing any enemy with the pulse blade immediately refunds the cooldown of the ability cloak: lvl 2: enemys cannot see you when cloaked despite proximity or movement and low profile is aplied when you use cloak lvl 4: an immobile, standing holo pilot decoy is created when cloak is used that a.i. will target lvl 6: shooting weapons when cloaked does not end cloak or reveal your position This was made by a 14 yr old in an hour, let me know what u think or should be changed I doubt any of these changes would be made, but if u don't shoot u can't score

Thx for the Monarch tips it really helped me thx😁

Scorch and Legion are so OP after Aegis upgrades it’s insane

Those captions in the beginning are pure gold. You have to try it

I disagree with saving a doomed Titan not being worth it, specifically in Monarch's case. A Ronin or Northstar is easily recycled and probably even has a nuclear kit, foreseeing their demise being squishier types. For Tanks, it really depends on the round you're on if you need the Tank from start to finish. However, in Monarch's case, you want to keep her alive if you can spare any attention or resources to do so because the longer she's alive, the more useful she is as dying will reset her upgrade tier.

My #1 tip is LET YOUR MONARCH EXECUTE TITANS!!!!! A full cored monarch is a massive benefit to the team. Stop being greedy and if you have a monarch helping with your target, let them get that battery. They give up their own healing to heal you, let them heal for themselves.

A really good tip for fighting hoards of drones is spam amp wall thunderbolt balls and it will wipe out a lot of drones quick if you send it between them all.

Ok so I use Ronin and as long as there are no friendly Monarchs around I always execute enemy titans. 4 leadwall rounds and an arc wave usually take 1 bar of health, dash into cover, rinse and repeat. But once the enemy reaches a doomed state, either leg it cuz it’s a nuke titan or execute. You wanna know why? Cuz every moment u spend sending another arc wave or leadwall shot at the enemy, ur leaving them as a liability. I’m usually super aggressive with Ronin and in enemies’ faces so I take a little bit of damage for every takedown. So “pro” tip, go for the execution. You’re saving time, hp, time to recharge (phase shift, dash, arc wave), and it gives you a moment to plan your next move. Oh and it looks really cool.

Its also a tip,a full scorch team or legion team will get you a win almost everytime

This was genuinely super useful to this day! Cheers

you can still use the archer against cloaked titans, you just have to take out the cloak drone first, archer can lock on to cloak drones and with a faster reload perk you dont waste time reloading.....archer is god tier in my opinion

My opinion is that you should equip the phase embark for faster get-in into your titan for lesser time to consume than a regular embark.

Ronin and Monarch, should be the only ones executing due to Ronin's low ammo capacity, and Monarch's battery thief. Or if your Northstar and you find yourself way too close to an enemy for comfort.

Me on the toilet,Davis:Hey u ready yet, we’re all waiting for u

The only reason exicutions are exeptable is if your doing it for an in game challenge, your playing as monarch, you run out of amo and have to reload, or your playing a multiplayer game and there is a pilot inside the titan.

I just recently got my Legion to max Aegis rank. And right now "Last line of Defense" for the harvester is an understatement

You ever seen a player who just selects legion and lets them cook on their own near the harvester so that they can be a battery goblin and steal batteries for the team? If not, then now you have.

The best spots for a pilot sentry in on the moutain across the harvested with an arce trap and the area where titans come through the front. Put an arce trap in where titans come in from with a century terent to the right up against the wall I USUALLY GET IT IN THE SECOND OR THIRD ROUNDS

Disagree about charge rifle not being a good choice. Once you unlock the charge hack it fires quickly, is very accurate, and never needs to be reloaded. It won't take out a whole group of titans quickly but it will allow you to quickly build up your titan meter. Otherwise, good stuff.

Monarch is the Sanin, Tsunade (Naruto) of Titanfall 2. She is a healer that can fight on the front lines.🙃

Yeah, I should use Energy Transfer as my first upgrade of the Monarch. But my XO-16 would barely hang there. I'd rather use Arc rounds, mainly because it increases ammo capacity.

Nice reference to the rock

Idk why he said mgl is bad I've killed titans with that thing and it's great for leveling

"tone isn't very good for frothier defence" what do you expect when you use burst loader?!

Usually my best stats are given most health or most donations

I use the battery boost for friendlies but first they must join me in the ritual of the crouch dance to establish friendship. Then they can have my battery. Monarch getting railed by 4 other titans. Friendly: *GIVE ME THE BATTERY!* Me: Join me in the crouching my fellow pilot.

Fd is easy on certain maps. But dry dock to me is very hard because to me I want the team to stay back to guard unlike others can have line of your team not letting anyone go past

A Monarch in frontier defense is hell

However, Amped Batteries are good for upgraded Monarchs. If you don't want to lose your upgrades.

Wow this helped soooo much thanks bro

This video still has good tips even though it's 4 years old

I hate it when I’m a monarch with a sliver of health and I have energy steal, but a max health teammate steals the execution on a titan I killed myself. I remember when a friendly legion blocked my entire salvo core in Standard MP

In the games I've had, people will try to get their battery and then kill the Titan. They don't care if you don't have one. When a Titan lands, Droz or Davis should say something like "Hey, let your teammates get a battery before you kill it.", especially if it lands on Wave 1, since there's only 1-2 Titans on that wave. Nuke Rodeo is a bad idea if a Nuke Titan is close because players think they are helping by shooting it when in reality they are killing you. Do not leave on Hard and above. A player should be penalized for leaving on Hard, Master, or Insane. Three players can't get the job done. Except War Games. You shouldn't be penalized for leaving a game on that hell. Every time you see it, just quit until you get one of the other maps. If you have the Frontier warpaints, use them. Not only do you get to show others that you've completed one of the harder difficulties, they get bonus Aegis XP.

You know how ancient Greeks fought their enemies in a tight grid shield wall formation? Same tactic with only tones or legions in frontier defense and don't let yourself get surrounded

thanks i play monarch i was constantly losing but when i changed my cores to heal i was almost always wining by staying back and healing

executions should only be used for the reason said or if someone kill hogging sets off a nuke right next to you 2 MONITOR YOUR DASHES especially for slower titans you have no Idea how many times I have to dash using scorch 3 do not get in the way of a player using a laser, smart ,salvo, or sword core or a titan who can deal damage to themself.

Had someone today sit back in Hard mode and spam Laser heavy weapon on the Desert Complex and dropping his scorch in autotitan mode - blocking n stealing my kills on nuke titan's as I tether n destroy their health over time as North Star to prevent the left lane from being overrun, sharing my money and he bought an turret both times on retry over shield boost.

I like this video. It really sums up all you need to know. For another video idea on frontier Defence, could you show some good strategies for a better game. Exp. In Rise map, I put 2 turrets on the bridge in the middle of the map facing east, (harvester is south of map) the I put ark traps on the ground just as titans leave that cave area, its the best strategy for the final wave, you just have to keep repairing them. You can also talk about the types of titans, what they do, and how to deal with them. Ark titans, motor titans, etc.

Archer cannot lock onto cloaked targets, but will lock onto cloak drones, allowing you to destroy them, and then waste the titan(s)

LSTAR is a great weapon too

How can we get smart pistol in titanfall 2 Frontier defence

What bothers me is that when i play FTD people seem to ignore mortor titans more often than not

Started playing Scorch and got dominated in fd. After watching this I have aegis rank 15 and only difficulty I havent done is Master due to random teams and poor communication. Awesome vid!

Btw if there is a player monarch the only one that can nerf him is either ion, scorch, or Legion

The MGL is the best titan weapon and when you said that you will have to reload if you use the thunderbolt you reload after every shot.

Dont Titan executions really add bonus points to your core build up?

Nuke rodeo is my favorite thing to buy in frontier defense so I buy 4 nuke rodeos and destroy the mortar titans with them.

Reason 3 for doing exicution is when it’s the last titan

TONE IS LIFE

If I know it’s a one direction map I use legion if I need mobility and multiple flank directions I use monarch

Executions can also block lanes for a short time and draw enemy fire i dont mind them as long as your not killing yourself to do it Dont know why you said the shield boost is a waste its a last resort kinda like insurance it comes in handy especially when your over run with arc titans

i am a 24 aegis rank playing on easy, and i lost because 1 player left and the other two refused to enter a titan, it really is a group effort

pick scorch and you are guarantee to do good

Not really a proper tip, because new titans are rare, but I managed to kill 3 nuke titans at once by warpfalling the other day. Worth thinking about when you're about to drop your titan and you can see a tight group of heavies.

I'm a ronin player and usually I go out Titan killing but I mainly do it to defend the Harvester try not to let them get close and if they do my other teammates finish them off because they either will be low Health do to me slashing at them with my sword or that I failed and died due to being overrun with titans and from what I could tell they appreciated that because they usually gave me batteries when I don't have money and my Titan is on fire

titan executions regardless useless or not gives bonus points slightly so to me its worth it in this mode. but i do agree that it does help you from getting any more damage during the execution.

Legion should be in the front lines taking of big beating along with a good support of healing a good Legion is unstoppable

TrickyAcid: Don't care about Execution be a good teammate Me: sure.... Sure... ( *everytime I talk with my mic nobody helps me* ) Also me: ;-;