I prefer fighting bots. No Chargers outrunning and ragdolling me, no Stalkers, and no 10+ swarms of Hunters stunlocking me so that I can't play the game. EDIT: to be clear, I like fighting both, but I personally find bots easier and more fun.

This guy gets it. People think in a very binary way "I need heavy/I need horde clear" but bots have a glut of medium tier targets. That's why the Autocannon is so great against them.

Stealth exists. The big mistake many players make is they run around getting spotted by everything and shoot every bot on patrol, sneak past them, only engage what you have too, makes missions 10 times easier.

"Once there's 10 dropships, 5 Hulks, a Tank, a Laser Turret, Berserkers and Devastators..." You ain't never lied. This is bare minimum on 8 and especially 9 with super uncoordinated teams just running around with their heads cut off.

This video should be titled: "Sarah Connor's Training Manual"

As a veteran of the Automaton front, you nailed all the tips to the letter. Good job. As for your gas strike tip, that's because the enemy is constantly taking stagger while within the gas and stagger will interrupt the bots calling in bot drops.

Gear: - 'R-63 Diligence' Marksman Rifle - Light armour with Scout passive - Impact grenade - Autocannon (Available @ lvl 10) - Orbital Gas Strike ('Bridge' ability) - Orbital Lazer (Only for objectives, Available @ lvl 15) Strat: - Be a sneaky boi - Ping enemies (Tap 'Q') - Try not to call reinforcements into a fustercluck - Let teammates know when you are about to use an Orbital Lazer

I’m a solo player who jumped into his first bot match yesterday. The amount of struggle on medium was an eye opener. I usually don’t watch videos for games, but I knew I was doing things wrong, and this really helps.

I usually bring in stun grenades so that Hulks become child's play if they get up close.

everyone came for the Starship Trooper fight, but the Terminator Salvation fight is kicking thier ass

Autocannon is a 100% must. Expendable Anti-Tank is a great addition for tanks/drop ships/ any heavier enemy. Pop and swap as needed.

This is brilliant. Thank you. So many people say that the bots are harder… well, they are if you’re not changing your strategy to fight them. Even without the auto cannon, just changing how you play to be a bit more stealthy makes a world of difference. As for the gas strike at 5:30, it might be that the fact it does DoT stops them calling it in. If you wound a bot about to call in a drop, it’ll interrupt them as well, so I think (haven’t proven though) that any damage will interrupt it.

As a lvl 50 who played a lot of bot missions here are some other tips for enemies Scout Striders - legs are weak to grenades and can be killed through the face plate with the shocker energy rifle Berserkers - Unarmored chaff designed to flush you from cover. Deal with them before they can flush you out Devastators - Shoot them in their skull face or waist. Both areas are unarmored MG - shoot of the gun arm or their backpack if you get behind them. Rocket - Shoot of the missile racks Hulk - The glowing red eye is a weak spot that can be shot out by an AA rifle or other such high-pen weapons, and if you can’t hit it then stun nades disable them long enough to get behind them. Additionally, you can shoot off the arms to make them no longer a threat. Tanks - Slow rotation speed makes for an easy kill with impact nades which can kill if you hit the glowing grill with them (takes 2 I believe) Shredder Tanks - Turret is less armored than the tank so just hit the turret with impacts until it explodes. Cannon Turret - PING IT FOR YOUR TEAM TO PREVENT SNIPES Grunts - All little guys can call in bot drops, not just commissars. Also armor with the explosive resistance is good if you do not wish to bring scout armor.

As a heads up, you can call in extraction and leave the area once the ship says its landing. If theres nobody in the zone before it lands itll float above the zone and support you across the map long range until the mission timer ends, then itll do the 20 second countdown

I regularly solo helldives against bots. Other great equipment is the Anti material rifle+plasma scorcher. The scorcher is super effective against everything smaller than tanks and hulks, and the AMR will kill anything (including hulks) with 2 headshots. The railgun is also very effective against everything when in unsafe mode. I often use the shield generator as well, being able to absorb some rockets or a mortar round, and being able to pop out of cover for a moment can really be a game changer.

Very good tips my man, I always run with the autocannon and light armor and clear objectives and jam right away with the bots never having been the wiser. Also the fact that you mention that we don't always have to engage bots is something that many newer players will find very valuable as I've been in runs that have ended because some rando decides to draw aggro unnecessarily lol

Stealth two man ops on bots when shits clicking with your teammate makes you feel like a bad mfer. 😂

I would STRONGLY suggest doing EVERY side objective before starting the main objective. Other people have tested and shown that there appears to be a map wide "heat" where more scouts show up and more bots start showing up. One of the things that turns this heat level way up is completing the main objective. So clear out those bases, finish those side objectives, gather your samples and THEN finish the mission

When I fight against them in co-op, I play as the support player. I use both the mortals! I use the EMP one and the artillery one. Not at the same time though! I only use one at a time, so o can also have one up. Just for those last min moments. I only use both of them whenever we’re about to get picked up. I also use the rocket backpack as my “support” weapon. Then the auto-cannon because someone is typically using it. I use that rocket pack to take down big enemies and the drop ships on the spot. It really helps us reduce engaging with them. That saves us *SOOO* much time! We do all the side objectives and blow up all their bases as well to get the maximum rewards. My last thing I use is the orbit strike. I only use it for tanks and to take out their bases. I rarely use it out of that.

I don't understand people who don't like fighting bots. This experience is something special. It immerses you in this "robo Vietnam" vibe, where you constantly on alert in case somebody jumps out of behinds of trees or stones. And when they deploy artillery or tanks or both... things become full of fun. It's really active and challenging. I don't even know how to explain, but I personally fight automatons only

The “not giving all of your lives at the start of the first fight” is the best tip man. Too many people just get sucked into the fight and lose half their lives on the first skirmish

Smoke strategems are totally slept on. I bring Eagle Smoke on every single bot mission. Assaulting a bot position? Smoke it, and rush through it. It reduces the enemy accuracy, or completely disrupts their line of sight. Retreating in an open area? Smoke. Need to flank a tank / tower? Smoke. Teammate stuck behind a small rock and getting shredded? Smoke. Just let your teammates know it's smoke, or they'll run away from the red beacon right into enemy fire. lol

Something I would add is to _stick together!_ The fact is, there's an exponential enemy growth mechanic in the game. The more enemies you kill, the more will spawn next wave, so a group of 3 killing enemies will just cause more to surround the guy who is going lone wolf on the other side of the map. 4 of us can take 200 of them easily, but it's harder for 1 of us to take 50 of them.

So many people HATE the diligence but it's so good and is also my primary. Also, dope soundtrack from HD1 in the background. Love it.

Ran the Battle Master heavy armor with the "Fortified" passive. Was able to brush off shots from rocket raiders and even survived a shot from a tank. Once their ability to one-shot you is removed, surviving bots becomes much easier with decent strategems and proper positioning.

Brasch Tactics is entirely correct: Cover, Courage, and more Cover. Get them. They can't shoot what they can't see, they can't hit what they don't have LoS on. Duck back, pop out, pop off a shot or two, get back behind cover. Heal if you have to. I also recommend NOT bringing shield backpack because it teaches bad habits. Its a great safety net, which means you'll do stuff that requires that safety net more, then get screwed when you don't have one due to bad habits.

Great video! I agree that fighting the Automatons in Helldivers 2 can be incredibly frustrating. They feel way overpowered, with endless reinforcement waves coming at you relentlessly. And the weapons available don't seem potent enough to really counter them effectively. But the worst part is that engaging the Automatons doesn't allow you to experiment with fun metas and unique strategies like you can when fighting the Bug enemies. Against the Automatons, you're kind of forced into a specific playstyle that isn't as enjoyable. The Bugs at least let you mess around and try crazy combos just for the fun of it. Hopefully the developers will rebalance the Automaton encounters to be more enjoyable in the future!

I love fighting the bots and it makes me so happy that you're preaching the same loadout I use, hopefully it encourages people to take advantage of what they need to, to fight the good fight against those bots!

With the current influx of players moving from bugs over to Automatons it's really easy to spot players who just have not put the time on this side of the map yet. Played today with a lvl 50 player rocking the guarddog rover backpack, always splitting and engaging with bots 1v1 wondering why they seem to be able to always hit him and win the stat check. As someone who started to play the game with Automatons it was such a culture shock for me to see how agressive and in your face you can play against bugs. Eventually I realised you can even aggro 20 of them and just systematically kite them out with the right gear. This type of thing however would never fly with bots. If you engage too long you get surrounded and die...

I'm a anti-mat rifle kind of guy. The only time I take the auto cannon is during defense missions. Gas and smoke breaks line of sight and if enemies don't have line of sight they don't call reinforcements.(Why I use the anti-mat) Bots hear you nids smell you, it's how the devs make sure you don't stay safe. Also another friendly tip, smoke screens from the eagle can destroy fabricators while also providing the ability to run in and grenade the rest before the bots can respond effectively. As for rocket devastators which kill more helldivers than anything else, their pods don't have much armor, so stay at far range behind cover and shoot them out and then go for the head. Mavelon Creek vet here, hopefully this stuff helps as well.

I joined two days ago and already doing my part :) And after a few missions on bugs i went to fight against automatons because it' more challenging for me and thus more fun. Yesterday it was my final 2 in the Draupnir's liberation progress bar :) That was cool to see after your mission that the planet is FREE now and bots got some what they deserve. Thanks for the tips, now i am going to get this auto-cannon too.

A lot of people try to fight the bots with the same stuff they use to fight the bugs. Some strats and weapons are just better against bots than bugs and vice versa

I just got the Combat Technician armor last night, and it's really nice. It's medium armor so you can still take a hit or two, but has the Scout ability which makes you harder to spot, and shows enemies on the map wherever you drop a pin, which is really nice for keeping track of patrols or scouting your next objective. I would highly recommend that armor set. You can get it in the normal "Mobilize" battle pass.

Solid advice. I like to run solo dives against the bots and the autocannon has been a mainstay. For those who haven’t unlocked the Diligence, the Punisher does good work against bots; pulling off box drills against closing berserker pairs feels super cool. I’ve been running the EMS Mortar but I’m going to try swapping it for the Gas Strike next dive.

Actually dove in to my first fights against the bots. Teamed up with some guys that told me about some of these tricks. I decided to keep my distance with the anti-mat rifle, while my teammates had autocannons, and the new weapons that are tailored to fight bots. Also smoke screen let us just fade away when things got bad.

I bring Orbital Lasers to melt the heavy outposts, Orbital Railcannon to quickly dispose of Hulks/Annihilators, then EMS Mortar and Shieldgen pack to shield me and make taking out the medium/light outposts a lot easier. I'm using the Blitzer shotgun and the Revolver along with Incendiary grenades and I'm able with this setup to clear level 7 bot missions with relative ease and I'm having a lot of fun on Vandalon IV right now. The snow makes it easier to spot Automatons from greater distances.

Great video and visual of your methodology. Subbed

Thx for all the tips. Very nice

The orbital gas strike canister can destroy fabricators. Perfect for the light outposts which only have one fabricator and a few guards. Drop it right on the fabricator, the canister destroys it, and then the gas mops up the bots, leaving it free for you to go loot. The one minute cooldown on the gas strike means you can do this repeatedly as much as you like. Additionally, instead of lasers, I prefer the 380MM HE orbital barrage. I use it on any primaries or heavy outposts and it's a guaranteed clear. Ever since they tightened the spread it works wonders, and you can use it more liberally than the laser. Just get a running start before throwing it so that it lands right in the center of the objective/heavy outpost.

I found that crouching is such a key tool for not getting detected whatsoever and get hit way less. Smoke stratagems are even more important when running as a full team. Good smokes saved so much time as in not engaging and maneuvering around big targets/assets. I rather prefer a Punisher, or Slugger once unlocked, it really gets rid anything that gets too close for comfort in 1-3 shots.

Really interesting to hear people prefer the bugs. I got the game about three days ago and my first 10 hours were probably spent fighting the bots, so then when I went and fought the bugs, I liked it a lot less. I didn’t think it was all that interesting compared to fighting the bots.

I'm just glad we have more than one enemy type, and totally different yet equally satisfying combat and experiences with them.

I've been running 110 and 380mm barrages against bots on difficulty 8, and it's fairly good. Since they do not move that much and that their bases are exposed, it can do some major work in softening or outright destroying entire bases or clear out an accumulation of bots due to a previous mistake. I highly recommend giving it a shot. Plus, loud booms are cool.

My dude, you are in EVERYTHING!!! You saved my Oculus Quest from being forgotten and now with Helldivers 2 content??? You did my day!!!

Excellent video and advice. Thank you.

This was a great video! Thanks brother!

Termanids have a 'smell' mechanism, while bots have a 'heartbeat detector' mechanism. Both require them to be within a certain range but don't require line of sight.

The gas strike damages robots because its caustic. It literally melts them.

Pro tip for solo play - drop directly onto a light fabricator. You smash it when landing on the planet, and can stealth/run away sometimes without aggro. I pretty much only play solo against difficulty 7-9 bots. I dont even carry a support weapon, I run a slugger which can one shot snipe devastators from range, and carry airstrike, 500kg, and orbital laser to almost every map. Other slot varies on mission type, though I favor orbital laser strike for turrets or hulks. Guerrilla warfare the entire map, stike with stratagems and run to next spot, weaving to lose aggro behind you. Key is learning how to pace the strats. I joined a random team on ICBM launch mission, broke away and did one of the primary objectives, 3 of the secondary objectives, and cleared all outposts on 3/4 of the map solo without a death in the time it took the 3 man team to secure 2 primaries. Speed is your friend against bots, hit and run. You dont need that autocannon, you just have to stop acting like a sledgehammer against them.

If you want to take out fabricators and turrets at a range easily, I'd recommend one team member bring the spear. It's only useful at the bots, and helps avoid going out of the way for smaller bases and lets you take out the turrets well before they are ever a problem

Something I noticed you doing consistently that’s dope was breaking LINE OF SIGHT and forcing the bots to funnel into your gas/aoe from auto cannon. That and don’t sleep on your secondaries. Awesome tips bud

Great tips. Thank you.

Even with the nerf, I find the slugger is still really good against the bots, at least for my more reckless shotgun-happy playstyle. A good shot or two on a Devastator's head can still kill it, and it deals strong enough damage that you can take out a few Berserkers if you're patient. Plus, the round reload means you that you can stagger reloading between shots, though that does mean you can run out quickly if you're not careful. I don't even fear the Rocket Devastators anymore because I can just pump slugs into their rocket pods. And having the autocannon means I can one-or-two tap the chicken walkers if I don't feel like sprinting up to them and pumping a round into the driver.

Facts. I'm a RR main, so I tend to specialize in heavy and trash clear. My AC buddies do most of the heavy lifting on bot missions. Don't underestimate clusterbombs against bots either. Bots tend to group up, even more than bugs, and a well aimed cluster often nets me 10-30 kills depending on the situation. Now that doesn't usually kill mediums or heavies, but it will kill everything that can call in a bot drop. Additionally, the pelvis is a weakspot for berserkers and scout striders. When I'm not on RR duty I like to run the AC (good for all those mediums), smoke grenades (for breaking contact), breaker and machine pistol(for clearing out berserkers), orbital rail cannon strike (for towers or heavies I can't flank), airstrike (for smashing bases), and clusterbombs (for thinning out hordes and softening bases). This seems like a good well-rounded loadout to me. Although I often find myself missing my liberator for medium range engagements. I also think the MG and Stalwart are slept on a little bit. I think the MG needs a slight buff... probably a slightly larger drum and to replenish more than 1 drum per pickup would probably make it feel really good. Anyways, the suppression effect of the MGs works really well. Additionally, rocket devastators will not wind up to shoot their rockets while they're taking damage. The MG has the ass to punch through that armor and basically stun lock their special attack. The Stalwart doesn't punch through armor, but it does suppress and makes short work of berserkers and other trash bots. When it comes to basic tactics, my group prefers to fight as buddy teams. You're just less likely to be detected and are much more agile as two people. Two people can also bring enough tools to handle pretty much any tactical situation. Occasionally all 4 of us will collapse on a single objective, like a detector tower or stratagem scrambler, and make short work of it. Happy hunting, all.

The biggest thing I got from this video is buy the Autocannon, so that's the first thing I'm gonna do! Also, that ricochet shot into the fabricators' port holes is a game changer, thank you for showing this!

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This is one of the greatest things about this game! Two enemies means alternating between two play styles. Well, 4 if you count multiplayer/single and bug/bot. This video is pretty much the exact same way I play against the bots, and I do pretty well.

Been playing against bots recently with some solid success. I find Armor with the anti-explosive traits to be pretty handy, helps you survive random rockets from devastators or marauders which is a huge boon, especially in low vis situations (plus added bonus of surviving friendly explosives). On top of that, mortar turrets are excellent for sentry players as they can fire from cover and soften up targets while approaching bases (added with the anti explosives armor, it really helps if you accidentally approach too quickly and not get yourself or your teammate killed). Walking Orbital Barrage is an excellent orbital choice, does solid damage in a decently tight radius, excellent for bases and softening any of the hardier units there. Also great in entrance to choke point areas as well. Finally, this worked for a teammate of mine, Servo Assisted armor is MAJOR here, being able to throw grenades and strategems at a further distance is surprisingly powerful and safer, especially if you are running mortars (including EMP), they become easy targets for any orbital and eagle, even with mutators that increases deployment time.

The Scorcher counters 90% of bots. It can take out everything besides Hulks (it can even take out Hulks if you just get in close and circle behind them). It takes out cannon turrets too. Impact Grenades take care of Mortars and Tanks easily. Most bases you can just take out with a single Orbital Laser call in. Orbital Raincannon is my go to "I need this tough high priority target dead now". 110MM Rocket Pods can do that too - though they don't always 1hko the Hulks. Lately I usually run EAT against bots, though Railgun is still a great option. Being able to reliably take out Hulks goes a long way. I use the Uzi pistol for Berserkers. I dont understand the hate against bots. They are much more enjoyable to fight over Bugs. Bots you play with cover, peak out for shots, you can actually take advantage of stealth better, etc. I hate fighting bugs - it feels like it's just nonstop fighting against a massive zero. I feel like my brain turns off when playing against bugs

Great stuff, I do love the Gas strat. Mad stuff. But I did get nice ideas. TY.

What I like about fighting bots is that once you get used to automaton missions, fighting bugs and bots feel like completely different games.

Scorcher is a very strong main weapon, it can kill every bot with little issue. The only issue is that since you can kill everything with it you will have massive ammo issues. My standard bot kit is light medic armor, scorcher, rover or shield, mortar turret, eagle air or 500, wildcard for mission.

Just hit 100 hours yesterday, I’m mainly a bot scrapper because I find hunters and stalkers annoying as shit. Anyways here’s some tips fellow helldivers: 1. Like the guy said the diligence is the best bot gun right now. It 1 shots all smaller bots, 2 shots devastators in the head, and can 1 shot walkers if you take the time to aim a little above the shield to hit the top of their head. Next best gun is the punisher slugger but it basically does the same damage the diligence does with way less accuracy and range. 2. You can 1 shot hulks with impact grenades. Just aim slightly above their red eye so the arc goes over them and hits the top of their vent backpack. Gotten me out of so many sticky situations. 3. Use the SPEAR as much as you can it’s amazing. If the spear decides to be a bitch and not lock on, that’s when you use your stratagems. I got the under 360 seconds achievement on Search & Destroy with everyone equipping eagles and spears. Blitzkrieg’ed the fuck out of them. 4. Use the anti material rifle. Almost same stats as auto cannon but it allows you to carry a different backpack but something useful like shield generator, jump back, ammo, etc. It can also kill hulks by shooting their eye. 5. Best armors right now are the eradicator one that looks like a Kashyyk Trooper from Star Wars or the juggernaut one that looks like a badass Spartan or something. -50% explosive damage comes clutch with eradicator armor and the 2 extra grenades on the juggernaut come in clutch when you’re running impacts. These are my main 2 but more amazing options are using the gold armors that use the 50/50 chance of not taking damage or any armor with the scout ability to sneak around the map. 6. Orbital laser is your best friend for taking out heavy outposts. 7. The ammo boxes that spawn around the map give you 1 spear rocket per box so if everyone’s maxed on supplies and you see some laying around then top off your spear ammo. 8. You can 2 shot tanks with impact grenades. You don’t even need to get a direct hit on the vent as long as it’s close enough it does damage. 9. You can also kill anti aircraft, mortars, and turrets with 2 impact nades. 10. 500kg can kill any base, tactical objective, or emplacement with a direct hit. Been times where my team was struggling on this stubborn ass detector tower so we chucked a 500kg instead of waiting for the hell bomb and got it.

I started yesterday. I hated the bugs, loved the bugs, been using the sniper, I learned how to deal with bots fairly decent for a noob, had some guidance too. This helps, I'll enjoy it

Always nice to get more advice or possible gear tips on how to deal with annoying foes.

Had this dude repeatedly do things I told him not to do in hell dive difficulty against the clankers. The guy realised every time why I said not to because it always ended up in a bot drop and at least one of us dying. On one particular time, I pinned a small group of automatons and said "Crawl past them, there are too many there and we don't have the lives to take on a full army right now" I crawled past and one of the two remaining alive teammates crawled past. This guy, once again, refused to listen and sprinted right past them. Needless to say, we had multiple bot drops on us. So I told the dude "Told you so" and he killed me, which resulted in the host kicking him. Either way, he compromised the mission by alerting the clankers and killing me. Moral of the story: Avoid randoms in Hell Dive.

great video, I didn't know many things, like for example the red spots. I thought its just so they look cool. Thanks

Thank you for this. I was beating my head against a wall on some of these missions. Can’t wait to try these tactics out

I just played a fantastic bit mission. None of my strategems came with me to the mission for some reason so, no support weapon, no air strikes, etc. Only one team mate. We collected whatever support weapons we could find on the map (anti material rifle and expendable anti tank) and engaged in guerrilla warfare against the bots, destroying what we could and hitting hard before running. Against all the odds, we completed the mission and extracted. Was awesome.

I’ve watched your VR content for a long time, but i didn’t think I’d get this good of helldivers advice from ya in my feed man. Thanks!!! This is gonna help a tonnnn

Thank you, great video

These tips are very helpful. I started out the game playing bugs (killed 800 of them the first day or two as I learned the game doing missions). Then I went to malevolon Creek and got absolutely wrecked. But now I love bots. I love the difficulty and the challenge. Bugs are boring by comparison now. That said, these tips are helpful, for I play on difficulty 7 and higher and get wrecked frequently.

Another really good option besides the auto cannon is actually the laser cannon. Like the auto cannon it can deal with all automaton targets, it just can't be used to destroy fabricators. However, it doesn't require a backpack slot so you can use that for a backpack (I'd recommend energy shield). Pair it with the Sickle and you can use one while the other cools down, so you essentially always have a weapon up without the need to reload.

I have only one reason i dislike fighting bots. Its called Rocket Devastator.

I really can't recommend the slugger highly enough for bots. It's a little clunky at super long ranges but it's superb at mid-range combat, one shots any devastator with a headshot, can damage the heat sinks of tanks and cannon turrets, can blow off the doors on storage cabinets usually found at the base of those cannons, makes anything hit by it that doesn't die and isn't a hulk/tank/walker flinch for longer than it takes to rack another shot. AND it's shell loaded, so you're never wasting a partial magazine. It even penetrates medium armor, contrary to the description of the weapon in game.

My tips fighting bots is dropping near extraction point and follow the outer perimeter and move either clock wise or counter clock wise. That way you know behind you is a safe space to fall back. Stay out of LOS and scout before strategicly drop your strategem. Each level increase means increase in difficulty to go head on.

Got the game last Friday. I was fighting exclusively against bugs because i was traumatized when i joined a party fighting bots when i was level 5, but when i hit level 10 and got my auto cannon, breaker and mortar sentry, that was the first time i felt that i had a chance fighting against them. I'm on level 6 difficulty only so it may not be as hard as what you guys tackle.

Auto Cannon is a good pick, the AMR is also a great non-backack alternative to the Auto Cannon which retaining similar profile (1 shotting Devastators, 2 tapping Hulks). Only downside is being weak against tanks and cannon turrets.

Fair points. Originally I hated fighting the bots over the bugs, but now I prefer to play solo missions against the bots. Make it to me it always felt inconsistent, but now hearing that they want you to keep fighting them instead of running and coming back, it makes sense why I had troubles when I did. Level 16, 32 hours into the game. The first level 4 solo mission I did, the first fabricator base I landed next to had two cannons two tanks and by the time I was clearing it up a third tank had spawned. I had gotten the auto cannon but only had a basic eagle strike and the orbital shot to help with the big guys. But equipping the scout armor, taking my time and going in as a stealthy sniper, I've been doing much better with the "running hide if it gets hot" As for my own case of the box cheat, I was walking through a stream, using the scout armor I had a blip out to where I was marching and then I'll move it forward to make sure my path is clear. And as I am walking you suddenly hear the bot voice, and a patrol of robots is now standing in the water where there was none. No blips of a patrol marching in, they literally just spawned behind me.

"There's no reason to call two orbital lasers in at the same time." It looks really cool.

I dont have the auto-cannon yet just started but since there is a major order on bots side im there right now. I tried Grenade Launcher it worked well for me when I play solo but there are downsides. from what i saw in the video the auto cannon might be better but it may be just a skill issue on my side that I find it hard to predict where the Grenade launcher will land on long distances so i fight at mid range only but it makes me more vulnerable to bots fire. thanks for the awesome tips ill try it out when im able. 34hrs in game helldivers 2 is awesome

I like how you found a way to tell the playerbase in the kindest way possible that they're bad 30 seconds into the video. I applaud that.

Fello Helldiver! theLOG is my name and I loved this video! Been fighting the Automatons for a while and love to see the support! Lets wipe out the scourge!!

It might seem obvious but always always ALWAYS remember your cover! Bugs are bad news if you stay still too long because they'll surround you, but bots get really bad when your only defense against getting shot at is to run around the map. Finding something to hide behind and peak out of to return fire often works better than trying to strafe around the bots when there's a hail of lasers.

I’ve been using the Orbital Gas and Auto Cannon and I’ve been having a blast with it I noticed the Bot drop tip and the Auto Cannon to destroy outpost this video is great glad to see someone else doing what I learned too

Just stumbled across this in my recommended - but I really wanted to take the time and say I really love the way you formatted the video. All the information you go over is very informative and useful, and there's absolutely no fluff or filler in it! It doesn't feel like a chore to watch, and I think it's really standout when compared to some other videos like it. Please keep up the great work! :)

New player here, just wanted to say thanks for the autocannon recommendation! Its my primary weapon now against the bots and nothing is as satisfying as punching holes through whole columns of the rust buckets

I needed this!!

Solid video. I'm honestly surprised by the disparity in where players want to fight. I honestly struggle with the bugs and find the automatons very manageable.

Aye, very useful tips, I fight the Robodumbos all the time using strats similar to what you suggest. The atuocannon is great against bots. Guten Tag!

I can't wait to try this loadout! I'm still grinding to get that scout armor but this does look op and fun especially since I love to try and solo.

Great information!

Gas disabling reinforcements for enemies is not specific to gas. Enemies that can reinforce do it if they are alerted to player presence and feel "safe", that is, they have not been staggered or damaged within a time window. Because gas deals damage over time they will never feel safe while it is in effect. Yeah people always go in guns blazing which works against bugs but against bots you just gonna face tank rockets that way. Bots require a slower play style, you have to stop and think how you are going to engage and most people seem to be unable or unwilling to do that.

As a Creek Crawler 1 member of every squad must have auto-cannon, 1 scorcher is always welcome but not necessary scythe and blitzer go to, most orbitals and eagles are good. Things to avoid: No Mechs you are sitting ducks for tower cannons, no standard mortars the bots swarm you all the time mortars are friendly fire, final and most important never bring increased reinforcements over flexible reinforcement budget 4 more lives is minsc-meat 30secs on cooldown if it’s that bad is godsend.

Killer video dude!

The past week I’ve been getting very good with fighting these things. This is very helpful as I will admit, we don’t use stealth as much as we should.

My favorite bot loadout that I just discovered by trying out random combos the other night is as follows: EMS Mortar Autocannon Eagle Smoke Strike Eagle 110mm Rocket Pods EMS on objectives for CC, Autocannon to take out Hulks, Devastators, and even Tanks (3 shots to the rear vent destroys them, easy to do if you can have a tm8 draw aggro, or if EMS hits them), Smoke Strike for when you realize you're starting to create a reinforcement feedback loop. Toss slightly ahead of you as you retreat and it will cut off LoS and they will stop chasing you (don't have to fight everything, just pause at that location and go do some side objs), 110 Rocket Pods for fast and unlimited deletion of heavies. Works extra well if you have a teammate who also runs an EMS mortar, to double up on the CC at objs and extract

This was a very accurate assessment. Thank you for doing what i do over voicechat but in youtube format. You are the man.

One recommendation. Try using the Orbital EMS strike paired with the gas. That'll take out entire spawns and they both have the same cooldown and last about as long as the other. Also, quite amusingly, almost all of these Autocannon tips work great if you take the Quasar too, its just you have to be almost a tiny bit more precise because it takes you longer to refire.

Running a quasar cannon or two in addition to some autocannons, can be a great addition. They have infinite ammo, are capable of knocking down the drop ships, and one shot hulks and tanks, if aimed into the weak point. In addition, if you hit a Hulk and its vision vent, that small red slit where it's face is, you can kill it in one shot as it's charging you.