BEST LOADOUT FOR AUTOMATONS IN HELLDIVERS 2 

I like jet packs personally for the good movement and being able to bug out of a hot situation. If you’re on a planet with a lot of elevation you can jump down a hill and make it quite far while regenerating some stamina used for the jump, or you can get up on rocky terrain you can’t normally reach and have the higher ground with better cover, easy to shoot down at the enemy especially with the plasma punisher. 380 mm is pretty good against big bot bases I’ve been using it lately and it seems to clear them 90% of the time, I look where the super destroyer is for the angle and I’ll throw it on the edge of a base furthest from the super destroyer so the angle of the 380 shells will have a better chance of landing on fabricators. This works great with the extra throw distance armor, I don’t know the names I use the light version of that passive, but it does make it hard to land grenades in fabricators as it’ll throw a little bit higher than normal.

Auto cannon is still the goat for me, so much more utility. - Take down fabricators - Gunships in 2 (engine hit) - Hulks in 2 (just above red eye) - 3 shot tanks and heavy stationary - And deals with the annoying devastators If in a squad get some EAT and quadlaser and make it a no fly zone.

Been having great success with Eagle AS, 500KG, orbital laser and AMR. That with light armor with Fortified is awesome!

Sickle, Grenade Launcher, Eagle air strike, supply pack, and EMS mortar, my grenadier setup is mad fun

here is a bit of extra advice that should be fairly good in general alongside other recommendations. 1. If you are on an extreme heat planet you might want to take medium armor as heavy armor is far more taxing on mobility than usual. (There are explosive resistance medium armors in the super store just keep in mind you need to spend super credits for that) 2. If you use your grenade a lot on outposts and I recommend the high explosive grenades as they make the job easier and you can use the fuse to your advantage in certain situations. (You can use the fuse if berserkers are chasing you by throwing it directly below you while running and it should work most of the time) 3. The redeemer is a solid option in sidearms, but the senator can offer some interesting things like a guaranteed 1 shot headshot to devastators and 1 shots smaller bots just do keep in mind that you are using a precision sidearm so make those shots count. (This is found in the steeled veterans warbond on the 1st page) 4. The standard diligence is a solid option if you want to engage bots from further away while still having a good amount of ammo and RoF just do keep in mind it is a DMR not an assault rifle so it won't excel in CQC. 5. The liberator is a fairly solid weapon if you are newer to the game and want to fight the bots though do keep in mind to fire in bursts if on full auto. (Or just select burst fire if you don't trust yourself) 6. If you need pick up a pack for the objective you can take the defender smg and be the designated runner as it is a solid choice of primary vs the bots.

Man after the gunship got added I can't drop into a bot mission without the laser cannon. Love having an answer for most bot objectives.

Thanks for the chapters I appreciate it

Autocannon, eagle strike, 500kg/orbital laser and cannon turret for diversion firepower.

One armor you might look at is the B-24 Enforcer. It's listed as a Medium armor but it's half-way between Medium and Heavy, and has the Fortified trait. Particularly if you've got the Stamina boost and Vitality boost in the team you'll have a lot of mobility and endurance.

good loadout. i haven't been able to return to heavy armor since trying light. outrunning Hulk Scorchers, never running out of stamina, leaving bot drops and bug breaches without a target

Also jet packs get you out of sticky situations. Heavy or rocket devastators you need to be out of range from. Jumping over a tank to throw nades or laser it. Going up high to use the auto cannon turret. Which is great if you get it early on a drop ship call. Knocks em outta the sky quick. Surprised it wasn’t mentioned.

I agree with most of your list and commentary. I love the eagle, shield backpack and quasar at the moment. I typically then add either the orbital laser or rail cannon depending on mission and team comp. The Dominator feels a bit unwieldy to me, has me leaning more towards the Sickle. So much pewpew

Against automatons i personally found plasma punisher very effective. When u get used to that arch type shots u can snipe enemies when u havent line of sight (they also dont) or just stagger a group of devastators behind the corner and punish them with splash damage. Also its so satisfying to land a long arch shot against strider or demolish crowds of regular grants. U can also easy dance around tanks. Pairing it with laser cannon and jet pack for extreme fun. But need to mention i use it on level 8. So 9 may be difficult ti handle. Ammo is not an issue at all.

Very versatile, fun build

I like the eagle and orbital smoke strikes when facing the automatons. I also like the quasar cannon.

Love the videos. Every time I watch your videos I think: “damn that voice is smooth”.

Great content and great voice.

my go to is heavy armour, AC, airstrike, ems and either an eat or railcannon, pairs well with my buddy using the quasar and scorcher

I feel like I’m about to take flight to Miami listening to your voice……. Subscribed……

i use orbital laser, cluster bomb, 120mm barrage, and spear with heavy armor, default liberator, defender smg, or scorcher with either stuns or impacts depending if im using the scorcher

Very similar to my loadout strategem wise, I'd like to raise awareness of the orbital precision strike, it's very consistent at killing large targets and destroying detection towers/science buildings, 100s cooldown you really can't go wrong with it.

With the addition of the Gunships I have lately been preferring medium armor for instead of the shield pack and going with the shield generator instead (mostly for the hellbomb to destroy the Gunship factories and defending the extraction).

I haven’t seen anybody talking about it but the jar-5 dom can blow up tanks, mortar emplacements,& cannon turrets if shot in the vents

I play almost exclusively lvl 9 bots and experimented with all different loadouts. My go to setup Primary: R-63 Diligence Secondary: Redeemer (shreds berserkers if they get close) Grenades: Impact or stun (depends on mission/team) Stratagems: Autocannon, eagle cluster bomb, eagle 110mm rocket pods, orbital laser Armor: Any with 30% reduced recoil from crouch&prone to shoot diligence like a laser to snipe bots heads With this loadout you can snipe objectives and kill hulks/gunships/walkers with the autocannon, spam cluster bombs to wipe any dropship troops, instakill 3 tanks/towers/fabricators each rearm with rocket pods, and if anything gets out of control or you're being lazy you just drop the orbital laser. Also I never see anyone else use the diligence as a primary but I much prefer it over the scorcher/sickle etc I see everyone running. The handling is so much better than those guns so you can quickly drop a group of bots with headshots from 100m+ before they can call a drop ship, 2 taps devastators to the head as well. Has great ammo economy, can drop prone for basically zero recoil. If you have good aim you need to give it a try vs bots!

I'm a big advocate for the shield relay vs the backpack. Fast cooldown, bigger area of effect, and you can use to give support to your sentry or incoming helldivers. Want to get some perfect shots lined off with a lot of incoming fire? Shield relay has your literally covered.

When other player's run this I run the 120mm and 380mm barrage to devastate the Automaton forces and command post's when on the map at other times it's eagles both Air strike and Cluster Bombardment both alongside energy shield and the Quasar Canon.

Will you make a best loadout for bugs with this recent patch?

Would like to know why you think the jarhead5 is by far the best main weapon but that the slugger nerf wasn’t warranted? Because i feel like the slugger was better in almost every way other than a little less dmg.

My personal Automaton kit; Armor - medium fortified armor. This has explosive protection, fair mobility, and amazing protection. I’ve face tanked two direct rockets with this set. Primary - Jar Dominator (can 1 shot devastators and light bots) Secondary - redeemer (when you need to spray and pray) Support Weapon- auto cannon or AMR (these are only weak to tanks and those giant turrets) Stratagems - eagle air strike, mortar and EMS mortar (Your team always benefits from having mortar support and repeated stuns, plus the eagle airstrike has more wiggle room than the 500kg if you miss a bit)

Im sticking with the Sickle (getting better at shooting the bigger bots in the face) Eagle Airstrike, Quasar, Shield backpack and Autocannon Turret ( sometimes i use it as a distraction)

My personal favorite weapon to use against automatons is the GL. Granted you have to be accurate but you can take out anything up to and including a devastator. Heavies if you hit the shield might take one more nade. Hulks will take 3 if you hit the vent and tanks take 5 to the vent except the shredder you dont need to hit the vent, just the turret. Run it with the supply pack and you got enough stims and nades to take out an army. Great for bot drops too because you can empty the drop before it lands. Has its downsides to the limited ammo and the GL not being the easiest thing to aim but stuns and the GL AoE will clear out a surprising amount of bots before you find yourself running out.

The dillegemce counter sniper is like a more devastator focused rifle but its scope has a better zoom and you can kill stiders from the front

Personally my favorite is the rail gun for a support weapon it might not be the best gun in the game anymore but still gets the job done and stagers even the hulk when it’s shot with it making it easier to run from it or to shoot at the eye if your quick enough

what graphics card you have? your game looks super smooth

Wonder if someone has used the shield gen pack with heavy armor although I don’t think they would need those together. But I’ve personally chosen the quaesar cannon over the laser cannon it’s just more helpful for my needs.

My favorite is Sickle, 500, Eagle airstrike, Orbital Lazer, Queso Canon and normal grenades (For factories). I use the Medium red and black armor (Dont remember its name) that halves explosive damage, its saved my ass more times then i care to admit. . I like it because it makes me very versatile. I dislike the shield because it makes your profile so much larger, i notices 90% of the shots its soaks wouldent have hit you to begin with. imho it gives you the illusion of safty. I tend to survive the same with or without it. Use cover, its better and more reliable. When the G Pistol comes out ill probably take that for factories/holes and take the stuns

I generally like the 500kg bomb over the orbital laser just cause I get to use it more often. Still solid choice tho

Personally i like the airstrike + rocket pods. Bit inconsistent but the pods instakill tanks, cannon turrets, hulks and fabricators

Did they fix it where fix the fortified armor where you actually get the buff when crouching and going prone? There were some tests done and it was working when standing? but doing nothing crouched or prone.

I honestly don't use Shield Generator pack anymore. I wear Heavy armor and if I feel like it, carry a the Shield Relay.

Orbital laser, Eagle Air Strike, Orbital Railcannon strike and auto cannon.

How do you rate cluster bombs against the automatons? I haven't fought them much. I am used to fighting bugs and I use Napalm for aircover.

Plasma gun, Quasar, shield pack and 1 bonus is all I need for them

I've been experimenting a bit with my loadouts and stratagem setups against the Automatons and have come to one that has served me well. - Eagle Airstrike: Absurdly handy and is flexible. Can be used to destroy Bot Fabricators and foot soldiers alike. - Orbital Laser: Throw this towards Bot Outposts and you should be golden. It'll wipe out most of the ground forces and will allow you to mop up what's left. - Autocannon: Very useful. It can deal with most units pretty well and can also be used to destroy tanks and laser cannons. If needed, it can also destroy Bot Fabricators. - EAT or EMP Mortar: Swap between the two when needed. The EAT allows you to destroy drop ships if you can anticipate their arrivals, and the EMP Mortar is great for keeping Bots stunned and locked down. As for my equipment and armor, I'll list those as well. - Heavy armor with Fortified: Improves your chances of surviving Rocket Devastators, as well as letting you tank one landmine if you're caught unaware by one. - Primary weapon: The Scorcher. You can also use the guns that were shown in the video here. The Scorcher helps against Striders if you're unable to reload the Autocannon. - Secondary: The Redeemer. We don't have a lot of options at the moment, so you might as well use a gun that can help in emergencies. Use the Senator if you're a fan of revolvers. - Grenade: Impact or Stun. Personally, I lean more towards Stun. Impact grenades can be very useful against Annihilator Tanks, however. As for boosters, I recommend bringing Localization Confusion or Vitality Enhancement. Generally, you can use whatever hasn't been taken by another teammate. And that's that! You've got most of your bases covered here and you should be able to adapt to almost any situation. The rest will boil down to experience and team coordination. Good luck out there.

Supply pack plus AMR then the last 2 slots you can just pick around your squad. This is the true GOAT. The 30% damage buff on the AMR was insane. I wake up every day expecting to see a new patch nerfing it. Too many people talk about top loadouts without factoring in ammo economy, reload speed, fire rate, etc. The AMR handles like a primary weapon in terms of fire rate and reload speed, but has the power of a support weapon. Try running up behind a tank and putting the vent in the center of your screen just and spamming left click without even aiming, the AMR fucks hard. The only thing you can't deal with is gunships, and until Arrowhead makes gunship crashes consistently damage what's under them, that's not really much of an issue anyway.

I felt like I was hearing Eugene from the walking dead, good tutorial though!

In my experience, the backpack is optional. If you play with friends, 2 of them may take it and the full team would be protected, but I consider mortar much stronger against bots. If you can chose 3 mortars and 1 ems would be optimal.

Note: Quasar Cannon can clear bot fabricators with a direct hit to the vents

Stun granade is the best addition to the game. Can you believe people said it was bad because doesn't kill like tf!?

I don’t doubt the laser cannon - but I don’t like how exposed I’d be to standstill and hold the beam at a hulk. I prefer things that have shorter TTK

If I’m wearing the stim armor, and then stim someone else, will they get the extra two second healing?

For a second opinion here’s my load-out. Stratagems: -500KG -Eagle Cluster -Patriot Exo-Suit (only on Walker missions -Quasar Canon Equipment -Scorcher energy gun -redemption pistol -High explosive grenades - Any armour that has the Explosive resistance+Recoil while prone buff.

I've been using the Airstrike, 120m orbital, ballistic shield+ Defender SMG, and the Railgun. Airstrike clears small bases and tougher groups, the 120m clears lager bases and can be dropped over a large area when several drop ships worth of enemies and tanks are coming down or stopping a push towards extractions. The ballistic shield and Defender really let you get into the thick of things and you can quick mow down bots with little to no risk or damage to yourself and the shield will stop rockets and just rag doll you instead. The Railgun is still extremely good for taking out devastators and striders from a distance if you can get over the learning curve. You are weaker against tanks and hulks but not helpless.

I had no idea you could damage Hulk's legs!

Here’s my team loadouts that has been working very efficiently: 2 guys running airstrike/orbital laser/quasar/shield pack, and 2 guys running airstrike/120 barrage/380 barrage/auto cannon. Primary can be what ever you find comfortable with, I like punisher shotgun/senator/stun grenades. We have no difficulty completing all mission objs at lv9 with these loadouts. Air strikes for small & medium base, 120 & 380 combo to clear large base & obj base like detector tower,command bunker, mortar aaa placements, ect… mean while orbital laser can be use against enemies that’s alive from downed dropships. Jammer can be taken out from afar with auto cannon if you can take out the fabricator. No need to enter any bases with these loadouts. Just drive by explosions. Love it. You can swap out 1 auto cannon for a spear too just to deal with jammer more easily but that would be too much downside because auto cannon can deal with every large enemies

go turret build with the big shield generator , any eagle strike that takes out buildings + turret rocket , turret autocannon , big shield , stun grenades im just emoting most of the match

Note: air strike can even destroy walking factories if the majority of your strike hits it, with one or 2 uses

Finally my cm17 heavy armor is getting recognized as a good kit, I’m like the only one I ever see using this btw 🤣

It just hit me. This man 100% reminds me of Thor from pirate software.

I also like the 380mm barrage since it has more uses than the laser and can completely wipe a base. As for command bunkers I've found that it's still very consistent for taking them out.

I use the impact grenades as a poor man’s auto cannon when I don’t have one, takes 2-3 grenades to kill a hulk without much effort

Yeah the Sickle and Dominator are great until Arrowhead sees them "overperforming" over sniper rifles then nerfs them back into uselessness and it'll just be some other weapon that they make somewhat OP then 2 weeks late nerf that as well. Without fail, just you wait man, got a real bad feeling about how they balance weapons. Good guide though Reaper, I'll look into the Laser Cannon, mostly an AC guy but I'll give it a shot, might have to use the Stun nades more often over Impacts.

Here is my current loadout lol alot of fun. Heavy armor the one with 200 armor Ballistic shield Smg senator quasar cannon depends on what strategem Orbital Laser Stun grenade Eagle Cluster/ or any eagle strike

Slugger is still one of the best weapons for bugs but for the robots it’s not usable at all.

Armor passives need to be selectable per category, meaning you shouldn't be able to swap a heavy armor passive with light or medium armor, BUT you should 100% be able to select the heavy armor passive you want for any heavy armor you choose

I love AMR but my aim on console is quite shitty so it is skill issue for me 😅 laser cannon is perfect for me

auto canon is a MUST against automatons, it should be at the top in any build

I think they nerfed laser btw, I put a whole clip into a engine didnt boom lol

JAR-5 on semi or burst?

I prefer the shield relay over the pack. Would rather carry an auto-cannon or a jump pack and AMR or Quasar.

What if we can only bring 3 strategem because of the difficulty modifier. What would you bring?

Take a shot whenever you say "for that of"

Right now the biggest Automaton threat is the Hulk Scorcher. They can instagib you from a mile away due to the latest buff. Heavy Armor won't save you. You need to run away.

How do you talk without moving your lips !? Ur good at that

I feel like I just got teleported to a cattle auction in Texas

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I personally alternate between autocannon and ballistic shield / laser cannon, AC is a genuine king of all trades vs bots, but if you run ballistic shield w/ defender smg you can one-up heavies at their own job 😂😂

Is the recoils rifle not good for bots? I use it a lot I really like how hard you can punch the hulks and devastators

Light armour, 500kg, jetpack, emp mortar, grenade launcher for me

Quasar over laser for me but same load out otherwise haha

I'm torn between the eagle airstrike and the 500KG because the 500KG can oneshot 2 hulks standing next to each other pretty consistantly.

I tried running a solo mission at suicide but I went to the planet with airship objectives. So hard to stealth. Lol And a spawner for the drones in the sky. I just quit the mission after my first death. I hate that I can’t bring my tail gun and have it be useful against them. I didn’t care about that nerfs cause I’m accurate! Lol

Do you work in hollywood your voice could be the movie guy

Scorcher beats the dominator still. Handles scout striders with ease whereas dominator struggles a bit Gonna add I appreciate servo assist on armour for the extra range to chuck eagle strikes.

We killin the bots with this one!

Can the stun grenade destroy the fabs? i feel like i tossed em in the window and it took 3 of em?

Pick a fortified perked armor and you dont ever need the shield pack ever again for the bots

Heres my loadout for bots.. Scorcher, Stun Grenades, Jet Pack, Airstrike, Airburst , Walking Barrage. I use medium stealth armor and do just fine solo helldive. Scorcher can kill any bot. Goodluck out there.

Dude are you purposely making a voice LOL - thats funny as hell

I really disagree with orbital laser. At least on helldive difficulty. You don’t wipe because you don’t clear a base quickly enough, you wipe because you get overwhelmed by the sheer volume of high-threat armour being thrown at you. I actually think the community sleeps on the eagle cluster bomb. It won’t finish a hulk but if well-placed, it can wipe an entire triple-drop of devastators leaving only the odd hulk or tank for you deal with and you get like 8+ uses of it once upgraded. That plus the eagle strike is so much armour clearance. Regarding the weapon, I’m not 100% sold on the laser. I do like it a lot but not being able to deal with annoying rocket devastators at range is a problem. The autocannon is the best weapon vs bots but requires a backpack slot so I usually settle for the quasar.

Great loadout to face Automatons... Too bad we wiped them out xD

big iron as your side arm takes out devistators in a pinch

What's an automaton I started playing today and can't find them anywhere?

Medic armor is broken you hit stun and become god for 8 seconds really hard to die with it

My only disagreement is with heavy armor. If you get critical hit or hit by a rocket or mine, it does the same damage to all types (light to heavy). Explosive resistance works extremely well to stop explosive damage, but heavier armor is only mitigating non-critical, non-explosive damage.

Shield relay > backpack. If everybody took that instead of the personal shield you just move from bubble to bubble without a real care in the world.

It's not smart to run 2 Eagles. They share the same cooldown, and Rearm. When that happens you're a sitting duck. So either pick AS or 500kg to pair with Orbital Laser.

Why does your voice sounds forced? lol. Great video thanks!

Best loadout: use whatever the fuck you want and have fun with it.

Easily do impossible on bugs, still getting wooped on hard with bots 😢