How to Disable Flame Hulks, Devastators, and Tank Weakness Tips and Tricks Helldivers 2 

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Good to know that you can shoot the treads off tanks. Actually a pretty typical IRL tactic that should be common sense, but I'll be damned if my common sense goes right out the window the moment I see a shiny red light to shoot at.

"Your typical bug warrior isn't very smart. But if you shoot off a limb... *BRATATATATATAT! Screech* ...it's still 86% combat effective. Here's a tip: Aim for the nerve stem, and put that bug down for good." -Military scientist.

3:46 shooting both arms doesn’t lead to a kill, but you can get an achievement for it if you do it at extract and leave him alive!

Considering there is a spawn limit. It can be more advantageous to maim bots than outright Killing them. A bunch of hulks and tanks that can't even engage and are clogging up the paths for other bots is much better than dealing with constantly respawning heavies.

Some more tips on Heavy Devastators: -Their power packs are actually light armored, you can take them out with a primary if they have their backs turned to you, much to the relief of your teammate who was probably about to turned to swiss cheese. -The Autocannon can actually stagger them, this will lower their shields, leaving an opening to shoot their torso directly.

Lvl 60 Helldiver, I've never found a super reliable way to deal with hulks with a 90%+ success rate. Like how I think everyone has gotten very good at killing chargers by now. Getting shot by other bots while taking a split second to line up a shot on that tiny head of a hulk is just undeniably unreliable, no matter how good your quick flick accuracy is. I've never tried shooting the legs, excited to give this a try. Thanks for the content.

The hardest part of hitting a hulk in the eye is trying to shoot it with a misaligned scope

In HD1 you could shoot the tank threads too, I was thinking about that last night when playing and yet I didn't try it 😂

"Shooting off both arms doesn't lead to a kill." Shooting both arms off and then evacuating is worth an achievement. tho.

Scorcher hulks losing one leg makes them nearly immobile, which most of the time is as good as dead. I always carry the quaso nowadays except in low difficulty for that reason. I noticed the sickle being able to take out the rocket devastator pods and they became much less scary, but I didn't notice the Heavy's MG being that soft. That's very useful info, thank you.

The bots continue to be my favorite enemies, simply for their much more varied counterplay. At the end of the day, there aren't too many ways to skin a bug when you compare them with all the different ways you can disable a robot. Totally get the appeal of cooking bug barbecue though.

With the power of friendship you can have one person shoot the eye, and another player can aim at the limbs

This was actually super helpful and informative. Did NOT know hulk legs or tank tread were vulnerable. Appreciate the content.

EAT very rarely doesn't one shot Hulks as long as you blast the general area of the eye. But obviously you won't always have that, so learning that the legs are vulnerable is very helpful.

Instructions unclear, I can't find the dropship's leg !

Best suggestion i can give when a hulk is chasing you, use stun grenades that stops them long enough to actually aim and kill them or not stress while you destroy the arms or legs, stun grenades are also great for groups of enemies that will allow you to call in an airstrike or something else to kill a whole group

I know, this sounds silly, but their little pistol is the bane of my existence far more than their rocket launcher.😂😂😂

You can 1 tap every devastate variant, with the R-35 Eruptor with one clean shot to the hip area

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hiii, thanks for checking out the tracks im happy to see theres even more reasons to take the tracks out. another reason i found to take the tracks out is so you can get behind the tank and shoot the butt, it only has medium armor on the back of the hull.

If you hit centre mass just below the head on a Brood Commander you can relatively often kill them in one shot with the Eruptor, or at least blow off both of their front legs rendering them extremely slow and vulnerable to follow up shots. It seems to do much more damage than aiming directly for the head does, as the frags are often going to hit the head or legs as they spread out from the point of impact.

Been advocating for this for a while. People make guide videos for Automatons, and the first thing I do after watching is comment about shooting off limbs and weapons, if it wasn't mentioned. It usually isn't. These kind of tactics come naturally for me, but not for many other players it seems, so it's good to see someone bringing this to more people's attention. There are fates worse than death, especially for mechanical foes like the Automatons. Dead, you can be replaced. Critically damaged? You're worse than useless. You're not able to do your job *and* you're taking up space on the battlefield.

Big thanks, you have saved many Helldivers’ lives this day. I think I’ll even revisit the laser cannon, you made it look kind of good.

I’ve put 100+ hours into this game and I never knew you could shoot the hulks in the legs, or that it would be that easy to do. Thanks, very useful info.

Against devastators I like the defender + ballistic shield combo. The recoil is so low that you can target the eye and kill them in close proximity in about two seconds even when they have the shield. (Laser pistol works well here too) Their waist is another good weak point if your weapon has too much recoil for the eye, but only if they don't have a shield.

Also for tanks, at least the larger one's (not sure about the Shredder Tanks) there are two plates you can fire at with an Auto Cannon enough times to also kill it. The plates are directly behind the tank. I have not tried a laser cannon on that spot, but an auto cannon will do it.

Had been actively shooting weapon arms on the bots for a while now. Shooting the treads off the tanks is both obvious in hindsight but is actually inspired thinking and shows how much detail Arrowhead puts into the game.

I figured the treads would be vulnerable but i was under the impression it followed "game logic" and if it wasnt a shiny spot it wouldny do dmg. Im glad we have options

With war comes knowledge. We went in blind and it's our combat vets that teach us how to survive and bring a more optimized delivery of death and most importantly, a more efficient path to mission completion. I hope this guide ends up in the National Democratic Manual For Warfare. Thank you, Helldiver for your service.

"The enemy cannot shoot you if you disable their arms"

Great info. Being able to slow flame Hulks and immobilize tanks sounds extremely helpful - I will definitely be trying this.

Great video, just great. I appriciate this alot because I enjoy fighting automatons alot and more tactics just expands my veterancy with them.

I learned this week if you hit the towers and the tanks straight down the throat (turret) with the quasar… that gives you a kill versus waiting for the venting on tanks or turrets (helldiverhomeboy)

The plasma breaker not only stun locks devastators, it will completely ignore their shields and armor. It also can take it walkers from the front.

Excellent tips. Did not know about the tank threads will definitely try them later!

I think the devs would give the scythe and the las cannon a good niche by making them do +50% damage to limbs, so you could run round disabling enemies rather than killing. Cos right now they’re just low dps and not appealing to use

Just dont be ass and shoot the eye 🤣

Shooting the legs is only really useful on 2 termanids: the charger and brood commander. Everyone knows the charger leg stuff, however brood commanders are different. Shooting off 2 legs on the same side causes them to run in circles and become slower in general. Shooting 3 legs off instantly kills them. I believe it needs to be both front legs and a back leg though. This is nice because blowing off their heads soesnt kill them instantly and they still try to get one last charge on you before bleeding out. The other nice thing about this is their legs aren't armored, so all primaries can do this pretty easily and it doesn't take very long.

I've played many hours and this is legit something I never thought about! Thanks!

>Watches video >Uses Autocannon like a BOSS >2 shots eye because I don’t have skill issue tbh >Cool guys don’t look at explosions

I like shooting off the flamethrower arm of flames hulks. Very helpful and makes taking them down much easier

I'm still amazed at how this game utilizes PURE LOGIC - it's just me who's got absolutely unfamiliar with it as games taught me so in many many years

i love how most enemies in this game can be defeated as you would expect. it makes sense that shooting both legs from under a hulk would destroy it, it makes sense that you can shoot the weapons from enemies. now if only this "it makes sense" logic was applied to the new airship fabricators because currently they're god damn invincible to everything except hellbomb!

I've found that the laser cannon can hit the eye of a hulk easily enough to kill it in short order. It's constant output makes the bobbing of a hulk moving less of a problem. Might consider using it more often

Oh thank you, Sir--This is a BIG help; I can't tell you how many F'n times I've been killed by those Hulks--I got something different for them next play session 💯👍

You said you weren't sure how useful this was against bugs but when using automatic type weapons like the sickle or mgs i find shooting the legs of specifically the brood commanders SUPER valuable! They are big targets and will completely stop their charge attack giving you some breathing room and can even have comparable kill times for stuff like the sickle!

Thank goodness! A Video that didn't spend its time doggin on my Laser Cannon, with "infinite" ammo and medium pen its more versatile than people give it credit for, someone in another comment section claimed it was trash because it dealt less damage than the sickle in the "GUNS WITH NO AMMO" category, but didn't care that medium armor pen changes the game one WHAT your shooting at, if you see the hulk coming spending a second to burn off a leg is nothing. And now that I know I can shoot tank treads... to keep the tank from moving...

Some good tech to know for Shredder Tanks- you don't need to get at the rear of their turret. A deep angle on their turret ring (where the turret connects to the chassis) with the autocannon takes them down in around 4 shots. Knowing this really opens up how quickly you can respond to shredders, and presumably will work for other explosive weapons such as the grenade launcher.

Honestly I've tried a bunch of different setups vs bots, and the one I always come back to is Dominator + Grenade Launcher + Supply Pack. The Dominator takes out devastators of any kind in 3-5 shots and staggers them heavily with each hit. It also 1 shots all of the smaller bots, though the dudes with sword arms can be crazy hard to hit sometimes, they seem to have almost no actual hitbox outside of their chest. The grenade launcher can handle all of the weak point hits on hulks, tanks, and cannon towers, but is also a much better crowd control weapon than the autocannon or laser cannon or quasar. With supply pack, every time you're out of ammo you just take a supply box to get 2 full mags back, so you've got a grand total of 110 grenades and you can restock with a supply drop. I'm also running the grenade pistol with that setup now for even more explosive goodness =P

Thank you very much for the important information commander, I will use it as best I can when fighting the Automaton Menace. For SUPER EARTH.

Awesome info! I've had immobilized tanks before and imagined it was a bug. Killing hulks with the legs was unknown to me too. I still prefer using stun to kill hulks but sometimes they turn 90° to me and I can't leave cover, so I'll remember to blast a leg off.

Nice video! Thanks for showcasing how we can disable some tough enemies

Liked. Super helpful. Thank you!

I think also a lot of this is good knowledge for people on controller where precision may be a little bit lower than mouse. Certainly solid tips to aim big and improve overall effectiveness on the battlefield. Great video!

Thanks for the tank tracks tip, had no clue though it's obvious in many other games I play!

I learned by accident that I could bust the tank treads, started doing it to make taking them out easier when solo diving. I learned about breaking Hulk legs when I saw a video about the uses for the Quasar cannon. I've been breaking Devastator rocket pods because it was frequently easier to break those at range than to kill them with a primary.

Been watching you since the early bl3 days and I’m glad to see you’re getting the viewership and recognition you deserve. I hope everything continues to go well bro

One of the most useful helldivers 2 videos I’ve ever seen.

Interesting. Never knew you could shoot off thier weapons as quickly with light weapons for devastators.

Awesome stuff. Thank you. New techs. Shooting the legs off bugs is better than sitting the head.. Cause that sprint of death is sometimes terrifying xD

Woah didnt realize some of these. thank you!

Really good info here. Honestly im guilty of just abusing the hell outta my quasar cannon but i will most def be trying these tactics

I didn’t know you could shoot out the leg. Thanks that’s very helpful

Didint know about the hulk legs thanks for the advice.

I love the amount of detail they put into each enemy.

For the bots, shooting gatline cannon or rocket pods off can be useful depending on your cover like if im peaking left i'll take the gatling cannon off but right side peaks theres no need also if im behind a shield deva i'll shoot the ammo backpack as it has light armour and dies "fast enough" when shooting there. But i think for hulks its very niche and not something you should be doing often. If its far away you have time to take those headshots, if its ontop of you you dont have time to spend 5 seconds taking a limb off. If you have an EAT/Quasar its only 2 body shots you might as well aim for the eye and if you miss your next shot kills. Similar story with tanks, they are already super slow and easy to hit with stratagems tracking them to make them immobile doesnt really stop them from doing what they already did nor does it really make landing your stratagems any easier. Vs the bugs its very useful as every bug dies after taking a certain number of limbs off. For hive guard 2 limbs kills, so its best to shoot in the gaps on either side of its head to break the 2 lil unarmoured pinces off (gotta learn get a feel for feel the shots to break) this is FAR quicker than shooting 1 gap until it dies through body damage. For brood commanders you need to remove 3 limbs, if you have a light armour pen weapon and get grey hit markers on its head then this is about as fast as it takes to mag dump the head only it will insta kill him and you slow him down in the process but again it requires some finesse - i do this a lot when using the sickle because its very controllable and easy to do. For chargers we already know that removing 1 limb kills.

Very helpful tips, ty !

Good info! I'd often wondered if you could "track" the tanks, but rarely had the means to get close enough to pull it off. I'd hoped that grenades or mines might be able to do it, but again, never gotten lucky enough with my throws to pull it off. Thanks for the video!

Hey man, on your last point about bug legs, this tips really only useful for brood commanders, but if they lose enough legs they’ll be instakilled. I’ve found the time to kill on a brood commander coming right at you is quicker (using a sickle) to blow all of their legs off, as their front legs line up with their bag legs when they’re facing you. So two short bursts at both front legs making sure to take out at least one back leg should kill them, and if you fail to kill them they’re neutered anyway because they can hardly move.

This is all super useful. Thanks 👍🏽

Last night I finally got up to suicide difficulty, these tip are huge. Tyvm.

Usually I try to kill enemies as fast as possible. But with hulks it's sometimes so hard to hit the spot. Especially when they still move around. So blowing their legs away seems a more efficient and reliable way for me. Thx for the vid!

Very very good tip! thanks for sharing

this is very useful. thank you

this was so damn helpful, thank you

A thing I noticed with shooting devastator arms off is that you have to make sure to go for the elbow joint area if you want it done quick. If you go for the shoulder you first shoot off the little plate of armor hat is wrapped around it and only then be dealing damage to rip the arm off completely

Vs Brood Commanders - shooting legs is actually THE way to deal with them since they still rush forward and attack even without head. Which is absolutely terrifying.

nice tip! thank you!

That was well worth the watch. And emphasizing, that laser cannon is actually even better that people give it credit for, is great. I love the gun, but thought that the likes of quazar or autocannon outshine. Turna out, not as much as you would think

As far as bug go, shooting the front four legs off a brood commander will instantly kill it (it's two large "scythe" arms, and it's two tiny "mandible" legs it uses to crawl around). They'll typically die prior to that, but if you're particularly accurate, it's possible. And for hive guards, shooting both rearmost legs off will, likewise, instantly kill it. Both of these cases have to do with how the "skeleton" ambulates. By removing their ability to walk, they just die, similar to a hulk or strider.

Another tip about shooting legs: Aim for the legs of raider bots with jet packs! You can take their legs off to delay or prevent their jump pack from exploding. Also for bugs the more legs one removes the slower they get. Taking the front legs of a brood commander before the head will prevent their last gasp charge at you, instead they will instantly drop. You can also aim for their claws to reduce their attack power and range while doing significant damage in the process.

06:29 is incredible info. Thanks for the fabulous guide.

Instant sub! I always shoot the medium size bugs in the legs to slow them and to kill them. It works great when being rushed by tons of enemies to keep the onslaught off of you. Of course like you said not always best for every situation tho. Keeping it real idk I have done this with the bots 😂 🤦‍♂️ Appreciate the video!

These tips are blowing my mind and are gonna completely change how I play the game.

GOOD STUFF!! can't wait to use these weak points!!! :)

The addition of the stun grenade changes the game with the hulk and other automatons. You COULD shoot off the flamer, or you could toss a stun/EMS on it, and 2 shot the hulk through the visor. With supply packs, that's a lot of stun grenades and AMR ammo if that's your thing. The stun grenade really changed how you can deal with the bots.

Regarding shooting legs off bugs, the Charger is actually quite vulnerable to this. Shooting a Charger in any leg with an anti-armor weapon won't one-shot it, no, but it will crack open it's carapace on that leg allowing even light-penetrating primaries to damage it, and it can *not* sustain much damage to that leg at all. Take out one of it's four legs and it literally can't stand up under its own weight and will promptly die.

as a lvl 100 who solos helldives (post patrol unbalancing to punish solos). Hulks: no, shoot the eye. EAT has such a large hit radius it will hit the eye. the times you see them far enough away to disable them, your just running the opposite direction anyway. the AMR has a sort of "auto aim" which will actually make things easier to hit the eye from further away, it will count as a headshot even though you did not directly hit the head (devestator heads too). if they are close and you have the AMR. aim above the eye and their "bobbing" will line up the shot for you. rocket devestator: no, dont aim for the rocket pods, they may have lower armor but they have more health (similar to bile spewers). only do this if you absolutely do not have a clean shot on anything else. With the time and ammo spent on the rockets, you easily could have just killed it and it is gauranteed to let off shots before you blow the pods. instead aim for the mid section where its torso connects to the hip. only a few shots from any primary will take it out in less than a second, 1-2 shots with AMR (usually 1) and its a far larger target than the head. Heavy devestator: good tip, just take out the gun and keep moving (not the shoulder, the gun its self) devestator: mid section, ignore the head unless your a chad in which you dont need tips tank: Good tip, i didnt know this and i will be using this if i dont just immediately 500kg usual solo loadout: medic medium armor, diligence counter sniper, big iron, frag grenades (smokes depending on how much i feel like fighting), orbital laser, 500kg, AMR, Ammo Pack only thing to give me trouble are gunships in large numbers, but 1 or 2 gunships the AMR can make short work of.

The default setup I landed on for automaton is similar to what you've been showing. Ballistic Shield+Defender, the revolver, AMR, stun grenades, and I just headshot everything. I know it's for the video, but I found it funny that you stunned these hulks to aim at the side parts when in that situation you could just quickly line up 2 AMR headshots.

Very useful tactic!! Thank you

Im actually astonished how much detail they put into these enemies, I never realized the treads were damageable, or the legs of Hulks

Great tips about being able to use regular weapons to disable arms and other weapons. I've got over 100 hours in the game so far but assumed you needed bigger weapons to do anything to anything bigger than the standard bots.

Great guide! I salute!

People sleep on impact grenades vs tanks. The tank with the light turret is a one shot and the heavy turret is a three shot. The only caveat is that the heavy turret you need the side and rear if the turret. You can also are the impacts over the front if there is no other option.

For bugs, you can aim for the front two legs of the brood commander to easily (mostly) disable it. I'm pretty sure you can remove the hopping from the hunters by knocking their wings and/or back legs. You can also bully defenders by using medium pen to bust their from two shield legs.

very useful intel, thanks ^^

I love that this game has modular damage like that. Any other dev would just give them an arbitrary health bar we can’t see and they explode in a tiny fireball. This is so much more satisfying

Genuinely holy shit this opens up far more options from weapons in terms of dealing with anything even at Helldive. Like, knowing the arms or at least the weapons on all the heavy and Hulk bots are light armor means I have an excuse to try out the ballistic shield and not feel severely undergunned

I find that when using the eruptor against the bugs, if you hit them in the torso, the central explosion hits all of their limbs usually leading to a oneshot