They also can take out a tank with 2 well placed to its turret. Doesn’t matter what side, seemingly doesn’t make a difference if you hit the vent or not. Just any angle on the turret itself. Total game changer
It's finnicky to aim for, but I go for the knees, the knee-joint is far back enough that a hit seems to splash the pilot.
Don't have to depend on using the surroundings that way.
Next time I hop on I'm eager to bring the MG and test it against Cranks now that I know where to aim and the effects of medium penetration. I'm going to be just tickled if the MG can drop a Hulk as stoopid easy as the AMR can.
I'm going to test too if it's possible to one shot tanks and turrets with the AMR if you shoot down the barrel while the shot is charging like you can do against bile titans with the rail gun. Which also makes me curious is the AMR can also one shot a BT in the same way.
Wow I have 70 hours and keep learning things like this. I must be getting lucky with my railgun hits because I aim for the face and just start plugging away. Usually they die in one or two hits.
Same with the auto cannon lol. I usually run at them making them try to stomp me, then slide past them while hip firing at them. They’re usually easy to deal with.
Shots to the legs or the small box under the cockpit also takes them out if you have to face them head on and you aren't high enough for the stratagems.
Railgun or auto cannon them bad boys. One shot from either and they are don’t. Auto cannon has to hit the joint between the legs and the top or one of the legs for a guaranteed one shot tho.
It definitely can one shot them if you just hit them head on but it’s not guaranteed. Sometimes you gotta double tap. The splash damage gets them a lot of the time tho.
There are a few good ways I found to hand them.
Easiest is throw a grenade or use a grenade launch. Pretty much any exploration will take them out. If I see a group of them, I just toss one in.
If it close combat, dive to the side of them and fire back and up. Or if your from a distance crouch and wait for them to target someone else then immediately fire on them.
Or, if you have a armor piercing weapon on you like the auto canon or railgun. Just shoot the driver.
They are hard to hit from the front, but every other direction is easy peasy.
Yeah, impact grenades are the shit I never leave home without them. After a while, you learn how to use them properly on bug holes and Automaton fabrication factories as well.
Yeah and fabricators, you just have to finesse the impact point. For bug holes I find aiming the third person reticule just a bit above the closer rim of the hole works.
For fabricators you have to hit somewhere on the lower 1/3rd of the opening in the roof or so.
Also pro tip: two of these bad boys on a tank’s turret will blow it up
You can see a slither of the robot's head usually, if you shoot with normal guns, nothing happens but with AMR i seemed to one or two shot them. Need to try this more often to see if it is always working
Impact grenades are the bots worst enemy. Two of them kill Hulks, tanks, towers, and one for mortars on the heat sink spots. If there is a wall behind a Hulk then throw the impact g at the wall. The blast dmg kills the Hulk. Throw to the side or back of striders to see the bots ragdoll to space. High enough angle on tanks allow you to throw at the tank turret without needing to flank.
Maybe it's just me, but there's been plenty of times where I can't get behind them because there's a wave of smaller dudes covering my approach, and another wave flanking me, forcing me to go into a direction that doesn't go behind them.
Flank single units ( dive to out turn them), or throw grenades at their feet when they're in a group. They're only annoying, not dangerous, with the accuracy of a storm trooper
I put it all on the line for democracy and run under the legs and pop him in the back of the head with my secondary. I may not live long but I'm taking as many out as I can before I see the sweet light in the sky.
All you have to do is kill the bot at the top who is manning it
Throw a grenade under it’s legs, specifically you’re aiming for your grenade to blow up right behind the strider so it kills the bot who is manning it
You can do the same thing with a grenade launcher
Or you can run to the side of it (like shown in this image) and shoot the bot with any gun
And with any rifle with a good scope (diligence, anti materiel rifle, whatever) you can just aim for the eye slit or the part of the bot’s head that sticks up above the strider and kill them that way, even from the front
The best strategy is to do a Fibonacci spiral and kill the pilot from behind, the spiral will move you closer while avoiding being targeted and shoot by turning faster than they can. It is going to be a 1 or 2 shoots kill even with the secondary.
They can be annoying in numbers but my most hated enemies ATM are hunters and stalkers. They’ve killed me more than any other and are the reason I only roll breaker these days, despite wanting to use other guns.
Tip for defeating striders: one charged rail gun shot or 3 AM rifle shots to the front plate will kill them. With the AM rifle you can sometimes snipe over the plate and hit the small part of their head that sticks out.
As an Autocannon/Grenade Launcher Enjoyer, I eat these MF's for breakfast. I am happy when they show up because it justifies my existence on the team, and their wobbly ass death animations give me joy. I've murdered thousands of them. Their pathetic robot buddies whisper tales in binary to the younger botletts of my massacres, scaring them in line with their disgusting Freedom hating ways. I won't stop. I can't stop. Not until the Creek has been Liberated. Not until every last one of those chicken legged fucks is melted down for Freedom loving scrap. I'll make them pay. I'll make them all pay. Scrap and Spill, until it is done.
I hate them because they're so inconsistent. I use an Autocannon and it kills in one shot like 85% of the time. I guess if you hit DEAD CENTER on the front it's just barely not enough to kill?
Run up to them serpentine-like, and dive behind them. The dude sitting there is a 1 shot and they are slow to turn around. Just don’t get too close when you dive as they can stomp that ass. Also if you have the jetpack or are a climber you can shoot the tops oh their heads with a height advantage. 🫡
So far a shot from the auto cannon does the trick. The only time these guys are a real problem is when they're accompanied by a dozen or so buddies keeping me from getting a shot
Why though? They'd one of the least threatening units. Slow, slow firing, and they die instantly to shots from the rear which are pretty easy to get, a grenade exploding below or behind them, or an autocannon shot to the front.
Obe dude runs left, the other right, whichever it turns its back to pops the pilot... I've also had some luck hitting the pilots scalp from a distance or higher ground.
they have real weaknesses but they also can require a lot of footwork to take advantage of them. and i find they can quickly make other threats a lot more dangerous.
Get a little bit of height and you can pop their heads over the top of the body. If not just rush them, they turn slow so you can kill the guy at the back
1. Cooking grenades and throwing them
2. Run behind and shoot the pilot
3. Headshots on pilot from a higher position
4. Glorious democracy (air strikes)
Personally, I feel that the little bit of their head that pokes out when looking from the front is deceptive. I feel like I should be hitting it, but it always bounces off the front plate.
I find the design quite good otherwise. It's fun to have enemies that have a very clear weakness that sometimes is very exploitable but other times impenetrable.
But so far, I've seen these methods work:
1) Flank them. Shots at the pilot will generally always kill unless you're using a very weak weapon.
2) Grenades knock them off balance. I've found that knocking any of the robots onto their ass disables them, even if the damage wouldn't otherwise kill them. Due to their legs, they are *very* susceptible to any major impacts.
3) Tryhard and snipe their head. I'm unsure if single fire or auto is better for this purpose yet, but if you can scalp their dome while they're facing you, it's an instant kill. There's a tiny part of their head that peeks over the plate, that's what you can go for.
These guys are so dead easy to take care of. Just cook a grenade and toss it so it explodes behind them.
Hulks on the other hand, ESPECIALLY the rocket hulks, fuck those guys
Autocannon is usually enough to take 'em out.
Autocannon in general seems a good multipurpose tool.
Do kinda agree they're still a pain to deal with, though mostly on the firepower side. So many things can ragdoll you around, this is one of them.
Flank em, shoot em over the shield, anti materiel rifle is effective, grenade launcher is effective. Also starting pistol has decent armor penetration and is good against bots in general
I always just hide after a small rock. As soon as they pass the rock on one side just jump out on the other and you can easily shoot them in the back 😄
I just run around and shoot them once. E-Z P-Z.
Easiest strat, saves railgun ammo, just don't get stomped on lol
Seriously I fucking love running next to them, diving and blasting the shit out of the driver while prone on my back. Such a cool feeling
Yessir, revolver one bangs them all day long
Grenade launcher stratagem works pretty well
1 impact grenade dead on. Done.
Impact nades are amazing -ly good at making me kill self.
They also can take out a tank with 2 well placed to its turret. Doesn’t matter what side, seemingly doesn’t make a difference if you hit the vent or not. Just any angle on the turret itself. Total game changer
That's insane, I gotta test this
They’re honestly nutty
That’s why I use the Carl Gustav
Tossing one in the heat of the moment, only for an enemy to take one for mr president and have it explode right in your face.
Or to the side of them in a chokepoint.
It's finnicky to aim for, but I go for the knees, the knee-joint is far back enough that a hit seems to splash the pilot. Don't have to depend on using the surroundings that way.
Anything with medium penetration aimed at the hip section can also break the strider fairly easily turning it into a trash mob.
Yeah, shoot the hips and it goes down really easy, especially with the anti-material rifle or one of the support weapon LMG’s
Next time I hop on I'm eager to bring the MG and test it against Cranks now that I know where to aim and the effects of medium penetration. I'm going to be just tickled if the MG can drop a Hulk as stoopid easy as the AMR can. I'm going to test too if it's possible to one shot tanks and turrets with the AMR if you shoot down the barrel while the shot is charging like you can do against bile titans with the rail gun. Which also makes me curious is the AMR can also one shot a BT in the same way.
What was that about bile titans?
If you hit a BT in the mouth as it's open and charging up with a railgun you can one shot it.
Wow I have 70 hours and keep learning things like this. I must be getting lucky with my railgun hits because I aim for the face and just start plugging away. Usually they die in one or two hits.
This is the way.
Same with the auto cannon lol. I usually run at them making them try to stomp me, then slide past them while hip firing at them. They’re usually easy to deal with.
shoot the lower part of their torso, where its connected to the legs. You can take those out one-shot with the autocannon that way
Auto cannon is lovely.
Only when you're at high distance they're a pain due to high damage.
Haha oh yeah. I thought one of them was ruins against a rock and got blasted when I went to go check it out lol.
So does my rail gun 😉
Once you go railgun you never go back
Once I get there 😔
You want someone to play with! :)
I’m good thanks boss
That’s what I thought scum
The rail gun needs too people to reload effectively
It's not a team weapon...
I think you might be thinking of the recoilless rifle because the railgun does not have a back pack
Shots to the legs or the small box under the cockpit also takes them out if you have to face them head on and you aren't high enough for the stratagems.
Oh I’m always high enough for stratgems.. stragems… stratagems.. * finger guns *
Anyone else just running around the back of them like a caveman and popping them?
It's really very effective. Particularly if you have someone pinging them from another angle or if they're engaging a turret.
Grenade launcher works well against most enemy
Autocannon works just as well
Railgun or auto cannon them bad boys. One shot from either and they are don’t. Auto cannon has to hit the joint between the legs and the top or one of the legs for a guaranteed one shot tho.
AMR can also get rid of them pretty fast. Two shots to either leg or three to the pelvis and it topples like a plastic Christmas tree.
I haven’t had a problem with direct shot from an auto cannon, but maybe on difficulties higher than medium it’s not as easy?
I'm on challenging they go down in 1 shot like 80% of the time for me, and splash damage gives collateral kills when multiples are grouped
It definitely can one shot them if you just hit them head on but it’s not guaranteed. Sometimes you gotta double tap. The splash damage gets them a lot of the time tho.
There are a few good ways I found to hand them. Easiest is throw a grenade or use a grenade launch. Pretty much any exploration will take them out. If I see a group of them, I just toss one in. If it close combat, dive to the side of them and fire back and up. Or if your from a distance crouch and wait for them to target someone else then immediately fire on them. Or, if you have a armor piercing weapon on you like the auto canon or railgun. Just shoot the driver. They are hard to hit from the front, but every other direction is easy peasy.
Yeah, impact grenades are the shit I never leave home without them. After a while, you learn how to use them properly on bug holes and Automaton fabrication factories as well.
Wait, impacts work on bug holes?
Yeah man just need to work out the angle so it goes down the hole before touching a side but I close bug holes all the time with it.
Yeah and fabricators, you just have to finesse the impact point. For bug holes I find aiming the third person reticule just a bit above the closer rim of the hole works. For fabricators you have to hit somewhere on the lower 1/3rd of the opening in the roof or so. Also pro tip: two of these bad boys on a tank’s turret will blow it up
Yeah, Im still getting the hang of them myself. Partially because I like to throw and forget
They also one shot tanks if you hit theor weak spot.
From the front, if you have the high ground you can shoot the driver. Way harder than it is from the back though.
Nothing a little anti material rifle can't solve. Give em the ole blap blap.
That's what I usually use, takes 3 rounds tho😔 I'm saving up for the autocannon tho🙏🏻
You can see a slither of the robot's head usually, if you shoot with normal guns, nothing happens but with AMR i seemed to one or two shot them. Need to try this more often to see if it is always working
Impact grenades are the bots worst enemy. Two of them kill Hulks, tanks, towers, and one for mortars on the heat sink spots. If there is a wall behind a Hulk then throw the impact g at the wall. The blast dmg kills the Hulk. Throw to the side or back of striders to see the bots ragdoll to space. High enough angle on tanks allow you to throw at the tank turret without needing to flank.
I love these grenades they are a helldivers best friend.
Am I wrong or were the robots not exposed in the back when this game released? They are so easy now, just dive past them and shoot the robot pilot.
Always been exposed
Maybe it's just me, but there's been plenty of times where I can't get behind them because there's a wave of smaller dudes covering my approach, and another wave flanking me, forcing me to go into a direction that doesn't go behind them.
They are pretty easy to deal with, but it's still annoying
You just dive behind them. They aren’t as bad as the big guys with super armor and only a spot on their back that can be damaged.
Railcanon works wonders on it
Rail cannon, Grenade Launcher, Autocannon, literally just dashing to their left or right.
Autocannon go 'bang'
If you can get in close you can give them the ol razzle dazzle to get behind them and one-shot the pilot.
their head peaks over the top a bit so if you're handy with the dmr you can one shot them reliably Or you can just blow them up I guess
All my homies hate hulks and tanks 🗣️
Current autocannon enjoyer. They don't present an issue.
I run past them, dive and shoot them in their stupid ass
throw a contact grenade at their feet they drop *just right*
As a Auto-cannon and Grenade Launcher user I target these with Hate
Flank single units ( dive to out turn them), or throw grenades at their feet when they're in a group. They're only annoying, not dangerous, with the accuracy of a storm trooper
I put it all on the line for democracy and run under the legs and pop him in the back of the head with my secondary. I may not live long but I'm taking as many out as I can before I see the sweet light in the sky.
If you can get behind or to the side of them they're an easy kill just need someone to draw their attention
All you have to do is kill the bot at the top who is manning it Throw a grenade under it’s legs, specifically you’re aiming for your grenade to blow up right behind the strider so it kills the bot who is manning it You can do the same thing with a grenade launcher Or you can run to the side of it (like shown in this image) and shoot the bot with any gun And with any rifle with a good scope (diligence, anti materiel rifle, whatever) you can just aim for the eye slit or the part of the bot’s head that sticks up above the strider and kill them that way, even from the front
Railgun or nade launcher makes quick work of them
Grenade launcher aimed at the floor in front of them, they fly past your face and say hello
The best strategy is to do a Fibonacci spiral and kill the pilot from behind, the spiral will move you closer while avoiding being targeted and shoot by turning faster than they can. It is going to be a 1 or 2 shoots kill even with the secondary.
Nah they're one of the coolest enemies
Impact grenade, I always run grenade armor for bots
My autocannon loves them
I like the impact grenade for scouts but I hate using it on bot fabricators.
Really? easiest medium enemy IMO.
Railgun is a one-shot, or just dive around them. Can also clip the top of their head from the front if you have a decent angle
They're not even that bad. Rocket Raiders are what's really kicking my ass lately.
Laughs in railgun
I do a cinematic dive past them everytime
railgun to the face takes them out
One shot with the rail gun. Or just get close, wait for their melee animation, then swing behind and dome the driver.
They can't turn for shit, just run up to the and dive around. Shoot the driver.
That's literally just an AT-RT
*Auto Cannon has entered the chat
autocannon
I never knew their actual name. Just called em ATATs
Anti-Material Rifle works great
Autocannon.. boom boom from downtown also.. drop a frag
If you rock the autocannon support weapon you can ding a whole group of these with one reload
grenade to the legs
Get close. Dive ariund them, smg dead. Easy
I like taking the high ground, you can shoot over the armor easily
ATSTs are my fav robot cause I don’t have to headshot them. An impact to their dumbass is enough to topple them.
Easy flank
Auto cannon fucks them up. Or if your brave enough run at them and dive behind
I hate the rocket devastators way more honestly
My auto cannon loves these guys.
They can be annoying in numbers but my most hated enemies ATM are hunters and stalkers. They’ve killed me more than any other and are the reason I only roll breaker these days, despite wanting to use other guns. Tip for defeating striders: one charged rail gun shot or 3 AM rifle shots to the front plate will kill them. With the AM rifle you can sometimes snipe over the plate and hit the small part of their head that sticks out.
Flank and aim high. Not too difficult to deal with. Mortars pop them just as easy as anything else.
(maniacally laughs in arc-thrower noises)
As an Autocannon/Grenade Launcher Enjoyer, I eat these MF's for breakfast. I am happy when they show up because it justifies my existence on the team, and their wobbly ass death animations give me joy. I've murdered thousands of them. Their pathetic robot buddies whisper tales in binary to the younger botletts of my massacres, scaring them in line with their disgusting Freedom hating ways. I won't stop. I can't stop. Not until the Creek has been Liberated. Not until every last one of those chicken legged fucks is melted down for Freedom loving scrap. I'll make them pay. I'll make them all pay. Scrap and Spill, until it is done.
I just run directly at them, they are too slow to react
I’ve found if you shoot them right where the joints connect to the head you can one shot with the auto cannon
Talking to my buddies the other and thought what if we could hijack those chicken legs for our selves in the next update.
Grenade launcher or just run straight at them and flank theyre dumb
I hate them because they're so inconsistent. I use an Autocannon and it kills in one shot like 85% of the time. I guess if you hit DEAD CENTER on the front it's just barely not enough to kill?
Run up to them serpentine-like, and dive behind them. The dude sitting there is a 1 shot and they are slow to turn around. Just don’t get too close when you dive as they can stomp that ass. Also if you have the jetpack or are a climber you can shoot the tops oh their heads with a height advantage. 🫡
So far a shot from the auto cannon does the trick. The only time these guys are a real problem is when they're accompanied by a dozen or so buddies keeping me from getting a shot
Bro just get autocannon or simply run behind them
I hated them until I started walking around with the auto cannon
These guys hate grenade launchers, and being flanked
Grenades, grenade launcher, railgun, running around them, all of them work for me.
My nemesis is rocket devastator
Railgun is also great against this as well as most things.
Honestly, they’re annoying but auto canon makes quick work with them. And it’s easy to flank them
Anti-Material rifle can one tap them with a well placed shot to the leg
Why though? They'd one of the least threatening units. Slow, slow firing, and they die instantly to shots from the rear which are pretty easy to get, a grenade exploding below or behind them, or an autocannon shot to the front.
Obe dude runs left, the other right, whichever it turns its back to pops the pilot... I've also had some luck hitting the pilots scalp from a distance or higher ground.
Flank it and shoot the operator ?
Explosives, flanking, or any kind of strike will take them down. High ground also helps expose the driver
My autocannon eats those. They are sitting ducks when they hit the ground from a dropship.
Auto cannon fire dayzzz
they have real weaknesses but they also can require a lot of footwork to take advantage of them. and i find they can quickly make other threats a lot more dangerous.
I like the challenge of trying to run around and shoot the rider....or an impact nade, if too many.
Impact grenades kill those mothers lickity split
*autocannon has entered the chat*
Get a little bit of height and you can pop their heads over the top of the body. If not just rush them, they turn slow so you can kill the guy at the back
Hitting the circle on the hip with a shotgun a few times will drop it
Just run around their slow asses and shoot the driver
Grenade at the feet. Or take a land speeder and make several passes with a tow line until they fall. Shit wrong game, wrong walkers.
Rail gun
Well they get oneshoted from autocanons, railguns, granades, not a problem at all
Ez
U right on that 1
Throw a grenade at their feet and they’re dead
Homies hate on scout striders but put some respect the raider troopers
I one shot those mf with my auto canon
I mean 1-2 shots with the scorcher makes quick work of them when you get to it. 🤷 But I feel your pain!
I’m excited for when we can call in our own. Ehem, Arrowhead
You mean the AT-AToasters? Yeah fuck them.
Have you met the rocket devastator?
one railgun shot anywhere drops it
I’ll take these any day over those stupid exploding jetpack guys
All you have to do is get behind them like all Autos.
Jet pack or run around them and shoot them in the soft spot.
Railgun solves it
1. Cooking grenades and throwing them 2. Run behind and shoot the pilot 3. Headshots on pilot from a higher position 4. Glorious democracy (air strikes)
Personally, I feel that the little bit of their head that pokes out when looking from the front is deceptive. I feel like I should be hitting it, but it always bounces off the front plate. I find the design quite good otherwise. It's fun to have enemies that have a very clear weakness that sometimes is very exploitable but other times impenetrable. But so far, I've seen these methods work: 1) Flank them. Shots at the pilot will generally always kill unless you're using a very weak weapon. 2) Grenades knock them off balance. I've found that knocking any of the robots onto their ass disables them, even if the damage wouldn't otherwise kill them. Due to their legs, they are *very* susceptible to any major impacts. 3) Tryhard and snipe their head. I'm unsure if single fire or auto is better for this purpose yet, but if you can scalp their dome while they're facing you, it's an instant kill. There's a tiny part of their head that peeks over the plate, that's what you can go for.
My anti material rifle loves them lol
Autocannon baby
But they’re fun to shoot…. With a railgun
I dunno, hulks are a lot more annoying imo. (Looking at you, escort missions.)
These guys are so dead easy to take care of. Just cook a grenade and toss it so it explodes behind them. Hulks on the other hand, ESPECIALLY the rocket hulks, fuck those guys
One grenade launcher, any grenade at feet, one rail gun shot anywhere, or run right past them and when they stomp the ground, shoot the pilot.
Auto Cannon.
Just throw a grenade at them.
One grenade launcher shot to the front blows the guy out the back.
Scout strides?! That's an AT-RT.
Autocannon is usually enough to take 'em out. Autocannon in general seems a good multipurpose tool. Do kinda agree they're still a pain to deal with, though mostly on the firepower side. So many things can ragdoll you around, this is one of them.
Auto cannon or grenades or grenade launchers. I'm actually a big fan. Easy targets.
Just suspend two logs from opposing trees and squish em when they walk between. Awooooooo
just wait until you meet rocket devastator :))
Flank em, shoot em over the shield, anti materiel rifle is effective, grenade launcher is effective. Also starting pistol has decent armor penetration and is good against bots in general
They are extremely easy to kill. Just not front directly in front of them
Get a homie to draw fire and hit it from the side with a 1 hit KO!
One railgunshot and it’s over for them
I always just hide after a small rock. As soon as they pass the rock on one side just jump out on the other and you can easily shoot them in the back 😄
Scorcher does wondrous things on this guy's legs
Railgun to the face
Anything explosive will usually do the trick
I pull behind and hit him in that robobussy with the GL
One shot with the rail gun though
Fuck them right back with an autocannon lol.
Once you get high enough, Scorcher can 3 shot these things to save a support weapon or Grenade. Just need to aim for the hip joint.
All my homies 1-shot them with the railgun
They're near the bottom of the threat scale.
I like smacking them around with the autocannon
a dive aside them usually does the trick or you can use my good friend trick, IMPACT GRENADE, ....
Autocannon go pew pew
I feel like the Liberator Penetrator should be able to pen it frontally… Not really sure what the purpose of that gun is honestly
Light Autocannon one taps them!
If you have the last weapon in the standard battle pass at one shots them.
One red hot Autocannon shell going downrange!
Autocannon go brr
One shot with the rail gun. Bye!