Briefing on Dealing with Automaton Factory Striders | Helldivers Lore

[@mitwhitgaming7722]

I shutter to think what the Automatons could do with a Nemesis... or what Rival Tech could do with a Factory Strider.

[@KerricBilly]

My Fat Boy says otherwise.

[@nielsvandenberg9022]

A automaton warlord titan would be terrifying

[@randommemes9926]

​@@nielsvandenberg9022this guy has clearly never played the first game. There was an automaton boss that was a bigass robot with a tank as it's leg, it had grenade launcher arms and was an absolute unit. Multiple hellbombs wouldn't be able to kill it

[@nielsvandenberg9022]

@@randommemes9926 i haven't no, and I'm still decently new to helldivers, I'm sure that thing will be a raid boss later down the line

[@TheRealDismantler]

TARGET IN RANGE CRUSH

[@itsumayo]

Most people: *have an actual strategy* Me: “IT’S A FACTORY STRIDER! THROW EVERY STRATAGEM YOU HAVE AT IT!”

[@invisibleloveone]

Me: run away. Mark as heavy

[@NinjaSquid0208]

Up till watching this video that's always what I've done. And I do it to Bile titans too

[@joshuaded1052]

Me: *throws my friend at it*

[@alericantonelli4656]

strat: saturation bombardment via multiple 180mm bombards at once, along with 500KGs and surgical strikes.

[@joshuacheung6518]

That's a fair strategy

[@raiderkailik100]

everyone: perfect strategy to take down a factory strider me and my friend: GO GO GADGET ORBITAL LASER!

[@THEUrinalCake]

Yep. There are tons of other fancy things you can do but if you just want to get them dead with minimum difficulty from the next zip code over, laser is king.

[@Thickimus_Dank]

Until you hit diff 10 and those become precious

[@ToGoodLookings]

The belly dont have to open as long you got medium pen like autocannon or heavy machinegun

[@Partiallyinteresting410]

You don’t even need support weapons, a medium penetration primary like the jar-5 can kill it

[@volcanicscyther7001]

A impact sometimes works to

[@jooot_6850]

Jar-5 takes down these guys in like 2 clips lmao

[@AHandleWasAlreadyTaken]

Is the anti-mat rifle medium pen?

[@tetsatou2815]

@@AHandleWasAlreadyTaken Absolutely is.

[@wolfianius6037]

Hope more divers learn about the Striders weakspots, especially the one on it´s belly. Got called a hacker and then kicked, because I took one out with my AC XD

[@nta8032]

Lol, i always said in chat "im going to tickle tickle" And everyone seems to understand 😂

[@crackededge9351]

This is why I don’t help lower level players. Even on level 9 I still get the occasional hacking accusation because of my high scores 😂

[@croom332]

​@@crackededge9351seriously, i had 800+ kills in one game and my teammate was accusing me of hacking. He couldn't understand why I had 4x his kills when I had a HMG and mob clear stratagems, and he had anti-armor gear 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

[@Defender-of-humanity]

AMR absolutely shreds it’s belly

[@miemsliva4464]

Bro really? Sounds like you play with the dumbest mfs in existence.

[@captaindreadnought212]

Jumping on it’s back and using grenades is the most Ricopilled tactic I’ve ever heard

[@asteroidrules]

@@captaindreadnought212 Surprisingly common due to the Strider being one of several automaton units that can survive a hellpod impact.

[@patrickbicking4933]

Yes, Rico. Kaboom.

[@warriorsorb1111]

​@@asteroidrulesunless you damage it enough.

[@warriorsorb1111]

Shoot, I used the sticky thermals on them

[@argotax47]

it still count as one !

[@daintyapples2587]

Me who uses a HMG support weapon under it's belly, works everytime

[@rivdawg2403]

Seems like a terrible strategy imo

[@kabob0077]

Factory Striders are basically a mix between the Mammoth MK2/Mastodon And an AT-AT or AT-M6.

[@alexandercaires5921]

A man of culture here. Not many people reference CnC.

[@kabob0077]

@@alexandercaires5921 That's because we're currently a dying (or barely floating) breed, our franchise is a soulless husk propped up by EA's greed and the last proper installment in the franchise, not counting Generals 2 which never actually released, was Tiberian Twilight and THAT was originally supposed to be a spinoff for Asian markets. Sorry for rambling but the state the Command and Conquer franchise is in is a rather sorry one.

[@alexandercaires5921]

@@kabob0077 Don't blame you. It's a mess. I got into CnC just as CnC 4 released. I missed the golden years.

[@Tommy92gunner]

@@kabob0077 Those were good days, CnC, Generals, Red Alert, I miss those days.

[@kaelibw34]

*sigh* I miss Kane…

[@Myder_Dragon]

Use a spear, take down the cannon back. Use medium armor pen guns to destroy the two front laser cannon. You can now ignore it as its been effectively nurtured. Yes it will still produce devastators, but either you can run away and it won't matter because the devs won't chase you, or you are camping an objective or extract, and which case you are probably already swarmed with devs

[@Hydrocannon]

For future reference: The word you're looking for "neutered". Nurture on the other hand, means "to carefully help & oversee the growth of something, to cultivate"

[@Myder_Dragon]

@@Hydrocannon thanks

[@UltimaDoombotMK1]

​@@HydrocannonIt is being nurtured though. It has been carefully helped along its path towards becoming a giant piece of scrap metal in a landfill somewhere in the future.

[@Hydrocannon]

@@UltimaDoombotMK1 We've also got a word exactly for that: Semantics...

[@Silkie_Dragon]

@@Hydrocannon eh semantics doesn’t really apply to a fundamental apprehension of a word, only to minute differences that don’t actually change the spirit of the conversation. Semantics also doesn’t presuppose that the original word was used incorrectly. That’s like saying “I will king you.” “King me?” “I mean kill! Sorry. Kill.” “Agh semantics.” It’s just straight up correction, not semantics. Much like my correcting your understanding of semantics lol

[@TheIrradiatedTurtle]

Update. Recoiless rifle to the eye can currently 1shot.

[@wild20cat56]

Another one I found is a recoilless shot (and maybe quasar idk haven’t tested) to the side of head can one shot the strider somewhat consistently. If it doesn’t, then it’s very low on hp and can be finished off with another shot or a hit from any other heavy hitting support weapon/stratagem.

[@ChiefBret]

​@@wild20cat56 Recoilless Supremacy! 🗣🔥🔥🔥

[@duncanw5644]

Also, Orbital Precision Strike one shots on a direct hit. Then again, it one shots just about everything.

[@yeetus076]

Wait really? I had that yesterday and the ops hit the stryder directly on the back but it didnt kill it

[@WildmanTrading]

As it should

[@astrogamer158]

Where do you need to place it? It always takes me 2.

[@DUxMORTEM]

This is false, you hit an already damaged Strider. Striders have more health than the precision strike or even railcannon strike deals.

[@player1yt1]

Yeah that's my preffered tactic

[@Doc_Paradox]

My ez take down method with AC or AMR if you prefer is to: 1) take out those mgs first!! 2) if at a distance aim for the eye, AC will knock it out in 6 shots 3) alternatively if close just magdump the belly doors! Even if closed. Pro-tip: the Jar can belly kill the strider doors closed and all in 1-2 mags just make sure to take out the mgs first as always.

[@agps4418]

i don't know if its updated, but the separate belly doors each has their own HP, so to kill it faster you should shoot through only 1 side of the doors, don't alternate between them. these days, i just shoot 2 recoilless shot to the head from afar, guaranteed kill

[@tattered666]

one shot near the eye with the recoilless instantly takes it down

[@admiralpavelnakhimov8755]

Secret tactic: Embrace your inner Super Bosnian and throw every arty stratagem at it

[@Hemoptysisplus3]

*Orks from WarHammer40K likes this comment*

[@jonathancady3018]

Terrible tactic but you get a like for the Bosnian jab. 😂

[@skadi2911]

You can also use eagle airstrike if you're flanking them.

[@Cyberstan_Broadcast_Center]

You have studied our units well

[@wildmoose3979]

Don't get any ideas, talking toaster

[@Cyberstan_Broadcast_Center]

@@wildmoose3979 I am a Cyborg, not an Automaton

[@UltimaDoombotMK1]

@@Cyberstan_Broadcast_CenterTomato, tomato. You're both getting the ⬆️➡️⬇️⬇️⬇️ treatment.

[@Cyberstan_Broadcast_Center]

@@UltimaDoombotMK1 I can run at a speed of 50mph, your 500kg is useless against me

[@wildmoose3979]

@@Cyberstan_Broadcast_Center ever hear of Mach 2?

[@shoulderpyro]

You forgot to mention 2 important things; The strider can be made practically defenseless by destroying its weapons. The cannon on the back takes 2 rockets of any type, and the chin guns each take one rocket a piece. On top of that, the HMG emplacement may seem like a poor choice but a short volley into the eye on this oversized bot also takes it out

[@SapphireDragon-fd2ws]

😂Me: *Laughs in targetting their leg joints*

[@Doomslayer32020]

why does the strider vaguely remind me of a ATAT from star wars is that just me

[@CrystallineFoxCF]

there's a small part on the front of the head where you can penetrate the armor, great for when you have an HMG turret on higher ground as you can shred the turrets before doing damage there. The weakspot is that horizontal line on the top half of the 'face'

[@gadmamero2236]

Before I played hell divers too I played a game called generation zero in which the biggest machines required you to target specific components to make it easier to take them down. playing against my first factory Strider was a breeze because I used the same patterns To defeat a factory strider as I would with a tank or harvester Target the weapons, target the armor then the internal components. It Did not stand a chance.

[@giandivix]

I know generation zero, i wanted to play it, was free on ps plus months ago, but i''m playing so many differebt games lately

[@Flopcopp]

​@@giandivixit's a really good game if you get past the first "huh, the heck am I doing here" of the game. The story is a little lackluster... But no spoilers here. Could've just been me who didn't get it but that was my experience

[@bthsr7113]

For component specific machine hunting, my go to recommendation has to be Horizon Zero Dawn. The enemies seem intimidating at first... until you learn how they operate, and how best to counter. Also as you getter weapons. That artillery T-Rex? Yeah, way less of a problem than those salvage vultures at higher levels.

[@carterangilau6413]

Is everyone forgetting 3 thermite grenades to the head? That kills them instantly

[@TJ_4870]

This video was made back in "ye olde times" before the thermite grenade contained the unmatched power of the sun

[@bismarckable]

Me: hears strider Me; combine?

[@korhol2065]

So it’s like a crab, but one guy has to peel it open for the rest to consume it

[@thatswede836]

better yet, 2 RR shots to the head will ALWAYS kill a FS. Any weapon with (minimum) medium AP can kill a strider if directed towards the belly (note: different weapons do different amounts of dmg, so results will vary). Additionally -with enough ordinance - a strider can be destroyed by destroying one of its legs (not to be recommended, have yet to actually find a consistant way to do this, previous methods are to be prefered).

[@StrWrsNrd_34]

*Big iron on his hip begins to play* P-4 Senator.

[@redeye5515]

so i played with Spear lately and it takes me like two to three spear shots to destroy the fabricator strider, one when you target the turret on top and one to two to the head/center mass (depending from which side you are looking at it with the spear)

[@tarjeiaksnes5418]

The current fastest way of taking down this hulking beast is to fire all four commando rockets at its weak belly. The commandos blistering fast fire rate will ensure that the strider is down in the literal blink of an eye. Helldivers might consider turning off the tracking feature of they find it challenging to hit all four rockets.

[@lickspit1]

@@tarjeiaksnes5418 actually I believe a recoilless to the eye is one shot.

[@anamodmod]

There’s another easier yet hard way to destroy them which is by destroying the drop ship itself.

[@jaybortion]

one time i was fighting one that was low so i landed on it, called in an SOS and resupply beacon then i managed to democracy dive onto a conveniently placed mountain and the thing blew up just as i jumped on it, literally some attack on titan type of stuff

[@joshthesage7093]

Good job, Helldiver.

[@richardhassan6307]

ATAT Walkers without pilots 😂

[@slh8505]

Pro tip, if you got a good angle, Laser Cannon can slice off its gatling guns and VASTLY reduce its lethality

[@DUxMORTEM]

Yes u can also take out a sigle leg by hitting its shoulder joints with 2-4 EAT-17s. Not sure why its that inconsistent however.

[@richardgaspar8018]

Dude assembling the Terminids at the end with the healing ray looks so cool, but it's still treason.

[@miemsliva4464]

My dumbass got to a strider under prepared, had to take him down with Eagle Strafing runs and orbital gatling barrages. It took 3-4 barrages and 5 or 6 strafes, but I took that mf down while all his little soldiers tried to save him. I just fought harder, and I know that strider was pissed with his allies incompetence.

[@jevgestel]

weird how the fact that hitting the red eye with a recoilless rifle instakills it got overlooked

[@Dominus1324]

Thank you for this fellow Helldiver, i have lost many comrades to these abominations. Much thanks for this tip video, we shall now take these down with ease. For Super Earth!

[@jorgeaniercarreras7142]

So... nobody else just runs around shooting and throwing strategem without knowing if it even will take down heavy units...

[@Arkhem-knight420]

And don’t forget the orbital strike, in hit

[@truxonisi]

When I see those things I use the orbital laser, it always works for me.

[@mikkelnpetersen]

LOTS of 500kg, orbital strikes and EATs.

[@reubenjames9519]

Dear seaf. I would truly appreciate it if you would be as kind as to create what I would call a bestiary. We must know our enemies tactics, feats, and weaknesses. I have no doubt that This addition to our super destroyers would assist Helldivers from cadets to even our famed super privates. Yours truly: helldiver 1,462,910,708,134.

[@TheSergio1021]

Me: "Ah yes, ol' reliable. Your time has come once again." *gently caresses orbital railcannon strategem*

[@aprikosenboy1995]

Just two shots from the spear

[@indubitableafmf1759]

2 recoilless rockets usually do it for me. One to get the cannon up to, second shot is in the lower face where the turrets are. Idk why, but they fold when that happens.

[@neotuxxedo]

I usually just shoot the cannon off, then throughout the game take potshots and throw strategems at it

[@milanvujcich]

I had never seen these things and was NOT prepared running into it for the first time lmao

[@Chokogdareal]

for every helldiver with a talent for precision with recoiless rocket launcher or the railgun. blasting that tiny light or eye or whatever you wanna call it on the front of the head of a strider can instantly bring it down. but you gotta be precise

[@AngelRamirez-cm2bc]

I’ve find that 2 recoiless to the face usually does the job

[@Rocketenginetoaster]

I mainly use a recoilless rifle on its main top turret so I can get into position and throw an orbital laser stratagem on its back

[@dufflesnoof8857]

Also, the spot on the facw between the panels, where the "eye" is is medium armor. A lazer cannon works amazing against it.

[@Connorater-s2s]

Oh, you realize there’s gonna be worms on terminid planets

[@zawbot2914]

Nice tips, though I don't play helldivers, it's cool to see you aid some of the players

[@Jukantos]

And then there's me, flinging Spears at it across the map until it dies 😂

[@Exis247]

Instructions unclear, the strider is now a bug.

[@spacecrusader1144]

3 spear rockets and a 500kg

[@logansexton7269]

If you shoot its leg three times with the quasar cannon it gets crippled and blows itself up

[@catatau5064]

if in defence missions you can shoot 3 expandable anti tanks at the head to destroy it

[@thatoneguy5518]

since this is a bit outdated after the big balance pass you can just toss a bunch of missles at it and it will go down pretty fast. usually if im having to solo all it takes is me going under it with a recoilless and the second the hatch opens blasting it and it dies instantly. if you can do that, you can do a strafing run over the top to expose the sides and ~2 exposable anti tanks will deal with it. every difficulty has the same strider, your main foes are going to be the units it deploys and the cannon on top rather then the strider itself.

[@tossboy2643]

New favorite dougdoug lore character: John figure-it-out

[@Partiallyinteresting410]

Don’t forget, medium on belly (can be killed with primaries) and medium 2 on eye (can be killed with anything that hurts hulk visors)

[@CHAOSMAN-kd1id]

It looks like the precursors of the AT-AT

[@CG-_-]

I just use something to blow the cannon off the top and toss a starting orbital / precision orbital to hit from the top ez wipe

[@Endo-279]

Looks like Automatons learnt much from their distant neighbours, the galactic empire

[@VenatorHelldivers]

My go to strategy is recoiless to the eye.

[@tgclericoll572]

laser cannon the miniguns and then its belly works really well. Laser cannon is goated for automatons

[@lunaloonlight5635]

I took one out with the portable HMG Shot the getlings and then the belly. My fellow Helldivers were like 👁️👄👁️

[@zxzbg1236]

@@lunaloonlight5635 I miss my 900+ rpm on the HMG

[@Challanger463]

Thanks. Vera Libertas!

[@caiobacelarsoares3663]

i just used the orbital high precision strike twice and it worked quite well

[@crackhead3511]

RR shot to the eye makes it go down in one shot

[@SCP-6267]

I can't wait to bring home the remains of one of these things! I would love to see what other uses we could make of a factory stider! Maybe a new turret? Some new machinery? I can just imagine the possibilities!

[@nobiazcustomsinc5030]

Laughs in orbital KAMEHAMEHA

[@Lupus._.]

him: "how to kill a strider" me: "-Bombs away (blowin up the walker) -Ándale (bug, I need it right now) -Ah, shimmy-shimmy-ya, put me in a box in the Hall of Fame"

[@dorianhargis6246]

I think I took one out with a walking barrage, I say luck did that one not me.

[@Cappuccino11]

Imagine a planet where we fight against The illuminate, terminids and the automatons all at the same time

[@MrRedfoxx1989]

The most deadly part is the machine guns of the head. You can’t even run strategy if those things are still going. The cannon. Have a buddy run distraction to movie the turret. Have another buddy in cover draw the machine guns, have another reinforce on the cannon, drop stratagems and run. Boom. Game over.

[@terranlord]

First at all is the cannon on the back, it shoots fast 3 times every 10 seconds and can one-shoot you, second is machinguns on face, after kill it how you want. I love to request 380 or 500 kg, but autocannon sentry do job as well, even is machingun on the face is still works

[@sunbreakerqueenofbronze621]

I fought one right before watching this video, and it was quite the fight! These tactics will certainly help.

[@jiyuhong5853]

So it’s an AT-AT plus a an AT-TE?

[@ykmnkmi]

throw AC sentry at the side, you can place it behind little rock, FS get angry at it and little stun locks or animation cancels.

[@jumariusquavarius]

The Recoilless Rifle can two shot the strider in the head, used the rifle and the first round breaks the armor on the head, and the second one disables it completely.

[@CorbinMettler]

I usually just use a rocket sentry. If you deploy it at a distance and it properly locks on, you can take it out with one sentry

[@bmister227]

Found out the other day that 5 shots from the AMR to the glowing red light on it head will take down the strider. Kind of like the weak spot on hulks

[@The-Real-Goob-DW]

The helldiver Strider reminds me of the bigger versions of C.L.A.W from CoD Black ops 2.

[@mitchelllloyd7005]

If you have a laser cannon, a couple of seconds of fire will take out the front 2 turrets. You can then move in close and another 5 seconds of fire to the belly door will destroy it

[@majorl33t]

Sounds like a lot of extra steps when you can just use 2 500k or 1 well placed 500k. Clock is running striders need to die fast so team can move on

[@marclevin1928]

One recoiless to eye will bring it down.

[@simpleman5932]

Sticky grenades are also extremely effective especially if you get them in the neck area

[@Islander_Pig]

You could also use two lasers (if you’re on a team) and it takes it down in like a few seconds!

[@rustybeskar4664]

The strategy that works for me is to blow up it's back turret and then right under the chin where the anti-personnel turrets are located.

[@BadStormtrooper420]

Dont know if its a glitch but currently hitting its leg joints with a quasar has a random chance of one shotting them… 😅

[@this-guy.]

4 commando shots to the underside also works

[@MTF-Epsilon-11_]

*RECOILESS TO THE HEAD HAS ENTERED THE CHAT*

[@SoggyToast117]

1 recoiless in the underside is an instant kill

[@quartermaster6235]

It's pretty much a stumpy AT-AT

[@manatipowa]

Additionally, you can kill it with 1 AMR magazine by shooting at the eye, which is surprisingly easy to do. Also when it is dropping devastators a little "vent" opens in its back (I call it, the strider's ahole) which can be damaged with impacts, I haven't tested it with a full health strider yet but It seems that 2 EATs here will kill it.

[@CHRF-55457]

I hope one day we helldivers get giant mech walkers like the factory striders. They look like if the AT-TE and AT-AT had a baby... It looks like an AT-TE from the silhouette shadows.

[@dannybrezelhorner2715]

Looks like a giant wolfenstein enemy

[@crimsoncreed3889]

The Eye is a one-shot now with the recoilless. Unsure about the others.

[@jbmw1978]

3 thermite grenades right where the neck of the strider meets its body is also a weakpoint, the armor is super thin there, but make sure the grenades stick to the underside, the top has too much armor

[@RapID72n]

Ew thermite grenades

[@caesar7737]

"How to kill it? Dont die and fire every time when you have chanse and kill it."