Ranking the BEST and WORST Sentry Stratagems in Helldivers 2

[@DrPooplove]

Just to clarify since I have gotten some comments. This is ranking the Sentry Stratagems as seemingly defined by the game. These are what are marked “sentry” under stratagem traits and ones that receive buffs to sentries in the ship module upgrades. Things like the HMG Emplacement would fall under Emplacement stratagems like what is defined by the “rapid launch system” upgrade. Also the Armed Resupply Booster also technically gives you a sentry but that will get judged in the booster tier list. Either way I eventually plan to rank everything!

[@kooolainebulger8117]

my team hates the mortar sentry, i love it, but i like my homies more so i put it away when they don't wanna fight bots

[@5dodot5]

Fun facts: - the Rocket Sentry is the only one with an extended engagement range of 100 meters. All other firing sentries have a range of 75 meters. - the arc turret has a first zap range of 20 meters. It won't zap you if you're prone but will still arc to you from other targets. It can also stun chargers if not mid charge and eventually kill them. Fun to take on raise the flag missions. Also feel free to destroy it if it's blocking a path as the cooldown is relatively short. - flame sentries explode into a fireball upon death covering the immediate area in fire. I've seen one win a 1v1 against a harvester that got too close. It is also our most twitchy turret. - the bubble shield generator is great at extending turret lifespans against the bots. It works especially well with the autocannon turret. Additionally it has a short cooldown and gives you and your team "mobile" cover as you fight the bots. - all turrets will draw aggro as long as the enemies arent closer to you AND already aggro'd. As other comments have said this means you can use turrets to lure enemies on the bug and squid fronts. Works best with short cooldowns such as the mg or arc turrets That's all from me for now, but try using the odd turret in your loadouts to find your own weird and wacky strats and interactions.

[@IcE-_-Kidd]

Motar Also Is 100 Unless They Changed It I Like Using Both That And EMP Together On Solo Missions To Draw Aggro And Attack Anything That Gets In Range While I Explore/Complete Objectives

[@notLune]

I thought the mortars were also able to hit out to 100m. At least that's what I recall from the early game as I haven't used them for several months.

[@GamingZ_enith]

Mortars have a 125 meter range and the autocannon APPEARS to have a slightly longer range at 85 meters.

[@DT95]

Rocket Sentry also target bot's artillery

[@prebenkul]

Another fact about the tesla, enemies will only target the base of the turret and not the stalk or the top part and it only needs the top part visible to attack, so if you put it behind cover, the automatons wont be able to destroy it. And since they like to just sit out of the range of it, you now basically have a way to stun the enemy/stop them from pushing you.

[@andrewdavis1022]

I would never say the mortar century was the best, unless you mean the best at betraying you at your most crucial moment

[@Pnatz]

century

[@Icewallowcome012]

What are your thoughts on the mortar decades though?

[@bigbud8182]

@@Icewallowcome012lmao😂

[@andrewdavis1022]

@Icewallowcome012 im sorry to say but im not really sure what you are asking? like the mortar decoration range or stacking mortar, i wish i could give you a better answer to your question

[@andrewdavis1022]

@@Pnatz thanks for the correction

[@MrIrrationalSmith]

I primarily do stealth runs, and a machine gun turret is great distraction to pull mobs away from my path/objective.

[@DrPooplove]

Great point

[@CrusadingCat]

I usually run flame turret, but throw a makeshift fuse using the antitank not on it but next to it to make the big distraction explosion while getting some value if im moving

[@PigeonOfTheWestOfficial]

“Mobs?” 😭

[@polinttalu7102]

Meant crowds of enemies​@@PigeonOfTheWestOfficial

[@musicarain4702]

@@PigeonOfTheWestOfficial ??

[@Macintoshiba]

I wish for an upgrade to turrets, "New Target Prioritization Algorithms", that either lets you filter out enemies out of a checklist or enables a predefined checklist, so you can tell your sentries not to waste ammo on certain units. Or make the Targeting Algorithm for the Mortar available to all sentries...

[@DrPooplove]

that would be awesome

[@AC-hj9tv]

Or just kill the ones you don't want the sentry to take

[@Linuscracked]

I think the cross platform compatability ship upgrade should do this

[@Sgt_Turkigreyvi]

In Deep Rock Galactic there is an upgrade for your sentry called Hawkeye system. Where the turret gets longer range with a focused sight line and prioritizes targets that you ping.

[@AC-hj9tv]

@@Macintoshiba just kill the other ones

[@RoflcopterPunch]

I have been an EMS Mortar Sentry lover since Malevelon Creek; can confirm it is a tide turner on the bots. ❤

[@DrPooplove]

thank you for your service

[@mattmelton7389]

I like to put one near the middle of the map to aggro patrols. They take forever to get to one too

[@RonnieMyers777]

Same❗ They also let me know where enemies are

[@TylerWardhaha]

Love the flamethrower turret. BUT because it has to be placed so close to the enemy, it’s often blown up by another call in or shot down.

[@AC-hj9tv]

Pre emptive placement

[@paulstone3032]

Flame turret is one where I "hide" it, I try to put it in/around a corner and path enemies in front of it, unlike the projectile ones that I try to keep as in the open and high as possible.

[@kyze8284]

Toss into a bug hive and laugh, that's my buddy's strat with it

[@jessechristensen1074]

My sentries biggest enemies are my teammates. They like to drop weak stratagems on them. But I'm weirdly ok with that because that means their stratagems aren't being dropped on me. My biggest enemies are often my teammates.

[@thesmasheror1242]

I think you need new friends XD

[@zacfor4454]

​@thesmasheror1242 i think he means pubs, I can't begin to count the amount of times I've been clearing out a outpost or something just for someone to throw a 500kg at me kill me, not killing the outpost then leaving to another part of the map, honestly every time I see someone with more then 1 or maybe 2 red strats I tend to try to avoid them. Because of how brain dead people seem to be with those

[@Frenchtoastedfruitloops]

​@@zacfor4454 Yeah I advise not playing bugs. That front is all noobs and assholes who tk so they have all the kills.

[@namename8878]

Turrets have a very long range, no one should be breaking them unless they’re in the wrong location

[@LeftJoystick]

I swear nearly all of my team kills are lower levels running in front of my Gatling. Lol

[@Bardofrock]

Dude after the tweaks they did to the sentries over the last couple of patches, I've embraced myself as the TF2 engineer

[@serioussponge6416]

Pro Tips for the Teslas coming from a player that's extensively used the bug zapper: 1. When the zapper gets angry and is about to zap something, the Tesla's electricity will noticeably flare up in warning, accompanied by a sort of charging up sound cue that gives you about two seconds to get away if you're paying attention. 2. If a Tesla is in your way when you're trying to go somewhere, you CAN go prone to crawl past it as it doesn't target prone Helldivers. If you need to get past it quickly, like when you're being chased, you can always destroy it and it's quite easy to do so for even a few primary weapons. The Tesla can actually protect you as well if you have time to go prone and crawl towards it and let it kill and/or stun the enemies that were after you. 3. The Illuminate's Tesla towers behave identically to Helldiver Teslas, they give you the same warnings when you're about to get zapped and they don't target you while you're prone. 4. The Tesla Tower is amazing for escaping a bug breach, bot drop, or illuminate ships AND patrols that you just don't want to deal with. Just call it down behind you and keep running and if it doesn't entirely solve the problem it'll keep the enemies busy enough that you'll be long gone and forgotten about. It pairs EXTREMELY well with smoke too. You can call down a smoke strike or use a smoke grenade, THEN deploy a tesla into the smoke and it'll be invisible to enemies. And unlike the other sentry guns, the Tesla isn't blinded by smoke at all.

[@arkthecat9212]

If I remember correctly, rocket sentries also don't fire point-blank, probably a measure taken by Super Earth to make sure it doesn't get destroyed and can be recovered.

[@3limin4t0r]

Unless the target is far away and there is a wall/edge blocking the shot.

[@King_CreepaLot]

I absolutely adore taking the MG Sentry, I used to run the gatling but the MG just has such a short cooldown and usually doesn't saw teammates in half - or at least as often as the gatling does. I can use it to distract targets to sneak into an area and do the objective while they focus on it!

[@tpdemonsora505]

I’m glad this guy mentioned what’s good on all fronts instead of overall which makes his ratings more accurate. But personally don’t go off of what others say you should use because what works for them might not for you, for example I can’t use the breaker incinerary to save my life even though it’s very good. My personal preference for the bugs is mixing fire and gas weapons and stratagems, because gas confuses and slows and fire does a lot of damage.

[@kyze8284]

THAT is why the bugs keep attacking each other in the gas strike?!

[@tpdemonsora505]

@ yup

[@Icewallowcome012]

@@tpdemonsora505 good tip

[@lowtan14]

A note about the Rocket Sentry It won't shoot if an enemy is within a certain distance to the sentry. This means the sentry will just stare at the closest target without firing, but If you destroy the close enemy that the sentry was targeting. Then the sentry will resume firing at other targets.

[@gmodiscool14]

2 people with rocket sentries are BUSTEDDD And ems mortar is a life saver as well

[@serioussponge6416]

Absolutely agree. Me and one friend in fact ran nothing but sentries and it was like Meet the Engineer where we were just sitting back, sipping our Liber-Tea and watching our machines work. XD

[@Janus1000]

There’s nothing quite like watching someone bring a mine stratagem and a motor stratagem in a defense mission, watch them deploy their mines, and watch their own motor completely wipe out their mines almost immediately.

[@prebenkul]

you forgot to mention that while turrets take aggro, they also wont alert enemies like helldivers do so they won't call for reinforcements. It'll also draw any enemy that heard the sound of it to it, even if they cant see it, so its a great way to lure a scout party away from you and the squad.

[@MrGrizzlyX]

very good and well-founded video! some Sentrys like the MG Sentry really are underrated, glad to see someone who also gives them deserved praise :D

[@steffens260]

Big mistake people make with sentries is throwing them towards enemies. Only for their autocannon to instantly be swarmed on pop up.

[@IslamicGoku]

The gatling is an insanely strong sentry against the bugs but I only take if I have the anti-tank to stop chargers and bile titans from killing it. If it can stay up during a bug breach (and you put it in the right spot to not turn your team into mayonnaise) it's a bug death machine.

[@rickynicky4443]

If paired with the auto-cannon sentry there’s very little it can’t deal with on the bug and Squid front

[@patrickmccraw8055]

Something to remember about all sentries is that the enemy prioritizes them over players, effectively making them aggro dumps. It can allow you to break contact and shake off pursuers and drops/breaches. Also, Auto-cannon and Rocket have a minimum engagement distance.

[@Roseyyy13]

5:40 it’s me

[@darkninjacorporation]

Mortar Sentry is my favorite to just torment large bot outposts before I go in to attack them. It’s kinda of like a 120mm Barrage but weaker and the gunner isn’t cross-eyed like Spaceballs. The MG-43 sentry is my overall favorite though. Their rearm time is so quick that I never have to worry about dropping on for petty uses. I’ll use them to save primary ammunition by taking out groups of enemies for me. I also love that they can take out Scout Striders

[@superduperkid3143]

I've been a turret main for a long time now.

[@DrPooplove]

I been missing out

[@guyman7776]

Always loved running 3 (or rare cases 4) sentries +1 support or HMG turret for maximum mobility.

[@rickynicky4443]

I’ve recently converted to the philosophy. Now, whenever I don’t run one, I feel so vulnerable.

[@ProfessionalEepyHead]

Dispenser going up.

[@torreyjones4421]

Been a turret main as well since launch especially on bug front. I really like using MG and Flame on the mega nests. I'll pick a narrow pathway on one side and drop both while hanging around to provide AT support. Aggros all the bugs out of the nest into a kill zone and pulling them away from the bug holes so my team mates can blitz through and close them.

[@LilGuy-hk5ro]

Took a break back after demolition detonation came out your lists and videos have been very helpful catching up to speed with the new stratagems keep it up 👍

[@maxmad7641]

Putting autocannon sentry in pooptier ON THE THUMBNAIL was so much shade already. That thing is goated

[@DrPooplove]

The thumbnail has no gridlines and isn’t trying to give any hints at the rankings. I am just fitting them all in there I place them randomly

[@maxmad7641]

@ randomness is a cruel mistress

[@TheJestersDoor]

I've had a rocket sentry take out 2 factory striders ON ITS OWN

[@christopherdelgado7266]

Rocket sentries absolutely thrash striders and it seems to fire forever

[@charKT-7461]

tesla tower has absolutely killed me more than it has killed my enemies, but I love it and will keep using it

[@sorrow_Sam]

Anti tank emplacement go boom

[@DrPooplove]

Not on this tier list because it’s not considered a sentry but I agree!

[@suny217]

My favorite thing about sentries is that they can “see” enemies behind cover, and will fire, AND deplete its ammo, into the wall, in the general direction of the enemy it “saw”😂

[@FelixUmbra]

The Arc sentry has it's place. It's place is as a way to ruin the day of anything during extermination or rocket defense missions. The cool down is up before the last one runs out of battery, It clears chaff quickly, And from inside the walls, You will never have to worry about getting zapped.

[@iamkablam8096]

I love my little machine gun sentry ❤️ Super short cooldowns make it so I’m almost never alone.

[@AC-hj9tv]

@@iamkablam8096 the little machine gun that could ♥️

[@eman2132]

This is, IMO, one of the most accurate hell divers tier lists. Fantastic cid

[@revenantchild]

I think that they should add deployable solid barriers, one way shield walls, as well as razor wire from the first game.

[@danyelavila6826]

After just watching all 8 previous ranking videos, I realized that sentries is a good one to rank.....damn, kinda crazy it happened while I was thinking about it, and now here it is, 48 minutes ago.

[@The8thblock]

13:59 thats not glitch, just wont fire on enemies to close because im sure it would destroy itself with the blast damage. its focused on that devastator which is to close, so it wont fire at the tank or others. best to pair it with a gatling or flamer to take out smaller guys getting to close. or just shoot the smaller guys yourself

[@MIAPhilly]

Been waiting on this for a long time. I'm actually shocked you didn't like mortars more on the bots as like you said they can hit inside bases very easily. Plus they have like 100m range so you don't have to put them close. I think i agreed with most of the ranks besides mortar, tesla tower and rocket. I think they are S on bugs and squids. S on bots minus the tower, it's a C for sure. Can't wait to see the mines video

[@fwg1994]

Also found out with the targeting upgrade that mortars can shred hulks.

[@DrPooplove]

Since they consider mines emplacements I think I will have to do an emplacement tier list and include mines, emplacements and shield relay

[@notLune]

I run sentries in any video game that has them and HD2 is no exception. I bring at least 2 for each mission (more for defense missions) Normal mission: Bugs - Gatling and Rocket Bots - Gatling and Rocket Squids - MG and Flamethrower The Gatling and Rocket combo is top tier as they cover eachother's weaknesses without player intervention. They can solo bug breaches. For the bots, I run recoilless so I use the turrets to keep the smaller bots off my tail and I can keep the turrets from wasting their ammo. Squids, I use the turrets exclusively for pulling hoard's attention and sniping overseers so I can deal with the tripods.

[@kumarsalib722]

I generally use the MG turret over gatling in these combos because it can be deployed far more frequently.

[@kevinfleischer2049]

I think that list /positions of sentries is well informed. Good job.

[@DrPooplove]

Thanks!

[@unablenarwal8863]

I feel like your KZbin name is something you used when you were young and now you’re stuck with it but you’ve just owned it now

[@MrMacavity]

Random players joining your games and putting down several mortar turrets that end up hitting team = ooooof. Love the little standard MG turret also, very short cooldown and it always does it's job 👍

[@Wulfjager]

Lately my primary stratagem loadout on the terminid front has had the rocket and machine gun sentry in it. You throw the rocket sentry far back in a nice open field overlooking the location you're attacking and the machine gun sentry closer in to take aggro. If a charger smells sentry, the machine gun will take the fall while the rocket works it's magic. Pair with arc thrower to save sentries from charger charges since it can stun lock chargers

[@wingzero7X]

Mortar sentry is best for attack rather than defense. You put this at the edge of a bug hole, etc, you can soften up and eliminate enemies you don’t see before you go in

[@Kaz31415]

Ah yes. Dr.Pooplove , your local Helldivers sentry expert. Finally someone to lean on ❤

[@Mfarsio]

Freedom freedomly freedom

[@dashiy]

Personally, I think rocket sentry sits at the top of S tier for bots. More damage per shot, more stumble, can solo everything and more ammo than the AC sentry.

[@Piratederp]

This. Rocket sentry fucks up bots really hard. It has more range than people think, you can throw it pretty far in the back where it won't attract fire but will still be killing bots 24/7. I never deploy to bots without it.

[@xzackly7131]

It's better than the auto cannon sentry.

[@nikolaiorlov4453]

Facts

[@Lightning9060]

I love the double auto cannon setup for the bots

[@AgentSapphire]

Turret COMBOS are where its at. if you can get everyone to bring double mortar on any sort of bot or bug defense and you space them out at least a little bit you literally don't have to do anything the entire mission beyond shooting down dropships, bile titans, and striders. For the squids take the EM turret but also take the tesla. Throw the tesla down a distance away and the EM will keep most enemies still and vulnerable to get lightning'd The machine gun is my favorite general use sentry though due to its extremely short cooldown followed closely by the EM mortar because CC is OP. The gatling is actually one I really REALLY dislike due to how punishing it is when misdropped. AKA put in any place on even ground with the helldivers. In a mission where someone brings a gatling, unless its someone who really knows what they're doing the turret WILL cut off at least 3 heads due to that continuous fire. Especially on squids.

[@MasterOrona]

I’ve been running AC sentry about 85% of the since release. I’ll veer on everything else especially after updates. But in always come back to it. It’s saved me and my squad so many times.

[@Commander_Appo]

I like to call the mg sentry the “distraction sentry” because I almost exclusively use it to draw away bugs and squids when I’m getting chased. Perfect combo with light medic armour, Blitzer, and a drone pack.

[@TigerJaeger131]

They really should implement target prioritization for the sentries based on enemy size. It's not impossible; they did it for the orbital rail cannon. Also, I think the flame sentry would be better if it made a sweeping motion instead of aiming at one target until the target dies.

[@ghostwhencodghosts9114]

The game is too easy rn anyway

[@youcansave15ormoreoncarins75]

there's a module that makes it so sentries prioritize marked targets

[@AuzziWanderer11]

Got to an extraction against the squids and threw a mortar torrent on top of the large rock pillars. Was the perfect distraction since it was too high to be hit but was targeted.

[@Razumen]

Not using sentries in regular missions until now is CRAZY... They've been pretty powerful even from release, though they have had a lot of buffs since then as well. Particularly the Rocket and HMG turret. I've run all sentry builds in the past and it is SO effective, I had 800+ kills one mission alone. The trick is to get a teammate to spawn in another weapon for you once their cooldown is up, or scavenge one from the map.

[@justaguy8622]

my friend and i have nicknamed the machine gun sentry "King Von" since it mows down anything with a pulse. I swear it has no side, it just genuinely wants to kill whether you're a helldiver or a dissident to super earth.

[@Ifyoucanreadthisgooglebroke]

I love the way the autocannon vs rocket sentries and gatling vs MG sentries are balanced against one another. One for more burst, one for more total capacity for work. I think the strategem pfps are right about the tesla tower: it is a type of mine, not truly a sentry. You drop it somewhere to make a small area of high hazard. You don't drop it down somewhere for it to then shoot out at things.

[@nolongerkai]

A cool bonus with the mortar is if you watch where it's lobbing its shells, it shows you very clearly where the enemies are and how far they are from you without having to check your map. This is great on maps where there's a lot of rocks and trees in the way of your vision. I use the mortar a lot for this reason in defense situations like extract or when first getting to the edge of a bot base. It sees enemies that no others turrets can, levels tight hoards pretty well and damages other enemies long before they even get close to you. Call it a first line of defense. Stop hating on it just don't get too close to the enemies mannnn! If your team mates are salty just use the EMS one.

[@justanapewithinternetacces9803]

great vid as always

[@JeancarlosRPerez]

If the 77 second buffed Auto Machine Gun sentry ain't at least A tier or higher I'm lose my mind. JK, happy to see another poop video Edit: As a lover of being a Wheeldiver with the Puma, let me tell you Sentries can be Wheeldiver best Gem in the build. Most up time in car while still being effective on the field. Lately just running the FRV with 3 Sentries 😂 Also like Dr.Poop said, your turret placements go a long way wether they'll carry you or do absolutely nothing

[@steffens260]

My favorite use of sentries is tossing an MG or Gatling to take out (or soften up) POIs while crossing bug maps. Kills anything smaller than a Charger without risking a bug hole breach. “If it’s off cooldown, throw it.”

[@CivilWarMan]

Despite its fairly low rankings here, I've been bringing mortar for most dives outside of Blitz missions. Besides being a decent defensive stratagem when trying to hold a location, I've found that it can be used as a decent distraction when trying to avoid or pull back from a fight, and it's a very effective early warning system for approaching patrols when doing longer objectives like citizen evacuations since it can start firing earlier than other sentries and the mortar trails indicate where the patrol's approaching from without having to consult the map.

[@matthaught4707]

I haven't played much with the autocannon turret on squids lately, it had a lot of issues targeting them when they first came back to the galaxy. I love it on bots and bugs, especially when paired with the MG turret on bugs. Setting up enfilade fire on swarms between the two sentries is super effective, so much so that I've backed off taking many orbital/eagle strikes on bugs anymore. Orbital Airburst/Orbital Gatling, Recoilless, Autocannon Turret, and MG Turret works a treat on bugs up to and including super helldive.

[@JerichoDeath]

The two mortars work really well alongside each other, since the EMS slows down enemies, drastically increasing the accuracy of the regular mortar.

[@r6TrdSlow]

GREAT lists. The only one I will disagree with is Tesla on squids. If you throw the Tesla down where a drop is called, it’s roughly as effective as a napalm barrage. Bit with a MUCH faster cooldown, and lasts longer. I have seen it solo a Harvester many times now - and there are so many choke points to throw it at that will just become a high kill count zone for you Outside of that, couldn’t agree more. The only other note I’ll make on BOTS specifically, the EMS mortar really likes to be paired with another sentry. It works great with the other mortar, but it also works incredibly well with the AC or Rocket sentries. Throw it behind some cover, and then throw AC sentry out on front line AFTER you throw EMS mortar.. and boom. You’ve solved most bot drops. Again, excellent list. Spot on with all of them. And, as usual, that calm cool and collected voice is so nice. Keep it up man

[@Fin_Gleam]

My man. The trick is to try to throw it either just around a corner or somewhere with low cover in front of an oncoming horde so that any advancing harvesters can't shoot it down. I had a game once with some randoms who were all wearing the conduit armour and using tesla towers. It was actual insanity. Paired with the gas strike for an even shorter cooldown you can easily lock down two separate hordes while dealing with anything bigger with your support weapon.

[@r6TrdSlow]

@ oh, I probably didn’t say my response well. I personally would put Tesla in S for squids haha. It is so good. My “disagreement” was just that it was below S haha

[@r6TrdSlow]

@ I always appreciate a fellow Tesla fan

[@gVert404]

MG over gatling is an insane take ngl

[@captaindreadnought212]

One I discovered how powerful the MG sentry really is, it became an essential pick for every bug mission

[@user-KR386]

The Autocannon and Machine Gun sentry pair really well together, especially against the bugs. Smaller bugs get taken out by the Machine Gun Sentry and the bigger bugs get taken out by the Autocannon. Bots get wrecked by the Autocannon because of it's ability to take out anything they throw at you. Squids are weak vs the Machine Gun sentry because of the Voteless horde getting mowed down. I put my Autocannon sentry higher up than my Machine Gun sentry and use the Machine Gun sentry to protect the Autocannon by placing it to screen for targets.

[@jemsq]

The strat with the mortar sentry is that it is best used in conjunction with the ems mortar. The ems locks groups of enemies in place and lets the explosive mortar wipe them. The mortars are also good at distracting enemies toward their position while you stealthily flank. They are also best used on bot missions, especially eradicate missions if you play solo the majority of the time.

[@shuttlecrossing7084]

Personally, I have found that the Autocannon Sentry is the most powerful stratagem in the entire game. It WILL kill whatever it points at, given enough time to fire off shots at it. Everything from a Hunter to a Factory Strider can be killed in good time by the AC Sentry. I've watched it down two and even three Bile Titans entirely on its own in situations where multiple Eagle 500kgs or 380mm Barrages would have failed. Its main weaknesses are that it needs a safe distance to operate from as it is not a fast multi-killer, and that when it comes to target selection, it doesn't prioritize. If you can mitigate these two weaknesses (which takes some practice to figure out when/where is the ideal deployment), the AC Sentry is second to none in overall damaging power output. Something of note on this regard is that many of the other sentries are better in specific circumstances or against one enemy type over another, but not the AC Sentry. It is equally destructive against all of the enemy types - Terminids, Automatons, and Illuminate alike. Personally this puts it in S tier for me, but high-A tier for others is still reasonable.

[@АртемОрешкин-ф9г]

Rocket sentry AND Autocannon do actually take down dropships aiming for the same one together. If you are playing with friends definitely combine your sentries, it works like a charm

[@deanofett]

On bots I'm a big fan of the Rocket sentry for it's sustain. It can fire for most of the sentries duration & has almost perfect uptime. Combined with it's increased range and it is the perfect tool for the prolonged firefights you find yourself in on those fronts. It also is ideal for taking out rocket striders because it prioritizes them over devastators, which is huge with how lethal they are.

[@dhampirsilver1260]

when I'm running missions with my friends I will often bring the MG and Gatling sentries. I become a chaff killing machine. They're incredible for stopping anything short of heavy units. I can lock down call-ins with some gas grenades and a turret or two

[@StabbySabby]

i bring both the machine gun and gatling sentries at the same time to illuminate planets and throw them behind incoming enemy hordes or dropship dropzones so that any enemies in this triangle of death are caught in a triple-crossfire, making it much easier to manage large hordes

[@lord_toaster]

MG sentries are fantastic on a 72 second cooldown. Popping one nearly every fight like an orbital gatling is super useful.

[@MoustachioFurioso83]

An advantage that the Rocket Sentry has over the Autocannon is it's much, much less likely to friendly fire, since it only fires one slow projectile at a time vs. salvo of three lighting-quick explosives. You're unlikely to die to a Rocket Sentry unless you manage to catch a rocket directly, when the chained splash damage of the Autocannon means you have to be very careful and aware of where it fires if you don't want to get blown up.

[@Corium1]

I love the MG sentry, with the recoiless rifle, they pair well together

[@plasmakeks7784]

I think one realy important fact about the tessla tower you forgot is that they can easily be destroyed by most weapons once they become a hinderance.

[@axelNodvon2047]

before they reduced the MG sentry cooldown, no one picked it over the gatling except for very new players. not to mention gatling has 1 less button for input

[@zlorfik2428]

While i agree with the listing, i would like to point out that on bot missions where you just need to eliminate a certain number of bots as well as defense missions, a combo of EMS mortar with the tesla tower just keeps an entire side of the battlefield clear from enemies until the ems mortar runs out. Bots coming around a corner slowed down to a crawl, unable to fire just stand there getting zapped.

[@inquisitorhoennheim5389]

They gave the mortars a function to shoot at a target. You mark just put that on the other sentry, and that will make them slightly better.

[@ilya.pavlov]

In short, this video is about the fact that the developers should swap the brains of the turrets, because the anti-tank turrets are diligently trying to kill every little thing, and the anti-crowd turrets constantly ring bullets against the armor of huge enemies

[@Rheinwald]

for those wondering when to us MG or Gatling; MG if you know you’re going to be on the move frequently Gatling if you have more stationary objectives

[@Green_Sentinel_3]

EMS & Autocannon Sentries are my go to sentries. EMS has saved my bacon more times than I can count on all fronts and the Autocannon Sentry just wrecks the Automatons.

[@yetson]

The rocket sentry has a minimum engagement range of I believe 50m or less... Meaning it cannot shoot a target if it is too close. It will choose a target to lock on and it will not pick a different foe until the initial target dies. This behaviour means that the turret will Soft lock and not shoot at all until the target either is killed (often by a Helldiver) or moves further away from the turret. This happens most often with Terminids and Illuminates, so you will want to pair this turret with something like a Mg turret or flamer to keep hordes away from it, or failing that try to deploy the turret on a raised surface.

[@thatbirdhasaknife]

Love my MG sentry on Illuminate. Pop it down, dig in next to it with an HMG, and shred harvester legs while the turret keeps the Voteless off of my back

[@spoonsrattling]

The ems mortar was one i always looked over, but once i tried it, i realized it can trivialize bugs

[@spoonsrattling]

I like to run it with the normal mortar, stun them then she'll them

[@Frenchtoastedfruitloops]

A decent tip for the mortar on defense missions is to take a defender turret like the flamer to keep trash from getting too close to the team. Thats usually the issue

[@travismurtland3257]

Tesla Towers are the BEST with those wall defense missions though. It just fries everything, and you always know where everything will spawn so prime placement is easy. It also lasts longer than it's own cooldown if not destroyed, so that's awesome

[@defenstrator4660]

The rocket sentry is my favourite generalist turret. It can hurt everything and shoots forever. It also has a really long range.

[@ECC_GEKKO]

Just so you know the rocket century has a minimum fire distance so it won't shoot at things that are too close to it. It also has a maximum range of 100 m I'm pretty sure. Also a quick note with the anti-tank turrets like the autocannon or the rocket pairing them with the machine gun or Gatling century or even the Tesla Tower will help they will clear the chaff while the rocket century or other anti-tank century will clear out the big boys. Also the Tesla tower on the squids it can kill a harvester. It consistently lets me drop 700 kills on both squids and bugs.

[@jpettit27]

Whenever a team mate brings the mortar sentry or arc tower on the VIP extraction defense mission, I usually end up kicking them due to all the damage they do to the team.

[@Antonio-f8d]

A few things about the rocket sentry 1, I believe it has the same ammo as the autocannon sentry, so it technically wastes less because it doesn’t use the three round burst. 2, the reason the sentry doesn’t fire in clips like 13:57 is because, from what I’ve found, the rocket sentry doesn’t shoot targets that are super close to it so it doesn’t kill itself like the other sentries, probably because it has a bigger radius.

[@Wwillswords]

It has more shots than the autocannon it has 30 vs 24 shots

[@Antonio-f8d]

@ thanks! I wasn’t completely sure but I knew it was somewhat similar and rocket sentry’s lasted noticeably longer so I wasn’t imagining it.

[@melkormedia7413]

I find the tesla S tier for terminids. Gets loads of kills and lasts forever. Sure chargers/impalers/titans kill it instantly, but usually find myself packing a quasar or spear, so I get them before they do any real damage. And when playing in teams, it seems to last surprisingly well amidst airstrikes compared to other sentries, which is nice given people often airstrike a similar area to the tesla location, where all the bugs are concentrated.

[@seerai-42]

really good video for me specifically, as i love turrets and have been looking to optimize my own gameplay so i can more effectively fight for democracy! also, while they dont count as turrets, id say the guard dogs are honorary turrets!

[@randallsanchez3161]

A lot of people ask why I don't bring a gatling sentry and rather go for the basic machinegun sentry. Then they see me spamming the things every 77sec. They make short work of the small stuff, medium stuff, and especially handy against the shrieker patrols. If an objective is completely and we have a breach, we'll disengage and I'll toss out the little guy far to the side where he'll not only work as a decoy but generally take care of a huge portion of the breach. I drop one right before we call the extract and then have time to call down another before the Pelican arrives to help deal with the hordes. He's not too shabby against the bots but I wish he had slightly heavier AP.

[@WolfricThorsson]

Flames actually work very nicely against Bots, it's just an issue with range. Running around with a flamethrower is fine because you can get up close, and that's to say nothing of a napalm strike, but the turret just doesn't have the range to be effective before they kill it.

[@G1antTeddyBear]

Mortar Sentry is the reason I play solo.

[@DrPhil-vw2pq]

If someone ever brings it I always immediately destroy it because I’ve been killed too many times from it

[@jacktheripper7935]

My favorites will always be the rocket one for bugs and mortar for bots. (And the flamethrower one because I am a proud flamediver) The rockets against bugs are amazing when you put it on an elevated spot when there's a bug breach, it kills everything and has HUGE range. The mortar against bots just feels super good. There's a fort or a spot swarmed by bots? Drop this boi behind a rock, take cover and enjoy.

[@FEaddict]

A lot of mortar hate, but I will take it with me a lot against the Bots only. Sometimes team members aren't prioritizing targets like the Disruptor towers, which means you need to clear it out yourself. In harder difficulties, it helps prepare a siege to infiltrate and take it out on your own.

[@theredbar-cross8515]

Putting the AC sentry above the Rocket sentry for the Automatons is definitely a decision.

[@TheKid377400]

I loooove the rocket sentry for bots. Since it has the longest range of any sentry, if I'm in a pinch, I can toss it far from the danger zone and it will help dig me out of that problem. Also as an opening softening strategy against strongholds it can hardly be beat. You can sit comfortably watching the enemy's largest units get annihilated before they even realize what is going on.