This Combo Makes The SMG The BEST Primary Weapon Against AUTOOMATONS! Helldivers 2

So if you're going up against Automatons

instead of the Terminids, then this is

probably the best weapon combo you can do

against Automatons. Get the submachine

gun. The reason why this is really good is

because number 1, it is the SMG-37

Defender. Number 2, it is one-handed. It

is the only primary weapon that is

actually one-handed. All of the others are

two-handed, so you want to equip that and

And then make sure you've got the

ballistic thing unlocked. So go to your

ship management module and check

stratagems. And here, where is it?

Um, ballistic shield backpack. That's the

one you want to buy. So we can go over and

do an Automaton mission, and I'll show you

why the ballistic missile pack is probably

the best loadout against Automatons. So

I'm just going to do a random mission,

press R, hopefully get a random mission.

Okay, so I got a random mission. I'm going

to choose the— where is it— Ballistic

Shield Backpack. We don't need any other

weapons because we're going to be using

the Defender with it. Then just a bunch of

airstrikes, whatever. And then also maybe

go for Stamina Enhancement. And I'm just

going to show you how good it is against

robots. Now the reason why it's so good

against robots, because They are basically

the only enemies in the game that shoot

weapons at you. Okay, there's a few

projectile-based insects on the Terminid

side, but mostly the Automatons all shoot

at you, apart from the ones with the

chainsaws. They don't shoot at you. Okay,

so we got a Rescue Science Teams mission,

which I wasn't really expecting. I was

hoping for something else, but whatever.

I'm gonna call down the ballistic shield

pack. Only takes 9 seconds. And look at

this, this submachine gun is actually

really good. It does 70 damage, which is

better than the assault rifles. It's got

pretty rapid rate of fire and equipped the

ballistic shield, and that looks pretty

cool, like Montagne from Rainbow Six. And

yeah, you can shoot the Defender and also

your Redeemer like that whilst holding the

shield up. Now look how much damage it

soaks up when you start getting shot at.

So first of all, just let them shoot at

you. So these guys got rockets. I don't

think it's gonna defend me that well

against rockets. And these guys got melee

weapons, which is not what I wanted. I

wanted them to shoot at me. This one's got

a flamer. Okay, so it's not very good

against flamers, but it's supposed to be

good against lasers, and it's okay against

explosives. It will make you drop the

shield if you get hit by an explosive,

but it's better than getting blown up in

one shot. So now we're going to get my

shield back up again. Where is

it?

I guess I spawned far away from it because

stupid team member respawned me really

far from it. Where is it? Oh my god, it's

all the way over there. So I'll go and

That's not my stuff, that's a railgun.

Where's my shield? Oh no, my shield's up

there. Okay,

let's go and get my shield, I guess.

2 minutes 50 seconds until

it lets me spawn another shield. It's

faster if I just run over and get it, I

Okay, so that massive group of enemies

They're camping my shield. They really

don't want me to get it back. I might have

to just nuke them. Just nuke them

all. Oh, when the

thing lands in the water, it doesn't work.

You know what's better than a ballistic

shield? A massive rock.

There's loads of them.

I just killed 17 of them.

I just spawned my team member right in

front of those Hulks. Oh, they went down.

So anyway, I'm gonna get my shield and

actually show you why it is the ultimate

combo against the Automatons, if I can

find it. It's up there.

Oh, there it is. So check out

the amount of damage you can absorb.

Watch this. Look, it's just deflecting

those laser bolts. Like a Jedi's light—

ah, it's not very good against rockets,

is it?

Hmm.

Okay, so I'm gonna drop in again, this

time hopefully not right into a massive

army of robots. Call down my ballistic

shield backpack. I might call in some

reinforcements from my pals.

Now the trick is with this ballistic

shield backpack is number one, it sucks

against flamethrowers. We have established

that. Although this guy's got a shield as

well, we can be shield friends. But it's

pretty good against lasers. The guy behind

him shooting him in the back, but AI sucks

in this game, so he just killed him for

me. Oh, he's got a turret. The turret

seems to be actually damaging me.

That's weird. So it doesn't

work against flamers, doesn't work against

rockets, doesn't work against the laser

machine gun, but it's still insane

combo against Automaton guys.

Trust me. Where'd it go?

Is still the best combo. Oh, here's a

shield guy. Look, you can just block all

these bullets like that. He can't do

anything to you. See,

look, I'm basically

invulnerable now. That wasn't because I

got shot by him, I got shot by something

else behind me, and I

think I also got nuked. So technically not

the shield's fault.

The SMG is pretty good against them as

well on its own, just like that. Just run

behind these guys. Why don't they put

armor plating on the back as well? Maybe

to save money. Oh, where's my shield? So

my shield's over here. Watch this.

Look, he can't do anything against me.

That's weird. It's like it can't take

infinite damage. You can only take some

damage and then you start taking damage.

So it's not— it doesn't make you

invulnerable. It will take some hits but

not that many. See if this guy can hit me.

Yeah, he can. So it doesn't

block melee weapons either. It's kind of

funny because that's the whole point of a

shield, isn't it? Shields were invented in

the medieval times to block melee weapons.

It doesn't even block melee weapons. I

mean, look at these chainsaw guys.

Look, it's completely useless. What a

rubbish thing. No wonder no one uses it.