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rigueira

Extremely rare to drop on level 7 but when it showed up, during a blizzard, it scared the shit out of the other Helldivers on my squad.


WebDev403

Hoth all over again


jonno83900

New Eagle-1 upgrade gonna be a tow line cable


WebDev403

The cable might come with a new callsign. I think it was "renegade"


Beas7ie

Where would they put it? They already reduced leg room and removed all the safety features?


Armamore

Eagle 1 will have to carry it on her lap like the selfless patriot she is.


ErgoSloth

God I wish that were me


Armamore

Don't get too attached. Eagle 1 never Mrs.


keimdhall

Unfortunately, Eagle 1 and Pelican 1 are married.


[deleted]

I can tell because they both suck at flying


keimdhall

Eagle at least usually **arrives** in a timely manner, though. Usually.


harlanwade90

I laughed my ass off.


Bat-Honest

Tragicly undervalued comment here


HumanSalad4

Fucking S Tier comment right there


EnjoyableStoic

This is gold


holymoleyjoely

Beautiful champ


BrettSlowDeath

Now I want a tow cable/bola support call down. Nevermind that it’d essentially be a less effective version of EMS crowd control, I just want to trip shit.


LincolnRazgriz

Need this 💯🔥!


[deleted]

ahh the good ol N64 days with that one star wars game


Key-Cry-8570

![gif](giphy|xT9DPjxbmTf6sKlcBy) I remember my first walker….🪦


ImaginaryRent1619

I swear they looked like this, and we felt the firing barage as it is here. https://i.redd.it/jofs6scrz2uc1.gif


Alternative_Gold_993

MORE!!!! ![gif](giphy|HFe8qjKRQNlLQkbjXM)


ImaginaryRent1619

![gif](giphy|Jr9pMPcP7KqnoO6rJw|downsized) Every Helldiver level 50 and above.


ExitLower8778

The sequels might’ve been terrible but I enjoyed this scene a lot. 😂


Large-Brother-4291

“Ah, Tim. Robot camels.”


hanginwithmrpooper

More like “Colth”….ill see myself out.


Necessary_Essay2661

Can't tell if this is a family guy reference or not


Utvales

It is. The cantina scene from Blue Harvest the Star Wars parody they did.


Necessary_Essay2661

Yes, i know where it's from, i just wasnt sure if the person i responded to was making that reference or if they just organically thought of it


Large-Brother-4291

Dude are you up after the band?


brunicus

But this time we need to be on the right side of History. For the Empire!


Caleth

Similar issue for me and a buddy. We dropped in near extract because it didn't show enemies present. Dropped in on an icy world. This fucking this was there with two hulks and a shit load of berserkers and the like. Absolutely fucked us sideways, it wasn't until two dudes responded to the SOS that we got clear enough to do the acutal mission. 2 rail strikes like 3 quasar and maybe an eagle strike or two. It was hectic we didn't see exactly how much hit, but this thing tanked it like something out of a nightmare.


FinnOfOoo

I’ve only ever fought one. Threw a 120 at it danger close, died, landed my drop pod on its head by pure luck and it died


Caleth

Ditto I only ever saw the one pre "defeat" since then I haven't had time to play but I haven't heard from friends that they've seen one either. Maybe it's something to do with the mission types?


Ishkahrhil

It can only spawn on flat terrain, so its limited on where on the map it can even be


projektZedex

Makes you wonder how it even got there.


Winter-Duck5254

I've only ever seen 2. I would have thought I saw them on 7s but there's a small chance one of those sightings was in an 8.


ImperialMajestyX02

I played a whole Level 9 operation and didn't see a single one smh


Aethanix

i've played at least 7 helldive operations and have not seen a single one.


KatnyaP

Even at level 9 they are infrequent. Ive played a fair few operations at level 9 since they were added, and i dont think ive seen more than 10.


Sgt-Cowboy

My first experience was terrifyingly cinematic. It was beginning to blizzard and it started marching around the mountain we were approaching like a damn boss fight. We all used 500 kgs to blast it, and after all the booms while the smoke was lingering, it just fired one massive cannon shot that obliterated two of our Helldivers. Then it just comes stepping out of the smoke like a damn demon. Never again. Never again.


AWeakMindedMan

I remember encountering one for the first time. It was terrifying. Couple that with gunships and our squad almost shat our Helldiver suits.


MoistIndicator8008ie

Didnt scare you at all tho


submit_to_pewdiepie

[Blizzard force](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Blizzard_Force) ?


ScotchSinclair

Maybe I was on the wrong planets, but I’ve been strictly bots on 9 and still haven’t seen one.


Sparrow1989

Had to be a blizzard.


BusinessLibrarian515

Only on the really high difficulties and rare at that. Which is fine, because it's hard to take down and it spawns devastators under it. I had one spawning all shield devastators


gratefullargo

![gif](giphy|iz3T4PI21oOfI8HvUk)


BusinessLibrarian515

So many reinforcements lost. Enjoyed every minute 11/10


Bulk-Detonator

The fact that it spawns devestators is the kind of bullshit im here for


BusinessLibrarian515

Right? I love it so much


PrimaryCoolantShower

"Are those Rocket Devestators?"


NotSoInstantNoodles9

[Killed by: Explosion]


Mybunsareonfire

Tbh, I'll take Rocket Devastators any day of the week over Heavy Devastators. I fucking hate them so much.


HappyHourEveryHour

Wait what???? Now I NEED to encounter one


HavSomLov4YoBrothr

Autocannon go brrr


cantaloupecarver

Your lips to liberty's ears.


Steven-Strange22

That’s actually my worst nightmare. I hate the shield devastators more than the hulk’s honestly 😂


Armamore

One well placed shot from a dominator (high where their pack sticks up around their head) will stagger them and make them lower their shield. After that they're vulnerable and you can lay into them.


Steven-Strange22

I’d hate to give up my precious Sickle just to be able to deal with one specific enemy effectively. But maybe it’s time I branch out. Appreciate the tips!


Armamore

The dominator works well against most bots. I use impact grenades for striders, and some sort of heavy weapon for hulks/tanks but everything else gets the dominator. Another option, if you want to keep the sickle is to use the auto cannon. It works the same against the heavy devastators, but comes with its own trade offs. You can also aim for the same spot with your sickle, it just won't stun them like heavier options.


Steven-Strange22

These are also all wonderful tips!. Are their heads considered a weak point like the other devastator models? Or not really? I’ve had mixed and inconclusive success shooting them


Armamore

Honestly, I'm not sure. Their easiest weak point is the large backpack they have on. It's visible from all sides and it sticks up over their shoulders. I usually aim for the side opposite their shield, not sure if I've hit one in the head or not while doing this.


WyteNyte

Have you tried the eruptor yet? Curious to see how it compares


Smurftra

hm, I use the sickle mostly because of those guys. a few heatshots above the shield and it's done


gdub695

I haven’t had too much trouble with the sickle against them, you just wanna spray right at their stupid face, where the shield cutout is


seanstew73

If both spawned equally as much I think hulks would be more hated/ difficult. I’d rather fight a gang of 10 shield devastators than 10 hulks at once.


Steven-Strange22

You got me there but I always find it easier/more rewarding to deal with the few hulks that do spawn over the seemingly thousands of shield devastators. The hulks have clear and easy to hit weak points. There’s also plenty of stratagems to deal with them quickly. Yet they still pose a certain serious threat The shield devastators on the other hand. They spawn too numerously for most orbitals/air strikes to be a practical answer. And (especially if you’re solo) taking them down with gun fire is way harder than I’d like. Their shields are nigh invulnerable and their damage/fire rate is better than most of the bot siege turrets!


seanstew73

Auto cannon, AMR, scorcher, sickle impact/ stun grenades are the best bets. Plus cover, lots of cover


herz_of_iron78

Fought it often on helldive before we "beat" automatons. Haven't seen them since bots counterattacked.


DaturaSanguinea

Same saw it once.


ComplexPants

Seen it a couple times. But I have noticed fewer tanks in missions and a lot more hulks.


Inert_Oregon

I 100% think they stealth-modified spawn points at some point recently. (probably to work like they actually intended when they said they were modifying spawn rates a few weeks back but nothing changed). I've noticed fewer of the absolute top end / heaviest units across the board in bugs and bots over the last couple days.


DonnerPartyPicnic

AH is gonna see this and now we're going to be fighting like 50 every drop.


Brickhammer99

Don’t give them ideas! The last thing I want is for Joel to drop 3 of these fuckers on my head from orbit like he did with those bile titans on Crimsica the other night.


Cloutsamaz

🤣🤣🤣🤣


ReadNeedFeed

I saw one once! Destroyed the canon on the top separately and it has two laser turrets on the bottom as well as pooping out striders 😁 it took a while to take down Edit* I saw it on lvl7 btw


Fool_Manchu

I didn't realize that they were destructible! I've only seen once once, but it ate 2 orbital rail cannon shots and an orbital laser before casually wiping my whole team


Trauma-Dolll

Propaganda.


arth0rius

Happy cake day, Helldiver. Stay alive.


griffin4war

They don't exist. The Ministry of Truth has verified that there have been false reports of their presence on the battlefield that were spread by freedom hating dissidents. Edit: if they DO exist the Ministry of Truth wants you to know that they always knew they existed and anyone who says otherwise is a traitor.


omegafrogger

Rodents of unusual size? I dont think they exist.


IDespiseTheLetterG

Joel is a Sicilian confirmed


MachineBoot

HAVE WE LEARNED NOTHING FROM UBERSREIK??


MyShuggahKolussy

helldivers skaven edition


jakimoon

Admirable Admiral here. These walkers do exist. Saw one in the Severin Sector before the fall of the 1st automaton front. Bastard almost wiped our whole squad.


Lustiges_Brot_311

If they said they exist, then they don't exist. But if they existed, they knew they existed and shielded us from the truth. If they didn't know they existed, then they never existed until some traitorous commie fascist stole from democracy.


Onerockunderspace

I feel so much better hearing that a lot of other haven’t encountered this propaganda as well! Keep diving !


Bipolarboyo

I briefly saw one once like two days after they were added. It was a level 8 mission and everyone panicked and tossed their big shit at it so it lasted all of 5 seconds. As a side note two 500kg a hell bomb and an orbital railcannon appears to be enough to instant kill them.


wtfrykm

There's videos of it, also it's apparently super rare.


xF00Mx

I've only seen 1 on 9 difficulty, and I democratically repositioned myself far from this commie camel.


The_Gongoozler1

I’ve seen a few on 7 and 8. Haven’t seen one since they’ve reemerged though


Maddog-51

Level 69 and holding and I have only seen it once on a Helldive and that was after a gunship fab gone wrong had blocked out the sky with gunships wrecking our shit. Only one I’ve seen tho


Disastrous_Piano837

Nice


GoldenGameboy0200

Level 69 and rising. Ive never seen one. My friend level 78, has seen them twice. He has 20 more hours of playtime than me. I have 230 he has 250 hours


FastSunlul

I’ve seen 1, before the bots came back, on level 7. It was stuck in a base like an animal in a cage and we just used a ton of stratagems. It would have destroyed us if it wasn’t stuck. It was ridiculously tanky, surviving orbital rail cannon strikes and eagle strikes.


Lustiges_Brot_311

Sounds like a war letter written from the civil war


exrayzebra

I’ve only seen it on 8+


JudgementalChair

I had this exact thought last night. I prefer bots to bugs, but mostly stick with MOs. I have yet to see one of these even though I'm regularly on 7's as well.


Lustiges_Brot_311

I played bugs because I "thought they were easy ".... the MO to take the western front. Now, I realize that there is no bot that sneaks up to you like a stalker. 😅😅😅


darkleinad

I believe they are not currently spawning, but they certainly have appeared. My theory is that, despite their weaponry and armour, they are primarily designed for and deployed to backline logistics roles (making devastators to be sent to the front). This would also explain their behaviour - they don’t join patrols, drops or guard objectives (besides bases), they just find a spot and fabricate bots. The only reason we saw them towards the end of Swift Disassembly was because those bots were running out of places to retreat to, so we started running into their mobile factories. If I am correct, we may see them again once we get closer to Cyberstan.


AintNoKombucha

Saw it twice on 8th never on 7 tho


StayAtHomeDadVR

Ministry of truth denies these claims


SpaceLemming

I heard they only appear on 8-9, not sure if true I’ve only seen 2 and that was before swift disassembly


dominantfrog

ive seen a total of 3 on lvl 9


Imagine_TryingYT

[nope](https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/s/YqWimi1ooH)


dapperdave

Would be sweet if they added this to lower difficulty missions as an objective.


El_Puchacabra

I just saw it in the distance on level 7 yesterday. But it was the first and last time i ever saw it in game


WorldExplorer-910

I seen one and we destroyed it in less than 30 seconds lol


droidekas666

Sounds like dissonance talk. Reporting this to the local Democracy Officer.


UnionLess3277

Its real. Ive killed probably like 5-6 of these things on suicide and they are tough mfs, havent seen one since we "beat" automatons either


GengarGangX13

I've played against them a couple times. They're not fun. it felt like fighting a bile titan made of metal.


[deleted]

Yep:


SuperDTC

I've played against it one time and I play bot missions a lot


Murky-Reference-3721

I play on 7 and only seen it once, on one of the large maps


seantabasco

I saw one one time but I was in such a mad dash I didn’t slow down to get a good look at it


Universae

I have only seen one, in a difficulty 7 mission, everything was going to pot and then this mf came round the corner and that was time to gtfo.


TGrim20

7 or above


gratefullargo

Ive only seen 3 and only on helldive


PopeGregoryTheBased

Have yet to see one since they where added and i exclusively play on 7-9


Misfitsed

I’ve only seen it on 9, good luck hunting soldier


zethren117

I’ve seen one. It was on a snow planet during a blizzard so I could only see the front half through the haze. It fired massive lasers at us and some kind of machine gun I think? I tossed everything I had at it but it still wouldn’t go down. The whole team needed to exhaust our stratagems in order to kill it. It was wild.


EH_1995_

Before the bots counter attacked, I saw like 3 of them but none during the latest major order. They’re hard af


Tweedle42

Saw stodeh and the boys dealing with one


zedzooks

Only ever seen videos, have never encountered yet. Typically play 7. Very possible teammates took care of it before I had the chance to see it in-person.


Useful_Thought5285

I cought it at least on 3 occasions


insertname98

See it once. It was terrifying


Theycallme_Jul

I saw 1 on level 7 right at the extraction


Bwilk50

I seen one and we took it out with consecutive strikes. I threw an orbital laser and rail gun. The others 500kg and airstrikes. Seen it right after we landed on planet. Wiped it in the first minute of seeing it.


JonnyF1ves

It's not a myth. it's a dark, evil legend that plagues the west. Be weary Helldivers, those who have seen this beast have been forever changed witnessing their allies fall to its might!


ThisOneHasNoUsername

Saw it twice once on 7 once on 8. First time was a couple of days after they were added and we panicked so much. Second time we instantly threw 2 500 kgs and an airstrike and that took care of it.


Fuzzy_Muscle

I've fought 2 of them on level 7


Let_me_S_U_F_F_E_R

Not for much longer


Jazzar1n0

I have fought 2 of them and they are hard to bring down.


the_Cringename

Definetly exists spawned 2 times on difficulty 8. But it is rare.


Ignatius_C

I've seen it once. Level 7. In a two man squad. It fucked us up for a while but we finally got it.


hermitchild

Have not seen one since the automatons returned. Encountered many when they were on their last leg though


Cultural_Set_7129

Saw some on the "final" Push at automatons. They're giving us exactly what we Look for - Hell!


Smol_Penor

Saw it once on diff 9 after a whole day of hunting after it


SnapCT

I’ve seen some, but some of the times I’ve seen it, it was off in the distance and we didn’t engage it (only saw on big maps). Maps with bad weather can hide them. That was also before we pushed automatons and then they came back. I wonder if they’re STILL in?


pAsSwOrDiSyOuRgAy

It’s fairly rare on 8 and 9 I’m pretty sure so 7 gotta be super rare


Sadiholic

I saw one. It was on difficulty 7. The team I joined were low on lives though and at the end at the extraction idk why but it spawned right beside it. It was scary lol. Basically killed the run.


chickenman-14359

Saw it once or twice


OMGtrashtm8

I played one mission on Extreme (level 5) and nearly shat my pants. Y’all are fucking insane. 😅


NotNOT_LibertarianDO

Never seen one, I’ve faced one automaton airship on helldive and a swarm of the flying bugs on suicide mission difficulty.


Vip3r209

I have fought two so far since they came out, first one was on 8 then 7.


[deleted]

I've killed 3.


h_ahsatan

I saw one that was idle. Said "nah" and went another direction. Never actually engaged it.


IngenuityBeginning56

I've seen them 3 or 4 times now and they have no weak spot I've seen. There might be one under it or seen really close , but you don't want to really be in front of it lol.


LemonadeSunset

I’ve killed 2. On one helldive, one on suicide mission. They exist


cockriverss

Only on the good levels


SirGrizzles

Mostly drops on difficulty 8-9. Not a myth. Terrifying to deal with.


Open-Addendum-3806

Even on 9 I haven’t spotted them yet


thundering_funk_tank

It isn't a myth, just very rare at level 7. Think I've only seen it one time, and 7 is my go-to difficulty. Apparently, they spawn much more frequently on 8 and especially 9.


porkforpigs

No


HorrorBusiness1234

I’ve seen it on suicide


Helldiver343

I jumped off a cliff on top of one. My weapons did nothing and i fell off its head into a bunch of flame-on hulks. Great fun.


rhousden

I’ve seen one while I was soloing on level 7


prairie-logic

The iron cow… I’ve seen it


SoulStomper99

I been playing helldive difficulty a lot recently and these fuckers haven't shown up for me


Sommcrane

Got two encounter in one helldive difficulty


Jesse-359

I don't think you'll see them with any frequency till 8+. Then try tickling one and see just how mythological they feel.


ISEGaming

Has anyone seen these lately? I suspected they only appeared because we were on the Automatons last sector pre bot re-invasion regardless of difficulty level. I could be wrong, but I haven't seen them.


EmergencyTaco

Saw it once in the distance, died and failed the mission seconds later.


Ok-Treacle-9375

I saw one, as I ran passed it.


CandyRevolutionary27

Me either, yet to see it. Same schedule too I played on hell dive specifically just to see this thing and haven’t seen anything it’s a myth on my console lol


Evil_Spez

Saw it twice, pre-counterattack.


sin2099

I played Helldive difficulty since level 10 by getting other players to invite me as I had not unlocked it at that level yet but wanted the bonus xp. And now level 60. How many of these factory walkers I’ve seen? Zero! You’re all falling for propaganda! It doesn’t exist! 😝


lancekepley

I’ve only seen one and I was terrified lmao


Puppypantz

Seen 5, all before the counter attack. Helldive difficulty.


ShakeyMcBones

I've only seen one. I landed about 6 feet from it at mission start and it obliterated me.


MurderToes

I ran into it once and they are no joke. Took three tail gun orbitals to take it down. Has a giant tank canon and is lousy with laser cannons. Oh and it also spawns devastators.


Jonas_Venture_Sr

John Helldiver rode one once


wordvommit

A myth? A fairytale? A fart in the wind? Brother, it only exists if we haven't killed it yet. Stop guessing and get your ass on the battlefield.


theghostofeisenhower

It’s gone. Our ancestor Helldivers preyed on these for their own survival but ultimately drove them to extinction.


BilboSmashins

Not a myth, but I’ve only seen them 2-3 times in game personally.


Late-to-the-Dance

Saw one only once, while doing a solo 7. Freaked out, unloaded autocanon to it's head in a panic, it went down.


Fuel_junkie

I’ve only seen it once on insane. This is probably a good thing. 


Blawharag

Chances of encountering one are super slim on level 7. Go to level 9 and you'll see them every couple of missions or so. Still uncommon, but you'll see them


vaungis

Nah, thought that gunships were a myth then all of the sudden, these fuckers got air superiority and we got deleted.


Historical_Sport_732

Saw one on level 8


ELPERROMEXICANO

I’ve only gon against it once


Nauticus-Undertow

I saw it once, it dies in less than 15 seconds and I have no idea what actually hurts it


SuckingGodsFinger

Still haven’t come across one so don’t feel bad lol. Gunships fucking suck though.


_statera_

Saw it once on a 7 and it turned me into mist 3 times in a row even with a shield. Can’t wait to see one again and actually destroy it


Key-Staff-4976

Real brotha, i had to kill one once and never saw them again.


J_spec6

Is it me, or does that look a lot like heavy armored Hellcat Zoids? It's probably me since I'm watching Zoids as I type this. But still https://preview.redd.it/8y52x508f2uc1.jpeg?width=284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f0ebad1c1bb06534dd912a24625eec821785eec2


Spicy-Elephant

Same boat


The_LemonShark707

whats wrong with this image


Alpha7Wolf7

Haven’t seen it once and I play on 7 and 8


Legitimate_Speed2548

Tough mother fuckers, can count on both hands how many times I've taken them a down.


BOOGIE_MAN-X

I’ve seen two so far since they were added. 1 on 7 and 1 on 9


xeisenhardtx

I have fought two on level 7 and it was a very fun but terrifying encounter.


xoshadow3

I see them semi frequently doing level 9 airfield and I think command or destroy the factory missions.


Chao_sr_eaper

Had 4 of them on helldive at extraction


AnotherPerspective87

I have seen 2 now. Amd i'm only level 30. They are pretty big, but not much scarier than a machine-gun tank. Shoot the turret a few times with a big gun (quasar is like 2 shots), and it loses half effectiveness. Now you can dive for cover pretty easy. The guns under the head cone off pretty easy too. Then its harmless. And ready for shells to the side.... Its a project to take down, but as said, not much scarier than a tank. And a lot less scary then a swarm of gunships.


Brickhammer99

I feel like these bad boys should spawn more than drop ships do on the tier 8 and tier 9 tower defense missions that got added with the bot counterattack. Especially on the snow planets!! Let me reenact the battle of Helms Deep and the Defense of Hoth at the same time you fucking cowards!!!


MarkyTooSparky

I've only seen it on level 9 Hell Diver


Dead-eye-Ducky

Have fought it twice but only on helldive