Game Changing Autocannon Tips and Tricks - Helldivers 2

Simple must know Tips and Tricks to easily improve your Autocannon gameplay.
00:00 Introduction
00:07 Chargers
00:36 Bug Holes and Factories
01:08 Spore Trees
01:18 Propaganda Towers
01:26 Diverting Enemies

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[Aethersong]

Thanks for watching!
Check out my video on the Arc Thrower as well!
Let me know if there is other Helldivers content you want to see.

[snorelax]

The only thing I don't like about the autocannon is that it can't handle chargers very well. You have changed my life forever. Thank you.

[FrostySiete]

My biggest tip for it is to never empty reload. Do patterns of firing 5-9 shells, then reload. The empty reload takes probably 3-4 seconds vs the standard reload being super quick, even faster than a lot of primary weapons. Even instances where I’m getting run down, I find that it’s better to stop for one second to reload than fire 10 shots than need to swap to a primary until I get a chance to breathe.

Also it has even more utility
-team reloads(I prefer two people running it, reloading each other)
-2 shotting hulks to the eye
-2-3 shotting tanks, cannons, mortar, and anti-air emplacements
-1 shotting all armored devastators to the head(yes even shield guys!)
^if you miss the headshot, it is a 100% stagger so you can easily get a follow up shot off
-1 shots walkers
-1 shots brood commanders
-great follow up to the railgun leg strat for chargers
-decent AOE for swarms
-spawn with SIXTY ammo. You can literally wield it as a primary and not run out of bullets. I find that a healthy balance of hotswapping between primary for little guys and the Chad cannon for big guys leaves me never lacking bullets

That’s everything I can think of. I unlocked the railgun, thought the gimmick was pretty fun to one shot big boys, then went back to the autocannon because it’s so much more versatile. Thanks for coming to my TED talk

[Umimugo]

here's a tip, you cannot reload cancel by firing your autocannon, you will in fact, fire the autocannon, which is aimed at your feet because you were reloading.

[ComesterFromMars]

Autocannon reload can be started during a slide(hold crouch key while running) which saves some time in extreme situations, also it could be reloaded while while being prone.

[Sturmavk]

The banking shells off the top of the vents tip is GOLDEN.

[wolfar]

railgun is pretty cool but im kinda getting bored of it, thanks for showing me how to properly use the chad cannon

[MrDolearon]

If you hold R you can toggle it to full auto and a loading helper can let you dump the 60 rounds in seconds.

The open door on bot factories is also a valid target to destroy them.

A few rounds into the glowing part on the backside of a tanks turret will destroy it.

The charger leg tip is super handy thanks for that.

[ToastedLobster]

Nobody seems to have mentioned you can also cancel the full reload after loading and chambering a round after the first clip by pressing C or standing up. You don’t have to fire or switch weapons

[RoseBush]

thank you so much for this, didn't know that chargers could be so easy to deal with, been using the autocannon a lot, and it's one of my favorite weapons.

[ghriszlybare]

I almost always run autocannon and I thought I knew it all but that charger tip is a new one. Thank you for the great tips!

One tip I'll add is to never let it run out of ammo. Loading from empty takes a lot longer than loading from half twice

[polartest]

auto cannon is really slept on. it does next to everything besides taking out bile titans just cause the hitbox seems a little wonky and most shots bounce off. and heavy armor head on.
only thing i didnt know about was leading enemies around with it which is actually very helpful for the stealth build i go with.
and for getting those juicy medals and side locations.

[Fezzik]

The Autocannon benefits greatly from the Fortified armor perk. Crouch down and suddenly the recoil is lower than it has any right to be.

Also helps with accidentally blowing yourself up when shooting an enemy too close.

[dreadtroopeer]

This will be a game changer to how I stealth high difficulties. Though I find it odd that they run towards where the shell struck the surface and not the obviously loud gunfire over behind that hill. :P

[ohlawd]

I absolutely love the Autocannon but sadly I always think to myself "Man I wish I had a Railgun right now" when swarmed by 3-4 Chargers (I am also very bad at hitting that backleg spot)

Funny enough, it actually has some pretty decent usage against Bile Titans, especially if they are distracted by another player. Just lob shots under its belly to blow up the sacs and it wont be able to spit anymore. Does pretty decent damage to it as well

[dragonstrike]

Charger tip is a new one, but I do have another tip for everyone. You **can** 2-3 shot the Automaton Hulk if you shoot it directly in the red glowing eye. Similar to the charger tip in the video, there will be sparks from the hulk's eye socket after the first shot landed correctly. It's much trickier than shooting a leg of a charger, but it's possible and I have personally killed at least 7 hulks this way.

[FuJIuIIoK]

You should've definitely told everyone how you can quickly reload the autocannon - just reload before fully emptying the magazine. It has two cartridges, each for 5 rounds and they loads separately. If you're not emptying the full 10 rounds mag, you can shove one new 5 round cartridge and you're good to go. But if you emptied full mag, you should wait for a long animation of loading a fresh cartridge, then cocking the gun, yhen loading another cartridge.
P.s. you can cancel the animation of loading the second cartridge by delphine diving, so you can have 5 round quicker, than a full mag.
You showed that a bit in your video, but didn't talk about that

[BeanpoleSteve]

For the factory’s you can blow it up by shooting through the door that opens, makes it a lot easier then trying to blow it up through the vents

[Sibena]

I've been struggling with Chargers, thank you!

[Luissv]

Easily my favorite weapon in the game, and so many of the reasons are here. Great vid.