Counter machine gun fire?

[Yakuman]

Hello, I struggle to avoid machine gun fire from enemies like arachnotrons or cyber demons. They aimbot it at you so you're not fast enough to avoid them, and they chip at your shield pretty fast. Is there some hidden gameplay mechanic I've been oblivious to? The Abyssal Forest level has been especially a pain.

[MILKElikeCAT]

Throw your shield at his face, then use the second nail gun (choose the ability on the right, it will shoot nearby enemies when attacking) to attack him crazily, and kill the nearby monsters by the way. If there are no enemies nearby, use a high-damage weapon.
If there are powerful enemies nearby and you want to kill them quickly, you can use a charge to kill the enemies emitting purple light.

[OVALLODA]

Close the distance fast. Hold Shield -> Dash In -> SSG 1 shot or impaler or balling to death.

[Zogtar]

Arachnotrons die quicker than other elite enemies. Shield bash, and focus fire/melee.

I try to take them out first or I can get overwhelmed.

Cyber demons, stay close to and parry. Take out their cannon arm, melee with the mace or lock them into a melee combo and they won't be a problem.

Be aggressive.

[Nihil]

Only thing you can do is to raise your shield and get close to take them out first.
Just throw your shield into them to deal extra damage and 1 or 2 super shotgun in their face will kill them.
Do the same with armored ones but there you need to shoot them first with a super shotgun, then throw the shield to break armor and throw again.

Hitscan enemies should always be the prio 1 targets.

[SaLaĐiN]

Being defensive is not good in this game, you have to run around and be offensive. Close the distance and take them out. In eternal, the slower you were, the more accurate the enemies were so I guess here it is the same.

[EmpathyandEntropy]

Originally posted by OVALLODA:

Close the distance fast. Hold Shield -> Dash In -> SSG 1 shot or impaler or balling to death.

This is it right here. Just shieldbash and SSG. This kills everything that can hit-scan except the Cyberdemon. For Cyberdemons you still want to stay close so you parry and shoot. They won't hit-scan if you stay in their melee range. They don't knock you back with their attacks so if you have the upgrade, you can point-blank them with rockets to heal as you fight. SSG or Chainshot will do more damage to them though.