how to use auto cannone against chargers ?

[Buurt]

I saw that many use auto cannon against chargers, but what do you need to do exactly because the legs block the attacks so the anti tank weapons seems to be just faster and better for it than the auto cannon, or what do you need to do with it ?

[Insanitor]

Shoot the butt

[BloodyDancer]

Let it charge you, jump to the side and while lying on the ground shoot it's ass. If other bugs around, shoot bigger ones, let the smaller get crushed by Charger.

If it's a 1v1 with a Charger, I deal with it in 1, at most 2 jumps to the side.

[Liam]

The charger legs are actually its weakpoints. check the following video.
it's gonna be the same thing with a railgun later on, usually 2-3 shots with autocannon, or 2 with a railgun on the same leg will uncover it stripping the armor, you'll then notice the texture change, eg. flesh appearing. You can then finish it by simply unloading a breaker clip / regular ammo into the same spot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHZd8dGK0vQ

[jautja]

The shoulder gun has a smaller caliber and does not penetrate heavy armor.
Shoot at open places, the ass, or a leg exposed by someone else.

[bluebluefav1]

shoot it in the front leg. blow the armor off in 1 to 2 shots use your 3 shot on the exposed leg to kill it.

[MechaDraco]

Have your ally with a rail gun shoot off the front leg armor, then blast the hell out of the clearly wounded leg. It'll die extremely quickly.

[jautja]

Originally posted by Elias:

The charger legs are actually its weakpoints. check this video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHZd8dGK0vQ

:O

[Ratbait]

Ya in my experiance the front leg armor just reflects the shot..Ive hit legs3-4 times and nada with auto cannon,mabe its a random thing to sometimes penetrate armor,or its been changed since that video.

[MechaDraco]

Originally posted by Ratbait:

Ya in my experiance the front leg armor just reflects the shot..Ive hit legs3-4 times and nada with auto cannon,mabe its a random thing to sometimes penetrate armor,or its been changed since that video.

You're correct, the armor on chargers can't be damaged by the autocannon alone, you need something stronger like an EAT, RR, or Railgun to blow the armor off first.

[Lucky Cat]

Ironically target the thorax, making the Autocannon pointless to use on Heavy Armored targets. People will say shoot the back legs but very specifically, BEHIND the armor of the back legs. It works but how often will you be able to hit that anyways? You'd be spending time dealing with swarms besides the Charger and that target is FAR smaller than the Thorax and that's already a difficult thing to hit while it moves around, and the Thorax itself? You may end up hitting the armor over it than under it too as it moves about too.

Its great for versatility as well as being good as a utility and that it CAN tackle against Chargers but it ironically fails to be effective against it. Just bring a Grenade Launcher for the same job... And save a backpack slot for something that'll keep you alive. Honestly hope they update it so it CAN penetrate, I don't expect it to strip armor but its not worth to me if I can't use it like I feel it should. Not when the Railgun or the Grenade Launcher can be managed better against it.

[Mostly Objective Gaming]

Back of the legs, till the legs become meaty, then shoot those legs normally.

[MechaDraco]

Originally posted by Space_Duck:

Back of the legs, till the legs become meaty, then shoot those legs normally.

Really? I'll have to give this a try, I didn't really think of this before, I just kind of figured it was all equally armored.

[Professor H. Farnsworth]

Originally posted by Elias:

The charger legs are actually its weakpoints. check the following video.
it's gonna be the same thing with a railgun later on, usually 2-3 shots with autocannon, or 2 with a railgun on the same leg will uncover it stripping the armor, you'll then notice the texture change, eg. flesh appearing. You can then finish it by simply unloading a breaker clip / regular ammo into the same spot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHZd8dGK0vQ

Actually, no, that only works on it's hind legs as they're light armor. The front legs are like tank armor and your Autocannon shots just bounce off it.
The correct way is to shoot them at the back (legs, squishy part what have you), but you may as well use a Grenade Launcher for that than waste a backpack slot with an Autocannon - unless you got a person with Railgun (and then a bit of luck that they're not complete morons).

This is incidentally why people should diversify their loadouts.
1 at best 2 Railguns, some with CC (Nade or Flamethrower) and one with a Stalwart.

You're going to need it on 7+ missions.

[Thorp]

Originally posted by Elias:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHZd8dGK0vQ

This video can't be real, it doesn't have teammates running into the line of sight when trying to line up the shot. Alternatively, those were the least shuffle-footed Chargers I've seen.

Mostly /s

[Mountain King]

Originally posted by Lucky Cat:

Ironically target the thorax, making the Autocannon pointless to use on Heavy Armored targets. People will say shoot the back legs but very specifically, BEHIND the armor of the back legs. It works but how often will you be able to hit that anyways? You'd be spending time dealing with swarms besides the Charger and that target is FAR smaller than the Thorax and that's already a difficult thing to hit while it moves around, and the Thorax itself? You may end up hitting the armor over it than under it too as it moves about too.

Its great for versatility as well as being good as a utility and that it CAN tackle against Chargers but it ironically fails to be effective against it. Just bring a Grenade Launcher for the same job... And save a backpack slot for something that'll keep you alive. Honestly hope they update it so it CAN penetrate, I don't expect it to strip armor but its not worth to me if I can't use it like I feel it should. Not when the Railgun or the Grenade Launcher can be managed better against it.

How is any of this "ironic." Autocannons are weapons for dealing with light and medium armor, not heavy.