Talk:Upgrading Guide/@comment-190.157.220.90-20160320220253/@comment-76.117.174.79-20160321020420

As long as you don't get the Yamantau map when you are still in Bronze. Level 6 bots (Griffin, Leo, Natasha) can be in Bronze, but their weapon levels suffer from the bot level being high. You've always been able to use level 6 bots in Bronze, its just so underpowered that any Tri-Pin/Aphid/Mag Gepard and TaranoRog will eat you up way before you can kill them.

The bot upgrade guide is not a strict guid - you have a lot of wiggle room.