User blog:Battle-Rec Eggo/The ticking time bomb: How to beat a Hellburner

Introduction
Ah, the Hellburner. A notorious robot, known for fighting and using some...well...Explosive abilities. These robots are a tough enemy, provided they can equip an ancile, giving them defence. So to beat them, what can you do?

Tricks
Beware, if hellburners have a lockdown weapon, you have 3 options of what to do.


 * 1. Find cover, because if they start speeding up, they will lock you down, and you WILL be struck with a very powerful explosion. So cover has to be quite far away from the wall, as the explosion will go throw thin barriers.


 * 2. Run away, if you have dash or stealth you could escape the Hellburner, rendering its ability useless as long as you keep a good distance between each other.


 * 3. Counter the Hellburner, if you have shotguns, you could attack them effectively with close ranged blows, as your weapons will deal more damage the closer you are.

Escaping
Yes, most players would say just run away, but what if you are a slower robot? You would get quickly killed. So use everything you can, blocking them off by shooting at what route they are going to attack you at. If your ability is something that will propel you in a chosen direction, jump, dash or just run to a safe spot.The most risky option is going head-to-head. Depending on your equipped weapons, you could deal decent damage, meaning you could either kill him, or leave him at low health so you or a teammate could finish him off.

Other Things
Ganging up on a Hellburner can be useful, but there is a chance the teammate helping you out could be using their last robot, so risking another teammate can prove dangerous. As this is just a short guide on how to counter these pesky robots, you will have to find other methods on how to destroy these bots. Just to say, I will make more guides on how to beat some tough robots, but with modules, Spectres and other stealth robots have been made obsolete.