Titanfall videos: How to dominate with the Atlas Mech & R-101C Carbine

Titanfall can get pretty hectic and only those ready for a fight will prevail when it does. Allow resident Titanfall regular Dave Cook to guide you with his new series of tips videos, starting with the Atlas Titan and R-101C Carbine assault rifle.

In the first video, I play my Atlas Refurb Burn Card to instantly call in an Atlas mech on the map Smuggler's Cove and lay waste to pilots and AI grunts alike.

The key thing to remember when in any Titan is that you are far from invincible, and getting ganked by tons of anti-Titan weapons or rival mechs will see you reduced to scrap in moments. You need to condition yourself to move and fight smart, using tech like the Vortex or Hard Light Shield to block incoming fire.

Boosting is also your friend, but the Atlas only gets two boosts per recharge, so you might want to use the Tier 1 Dash Recharger Kit to speed up your recovery. You can also opt for the Stryder mech as it has three dashes per charge, but suffers from having less armour.

One sneaky trick I always tell people is to equip Nuclear Ejection - essentially Martyrdom in all of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - and if you happen to get swarmed by mechs and Pilots, just walk close to the enemies then eject once you get to about 25% health. The resulting blast should score you several kills.

There's lots more in the video. Check it out.

Up next: R-101C Carbine assault rifle tips.

This video looks at my personal favourite Pilot weapon, the R-101C Carbine. This is an assault rifle that is unlocked from the start, offering superb handling and excellent long-range damage. It's not as powerful as the Longbow-DMR sniper rifle, but it holds its own over distance.

My best piece of advice while using this weapon is to work it in tandem with your cloak. Because traversal is so fast in Titanfall, you'll often see players blindly jumping and running around like nutters, but what you really want to do is hang back and play it slow.

Find an elevated position or an area where you know there are enemies, hit your clock and take a few seconds just to survey the flow of battle. I'm amazed at how often I'll see enemies moving way in the distance while standing still sometimes even in my peripheral vision.

All I then need to do is take aim, squeeze off a controlled burst of fire and watch as the hasty lunatic on the receiving end drops down dead. It absolutely pays to be cautious, and you should always, always get your aim up going around every single corner. I mean ever corner, because you never know who's around each turn.

Finally, don't hold down the trigger like a maniac at range as your accuracy will suffer, and don't bother taking time to aim while face-to-face with an enemy. You'll be killed in that short window of time. Just hip-fire and you'll win the encounter.

Thanks for watching guys. Stay tuned for the next round of Titanfall tip videos soon.