Talk:Excalibur/Umbra/@comment-47.35.152.43-20190105163850

Rubico, Amprex, and Kohm work very well with his AI. Other guns like the Ogris do not work well with his AI, testing shows it's something to do with charging and aiming, he seems to aim, charge, then choose another target without firing, I hope this gets fixed soon.

A couple of notes: Adaptation still works while in operator mode and makes him more durable. If you place him on a high spot with a nice Sniper (Rubico Prime/Bladed Rounds works well) and stay near him, he will be lethally efficient, this has many uses especially if you have a decent combat operator. Umbra will not gain any experience nor will any of his equipped weapons when his AI is in use. If you have a primary equipped his AI will exclusively use that and his melee when enemies get close enough, if you unequip your primary he will use your secondary and melee when enemies are close, if you have only melee equipped he only use that but unlike before he will actively seek out enemies with melee instead of only using it when enemies are close. His movement depends on elevation and proximity to your operator. Jumping then pressing 5 allows his AI to be placed on ledges and spots otherwise unreachable, great for finding sniper spots with the objective in view.

There is a lot of possibilities with Umbra's passive and so far I've had a blast experimenting with it. You can effectively use him as an advanced combat pet for your operator and I hope DE further improves that aspect.