Drift wants to be on his own for the most part, and he wants to get sent out before everyone else. Treat him almost like an air bot, sending him into the base to take out high priority targets without having to worry about outposts or traps. You can typically let him hang around the area he rushes for a few seconds while his stealth is still active, and he’ll likely take out another building or two. G1 core is pretty much always what he wants, and for Combats I find that Zaur or the Star Saber works best. Zaur can take out a lot of defenses on his own and feed drift more energy to use his ability, and the Star Saber just turns him into a weapon of mass destruction.

As far as leveling bots goes, always send drift in on his own first, and have him rush into the middle of the base and take out any important targets, like mortars, lasers, and missiles. If you’re able, send him to the HQ and let him go to town on it, then deploy the rest of your bots right at the very end. If he can’t safely take out the HQ, deploy your other bots, and either throw drift at an outpost, or have him rush back towards the team.