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How to get the most from hound?
Mr_Wonderful
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As the title says. I’m looking to change my raid team to include IH and MV1 prime and I’m looking at synergy options for the 3rd spot. It’s between hound and ratchet, who I’d like to save for AM.
I’m stuck on the fence for hound, as I haven’t used him much, so looking for tips from the hound is good crowd on how to get the most from him. Mine is duped, once.
How do I get the most damage from him, as his melee is quite weak, and exactly what play style should I use with him, constant ranged?
Currently all are r2, and I’m hesitant to invest further in hound until I’m sure he’s worth it. Or should I look elsewhere for the 3rd spot on the raid team?
I’m stuck on the fence for hound, as I haven’t used him much, so looking for tips from the hound is good crowd on how to get the most from him. Mine is duped, once.
How do I get the most damage from him, as his melee is quite weak, and exactly what play style should I use with him, constant ranged?
Currently all are r2, and I’m hesitant to invest further in hound until I’m sure he’s worth it. Or should I look elsewhere for the 3rd spot on the raid team?
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2. Forge him and get 5* shards.
Take your pick.
If you can start each combo with 2 ranged attacks and end with a light, you have a decent chance to burn. His crit damage starts to ramp up then. Best to use SP1 with inferno ammo, sp2 with precision ammo. Ideally, save for sp3 and use that - the crit resist debuff lasts a lot longer.
Which brings me to that mechanic. You could try ending every combo with a heavy to begin with until that debuff procs, then try the 2 ranged plus a light attack combo ender for extra chance to proc burn. It's up to you whether you switch to precision to try and get the increased crit chance (and thus, damage) but personally I wouldn't. Stick with inferno ammo.
Hound plays more like a demo bot - he is the Mixmaster of the warrior class I think. Individually he is weak and has a very awkward play style, but in the right team he provides some amazing synergy that can totally transform (punz lol) his play style, power and the bots you pair him with. Mix does exactly the same thing and is often overlooked too. (they have good synergy with each other as it happens)
Anyway, is he worth taking to r4 just to be the backup? As previously mentioned, I have others I can replace with
Hound definitely has potential, just want to unlock it.
The rank and wait tactic hasn’t worked for me so far, my 1st 4* and 1st r4 (grimlock) is still waiting on that dupe. Had a few I’d rather not dupe in place of grim but it is what it is I guess. Still like to bring him out for spotlight occasionally
I ranked and waited for GL, ended up buying the awakening deal to justify it. Haven't done a rank and wait since for that reason
No one can make you good with a bot... They can just give you tips based on their experiences.... To master a bot you have to use that tips to create own experience.... Every players is good with same bots but with different play style.
I got my first t3C a demo... So I was 'forced' to rank Wasp, though I am difficult with him against high PI bots but good with him to 'quick finish' fights.. So I'm taking him to every low level, high level Mission to practice him to change my style a little to efficiently use him against Master Megatron..
All that would change with either a dinobot or a dupe for grimlock though. Had a run of getting g1 cons for a while and kinda fancy doing some autobot synergies for now
Having made Hound my main warrior bot, I've had chance to build up some experience with him over the last few months. In terms of a few quick pointers, I'd say first and foremost, fight smart. He's not a brute force bot, and he depends on intelligent use of his abilities to get the most out of him.
Use his heavy liberally for the guaranteed armour buff, and make the most of the crit resist debuff when it pops up. Use inferno ammo where you can for the burn stacks (these get pretty nasty at rank 4) - if you get a few stacks on a bot, switch to precision ammo if you can and hammer them, as the burn stacks increase crit damage. Stack this with the crit resist debuff from the heavy for maximum effectiveness.
If you're fighting evasive bots like most of the scouts, tact bumblebee, hot rod, etc, I generally recommend not bothering with inferno ammo and switching straight to precision instead. You may lose a little damage potential but you counter their evades, and often their AI is built around using those evades, so Hound can take advantage of this.
Speaking of utility with precision ammo, it can also be used to counter Mirage and Windblade's heavies, which normally make ranged attacks miss. Very importantly for a raid team, this also works with the EMI module, negating any misses that it would normally cause (thought I'm not sure that it does anything to any effects on ranged speed)
Since you have him duped, you're gonna want to grab that ranged attack buff where you can. If you're not finding this easy to do already, just give it a little practice and you'll pretty much be able to activate the buff on demand. Practicing this also gets you into a good rhythm for comfortably firing off counter shots that will land pretty reliably. If you haven't already, get used to firing one or two shots at a time and moving - firing three shots triggers a slightly different animation and sticks you in place for a moment, allowing the enemy to counter. Be careful though, I've personally found that when I'm focusing on ranged combat I concentrate less on their power bar, and many times I've been whacked with a special attack that I didn't see coming because I was too focused on firing and moving.
Last thing, regarding his SP2. Remember that you can trigger it when landing ranged attacks as there's no need to close range for it to work. Also, a nice way to reliably deal a big chunk of damage is to fire off an SP2 and back them into a corner with it, then just as they begin to get up, throw a heavy attack at them and it almost always hits.
Hope at least some of that stuff helps, and I'm happy to expand on anything that isn't clear - I've just spitballed ideas as they've come to me while it's quiet in work, so it might be written in a slightly chaotic way, haha. The main thing is, Hound is a great bot if you can adapt to his play style, which admittedly is very specific. He may not be the go-to warrior bot for endgame content like the Warriors of Cybertron missions or highest level AMs, but he certainly has his place in the game. He has great synergies, and although I agree with others that a buff could make him more accessible to people, I still think he's something of a hidden gem if you're willing to put the time in.
Yeah he’s niche, but I’m liking him. Seems like he could be good in the long run, and can’t ignore that repair for prime