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What bot gives you the hardest time?
DrShotgun
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Over the years here I've noticed many players have that ONE bot that they run up against that really pushes back...for some it's Motormaster while others breeze through him, some say Primal, ...for me it's a strong range game, namely (for some reason) the Tech Shark. I've seen many just squash him. When I run up against him I always take a breath and concentrate.
Who's the bane of your existence and how have you learned to get past him/her?
Personally I've learned to manage the shark by practicing the early sidestep and rich him on his 3rd shot. After I got that down a bit I felt like my skill level increased with everyone else...
Thoughts?
Who's the bane of your existence and how have you learned to get past him/her?
Personally I've learned to manage the shark by practicing the early sidestep and rich him on his 3rd shot. After I got that down a bit I felt like my skill level increased with everyone else...
Thoughts?
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Yeah he can be tricky. Quite the tank in AM
Without a doubt Motormaster. My whole problem is that while I might perfect the first 50 hits, it's the last part that always gets me. Especially those long fights. But Motormaster only hits harder as you get him down, and then, he knocks me out. Fast and hard. It's sad sometimes to be honest. Especially AM. THAT MM can go die quickly. I actually take the whole other side JUST so I don't have to face him. smh. I'm not even going to lie, if I don't take him G1 Megs (The Best Bot in the game, imo), I'm going to lose a lot of health. The sharks are just bothersome, because they're just mixes of multiple bots, so yeah.
He's quick and that dark pulse sneaks up fast. Very intuitive AI. Anytime I fight him it's either a REALLY good fight or he just steamrolls me...no in between.
Megatronus, because of one thing. His AI. It is more devious than anyone else. I will constantly face a Megatronus who will dodge and avoid all my attacks, and wait to generate three bars of power, keeping me down with his Relic Of Obedience crap so my counters don’t work, and then using a special three. Robot Resource makes him even worse. He’s honestly ahead of Bonecrusher as the worst one to go against. Bonecrusher may be dangerous, but at least it’s almost impossible for him to win against all his hard counters. Megatronus can completely wreck anyone if you’re just unlucky enough.
Motormaster is normally a breeze. He hits hard but he can’t take much damage. His health is very average, he has no defensive abilities, and his AI tends to dash in, making for lots of easy sidestep combos.
Cyclonus is a pain, but he isn’t that bad. He just requires good timing and knowledge of how much power your hits are giving him. And ranged attacks always let you set off his dark field without endangering yourself. The only thing that would make him a real terror is giving him the Absorb Ranged mod, which I’d say is hands down the worst mod in the game.
More often, it's the mod combination that kills. So we all know OG Megs, Galvatron and Cyclonus for example.
What I hate about his AI the most is right when his Dark Field is about to activate, he tries his sole best just to get close to you, just so you can get caught up in that Dark Pulse. It's infuriating! And I also hate that Power Node, where he gets a massive amount of power after a few hits; it just limits the amount of attacks that you can do against him, especially if you fight him with a bot that causes multiple hits in specials.
But if I'm going to be honest, the bot I hate so much in AM is Megatron. I don't know why everyone else, Galvatron, Shockwave, Cyclonus, just seem so easy compared to him. It's odd because I'm usually good at the absorb Ranged path, but with Megatron's resistance buffs it's increasingly difficult not to give into that temptation to shoot his bucket head or he'll absorb the ranged. And the increased Melee makes strikes a bit more punishable.
AM Bots aside, I do have some trouble against Bonecrusher whenever I don't have a Brawler. And while I usually dance around Ironhide, there are many moments in which he's one shotted me.
Galvatron in AM 3. What a douche. Too bad i don't bring power control geezers.
Tronus AM3 if he's feeling particularly LIFE-STEALish (1-hit Kill is not fun)
Everyone else is my wifey.
The fact that he can activate his dark pulse by comboing against your block is total BS. I agree that when he's close to filling a bar he gets real squirrelly and becomes an expert marksman.
TL;DR: I hate Cyclonus.
I think Jazz would have seen him off , but I’m don’t have a 5* jazz
Also hate fighting shockwave in AM as I don’t have a good enough scout and he whips out sp1 and hammers me every time because I’m impatient and run into it.
Blaster
UM
Hound (weird I know)
Cyclonus
Do we gain any energy when our attack is blocked?
Not much, if any. The issue here is not him gaining energy, but rather his dark energy pulsing when he completes a combo. Similar to cheetor gaining energy by completing a combo. if Cyclonus was legitmately making contact that's one thing. The fact that he's comboing against a block and still getting credit for it is what's garbagetron.
No other bot has a single “foot” that hits as hard. Catch that heel of his to the face and ouch.