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Infrared vs Magnolia Grande; R4 round 8 HW
Topic Started: May 5 2018, 09:53 PM (16 Views)
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I've never lived by anyone's rules but my own.
horizontal anti-spinner teeth of course

Not much to do but go head-on bravely into that weapon and hope for the best! Today is a good day to die. If my teeth can catch those bars and fling his bot upwards then I like my chances to strike his rear end while he's flopping and kill him. If both weapons get taken out I can boss him around. Glad I don't have to write this one!

Good Luck

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Nick’s a little faster and has slightly better control, and while he can write Redemption Denied managing to flank me with 9-6 speed edge, he’s not doing it with a 7-6 edge. I can kill his weapon in maybe a couple of hits, while he’ll be doing negligible damage to mine. He knows that and he’s probably not just going to play this straight. If he does, then gladly accept and splatter him with my undercutters. Overall, I know what I need to do: just hit him, recover my weapon speed (through temporary avoidance if necessary), and hit him again. That’s basic and assumed. My secondary job is to stop him from hitting anything that isn’t my weaponry. As a result, this RP is going to sound a bit defensively oriented, even though it’s a pretty standard “hit him til he dies” deal.

To get around my reach, he can employ a number of tactics: using his ABR forks for lifting or clamping shenanigans, though that’s still going to knock him way back; using the conveyors to sweep him sideways for a surprise attack, though I only need to turn on the spot to prevent it, and we’re still both pretty slow, giving me more time to react; hazard baiting; sacrificing his wedge and then trying to follow up; making some point about his vert flipping or destabilizing me (I’m invertible and so is my engine’s fuel pump, and he’s too slow to follow up that kind of knockback); making some point about the hinged nature of his drum; or making some point about my turning (the blades counter-rotate, cancelling out each-others’ weapon torque). The thing is, a lot of the driving shenanigans are pretty telegraphed, so I should be able to adjust on time.

I want to score those few big hits I’ll need, and once I disable his weapon, I can become a lot more aggressive. Before impact, I need to be aware of which blade is impacting him and where we’ll both be flung as a result of the approach angles and rotational direction. Use this to keep myself in middle of the arena and him being flung to the edges. Avoid the hazards, and be tactical, but not defensive. Press the attack to a reasonable extent without just stupidly exposing my flank or whatever.


Good luck dude
Wins: a bunch
Losses: more every week!



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