I’ve lost more matches than I can remember because I got greedy with melee when I would’ve been better off sticking with ranged.
Melee is only good if you can’t aim. Honestly these days I pretty much only take the combistick for throwing after a trap.
Berserker is only good against PUG FTs who don’t use comms.
If you melee, what’s your build and strategy?
Combi stick, net gun with trapper, be smart and know when to leave fights
Hunter, large pouch, healing, traps.
Combi, net.
Ever since its become obvious illfonic really doesn’t want preds to melee focus I have been doubling down on melee.
Purely out of spite.
The only simple advice I can give is, if you’ve played dark souls before, specifically dark souls pvp, implement that in to your playstyle.
Since is souls its absolutely vital you do not get parried, the same mentality for melee has helped me out in this game.
I mean, I still switch it up with the plasma caster, but I treat it like dark souls pvp with street fighter jumps.
I wish I could explain it better.
But this is what I do.
Short hop/bunny hopping into slam is fucking op btw, try to do it with wristblades for shorter landing animation
Yeah, Illfonic really made melee a lot riskier, but I also still use it frequently.
I’m sorry, but this is a silly idea. People need to stop thinking in terms of their gameplay being ‘melle focused’ or ‘range focused’ - you need to be able to use whatever is best suitable for the situation at hand. If the FT is playing in a way which means you have to keep your distance, then yes, use ranged weaponry, but If their positioning makes them susceptible to some nice fleeting swipes from the Elder Sword, take advantage of it.
My go-to build is Elder Class, Bow, Elder Sword, Bear Traps, Audio Decoys, Large Pouch, Impenetrable, Adrenal Boost.
Ya you really have to know how to approach if you’re going to focus melee.
If you will youse long jump + adrenal bust than you’ve got yourself a leatyhe weapon. You jump in only when FT is buysi with AI and attack only ONE of them. Jum out and repeat. I can take down premades like that
I still like trying to do the downrange plus combi toss 2 or 3 hit combo, sneak attack. Technically starts with range, but it plays like melee.
Also, I occasionally try to catch people off guard, give them a single wrist blade swipe from behind, and leap away just to fuck with them.
Katana with Plasma Caster is my most solid combo, with wrist launcher, audio decoy and heals.
I use Adrenal Boost, Cooling Synchs, and Large Pouch so I need to find pigs less.
Then I rush to FT’s location to blast them like I was Han Solo until they mobilize to deal with that, then if the situation allows I waste my wrist launcher too, using the audio decoys to sow chaos in noobs(vs good players I tend to forget about them) After all the ranged spam I can usually get a kill or two just by lunging with the katana and follow with the little two hit combo. Cloak, run around 360 or behind a building. Then hop away, Adrenal boost really shines with the Katana. I mix up a slam between katana strikes. Slashing once or twice, going back into cloak. Works best with buildings to run behind and/or slam on.
Then I return to plasma blasts. They’re usually in the shit by now, or on their way to the the chopper or reinforced(I never get there in time to stop it). Knives are out thinking I’m still in samurai mode. Nah bro it’s Han again lol pew pew
I tend to go nuts with katana at the end again, tho. try to finish some chopper fags with the slam. At worst it’s a detonation attempt that prolongs the game a little more. I still consider making it there a win, so GG
Sprinting around console players and stabbing them in the back because tank controls lol. Other than that melee is absolute trash and you’re better off bunnyhopping around people with uncharged bow shots AND youll have more dps than a melee combo AND avoid damage while doing so. It doesnt run the risk of a decent ft spinning around and parrying you. Melee is huge risk for single target damage that can be DIRECTLY COUNTERED by that single target then opens you up to get melted for nothing. Everyone loves fighting melee preds though because it means you can get the game over with in 10 seconds at that distance. Brilliant game design btw best melee system in any game ever.
Roleplayers might disagree just like some guy running the minigun but there is never a scenario where the locked melee animations are superior to just shooting someone in the face with a bow.
You know just like the movies xd
Good point. Except for the katana, there is a useless left trigger. Illfonic could add a charged unparriable melee attack that hits for 40-50 damage, but uses a ton of stamina and isn’t an instant attack, it has a timed release.
That would be sick, a predator charging toward you ready to deliver a single devastating melee attack.
It’s not useless though. The ability to actual change the attack sequence at will is really good. It’s not meant to do more damage it’s meant to mix up your attacks to trick people who like to parry
Illfonic seems to prefer handholding and encourages mashing whatever melee has ezmode tracking rather than encouraging people to use their brain & allowing melee to do damage.
Its no more effective than just waiting a second to hit the next melee button. And FT heavy attack has parry frames so you just take free hits in the meantime. Melee is bad.
It’s also a thrust attack which gives it more range too. It’s a good tool that you should be using if you use katana. That’s like using combi without throwing it
Or just shoot them with a decent weapon (caster even has better damage and AOE for value) instead of wasting time being within ~5s kill range of every gun in the game.
Tough pill.
I just like melee. I rarely use ranged and win any match I play doing so. If you count combi throw as a ranged attack then there’s that but ranged is just boring and not fun for either side.
All he had to do was parry and run bane. Trash.
Chill
