Before 1.06 slam was beneficial. Did damage, had the potential to expose you because of overload. You really have to split unless you downed your target.
Now its garbage. Slam hardly does any damage, “blinds” fireteam my ass, and after landing instead of JUST being overloaded predator now stands and does some ornate fucking twirl of the combistick instead of being able to attack, while getting lit up for no good damn reason.
If anything needs reverted to pre .06, it’s the slam…
Slam is fine to me I knock people down all the time with it I find that it’s best to slam at the Smart disk or the combi stick
you must be high, Ive wiped entire FTs just abusing the slam repeatedly as scout
Nah I used to be able to do just that. Now that predator stays stationary for 2-3 after slam it’s useless.
Predator has always remained stationary for a few seconds after a slam. Thats nothing new.
Yes the twirl mechanic with the combistick is BS, should be able to go right into a melee combo after the slam and do some damage…
Slam is fine. I use slam to chip away at their health, it’s not meant to cut their health in half. This topic is so dumb to complain about.
Idk where you’re getting this from I’ve used it directly on support and dropped him with 1 slam
this assessment is wrong. if any fireteam have taken any damage and they are together you can slam out of nowhere and maybe 2 or 3 of them go down then its a few claws for the rest of them. you can even leap just 2 feet and charge the slam making it an instant aoe attack. i use it all the time and it ends games.
ya slam wrecks. this shit is bogus.
Slam was one of those things people always said is an invaluable tool in the Preds Arsenal… i have never gotten it to work… 🤷🏻♂️
The one time i seen an opportunity to do it, i got lit up like a fucking Christmas tree, and was deader than hell before i hit the dirt… lol
Yeah idk what these people are talking about. Slam is meant to be dropped on fireteams playing close together. What’s the point of landing right on them if I just stand there taking damage while I twirl my alien baton. Losing 60% of my health because I chose to use the slam where it was meant to be used seems dumb
He’s always done the twirl bud hahaha it’s different animations for every weapon and you saying it doesn’t do damage makes me even wonder if you play or have tested it your self Hahahaha and it literally makes you completely flashed when you’re the FT
How about trying to hunt like the Predators in films, rather than trying to cosplay Superman with his superhero landings?
These slam jumps need to be removed from the game. Absolutely cancerous mechanics due to which Predators do not want to learn to play normally. Why try to hunt, why try to reduce the distance, if you can just press the СTRL and jump into the crowd, dazzle everyone and kill with a one-button spear? Nobraine mechanics for the nobrain Berserkers
slam is great. just dont get caught out with it
Its a punishment for the fireteam for being TOO CLOSE. if you all get hit with a slam, you are WAY TOO CLOSE!
you need to be 5-10 meters apart at all times and still be prepared to run towards your friends to provide fire support. that way the combi stick and slam and plasma can NEVER get more than 1 person at a time.
What are you talking about? Too close? Do you know that in the game for TF there are a lot of mechanics motivating TFs to stand in one place together?
Quests - stand and defend the point.
Using first aid kits / ammunition.
The process of revive a friend, if he is lying on the ground.
And the Predator has an imbalanced plasmaster in this regard with splash damage. Do you still want the Predator to jump 1x4 solo, inflict damage on everyone, blind all and then kill the entire squad in 3 seconds in a 15 minute game? Are you out of your mind? Where is the balance here? What’s the point?
you need to be within distance to go to them yes, you dont need to be up eachothers ass the whole match. you need to be able to get to them within a second or 2 … as i said 5-10 meters.
The slam leaves you very vulnerable to anyone not hit with it, so if you only get 1 person with it, the other 3 will punish you HARD! a badly timed one can 2nd wind you!
Its fine, learn to avoid it and avoid standing too close there is no need to be that close all the time. only to revive or help cut a net off and only 1 person not all of them… healing you just drop the thing you dont have to all heal at once around a bag, thats a bad move.
there is no requirment that you all stand there, all being in the room together is easy kills with plasma caster. only 1 in room and the others cover from outside.
Slam on top of the building and slam is good I do it a lot it’s good
