The Axe... and why people hate it.

in all honesty 4 console fm’s are usually cowards that will camp a building and is relatively easy to wear them out with plasma/bow because they are slow.

The problem is veterans who use it, because you don’t even have to be that good. I remember when specializations were introduced we faced players like Prozi, Dan, Blade, who we never won against and got ourselves our first win. We didn’t kill them, but were able to tank the damage and finish the mission.

Sure, we won, but it was boring and we couldn’t kill them anyway, so it wasn’t really satisfying except for the fact that some of them got all raged up because of it. That was hilarious. LOL

They are fucking garbage man🤣 I killed them in about 3 mins in a smart disc massacre🤣

Which one is the infamous one? There are plenty of fm teams.

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It’s the same team that used to run 4 Dante, Unleashed with grenade launchers?

The axe doesnt matter when you play agaisnt good premade PC players like samhain…thunderwolf…voka…geessp…beerwarrior…

Even just a ps duo beats your Valkyrie axe.

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Yep, you still tried it today tho. 😀

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literally nothing works against those players, unless you are one of them, and even then, hahahaha

Kind of. Doesnt matters if the Predator uses disk, plasma whatever. We only lose as FT on privates vs each other.

This is an example of what happens if you use battle axe against someone that knows how to play the game.

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Almost took you out with my Valkyrie axe, you have that video ;) I was just dumb and didn’t finish the job. But it proves the point that while axe takes no skill most of the time, if you’re reckless with it, you will get wiped.

Assuming your team grows ABOVE ground.

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Yeah, beating a decent predator with axe with 3 potatoes can be difficult. You can’t make one mistake.
Even that potato Hollywoodtremor has killed me in pubs with a Viking axe build.
I beat him more times than I can remember.
I just mutter fucking pussy and load into my next match.
Don’t care too much about my losses in pubs to axe players when playing solo.

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One of the big issues I saw in this match is you’re not timing your swings. In some places you’re swinging too early or not on target, even at AIs, which leaves you wide open. At some points, especially near the end, you’re swinging wildly trying to get a hit, all the while Beer is lighting you up with sniper shots (I say specifically him because I know how good he is, and it seems to be a random matchup). If you find yourself doing that, you’re doing something wrong, and need to jump out immediately. I recall seeing that you are new, so you have a lot left to learn, which is a good thing because you will only get better. But if you don’t succeed in that first hit, get out. Leap out, leap back in, try again. Circle them, rush in, hit, leave. Also, I would invest in getting better with the bow and making that your main secondary. When you had that one guy down, you could have arrow’d him to death quickly and jumped out. The best tactic against good teams is patience, whittle them down one by one. You don’t need to go crazy swinging, because as you could see they moved out of range easily. Take your time, approach from the back or side, and then go for the hit.

Tbh I would recommend not using melee at all. Practice your bow, disc, plasma shots and combi throws and become an efficient long range player. The way the game is balanced in terms of damage output, melee for Pred is a deathtrap. You fought one super player in that match, now imagine four of them. You’ll never get close to use that axe. Just some friendly advice.

I try not to care when I get taken out by the axe, but it does anger me, which is oxymoronic since I do the same thing, lol. But yeah, in pubs its to be expected, especially with three potatoes. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve engaged an axe player, thought I sidestepped enough but NOPE, only to realize my team was running the other way. Immediate leave game.

I actually made a falconer build that has the sickle with assassin along with bow and it took a little to get used to but when i did i was a more successful in fights and i know i need to get better at knowing when to leave the fight but im getting better but know that build is for games when i want to end it fast. But thank you for the advice and the sad thing is that I’m over level 200 i think i need to get gud.

I’ve seen beer get downed by the axe plenty of times. so I’ve seen many other top players. but you weren’t fighting him alone. scrappy was there and he is not by any means a potato.

Also Pred movement is wonky. Jumping close to a tree instantly triggers the climb, which doing close to FT means you’ll get shot a few times. I saw that happen in your video plenty of times.

This isn’t a good example of what the axe can do even against a veteran running by himself.

Actually i have other videos with the battle axe and i won but i accidentally deleted them. And do you know how to modify the settings to make it so i don’t jump into a tree everytime I’m near one because in some matches i have to completely modify my strategy to get a a couple kills.

Change the button configuration and you no longer accidentally climb a tree…

The hit box seems to be way too big on the Axe.

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This^