I dont think the pred is weak, I win most matches… But how a human stops a Berserker pred with a combistick hit… is beyond me.
Also the scout pred is worthless… Less health and basically no gear? Can be outrun in 2nd wind by a human scout… Whats the point.
“Use tactics that other successful predators use”… listen here you lil shits. I’ve won, like a lot as predator. Level 99 (only pred) no x2 exp… on pc. But damn do I gotta work my ass off. It’s not fair, these fireteams just run around chasing. I have to bait them into CHASING ME to win more often… it’s disgusting. Instead of them sweating and cowering in the buildings and nervous about entering the jungle… they’re jumping on pipes, roofs, going out into the water area (backwater), charging you with knifes, etc.
Wanna know how I usually win? Down a player real quick with standing still into combistick in the back, into 2-3 melees+combi throw (after I down them)… i like never quick claim… almost like ever. I immediately run to collect my stick and retreat after he’s dead. OR I kinda get a good spot on a rock, hill, helipad, dense jungle so they have trouble seeing me… then fully charge a plasma cast at a person doing an objective. Then killing them while they’re being revived. 🙃 Now is the hunt over? Hell no. I press v into x during all this chaos to see if anyone is split up. I observe and see if they keep going for me or the objective. I play the time and I forgot to mention… before my very first v+x for isolation I decide my strat, either I go for the combi thing or I check the closest radio “reinforcement” spot where I spawned near. If it’s there, I chuck a few like 2-3 motion detectors leading towards it so I’ll know ahead of time if they sneak by me… anyways. Going back to the 1v3. At this point 1-2 might be shooting and the 1 will be ready with his knife. It all depends how close I am to them. I’ll mess with them by singing “tip toe through the tulips” while either shooting or combisticking the one with their gun out XD… this usually throws them off.
As the predator… you can TALK… abuse it. Get inside their head, the more you keep their egos talking the less focused they’ll be. Fire team members KNOW they’re stronger than you aside from being able to leap or camo fully… is predator weaker technically in melee? Yes. Is he weak vs Snipers, auto shotties and the AK gun? Well ye. The only thing we’ve got is element of surprise and being cheeky af. They know all this. They just gotta land their shots and try to trade with you. Don’t get baited into their game… THEY ARE STRONGER, especially together. 2 shots with a sniper destroys your helmet. You’ve got to limit exposing yourself by looking away from them while looking for them. Strange I know… but only look at them when you want to attack. Okay so getting back to finishing off a 1v3. If you downed or landed a good plasma blast cool! Gj! Repeat the blast or combi 2-3 hit into throw on their body then pull the agro towards you again. The downed guy has like 3-4 seconds tops. Now it’s a 1v2. Ask yourself did they finish all the objectives in the area already? To find this out… look for buildings with locked doors that are usually open. If some equipment isn’t blown up or theres cards/crates unopened they haven’t finished! If the 2 are still lingering instead of reinforcements either finish them melee or traps. Now we got maybe 1 or 2 if they didn’t parry well… gg! But if they did go for reinforcements… it’s all up to you if you wanna set up a TOOON of traps like 3-4 bear traps will do. If you’re winning you can actually use them!! Crazy… oh a neat trick when taking a bad trade. Say they beam you (it happens even to me)… they know you’re hurt and you hear those pesky scout/recon players charging with knifes!! Toss 1-2 bear traps surrounding you around a corner so they can’t shoot it!! Immediately med up after placing them IN CAMO… so you don’t get seen right away. Now, GET READY to cancel your heal k? Doesn’t matter if you’re only over like 60% hp just cancel it THE VERY MOMENT one of them gets trapped. Go fuckkk them up and punish for being a cocky asshole. Kill the 1-2. If you run extra pouch which I cannot imagine not… you can secure so many more games. Anyways. Hope my giant wall of text helps some people.
To clarify, is predator weaker in terms of stats? Yes. Is he stronger when you push every ounce of his mobility/tactics? Yeah… but that doesn’t mean we should stop there. I don’t FEEEL like I’m hunting. I feel like I’m punishing bullies and cod players while they essentially cheat off my homework all year long. XD I just don’t think predator is worth playing if you’re tryin to have good old fashioned fun… you play it to unlock your inner psychopath and truly hate yourself… lmao.
