Blishlok

(darlingClaymore) #1

Some people seem to dislike the blishlok a lot, and prefer the kek 10 and croztni, I don’t see why. Its accurate, and does huge damage. While kek 10 and croztni are your generic guns. Anyone enlighten me on why people prefer these?

(Dawnlazy) #2

It’s not accurate, it spreads a lot and has a ton of recoil. The only positives it has is high damage per bullet and high mag efficiency. Everything else sucks.

(ProfPlump) #3

Well, the damage per second on the KEK-10 and Crotzni are 128 and 130, respectively, while the Blishlok is only 120. Combine that with a much lower firerate (meaning it is less consistent accuracy-wise), as well as a really slow reload, and you have yourself a much worse gun.

That said, it’s good to have some guns that are worse than the others - as it allows for balancing across mercs AND loadouts. If Aura could have a KEK-10, she would be INCREDIBLY overpowered - just remember that Proxy can clean up with a Hochfir (with a DPS of 124), imagine what Aura could do with the best SMG in the game?
And in terms of loadout balancing, there are some loadouts for mercs that have better augments, but have a worse primary weapon to balance things out. For example, Bushwhacker’s C41 loadout is considered the best (because it has a KEK-10 and the Lock On augment) while his BL81 loadout trades out that powerful gun for a Blishlok but gains the Steady augment as well as the Lock On augment - making his turrets much better. Similarly, compare Phoenix’s C72 loadout (KEK-10, Extra Supplies, Mechanic) with his KE81 (Hochfir, Extra Supplies, Potent Packs) - his C72 has a much better gun, but his KE81 has much better augments and team play potential.

That said, I think these loadouts with the worse guns and better augments are currently a little underpowered - if those loadouts were buffed (e.g, by giving Bushwhacker’s “Steady” augment a 10% buff, or by giving Phoenix’s KE81 a good third augment instead of “Cool”), then we’d have a much more interesting and strategic choice between loadouts, rather than there being one loadout that is always used and nothing else. (That said, almost all of Phoenix’s loadouts are competitive. However, most mercs, including Bushwhacker, only have one or maybe two competitive loadouts).

(darlingClaymore) #4

No that doesn’t sound right, I prefer blishlok over other smgs, so that means I have a advantage over players? that’s not right at all. Its not a balancing weapon.

(tome_weng) #5

The Blishlok is my most used weapon by far (I play a lot of fletcher and aura) and now I find myself using it on all other mercs that have the option of using it as I feel much more comfortable with it.

It has the highest damage per magazine of all the smgs (including the hochfir) and a decent reload speed which gives you a nice consistent damage output. This does in no way counteract the terrible spread and dps but I would love it if they were to emphasise these strengths more by giving it a better clip size, reload time (or one that you can actually sprint to shorten it like most other guns) or even a better max ammo count; rather than slowly chipping away at accuracy and spread or giving it a slight rate of fire buff. This would keep the weapon somewhat unique.

I also think it’d be pretty cool if they were to keep it intentionally mediocre like it is now and make it an universal weapon. That’d give mercs like redeye some interesting options.

(Thai-San) #6

Just a few days ago I hated the Blishlock but there is a dusty Sawbonez beta tester card in my inventory with said weapon. Always hated it “I get a cobalt card for my main merc and it’s a f*ckin’ Bitchlock?” but a good friend of mine loves it and told my every time we played to give her another chance. So I did as he told me to and I was amazed how good she is.
Sure other SMGs have an advantage in CQC 'cause they can just spray their foe down, but if the enemy isn’t right up in your face it’s an amazing SMG. The punch of every single bullet makes her (imo) the perfect weapon for a medic since I mostly run around with other team members and can deliver the killing blow on enemies with just 1-2 hits. 3 head shots deal 108 dmg and if you don’t spray the whole magazine in the wide enemy direction and take a little more time to aim carefully you get every lighter merc easily.

I understand every single person who hate the Blishlock but let me tell you something:
Give her a chance from time to time. Maybe you’ll like her one day.

Just like me :3

(retief) #7

I just wish the blishlok had the accuracy to match its dps. It already has the worst dps out of all of the primary smgs, giving it bad sustained accuracy just cripples it. High dps + need to burst makes sense, and low dps + can spray works. Low dps + need to burst means that the gun doesn’t do anything. You can still get kills with it, but it definitely isn’t strong.

(gg2ez) #8

Nonononono. This isn’t how it works at all. Just because you prefer the Blishlok doesn’t give you an advantage over other players. If you meet a guy who can use a KEK just as well as you use the Blishlok, you won’t win. Skill+Lesser Weapon<Skill+Greater Weapon.

(CCP115) #9

Blishlok is the most damaging SMG.

That’s about it. It has tons of spread, and it is noticeable. Plenty of times you will spray at someone only to have a bullet or two land, simply because of the spread. It’s a bit sad.

(Eox) #10

[quote=“CCP115;107635”]Blishlok is the most damaging SMG.

That’s about it. It has tons of spread, and it is noticeable. Plenty of times you will spray at someone only to have a bullet or two land, simply because of the spread. It’s a bit sad.[/quote]

And the worst DPS. And the worst RPM. And the least reliable due to both the bad RPM and the bad spread…

It looks good with any skins though. That’s more or less the only thing great with it.

(Szakalot) #11

I’ve played lots of aura-blish and there is one moment where blish is better than most smgs. Initial fire in close quarters. The HS reward is quite big and you can down people very quickly, but if you dont get multiple HS in the opening exchange, you are not going to win

(Eox) #12

Knowing that any other SMG has a higher RPM and lower recoil, so are much easier to use, I wouldn’t count on that.

(Szakalot) #13

the higher the damage the better the HS bonus, blish is accurate for sth like 5 rounds, at least in close range. a blish headshot is almost like a shotgun blast

(omegaskorpion) #14

yet the shotgun blast is instakill not a 36 damage.

i have been trying to use bihlock more and more effectively and i can only sayt that every other smg beats it. Every other smg is more accurate and has better rof and dps, so the high damage does not realy matter.
Also not being able to shoot 3 times to head hurts with low accuracy, low rof gun.

Now if we compare the bischlock to other weapon with similar stats, it would be K-121.
However the K-121 is better every way compared to bish, thanks to better rof and mag size (and better accuracy) and 135 dps.

(GottaBeGreg) #15

I would just like to point out all of the different spellings for Blishlok there have been in these posts;

Blishlok
Blish
Blishlock
Bitchlock
Bihlock
Bischlock

I don’t mean to incite a negative reaction from anyone I just wanted to point this out 'cause I found it funny.

(omegaskorpion) #16

[quote=“GottaBeGreg;109571”]I would just like to point out all of the different spellings for Blishlok there have been in these posts;

Blishlok
Blish
Blishlock
Bitchlock
Bihlock
Bischlock

I don’t mean to incite a negative reaction from anyone I just wanted to point this out 'cause I found it funny.[/quote]

Biscuitlock
Bisslock
Pisslock
Blitzlock

(i think i leave before fire rices from the rice fields)

(omegaskorpion) #17