CR42 or CR73 for Sawbonez?

(Juan) #1

Which card is better for sawbonez? I have been using the CR42 for a long time but I also saw people say the CR73 was better, so which one is better?

(RyePanda) #2

SM72 all the way.

(reacti0N) #3

It depends on whether you want to be more support oriented or combat oriented.

(wolvie) #4

Do you mean the CR73?

(Juan) #5

@wolvie yeah, thanks

(MarsRover) #6

Yup. Unless you never miss with your medpacks, 20% cooldown reduction is much better than speeding up the already fast health recovery.

(Juan) #7

yeah, but I mostly like potent packs because it speeds up your self heal.

(WaffleMonster) #8

I love the CR42 and SM81 for pubs, CR73 and SM72 for more serious play.

(sonsofaugust5) #9

Potent packs makes a huge difference. There’s 2 loadouts i think are the best. The crotz with potent and get up and the smg9 with extra supplies and get up. Potent packs makes the heal rate a lot faster. As soon as the person you are healing gets shot, the heal cancels. I’d rather heal up fast, then have more packs.

(SirMurder) #10

Cr42 Masterrace

(Amerika) #11

I am 99.5% certain potent packs does not speed up healing on yourself.

(SirMurder) #12

I am 99.5% certain potent packs does not speed up healing on yourself.[/quote]

Im pretty sure it does… i always feel it when im using a loadout with potent packs or one without @Amerika

(Amerika) #13

I know it used to not work back when the game was in open beta. Maybe that’s changed since as many augments didn’t work for a very long time either.

(BananaSlug) #14

sm72 masterrace

(Captain_Forward) #15

BL71 – really unique loadout, because it is only one loadout of all medics that have unshakeable, and only one loadout of all medics that have spares. A good friend of mine main Sawbro with this particular card.

(Eox) #16

It’s the perfect loadout for self sustain. You have potent packs to increase your self heal, unshakeable to resist explosive abilities a bit more and spares to not have to get ammo every seconds. The Blishlok is also a very ammo efficient gun. With spares, that loadout allows you to fight for much longer than usual. It’s also the only good Blishlok loadouts Sawbonez has.

I still prefer SM72 though. Mainly because there’s SMG-9, but also because I can’t live without Get Up. My playstyle pretty much requires it.

About OP’s problem, I’d pick CR73 since it allows you to revive people more efficiently. Potent packs give you more self sustain and mechanic is always nice if your engineer got a problem.

(Splicer) #17

CR42 and Blishlok loadouts

(ProfPlump) #18

I reckon CR73 just because it has Get Up, but to be honest I think that CR81 is better than both of them just because it has Extra Supplies - whenever I play Sawbonez I end up stressed as fuck while waiting for my health packs to replenish, and Extra Supplies reduces that problem significantly. However, because there’s less players to heal in 5v5 competitive, I would not use CR81 in those games - it’s only better for the 7v7 and 8v8 games where multiple teammates need healing all the time and there just aren’t enough health packs to go around (Extra Supplies is extremely handy in those situations).

(MarsRover) #19

I reckon CR73 just because it has Get Up, but to be honest I think that CR81 is better than both of them just because it has Extra Supplies - whenever I play Sawbonez I end up stressed as @$!# while waiting for my health packs to replenish, and Extra Supplies reduces that problem significantly. However, because there’s less players to heal in 5v5 competitive, I would not use CR81 in those games - it’s only better for the 7v7 and 8v8 games where multiple teammates need healing all the time and there just aren’t enough health packs to go around (Extra Supplies is extremely handy in those situations).[/quote]

That’s a really long way of saying that SM72 is the best :wink:

(ProfPlump) #20

I reckon CR73 just because it has Get Up, but to be honest I think that CR81 is better than both of them just because it has Extra Supplies - whenever I play Sawbonez I end up stressed as @$!# while waiting for my health packs to replenish, and Extra Supplies reduces that problem significantly. However, because there’s less players to heal in 5v5 competitive, I would not use CR81 in those games - it’s only better for the 7v7 and 8v8 games where multiple teammates need healing all the time and there just aren’t enough health packs to go around (Extra Supplies is extremely handy in those situations).[/quote]

That’s a really long way of saying that SM72 is the best :wink: [/quote]

SM72 is probably the best for 8v8 pubs (because you need to focus more on being a medic than being a combat specialist in large games).
CR81 is best for 6v6 and 7v7 pubs (because when the numbers are thinner, you need a better gun to make you strong in combat, while also not losing Extra Supplies which gives you the ability to heal more people in less time, which is important in large games).
CR73 and CR42 are best for 5v5 competitive games (and for Execution) (because CR73 gives you the best healing skills if you’re just trying to keep 1 or 2 people alive, as it gets Potent Packs AND Get Up (extra supplies i not as important in smaller teams since you don’t have to heal as many people) as well as getting Mechanic which comes in handy when you’re going for clutch defuses after your obj specialist has been killed. And CR42 gives you the best combat effectiveness out of any Sawbonez card as it has Drilled, as well as still being very efficient at keeping 1 or 2 players alive as it has Potent Packs. However, it is not as efficient in this regard as CR73.

Basically you should use CR81 or SM72 in big pub matches when you’re playing with less skilled teammates, and you should use CR73 and CR42 if you’re trying as hard as possible to keep 1 or 2 people alive, while also giving yourself considerable combat effectiveness or objective specialist bonuses.