Kira

(Dr_RangeStar) #1

So I am kinda new to playing Kira and she has to be one of the best fire support Mercs in the game

(gloomyRequirement) #2

She’s OK. Her laser is pretty powerful, but she compensates with a very lacking ability to win a direct fight with pretty much any other merc. I personally think both Arty and Stoker are better than Kira is.

#3

Kira is good indeed.
Especially Chapel’s last objective is her ultimate playground.
Sadly the last few (in most players’ opinions unnecessary) nerfs to her is quite a punch.
The laser’s speed is meh, playing the good old cat and mouse game doesn’t work good anymore.
Then there is this useless “fix” so that the laser does not hurt players hugging a wall (which just made it worse to use).
Oh, and the walking speed of Kira was nerfed by 2% as well.
The official response was that she is a long range merc and thus doesn’t need quite the speed of Proxy.
The higher you go in the competitive play the more you realize that light mercs are in a disadvantage (in most cases).
That’s why I don’t understand this change in any way.

(bgyoshi) #4

I love Kira, and keep her in my loadout as much as possible.

I can reflect the sentiment that she’s a long range merc. Considering all of her weapons are burst or single shot weapons, and she’s very squishy, it’s best to sit at medium to long ranges, support with ammo, and rush in to capture objectives as your team closes in.

I personally prefer the Stark, as I find the scope is much more helpful in taking down snipers and others at long and occasionally extra long range. I also like the slight damage advantage over the BR, as hitting at long range is less frequent. If you can consistently hit at full DPS and prefer medium-close to medium range play, you might find the BR to be more your thing. As for the Dreiss, I really feel like it needs to take less than 5 shots to take down a Phoenix before it can be a viable choice over the other two weapons.

Remember to try and hide your initial laser so that players don’t notice when it comes down. You only have to single click to make it move, and you CAN click on scenery like trees to move it over walls where you don’t have direct line of sight.

She’s squishy and fast, so make sure you are almost never standing still.