What is the best merc for very aggressive playstyle? (close quarters mostly)

(Szakalot) #21

aura is good, but she can never hope to hold a single spot for too long. If you camp the station too much, you become an explosives-magnet

(civilTriangle) #22

For close combat, no one can compare to Rhino. That huge HP will make it almost impossible for one person on their own to knock him down (given the player is good). Second off, that minigun is a god’s weapon. Not only will it cut people down at short range, it basically doubles as a sniper (with crouching and burst fire). I would literally snipe Vassilis with it across the map. Plus, it has no ammo and when it overheats it lasts somewhere around 6 seconds, like Phantom’s cloak. Easily my favorite merc. And when he’s paired up with a decent medic or by a healing station… Better hope Vassili can pull off the headshot.

(Just_A_Waffle) #23

There is no “best” merc for close quarters, but there is a definite answer for every category:

MedicIf you like SMGs, get Sawbones, otherwise shotgun Aura is pretty nice (Act fast and you can get an exclusive alienware skin for Aura for free)

Obj SpecialistProxy is great with her Shotguns and SMG, but I personally prefer Fletcher.
Use Proxy for defense and Fletcher for offense.

In your face smash everything merc
Rhino is pretty freaking amazing at CQC, but you have to always remember to wind up your minigun before turning corners.

(eloquentZuchinni) #24

Is it possible to shotgun & quickly melee?

(ChunkySpark6) #25

SkyHammer is a good option he has good health 120hp and his gun has good accuracy.

(Yak) #26

Middle mouse button immediately casts a heavy melee (right click with the melee out for the same thing).

(bluebonnetSong) #27

proxy: she’s fast, has an smg and she has mines to zone out corridors and make a quick escape when things get a little to hot.

(GhostEntity) #28

nothing pangs quite like a whole team choosing proxy. Omg that hurts.

(ThePatientOne) #29

Fletcher would b my choice, two smgs and sticky bombs to finish the job.

(BushDweller) #30

Proxy for speed

OR

Bushwhacker

You can play him aggressively by flanking behind the enemy, putting a turret down, and raining bullets on them both from your turret, and your primary weapon. Bushwhackers turret is like having another fighter by your side, and even if it doesn’t get setup before they shoot it down. It buys you time to get right into the enemies face and kill them.

(HardCoreGamer44) #31

My 3 Top Mercs Would Be Skyhammer With M4 Or Ak Phantom With A Good Smg And Fragger With M4 Them Seems To Be The 3 To Fit My Play Style Or Sawbones In Skyhammers Place

(KattiValk) #32

Overpower?

Fragger or Rhino. If you really want an SMG then take Nader.

(Monty) #33

If the opponent is playing together, you know, moving as single group to over power the opposition. Then a Nader spamming a few granades before switching to primary weapon can wipe out the entire team. It is especially deadly in very narrow spaces such as corridors.

Sure, it makes sense to switch weapons depending the situation, but as a Nader you can rush in and blow up your opponents. Some mercs with just one granade.

(GhostEntity) #34

I’ll be testing out Rhino like crazy this free weekend and let you know how that goes for agressive and close quarters :wink:

(TheOrangePhantome) #35

Phantom is pretty good at being a stealthy but still agressive class with which you can flank around enemies and get the jump on them but after the nerf you need to sneak up on ur enemies and u cant rush at them head on as before but u can still try to but good luck with that cus u can take dmg while cloaked.

(AirborneAsian) #36

Kira has to be one. Seriously. You can all disagree, but she’s a beast. Whenever I 1 vs 1, I always win. Why? Her burst fire guns. They almost out stand everyone on 1 vs 1. Almost every time I kill em’. And her primary ability is awesome too. I almost always go on top of the leaderboard evriyteim!

(GhostEntity) #37

so Rhino turns out to be hella-scary when defending tight spaces and corners. OMG lol

Kira is my favorite although I have to admit that her abilty takes a bit of fore-thought before using but when you plan it right… I love space lasers

(Mescman) #38

I can’t get over how smooth it feels when jumping around as fletcher and tossing sticky bombs and getting those ‘stuck’ announcements. Flows really well in my opinion and with enough practice you can hit a moving sparks.

(MisterMurder) #39

<— My fav merc for aggressive playstyle.

(MTLMortis) #40

Nader’s smg with amazing rate of fire allows fantastic CQC. People have gotten all into this ad-ad-ad side to side firing that they’ve completely forgotten about the circle strafe that wrecks people in DB.

People just don’t know how to play nader and lob off grenades like they’re candy. You need to use them like Vassili does his sniper rounds. Carefulle, aimed and with purpose.

I use the GL as a shotgun. Know how to arc properly and you’re the most lethal close-med merc in the game. Insta-gib.