Which merc to get? (Arty, Phantom, or Redeye)

(honeydewInn) #1

So I’m pretty new, but I am saving for a new merc. I have already got Vassili, and I do pretty well, it’s just that I want some more short-mid range prowess. Luckily, Red-eye is on the free rotation, but Becasue of that, his soke grenade and IR seems to be useless. I have heard that Phantom is OP, and f so, then I don’t want to play a Merc that’s OP, as it’s no fun, and, if they nerf him, then I might be playing a merc that is ineffective. People say Arty is made redundant by Skyhammer, but he seems to have some hard hitting weapons. Any thoughts on what I should get?

(JesseKomm) #2

People say a lot of things about Phantom, according to them he’s either overpowered or underpowered, Arty is a more precise Skyhammer, he’s built to be further away from the battle and being able to target specific locations for airstrikes where Skyhammer is a massive area bomb that is really just hit or miss(When it misses it’s a real pain).

Try out RedEye while he is on free rotation, maybe play a few games with him and see how you like him.

(honeydewInn) #3

Thanks. I’ve already played Redeye a bit, and I’m not really liking him. Smoke either disperses to quickly or is too easy to disperse. What’s the cooldown on Arty? He sound like my type of merc. If the cooldown between artillery strikes is maybe 2/3s or half of skyhammer’s cooldown, I’ll definitely get him.

(JesseKomm) #4

Fairly certain the cooldown is the same, the difference being that it’s faster to come in and much more precise. If it had a shorter cooldown then game modes with EV escorting would be almost impossible for attackers.

(livelyBastion) #5

Arty’s CD is 20 seconds I believe with 2 artillery stacks maximum. Note that you can’t arty strike directly on top of the EV for some reason.

I haven’t been able to full destroy an EV in 2 artillery strikes, but I’m pretty close to it. Is it possible?

(Aazhyd) #6

Arty can strike twice, where Skyhammer can only strike once. Arty’s strike is less powerful than Skyhammer’s. Cooldown is considerably lower than Skyhammer’s.

Arty has become much better since the last fixes and he’s cheap, so you could pick him up easily.

(Phukka) #7

Don’t get either. I would suggest getting a Medic or Engi. Sawbones & Bushwacker are strong Merc’s with great Loadouts. You need to remember you may need to switch to a specific support role if your team needs it, or what usually happens, your team ignores objectives / revives etc.

#8

I just have to point to my thread once again.
It contains a lot of info about all the mercs.
It does not have the listed mercs here yet, but it does contain a good chunk of the other ones.

Happy reading!

http://forums.dirtybomb.nexon.net/discussion/16843/need-help-choosing-the-next-merc-to-buy-look-here-new-thread#latest

(SlixFaz) #9

Ok first 1.ohantoms already nerfed and 2. Arty is basically 2nd version of sky hammer 3.Red-eye is effective on the battle field