Who's the better Katana wielder?

(TheStrangerous) #1

http://www.strawpoll.me/10256101

My vote goes to Kira, thanks to her high speed and agility, it’s easier to hit someone with Katana.

(Amerika) #2

Please post merc related threads like this in the merc forum. Thanks!

(DexterGrif) #3

Definitely Kira. In terms of annoying/funny taunts though, they are about equal!

Let us…
sigh
Let us never speak of this again.

Is there anything stronger than no?
Ummm…
Very no!

(watsyurdeal) #4

Phantom

Quick Slash is glorious

They need to make a loadout for series 3 that gives you the Katana with Chopper, Quick Slash, and Undercover. Don’t care about the rest.

(KattiValk) #5

Playing Sparks or Aura against a not entirely brain dead Kira going full katana is not fun. You can’t sit around because Kira can actually run down a light merc.

(Your worst knifemare.) #6

Phantoms new emp is very hilarious, watching auras wonder whats wrong with their station and taking out turrets and mines until you pass them.

Haven’t tried Kira yet, going to have to make a trade up for a bronze kitana kira.

(Dysfnal) #7

Kira is going to be my next buy, but she has no melee augments on her katana cards, and she is completely visible, for melee only, Kira is better, but to complement the rest of the playstyle, I’d say phantom is better

(KUST__LunarTM) #8

[quote=“Watsyurdeal;180984”]Phantom

Quick Slash is glorious

They need to make a loadout for series 3 that gives you the Katana with Chopper, Quick Slash, and Undercover. Don’t care about the rest.[/quote]

Considering that SD said they were trying not to make melee only a viable playstyle with the recent nerf of Quick Slash, I’m surprised they actually made cards that revolve around melee only for Phantom. If they actually did made a card like you proposed, it’d be nothing short of a miracle.

(TheStrangerous) #9

ONe day Phantom, one day you may be[quote=“KUST;182282”][quote=“Watsyurdeal;180984”]Phantom

Quick Slash is glorious

They need to make a loadout for series 3 that gives you the Katana with Chopper, Quick Slash, and Undercover. Don’t care about the rest.[/quote]

Considering that SD said they were trying not to make melee only a viable playstyle with the recent nerf of Quick Slash, I’m surprised they actually made cards that revolve around melee only for Phantom. If they actually did made a card like you proposed, it’d be nothing short of a miracle.[/quote]

Melee is a complementary thing, not a substitute to gun.
I don’t only wield Katana as samurai Kira, I also use burst rifles along side Katana.
But this got me thinking: If Kira’s agility makes up for slow Katana movement, does it mean Phantom’s tankyness can be made up by cricket bat?
I gotta try cricket bat Phantom, who knows? Maybe cricket bat was Phantom’s TRUE melee weapon all this time :wink:

(Amerika) #10

[quote=“KUST;182282”][quote=“Watsyurdeal;180984”]Phantom

Quick Slash is glorious

They need to make a loadout for series 3 that gives you the Katana with Chopper, Quick Slash, and Undercover. Don’t care about the rest.[/quote]

Considering that SD said they were trying not to make melee only a viable playstyle with the recent nerf of Quick Slash, I’m surprised they actually made cards that revolve around melee only for Phantom. If they actually did made a card like you proposed, it’d be nothing short of a miracle.[/quote]

It’s one thing to not try to balance a character around melee and still indulging the people who want to do it for fun. The issue only comes up when people rant about how awful Phantom is when they are trying to melee only as if that’s how you’re supposed to play him if you want to be competitive.

(TheStrangerous) #11

[quote=“Amerika;182340”][quote=“KUST;182282”][quote=“Watsyurdeal;180984”]Phantom

Quick Slash is glorious

They need to make a loadout for series 3 that gives you the Katana with Chopper, Quick Slash, and Undercover. Don’t care about the rest.[/quote]

Considering that SD said they were trying not to make melee only a viable playstyle with the recent nerf of Quick Slash, I’m surprised they actually made cards that revolve around melee only for Phantom. If they actually did made a card like you proposed, it’d be nothing short of a miracle.[/quote]

It’s one thing to not try to balance a character around melee and still indulging the people who want to do it for fun. The issue only comes up when people rant about how awful Phantom is when they are trying to melee only as if that’s how you’re supposed to play him if you want to be competitive.[/quote]

I’m personally disappointed in his abilities. Turning him into saboteur with EMP is the right direction. But if they AMP it up, then he’d be beneficial. As for now, he’s a saboteur lab rat.

(l2c) #12

From ingame experience, Kira is superior at katana.

(TheStrangerous) #13

Agreed, in addition, Phantom’s better off with a bat :wink:

(Your worst knifemare.) #14

Got a fun little card with chopper and guardian angel

(SteelMailbox) #15

It saddens me how the merc who introduced the Katana became the worst wielder of it…