I've read the bomb guides, Elite bomber thread, even Bopp's poor forgotten bomber guide.
Before I get the time waste of "have you considered X", I have been expanding my bombing arsenal and this is the one I'm up to.
(http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Deadly_Shard_Bomb) This is the current bomb that I am attempting to learn.
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Each bomb has an awkward jig with its kiting to get effective results.
Can someone show me the movements and positioning required to maximise effective and consistent results out of the shard bomb?
Either in-game or video wise.
Regards, kxdx
I have a channel, but I'm not sure I'd call any of the bombing there consistent and effective.
Shard bombs are really finicky in a lot of ways, and you'll need different movements for nearly each seperate enemy. A few examples:
Nitronome has like 4-5x the coverage area of shards, and as such it's both a lot easier to use and a lot more powerful. You also need to be careful about ending up too effective, because the hit limit will kick in, removing your damage and knockback.
In addition, shard bomb spread, detonation time and therefore knockback is subtly randomized by just enough that you can pretty much throw any notion of being consistent out the window.
If you're serious about this, I would recommend getting the pure damage type shards so you can switch between them and pick the most damaging one for the situation.
Good luck.