Spiral Knights - I finally found a use for Plague Needle!

I finally found a use for Plague Needle!

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Wed, 06/05/2013 - 04:48

Krakob

We all know about Plague Needle. She's Blitz' little sister who doesn't get to play with Blitz and Pepperbox because she's got cooties. When Plague is playing with Barbie toys, Blitz and Pepperbox run into the room and attack Ken with their Batman and Iron Man toys. Plague naturally gets really sad but momma OOO is too busy watching The Price is Right to care.

Do you know what you just read? History. Because Plague now serves a purpose much greater than the one of Blitz or Pepperbox.

BEHOLD!

Disclaimer: you just read a fudgeton of sarcasm. Kthx.

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 05:22

Mystrian

"When Plague is playing with Barbie toys, Blitz and Pepperbox run into the room and attack Ken with their Batman and Iron Man toys. Plague naturally gets really sad but momma OOO is too busy watching The Price is Right to care."

That made me laugh!

Well it is poison so it lowers enemy attack power. And if you don't mind, what is your resolution? just asking because it looks crazy high.

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 05:24

Krakob

@Glade of Brass

1080p, 1920x1080. It's pretty standard.

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 08:11

Mtax

I lol'd :)

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 09:34

Spiralviperr

Along with my Voltedge, it

Along with my Voltedge, it shows how much I play LD.

Plus it's all hipster-y and stuff...

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 11:37

Arilys

@Blade-Of-Grass

"Well it is poison so it lowers enemy attack power."

It also allows us to do more damage to them, but it's kind of useless when the gun manages to kill most enemies before it actually poisons. I would actually not mind the lower damage on it when compared to the Blitz if it dealt poison more frequently, and before the mobs got enough damage to get killed :/

(It's also not that useful in Vanaduke, me and a friend tested it in parties and four Blitz Needles deal more damage than 3 Blitz and 1 Plague, even with Plague keeping Vana poisoned :I)

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 12:50

Artistbma

I always use Plague... Always

I always use Plague... Always find a use for it. In fact, I use to use its baby brother, Toxic, on the JK just for the poison.

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 12:50

Diamondshreddie

ok so...

instead of buffing the weapon.. we buff the status as a whole.

good plan? great plan.

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 14:47

Arilys

@Artistbma

I didn't say that the Toxic/Plague Needle isn't useful on T2/T1 Bosses. On the contrary, I think that using a Toxic/Plague on JK is a great idea, especially if you can just spam it while your team mates whack away at the big tub of jelly with a Faust/Brandish or spam a Dark Retribution :3

What I mean is: Toxic/Plague Needle are okay weapons for T2/T1 (though still shadowed by the Blitz), but once you move to T3, the gap between the two kinds of Needle guns becomes way too big (At least for my liking, since the rate at which the Plague deals its poison doesn't quite make up for the loss in raw damage).

@Diamondshreddie

Yeah, that's pretty much what I wish OOO would do. It's not even buffing the actual status, I like the Strong poison it deals <3 I just don't like that fact that the description for the Plague is...

"Knights are divided on whether this gun's bolts pierce and then poison, or poison then pierce. To the unlucky target the distinction is irrelevant."

... and then most times I use my Plague, I can kill most non-boss enemies with one or two charges without actually poisoning them. When I got the Plague, it was because I wanted to be able to deal poison at a steady rate to help my team partners. (I even actually got the Plague Needle before I got a Blitz...)

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 20:18

The-Worst-Knight

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http://s20.postimg.org/r38e04j5p/why_not.png

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 05:07

#10

Qwao

@Artistbma

Because there's something called Venom Veiler and it probably does a better job at poisoning things.

Granted Toxic Needle does some damage on it, and is ideal for those challenges such as all-piercing RJP, but really it's like taking half of Blitz and Venom Veiler and sticking it into one.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 14:18

#11

Dreathuxy

LD Purpose

I found one user who was very good with it in LD.

Dat Plague Needle

It's very useful for spawn camping.

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I finally found a use for Plague Needle!