Spiral Knights - Lockdown-what weapons do you use?

Lockdown-what weapons do you use?

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Wed, 10/19/2011 - 11:59

Warriorrogue

What weapons do you use. I know a lot will use the flourish/snarble barb, with auto-aim, but you will probably use others along with them. I'm just wondering, what?

I use flourish(surprise...), and iceburst brandish/shockburst brandish/nightblade for striker. For a recon, i use pulsar,iceburst brandish/shockburst brandish/nightblade. peg with 2 shots, and disappear.reappear and repeat for pulsar. with catalyser, ocasionally, charge. even when they're dead, the orb floats around for a bit. killed 3 people once with it. It's amazing how no one thinks about the brandish line in Tier 2, and get destroyed by them. and those who do, meet a flourish.
So, what do use?

Wed, 10/19/2011 - 12:33

Merethif

T1 Lockdown FTW!

Static Flash + Static Edge

Wed, 10/19/2011 - 12:44

Gwenyvier

T1 I generally use Thwack

T1 I generally use Thwack Hammer
T2 is Sealed Sword
T3 is Gran Faust

Yes, I like the heavy swords.

Ironically, did you know the last hit of Static Edge does LESS damage then the first 2 Merethif?

~Gwen

Wed, 10/19/2011 - 12:47

Alice-In-Pyroland

Barbarous Thorn Blade /

Barbarous Thorn Blade / Callahan / Gran Faust / Polaris

Occasionally run Umbra Driver over the Callahan, although in my experience Callahan is better in Lockdown.

Wed, 10/19/2011 - 12:54

Warriorrogue

@echoez

@echoez so you never head down to lower tiers. I'm T2, but i head down to T1 occasionally, with heavy hatchet, and hot/static edge, using charge attacks. elemental FTW!

Wed, 10/19/2011 - 13:09

Kwizzy

Flamberge & Wrench Wand w/ a

Striker: Flamberge & Wrench Wand
Recon: Arc Razor
Guardian: Brandish, Kamarin or Nightblade.

w/ a Cyro/Firo/Shadowtech Alchemer

I made like 12 weapons just to have fun in t2 lockdown :)

Wed, 10/19/2011 - 13:18

Retequizzle

I'm pretty new to the

I'm pretty new to the Lockdown thing but from what I can tell, I do pretty well with this set in T3:

Final Flourish
Glacius
Polaris
Shivermist Buster

The Final Flourish does a lot to anything that isn't Skolver, and the Glacius does a lot to Skolver, so I have the basic CQC stuff covered. Shivermist complements playing as a Guardian with pseudo-roadblocks and the Polaris basically for corridor control, although typically it doesn't work that well. ._. I'm considering switching it for the Iron Slug just to be able to deal all-around damage at range.

It's weird though because I expected playing with the top ten on the leaderboards to be a pain, but they're also quite nice. ^_^

Wed, 10/19/2011 - 13:21

Merethif

@Gwen I must admit I didn't

@Gwen
I must admit I didn't know that, but I'm rarely doing full combo with Static Edge anyway. Since I usually play as Guardian I prefer to shield after second slash :-D

Wed, 10/19/2011 - 13:40

Warriorrogue

So, i better dump my

So, i better dump my static/hot edge. Heavy Hatchet and frost gun/cold snap. with spiral scale helm and armour now.

Wed, 10/19/2011 - 13:45

Nicoya-Kitty

I think everyone knows my

I think everyone knows my loadout by now, but:

Fused demo set
Micronome (Super Blast Bomb)
Sun Shards
Lightning Capacitor
2 Redwood Bracelets

and I go with Recon for max CTR.

Tier 2, of course.

Wed, 10/19/2011 - 13:47

#10

Thoranhippo

Final flourish, Shivermist

Final flourish, Shivermist buster, Argent peacemaker (sometimes underestimated, but extremely useful against bombers) and Divine Avenger, buuuuut really slowly working on making a Gran Faust, which is far more "powerful" due to the fact that not much player do have an actualy shadow defence.
Best damage with this setup (except you replace flourish with leviathan blade that time) is 25713. Striker ftw.

Wed, 10/19/2011 - 13:59

#11

Kegal

Gran Faust Final

Gran Faust
Final Flourish
Polaris
Sentenza

Mon, 10/24/2011 - 00:28

#12

Warriorrogue

BUMP

Mon, 10/24/2011 - 00:36

#13

Twiddle

Twisted Snarble Barb and haze

Twisted Snarble Barb and haze bomb Mk II in T2. Now I'm working on a Rigadoon for T2 PvP.

Mon, 10/24/2011 - 04:17

#14

Kreuz-Drache

For T1(All I can play...Till

For T1(All I can play...Till I upgrade my current stuff..), I usually go with Heavy Hatchet and an elemental sword(Hot Edge currently, am working on Static Edge.) The Heavy Hatchet is my main weapon, while the Hot Edge is more for different match ups. I really tried to like Thwack Hammer, but to me it feels much too slow than the Heavy Hatchet.

For T2, I'm thinking of a Bomber Set that uses Sun Shards and Haze MK11. I always wanted to try out Sun Shards....

Mon, 10/24/2011 - 05:18

#15

Velcro

I use Glacius (CTR

I use

Glacius (CTR high)
Electron Vortex (CTR med) - I'm really just too lazy to go get a 4th PvP weapon. Would be a Gran Faust or Voltaic Tempest.
Barbarous Thorn Blade (ASI low)
Callahan

Then I have two 5* sword damage trinkets with skolver coat for max damage goodness. One charge attack from my Glacius downs most Strikers.

Mon, 10/24/2011 - 05:29

#16

Aljevoias

My loadout: 1) Gran Faust.

My loadout:

1) Gran Faust. Mostly for people with tons of pierce resist. I play recon most of the time and slow weapon + attack speed decrease + no ASI on my gear just leaves me exposed for way too long when I take a swing. So I stick mostly with my BTB.

2) Barbarous Thorn Blade. I love this thing. As recon I can sneak up to someone, hit them in the face, recloak, dodge the counter, and hit them again. As a guardian I can hit (and interrupt) other guardians and strikers very easily, especially those using heavier swords. Not the greatest damage, but unless they're wearing full skolver/vog + pierce trinkets it's still usually a better deal than the GF.

3) Polaris. Good for harassing big groups of enemy players, especially if they're just sitting on the button. May not get many kills but it does a lot of aoe damage and is great for softening up guardian shields so the strikers can take them down. And it shocks.

4) Argent Peacemaker. Situational, great for bombers and finishing off people who are running away since I don't play striker.

Mon, 10/24/2011 - 05:35

#17

Evilduck

Sentenza, gran faust,

Sentenza, gran faust, shivermist buster and barbarous thorn blade. I usually play recon but occasionally switch to striker and get out my BTB.

Mon, 10/24/2011 - 07:25

#18

Mejezfeld

I only play T2 Lockdown

the last time I played LD my loadout was like

Flamberge
Graviton Charge
Chroma Suit
Demo Helm
Recon.

Spam the Graviton Charge while trying to cap a point and watch as people get sucked into it or stop and stare because they cannot figure out how to get past the vortexes (Run the hell away if a Guardian sees you though, Graviton Charge does not work too well on the Guardian shield)

Mon, 10/24/2011 - 18:10

#19

Kraanx

im a t2 player

i use a flamberge on guys with TSB's. for the rest i use a grintovec. yes it works out pretty well.......
oh, yes i forgot : im a guardian

Mon, 10/24/2011 - 18:40

#20

Richy

Since I only have T3

Since I only have T3 weapons/armor I use

Final Flourish

Divine Avenger

Sentenza

Callahan

Mon, 10/24/2011 - 21:50

#21

Playerman

What I use for Lockdown

I fight using a final flourish, a Divine Avenger(might switch that for a Voltedge), a Gran Faust, and an Argent Peacemaker.
You pretty much HAVE to get the good weapons/items to even have a chance with beating people with uvs and full skolver sets and such...

Mon, 10/24/2011 - 22:36

#22

Marazo

I go recon with Nitronome

I go recon with Nitronome with Silversix or radiant pulsar and sometimes Glacius (i fail wit swords)
recently got a shivermist...havnt tried it in lockdown.....
BTW die u striker noobs to my nitro!!!!! i love it when they dash at me and then realize they are standing in the radius of my bomb and they go...BOOM. also FU gunners......

Tue, 10/25/2011 - 01:27

#23

Spiltmilk

T3 Gear

I haven't play spiral knights in 6 months, so I'm still pretty new to lockdown. However, it only took me a few games to figure out what weapons to use.

1. Flourish and/or Gran Faust
2. Polaris

I wear skolver gear since Everyone carries a flourish, but on occasion there will be games where almost everyone is wearing a skolver. This is when I usually use the Gran Faust. Flourish however is the best weapon hands down, simply because the first swing is exploitable due to most DPS.

Then I use polaris to deal with shock bombers, other bombs aren't as effective. Voltaic tempest bomb is simply devastating due to its disabling effect, but not for damage. If you want high damage go for guns over bombs.

I've only seen one player who used the Shadow Alchemer and Polaris only... he kick some serious butt. I would say that's another good combo. Sentenza is a good gun, but I hardly see anyone kill with it.

Tue, 10/25/2011 - 01:51

#24

Spiltmilk

I just realized...

I just realized... Aljevoias ... posted the same loadout as I did for t3 PvP. I know people see it as a problem with this game when people figure out the best loadouts... you join a game and everyone is wearing a skolver set, equipped with gran faust, flourish, and their favorite gun. However, for casual gamers such as myself who aren't interested in obtaining the best UVs, these are all you need:

T3 PvP Bread and Butter-
1. Flourish type weapon or Sealed Sword
2. Polaris or Umbra Driver

You don't need a UV, I would sell any good UVs you have then save up CE. Then use a fraction of that CE to purchase an extra weapon slot, token slots and maybe use a sword module.

Tue, 10/25/2011 - 02:06

#25

Dirty-Harry

Callahan Biohazard Divine

Callahan
Biohazard
Divine Avenger
Shivermist Buster

Freeze + Multiple Biohazard charges = Scattered body parts.... Or at the very least a badly hurt poisoned fellow.

Tue, 10/25/2011 - 02:17

#26

Warriorrogue

@Dirty-Harry So, now i know

@Dirty-Harry So, now i know how to use the catalyser i'm getting. If anyone survives the charge attack...

Tue, 10/25/2011 - 09:12

#27

Sypsy

Sword loadout: (95% of the

Sword loadout: (95% of the time)
Gran faust
Final flourish
Polaris
Shivermist buster

Gun loadout (Gun dmg ultra): (when i want to change it up)
Final flourish
Callahan
Polaris
Shivermist buster

Tue, 10/25/2011 - 17:38

#28

Redlawlsy

I use

I use one sword the whole time but im only tier 2 so dont judge me, the sword is.................SHOCKBURST BRANDISH!

Tue, 10/25/2011 - 17:54

#29

Motorcat

- Gran Faust (for

- Gran Faust (for axebearding)
- Polaris
- Umbra Driver
- Sentenza
- Callahan (CTR High)
- Shivermist

Max handgun dmg bonus

I play all classes but I prefer the recon.

Tue, 10/25/2011 - 18:30

#30

Goldmaker

T2 Pvper here. - Kilowatt

T2 Pvper here.
- Kilowatt pulsar (Very usefull against everything... shoot and follow the bullets with the striker module= CHAAAAAAAAAAARGE !)
- Swift Flourich for normal attacks.
- Shock Brandish for OH-KO Charge attacks.
- Sealed Sword For breaking guards.

Max dmg done : 11k

"Fun/Troll" Equip.
- Flamberge (When you want to troll you team...)
- Sun shard.
- Shock status bomb
- Fire status bomb.
- Blast bomb
- Kilowatt pulsar.

Tue, 10/25/2011 - 23:37

#31

Warriorrogue

Why shockburst brandish? and

Why shockburst brandish? and not iceburst brandish. freezes them, so you can kill them easier?

Tue, 10/25/2011 - 23:44

#32

Warriorrogue

Please ignore the below posts

Sorry. My computer, along with all other computers at my house, hates spiral knights, and messes up most stuff i do.

Tue, 10/25/2011 - 23:46

#33

Warriorrogue

Sorry.

Tue, 10/25/2011 - 23:37

#34

Warriorrogue

Why shockburst brandish? and

Why shockburst brandish? and not iceburst brandish. freezes them, so you can kill them easier?

Tue, 10/25/2011 - 23:37

#35

Warriorrogue

Why shockburst brandish? and

Why shockburst brandish? and not iceburst brandish. freezes them, so you can kill them easier?

Tue, 10/25/2011 - 23:37

#36

Warriorrogue

Why shockburst brandish? and

Why shockburst brandish? and not iceburst brandish. freezes them, so you can kill them easier?

Tue, 10/25/2011 - 23:37

#37

Warriorrogue

Why shockburst brandish? and

Why shockburst brandish? and not iceburst brandish. freezes them, so you can kill them easier?

Tue, 10/25/2011 - 23:37

#38

Warriorrogue

Why shockburst brandish? and

Why shockburst brandish? and not iceburst brandish. freezes them, so you can kill them easier?

Tue, 10/25/2011 - 23:37

#39

Warriorrogue

Why shockburst brandish? and

Why shockburst brandish? and not iceburst brandish. freezes them, so you can kill them easier?

Tue, 10/25/2011 - 23:37

#40

Warriorrogue

Why shockburst brandish? and

Why shockburst brandish? and not iceburst brandish. freezes them, so you can kill them easier?

Tue, 10/25/2011 - 23:56

#41

Aljevoias

@ Spiltmilk I agree that OOO

@ Spiltmilk

I agree that OOO could do more to try and balance out T3 lockdown. In a way it's kind of good though - the top-end lockdown gear isn't super hard to obtain and everyone knows what it is.

Skolver is just a no-brainer; shock and freeze bombs are immensely powerful in the hands of a skilled bomber because they continually try to apply the status,. This means that if you want to mitigate bombs you need to be outright immune to the status for the resist to matter at all (at least against bombs). Skolver makes you immune freeze with no UVs, and with one 5 star slash trinket you'll have max sword damage bonus. Additionally, you can buy wolver pieces with shock UVs pretty cheaply and upgrade them, and now you have some protection against Polaris and the odd shock alchemer as well (though unelss you get to full immunity it won't do much about shock bombs)

Wed, 10/26/2011 - 07:07

#42

Kraanx

omg

octaquestion!

Wed, 10/26/2011 - 13:57

#43

Sypsy

@ Aljevoias If you are a

@ Aljevoias

If you are a striker w/ a skolver set, you don't need the sword dmg trinket since striker gives sword damage medium.
The ASI would be better.

Wed, 10/26/2011 - 14:22

#44

Goldmaker

@Warriorrogue becouse if

@Warriorrogue becouse if someone does a weak attack (lvl 1 weapons, piercing gun, o other thing with low dmg) its gonna screw my combo.

Shockbrandish Charge attack + Instant shock spasm ( shock does dmg soo its great !) + normal hit = dead... all that in 1 sec.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:20

#45

Warriorrogue

@goldmaker Okay, i admit

@goldmaker
Okay, i admit that's annoying, so i tend to be by myself/with a guardian. also, no-one survives the charge attack by me. but i'm getting a shockburst brandish so i'll have to try that one out. if it's better, i'll level it up to level 10, so it has a CTR Very high. just one trinket needed for it, and it'll have CTR-Max!

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:47

#46

Aljevoias

I play mostly Recon. You

I play mostly Recon. You still need 1 damage trinket as recon (or guardian for that matter) to get max damage bonus.

I'm working on some ASI trinkets but I'm like the worst Striker ever so I tend not play that role much. Maybe I just need more practice.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 08:27

#47

Ubernerd

In T3 Lockdown I typically

In T3 Lockdown I typically equip my Divine Avenger and Cold Iron Carver, but I almost never use the CIC. I always go Guardian because it's incredibly useful to have someone around to heal all the suicide Strikers. I also laugh at Shivermists because with a Skolver Cap and Ash Tail Coat, the only effect is the initial explosion. =)

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 11:43

#48

Nicoya-Kitty

@Warriorrogue Weapon trinkets

@Warriorrogue Weapon trinkets are all 4* and 5*, and will bump you into T3 if you equip them in your PvP loadout.

Fri, 10/28/2011 - 00:15

#49

Warriorrogue

@ Nicoya-Kitty I know that,

@ Nicoya-Kitty
I know that, i'm just laying my plans for T3 now, so i'm vaguely ready for it. still probably be killed by the first GF I meet...

Fri, 10/28/2011 - 04:58

#50

Venomousbiohazard

Weps!

I use Snarble sword because of auto-aim but I use a cryo for elemental damage and the freeze effect which in lockdown is extremely useful.
Graviton bomb is very good for lockdown now that 3 rings fixed the affects teammates thing. I really use the graviton more because I prefer support.

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