Tidder, Badworm, Br-Girl, Hetero. They are a absolute terror to face.

feller runs into guardians face-first too much, leaving him vulnerable for a 2hit

If he's changed that then maybe I might think differently

Finesse has some talentled players like Lowric, Glowing-Ember (I belive he is in finesse although not quite sure), Golza, Chromiax,Anly and a few others.

Knightmare has some talented players aswell like Chris, Timbalero, Madface, and although he has some four star gear Obey-Egnite is pretty good aswell.

There are a few stand outs in guilds that are lesser known aswell.......

Chris, Exileddread, Tennis, Dredio, Jaroche

I don't play a ton of LD, but there have been a few standouts. Sciasz I have had the honor of playing with in guild LD, dude is crazy. And a shout out to
Timbalero. Not only is he an excellent player, when he was against me and my entire team quit, he called for his team to not kill. It was such a nice gesture, and I thought I should share. Thanks for being awesome Timbalero! I can't quite comment on anyone else, I just don't play LD enough!

Blueflood is probably the best non Skolver/Flourish player out there, but Br-Girl has improved a lot at gunning so I think she deserves a mention as well.

As for Skolver players, Lowric is the best Recon I've seen, but it's hard to judge the other two classes. Hetero is a good Striker, Poul was the very first Lockdown beast, and just about anyone else from Finesse I'd probably mention as well.

Best Guardian I've played AGAINST:

Badworm

(TBH, can't think of many other good guardians that I've played AGAINST)

Best Strikers I've played AGAINST (Recently):

Poul
Hetero
Sciasz
Blueflood
Namewithnumbers
Tennis
Glowing-Ember

Some more I can't think of ATM.

Best Recons I've played AGAINST:

Lowric
Br-Girl
Tennis

Also some more I can't think of ATM.

Notable Mentions:

Thatknightisaspy
Chris
Magnus
Anly
Tidder
Madface
Freezingflame

And some more I can't think of ATM. I'll be posting some more soon, keep an eye out.

-Bigfoot

(Some will probably come to me tomorrow or something.)

best 5 strikers jupey, exileddread, sciaz, corny, dredio

I always find Gvg to be more coordinated, intense and compact than random lockdowns, the bar raise significantly higher here. It not just more skilled players in a team, the teamwork vastly improved as a whole. There's also the new of voice chat like mumble in gvg which helps to improve communication although we find it a hassle and don't need it at all. Beating up relatively new players to get a high score in randoms isn't rocket science, more so when they are 4* gears oppose to 5*. Gvg Lockdown provides a platform that via simple coordination, you can out-play adversaries that you won't beat normally. The knowledge of various strategies as well as the decision-making during matches are as vital as your own skills to beat opponents. Hence, in my opinion, judging people purely from random lockdown can be misinformed and ultimately misguided. I guarantee you will never see any form of intricate strategy utilize in a random game competently.

That said, as far as strikers are concerned, my picks are Exileddread, Corny, Sciaz, Dredio and Kid-knightx. I think Ex is tearing up a brand new tier of his own.

The most versatile player I have witness is ijjl. Most people have a favorite class and when they play the other 2, they might be decent in it but unfortunately the standard and consistency fall in comparison to their best class. Ijjl can play 3 roles, the sporadic striker, the sneaky recon or the offensive guardian equally well without a drop in quality. The impressive thing lies in when he first started out with us as a striker then a recon, he has no trinket slots and use 2 swords only. He adapts into other classes instantaneously. 22.3k damage without trinkets, without ce res, before trinket patch where it's harder to get higher damage due to lower health, a uv-less Barbarous thorn blade/ Voltedge and Vog Set on his 3rd game as guardian show some glimpse of his talent.

Exile, Ruby, Tim, Hetero, and many others.

I'm pretty god awful, don't fight me. D:

Not really good at lockdown so ill consider myself an average player.

Here's what I wrote after lock down testing phrase 4 months ago. ( 10k damage back then is a akin perhaps 25k now since guardian/recon have yet to be buffed and hp trinkets not released yet )

http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/24780

Actually, I don't disagree with you about damage isn't the most important factor although you screenshot isn't the best example since an extra member give massive advantageous.

Namewithnumbers has ensured that even if I avoid math classes for the rest of my life I will still fear numbers.

Of course I'm not a great player, but I know it when I'm getting especially massacred, and he certainly does it.

Exilddread.

I consider the "good" people the ones who can play without auto-aim. I know some of the noobs out there think that its fine to use because its part of the game, but seriously.....the computer doesnt need to aim for you....one of the best striker I've seen in tier 2 lockdown that doesn't use auto-aim is meisduhbest. He was slaughtering my whole team!

I consider the "good" people the ones who can play without auto-aim. I know some of the noobs out there think that its fine to use because its part of the game, but seriously.....the computer doesnt need to aim for you....one of the best striker I've seen in tier 2 lockdown that doesn't use auto-aim is meisduhbest. He was slaughtering my whole team!

I consider the "good" people the ones who can play without auto-aim. I know some of the noobs out there think that its fine to use because its part of the game, but seriously.....the computer doesnt need to aim for you....one of the best striker I've seen in tier 2 lockdown that doesn't use auto-aim is meisduhbest. He was slaughtering my whole team!

Auto-aim doesn't necessarily make bad players good. A checkable box won't make you OP. People who rely on it are incredibly easy to dodge and out-maneuver.

The best strikers I've seen hands down are Exileddread, Thengel, Dredio, and Sciasz.

any skolver who can walk thru my tempest deservs a nod here, still compiling alist but heres what i got so far, dredio, munya, quadratic, skybrandon(wearing the divine set), and a few more i cant recall ATM

theres a gunner out there i hadnt met before that uses valiance - but i forgot his name >.< shame cuz i think hes the best gunner out there right now. charpal is also a tough guard. im surprised kid-knight has been mentioned without any mention of spamisalreadyinus. terrurumi is also a very fast striker much like skybrandon.

Having my Guild Master Br-Girl being mentioned here three times makes me proud.

I used to use auto-aim when I played as a guardian.

But as a recon, you have to time everything almost perfectly. Having your aim skewered by just a fraction of a degree ruins everything for you. They find out where you are, and you can't even juggle them in place at that point.

Having auto-aim disabled actually improved nearly every aspect of my game, I encourage you guys to do it.

I would say (not in any order):

-Exileddread
-Thengel
-Ezho
-Namewithnumbers
-Madface
-Chris
-Freezingflame
-Badworm
-Canozo
-Silversray
-(Myself)

Just some names that come to me when I think of Lockdown

But everyone's opinion is different.

ok I'm just going to go out and say it:

Knightmare (guild)
namewithnumbers
madface
Savita (guild)
Jontlemen

end of thread

^ When you face gunners, just shoot them back and rush them. Try to be as unpredictable as possible. And don't use slow guns.