Yeah, but there are gunners on your team sometimes that shoot with APs and cancel your hits :/ Most of the time it's me though >:D
Best Lockdown Players?
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Not true sypsy, grouping with teammates seems to be the last thing a gunner will do (besides scoring a defend), but they save lives believe it or not. Whether it be a polaris wall to prevent them from coming in from one side or cancelling the attacks of a guardian, gunners can be real team players. They especially help in ramparts, when they shoot the switches to move freely from 1 to 4.
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Okay, I'll play the straight man too. I was hoping the "xD" would show I was being sarcastic...
You haven't played with me enough to know that Zaderules is referring to something I do.... You can constantly find me cowering behind a striker while shooting polaris shots in what I hope would be a somewhat useful fashion.
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But imo, the best of the bests, is Namewithnumbers =)
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one day this thread will die
but not before I kill you first
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Soooooooo.... Looking as we kinda got off topic a little there. I usually never post in the forums, and when I do, it's because I'm very bored.
Anyways here are some of the good lockdown players I've faced (not in any specific order):
Bigfootm
Dredio
Saidxp
Sushh
Thatknightisaspy
Kingdomknightsword
Feller
Snarkey
Thecodlegend
Nitef
Dravor
Badworm
Ajex
Fistsmack
Bacon-Strip
Fodow
Jonathansiu
Canozo
Andersherz
Polariss
Obey-Egnite
Firewhisperer
Laytin
Snrub
Sciaz (If that's how you spell your name... Forgot)
Bobxloblaw
Ruby-Eclipse
Hetero
Vlad (Though I don't see him that much anymore...)
Bdon
Blueberrymuffin
Bigdaddyy
Bighondo
Thisnameisinuse
Dangerduck
Daveyb
Mrgreedy
Dukss
Elgan
Ezho
Nardcore
Zave
Citizen-Curious
Fishace
Furiseto
Hyuns
Kingbowser
Plinked
Thengel
Angelgod
Tidder -he's be offline for a few months :(
Sorou
Tetriatics
Jaroche
...
They're probably more, but they've slipped my mind
Here are the lockdown players than have really stuck in my mind:
Chris
Nexzon
Exileddread
They are the only people I see getting over 30000 damage per game...
I'll add more later
I think the best players depend on your relative latency when compared to theirs, since my list is far different in than the one above. I have never seen anyone get over 30k in a game that I am in, and rarely do I see over 25k, even with exiled, nexzon, etc. I say bump chris and nexzon down and move thengel and jacdsfwer up, then add pakuun to it, and you got a good list. Even then no way is there a large skill gap between the lists (those guys can't "pwn everyone on the other list"), just a matter of lag/latency/connection to internet and OOO that second. the game really isnt skill based tbh.
-Entropize
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Forgot Jacdsqfwer! How could I?!!!!! He's like the god of everything!
(No, that's was not sarcasm. I respect Jascdsqwer alot, and hope he's still playing well)
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Best strikers:
Sciasz
Exileddread
Rubyeclipse
Chris
Although there are many good strikers out there, these are the few that I consider to be the best.
Best Guardians:
Badworm
Pakuun
Dravor
Gianfri
Had to do alot of thinking for this one. I apologize to those who I have left out (If any).
Best Recons:
Lowric
Zave
Neodasus
Recon takes alot of skill to master, so we have to give these guys credid. Once again, I apologize to anyone I left out.
Well, there it is. My list.
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good times http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/559812102348087680/6224C34190D9E379378...
I respect your skills freezing, but you should focus more on caps than dmg.
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Anyone who puts their own name on the pro list most likely isn't pro.
Anyone who actually is pro, shouldn't need to put their own name on their list.
Also, Ruby just rage-revives. He gets to play like 3 minutes more than anyone else in the game, so he has an advantage, and puts up irregularly large numbers because of it. Sure, he's good, but when someone else is better he still wins.
~Sev
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@Mrgreedy
I don't cap because I'm not playing to win. I'm playing to get the most damage. Often times, this is just as good as capping.
@Severage
Although Ruby CE revives, there is no arguing he is a great lockdown player 1v1.
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Completely disagree. You are not a credit to a team if you don't cap. CE rev in GvG, i can pass that. CE rev in random, it's pointless and shows you are a sore loser unless you are using mist then i can understand. I don't see people who spam three combos a top contender. Good players with asi vh knows how to use the cursor well and shield cancel to get away from counter attacks. Just saying.
-Bobxloblaw
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I use both mist and CE that I bought with crowns. I see no harm in CE reviving. I don't know who you have me confused with. I don't spam 3 combos...lol. & I know how to shield cancel. So...yeah. I don't cap because I'm not there to win, as I stated in post #361. If i'm not there to win, than I clearly don't care if I win or lose. I don't see how you got sore loser from that.
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That part wasn't directed at you. Sorry, I should have been more clear about that.
For those that think they are good because they do high damages in random...please. It's easy to get high damages if most of the players are sub par in equipment. If you really want see how well you are compared to other good players, do it in GvG wherein it is assured that at least 5 out of 6 opponents can take you down 1 on 1. If you do well, bravo.
-Bobxloblaw
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Decent players imo
Exile - was the first LD player i respected.
Canozo - He and I have around the same average on normal games
Sciaz - I don't remember much about him but i remember he wasn't an easy target.
Bobxloblaw - He's just good at the game lol.
Saidxp - Complains alot, but a good gunner overall.
Blueflood - Good gunner imo
>.< FYI my top score is 41K, i got a screeny, when i find it i'll post >.<
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most people who get the highest damages, and stuff play ALOT. like Saidxp :) I was playing like 5 games in a row against him but he amazed me. I'm a skolver striker, he's a gunner. and yet he got about the same damage as me (15k) every game, and I believe he got more captures and defends. so I gotta say blueflood, Saidxp and Br-girl are the best gunners I've seen.
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My Top 10 Strikers (no particular order)
Chris
Namewithnumbers
Jcas
Exileddread
Fodow
Tennis
Canozo
Thisnameisinuse
Sir-Pulse
Bighondo
I decided to close the list with 3 gunners, who may not do as much dmgs as the others on the list, but make up for it by being time-consuming nuisances.
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To all the gunners out there: Keep doing what you do. Though you may not get top damage, as Inflatos said, it's all about consuming time.
If you can take the top player on the other team out for half a minute or longer, even if you die, you just gave your team a huge advantage.
45 seconds is a loooong time in LD.
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These people in Tier 1 have definite skill(no specific order) - Greenlocust, Lockingpopper, Blueheron, Jraynerq, Sparkplug, Shennynerd, Dezmodez, Darror, Dizzymoon, Balderus, Flaame
People that were great at Tier 1 but don't play anymore - Golza, Giansis, Adept-Rogue, Duovit
Might be missing a name or two but that's all I got for now.
-Edited 4/11 to add 3 names.
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Wow, you now have my full respect for not adding your name to that list.
/salute
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Then I shall put him on my Tier 1 list :D
(This list is in no particular order)
-Ironskullkid
-Ylol
-Azoldria
-Gwalchafed
-Ndog (if he decides to play)
-Jace-Jarak
-Greenlocust
-Blueheron
-Jraynerq
-Sparkplug
Some other great players are Espil and Metanat. Espil for his unreal sniping skills and Meta for his unexpecting skills when he first started playing T1 LD.
I think there are a few more but I forgot to mention them. Sorry ^^
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in post 265 you stated:
To win, you depend on:
Mainstream Sets
Striker
Latency
Energy
Hi, I play T2 LD at a fairly high level. i do use dusker and standard LD weapons (tsb and kilowatt) but I don't use heart pendants or any other trinks. i play guardian, have minimal lag, and am Free to Play and don't CE rev unless i get unlucky with the respawn timer and don't want to wait for 20 seconds.
I would like to se a match with no heart pendants.
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Note: This is NOT my screenshot.
En-Garde in T2 LD with a Dusker set and a Swift Flourish, zero uv's.
http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/594715184769299789/7084F936E0F32BD388B...
...Yeah, this is more than most people's T3 damage.
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Great damage, En-Garde.
You should submit that to the records thread. The fact that you lost thought would put you in a different column than the other T2 strikers though
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Wow no love for danger.. :( makes sense since i am a decent player and not at all on the list of good players! but yeah i think everyone has been named so far! cant think of anyone knew.
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Great gunners:
Blueflood
Thisnameisinuse
Rhipdclxvi
Mhmok
Sypsy (hybrid gunner+swordsman)
There's some other great gunners I heard like Tennis and Bighondo but I never played against them.
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they use an aginta class wepon bombers are my problem sword men well ask the guys I owned at reactor area 1 in LD I held it for 4 min with out dieing and killed people 1-5 times each note NO ONE HAD SEALED SWORD LINE
But still I AM NOT THE BEST LD PLAYER cause I have a poison resist uv and my armor is horrible
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sorry, i just won't, because you told me i sucked because i use auto-target + keyboard....
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Ok so time to list my opinion still typin on phone D:
1. Exileddread
2. Sciasz
3. Feller
4. Hetero
5. Namewithnumbers
6. Ezho
7. Nexzon
No particular order off top of my head 10 seconds of thinkin don't feel bad if I missed u :)
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Been a long time since you made that post, but I gotta wonder.....
WHY AM I ON IT? I am absolutely horrible at LD T_T I don't understand. At all.
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I did not expect to see my name on there a few times... oh well sweet heres dah ppl i think are awesome not in order btw...
Rdzknightz
Skybrandon
Treizknight
Thrillhaus
Fortuneangel
Bulby
Spiralhipster
Dizzymoon
Zage
Hudikiller
Qaz
Peteg
Rileyslayer
Dknight
Fallconn
Tavianna
Whatchacallit
Dangerduck
Freezingflame
Urdailyapple
Blueberrymuffin
Etc.
Guilds:
Lockdown Aces
Happiness
Dum Spiro spero
Order of Venus
Phantom end
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Probly my friend Skybrandon havent versed him yet...YET but he wont tell me his loadouts?...last time i read the LD champion list he had a score of roughly 25000
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Eh you forgot Dangerduck. He used to be my guildmaster before i quitted my guild. He is very good. Maybe he could even beat him. I saw them fight 3 times already.
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i don't think Dangerduck could take Sky, i've seen sky get 19k damage.....in T2!!!!!!
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In my opinion, the best Lockdown players are the ones that don't use the Wolver armor, Toothpicks or the Kilowatt Pulsar.
Skill doesn't rely on abusing the range of the Snarble Barb/Flourish(Which is comparable to that of the Troika) or spamming Pulsar rounds.
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I started using a snarble barb 2* in T2...
First game was 6k damage. Most caps (9), most defends (2).
Second game was (against noobs *cough*) 10k damage. Again, most caps (3), most defends (1) (again, was against noobs who didn't know how their equips worked..).
I regularly spam shards and stick to the more hipster LD weapons... but when I don't. WATCH YOUR TAIL CLONE!
This is coming to you from a Shock vapo/ Sealed sword wielding Recon in t2. And no... I won't be bringing toothpicks into my playset again.
However, I will be wearing a certain scale helm and some wolver suit. Since my shards have taken an upgrade to the 3rd tier.
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http://steamcommunity.com/id/ChrisSucks/screenshot/578954588104000570/?t... Practically my best T2 damage
http://steamcommunity.com/id/ChrisSucks/screenshot/506892556204190891/?t... Best T3
-Exileddread (quitted)
-Bloodc (quitted)
-Skybrandon
-Thengel
-Sypsy
-Owao
-Chris
-Bobxloblaw
-Ezho
-Meida
-Dredio (quitted)
-Soral
-Blueberrymuffin
-St-Leone
-Thunderbog
-Zave
-Redliaw (sucks if lagging)
-Icycloud
-Lowric
-Nardcore
-Rubyeclipse
-Magnus (doesn't play LD anymore)
-Dizzymoon
-Saidxp
-Rhipdclxvi
-Namewithnumbers
-Hadn
-Badworm
-Mitezuss
-Jaroche
Thats all the best player I've met and remember :o
What an inefficient strategy. Whoever does that should dragged into a hallway and shot... with a polaris while poked by a toothpick.
xD