Spam first slash hits a point to flush recons out. Spam first slashes on a guardian while dancing around him.

Swordie is the easiest to get used to in ld, if you play with swords in pve. Gunner, with your latency, would be hard to play well. No pure bomber in ld does excellent. If you want to bomb, you'll need a haze bomb like voltaic tempest and stagger storm.

Shield canceling for guns is more of a replace the up and down movement of the gun with shielding animation. If you shield too long, you lose the advantage. The best usage of shield canceling on guns is a brief pop of the shield, and let go. The gun itself has a timer in which if it is shot, it counts as the same clip. So you'll still need to get used to that time frame. Even if you shield cancel, combos/clips are not reset like swords. Basically, shield cancel to stop animation, then know when to fire to avoid reload.

Blitz is fine for fsc, make sure you have a shiv/kiting weapon to avoid being left with a weapon you don't know how to manage yet.

I use my blitz on devilites, since those are not as fast and is easier to manage. Greavers on the other hand, I have to play very safe. Unless they really are coming in a straight line, they have a tendency to carry themselves behind you. And being flyng creatures, sometimes teir hitboxes are off. I try to snipe them with my calla, and never try to fight more than 3 at once in my gunning loadout.

From what I asked a guildy awhile back, a civ can land 3 hits easier than a levi. But there's the angle involved with where the 3 hits are coming from. It isn't just a spin that hits 3 tims everywhere.

Are we still talking about blitz on fiends? If you can get a group of devilites in one spot, go for it. Greavers are still iffy. They attack very fast in T3, and if you aren't used to it, you'll be smacked hard.

In fsc, you can just bait a zombie attack and shoot as they are attacking. Autoaim could help, but most people shoot into a crowd to maximize damage.

Yes it does, although keeping some distance and spraying them works better since you can see them, and have time to dodge. I hated using the blitz against greavers. I will live, but it hurts. But then again, my autoaim is never on. That might help since flying enemies have awkward hitboxes at times.

You can one shot almost everything with a point blank blitz. Anything that doesn't resist piercing should die. I'm not sure how many shots you need to connect in order to interrupt devilites, but in my experience, 3-4 is enough to do it. I have no idea on the normal shots, since it's hard to connect many of those in a set area.