im pretty good at ld but when a pro like bacon comes i die incredibly fast. i last a long time but when theres hard-core pros involved i suck. is it maybe something in my armor/weapons?
i wear: brute jelly mail/helm.
sealed sword, TSB.
and a dual heart pendant.
everything is fully heated and i have no UV's.
please tell me if there's like a problem with my equipment or tell me some ways to last longer.
i read all comments because i hate dying so fast in LD and because im excited to hear what you think!
LD
Sun, 08/26/2012 - 22:42
Mon, 08/27/2012 - 07:23
#2
Nothing trumps facerolling toothpick-dusker-strikers.
Sounds to me like you need a new set of armour. Aureate got there before me.
Look at it like this: If one of the LD 'pros' comes your way, just run away. They have far too much health and will always (well, nearly, with exceptions*) kill you before you kill them. Skill doesn't come into it. Even if you are the most skilled LD player on the planet, you are going to have a very hard fight against a Dusker facerolling.
I recommend not optimizing for 'mainstream' LD. I tried it. It's no fun. Find a loadout which suits you and use it. Personally, I use a Swifty to make up for the Recon's ASD Low, Fused Demo/Dusker hybrid, a toothpick, and Sun Shards ( = low damage, easy to push others back). You could possibly consider using a Scarlet Shield for the health bonus in LD.
Armour does depend on playstyle. Possibly, Brute Jelly is best for T2 pure bombers with fully heated bombs. Given that you are a swordie, I'd suggest the no-brainer option: Dusker.
Your weapons are a good choice, but I'd say, if you switch anything out, it should be the Sealed Sword for a gun. The first TSB swing, cancelled, will give you up to three hits with the same hitbox as the Sealed. Guns are good for bomb-countering, and harassing people at range.
*Exceptions: Deathmark plus another toothpick. You will knock a huge amount of their health away, while they will only remove little of your health. This means that, if you both then get into a toothpick duel, you actually have a good chance of winning it.
Tue, 08/28/2012 - 14:48
#3
thanks for the reply.
thanks for the reply.
Tue, 08/28/2012 - 15:02
#4
Personally, I use a Swifty to make up for the Recon's ASD Low, Fused Demo/Dusker hybrid, a toothpick, and Sun Shards ( = low damage, easy to push others back). You could possibly consider using a Scarlet Shield for the health bonus in LD.
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Tue, 08/28/2012 - 19:27
#5
Totaly noobish but worth a shot
I personally carry a Hammer, KP, and either a Grintovec or a Toothpick. I hardly go striker but am mostly guardian. Using a Hammer while guardian will help you get away a bit faster and if you learn how to combo with the drift of the hammer and a kilowat pulsar you can inflict massive damage. Even tho bombs are great for capping points I hardly use bombs because I just get very lonely *forever alone* as for tactics try spending time on buying UV's for your weapon and who knows you just might get lucky :3
Tue, 08/28/2012 - 21:43
#6
Wow great tips!
Since I'm going striker (used to be recon) but, with my armor now I think its a good striker armor/weps, now I wear a dusker coat and brute jelly helm. I can't get a hammer so my second weapon will stay as my sealed. As for my tsb people say to always use it for LD.thanks for the help
-MU
Your armour is sub-optimal. You get Sleep and Stun resistance with it, and no offensive bonuses. Stun is good, sure, but only in t3 where people commonly use Stagger Storm as a movement-impairing substitute for Voltaic Tempest. You'd be better off with Quicksilver or Dusker, since the former gives shock resist and the latter gives damage bonuses to swords.
You could always do with extra trinkies, too, but I personally hate trinkies and that would be require paying for an extra slot so I will leave that decision up to you. The 'pro' loadout I most commonly see involves something along the lines of Dusker/TSB/Hammer/Kilowatt/health trinkies.
Alternatively, you could get a Nightblade since nobody ever seems to bring along shadow resist...