Bunny Hopping Marines

Error404Error404 Join Date: 2002-11-19 Member: 9353Members
in Kharaa Strategy
<div class="IPBDescription">A New Technique to Counter them</div> I've found that when facing bunny hoppers as a skulk, it's best to look upwards while biting rather than attempt to jump with them.

Most skulks just face forward with their field of view parallel to the horizontal. Its quite effective to either look up or down while attacking the marine to adjust to their hitbox level.

Marines in vents, can be quickly killed by aiming at below their feet area. Jumping marines will be quickly munched by facing upwards.

Hope its useful.
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  • RieperRieper Join Date: 2003-03-04 Member: 14305Members
    As a CS player, I learned to use the leaping-stab-to-the-head technique, and I've adapted it to playing skulk. If locational damage is ever added, I'll be biting off a lot of heads.
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  • ZiGGYZiGGY Join Date: 2003-01-19 Member: 12479Members
    edited March 2003
    jumping skulks = knife meat <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
    (due to a combo of longer range and bhing blah blah blah blah)
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  • TheHornetTheHornet Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1776Members, Constellation
    hmmm this should help. Thanks!
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  • Fennec_FoxFennec_Fox Join Date: 2002-11-24 Member: 9858Members
    I find that the easiest way is to confuse the living hell out of them by climbing the nearest wall, running along the ceiling, jumping down the adjacent wall, and such, until they have no idea what direction they're facing, at which point you bite their **** off.
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  • SavantSavant Join Date: 2002-11-30 Member: 10289Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    What I've started doing is when I make a run at a marine, I intentionally bite with the intent to bite and continue on PAST him keeping my momentum going. Since many marines will use the bunny hop to hop BACKWARDS away from the direction you aproached, this actually leads him in the same direction. I then run until I am past him and then do a 180 and bite him in the back. This works even better with celerity. Run, bite and blow by them at 100 miles an hour and then flip around and ambush them while they are trying to figure out where you went.

    I also NEVER just 'keep biting' continually unless I am IN CONTACT with a marine. The sound of biting only gives their ears something to focus on. I only bite when I expect I'll score a hit.

    Regards,

    Savant
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  • Ph0enixPh0enix Join Date: 2002-10-08 Member: 1462Members, Constellation
    edited March 2003
    When chomping on a crouching marine as a skulk, be it in a vent or otherwise, to hit them properly you need to hold down crouch yourself.

    Just point straight at them as per normal and crouch. You will kill them in the normal 2 bites no problem. The reason and explanation for this was discovered by Wolfwings, link is here to his original post: <a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=1&t=22421&hl=crouching' target='_blank'>Click</a>
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  • Error404Error404 Join Date: 2002-11-19 Member: 9353Members
    <!--QuoteBegin---_Phoenix_-+Mar 6 2003, 07:33 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (-_Phoenix_- @ Mar 6 2003, 07:33 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> When chomping on a crouching marine as a skulk, be it in a vent or otherwise, to hit them properly you need to hold down crouch yourself.

    Just point straight at them as per normal and crouch. You will kill them in the normal 2 bites no problem. The reason and explanation for this was discovered by Wolfwings, link is here to his original post: <a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=1&t=22421&hl=crouching' target='_blank'>Click</a> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Thats really useful, thanks for sharing that, I missed the original post.
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  • SoulSkorpionSoulSkorpion Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 423Members
    I dunno... bhoppers tend to hop right down my throat, so to speak. They jump and land in a bite. I've only met ONE person who could consistently stay out of my bites, keep hopping, and still hit me with every bullet.
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  • RoobubbaRoobubba Who you gonna call? Join Date: 2003-01-06 Member: 11930Members, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Shadow
    Yeah I've had no problem with BHing marines either, just take their bellies out <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> (even better take their kidneys out from behind but you can't always be behind them <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->)
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  • AmorphousAmorphous Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11249Members
    Or you could just hide on a wall and jump on thier heads. Like you should do to every other marine in existance.
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