Which One Kills An Rt Faster?
Ballisto
Join Date: 2003-05-19 Member: 16503Members
Join Date: 2003-05-19 Member: 16503Members
<div class="IPBDescription">Biting when tired or resting?</div> One skulk does not have enough energy to kill an rt by himself - he can get it to half hp before tiring. Now there are two options to finish the rt: 1) Wait for energy to recharge (preferably in a good ambush spot) and 2) Stay next to the rt and bite it as energy comes.
My question: which one is faster?
My question: which one is faster?
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But I also found that if you are depleted and you wait around a second, bite 3 times and then repeat you can get around 10-11 bites in 5 secs if you time it right.
There might be an even better method but my point is I know you can do better than just continually biting.
Seriously, it is. Nonstop biting is the quickest way to go. But resting for a bit (just so you can hear faster bites between the silent intervals) will do it JUST AS FAST, but not faster, and sometimes slower, if you rest too much.
I tried continually resting for enough energy for 2, 3, and 4 bites and wasn't able to do it any faster than that.
Can do more DPS for shorter bursts, but also exposes you to marines for a lesser amount of time.
Or you could just man up and drop an SC first and focus the RT. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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It does slightly.
<b>Focus only:</b> 42 seconds
<b>No upgrades:</b> 39 seconds (no rest)
But I also found that if you are depleted and you wait around a second, bite 3 times and then repeat you can get around 10-11 bites in 5 secs if you time it right.
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Correct.
It should also be noted that I always recommend that you bite 'till you're tired and then rest.
Why? "Semper Vigilo et Paratus" -- always viligent and prepared. This latin phrase is essential to any combat situation. It's a balance but one should err to the side for too much energy rather than completely exhausted that way in the event the enemy pulls an unexpected move like sends squad of marines at you, you are prepared to take them on. If you got leap you can annoy them with a quick get away thus having just wasted enemy manpower and time.
Ah yes, time. The #1 most forgotten element in strategy.
Not that having the RT be parasited is bad, its just a very minor benefit. And on the downside, parasite uses a LOT of energy--if you were planning to start biting it right away, parasiting first means you will get tired much faster, meaning RT dies slower, marines get more res out of it, and you wait longer before you can go off to do something else.
So I'm not saying parasiting RTs is always bad...just sometimes.
they usually dont bother killing it unless you actually tell them its almsot dead (even then they dont bother :/)
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I would wait a bit to recharge and listen for incoming rines during that time. If you can conserve just enough energy to finish the node or maybe kill the marine when he tries to go behind the node, you'll be fine.