How to deal with lerks
Rammler
Join Date: 2013-06-18 Member: 185607Members, Reinforced - Supporter, Reinforced - Shadow
Join Date: 2013-06-18 Member: 185607Members, Reinforced - Supporter, Reinforced - Shadow
Hi guys. at minutw 2 or 3 lerks pop out. you know that. a good lerk, and i mean a really good lerk can kill a single marine very easy. flying with top speed a marine is dead before he knows that a lerk is behind him. i saw a lot of games that are already over just because 2 lerks came on the field. its nearly impossible to kill them without a shotgun. the lerks fly in few seconds from room to room creating superior numbers and kill every marine. small maps like tram is a good example. i really do not know how to deal with this lerks. they get evry bite and hit me with every spike. they fly so fast around me that it is impossible to focuse the weapon on them. does anyone have an idea how to deal with them?
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Burst fire when far away.
Spray when biting you.
When no skulk support and you have an opportunity (full weld / hp / comm has his attention on you), push the lerk out of the room.
Hope an internet Troll doesnt give you advice.
I would say 'do not move alone' and 'let your partner have clear LoS on you'.
LOL don't do that.
1. Don't expect the lerk to die
2. The most important damage is him entering a room because you have accuracy and dps he doesn't and you know his path, so you need to do that entry dmg to scare him off while he tries to spike you initially
3. When he attacks you, you need to jump away to a position you can get some shots in. Jump behind things, around things, over things. No one has exact control of their lerk in most environments, so he WILL hit into something and give you spacing if you lead him to it
4. When your clip is out, you're fucked, so choose shots carefully up close.
But really, it's not about killing them, it's about lowering their effectiveness enough to maintain some res control while you get ups and shotguns. You can scare them just as much as they do you with corners and vents.
OR
2. Spray all bullets (LMG first then pistol then reload pistol) + Hard strafing (If you know there isn't time to perform Burst fire for example if lerk is killing you ASAP)
BUT
3. If lerk close in but doesn't make real actions to kill you and just troll while flying above your head (in hope you will proceed 2) try to increase the distance and then proceed 1 or 2.
Train your aim and good luck
YES! YES! I cannot tell you how many times I'll say "lerks are up", and the guy in the room with me just saunters off on his own, like wtf are you doing man??? BITE BITE BITE, he's dead. Oh well thank you kind sir, now I'm going to die too!
Seriously guys, STAY IN LINE OF SIGHT of each other. SOOOO often I see players close together, but around corners. That's how they get you!!! It doesn't take more than a second or two to kill a marine, even if his buddies are close by.
1) Keep an ear out for the idle growl it makes when gliding or the flapping sound.
2) Position yourself just like you always should, with long lines of sight (like down a hallway)
3) Do not aim for the wings, (they only absorb a % of the dmg) aim for the body and recognize that a "good" Lerk is going to go up and down erratically.
4) Shoot in bursts when you can, because a good lerk will wait for you to empty your magazine before they come in for the bite.
5) Call out the lifeform's position on the map when it will be near teammates, especially if it is damaged.
6) If you are alone, damaging it as much as possible and following rule #5 should be your goal. A good lerk will leave the room before it let's you kill it with an LMG
DRUM SOLO
If not, plz ignore
But I think @IronHorse's post above has probably the best summation of lerk tactics.
Also, I'm not sure why, but this thread reminds me... I love this game...
Great tips @IronHorse I did not know Lerk wings take reduced damage.
Few good counter tips to take down a Lerk
- Get good at using a shotgun for close combat
- Learn the best spots to place mines on a map. E.g. put 2-3 in the one spot near a vent entry....just hope a skulk doesn't trigger them
- Pistol Lerks at a distance
Checkout my videos on Lerk play style and try and identify ways to combat them.
How to DIE as a Lerk:
How to KILL as a Lerk:
ok then let him bite you and kill you whilst you're still burst firing?
If you're crouched with your back against the wall and a lerk is biting you; you hold mouse 1, hope for meds, and kill him ez pz...
Good sight of your teammate(s) and proper distance between you
Some geometry (walls, pillars, etc.) around you that can be used to avoid spikes and help at outmaneuvering the Lerk at close range
Good angles to shoot from
What I see a lot of players do is position themselves way too carelessly. If you try to fight a Lerk in the middle of huge open areas, it's just ezpz spike dmg you're taking. Don't oversimplify it. In group engagements you should also try to have one marine be in a more hidden position than the rest to get some ez free dmg and potentially block the lifeform as it's retreating.
At close range do mid-strafes left and right to avoid bites. Strafe jumping is applicable too, just don't spam it. Something I also like to do is that if I notice the Lerk is biting exceptionally high, you can crouch to make him miss the bite and go over you (dunno how effective this is but yolo).
I feel like that just cuts down options and makes it easier for the Lerk to read your movement.
Listen to Wobs (nachos) advice. It is the way to kill good lerks. Trying to track a moving/dodging lerk at high distance is very hard. Fire some (maybe 5-10 bullets) at the lerk when he enters a room, then wait form him to come close to bite and then spray him down strafing in a circle around him. Don't jump with any alien biting you, it will f*** up your aim. Strafe around the alien and spray them down.