What Do You Think Are The Best Upgrade Combos?

Fire_Eel · October 2003

<div class="IPBDescription">Post 'em all here!</div> Here's my list.

Charger - Skulk
Carapace / Celerity / Scent of Fear

Ambusher - Skulk
Regeneration / Silence / Cloak

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Webbing Healer - Gorge
Regeneration / Adrenaline / Cloak

Builder - Gorge
Redemption / Celerity / Scent of Fear

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Spiking Sniper - Lerk
Regeneration / Adrenaline / Scent of Fear

Sporing Supporter - Lerk
Redemption / Adrenaline / Cloak

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Hit-And-Run Savager - Fade
Regeneration / Silence / Cloak

Brawler - Fade
Carapace / Adrenaline / Scent of Fear

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Tank - Onos
Carapace / Celerity / Scent of Fear

Unkillable - Onos
Redemption / Adrenaline / Cloak

Frontline Assaulter - Onos
Regeneration / Celerity / Scent of Fear

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Post your lists here!

Geronimo · October 2003

err?

I like the regen, claok ,silence but its only useful with 3 hives, which means you already won, or need to go serious...(fade or onos preferably)

Stakhanov · October 2003

Such threads have been posted before. On the Kharaa Strategy forum.

Epidemic · October 2003

This is preference, not strategy, and involves the community as whole <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

Me? Cloak, adrenaline and regen with all aliens <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'>

Shockeh · October 2003

No matter what alien -

Def : Regen, Cara for skulk usually.

Move : Silence. ALWAYS Silence.

Sens : Cloak, SoF if we have sens first by mid game (because by then there should be chambers EVERYWHERE)

Anyone else sick of us gravitating back to D-M-S?

Fire_Eel · October 2003

erm........this may sound Lame, but give me stats on Carapace on a Fade. If I get a Fade which has 100 armor and give it Carapace, how many defense does it have now assuming its a lvl 3 Carapace. Also, if theres something like 30 extra armor, and I get badly injured and return to hive, is it that now my armor would only restore to 100 pts and I can no longer have any more Defensive upgrades?

There was once when I purchased Carapace for my Fade and my Fade got 125 armor, it was lvl 3 Carapace. I then got injured and returned to hive to be healed. Problem is that when I was fully healed, I only had 100 Armor and could no longer purchase any more defensive upgrades......

ZiGGY · October 2003

cara/silence + leap MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA

RaVe · October 2003

Ziggy r teh evol

But then again I also use that hehe.

But then again....regen/silence Fade = silent bunnyhopping sharpsticks of dewm!

EDIT : Ah yes....another lethal combo....that I regularly use....silence/regen Lerk

Xzilen · October 2003

You'll rarely get all three upgrades to make it as such.

lolfighter · October 2003

Fade:
regen-silence-sof

Good allrounder. The blink sound is usually the first warning that a Fade is incoming, and it makes it hard to ambush marines from behind unnoticed. Silence solves that. Regen means that you can replenish your health AND stamina simultaneously. SoF is just an added bonus. This one's good at taking down RTs too.

DarkFrost · October 2003

Regen, Adren, SoF <-- All species

The reason we are going back to D-M-S isnt for the same reasons in 1.0 but still for the same reason, if u understand what i mean <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

Geronimo · October 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Fire Eel @ Oct 20 2003, 05:56 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> erm........this may sound Lame, but give me stats on Carapace on a Fade. If I get a Fade which has 100 armor and give it Carapace, how many defense does it have now assuming its a lvl 3 Carapace. Also, if theres something like 30 extra armor, and I get badly injured and return to hive, is it that now my armor would only restore to 100 pts and I can no longer have any more Defensive upgrades?

There was once when I purchased Carapace for my Fade and my Fade got 125 armor, it was lvl 3 Carapace. I then got injured and returned to hive to be healed. Problem is that when I was fully healed, I only had 100 Armor and could no longer purchase any more defensive upgrades......  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
That would have been because your DCs had been destroyed...

Geronimo · October 2003

Regen for skulks is not worth it other than if the marines suck big time...

Reason is: IF you survive to get close to a marine(s) you are likely to kill him(them). The trick is to get close. If you have carapace you will most likely survive alot longer, while regen will not help you in the actual combat. Regen is good if you can kill a marine and survive, which is alot more difficult without carapace...

Lategame, when marines have lvl 3 wpns you would NEED carapace to do anything at all...

(This is assuming you dont have mcs or scs, in which case cloaking and celerity/silence would help you close distance)

DarkFrost · October 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Geronimo @ Oct 20 2003, 03:44 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Regen for skulks is not worth it other than if the marines suck big time...

Reason is: IF you survive to get close to a marine(s) you are likely to kill him(them). The trick is to get close. If you have carapace you will most likely survive alot longer, while regen will not help you in the actual combat. Regen is good if you can kill a marine and survive, which is alot more difficult without carapace...

Lategame, when marines have lvl 3 wpns you would NEED carapace to do anything at all...

(This is assuming you dont have mcs or scs, in which case cloaking and celerity/silence would help you close distance)  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
Learn the art of bhop my friend there arent many who can shot you constantly when u do

Gliss · October 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Geronimo @ Oct 20 2003, 07:44 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Regen for skulks is not worth it other than if the marines suck big time...  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
However, the Marine <i>can</i> spray bullets in 5 million different directions, and some stray bullets are bound to hit you. It adds up with each Marine killed unless you get them from behind.

Insider · October 2003

ive come to like lerks with regen and a nice vent, which most marines bases in several maps come equiped.

This tactic has been a early breakdown for some marine teams because despite several tries, most of the time they get gassed. It has also been a early game onos strat for me as well.

Lerks with regen sent of fear and adrenaline seem to be the best snipers and the most anoying units to tango with, if you make shure you dont get naded/bullet spamed.

On a final note, ive come to realise that alot of times, its not really the skill that ends up giving me the edge, its how i play with my seroundings. I dont care who you are, a marine almost never checks the blind spot prime for skulk ambush, and to utilise these is how you despose of your enimies quick and efficiently. But as you said, its all about preference.

Cool post.

Fire_Eel · October 2003

Hmmmm.....anyone can tell me the armor of an Onos after it has lvl 3 Carapace?

a_civilian · October 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Fire Eel @ Oct 20 2003, 10:33 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Hmmmm.....anyone can tell me the armor of an Onos after it has lvl 3 Carapace? </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
500 health, 250 armor, 60% armor absorption. Able to sustain 500+(250*2) = 1000 damage before dying.

Fire_Eel · October 2003

hmmmm......so is that supposed to be extrememly good? Compared to Regen, which is better? I heard a lot of guys telling me Carapace Onos suck big-time

DarkFrost · October 2003

Well 1000 damage is equal to 100 LMG shots or 50 HMG shots, so doesnt take long to kill a carapace onos, if people shoot at the hitboxes instead of the model <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'>

a_civilian · October 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Fire Eel @ Oct 21 2003, 12:04 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> hmmmm......so is that supposed to be extrememly good? Compared to Regen, which is better? I heard a lot of guys telling me Carapace Onos suck big-time </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
An uncarapaced Onos has 500 health, 150 armor, and 30% armor absorption. It is able to sustain 500/.7 = 715 damage before dying.

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DarkFrost @ Oct 21 2003, 12:13 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>if people shoot at the hitboxes instead of the model</td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
Or rather, if people shoot at the hull instead of the hitboxes or model.

What Do You Think Are The Best Upgrade Combos?

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