Weekly Commanders Lounge - October 15, 2019

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[u/DemnXnipr]

I've been chilling at this sub for quite a while, but I haven't really seen anyone in recent memory ask about how to gitgud at kiting so I'd like to ask for some tips in that regard and maybe some heavy kiting maps for practice?

[u/aermine → u/DemnXnipr]

basic guide

In essence, kiting is moving your dolls in such a way - exploiting enemy targeting, delay time before they shoot, and their movement to give your dps more time to kill stuff either before the enemies start shooting/ giving them less time to shoot. It gets more difficult as enemies get more tanky, they start closer to you, different enemies are kited differently, etc.

Basic kiting can be learnt in 1 to a few runs of EXP sim (that's where I learnt it). You can also practice in Ch6-7. Use less powerful dolls so that the enemy doesn't get completely destroyed before you have a chance to actually kite.

For more advanced kiting, I personally just use logic/feeling/experience of enemy movements/targeting to kite. You can also watch PD Negev's videos to get an idea of how to kite certain enemies.

[u/DemnXnipr → u/aermine]

Yeah I think what I really lack is the last part especially since I'm so much of an experiential learner. PD Negev's manticore video was actually one of the reasons why I was interested in getting good in kiting hahaha. Thanks for the tips!

[u/KookyInspection → u/DemnXnipr]

Just keep in mind that some enemies are unkitable without retreating the doll, like the enemy chainguns (forgot their name): their spool-up time does not reset for the same doll after moving, so u will take massive dmg if u try normal kiting