Striker vs. MAX

[Ghoran Skarr]

How good is a striker missile against a max?
Can it take them down with one shot?

[matt]

Striker is an infantry must have...

You can very easily destroy 4-5 max's in close quarters before dieing with them... id say 3 shots take down a fully armored max..

[Ouroboros]

Three shots to kill a MAX? No. It takes at least 4-5, and no way you can kill 4-5 MAXs, unless they were far away, or if they were already damaged.

The Striker is a nice weapon, but it's not a destroyer of armored units.

[LesserShade]

4 direct locked on shots will do the trick against a full health max. Sometimes though the flight path of the striker will be sloppy and you won't get a direct hit, in which case it could take you 5. Either way you'll have to reload once, which isn't a big deal ouside, but inside that can get you into trouble.

Overall though, the striker is crucial to have IMO, it will make quick work of MAX as well as reavers. Decimator is better against MAX indoors where you are more likely to find a MAX close quarters and you are less likely to have a chance to reload a striker in that situation.

[Gerico]

The nice thing is, its nice to turn the tables on AI MAXs who chew through loads of infantry then run into a striker

[LesserShade]

^exactly

[Sputty]

Strikers areg great but if you'revlosdt range to an AI MAX you'll probably lost ot the max

[Warborn]

You can very easily destroy 4-5 max's in close quarters before dieing with them... id say 3 shots take down a fully armored max..

It takes about 4+ shots to kill a full armor MAX, and there is no way you'd be able to kill that many MAXs at close range. The Striker doesn't fire terribly fast, and if you're running around with it there's a chance you could miss. On top of that, the MAX would be firing at you. So, yeah, you'd be lucky if you could kill one at close range with a Striker if it were fully armored.

And LesserShade is right -- Decimators will smoke MAXs indoors. Absolute must-have for indoor anti-MAX efforts.

[Ouroboros]

It's great how VS MAXs think they would be safer if they jet. Then you see like five Striker missiles just take it out.

[Sputty]

Yeah