Whats your opinion on these two combos?

[spiderman1000 737]

My fav two combos are Wasp+freeze and Mammoth+shaft

Wasp+freeze reasons

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This happened after a month or so when gauss was released. I really loved it but then it lost its charm after solo Jgr was removed. so I decided to try Firebird and freeze, two combos which seemed effective. and i got freeze for my style as the opponent is helpless if attacked from sides and back and has a decent damage. as for wasp, well, It helps get to the target.

Mammoth+shaft

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This one dates back to 1 year or so. When i unlocked shaft with rank up, i bought it (considering im a good sniper) and equpped it with wasp. but my brother suggested it with mammoth as snipers need cover more than mobility (which is true) and it worked! Its awesome as i dont die every now n then due to aiming time and its OD allows me to heal and take care of those pesky (Pesky isnt offensive, Right?) firebirds and freezes and other close rangers. tho the only flaw is slow speed which sometimes frustrates when in attempt to reach sniping point.

These two have gotten me pretty far but still better to discuss about the flaws

[E_polypterus 2,374]

I’m a wasp player my self with freeze/wasp being my main combo ever since I started tanki. Stealth is what you need to master with this combo the most. Thing is you’ve limited range plus the low health.

Ive used shaft mammoth as well and although so many players say it’s only for players with no skill and it’s all sit-and-shoot, it’s not entirely true, it’s quite fun. I love shooting at players from a distance again and again and watching their angry comments. Best combo if you want to be sniper. The con here is its slow and good at sniping only(and spiderman1000 shaft is good with wasp as well you should try it) )

Edited June 28, 2020 by E_polypterus

[spiderman1000 737]

19 minutes ago, E_polypterus said:

shaft is good with wasp as well

well, it wont really work as i like to go tank on them. yaknow take their hits and shoot. so wasp really cant work there.

[sharifsahaf 656]

mammoth shafts are so slow ,its quite fun to snipe them out due to lack of mobility especially as i am a mobile sniper . @spiderman1000 u should try it with viking .pretty great speed and health and the most stability in the game .also its flat ,so chances of getting noticed while in bushes and behind covers is slim .freeze+wasp is great tho .use it in my second acc ,i love people cursing the 'noob' freeze -wasp when they waste their supplies trying to survive a sneak attack or gets frozen next to a wasp bomb

[spiderman1000 737]

14 hours ago, sharifsahaf said:

mammoth shafts are so slow ,its quite fun to snipe them out due to lack of mobility especially as i am a mobile sniper . @spiderman1000 u should try it with viking .pretty great speed and health and the most stability in the game .also its flat ,so chances of getting noticed while in bushes and behind covers is slim .freeze+wasp is great tho .use it in my second acc ,i love people cursing the 'noob' freeze -wasp when they waste their supplies trying to survive a sneak attack or gets frozen next to a wasp bomb

Your point is quite valid but i dont use shaft+mammoth except in

1: rugby

2: CTF

3: red team in assault

that too, if its a sniper friendly map. You see, Viking cant survive 2 hits of a DD railgun. As a sniper, if i start aiming, 99%of the time i will shoot at an enemy. so the only way to ignore the punishment is through mammoth

IKR?

I dont know why they call a perfect made-for-each-other combo a noob combo.

thats really one of the things that got me in freeze.

[coconuttree 519]

@spiderman1000

How do you play with shaft. Do you sit some where, press space and wait for someone to come into view?  Or something else?

Edited June 29, 2020 by coconuttree

[sensei_tanker 3,098]

24 minutes ago, coconuttree said:

How do you play with shaft. Do you sit some where, press space and wait for someone to come into view?  Or something else?

Yeah pretty much (the unaltered form).

I use both freeze and shaft (freeze as my main and shaft when i play tdm on highways). Freeze wasp is an ok combo, but the issue is that you are probably dead before you make it into the enemy base. One thunder shot with double power could easily destroy you. I prefer freeze viking. With the addition of wasp OD, maybe freeze wasp is good at slowing down opponents so they can't escape the bomb. Mammoth shaft is a TDM combo. It's pretty boring, but decently effective. I actually prefer using titan with shaft because titan gives you better speed so the game doesn't go painstakingly slow without costing any health. Because you are camping in the corner, it will be very unlikely that you will need to push tanks.

[sharifsahaf 656]

40 minutes ago, coconuttree said:

How do you play with shaft. Do you sit some where, press space and wait for someone to come into view?  Or something else?

nope .kinda use it like peek-a -boo railguns. find a cover ,spot light-medium hulls or enemies that are  battered ,peek out ,charge the shot ,release and back to cover again to spot the next target. you played clash  royale ,right? there was a technique called chip damage.precisely that

Edited June 29, 2020 by sharifsahaf

[Blutaar 1,904]

Wasp Freeze: 

Solid and effective combination. It is mandatory for a meelee-range turret to be paired with a light hull, Wasp is the fastest hull ingame, is very maneuverable and is therefore well suited for Freeze. Silently approaching a target to fully freeze them while keeping your distance from their hull is a tactic I used to apply on my older account and it works great. Not to mention that Wasp is heaps of fun to use and will support you in both attack and team-oriented action. 

Shaft Mammoth: 

Classic combination, from the beginning of Shafts release a trustworthy combination. For camping, Mammoth works out best for Shaft since it is the heaviest and one of the most stable hulls ingame, the turret being settled on the front of the hull allows you to snipe behind corners and walls without exposing yourself too much. Nowadays, however, augments have influenced gameplay a lot and required players to use Shaft in other ways than solely camping .Augments as SBE. Light Capacitors and RFM allow the user to drive across the map and being more aggressive than the standard camping-trip one tends to take with Shaft, playing in full-offence is harder than silently sniping and it takes more skill to master, but you will find yourself to be more effective than being a sitting duck. Therefore, hulls such as Hornet and Hunter are best suited for this full-offence tactic, outclassing the standard sniper. 

Shaft Mammoth is not a bad combination at all, and is one of the most reliable combos, but if you want to find Shafts true potential you might want to look at other hulls later on

[mjmj5558 2,346]

On 6/28/2020 at 1:32 PM, spiderman1000 said:

My fav two combos are Wasp+freeze and Mammoth+shaft

Wasp+freeze reasons

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This happened after a month or so when gauss was released. I really loved it but then it lost its charm after solo Jgr was removed. so I decided to try Firebird and freeze, two combos which seemed effective. and i got freeze for my style as the opponent is helpless if attacked from sides and back and has a decent damage. as for wasp, well, It helps get to the target.

Mammoth+shaft

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This one dates back to 1 year or so. When i unlocked shaft with rank up, i bought it (considering im a good sniper) and equpped it with wasp. but my brother suggested it with mammoth as snipers need cover more than mobility (which is true) and it worked! Its awesome as i dont die every now n then due to aiming time and its OD allows me to heal and take care of those pesky (Pesky isnt offensive, Right?) firebirds and freezes and other close rangers. tho the only flaw is slow speed which sometimes frustrates when in attempt to reach sniping point.

These two have gotten me pretty far but still better to discuss about the flaws

Wasp freeze is a really good combo, you van use the OD really effectively, and get many kills. Best with shock frezze alt.

[wolverine848 13,097]

4 minutes ago, mjmj5558 said:

Wasp freeze is a really good combo, you van use the OD really effectively, and get many kills. Best with shock frezze alt.

No one is escaping THAT blast radius...

[wolverine848 13,097]

Here's an unstoppable combo in rugby.

Wasp+Defender+heavyHULLaugment.

The wasp pushed away my Titan that was sitting on the cap-point.  It was just silly.

[Michael828 816]

Both are pretty bad ngl.

 

Freeze is useless for freezing now and only good for damaging, thus Wasp isn't a real necessity to go with it anymore. Mammoth Shaft is boring combo mainly good for racking up cheap kills without helping the team. Now we have more dynamic combos to go with Shaft, including Viking with RFM and Hornet's OD.

Edited June 29, 2020 by Michael828

[BigCar 54]

i prefer wasp/shaft, because i love me some mobility. I can't handle using a heavy hull, i feel those only belong in TDM and i like myself some variety.

Freeze is okay with wasp, i'd argue probably the best hull for it the freezing + bomb combo can work well especially in JGR if you are careful.

 

[wolverine848 13,097]

14 minutes ago, Michael828 said:

Freeze is useless for freezing now and only good for damaging, thus Wasp isn't a real necessity to go with it anymore.

Not true at all.   Modules no longer help and the freeze resistance hull augment is very expensive since you have to buy it for each hull you use.

I get frozen all the time and at least 50% of time it's with wasp.

[E_polypterus 2,374]

14 minutes ago, Michael828 said:

Both are pretty bad ngl.

 

Freeze is useless for freezing now and only good for damaging, thus Wasp isn't a real necessity to go with it anymore. Mammoth Shaft is boring combo mainly good for racking up cheap kills without helping the team. Now we have more dynamic combos to go with Shaft, including Viking with RFM and Hornet's OD.

Currently I find circle strafing to be done effectively to a certain amount only with wasp:((((( 

A dedicated mammoth shaft is a very useful asset to the team imo. It was made to be a sniper turret anyway. 

[sharifsahaf 656]

19 minutes ago, E_polypterus said:

 

A dedicated mammoth shaft is a very useful asset to the team imo. It was made to be a sniper turret anyway. 

but if you check ,you'll find that viking is the most popular choice for snipers 

[E_polypterus 2,374]

17 minutes ago, sharifsahaf said:

but if you check ,you'll find that viking is the most popular choice for snipers 

Yes true, but then viking is popular in almost every combo.

[Michael828 816]

35 minutes ago, wolverine848 said:

Not true at all.   Modules no longer help and the freeze resistance hull augment is very expensive since you have to buy it for each hull you use.

I get frozen all the time and at least 50% of time it's with wasp.

It's true that you can still use it with Wasp effectively, but it's not a particularly impressive combo, especially compared to Viking Freeze. Wasp dies too easily, and considering the nerf Freeze received regarding the turret slowdown, it's not a good choice anymore.

38 minutes ago, E_polypterus said:

A dedicated mammoth shaft is a very useful asset to the team imo. It was made to be a sniper turret anyway. 

Well that's similar to most other turrets who've basically had their roles changed by their own augments. And whether it is a useful asset depends on the player using it, not denying its potential significance, but you also need to have someone who genuinely cares about their team more than only himself.

[that_one_hadi 15]

Use gauss/railgun/sniper for sniping with Hornet (because of it's overdrive).

[KamiGT 143]

On 6/29/2020 at 6:30 AM, wolverine848 said:

Here's an unstoppable combo in rugby.

Wasp+Defender+heavyHULLaugment.

The wasp pushed away my Titan that was sitting on the cap-point.  It was just silly.

I wish they'd undo the Hull alt update. It really ruins the balance to an unparalleled degree. I don't think anyone expected this sort of stuff to be possible. The best battles these days are no supply, boxes on, overdrive off, upgrade on, alts off. Pretty much all those things mess up balance these days...

[Okami 3,041]

On 8/31/2020 at 3:38 PM, that_one_hadi said:

Use gauss/railgun/sniper for sniping with Hornet (because of it's overdrive).

Railgun is not a sniper. When have you ever seen someone camp at the back with Railgun? Railgun is more of a midfielder.

Gauss and Shaft are the true snipers, but are still versatile. Shaft can be used at any range, depending on the alt, and Gauss is a midfielder or sniper (not a melee weapon, because of splash)

[Matt_Black 203]

Wasp/gauss for killing the shaft campers time and time again.