I'm surprised you didn't explain how you bot-block in the video (tho it's understandable bc this kinda thing is a little difficult to explain) but here's my personal guide to BOT BLOCKING in case anyone wants tips! when being chased, option 1 is face forward and wait for the hunter to be directly behind you so you can see their red light. (I dont recommend trying to bot block attacks from awkward angles if you're still learning 😭) When the hunter's right behind you (and you're safe from running into a wall), turn your camera around to look back so you can see when they start to swing. If you have trouble timing with the swing animation, i recommend listening closely for the noise the hunter makes when they swing their weapon. all hunters have a subtle sound effect just before they swing (i.e. BQ and Geisha have a slight gasp; Gamekeeper, Hell Ember, Smiley and Wu Chang grunt loudly) ITS VERY SHORT - Usually between 0.5 second and 1.5 seconds. Once you hear/see them start the swing animation, tap the bot TWICE quickly!! If you're fast enough, you can spawn the bot to bodyblock and switch back to Tracy without having to wait for the death animation of the bot, which means you can get a second or two more to get away while the hunter's attack recovers. Option 2: I, personally, don't look behind me to see attack animation unless I'm doing it at a weird angle like on a pallet or something. I usually just listen more closely for when the hunter starts to swing. If you're like me, staring behind you at the hunter might make you anticipate the hit and put the Bot down too early, and the hunter just walks around it to down you. MOST IMPORTANT STEP: If you're not looking behind you and just listening for the hunter's attack noise, TRUST THE BOT. Trust in the spirit of the bot. The spirit of george. 99% of the time, the bot will spawn between you and the hunter in the right position because for some reason George has a slightly bigger hitbox than survivors. And also he always spawns directly behind tracy, NOT the direction you're facing the camera If you're prone to panicking at the last second, I like to use the balance beam in gymnastics as an analogy: You're 3 feet in the air on a thin shaking wooden beam about 4-6 inches wide (the width of your foot, if you're lucky) If you go to do a move and lift one leg off the beam into the air, you can't go hesitate! You have to COMMIT TO THE MOVE or else you'll fall off and break a leg!!!! Don't panic and switch to the bot more than twice, you'll probably end up wasting the hunter's attack recovery time and get hit faster. keep it cool. u got this. if you play on PC, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND using a gaming mouse with side buttons for your thumb, and changing the keybind of Tracy's bot to one of the side buttons on your mouse. You can get reaction times WAYYYYYYY faster that way, and it's easier on your hands bc you don't have to stretch your fingers halfway across the keyboard to use her item 😭 If you've read this far, gj hope this helps if you didn't read this far, L+Ratio+Terrorshocked on 5 ciphers!!!! u missed out!!!
my advice is when u think hes abt to hit wait 1 more second and then click on the bot it always works for me, bot blocked like twice in one match today
Mechanic was my main the last season but idk why now I feel insecure while playing her 😂 Ik she has a lot of debuff but I really love playing Tracy so this guide helps me a lot ❤
OMG YES i love playing mech in duo hunters since most of the time i can just focus on decoding but when they put me on cipher popping duty with 4+ ppl injured/dead it literally takes me what feels like 10 seconds to decode the last percent…
As a mech main, i prefer to hide first the bot. It's more beneficial for the team. Using George as perfume looks cool but isn't really recommendable 😂 If my cipher is at 30% and I left George there, that's a guaranteed cipher already. Which increases the chance to win
Same I even intentionally fail the calibration to attract hunter to chase me first and even if I downed fast there'll be 4 chiper being decoded at the same time.. if the hunter already chase someone else I'll go to another chiper and let the bot do the first chiper
I usually hide the bot but I've mastered the bot blocks that it saves me a lot of extra time for incase I am in a situation where I can use him, especially if he doesn't have much charge left for decoding or healing
Extra tips I'd like to add: ▪︎Sometimes survivors want to get healed by your bot, definitely let the bot heal them by itself when possible because you can leave it and do your own thing like go in for a rescue or decode while it heals without losing charge. I don't know if they changed this though, as I haven't played for a while. But it is/was extremely useful Though I recommend not running after your teammates if they don't come to you themselves. ▪︎If you have your robot out somewhere safe and it is unable to decode, have quite a bit of charge left but not enough to run to an exit gate and you desperately need a heal then you can run toward it to get it to heal you when teammates are unable to
HEY THERE fellow futaba fan here who just reinstalled the game like a week ago to prepare for the p5 rerun !!! im currently trying to main mechanic so this tut is super helpful tysm!!!! i'm still very very new so a lot of the stuff u showed here shocked me bcus i did Not know u could do so much in a game in idv esp w mechanic :00 + ur strategies r great !!! again tysm :DDD
Good video! I think it's a fairly nice guide in my opinion! Though something I recommend is not taking the ear trait (the one where failing calibrations doesn't ping nor affect you). I'm a bit of a rank maniac so I try to know the best builds and all X3 Also, amazing kites! I love how it seems like your character hopped into a hoverboard at the end XD
Oh but isn't that good for the bot so the hunter doesn't get notified of failed skill-checks? I guess it all comes down to everyone's preference but I might try to switch it for something else, what would you suggest? ^^
@@fileex_ the bot doesn't get any traits X3, like for example if you still have tide but rescue with robot it doesn't use tide. Though you can use anything you wish! It depends on what you feel most comfortable with, for example some use the one of chair lasting longer so they can decode longer with the bot, others use it for other things like escaping faster from balloons, etc.
@@WolfJZ Oh dang it really goes to show how little I know of how some perks work LMAO I'll definitely change it now that I know all this, I was aware that tide and stuff doesn't affect the bot but for some reason I thought that the ear trait does?? (although I was also using it for myself as I have matches where I'm bombarded with skill-checks right when I wanna swap to check on my bot 😭)
I got the red riding hood skin for mech but i barely play with her, i'm a perfumer and coordinator main, so this guide is really helpful, i never play decoder. Thanks!
Nah don't worry I was the exact same years ago when I gave her a try and would get killed 2min into the match all the time, it's all about getting used to her then I'm sure you'll have a blast playing as her! ❤️
I think tide is better for mech but you also need deploy the bot and hide it well at the start.. unless you confident with your kiting bringing knee jerk wouldn't really benefit you if you already bad at kiting, I mean if you hide the bot well just go far away from bot → get on chair → peacefully decoding
That's good points but this is just my own playstyle with her as I've stated in the video, and knee jerk works perfectly fine for me as I get chased a lot and I'm confident with kiting! (: I'm aware that it's recommended to hide your bot at the start but that's just not my thing 🤷♂
As a former mech main, I think it depends on how confident you are in your ability to kite. If you use the bot for body blocks when you know what you're doing, you can be as powerful as a perfumer. Meanwhile, if you know it is not your strong point, then it is better to hide the bot.
Wtf was that embalmer coffin in the first match? If you can’t give them coffins in a hood area then just save the coffin and let someone rescue. Or at least body block so mech can go to a better kiting area.
I started playing Tracy a few days ago, and this guide helped me a lot! But I have a question. What do I do against a Joseph or an Alva? When should I put my robot on to avoid wasting battery? Should I decode along with it? Do Alva's energy charges affect my robot to the point of knocking it over? These two Hunters leave me with a certain insecurity when I'm with Tracy. If anyone can help me with tips on these Hunters, I'll be very happy 🦋
Hi, what about rescues? I see some mechanics try to go in for rescues. Is this a waste of a bot? Edit: nvm got to that part. Honestly it seems like while mechanic can do rescues she's not very efficient at it.
Ah mechanic. The decoder that can't decode They gotta buff her man 😭 Like if you wanna play mechanic just play lucky guy Atleast there's no decoding speed debuff
Ik this is stupid but can i not utilize my bot cause i hate the whole looking back to mech and her bot everytime they're both decoding I'd like to keep the bot near the gate so it can decode while i go to the gate or kite my way to the gate
I struggled at first too! I think it's just a matter of getting used to his power and learning how to counter it, avoid being in the open for too long unless you have to run to other loop!
do not body block with ur bot 😭 the only reason mech is needed is because of her bot, her bot is more useful than her! body block with her at very late end game if needed (i dont play mech but this is what ive heard from mech players, hide george at the start of the game !)
As I've stated in the video no one has to actually follow what I do, it's just my playstyle that I've gotten comfortable with after playing her for months. I never planned on making a guide on her because I know not a lot of people wouldn't like/agree with it, but I decided to just because a few people asked for it (: There's plenty of guides out there for her that show that exact playstyle you're talking about but that's just not my thing 🤷♂
@@fileex_ oh ok cool! ur way better at this game than ive ever been so u probably have more of a say in how to play her over me anyways loll, i just thought repeating what some mech mains have said in the comments could be helpful to some peoplee
@@scaredindigo Oh of course! I don't mind comments that give tips as it can help me and anyone else that reads them :D But in the end everyone will have their own way to play her!
As a former mech player, I think if you're confident in your kiting you can use bot blocks. You'll be as powerful as a perfumer then. If you know kiting is not your strong point, then you hide the bot instead.
@@Lexihidesyou can be even more powerful than perfumer by using those bots that would be sacrificed as decoders! the reason mech is used is because of her ability to decode literally no matter where she is - basically, her bots are more important than herself. She isn’t useful without her bots really at alll, so if you want to play as ‘powerful’ as perfumer just play as perfumer! but thats just my opinion so play her however u want to lolll
Unfortunately no, back then I wasn't aware of it & was also using it simply because I'd miss random skill-checks I'd get as soon as I tried to swap to the bot It's better to invest your points in other traits such as Snooze or Companion effect or whatever you find good to use according to your playstyle! ^^
I'm surprised you didn't explain how you bot-block in the video (tho it's understandable bc this kinda thing is a little difficult to explain) but here's my personal guide to BOT BLOCKING in case anyone wants tips!
when being chased, option 1 is face forward and wait for the hunter to be directly behind you so you can see their red light. (I dont recommend trying to bot block attacks from awkward angles if you're still learning 😭)
When the hunter's right behind you (and you're safe from running into a wall), turn your camera around to look back so you can see when they start to swing.
If you have trouble timing with the swing animation, i recommend listening closely for the noise the hunter makes when they swing their weapon. all hunters have a subtle sound effect just before they swing (i.e. BQ and Geisha have a slight gasp; Gamekeeper, Hell Ember, Smiley and Wu Chang grunt loudly) ITS VERY SHORT - Usually between 0.5 second and 1.5 seconds. Once you hear/see them start the swing animation, tap the bot TWICE quickly!! If you're fast enough, you can spawn the bot to bodyblock and switch back to Tracy without having to wait for the death animation of the bot, which means you can get a second or two more to get away while the hunter's attack recovers.
Option 2: I, personally, don't look behind me to see attack animation unless I'm doing it at a weird angle like on a pallet or something. I usually just listen more closely for when the hunter starts to swing. If you're like me, staring behind you at the hunter might make you anticipate the hit and put the Bot down too early, and the hunter just walks around it to down you.
MOST IMPORTANT STEP: If you're not looking behind you and just listening for the hunter's attack noise, TRUST THE BOT. Trust in the spirit of the bot. The spirit of george. 99% of the time, the bot will spawn between you and the hunter in the right position because for some reason George has a slightly bigger hitbox than survivors. And also he always spawns directly behind tracy, NOT the direction you're facing the camera
If you're prone to panicking at the last second, I like to use the balance beam in gymnastics as an analogy: You're 3 feet in the air on a thin shaking wooden beam about 4-6 inches wide (the width of your foot, if you're lucky) If you go to do a move and lift one leg off the beam into the air, you can't go hesitate! You have to COMMIT TO THE MOVE or else you'll fall off and break a leg!!!!
Don't panic and switch to the bot more than twice, you'll probably end up wasting the hunter's attack recovery time and get hit faster. keep it cool. u got this.
if you play on PC, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND using a gaming mouse with side buttons for your thumb, and changing the keybind of Tracy's bot to one of the side buttons on your mouse. You can get reaction times WAYYYYYYY faster that way, and it's easier on your hands bc you don't have to stretch your fingers halfway across the keyboard to use her item 😭
If you've read this far, gj hope this helps
if you didn't read this far, L+Ratio+Terrorshocked on 5 ciphers!!!! u missed out!!!
This 😭 exactly 😭
tysm! my next video is gonna be me playing tracy, needed the refresh
my advice is when u think hes abt to hit wait 1 more second and then click on the bot it always works for me, bot blocked like twice in one match today
THANK U
Mechanic was my main the last season but idk why now I feel insecure while playing her 😂 Ik she has a lot of debuff but I really love playing Tracy so this guide helps me a lot ❤
Popping the last cipher as Mech with (2+) injured teammates is an unreal experience if you ask me 😭It feels like an eternity
OMG YES i love playing mech in duo hunters since most of the time i can just focus on decoding but when they put me on cipher popping duty with 4+ ppl injured/dead it literally takes me what feels like 10 seconds to decode the last percent…
As a mech main, i prefer to hide first the bot. It's more beneficial for the team. Using George as perfume looks cool but isn't really recommendable 😂 If my cipher is at 30% and I left George there, that's a guaranteed cipher already. Which increases the chance to win
Yeah I know it's not the best thing to do but it's so addicting when I get chased so much 🤣
Same I even intentionally fail the calibration to attract hunter to chase me first and even if I downed fast there'll be 4 chiper being decoded at the same time.. if the hunter already chase someone else I'll go to another chiper and let the bot do the first chiper
I usually hide the bot but I've mastered the bot blocks that it saves me a lot of extra time for incase I am in a situation where I can use him, especially if he doesn't have much charge left for decoding or healing
Extra tips I'd like to add:
▪︎Sometimes survivors want to get healed by your bot, definitely let the bot heal them by itself when possible because you can leave it and do your own thing like go in for a rescue or decode while it heals without losing charge. I don't know if they changed this though, as I haven't played for a while. But it is/was extremely useful
Though I recommend not running after your teammates if they don't come to you themselves.
▪︎If you have your robot out somewhere safe and it is unable to decode, have quite a bit of charge left but not enough to run to an exit gate and you desperately need a heal then you can run toward it to get it to heal you when teammates are unable to
The first thing i do is Hide cause being first target is a death sentence to mechanic 😅
HEY THERE fellow futaba fan here who just reinstalled the game like a week ago to prepare for the p5 rerun !!! im currently trying to main mechanic so this tut is super helpful tysm!!!! i'm still very very new so a lot of the stuff u showed here shocked me bcus i did Not know u could do so much in a game in idv esp w mechanic :00 + ur strategies r great !!! again tysm :DDD
Same I have a lot of trouble with Tracy 😭
Aya maruyama pfp hai:3
Good video! I think it's a fairly nice guide in my opinion! Though something I recommend is not taking the ear trait (the one where failing calibrations doesn't ping nor affect you). I'm a bit of a rank maniac so I try to know the best builds and all X3
Also, amazing kites! I love how it seems like your character hopped into a hoverboard at the end XD
Oh but isn't that good for the bot so the hunter doesn't get notified of failed skill-checks?
I guess it all comes down to everyone's preference but I might try to switch it for something else, what would you suggest? ^^
@@fileex_ the bot doesn't get any traits X3, like for example if you still have tide but rescue with robot it doesn't use tide. Though you can use anything you wish! It depends on what you feel most comfortable with, for example some use the one of chair lasting longer so they can decode longer with the bot, others use it for other things like escaping faster from balloons, etc.
@@WolfJZ Oh dang it really goes to show how little I know of how some perks work LMAO
I'll definitely change it now that I know all this, I was aware that tide and stuff doesn't affect the bot but for some reason I thought that the ear trait does?? (although I was also using it for myself as I have matches where I'm bombarded with skill-checks right when I wanna swap to check on my bot 😭)
I got the red riding hood skin for mech but i barely play with her, i'm a perfumer and coordinator main, so this guide is really helpful, i never play decoder. Thanks!
i needed this cuz i just started playing again after like 5 months, i am so bad at mech i think i was throwing in my past matches…
Nah don't worry I was the exact same years ago when I gave her a try and would get killed 2min into the match all the time, it's all about getting used to her then I'm sure you'll have a blast playing as her! ❤️
Thank you for showing us its really helps a lot 😊
I hope so! ❤️
I think tide is better for mech but you also need deploy the bot and hide it well at the start.. unless you confident with your kiting bringing knee jerk wouldn't really benefit you if you already bad at kiting, I mean if you hide the bot well just go far away from bot → get on chair → peacefully decoding
That's good points but this is just my own playstyle with her as I've stated in the video, and knee jerk works perfectly fine for me as I get chased a lot and I'm confident with kiting! (:
I'm aware that it's recommended to hide your bot at the start but that's just not my thing 🤷♂
As a former mech main, I think it depends on how confident you are in your ability to kite. If you use the bot for body blocks when you know what you're doing, you can be as powerful as a perfumer. Meanwhile, if you know it is not your strong point, then it is better to hide the bot.
Yay you posted! Amazing guide❤
Thank you so much, I hope it helped! ❤️
The first aesop mess u up because the coffin was in an empty area..🎉
dont think u should use the bot to bodyblock especially at 5 ciphers it decreases decoding speed for everyone so maybe at 1 cipher or detention yes
im like
>start the round
>get chased
>i get caught
>repeat step 1-3
happens 80% of the time
Wtf was that embalmer coffin in the first match? If you can’t give them coffins in a hood area then just save the coffin and let someone rescue. Or at least body block so mech can go to a better kiting area.
Thank you for guide! ❤
I started playing Tracy a few days ago, and this guide helped me a lot! But I have a question. What do I do against a Joseph or an Alva? When should I put my robot on to avoid wasting battery? Should I decode along with it? Do Alva's energy charges affect my robot to the point of knocking it over? These two Hunters leave me with a certain insecurity when I'm with Tracy. If anyone can help me with tips on these Hunters, I'll be very happy 🦋
Hi, what about rescues? I see some mechanics try to go in for rescues. Is this a waste of a bot?
Edit: nvm got to that part. Honestly it seems like while mechanic can do rescues she's not very efficient at it.
Ah mechanic. The decoder that can't decode
They gotta buff her man 😭
Like if you wanna play mechanic just play lucky guy
Atleast there's no decoding speed debuff
4:24 why you didn’t drop the pallet ?
because it's just a waste, there's no need for a pallet stun if you're already hit
Ik this is stupid but can i not utilize my bot cause i hate the whole looking back to mech and her bot everytime they're both decoding I'd like to keep the bot near the gate so it can decode while i go to the gate or kite my way to the gate
THANK U SM!!!
If the robot is stop decoding if you didn't check at the right time would the hunter see the robot?
Mech is the best : DDD
The nerf... But You are so pro kiting with mechanic and the new hunter is so hard to kite 😭
I struggled at first too! I think it's just a matter of getting used to his power and learning how to counter it, avoid being in the open for too long unless you have to run to other loop!
Amazing video! Oh which sever do play in idv? :0
Thank you! And I play on NA/EU :D
@fileex Np! Wonderful! I was wondering if I can could add you! Here mine idv username: TanjiroChu :D
@@sarukasaki5870 Sure I'll add you, if you didn't get the request you can add me instead my username is diabolic :D
@@fileex_ Thank you so much! :D you're super sweet!
do not body block with ur bot 😭 the only reason mech is needed is because of her bot, her bot is more useful than her! body block with her at very late end game if needed (i dont play mech but this is what ive heard from mech players, hide george at the start of the game !)
As I've stated in the video no one has to actually follow what I do, it's just my playstyle that I've gotten comfortable with after playing her for months.
I never planned on making a guide on her because I know not a lot of people wouldn't like/agree with it, but I decided to just because a few people asked for it (:
There's plenty of guides out there for her that show that exact playstyle you're talking about but that's just not my thing 🤷♂
@@fileex_ oh ok cool! ur way better at this game than ive ever been so u probably have more of a say in how to play her over me anyways loll, i just thought repeating what some mech mains have said in the comments could be helpful to some peoplee
@@scaredindigo Oh of course!
I don't mind comments that give tips as it can help me and anyone else that reads them :D
But in the end everyone will have their own way to play her!
As a former mech player, I think if you're confident in your kiting you can use bot blocks. You'll be as powerful as a perfumer then. If you know kiting is not your strong point, then you hide the bot instead.
@@Lexihidesyou can be even more powerful than perfumer by using those bots that would be sacrificed as decoders! the reason mech is used is because of her ability to decode literally no matter where she is - basically, her bots are more important than herself. She isn’t useful without her bots really at alll, so if you want to play as ‘powerful’ as perfumer just play as perfumer! but thats just my opinion so play her however u want to lolll
Self deception works on the bot?
Unfortunately no, back then I wasn't aware of it & was also using it simply because I'd miss random skill-checks I'd get as soon as I tried to swap to the bot
It's better to invest your points in other traits such as Snooze or Companion effect or whatever you find good to use according to your playstyle! ^^
honeslty, its hard for me to playing mechanic using pc :''''''''))),
Não use o robô como body Block se não a mecânica fica inútil
🕯️🕯️I WILL GET FUTABA SAKURA ON FIRST DAY OF THE CROSSOVER THIS FRIDAY WITHIN LESS THAN 60 PULLS IN IDENTITY V🕯️🕯️
oop
If only they weren’t going to nerf mech again
Yeah they really hate her at this point don't they 😭
Shes impossible to balance since shes basically 2 survivors
Are they nerfing her?
@@Lexihides yes her doll won't have a decoding buff anymore which is really bad because it will have the speed of a normal survivor
@@thicckermit6611I think there are ways to balance her, identity v is just doing her dirty
I always wanted to main her since i got her death note skin crossover and it feels like its useless if i didnt use it 💩🥲