Oh I should have specified why its essential on this build. You cant run PA because you need to be able to counter the opponents AA (see 25:10) If they rush you down, pop your AA, and when they try to pop theirs, block it with the buckler and then shoot them once to restagger. if you use PA , you cant use the buckler until its gone! Also, AA is a free 1.5-5k damage depending on how you use it. Yoi can also use it on stagger, then block their AA (dont do this against PA unless it will kill them. Technically you can erase their PA if you land the triple shield launcher but its too high risk against skilled opponents.
Fragile Bastion is a masterclass 👌🏾 I've been trying Buckler dagger, but I think Stance weapons have been handicapping my flow. I also like how you use Huxley. I'm partial to orbitals to deal with terminal armor, kites, & kickers.
@@Cleptomancer that build requirea careful decision making in when to go in for dagger light stabs, vs assault boosting with zimmerman to mitigate damage/impact. If you never go in with the dagger you might lose the impact race, as it contributes a ton of impact build up per second (I usually do a double stab so ~600 accum impact as long as the huxley is up.) If they run a nuke like a jav alpha, ill parry that first then burst them down while its on CD, with a zimm-double stab-zimm into dagger punish/AA counter-dagger repunish. The huxley is essential to making the zimm and dagger not decay into their accum impact values before you stagger! If they are playing patient I do single stab into parry shielded zimmerman shot as i bait the nuke. Another thing about the dagger is melee cancelling to gap close, its dagger light lunge still faster than AB even on the flugel
@@InAVanByTheRivr I'm above 75% success rate when parrying weapons with a warning tone & other zims, but I get chewed up by handguns & etsujin. I've also been experimenting with Shao Wei over Huxley, but it's not as stable. How do you know if you'll be able to hit more than once with the dagger?
@@Cleptomancer handguns and etsigins are designed to defeat parry shields (hits spread over time rather than burst.). For those its best to gap close with the lunge, then AB for impact reduction of 30% with your huxley, zimm to stagger, and rarely kicks or charged laser dagger if they qb diagonally through you, or saving the dagger for when they reload ideally. Youll want to get familiar with the magazine size and timing, counting their shots. If they split up the two sides you can usually win the stagger race anyways as the zimm hux can stagger lws in two zimmermans plus a burst or two of huxley (1200 +~300 impact) . At most just finish off the stagger with the first stab. The huxley is mandatory over the shao as it keeps firing even during your qbs/AB startup animations, ensuring impact doesnt reliably ever decay. The huxley is not for impact buildup, its for ensuring the zimm and laser dagger convert impact into psuedo-accum impact while the huxley is running, creating massive impqct build up with only two weapons, the zimm and dagger
Lol i did that for you. But i gotta say i think my fav build to play now is fragile bastion. Super high risk and sure not as optimally capable, but using the PB buckler and running a lw melee is really satisfying. Nothing feels better tham perfect blocking everything your opponent throws at you 7:45
@@InAVanByTheRivr daym, thanks man, i did enjoy the montage, it's an addicting experience to pilot your builds 💪😤 i actually got my eye on your Twice Lightning build, but imo the stun baton rn is just tad too slow :/ the bastion seems more skill intensive with the timing, moreover it's a LW, i'll try and see if i could make it work for me🤔 hopefully the upcoming patch address stun baton and the underutilized shields..
Ah no it was the terrain causing the stqgger extend to look wonky, I decided to pop AA before their PA in case the stqgger extend didnt register and take the AA punish as a safe bet.
20:02 nice parries also using assault armor on that frustration is crazy lol you love that expansion a lot also nice last match Clap
@@nkedgun1011 i sure do, AA has the highest skill ceiling, and is particularily more useful on lightweights with smaller stagger punishes imo.
Oh I should have specified why its essential on this build. You cant run PA because you need to be able to counter the opponents AA (see 25:10) If they rush you down, pop your AA, and when they try to pop theirs, block it with the buckler and then shoot them once to restagger. if you use PA
, you cant use the buckler until its gone! Also, AA is a free 1.5-5k damage depending on how you use it. Yoi can also use it on stagger, then block their AA (dont do this against PA unless it will kill them. Technically you can erase their PA if you land the triple shield launcher but its too high risk against skilled opponents.
Fragile Bastion is a masterclass 👌🏾 I've been trying Buckler dagger, but I think Stance weapons have been handicapping my flow. I also like how you use Huxley. I'm partial to orbitals to deal with terminal armor, kites, & kickers.
@@Cleptomancer that build requirea careful decision making in when to go in for dagger light stabs, vs assault boosting with zimmerman to mitigate damage/impact. If you never go in with the dagger you might lose the impact race, as it contributes a ton of impact build up per second (I usually do a double stab so ~600 accum impact as long as the huxley is up.) If they run a nuke like a jav alpha, ill parry that first then burst them down while its on CD, with a zimm-double stab-zimm into dagger punish/AA counter-dagger repunish. The huxley is essential to making the zimm and dagger not decay into their accum impact values before you stagger! If they are playing patient I do single stab into parry shielded zimmerman shot as i bait the nuke.
Another thing about the dagger is melee cancelling to gap close, its dagger light lunge still faster than AB even on the flugel
@@InAVanByTheRivr I'm above 75% success rate when parrying weapons with a warning tone & other zims, but I get chewed up by handguns & etsujin. I've also been experimenting with Shao Wei over Huxley, but it's not as stable. How do you know if you'll be able to hit more than once with the dagger?
@@Cleptomancer handguns and etsigins are designed to defeat parry shields (hits spread over time rather than burst.). For those its best to gap close with the lunge, then AB for impact reduction of 30% with your huxley, zimm to stagger, and rarely kicks or charged laser dagger if they qb diagonally through you, or saving the dagger for when they reload ideally. Youll want to get familiar with the magazine size and timing, counting their shots. If they split up the two sides you can usually win the stagger race anyways as the zimm hux can stagger lws in two zimmermans plus a burst or two of huxley (1200 +~300 impact) . At most just finish off the stagger with the first stab.
The huxley is mandatory over the shao as it keeps firing even during your qbs/AB startup animations, ensuring impact doesnt reliably ever decay. The huxley is not for impact buildup, its for ensuring the zimm and laser dagger convert impact into psuedo-accum impact while the huxley is running, creating massive impqct build up with only two weapons, the zimm and dagger
@@InAVanByTheRivr Thanks for all the great feedback! It's already bumped me up 2 notches in A rank. Hopefully I won't get addicted to Huxley now 😂
Finally, Daedric the GOAT returns..! 🔥
(mecha sassin/P Wound still my number one tho 👍)
Lol i did that for you. But i gotta say i think my fav build to play now is fragile bastion. Super high risk and sure not as optimally capable, but using the PB buckler and running a lw melee is really satisfying. Nothing feels better tham perfect blocking everything your opponent throws at you 7:45
@@InAVanByTheRivr daym, thanks man, i did enjoy the montage, it's an addicting experience to pilot your builds 💪😤
i actually got my eye on your Twice Lightning build, but imo the stun baton rn is just tad too slow :/
the bastion seems more skill intensive with the timing, moreover it's a LW, i'll try and see if i could make it work for me🤔
hopefully the upcoming patch address stun baton and the underutilized shields..
29:45 was that a delayed PA caused by latency..? seemed to me they entered expansion stance first before you counter..
Ah no it was the terrain causing the stqgger extend to look wonky, I decided to pop AA before their PA in case the stqgger extend didnt register and take the AA punish as a safe bet.
3:30 lmao where tf did the zimm go here
The game tried to throw my opponents a break😅
LOL i didnt even notice but yeah youre right. That was a clean shot that didnt register.
@@InAVanByTheRivr literally went into the ether. Maybe something to do with stun baton and recreatable?