So, I hear the Beta is going to usher in an actually effective LAW.Do any of these testers have tips/tactics for using this new powerhouse? How can it be used, and are there any particular ways of using it? There might not be, but you'd have to be a tester to know that for sure.
Future LAW tactics
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The LAW is now virtually impossible to kill yourself with. Its radius is still larger than a launcher grenade's, but its arming distance is now long enough that you essentially can't hurt yourself while using it. However, you are extremely dependent on your team keeping things out of close proximity to you. In a last ditch save yourself moment you can waste a rocket to get a blunt impact headshot on one ZED. This is a monumental waste of money, but in a very specific circumstance it may save you, especially in those moments where a Siren is right in front of your face and you're hauling butt to get away from something behind you.
The LAW gets roughly double damage on headshots for some unknown reason, as do grenades. The best overall strategy for dealing with Fleshpounds is to wait until one walks on a pipe and shoot it in the head while it's raging. 1 pipe + 1 LAW to the head at more than ten meters = instant Fleshpound kill. This same strategy also takes Scrakes to about a quarter HP, but for those you want to let a Sharpshooter deal with it.
At long range the LAW is capable of killing upwards of 15 to 20 ZEDs at a time, most likely a lot more if you pack them up behind a door and then let it break. In fact, one of the more potent (and broken) strategies is to have a Support weld a door until there's a bunch of stuff behind it, then have him unweld it and you fire a rocket, killing everything. Support then re-welds the door and you just keep doing that for the whole game while everyone else finds something else to cover. This is in fact cheaper over long periods than using pipe bombs to do the same job.
The LAW gets roughly double damage on headshots for some unknown reason, as do grenades. The best overall strategy for dealing with Fleshpounds is to wait until one walks on a pipe and shoot it in the head while it's raging. 1 pipe + 1 LAW to the head at more than ten meters = instant Fleshpound kill. This same strategy also takes Scrakes to about a quarter HP, but for those you want to let a Sharpshooter deal with it.
At long range the LAW is capable of killing upwards of 15 to 20 ZEDs at a time, most likely a lot more if you pack them up behind a door and then let it break. In fact, one of the more potent (and broken) strategies is to have a Support weld a door until there's a bunch of stuff behind it, then have him unweld it and you fire a rocket, killing everything. Support then re-welds the door and you just keep doing that for the whole game while everyone else finds something else to cover. This is in fact cheaper over long periods than using pipe bombs to do the same job.
From what i can tell, it might even be easier/more practical to use as Medic, Berserker or Support.
Medic gets general runspeed, which is great for running away.
Berserker gets stronger melee damage (and runspeed with melee) so carrying a Machete along with the LAW (since it now only weighs 13) seems like a nice combo.
Support, as always, can carry a shotgun with it, which is a great backup. Also, as a highlevel Support, you can carry both the LAW and the M32, which makes Support a great perk to level Demolitions with actually
(Perhaps not advisable on the higher difficulties )
Medic gets general runspeed, which is great for running away.
Berserker gets stronger melee damage (and runspeed with melee) so carrying a Machete along with the LAW (since it now only weighs 13) seems like a nice combo.
Support, as always, can carry a shotgun with it, which is a great backup. Also, as a highlevel Support, you can carry both the LAW and the M32, which makes Support a great perk to level Demolitions with actually
(Perhaps not advisable on the higher difficulties )
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Machete weighs now 1 bock.
Also the knife now can't decap clots with 1 normal swipe anymore.
1. Buy the LAW
2. Stand outside the trader room with it equipped so everyone sees you with it.
3. Put the dot on the target.
4. Get on the mic and shout a bad *** one liner before pulling the trigger.
5. Smirk as zombie guts fly into the air and rain down upon you and your team.
Also, make sure to occasionally refer to the LAW as the Battle Standard. If you or any teammates dies whilst holding a LAW, make sure to recover it because their sacrifice has now transformed it into the Blood LAW, making it a sacred artifact. Follow these steps and maybe one day you will become a LAW master like me.
Gonna scream this in the Angry German Kid's tone. It would be perfect if the game triggered a ZED time after I said that line and gibbed specimens.
I usually yell, Obey the LAW mother ****ers!!!
And when I fire a LAW rocket at a single specimen and my team comments on what a waste it was I say there is no kill like over kill. If that single specimen happens to be a Siren I say she wasn't obeying the LAW.
And when I fire a LAW rocket at a single specimen and my team comments on what a waste it was I say there is no kill like over kill. If that single specimen happens to be a Siren I say she wasn't obeying the LAW.