CBC LW R6: Blood Eagle vs. Trilobite!

Rocket · Post by **Rocket** » Fri Apr 03, 2020 6:11 am

Whether it's going in undercutter or overcutter formation, Laz likes to try and force his opponent to take hits from his weapons. He knows Trilo has enough speed to get around to his bot's sides, so I can see BE basically doing nothing but hiding in a corner. The Asylum's layout means I can't box-rush either. Therefore, I need to get him to come to me.

When the match starts, get over to his side of the arena fast while taking note of his direction of spin. If he comes to attack me, great; sprint to his side and force him to turn against his own spinner's momentum. That, in conjunction with his -2 control differential, should slow him down enough to get underneath his wheel and make him start Tombstoning. Blood Eagle's design means that it'll bite the floor if I even slightly get underneath the sides or back. The thing'll then coin for a bit, and I can track him and keep destabilizing him. It takes slightly more wedging to make that happen if he's in overcutter mode, but not by much.

If Laz chooses to hide further back in his starting area, I can't stop him, but I can still make him come to me. Approach the blade from an angle and try to get him to move forward. If he doesn't take the bait, keep probing and dodging back. I'm not coming into contact with that blade if I can possibly help it, and if Laz wants to not take the bait then he'll have sat in the corner for the whole damn fight and will lose on control and aggression. However, if he does take the bait, I want to pull him out of his hiding place, staying juuuuust out of reach long enough to get him into a place where I have room to manoeuvre around him. This applies if he's in any open space.

I'm watchful of him trying to torque-turn, so I only want to attack him from behind or from the side where he can't do that. If he cuts weapon power to stop Tombstoning early, I'll be right on top of him anyway, so I can just shove him into a wall, hazard, or House Robot at 6 speed. I have the speed and power to control this fight. I just have to use it.

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Jesus fuck this is going to be a shitshow. Good luck, Laz, and have fun. =]

Madman · Post by **Madman** » Sat Apr 04, 2020 11:50 pm

Blood Eagle: 4/2/1/16/7
vs.
Trilobite: 9/9/3/0/9

1) I have loads of ground clearance. Her wedge is really low and shallow. She pushes with only three speed. I can easily maneuver when wedged.

2) I'm basically an angled midcutter inverted. I have some ground clearance with my blade, but she's not low-profiling me either.

3) I do 7 damage. One good smack kills or badly gimps her. She'll try to avoid taking that all match.

4) She can't box rush me. She can't take a hit. That makes her tactics really obvious and gives her no room for error: she'll try getting behind me or wedging one of my wheels to make me gyrodance. Commence smothering.

Cassie's done her research and'll probably expect:

1) Tombstone bait and torque-aided turn. People are getting wise to it. She'll either stutter engage, back off, or try circling to force me to turn against my weapon torque.

2) 180+ spin with my weapon torque if she's trying to make me turn against it.

3) Starting overcutter to gyrofuck myself less. She doesn't have a good counter, so she'll probably claim low-profiling or my blade still hitting the ground when her wedge boops me. If our dimensions are realistic, neither's happening.

Anyways, I'm not doing any of those (at least not immediately). First, see which door she's headed for and exit through the other. Stay in open space, away from walls, hazards, and housebots. My weapon's UPTAESPEED. I wanna move aggressively forward. She'll try to flank. I'll "try" to turn a bit, ineffectually, just enough that she's not guaranteed to safely get behind me. Then I'll just reverse as she hooks in for my wheel and bring my blade right into her wedge. I'm slower, but I have to cover maybe a foot and she has to react.

If I gyrodance, leave my weapon on so I'm unpredictable and hard to get ahold of. If I come down undercutter, let her literally wedge me from 100% behind. Note how my blade sweeps under my body. Her shallow wedge'll be hitting that for 7 damage. If I end up overcutter, then go back-first, let her wedge me, and pivot while she's pushing me, using my weapon torque to help. Mix up retreating with blade facing her and in reverse, letting her wedge me and countering while wedged. Even if I'm at 13-14 speed, I deal heavy damage.

Yup, that was 400 words on the nose. I want this one. I know you do too. Good luck in the rest of your fights.

CBC LW R6: Blood Eagle vs. Trilobite!

CBC LW R6: Blood Eagle vs. Trilobite!

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