rog or doc

I run 2 Rogs. Don't have a Doc, but never wanted one. At 3x the price of a Rog, I'd get 3 Rogs.

I've had both but never really got on with Doc. Personally I think the Rog is a better bot being faster with quick jump cool down. Good caps plus good blitz attack and jump retreat.

Rog is fun

I have both and have used them as mainstays in my hangar at one time or another.

The Doc I used up until Expert 2 with the 4x Tulu setup. Before Tulus were nerfed I found it to be the best. Doc just isn’t strong or fast enough to be a knife fighter, despite how much I wanted it to be. Sure, if you’re running alongside an Ancilot it’s a different story, but now that there are fewer of those because of dashbots, you run the risk of trying to brawl on your own which is a fight the Doc almost always loses.

The Rog (with Orkans) I have used every game since I won it as it was my chief beacon capper and the most fun bot in my hangar. I have subbed in my new Kumiho in its place now as Kumiho is even faster to the beacons. You can’t run Rog the same as your other bots in top tier play. There are some exchanges you should literally just avoid and find another targets elsewhere on the map. So you have to be a bit more selective of your targets. But my God is it fun! It may be just the thing you need. The added mobility means you can even have a chance in a head to head with a DB Griffin, especially if you wait until he has jumped before you engage. And for a medium bot that jumps every 7 seconds and runs 60kph, that’s impressive.

I’d say go for the Rog and another pair of Orkans if you need them. Just avoid one on one skirmishes with Haechis, Ancilots and plasma snipers and you can do really well with it, particularly as an opening beacon capper.

OK, if you want to know which is better... while a slightly subjective question, Rog will usually win out in most people's minds. Fast, agile, and jumpy. It can still be an asset even in the K-Bot world.

But, If you are just bored... then it comes down to what would cure your boredom faster:

1. ROG = a bot you can pretty much jump into and start jumping into the fight (literally), swinging and kicking, almost immediately.  Main downside is lower HP and FirePower than it really needs to get out and trade blows with other bots.  But, that just means you should run it a bit differently... it is a guerilla warfare extraordinaire.

My favorite is the Ork variant.  Shoot and scoot.  Hide, and bide (your time).  Use terrain and cover (And teammates) to your advantage.  Harass datass.  Don't try and take bots out in one go if they are not focused on another target than you... shoot, then back the hell up (or go in whatever direction you feel is best) before even all your rockets hit... before they shoot back.  Remember you are trying to never be where his ordinance lands.

2. DOC = a fragile-ish bot capable of putting out a LOT of short range damage with Orks, or a good bit of damage at 500m with Tulus, but with a pretty large learning curve that may or may not be what you want after you get to know it.  This thing is quirky.  Personally, I run one, off and on, on my 2 baby accts and 1, full time, on my Main acct, (lately, anyway).  

It is pretty dang fast... for a medium bot (1 Km/h faster than the Galahad) but horrible at changing directions and acceleration.  So, not agile, per say.  It is easiest to use with Tulus, but after I got used to that and tried the Orks... well, it's like being addicted to taking risks.  The reward for when you run it well and have a good go at it, is worth the bad games that leave you asking why you ever even got the thing.  Literally taking out an Ancilot all by yourself, disregarding the shield by shooting all 4 orks at it, is very satisfying.  But, unlike the Rog, you have to be even MORE careful and had better be good at reading the battle and knowing when the flank attack is available, as that is the best opportunity to squeeze the most use out of it that you can.  I like pairing up with either a blue Carnage or an Ancilot and using their shield for defense.  Then lending my rockets to the Red that starts hitting my teammate.  I have gotten good kill ratios with it even when it barely lasts a minute.  2:1 is easy... 3 or 4:1 is doable.  It's just pretty powerful. 

So, if you want fun that has less of a beginner's learning curve but still plenty of challenges to perfect, get the Rog. 

If you want a challenge that could possibly become a favorite if you get the hang of it, get the Doc. 

Either are good, but only the Rog is actually worth its price.  If I hadn't won all 3 Docs across all 3 accounts, I wouldn't have one at all.  7500Au is too much... IMO.  If I had it to waste and didn't care about saving, however, I would grab it in a second if I didn't have one. It is my favorite WW bot, hands down.  Silver and Gold chests seem to be a pretty decent way to acquire them though... so if you have tickets to spare... ya never know.

Hope this helps a little...

IMO, YMMV

I like both but I personally find the Doc the weakest of the wild west bots with medium weapons not having much variety.
The Doc could be used to fight Lances with Tarans and Orkans as you just need one to break the Lance's shields.
Rog is much faster than the Doc and can kill one with its higher health and jump ability.
The two have the same firepower if you don't include the Doc's weapon swap ability, but the Rog has more health and speed which makes it better for fighting dashes while the Doc can fight in more situations.

I have doc. I don't know which one is better. IMO, get doc because it has more medium weapon slots, but watch out those plasma and rockets. Or get rog for capping beacons and avoid those rockets with jump ability.

A mistake, IMO. As ⓣⓡⓘⓒⓚⓨ48 wrote, they serve different purposes. If you go down to naval ww2 technology, is a carrier better than a destroyer? You'll need both. On my fb account I do run an Orkan Doc in my regular hangar but no Rog. 

Rog is probably the best beacon capper except for the Kumiho, but it can't go head to head with a brawler. So if that Ancilot arrives, you can defend the beacon and die, or give up the beacon and try to harass the reds somewhere else. Loadout is 90% Orkans (at least in the leagues I play).

Doc is an odd duckling that can serve multiple purposes. It is rather versatile with possible mixed loadouts (usually an Orkan plus X variant, as Punisher/Orkans, Hydra/Orkans, Scourge/Orkans or Taran/Orkans), pure ultra-fast brawler (Orkan/Orkan) or midranger (Tulus). Unlike the Rog, the Doc does have the damage potential to go up against any brawler, even an Ancilot - 4 Orkans give 280k max damage, which can eat both the Ancile and the Lancelot itself. As a midranger, it can deal 88k damage in about 5 seconds, which is more than any other midrange build. But it is a glass cannon that has no protection at all - no jump, no shield, no dash. I use my Orkan Doc both as brawler in a lot of situation (preferred against non-Ancile builds, but it can take down Ancilots too), and also if I want to quickly get and conquer a red beacon late in the game. No other robot with that kind of firepower is so fast over longer distances. (Except the way overpowered Haechi of course.) 
A Doc can also serve as beacon capper, but the lack of any shielding makes it a less-than-ideal leadoff robot with lots of midrange and longrange around.

@crownblack, haven't you collected IP via fb promotions? 7500 gold is a steep price, sure. I won a Doc in a chest (but that was in the 3.1 days). On Android I had some IPs stashed and therefore paid a reduced gold price

I use a Rog and I killed so many medium bots with it including the Doc, with a single salvo of level 10 Orkans.
Rog has a huge advantage over the Doc in terms of survivability, it can Dodge rockets and sometimes plasma, it's also a great beacon capper.

Uh huh. Run a Rog with MK2 12 Orkans and don't make suicide runs against full strength Ancilots ?. Doc is junk with a glass jaw.

Don't need an analysis, I ran one and hated it. It survives just fine beyond 500m from its target. Just my opinion.

One of my fantasies is getting to run a MK2 doc with MK2 orkans but I know it's just a fantasy because i'd never invest the silver into such an endeavor.

My doc collects dust these days. With the dash releases he's kind of obsolete now in many ways unless I want to dust off the quad hydras and harass people again.

for the fun factor, I would say a Doc is as fun as a Rog.  

below is another typical Doc play on Moon (3 beacons and 3 kills) (weirdly I am getting Moon and DC again and again today).  it actually paired up with a Rog and a Kumiho, all wearing Orkans:
 
link to the video (720p)

battle result: