Rhino or start saving for haechi?

You can get a nice shiny rhino in a few days or you can wait a year or two for that dash bot.......

I still run a Plasma Rhino on master@ios league.  

if a Plasma Griff has a place in your hangar, so is Plasma Rhino.  sure it cannot jump avoid rockets, but it can go places faster and effective against plasma and other sniper bots, especially Zeus bots that infest DM mode battles atm.  

Taran, Taran, Taran, Shield (enemy zaps the Shield with Zeus), Taran, Taran, Taran, Shield (enemy zaps shield again), enemy dies ... is the rhythm for a plasma Rhino (of course will not work if the Zeus bot keep calm and wait, but they rarely do when charged, even at expert+ league)  here’s an example:


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EDIT: for Orkans I prefer Rog, Doc, and Griff.  

and don’t ask me about Dashes and Shocktrucks ... not something I can get any time soon, 

Hi ᒪΛᏟIΛ

I have to say if you’re really serious about getting a Haechi then the most effective way is to drop some money on discount gold and use it on lucky spin and try to win the components there by renewing it three times. Be prepared to use between 15,000 and 30,000 Au depending on how lucky/unlucky you are. That’ll probably mean around 90 - 100 euros/dollars.

If you’re not willing to do that (let’s face it, most people aren’t) then you would have to earn at least 100k WSP, and that’s if they’re offering the good Haechi WSP deals. I had 50k WSP and I targeted deals with the Kumiho and Haechi. I have none left and I only have about 2500 Haechi components. So consider whether you really wanna wait that long.

I am in iOS Champion League and I use a Rhino every match, using the DB setup exclusively. I must hasten to add that I am the exception and not the rule. You do not see very many Rhinos at top tier play. For me the Rhino fulfills a particular function in my hangar - late game beacon capper. I also have a Kumiho which i open the match with and it does great. Then I have a Tarancilot, an Orkancilot and a PDB Griffin to choose from. So sometimes I don’t even get to play the Rhino if things go according to plan. But I got sick of not being able to control my fate if no one goes for beacons later in the match. So I swapped my DB Griffin for DB Rhino.

Griffin is normally better than Rhino, but there are a couple things the Rhino does better. Beacon capping we’ve already said. One specialty of the Rhino is what I call the ‘can opener’. This is where you charge into a Tarancilot’s chest and unload your wad under his Ancile. You need to get good at this though, otherwise you’ll find it becomes a one way trip. A Rhino can also be the perfect option mid game if you have an enemy Zeus Fury that is slaughtering your whole team from 600m. Hunt that 「cotton headed ninny muggins」 down under the protection of your shield and unleash hell once in range. Your Griffin would be powerless in this situation for example.

Is Rhino good? It CAN be if you find you’re not meching out too often, you have excellent situational awareness and ability to read the flow of the match. Otherwise your Stuka Griffin is a better bot for surviving longer, chipping away with Aphids and pop tarting to use the Orkans.

Hope that sheds some light on your choice

DV

thanks DV, you are kind  

if you liked the video, please check these out, too: war-robots-forum.freeforums.net/post/213970/thread

it's more of "save a Rhino" moments than a good Rhino piloting... a Rhino trying to survive in increasingly harsh wild, with a little help from friends

Get a Rhino! I still use one w/ Orkans/Magnums (Hellfire?) in Domination. Not as useful in Beacon Rush, but I don't participate in that mode if I can help it.

A Rhino fits my needs in Domination for capturing and holding Beacons. At the same time it's not a solo bot even though it can hold its own pretty well. Has a high skill curve to use but it's still a viable platform. Yes, a Haechi is more effective overall, so if it's achievable for you then go after that. Otherwise, get a Rhino and learn how to use it to the best of its abilities with the rest of us poor sods.

Plasma Griffin is a great setup for sure, a beast in a heated multi-vs-multi combat.  it does have a jump every 25sec, which you can limitedly use for avoiding rockets and also finding a shooting window during the a jump from, ideally, one cover to another, 

Plasma Rhino has much faster ground speed while in a rush (â??Assault modeâ? is the name but rarely used for attack these days).  so it can run for beacons.  plus, against plasma enemies, its shield provide a great protection which a Griff lacks.   

consider your Plasma Griff met a Zeus Carn, a Tarancilot, all kinds of Treb/Gekko/Scourge/Shocktruck ?poo-poo?s, etc, which especially abundant in Domination battles: a Plasma Griff will have to hide and nothing much to do except for waiting for a shielded teammates.  a Plasma Rhino can win 1-vs-1 against most of those listed above, or at least hold position against multiple of them.  high level Magnums can deal damage while you are hiding behind the shield, and whenever you see a window of the enemy weapon recharging, you can unleash your Tarans while repositioning, 

you can use a DB Rhino, but I prefer the DB setup on Griff/Rog/Doc.  when I build the second hangar for larger maps, I may buy another Rhino with DB as a beacon runner in there, 

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and Griff jump.  I feel a Griff jumps too high with too long cool-down.  not available often enough and exposing the bot to ebpnemy plasma weapons for too long and too high.  hence, I feel a Rog is a better carrier of Tarans among jumping bots, 

I still like DB, Stuka, and RDB Griff setups.  the long jump can extend these Griffsâ?? range, to finish off a target far away - which feels great.  but this should be used with caution, otherwise especially the DB Griff will become a suicidal 1-vs-1 bot exchange ticket, 

- Yes, it's still viable...to a degree, but that's very dependent on your platform, league, and especially skill with it. Even then, a Griff might still be overall better to use.
- Imho, generally no. Except in these areas, capping beacons and getting there quickly w/ lots of punch.
- Imho, db load out on a rhino is the best version of the rhino. That build just has good synergy. But is it the better platform for orks? Compared to what, a Griff? Imho...no.

Good luck with your decision.