"Last Drop" bot?

My 5th bot. Why? It's the only one left ;-)

I used to drop my Lance last as well as he used to be damn near unstoppable late game where everyone is weakened or not their strongest bots.

I've been thinking about a bot to set up specifically as a "last drop" bot that can cap beacons quickly and kill other bots. I was thinking a Kumiho with scourges just because you can keep yourself out of range and take very little damage to most bots.

Which is why I specified that I had no K-Bots. I've read a few strings recently, where people with two Kumihos will drop one to cap beacons at the beginning, and drop their second as the fifth bot, to clean up and cap beacons. Kind of the way some people used to drop Gareth as their last bot for the same reason, before the Brit bots received that devastating nerf.

I do exactly that. I run an Orkan for beacon capping because I still see a lot of Gareths being used and a Taran Kumiho for late game. Recently thought about switching it up to Scourges so I can keep at range and preserve my bot more... but I'm not sure how it works out in real game situations yet. My scourges would need to be leveled up a little more.

Haha nice, but if you were to use the ST Bulg as your 2nd or 3rd bot, it would be more impactful as you would have more protection and more targets to train.

I respect your decision if you choose to drop it last because you realize it's overpowered. I currently drop my Bulg 2nd most of the time. I kept the ST's at level 8 because I have other weapons to upgrade and I'm pretty sure this thing is gonna get nerfed and I don't want to invest too much into it without knowing how big the nerf is. Also, at level 8, I think it's a pretty balanced weapon for Diamond 1. I drop the Bulg, play aggressively and weaken as many bots as possible, and then move onto the next bot.

Depends... if on a long map I usually keep the Haechi back... if it is a short map it will most likely be my Natty Zeus used last... unless I saw a need for it and took it out early.

I keep the Haechi last or next to last because I like playing the other bots more, mostly, but sometimes it's for the above stated reasons of securing a victory with a faster beacon capping bot that I use him last. I would prefer to play the Galahad Thunder Gust, Golem Thunder Storm Gust, and Lance Ember Taran... but if there is a significant rocket or hydra presence, the Haechi is released early.

Many games I don't get to play it and prefer it that way. As I move closer to Expert on that account, however, that will change. More Red Dashes will prolly make me use it at different times. If I had a Carnage or Fujin on that account, believe it or not, I would prolly use one of them, instead, but... I digress.

TL;DR - Natty Zeus or Haechi usually are last for me.

My hangar changes daily because i get bored easily, but bot drop looks abit like this.....
1st tharnage/shotygary on closed maps. Leadgriff on open maps.
2nd bugzapperLance/ pdbgriff
3rd orkHeichi if were falling behind or midrange Leo (various addaptations) if were winning to hold ground.
4th depends on bot 3? at this point ive either got my leadgriff or leo left thatll get played now, this stage of the game is usually compression if its a fair fight..
5th could be my orkheichi for the reason of.. die ya b*st*rd reds im getting the arse on because blue team suck!! again for the 6th game im a row!!
or my 5th bot is my pdb griff if im still holding it.
These two builds are usually the last to fight, as by this point were either winning, and im gaurding beacons like a rabid dog.
or were losing and im just looking 2 get some damage.

To summarize
1. fast bot.
2.3.4. brawlers.
5.「deteriorated bum-bum」 mofo.

Now that i have a hover to start grabbing beacons with, i like saving the Kumiho for late match beacon grabbing.

I usually drop an aphid taran Galahad. I find few that can really give him a hard time during endgame. He's well balanced to cap, defend and kick fanny. I usually end up just capping beacons and leave those lancelots to their anguish. If equal or smaller, i take them out while doing beacons.

That's actually not a bad idea and the first time I'm actually considering a Hover.

Hovers get to center beacon faster than Kumi's on most maps, more firepower too. 

I did that too, but I found that a fast capping bot that's a capable fighter helps me win more games. You can put so much pressure on just by capping beacons nonstop. Reds are forced to hunt you down or cap beacons themselves. 

When you don't need to cap beacons, fast bots can flank really well late game because there are less bots on the map. Flanking a Lancelot when you have two plasma bots left is extremely satisfying. It's like playing monkey in the middle.

Might sound naive but my last bot is just the one left. This because the previous four bots were taken considering each one as the best option disposable atm.
As a rule of thumb my beacon capper is often deployed in late domination match if needed, but first in beacon rush.
I rarely leave my only ranged support bot as 5th drop, even in maps plenty of cover: in the first half of the match there are more potential targets around. It's usually the 1st in open maps, while in covered maps this honor goes to the tough guy, my best bot.

It does depend, just like everything else in this game. I sometimes drop my 2nd Kumi earlier than expected because I need to get somewhere fast. I still drop him last most of the time and it's been working extremely well. Can't count the number of times I've won a game simply from putting pressure on opponents by capping nonstop.

I see GuitarGuy and Thunderkiss are both in champions league and I have no idea what bots are run there normally outside of what I see in the Legends League.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I take it that the higher up you move, the less bot diversity there will be and eventually, even Kumihos will be pushed out in favor of bots that do more damage. When you have a hangar full of bots for the sole purpose of doing damage, then yeah, whatever bot you drop last purely depends on your needs during the game.

In lower leagues, we see more diversity and if I'm running two Kumihos in my hangar (which I'm fully capable of doing and still taking top damage in Diamond 1) then I think it makes sense to have a speed demon like the Kumiho to close out games, whether it's to cap beacons or flank reds. I prefer the 2nd Kumiho over my Lancelot because while the Lancelot is far more durable and can defend beacons well, I see more value in a Kumiho being able to outpace reds in capping beacons and putting pressure on that way.

And yes, if I had another Haechi or Bulgasari, I would replace the 2nd Kumiho with it and lose that late game capper, but I might even just run the Kumiho late game instead of opening because usually someone else runs a fast capper to begin the game.