Help Crowdsource My (Update 2.9+) Hanger Strategy

Thanks for the response.

Total available of what?  I'm a little confused.  Right now I have 1 of almost everything on the poll, pending exact weapon configurations.  I do not have 2 of anything yet other than Griffin.

orkan rogatka is not in the list . you don't need a beacon capper? it's also great for solo plays, 

Yes totally agree. Forgot to add that to my list but can't modify poll after is posted. I do have 2 stalkers and 2 goes but they only have marginal use for me. Rog which I've tested on TS is def an option. 

This may be of no interest to you, but since the update we have seen a huge uptick in RDB griffins. I have found the trident carnage to be the perfect counter to this. They have Ancile, 100m more range, splash damage for shooting round corners, and they do almost as much damage per minute as a quad tulumbus Doc. You can even take on a trident fury and win! I know it's not a knife fighter per se, but the playing experience feels much more active than a camping sniper, especially with the mobility of the carnage. Tridents aren't so effective until above lvl 8, which is a pain to get it there, but once you do it usually pays off. I often score over 300k damage with this one bot. Plus you're prepared for the time you can finally afford a fury.

So if you get the ?poo-poo?s with all the Tulus flying around, spare a thought for this message. If you feel like experimenting with sniping to add some diversity to your hangar, This is one thing I would recommend.

All the advice and options are great except for the Galahad. Too many tulus flying around. The trident carny is ok but rdb griff beats it with jump and firepower. The lance is still king with an ancile but is not quite as strong as it used to be.

I'm thinking the Tarancilot may be a strong candidate and still king as well.  Ancile to block a salvo or 2 from RDBs or Tridents, and the Lance's health pool to absorb damage.

The rog isnt a competetive bot, its a fun bot. The higher you climb the less relevance it holds.

It should do well for you in gold.

It will be fine, as long as you're smart about your engagements.

So, 2 caveats.

1) You are on IoS and I'm on android, so grain of salt and all that.
2) I based my bot choices for your hangar with my personal experiences, which may differ wildly from yours. Again, grain of salt and all that.

So, one thing you will find consistently across both platforms is that top tier players (and I'm assuming from your post that this is there direction you want to head) use what's best and most consistent. With that in mind, these are the 5 bots I chose, based on what I would run if the hangar were mine:

1) Carnage Thunder
2) RDB Griffin
3) DB Griffin
4) Lancelot w/Thunder & Orkans
5) Ancilot w/ Orkans

1) Carnage Thunder is so much more of a team bot than most players realise and/or use. Thunders excel at stripping energy shields, and lets face it, they're everywhere these days. I'm also much more about the win, and stripping shields lets your splash teammates do their thing beautifully, and when splash does its thing, you'll win more. As an added bonus, Carnage Thunders can obliterate any bot on the map with care and caution. Now, I get why people don't, as damaging energy shields doesn't contribute to your final numbers, but again, I'm more about the win, and teaming up does just that; it wins more.

2) RDB Griffin is a fine choice now, giving much needed range to any hangar lacking a better mid/long range option, such as a Fury sporting tridents/zeuseses/trebs. That it can supress enemy movement so much more effectively now is the prime reason for its inclusion here. Anciles can be kept down, shielded bots can't just Stroll right up to you unopposed, and Furys have something else to consider when sticking their fat faces out from behind a corner. Another team oriented bot.

3) DB Griffin is quite simply a BEAST now with the rocket upgrade. If you need something dead, and it needs to be dead NOW, this is a fine choice.

4) A Lancelot with Thunders/Orkans is the cleanup crew, or, as with the DB Griffin, when something needs to be dead sooner rather than later or for saving til last if you suspect a spawn raid is incoming. Again, the Thunder can remove anciles from 515ish meters, helping your teammates with splash who are closer do their thing. Teamwork. And it excels at removing ancilots, and is basically immune to trebuchets, which have been on the uptick on android lately. bonus.

5) I had toyed on and off with the Ancilot builds, but a clan-mate of mine tipped the scales for me in favor of orkans by pointing out some things that i knew in the back of my head but had failed to act upon. Orkans kill ANYTHING given time, patience, and proper piloting. The worst feeling in the world for an anciliot is rounding the corner to find another shield bot waiting for you.

Rhino? CRAP. Lancelot of any flavor? CRAP. Gareth? CRAP. Galahad? CRAP. Ancilot? CRAAAAAAAP. Now, it can take time, depending on range, but NONE of these bots are an issue for orkans. AKA, you are NOT defenseless.

The struggle for you is going to be real for awhile until you get to 11/11s or so. with 10/10s or 10/11s, things can and will still get dicey when matched up against maxed hangars, but with care and application you'll hang better and better as your equipment levels up. And this is the norm now for you, as you have entered the tier where masters/champs also pull from because  the pool of players at that level is much smaller.

Personally, i set my trajectory to end game by getting all my bots to 10 and then all my weapons to 11, and then 12, to go back after all my weapons were done and finish my bots last. This seems to me to be the best of  any other possible choices. Maxed out weapons will hurt the opponent exactly as much as they are hurting you, but your bots can't take the same punishment, so this is where the careful play comes in, and it also cements good playing habits at the same time. The worst thing you can do is give up good playing habits because your hangar is maxed.

The Facebook Mercenaries have a saying, "The matchmaker giveth, and the matchmaker taketh away", and nowhere will you find this to be more true than where you are now. You are in kind of a purgatory right now; too strong to play with gold/silver, weak to play with master/champion. But such is the player demographic right now that that's just kinda where you're stuck until you level some more stuff.

Just keep plugging away at your upgrades, never speed them unless they end at an inopportune hour, as you will run out of silver FAST, and play cautious, but not overly so. You still have to be aggressive, so pair up. They might not know you have their back, but cover your squad mates. Hide in friendly anciles.

And mostly, have fun! It can be frustrating to no end some nights. I still have many myself. but just keep on keeping on and it will all come out in the wash.

In The Spirit Of Full disclosure :


I'm just getting out of where you are now. Its been quite the row to hoe.

My bot choices aren't the same as some of my recommendations because this is what i have that competes where I am. I have everything but time and silver to adjust, so this is the hangar I'll likely stick with until its done, or at least until the dash bots come out.

My second ancilot probably isn't necessary pretty soon, it was a reaction to the millions of fury tridents i was encountering so very regularly. As for the orkans on them, if I had 4 more leveled up I'd use them, they are just that good. And yeah, I treat them like slower, more durable galahads. As far as the dash bots making things obsolete, as long as you have 2 spare tarans, the ancilot will still be fine. A bit harder to hit, but not nearly as hard as with orkans, altho to be fair, a dash bot has to go on cool down at some point.
I'd say if you are nervous about things being obsolete soon just keep the galahad in. It's still a fine bot if you know where to and not be be and when. I just stopped using mine because orkans are just plain EVERYWHERE, and there never seemed to be a right time to pull it out, I'd just get vaporized instantly. Hence the decision to run ancilot #2, along with the proliferation of fury tridents of course.

Glad you found it helpful sir, may the reds be ever at a disadvantage!

Welcome to pugatory I find this happens whenever I change leagues, I'll bounce between the new and old for a while. You'll get through it though, like you said, pay attention to what's working and what isn't and adjust accordingly. And don't be afraid to change things up if that's what you feel you need to do to compete.