Time to put my Plasmahad on the shelf?

Unfortunately, yes

I've been debating this for a month now.  I had leveled my Plasmahad up to 12 and for the longest time it was my go-to bot.  I've tried a bunch of different weapon combinations trying to make it relevant again.  Right now it's aphids and orkan, but I just can't seem to make it work.  Some battles it's still pretty good in.  Me and a DB Griff can go toe-to-toe with multiple plasmancilots.  Griff stands behind me for cover and we send 34 million missiles down their pipe.  But that's only if there aren't any rocket heavies around.  I've come close to buying a Rog to replace him, but I just can't bring myself to do it.  I do swap my Gareth in for him from time to time, now though.  Especially in BR mode.

Well, if you're gonna be like that, here, lemme see what else we can take out of your hangar so you don't have to have situational awareness:

- Let's see, how about no more Carnage, Fujin, or Rog ok, it's plasma madness out there

- No more Griffins ok, it's treb madness out there

- and so on until your whole hangar disappears and you're left to wait for the ultimate super robot from pix

Lol, just pay attention to your adversaries. Plasmahad is still vicious, but you have to be aware of reds locations and load-outs so you can make good decisions that prolong Bot life. What I do is try to hunt 3-4 robots, and paying attention to the others locations, peeking their load outs, then repositioning accordingly. This has helped longevity of both Gareth and Galahad in particular. It also helps Carnage piloting. You can do it man!

Some great points here. My input:

1) Don't use gold to replace Galahad. If you bench him, a griff is the best thing to put in its place. DB, RDB, Punishers, or all Plasma all still work fine.

2) As Danny Linguini and ѻﻭɼﻉ state above, just drive Galahad differently. Guys are still running their Gary's and Galahads blindly to center beacon as they did prior to the rocket buffs. You just cant do that anymore. Plasma Galahad should hunt Ancilots, Carnages, Fujins, Plasma Griffs, and Zeus/Treb snipers. Identify the Orkan and Tulu bots in red and steer clear. Galahad used to strut about with impunity. Now he needs to be slinking around, finding targets.

Try the Orkan Pinata loadout. When the rockets were buffed I switched from plasma to DB on my Gareth and that made it relevant again. You want to hit and run, hit and run. You want to minimize exposure. You want to expend your salvo and move on to the next scene, keeping on shelving out DB goodness. You want to use your Gally as a situational bot for thunders, plasma, against snipers, as a diversion and whatever other situation you think would be relevant. You want to play support, hitting from the side and not straight on.

Gally's used to be the general purpose go-to bot for starting a round. Except the ancilot, there are no general purpose bots anymore. Nowadays it seems less painful to start with an Ancile bot of some kind though.

Gally's are still relevant. Being as tough as beans, any Red not having rockets still grumbles with having to deal with them. Just adapt to the times and you'll be fine.

After the missile buff I was thinking the same thing, but I decided not to and was rewarded with a new piloting style for the bot. Now I play with it better than ever!

I have come to the same conclusion as other posters here. Try my plasmahad to see if it has a chance now. Not a chance. Going to retire it and replace it with something else.

My Plasmahad was semi-retired pre Beacon Rush (won a 2nd - never used), and was having fun running two Orkan Rogs. In BR I have now brought him back in and finding him very useful for beacon defence and counter-attack (when I know what is attacking our beacon).

Nearly always run a Gary - fun! I have always found Galahad (like his name-sake) a little bit dull.

I also had a maxed Plasmahad...one of only 2 of my maxed bots...and I've shelved him for the Rog w/ Orkans.  The Rog is not only relevant but is so fun to pilot too.  I'd highly recommend getting one.  I'm gonna level some punishers to try on the Galahad.

Gave up Gally as felt better more effective options. Upgrading some Punishers but more for fun, it won't replace anything in current hanger.

I agree with challenger here. I think Galahad is still viable. If played correctly. And that's a big if that requires definitely skill. Essentially, either bring it out to a place where there are no RDBs, or at a time where there are no RDBs. At all times, stay outside of 300m unless you know what the other bots are running. Make sure it's maxed speed at level 9 or higher and use the shield wisely.

I've tried various builds, Punisher somewhat works but compared to a Punisher Griffin Galahad is missing quite a bit of punch here. And of course at 500m the chances are good to meet RDBs. Orkan/Pinata does not work for the reason I've stated above, you need to keep your distance. So Plasma is still best IMO.

Galahad seems to perform better in higher leagues (high Diamond and up on Android), because changes are much higher to face Plasma or Orkan Lances, both of which can be handled by Plasma Galahad. Lower leagues has more RDBs and other off-meta builds such as mixed Plasma/Orkan, which are bad news for Galahad normally.

If you are playing in Gold or low Diamond (Android), a Griffin is probably the better and cheaper choice for now.

I dunno, I am 1.5 weeks into Master I.
I primarily play BR.
Plasmahad is primary bot in my hanger!
I took out my 9/11 TT Fury.
I replaced with 9/12-10 Thunder Carnage or
9/10.5-12 Hellfire Rhino

It works for me!





Challenging losing streak - like 7 or 8 pfffft.....!!
But damage is not the issue!!




Hope that helps!

SoCal

My Ave Dam has been moving up @ 599xxx.  The Galahad is still in Main Hangar!  
Tomorrow I will start leveling 4th & maybe 5th Taran.
 I plan to compare:
- Plasmahad vs. PDB Griffin / Rhino
Thing is, in many max hangars, Plasma is a main stay.  Usually 2-3 bots are plasma dependant on Mid / Long range setups.  
For me, the Plasmahad is best set up for Galahad and Griffin is favorite bot.  I need 1 more Taran to effectively compare.

SoCal