Rhino vs Fujin [HS]

I can see your point very good but with the amount of splash that I am facing right now and not to mention the constant aphid death rain, I am having trouble to imagine my rhino withstanding that, but the fujin could be my savior against those obstacles.

While it's true that it's a splashfest due to all the shieldbots, everybody is still carrying plasma, especially the shieldbots themselves. The trouble with Fujin is it has trouble getting out of trouble when faced with something with plasma. If it's facing rockets, then it'll survive for a while, and depending on its loadout it might have enough to kill whatever it's up against. In any case I would go with Rhino. It's not super good, I think the main bots in gold are Galahad, Fury and Griffin, but I think Rhino is much more survivable than Fujin, buff or no buff.

I would place the bet on Rhino...but if you really don't want to regret, why don't you keep your Griffins a bit longer?

btw, no matter how they rebalance, the basic nature that Rhino tends to knifefight and Fujin tends to camp will not be altered.
you may want take your preference into account.

I like the Rhino as a finishing bot, when (hopefully) some of the reds have meched out. It's fast, so it can go after beacons if needed, chase down the remaining bot, and has a good amount of firepower. The Griffin struggles a bit in the beacon-capping role (in my experience, at least).

The Griffin, though. Question to OP - what loadouts did you use with it? It is a bit glassy, but with a properly-leveled DB setup, you can kill pretty much anything in one go. The important thing to master is when to use and not use the jump. It can be for surprise attacks, or for jumping away into cover. For surprise attacks, you better make sure that you kill your target in one salvo. You're screwed if you don't. For the latter, position awareness and detailed knowledge of the map you're on is critical.

He said high silver. In high silver Rhino > Griffin.
With all those Plasma Griffins around in high silver, Rhino is a dominant bot there

Rhino all the way. Thing is, you can March a thunder taran boa straight head on into a Fuji, and wax it.

Well, good question, and I decided to buy rhino when I was thinking about my first WSP bot. I neve regret it, in high silver it goes well, especially with good team who can damage enemies while they desperatly trying to break your shield. But he is so weak against splash, thunder carnage, galahad or even gareth can destroy him when 1 vs 1 in a tight space. But if piloted well and lucky - you will survive for a long time. Usually I use my taran+aphid rhino for flanking or as an avangard bot for capturing center in yamantau. Speaking about fijin - well, some of my clanmates has one with tarans and sometimes they can deal a huge amount of damage per match. And fujin has some great ability - his weaps are close to the ground, so he can hit f...Nightingale stalkers while stels is on. But I must say - my rhino or plasma galahad kill those fujins everytime I face them - too low hp... So the choice is up to you. I'd try both of them on test server if you still in doubt tho

Rhino better so shalli get it

I had a skirmish with a wounded Taran Fujin one time. It had it's shields up and I was in a pinata stalker. I activated stealth and ran under the shields and shredded it. So long story short, get a Rhino.

Something I forgot to say - can eat maybe 2 full salvos withou getting crippled, assuming imperfect aim.

Between Fuji and Rhino I would go for Griff or Carny ;P

I love it when "Between A and B, which should I choose?" questions get answered with "C - Z."

Personally, having 2 Rhinos and 1 Fujin... I used the Fujin more... but I use neither all the time. They both have their places and neither is crap.

WSP bots, more than the other bots in the game, are bots that have tremendous advantages heavily weighted with weaknesses. If you can capitalize on the strengths and account for the weaknesses, they can be outstanding bots.

Rhino takes a lot of skill and familiarity to be good, but once you get there, even now, they can be formidable enemies. It is NOT meant to be a suicide bot that you charge up into the middle of 3 foes and stand there, shielded, plinking away with the lights while unable to shoot 2/3 of your firepower, turn, or back away. If you are playing it that way, it's not the Robot's fault that you are dying. Plenty of higher leveled folks still use 1 or even 2 of these on a regular basis, with great results.

Fujin is a hell of a damage dealer... 3 medium weapons can kill almost anything in a satisfactory time frame. The shield is nice, but not the only reason to use it. It is a medium, so it has speed enough to not be a hindrance, but is very light on HP. You are vulnerable in this bot. Period. But if you can use it well, especially as a flanker or as a part of a team with a Physically shielded bot in front of you, you can get some good results. There are quite a few higher level peeps that still use it, even if it isn't in their "1st tier" hangar.

Also, if you are basing your game choices strictly on TT hangers, then make sure that everything you do is geared towards getting to the top.

Personally, I am happy advancing at a leisurely pace and am not expecting to get to 12/12 anytime soon. I like the variety of play at the 9/10 level... it's not all TT Furies, and you can still get diverse enemies and teammates to keep the game from going stale. It allows me, also, to be able to get an untried bot or weapon up to a useable level without too much work in upgrading. Level 9 Weapons are the top of the "quick and easy" upgrade levels. From 9-10, things get much more expensive in Ag and time... so I get to try out quite a lot of configurations. I will eventually pick the 6 or 7 bots and weapon combos to take up as far as I can, but my goal as a player isn't to only get the end game hangar.

Play the game in a way that brings you enjoyment. 

IMO, YMMV