Pro Tips & Tactics - what's your best?

I'm not really sure if I should be a beacon capper of a killer. Can someone help me decide?

You are making yourself an easy target.  Be patient.  Use cover.  Know what reds are using.

As you go up in leagues not only do the bots get strongee but also the tactics.

increase your awareness with your surroundings. you often get ganged up because your in the hotspot.
I had the same problems before.

Tactic for baiting jumpers:

This works in any mode really, but especially FFA.

Walk towards them. They’re usually behind cover waiting for jump cooldown to finish. Approach in such a way that if they were to jump suddenly, you could change positioning to prevent being hit.

The tactic is to simply move close to them, then walk away as if you’ve gotten sick of them waiting and have become interested in another target. As you walk away, make sure to position yourself to be able to take cover, because usually as soon as you start walking away, they jump to attack thinkin you ain’t payin attention. Haha, they’re dead!

Awesome thread! Newbie to War Robots, long in the tooth gamer, learn the maps (distance, vantage points), bots (HP, speed) and weapons (ranges and damage). Teamwork is critical. Without Discord or direct communication, combine arms by moving in packs. If you prefer solo play, here's my current insight:

For example, I recognize War Robots maps and game types dictate how you should deploy mechs, i.e., the sequence.

Lunar Base provides a great example: I use a 10/10 Leo to hold the center under the bridge, eliminate as many bots at point blank range (3:1), then shift to a Stalker to finish off whatever smoked my Leo (2:1); then I might deploy a 10/10 Natasha with Zenits/Noricum to support teammates I can't reach in time, and harassing fire chaos (that's all Zenits do...) and hold my spawn position until eliminated; then I deploy an 8/8 Griffin with Orkans/Aphids to eliminate bots at spawn point that destroyed Natasha.

So, I lead with a tank (Leo) and control center of map, mop up with Stalker, artillery support and harass to draw enemies (Natasha), and finish with my best heavy bot - Griffin...

I forgot to mention that you should change bots versus elimination if possible.  Why advance Red, keep true and Blue...

As I see it, maps and game modes dictate tactics, but another factor is pay to play: this shapes early play until you've reached 12/12 line up of 5 bots.

If anyone can direct me to downloadable maps with scale, I'd love to workout ranges for all weapons and bots..

SUPER SUPPORTIVE ADVICE:
Don't be afraid to hang back sometimes and guard long range shooting allied forces from flanking enemy troups...

when you face a stronger opponent,never stop/stay at one point or you'll die easily,keep moving sideaways,he'll miss a lot of firepower (excluding scourges and other lock down weapons)and you might survive or inflict heavy damage before dying.
same when you're facing equally strong enemy.

Hydra can counter sh1t train spectre sorta well.


Zenith just make your screen shake.
Believe it or not. Teammates mk2 zenits in a league of lvl 8 stuff actually did quite a bit of damage. Well, just about any mk2 weapon is strong against low lvl bots

Rule 1

Get a solid, general-purpose, 5-bot hangar to level 12 on weapons and at least level 9 or 10 on bots. Level 12 weapons trumps anything 'cool' that isn't level 12.

Rule 2

Once you have this... develop only one new kind of bot/weapon setup at a time.


Of all things, this was the hardest to realize.

Beacon capping means gold.  Also, most people suck at KOTH.

Problem with being a killer is that it's a long slog to the top of that heap... there's always a bigger fish.

By any chance your game nick is "You can't beat me!" ? 

Another small list...

Hide from hydras (hug walls or get under cover)

Outwit the spectres! If they jumped at you when you can go for cover then use your abilitys (unless you don’t have any) to your advantage and squash them like bugs!

For shocktrains make it look like your going to jump or walk out of cover, then if and when they use it try and attack when there vulnerable.

For sparks and scorages, don’t let them get close, ho for cover and if you are up close then mess up there targeting so they have to lock on again.

For orcans, since there a tad slower try and get them to use it up or weather through it and attack, if you can jump it usually makes them shoot unessisary rockets.

And for all of you croakers sneak as much as you can to get the jump on them, if your up hill then attack from above or below so they can’t hit you especially with orcan splash, if you aren’t close to killing them go for cover and try to hold them off while your ability cools down.

For all the rockets like spirils and thermites, if you have a slow bot go for cover, if your fast try and attack them sideways not head on or the rockets will all it you but that’s a big maybe, also if you can jump, jump out of the way so they miss you and be careful when you land or they’ll suprise you with another attack. As for useing them try and attack slow bots or stationary bots, hovers are fairly good with them since you can attack from above.

Weapons like machine guns, use a lock down gun too to make your life a WHOLE lot easier.

Lock down in general... well there’s not much to do if your lucky you can escape, and hopefully you aren’t in the middle of the enemy team.

Most of my deaths have been caused by charging recklessly and needlessly into battle. Wanting to help my team I consulted my lawyer about how War Robots defines "cowardice." We talked for several days before my lawyer convinced me that I will not let my team down by being more cautious.



So, I'm not a pro, but I have a lawyer.  Don't be afraid to do the following. You're not betraying your team -- on the contrary, you're helping your team
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* Run away from a fight you know you can't win. If you're outgunned or low on health facing a robot with 100%, don't yell "geronimo" and commit suicide

* Damage a robot before going back into hiding.  Severely damaging 5 robots helps your team more than sacrificing your robot to get one kill
* Pair up with other robots.  If you see your teammate trying to take down a robot, join the fight
* Even if your style is tanks (slow robots with a lot of health) use cover when you can.  Save all that health for guarding beacons or for brawling.  Try not to lose half of that health to snipers
* Find cover when you're low on ammunition.  If you've severely damaged an enemy robot, you don't have to finish him off
* Don't yell "geronimo" and commit suicide to take a beacon.  Take your fight elsewhere 
* After taking a beacon, if you're alone -- no teammates -- and about to face a squad, run away!  The beacon will be taken away whether you're there or not, but at least you've bought your team a few seconds at no cost  
* With mid-range and long-range weapons, pick your fights carefully.  You're not a brawler.  Support your teammates.  Get to a maximum range
* Carefully consider if you will survive taking a beacon when there are snipers around.  You might want to try ambush instead of beacon taking

Other tips
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* Know the situation before choosing your 2nd, 3rd and 4th bots.  Rotating the map after death to see everything can help.  Is there a squad closing in on your position?  Use a tank / brawler.  Are there several enemies out in the open 500-600 meters away?  Use a sniper or a mid-range bot and support your teammates.  Is there a beacon 600 meters away and completely safe for the taking?  Use a fast bot
* Since there's no automatic reload for most robots, purposefully fire the rest of your projectiles for Punishers / Molots / etc. when enemies are far away.  You'll be ready for battle with a full load of ammunition

* You could get 10 kills, 1 million damage and 10 beacons, but if your team loses, it's not as rewarding.  The goal is for your team to keep as many of its 30 robots alive as long as possible.  To that end:
-- Don't get angry when a teammate accidentally takes your kill to help you.  It's poor sportsmanship to purposely take someone else's kill, but maybe your teammate just wants to help you by giving you backup or cover fire.  Do you want to face a strong robot and die just to get a kill, or do you want to live to fight another day with a teammate's help?  
-- Also don't get angry when your teammate in battle runs away and hides when low on health, causing the other robot to focus on you.  You could get a kill, and if your teammate is clever, he'll come back when the enemy targets you instead.  You'll both live.  
-- Help your teammate even if you know that you'll get nothing out of it


 

Umn, could you possibly be playing against better opponents then before? As you win and move up it always happens. Wait till you try getting to Expert.