Ao Jun Which Pilot Skill Next?

Well, do you find yourself needing to hit the healing crack more than you find yourself needing to do more damage to get out of a bad situation? Or is it the opposite?

Personally, I went with Avenger skills first, and got Wonderworker on a random roll so left it there till I either want spend Au to reroll for a Mechanic skill or spend the 1000Au to to just choose one... since doing the damage was more important to me. It may not be for you, though, and depends on what you encounter the most while playing.

IMO, YMMV

Well I have this and it works wonders...next will be speed shooter

I’d go for sharp shooter, it makes a big difference allowing you to keep some distance and saving on healing crack while still doing tons of dmg.

For next promotion then go for the healers which will allow you to get closer for the kills, take some damage and keep your Ao Jun going for the next and next and then next fight...

Sharpshooter will help offset this coming Avenger nerf.

Gunsmith is good for increasing damage output of any weapons you mount

Personally, I feel Road Hog is an excellent one because you can get to beacons quicker, get in and out of situations quicker.....valuable!

Just put some upgrades armor and a healing mod on if health is your concern. Most people equip nukes and Thermonuclear Reactor’s and their pilot skills are mostly to do with damage, just fyi.

To me, speed is a very critical element in our ability to get in and do damage, retreat to safety for cooldown = combat longevity = opportunity to do more damage. So speed is more of a priority to equip initially than damage output imo

IMO, you are gonna want to run Quantum Radar on a Ao Jun. I would plan towards getting wonderworker and mechanic, but any of these skills will be fine if you roll them:
-Mechanic
-Wonderworker
-Armor Expert
-Dodger
-Modules Expert
-Adamant Mechanic
-Shot Grouping (if using avengers)
-Guidance Oper (if using calamities)
-Raider Mechanic (if using it as a beacon capper)

I changed my RoadHog out for another skill because it only applies to when you're walking, not flight speed.

I don't suppose there's a self destruct skill for that is there? If not, I've been focusing on heal and armor for most bots that take a beating. Beacon runners get speed or sharpshooter/damage skills. Sharpshooter for Avengers is really good.

don't roll until your last levels, if you're trying to optimize gold. each level you have a chance to get one of the skills you need, and by keeping unwanted skills.... it means when you roll next level, you cant get that skill.

if you spend early to get a skill, then next level you might even get the unwanted skill back.

- avenger shot grouping (necessary)
- avenger acceleration (necessary, combined with above it makes your avengers another world)
- durability (15% is quite a lot, assuming you have AC+Last stand+ Nuclear reactor as your kits, or plan to)
- speed (necessary imo, you're pretty much always trying to run away from something once you land)
- mechanic (necessary)
- heal every time you use ability (very handy, combined with mechanic you have quite a big chunk of hp more every time you use ability, fly, and land back)
- your leg. skiill (i have 5% on weapons instead) (you can't choose this one, if you're using a legendary)

more important than any of these, is having AC+Last Stand, and at least last stand of high lvl. That's a huge game changer for AoJ. Not getting stuck + being able to fly once more is huge.

I actually got pretty lucky, waited till the end. second to last level i rolled, and with 350g i got one of the 2 remaining skills i need. last level i got even luckier, got it right on the roll. otherwise, just spend the 1k on last 1 or 2. if you need more than 2 skills from the pool, on average it's always better to roll.

You soon learn to land behind cover. I drop my Avenger Ao Jun (I run SB not PS on this one) first most of the time and usually I'm still using it at the end of the game. 

My Pilot

Though it's dicey, Road Hog gives a better chance of capping Moon Centre Beacon with an Ao Jun too.

war-robots-forum.freeforums.net/thread/38158/beacon-rush-opening-move-moon?page=1&scrollTo=535421

Use common sense and you will make the right choice.