Rhino Death Button or Plasma? Tips and ideas

Rhinos are better for flanking and not frontal attacks. Frontal attacks work if there are no DBs yet, and everyone is mostly using plasma or bullet weapons. Based on your bot and weapon levels, it looks like you're way past that stage of the game.

The biggest problem with rhinos are being flanked and its blind spots. Even though you can't turn your torso when charging straight ahead, you can still peek around if you move your 'mouse cursor' like old FPS games.

Don't get too near stalkers. They will drive you mad and encircle you. It can be beat, but it takes a while to gain the skill. Once you learn it, you'll no longer fear the stalker when piloting the rhino.

Griffins and esp. DB griffins will beat the rhino. If you are using rockets, then the griffin will jump away and you will be left empty handed. The best thing to do is to bait them to jump (by firing orkans only) or only attack griffins that have their jump on cool down. Either you have seen them just jump and land so you know they can't escape your rockets, or you have been counting in your head so you know they don't have their jump back yet. If you decide to attack blind, then if they happen to jump, the best course of action is to stop firing your missiles (Let go of the big red button). Then you have to decide whether to chase them and fire the rest of your missiles. When facing DB griffin, they should be able to kill a rhino without taking much damage themselves. Lower your shield and try to do as much damage as you can before you are taken out. If you are 300 meters or plus, then you can turn around, put up your shield, and boogie out of there. Skilled pilots can avoid the rockets, but it isn't easy to do this so don't count on this method.

On maps like Yam, I like to flank them from the covered bridge. Same with Canyon, but I stay up top and don't go down in the valley. If you stay at their flanks and near the maximum range, then the chances of them noticing you is lower. If they are busy attacking your teammates, then lower your shield and fire all your weapons. In military terms, this is called the 'Anvil and Hammer'. If they are not busy, then they will turn to face you and attack you, forcing you to put up your shield and not use the full brunt of your force on them. Try to stay behind the blast panels on Yam to protect yourself from plasma fire. The uncovered bridge is not as good since the blast panels will not protect you (unless you are a small bot like a cossack). On Canyon, back up if you are under fire and if you positioned yourself correctly, then you should be out of reach of their plasma and their plasma will hit the ground in front of you. Yes, Rhino has a shield but it pays to have multiple contingency plans. You can still corner shoot, or use the terrain to soak up some of the damage. Even at a 45 degree flank, you can still hit the soft underbelly of Lancelots, Galahads, and Rhinos. That is reaaaally useful on a map like Yam when they have multiple shield bots hunkered down in center beacon. Ditto with Shenzhen where it's possible to totally flank them or even get behind them. If you ever get behind them and they start firing at you, the best strat is to go behind cover and wait for your teammate on the other side to fire on him. Then when they turn around to deal with your teammate, pop back out, and unload on them. On a map like Powerplant, it's possible to surround them with 3 or more blues, and the red basically plays a game of whack-a-mole. Each blue will hide behind cover when targeted.

Every good Rhino user here claims that Orkan Pinata is the easiest to use and it lasts the shortest.
For me, I'm not sure if it the easiest (Orkan Magnums are easier) but it doesn't last more than a minute on the field.,

I have a love/hate relationship with mine. Had just switched it from hellfire to a db, and now have taken it out of my hangar altogether. In gold, it doesn't seem to last like it once did in silver....