Strategy guide for crusher or HOW TO MEME

[Lokiki_01]

Good day, comrades, first read this guide http://cm-ss13.com/viewtopic.php?f=94&t=8085 - Tor made a guide for different things you CAN do as crusher. Now I will teach you, when and how to use them.

RULES

-RULE 1
Don't die
It's number one rule for every Xeno around, you REALLY want these ticks to grow stronger and stronger. So, if there're 100 ticks untill you mature - just wait, don't throw yourself on marine wave. Plus, you're one of the strongest T3, who leads pushes, capures and kills marines on the frontline.
Mostly you need to watch your health AND be aware if you were hit. Hit regestration can be really long, like 1-1.5 seconds screen shows you 50-75% of health and then poof - you're limping already.

-RULE 2
Know your foes
You MUST know good marine players, cause sometimes it's not a problem to drag away tackeled marine from 5-7 men and sometimes there're some named robustfags, who will melt you with buckshot/flames/AP/AT rockets. Always check who're you fighting, so you won't fuck up.

-RULE 3
Lead the force
Crusher alone has some good ways to kill marines (we will talk about them later). But if you backed up with boiler gas/huggers/hunters you can leave stomped or tackeled marines for them to kill. Make some flank ways, because you can destroy griders and false walls with a matter of seconds.

-RULE 4
TACKLE >> STOMP
You already heared that I'm talking much about taclkes AND FUCKING YES! THEY ARE BANE! Tackels stun marines for 6-8 seconds (I never checked for how long) and it's enought to dragslash (+FF from his friends) every marine but B18. Only be carefull for buckshot and flamers when pulling, cause you're really slow. For more badassnes and salt - pull marines to boiler clouds or ravagers. When shotgunners closing the gap - better use tackle then stomp, but as Apop said, you need to GIT GOOD for it. Use stomps the way Toroic said - stomp while charging to tramp marines. Use it to stun huge grops (4-6) so other xenos would be able to close the gap. Stomp stun lasts for maybe two seconds, and you don't wanna be close, when all these 5-6 marines will get up to bootknife you to death.

-RULE 5
There're no rules
For EXTRA cheese - use macro to be sure you kill the marine you want to kill (And learn about that macro yourself)

PLANET JOURNEY

PART 1 - RED GOTTA GO FASTA
You're young little runner, that called dibs on crusher (And I'm already wanna kill you for using word dibs as Xeno). Collect SMALLhosts, you will be able, with recent nerf (around XX.12.2016) you can devour 2-3 monkeys and drop them at hive. You must be able to collect 6-8 before you will evolve. And yep, don't use pounces, don't wait in the hive and watch for the status bar.

PART 2 - BLACK LIFE MATTERS!
Now you're young little hunter, who wanna became fat and tanky in the future, and you have around 500 ticks spare. Collect the rest of smallhosts/Grab tall ones/Slash some APCs/Destroy grilles, tables, widows. JUST CHILL and don't die. Marines will land around 400-500 tick, so you can still deside to evolve Rava or upgrade.

PART 3 - FATASS
My congrads, you're crusher now. But watch at yourself...Almoust no health, deflection is meh... damage - you didn't even know what it is. 800 ticks of being trash - if you wanna play safe. Engagements should start around 500-600 ticks I think, so you can play passivly at frontline: Block boilers (Which is useless thing if you have walls around), charge from time to time (Not in the front). Just don't charge the mines, you won't be able to moonwalk for 1-2 seconds, and even 2-3 marines can kill you there. Don't mess with turrets and your loadout must be TWO huggers to capture marines. Use mostly stomps, cause you can't close the gap to most of marines and stomp stun enough for hugging (Anyway you can't tackle with two huggers)

PART 4 - REE IN MY KNEE
Mature Crusher (777) - there it is, most of the game you will be mature crusher, maybe you will be able to evolve right before boarding Sulaco or on it. If you're hitting elite while defending - hive fucked up and you're salvation now. Loadout: Hugger and empty hand ready for disarming. Use all of your skills and robustness to pick marines one by one. Yes - it mught take a while, but less risk - always better. Tor said, that it's ok to charge turrets, I would say - slash them, with guard pheromones you can slash it without any risk, while blocking bullets from defenders (And yes, use boiler clouds, stomps and shit) Try to wiggle around 3 tiles infront of turret cause: It can miss you then, marines will miss you sometimes, and most cool one - marines will hit the turret itself (maybe even with nades).
Mostly, if you see barricades, turrets and many marines - scout around and make a flank route. You CAN make it in the front assault, but again flanks are less risk, faster, and they're the way to cut off retreat routs for marines.
Slowly push forward, pick off cuckshotters, SLs, specs and medics with tackles or huggers. Use memes, that you learned from Toroic and win the game.
At this part you need to start learning some little things like: how to taclke, how to dodge (yes, dodge always, bullet that didn't hit you - won't be able to penetrate your armor 100%), and always stay REEEEEE.

PART 5 - GAME OVER MAN! GAME OVER!


Alright, here you can ask questions, which will be answered.

[Butterrobber202]

How 2 get repsekt as ancient sentinel?

[Lokiki_01]

How 2 get repsekt as ancient sentinel?

Die horribly -> Join as Xeno