Counter-play to katana?

[Wreaves]

I haven't fought against it in 1vs1 but in 2vs2 it feels like you're fighting a raid boss that will rush you down and kill you in 3 hits and it's impossible to out dps. So it's like, what to do?

[Croagunk Enthusiast]

what i found works is using bombs when they are at far/medium range, and just either land sticky or shoot the bombs in the air/on the ground. bear trap also works. self explosion is also a counter if you were going to lose anyways... might as well get a win for that extra exp. although try not to activate it cuz theres a bug with it rn

Originally posted by Croagunk Enthusiast:

the only way ive had it consistently work is if i was just hit within a half second before detonating. or just die. seems like dieing as proc always works? at least for me

boomstick also seems to out damage it if you can land it while they are swinging

[Holo]

The slow movement speed card is good (or increase movement speed on yourself), any automatic weapon breaks the 10 blocks of the katana really quickly (they then have to "reload" the katana for like two whole seconds and cannot block) and a shotgun is a straight up counter to the katana since it breaks block almost immediately and out-DPS the katana as long as you hit your shots. Also if you break the 10 blocks the katana has, it will always force the user to reload the katana instead of attacking which will make them completely vulnerable for a couple of seconds!
Just try your best to keep a distance away from the katana user and if you have guns to counter it use them too.

[Holo]

Originally posted by Croagunk Enthusiast:

what i found works is using bombs when they are at far/medium range, and just either land sticky or shoot the bombs in the air/on the ground. bear trap also works. self explosion is also a counter if you were going to lose anyways... might as well get a win for that extra exp. although try not to activate it cuz theres a bug with it rn

Originally posted by Croagunk Enthusiast:

the only way ive had it consistently work is if i was just hit within a half second before detonating. or just die. seems like dieing as proc always works? at least for me

boomstick also seems to out damage it if you can land it while they are swinging

I've noticed that with self destruct unfortunately even if someone else kills you there is still a chance for the explosion to be displaced, usually above or slightly behind where you died. Hopefully this'll eventually be looked into and sorted out though, there's been way too many times I've run straight up to the enemy and when they killed me the explosion triggered way too far away from where they killed me :/

[Wreaves]

Originally posted by Holo:

Originally posted by Croagunk Enthusiast:

what i found works is using bombs when they are at far/medium range, and just either land sticky or shoot the bombs in the air/on the ground. bear trap also works. self explosion is also a counter if you were going to lose anyways... might as well get a win for that extra exp. although try not to activate it cuz theres a bug with it rn

boomstick also seems to out damage it if you can land it while they are swinging

I've noticed that with self destruct unfortunately even if someone else kills you there is still a chance for the explosion to be displaced, usually above or slightly behind where you died. Hopefully this'll eventually be looked into and sorted out though, there's been way too many times I've run straight up to the enemy and when they killed me the explosion triggered way too far away from where they killed me :/

I didn't know you could break the katana, that makes a lot of sense, I imagine the brasshopper would be a good cheap counter to it then. Thanks for the replies!