Static Strikers seem a bit useless and redundant

[Vanta]

they seem to really suck at doing the berserkers job and cant really take on a fleshpound or scrake, might need a minor buff or something

[Tenryudan]

You just don't know how to use it, zerk role in the team is tank/crowd control and the Static Striker is great to stun big zeds like scrake and fp and keep then off your teammates back.

[m550]

Since fisting are shorter than firebug's annoying flame making machines, just focus on 1v1 shocking therapy zeds that you found out most threat to your team(mostly raging sc/fp).

Or pick a choke point and stand your ground as 300 spartans to block their way in.

[Moo...]

You're joking right? Please, tell me you're joking...
You're saying that a weapon that can stun any zed possible, even Fleshpounds and Scrakes is
"a bit useless and redundant"?

Originally posted by Tenryudan:

You just don't know how to use it, zerk role in the team is tank/crowd control and the Static Striker is great to stun big zeds like scrake and fp and keep then off your teammates back.

The man said everything that could be said, Zerker is a tank to protect his teammates and deliver crowd control to the bigger threat.
And you still say the weapon best suited for that is a bit useless...

[HiTmAn]

its wepon for fun never use it in random team cz they will probably kik u almost no range very bad for dealing with groups

[iiTzHentai]

Who cares about stuning zeds, all that matters in the end is to kill them quick. :)

[DrunkBunny94]

The strikers kill scrakes in like 4 hits - parry, heavy, bash, light & heavy (can't remember if that's for T4 or T5 though)

Not sure how many hits it takes to kill a FP prolly more like 6 or 7 I don't know since as zerker the Vlad is super fast I just use that or let my team deal with them.

I think if the strikers like an easier to use zwie - it has less range but the hit boxes are far more forgiving (in my experience) and the EMP status when you know how to combine that with bash stumble and melee hit stumble is pretty good.

Also while the zerker can tank hits for your team you are better off killing zeds so they don't hit you or your team rather than role playing a meat sheild.

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Originally posted by Vantablack:

they seem to really suck at doing the berserkers job and cant really take on a fleshpound or scrake, might need a minor buff or something

I can notice you are the casual skimisher spartan guy who never ever changes his skills to try something else, i ain't gonna bash you for not researching the weapon more before posting but ill say one thing .. This is atm the best weapon of choice for Tank build berserker i've had HoE games only me and my medic took down every Big zed in the game. This weapon it's not terrible it's actually so good it makes HoE even more Trivial

[WTBacon]

The ability to have the boss in a permanent state of EMP is pretty good though.
Helped to take down Patty really quick.

[Aya]

I guess it depends on playstyle. From my experience, they're pretty damn good at taking out scrakes and fleshpounds but call for the usage of a second melee weapon for trash. I guess i should probably give them a try the next time I feel like using Skirmisher

[Remonade]

yeah its bad at range but its fast so its okay when you want zerk walling sometimes its better than bone crusher. when it comes to stand still for 5-10 minutes per wave doing good-for-nothing but send zed fly away its okay, and its better than evis that for sure

dont say "this weapon is bad" when you dont even try to use it properly try to use it a little bit more
except pulverizer and weeb stick its already trash even try so hard to use it

[spearten.com]

Strikers one hit trash and most medium zeds and can down big zeds quick with Smash and power attacks.

Only downside is range and you can't really swing much to hit several trash at once.

If you wanna talk useless and redundant just pick up the Pulveriser. That weapon is a smega of what it once was.

[Lore?]

Originally posted by Tenryudan:

You just don't know how to use it, zerk role in the team is tank/crowd control and the Static Striker is great to stun big zeds like scrake and fp and keep then off your teammates back.

I really like the Static Strikers as it gives Beserker a skill-based way to fight Scrakes and Fleshpounds by EMPing them. That being said the Evicerator still beats it by a landslide for a multitude of reasons.

[Vanta]

ah, maybe i wasn't using it correctly, but idk why everyone thinks the pulveriser is trash, i can use that fairly easily

[WTBacon]

Originally posted by Vantablack:

ah, maybe i wasn't using it correctly, but idk why everyone thinks the pulveriser is trash, i can use that fairly easily

Main reason is the ammo nerf.
Maximum possible ammo you can have is 5 loaded and 15 spare, and the ammo is best used against Fleshpounds. Even if it does high damage to them, you're just too limited.

Lets compare this to the Eviscerator, Bone Crusher, and the Static Strikers, which are only 300 more:
Eviscerator is good against both Fleshpounds AND Scrakes, has 30 maximum ammo (5 + 25), and it's ammo can be picked back up. So you have a theoretically infinite amount of ammo and can kill Fleshpounds faster, easier, and from a farther distance.

Bone Crusher trades high damage for the games best damage reduction, were both blocking and parrying causes you to take only 30% damage. This allows you to be a very durable wall that keeps the Fleshpounds and Scrakes from reaching the team. The shield attacks are also very strong. Although it doesn't deal as much damage as the Pulverizers explosive attacks, it doesn't have a limit of 20.

Static Strikers basically achieve a similar effect to the Bone Crusher, but instead of blocking forever you keep the enemy EMPed.

Basically, if you want to kill big zeds Eviscerator is better then the Pulverizer. If you want play defensively just use the Bone Crusher or the Static Strikers.

If you only play solo and don't do anything multiplayer the ammo limitation doesn't really apply, though. So I guess it's fine if you use it there.

[Zero Taicho]

Originally posted by Vantablack:

ah, maybe i wasn't using it correctly, but idk why everyone thinks the pulveriser is trash, i can use that fairly easily

Mostly cuz its bugged up the butt. The explosion occasionally doesn't do anything, the damage and knock-back for a sledgehammer are a bit of a joke, and the fact that it just hasn't kept up with all the new Zerker additions.