Best Starting Team for Experienced?

[The Shogun]

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[Radical Rat]

I finished my first Exp run with Internationale + Archive Prism ( Golem + Seed for Incognita ).
Then i rescued ' young ' Olivia and Rush... My spice girls were fully loaded during final mission, so it was walk in the park.
Internationale got Net Downlink installed early, so she could scout ahead, reveal and hack nearby cameras, and then scout even more ( imo she is pretty broken, or just makes game too easy and predictable ). Olivia's augment turned out to be very usefull - i maxed her Strenght and also was lucky to get + KO bonus upgrade, so she could generated 5 power per zap.

Now i'm trying more agressive and risky team - Draco & Archive Decer ( Dynamo + Parasite. I tried Mercenary, but it was pretty bad... ).
First Derek's mission ended up with three agents dead and Allarm lvl 6. Only Derek survived, soooo... he had to drag rest of his team to the teleport room, and kill waves of spawned Enforcers with hacked Akuma Drones

It was hell of a fun, so far my best and most satisfying victory

[Skeithe079]

Internationale and Banks ALL the way. No locked doors stopping you and seeing all hacks at a range is amazing.

NOT BEST overall but.....huge advantages for starting.

[Jooshimus]

Anything should work for experienced. People use Internationale as a crutch in expert+ but I'm not convinced she's that helpful in lower difficulties when you see all vision cones anyway.

Try-hard comp should be Archive Banks and Monster.

[Alex]

Banks + Zu.You get all the money behind every door.More money->equipment,like cloaking rig 3

[Photon]

Originally posted by Skeithe079:

Internationale and Banks ALL the way. No locked doors stopping you and seeing all hacks at a range is amazing.

NOT BEST overall but.....huge advantages for starting.

I ran that team for my Expert run with Fusion + Rapier. +6 AP per turn? Stealing from unalerted guards with Banks? No locked doors? Yes, yes and yes. I was tearing through entire facilities before they even knew what hit them. Of course, I found two "Net Downlink" upgrades very early on which made me feel borderline OP.

The only thing worth noting is that this is a very aggressive but stealth-dependent strat. If you aren't trailblazing, things can get dicey as early as alarm level 1 when Rapier's cost starts increasing.

In general though, experiment if you're curious about a strategy. Its amazing to me how many different ways you can play this game and discovering those ways can be incredibly satisfying. On Experienced difficulty, you've still got a little elbow room to take chances.

[Radonegsky]

Central+Archive Banks + Demon Code - MONEY!!!! POWER!!!! FREE ACHIVE!!!!

[Schraube]

If it's about having an easy start, probably Archive Shalem + Draco - even if you don't exploit laserfences, Draco will become busted very quickly, carrying the early game.

Archive Prism + Derek is also pretty damn powerful, being able to move around the map in a wayy most combos can't.

[Sumnus]

If it's endless, Central, in my opinion is very close to a must-have. Power becomes a premium in the later days, since firewalls get so high. And daemons come online so often that her augment is uniquely relevant on endless.

[Contractk4]

Prism and archive Banks can work really well together. Prism, paired with seed, lets you generate lots of excess power in the early game, allowing you to forgo the power terminals altogether. Since you aren't using the terminals for power, you can use Bank's econ chip on them. I've gone through levels where I steal from every guard, open every safe, and econ chip every terminal, yielding absurd amounts of credits.

[talkingmute]

I'm I the only one that likes using Nika? As in Nika-Zu-Fusion-Lockpick. Nika gets 2 attacks each round (no, I don't run around KOing/Killing everyone; the opposite), and Zu's augment allows you to steal from safes without using power (or activating daemons). Mainly I use Nika as a scout, then if things turn into a crap storm, use her to lure guards in circles or take them out. The extra AP from attacks means that in a bad situation I can use her to cover the escape for the rest of the team and have her out run/catch-up later. Plus getting a tag pistol or stealth rig w/ camo movement allows her to get the most out of them, ALMOST more than anyone else.

[Jooshimus]

Originally posted by talkingmute:

I'm I the only one that likes using Nika?

I miss archive Nika when her passive was bugged, plus she's useless with DLC on.

File Nika doesn't provide as much value as the other suggested agents. As you probably know, carelessly knocking out unaware guards and leaving them behind you is bad unless you're leaving soon. With optimal play her passive isn't needed.

Of course she's the best TAG pistol user, which is a solid niche.

[talkingmute]

Originally posted by Nxf7:

Originally posted by talkingmute:

I'm I the only one that likes using Nika?

I miss archive Nika when her passive was bugged, plus she's useless with DLC on.

File Nika doesn't provide as much value as the other suggested agents. As you probably know, carelessly knocking out unaware guards and leaving them behind you is bad unless you're leaving soon. With optimal play her passive isn't needed.

Of course she's the best TAG pistol user, which is a solid niche.

Yeah, you're right. In terms of agents for an experienced player you want somthing that gives a more general advantage or an asset that helps adapt to different situations, which outs Nika for almost anyone else :/ .

I think I just like her because she was one of my favorites early on.