Question about Scout

[Toxic Tubby]

Does Scout get a melee bonus or such, because I been seeing more scouts jumping into mid swarm to pickaxe a bigboy that is under fire from the team. Scout is the only class I do not play so maybe I am missing something. I will be shooting up a big bug with minigun and I see a scout jump in my line of fire and call me a whale piper.lol Usually I only target scout if I am a driller and need to get rid of some C4 or EPC mine nitra that a scout is already on.
Maybe I will try to play scout and see if I can understand. Maybe having more mobility makes it easier to pickaxe and grapple out, but I would not want to do it on an enemy that it under fire.

[Chibbity]

No, they do not get a melee bonus.

Yes, being mobile makes it easier to melee safely and retreat.

Most large bugs like Oppressors take bonus melee damage, so it's a valid strategy.

[Cress]

No, scout doesn't have any inherit bonuses over everyone other than a fall damage reduction.

The best way to play scout is EXTREMELY aggressive. This includes zipping into a whole pile of swarmers, pickaxing, jumping off a cliff to avoid their retaliation, and narrowing having your grappling hook come off cooldown before you splat on the ground.

In short, scouts will play like idiots. The good ones will survive 99.9% of the time.

[LunarLime]

No, they don't have any damage boost to their melee.

Some people just find it fun to grapple to a large enemy and bonk it with a power attack, even I do it sometimes if it's somewhat isolated and not being shot at.

[Erin the Angry]

Everyone has the same pickaxe attacks and power to them. Only scout has the ability to grapple in, let one loose and zip back out. I do it to praetorians and oppressors, even dreadnoughts all the time. You can do the same with other classes if you have a good escape plan with the dash perk. You bounce on top of preatorians too so you can sprint, jump, bounce off, smack that booty and dash away if you get a chance.

[Lord Of War]

It's just... such a pleasure to slap a bug's butt! And if you have berserker perk, you can slap moar! Oh boy... good 'ol slapping moments.

[Erin the Angry]

Originally posted by Lord Of War:

It's just... such a pleasure to slap a bug's butt! And if you have berserker perk, you can slap moar! Oh boy... good 'ol slapping moments.

Slappity slap!

[marcusaddamsson]

As Scout, my favorite move right now is to grapple into a 'soft' arc, swap to my Zhuks w Embed Dets.. and get a full clip into a Oppo/Praet before I even land directly behind them for the powerslam!

[Grizzla™]

There isn't an inherit boost but Scouts can freeze big bugs before smacking them for some extra oomph.

[SCamp]

Scout can assassinate oppressors/praetorians quickly just because they have huge spike damage and can get behind them. Just focus all the small bugs around them so they don't have problems.

[DOOM_Dwarf]

I call that move "The Flying Mjolnir", hella fun. Very effective against Oppressors.

If you pair it with the Power Attack damage upgrade and Berserk Perk, you will be able to completely erase Oppressors within seconds.

[Toxic Tubby]

Thank you all for the responses, I'll make sure to not interrupt my fellow scout's fun.lol Rock and Stone

[GIRL]

It's the style bonus. Nothing says style like shotgun-jumping up to a Spitter on the ceiling, power-attacking it, then grappling to safety.

[ShugoTheRipper]

You got to dab on the Ice driller by stealing his drill kill.

[Cop Unit 12]

Oppressors have a weakness to melee.

[Addison1024]

They do not. It would be cool if your melee damage was increased depending on your momentum (move fast towards enemy=hit it harder)