How do you counter shieldball with the jumpbot fac?

I have recently gotten back into playing the jumpbot fac, and I always have a hard time countering shieldball without intense firewalker micro(manual firing at where the shieldball will probably walk).

Sumo might be able to take the ball apart piece by piece (gravity ignores shields) and use the goomba stomp as a finisher.

Simply pulling apart the ball with a Sumo is super-effective. Shieldballs lose most of their effectiveness if the units aren't protecting one another - just start pulling them into defences or whatnot.

Pretty much all of your answers to a shieldball are sadly weak to Racketeer themselves. You might have to switch out of Jump at some point. It has been said in the past that JJ vs. Shield is a poor matchup for Jump.

quote: (don't mix that up, Bandits kill Puppies and Rogues kill Pyros)

Bandit killing Puppy I agree with (under the majority of conditions) but Rogue > Pyro I find very hard to believe, unless they're in very large numbers - in which case you probably should have stopped making Pyros a while ago.

I admit I don't recall seeing it, but that's because I've never seen Rogue even built in the matchup... Do you mean Outlaw? I guess not, since they would beat Puppy too.

Jack.

Even if racketeer do nullify them, they will do some damage first. Then retreat the disabled one and cover escape with other jacks etc. You will keep their numbers in check while maintaining your own army numbers, and they risk losing some very valuable units. Once you're comfortable not dying to shieldball, make the firewalker to grind them down, or a sumo to finish them off (with jack support of course).

Pyro are quite good vs. bandits, and alright vs. thugs. But thuglaw ball equals death to pyro, don't even try it regardless of numbers.

most memorable example of jumpbot kicking shieldbot ass is this:

Check the skutle hall of fame, skutles are pretty good if you time the jump right.

duh
placeholder + skittle, or just skittle
if shiuldball is not clustered and have aspises resign rush is the only way out

1. Use sumo as fat lobster to absorb dmg. Jump is useless if you use sumo gravity beams. Best way is attract fellon if there is only one. I once used sumo as meat shield and several firewalkers who just grill ball who runs away. And sumo also pull out enemy fellon.
2. Placeholder offers very good ability. Plus other units. Jack can jump in hole and can jump out of hole.
3. Skuttles. But its very fragile because they now uncloack very fast.
4. In game start jacks can be very helpfull. They have great hp and they can kill felons.
5. Rush fast firewalker. Only area shield can block it fire. Small shields cant.

quote: most memorable example of jumpbot kicking shieldbot ass is this:

quote: Godde deflecting thuglaw rush with just jumpie cons, jeez xD

I watched from the timestamp and see:
At least one pyro, 5 Moderators, 1 LLT, upgraded Commander
defending against:
two Outlaws (one of which arrives bit later) and two Thugs
The moderators seem to drain shields (does that still work?) and then Commander walks in and kills with his laser upgrade.

Godde later built a shieldbot factory himself...
[Spoiler]
tl;dr game was imo too close to be called "kicking ass" and the Rush was not defended "just with jumpie cons"

Ah it is kinda hard to see on yt.
But does not really change that there was other units with them (Commander too) and how long/close the game was.
Also reminded me how Moderator and Con now both have similiar looking purple slow-beam weapons...somehow one deals damage and the other one does not.