Strike commander in competitive play

In competitive 1v1, it's incredibly rare to see Strike commander. I think jump has great escape/ambush potential, the drone/sturdiness of guardian is solid, and the engineer comm's surges are a real threat. Meanwhile, strike can move a tiny bit faster and has some regen - both qualities that mean very little if the commander gets slowed, swarmed, bursted or assassinated. The only use I can theorize for 1v1 is riot-protected missile launching attrition provider (until assaults show up laughing).

Before I add more laundry to GoogleFrog's pile and suggest it gets a buff or a new feature, can any of the Teams players tell me about the usage it gets in the lobster pot? Is it viable there and not 1v1 just due to seperate pacing? Let me know.

I think it could be interesting to let it lean into that dgun role and give it personal cloak on level 1, same way that Guardian gets basically several free drone modules.

The energy use will likely make it not that important early on - though a self-cloaking riot can be quite a huge thing! - but it will make the dgun+cloak combo much easier to obtain, making it a real threat even in 1v1, and padding out as the antiheavy for factories that lack one (ahem Rover).

That said, back a while i remember raaar doing quite nasty things by combining Strike's innate regen with a shield and a few extra regen modules, making it basically a heavy-weight Glaive that regens in 10 seconds unless alpha'd all in one.

There are a few Guardian only weapons that makes sense to diversify to Strike now such as the riot cannon.

I miss 600 hp/s regen strike commanders.

quote: Is it viable there and not 1v1 just due to seperate pacing? Let me know.

The only use for it is dgun in big teams. That's about it.

Make the lobster ability a possible manual-fire upgrade at level 4, and restrict it to the strike commander.

I think Guardian could be slightly slower, giving Strike more of an advantage in getting into position. This is still a tricky place to be as Recon will be better at maneuverability. It is worth thinking up some unique things for Strike to do. Making innate regen slightly better is an option now that Recon and Guardian have pretty noticeable innate bonuses.

I'd give Strike a small speed bonus so that it can zip around faster doing hit and run stuff which seems interesting.

I mean, if we're spitballing, what if Strike had a power fist that would literally strike its enemies

What if it could rally up enemy units to refuse to work unless they are paid more metal.