Some other build people use SHOTGUN Builds Rate Speed Armor or Rate Armor Speed or Speed Rate Armor Don't know which suits you best
I only have 2 builds I use. RoF/Skill/Armor, and Skill/RoF/Armor Rof and Skill help maximise my Support play style. I'm always healing, and always hacking. I hate face grapples.
Bronze juice is generally the equivalent of picking up 1 juice box. I do remember Stretch saying they all have a chance of giving you what seems to be four juice boxes, but they all have different chances. But I stand firm, juice is not a good endorsement, especially if you don't plan to die a lot. Speed, I wouldn't recommend speed that much seeing as you can pick them up. You could also try Tom's build which is Armor/RoF/Health Regen (could be RoF/Armor I don't remember exactly)
I've recently started using 2 builds. #1, RoF, Skill Regen, Armor #2, Juice, RoF, Speed Since you keep your upgrades during a match, as long as you use the same class, it comes in handy to have a little variety. Sometimes I'll start with the juice class, and get an early juice, then switch to my more standard RoF class after I get killed. It also comes in handy for overtime. Maybe I'll build a gold speed class to get to the moneyball quicker during overtime. I don't know how common this tactic is. I've been playing this game for months and it just recently dawned on me that if one setup isn't working, I can switch to anotherof the same class and maybe get something going.
Gold armor, silver rate. Been rocking this for about 60 levels now. Bronze is totally personal flavor, I roll skill pill most of the time.
Yeah, I gotta start doing this as well. I didn't know if you changed to the same class you kept all of your skills you've upgraded.
relatively offensive support* and the build i use is armor/RoF/health recovery. *ive managed to get a hacked 2.3 firebase on the enemy clock in lazerrazor. dont worry, i made sure it shot at the ball before i hacked it.
I have 3 support builds since I play it so much and can switch at any time and keep my upgrades.. #1 RoF, ReGen, Armor (this is the old school, pre-DLC, primary build) #2 Speed, ReGen, Armor (i sit mid map alot, and a quick Support is a scary support.. sorta makes up for the airstrike overnerf. Speed+some speed pickups = mario with a star powerup). #3 RoF, Speed, Armor (dont use often, i'll switch to this if its apparent that i'm going to get alot of kills and I don't need to keep rebuilding my FB or defend the base much..) Not many people will recommend Speed, but I love it. Its one of the few remaining ways where I find that I keep the opposing players "scared" of coming near me, and it also helps prevent that death that happens alot when you're in the open and a gunner or assault is off in the distance clipping you..I find it makes the difference in trying to reach cover vs. dying. I don't want to rely on pick-ups because I want to be like that all the time. I always roll Armor bronze because without it an Assassins front-grapple will 1HK you and most Assassins think they can waltz up to Supports for easy kills. I find anything more than Bronze overkill (if it gets to that point you're dead anyways), and I find Health extremely pointless because the Support regens his health quickly and you can always drain a enemy bot for health in a pinch. Besides, if you have Speed its easy to get away and find some cover for a half a sec. Then there's also FBx3 to retreat to. Health to me is not a concern. If you don't use Regen in some capacity on Support, you'll often find yourself with no Skills ready at all. It also makes picking up your FB and replanting it a real liability on certain maps.. Steel Peel, Ammo Mule, and GIII especially (which is also one of the reasons I always upgrade FB to 3 nowadays.. quicker FB regen+health). Bronze ReGen is worthless... it makes almost no difference to not having it at all. Silver is just like 6 seconds slower than gold.
I like to run gold armor, silver skill regen, and bronze RoF... I find it the best fit for me when I play support -- and I generally run a very defensive support. A good friend of mine plays support 99.99% of the time and swears by: gold armor, silver skill, and bronze juice. He is the absolute master of playing the midfield: bombing turrets, guarding bot lanes, and ALWAYS healing pros on their escape back into friendly territory. Because of this he juices at least four or more times per match; which he uses to push the line forward.
Gold --> Rate of Fire Silver --> Skill Regen Bronze --> Armor That's a very offensive support. You've got the fast shotgun fire coupled with the quick regen of your airstrikes. Moving your firebase from location to location is faster also. Hell, you could even play defensively with it by using the skill regen for hacking. But for defensive support: Gold --> RoF Silver --> Speed Bronze --> Armor RoF so your heal gun is healing faster. And surprisingly, speed. The slight increase helps you get from turret to pro quicker and vice versa. I find the most useful supports are the ones always there when you need them. So moving around the mid/base quickly is helpful. Armor so you can stay alive during rushes and heal/set-up turrets. Just a couple builds I like.
