Competitive Tank

I'll main him from now on because it seems no one's using him.

Yes, I'm talking about RustCLAN.

And, I have a question for competitive Tanks.

Are Charge and Bomb on level 3 necessary?

I think that 800$ would better for Juice.

I've only played privates twice so please don't **** on me.

"take out rail gun shoot at things that move."

yes, they are. your juice isnt as effective as a gunner or assault juice unless they are pushed in their base. a charge 3 makes for an awesome counterjuice however, and product bomb 3 helps a lot for clearing out supports.

@Crimson
Both of us know that I'm better than you at using Rail Gun.

@Tom (and Stretch)
Thanks for the guide.
I'll try to buy Bomb 3 before Charge 2.

Here is my Upgrade order for "PM's."

Match Start: Grenade 2 + Passive 2.
Save and use monies when team needs it. Jump Pads, Anni, blah blah.
When have enough money Charge 3.
Grenade 3.
Save Monies for Stuffs.
Passive 3. Rest of Monies for Stuffs.

I personally use:
Gold Armor
Silver RoF
Bronze Clip

My upgrade order in pubs :

Charge 2
Bomb 2
Charge 3
Bomb 3
Juice x 100

Passive Clutch Heal here and there.

Have fun being killed the second anyone looks at you.

actually, his upgrade order is pretty standard. you are just a lot more aggressive than most tanks, stretch. not necessarily a bad thing, but it will force you to take a different upgrade path.

Passive = Should be used for clutch heal.

I'm more of a Rail Gun guy than Death Blossom guy.

i run rate/armor/skill
bomb to 3 first for consistant product harrassment and product bot control (plus product grenades on groups of bots & turrets provides the hard to get natural juice for a tank) then charge to 3. clutch passives along the way as i feel necessary. keep your distance on assaults and gunners unless you know for sure u can catch them off guard with a charge 3 + jetgun. those are the basics to get anyone started on a competitive tank. oh, and do everything in your power to make the enemy assassin's life miserable in the lanes

@Chron
Don't you think Accuracy is better than Skill Pill? I don't see the difference...

Oh and thanks for the guide. I'll keep my distance away from Assaults.

I'll use him for 1 straight week and let's see what happens.

i used to run bronze acc, but i converted over to skill when i noticed it didnt affect my shot at all really, and the extra product grenades and charges once level 2+ are noticable vs no skill. i also like to be aggressive with the tank and preserve the charge to get out of trouble as much as to use it offensively, similar to why i run skill on assault. the more tricks up your sleeve and awareness/ability to effectively abuse all your skills in various situations, the better it is to run skill on the appropriate classes.

edit: if you go the route of getting better with a competitive tank by playing it in public matches, do your best to avoid the temptations of going nuts with juice, charge3, deathblossom, etc, because these tactics on a smart tank can simply crush public matches, but railgun/product efficiency and bot control are a tanks best friends in private matches. and if you get frustrated by pub assaults or leashed gunners, know that in a private you would normally have a capable and competent team at your back where those targets are not entirely your responsibility

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I use Accuracy 'cuz it helps me to damage Gunners and Tanks. Yes, I know Accuracy is not needed for fatties but if I don't put bronze Accuracy, even if I hit 'em they won't take any damage. Probably because I play with 260+ ping lol. Sacred Holy Red Bars.

How do you know your ping exactly?

I guess.

ive been practicing tank on pubs by rail gunning snipers across maps

I don't play Tank like Feedle. I barley even DB unless Assassin is dead or mia and ball is almost breached. Also Passive Clutch is hard to do on my crap controller. I either end up buying deploy or changing my class.

My old build i used was
Armor
Reload
Skill/Rate

Mash the hell out of RB and hold down LT when in range
Hold A and fly in and out into crowds

Works extremely well stopping any bots and assassins

Mid/Long range your toast