Melee Tactics Help!


 

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So far I have mainly been tinkering with ranged AT's. I have tried Melee a few times, but it is such a hassle, i must be doing something wrong.

I keep reading posts where people say if you want a good solo/group toon to make a Scrapper, and alot of posts concering peoples' favorite toon to play, alot say /regen scrapper.

I am just wondering if anyone has any advice/tips/tricks of the trade/shortcuts for Melee based toons to make life easier and more enjoyable.

As far as what I have been doing....\

1. I am not all that great with a keyboard....I belong to a well known group, called Clickers

2. I either move the mouse around to look for each target, then use "w" to close the distance, and click my attacks...or...I hit "tab" (keymapped for nearest target), and "F" to close the distance to the nearest enemy, and click to attack..........with using "w", it takes me time to turn the mouse, target an enemy, and click, which hurts the team in my opinion........with using "F" my toon will chase the enemy when it runs to another group of foes, causing a possible group wipe.

So, like I said....if anyone has any good ideas on how I could improve, I would GREATLY appreciate it....I would really like to give Scrappers a try.


 

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Well, first things first, if you're not a fast clicker, don't play */Regen. */Regen is all about the clicking. Recon, Dull Pain, Instant Healing, and MoG. Most of your survivability is dependent on your ability to click the right power at the right time. If you want something that doesn't require lots of spot attention and still does largely the same thing, go with */Willpower. You'll get pretty much everything that you'd want from */Regen and it's just toggle on and go.

Secondly, I generally pick a target out with my eyes, then close with him, and then tab to target (or let the game target for me by clicking an attack power without a target already). If I get someone else, I either kill that target quickly or do some quick tabbing to get the right target. Really, I think whatever you're doing is just fine. As long as you can close with the target you want to and start beating on them before your team has killed them, you're likely doing fine.


 

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Originally Posted by Jonas1974 View Post
I am just wondering if anyone has any advice/tips/tricks of the trade/shortcuts for Melee based toons to make life easier and more enjoyable.
Yours sounds a pretty close playstyle to mine. I use the mouse to look, activate attacks, and occasionally to target. Most of the time I rely on TAB to cycle through targets. Sometimes I use the F key to find my target, but once I get there, tapping W once makes sure I won't follow if the target runs or gets knocked waaaaay back.

What helps me is to bind "reaction powers" to keys near my movement buttons. I've found that consistency is key.

Since I use the mouse to look around, I re-map Q and E to most toggle powers. Q powers tend to be offensive ones, E for defensive ones.

I bind V as a heal button. Whether it's aid self or dark regeneration, all I have to remember is "V gives me green."

I bind C to be an "Oh crap!" button. This tends to be the godmode powers, like Moment of Glory or Eclipse.


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If I'm surrounded by mobs and not really picky about which mob I want to attack, I just hit the next melee power I want to attack with and it targets the closest mob, then I click the attack again to attack.

So usually before agroing the group I'll pick out the boss and work on him after that it's the closest one to me, unless someone is in trouble and I'll go after the mobs on them.

Honestly after years of melee I've gotten used to targeting a number of ways.


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