@@MadiGirlmeat just put reticle on guy you want to kill and shoot. Simple as that, then move from another to the other to the other to the other to the other to the other to the other to the other to the other till you're done and another group comes then repeat.
I think pre aiming at the enemy weak point will help, since scoping makes your sensitivity lower, needing to move your mouse a lot more than usual. If you are already doing this then I think you just need to calm down a little, starting slower is always better than breaking your wrists
As a MUL-T main, I have been unknowingly practicing for Railgunner's release that whole time; Rebar Puncher for the practice with a strong piercing hitscan, and Power Mode Nail Gun recoil shenanigans for the "thrusters" in the air. No wonder why I loved Railgunner off the bat!
@@pat5653 releasing nail gun gives a burst of nails that knock you back so if you repeatedly fire and release nail gun with enough attack speed you can fly
It is useful in the early game for clearing out lots of wisps or blind pests. Lemurians too, those guys aren't really worth sniping when 2 shots from the primary kills them and doesn't need any precision.
Important to note, for default special the cooldown doesn't start counting until railgunner is done recharging meaning attack speed actually influences the cooldown reduction. I planned on releasing a video about it today but woolie beat me
Supercharge is quite nice when you're playing coop, as a buddy can usually cover you while you one-shot the teleporter boss. That being said, Cryocharge is very good in singleplayer runs.
I like Supercharge better. Cryocharge is good for Mithrix, but it can't freeze normal bosses and the damage is comparatively very underwhelming. I suppose it can be used for mobility, but I find that mines + a bit of movement speed is generally good enough for me. Plus, landing that weak point Supercharge with a couple of crowbars and watching a boss's healthbar just dissapear is very satisfying.
I'm also leaning towards supercharge, but the cryocharge might be good for freezing and executing a mass of enemies. Since I think the shots are a lot wider, so they'd hit a big clump. I wasn't paying attention to it at all when I first used the ability though haha
I still strongly prefer Cryocharge as my main issue with Super is the 5 seconds you don't get to deal damage, which is a long time and early on is a big deal. Basically cryo is more consistent and safe for less damage (though it still chunks). Same thing with the two secondaries, short range scope allows for more consistent damage at the cost of dealing less damage per shot.
If you get lysate cells and cooldown reduction, you can make cryocharge do way more damage over a few shots than supercharge. Just something to think about.
@@nobleradical2158 its all about the 1 shot thing for me, with a couple bands and some good accuracy you can get 12000% damage ++ which is better than 3 or 4 4000% percent shots especially because the missiles from atg you get will also be doing 12000% damage+
Supercharge synergies soooo well with a Ukelele, as the 3.0 proc rate makes it so the ukulele has a 75% proc chance if i'm not mistaken (and I don't think I am with my testing). The extremely high damage and Piercing ability makes it so you can OS very large and wide groups of ennemies. There's no need to shoot in the next few seconds when there's nothing to shoot at.
one very useful tip ive found that im surprised wasnt covered is how useful her special is for clearing hordes of enemies when they form a conga line. quite often when i try sniping these conga lines normally, it takes quite a few shots. there seems to be a bit of damage falloff with piercing large amounts of enemies at once. several times ive sniped enemies in a conga line that normally would be 1-tapped even if i didnt hit the weakspot and they will only loose about half their hp. however, if i use my spec, this doesnt occur, dealing the maximum damage to everything as well as being a wide horizontal cylinder of damage instead of a thin beam, which results in obliterating anything thats in the general direction of your shot and not just what your crosshairs are directing pointing at
i dont think this was covered in the video but heres an important thing ive found: her regular scoped shot will deal approximately 50% less damage for each target it pierces. dont know if this is intentional or not since her supercharged shot doesnt have this feature but definitely important to keep in mind.
I would like to note that the Lost Seers Lenses are a bit worse than how Woolie described because, while yes you can instant kill, you'll almost always be doing that anyways with the damage from Lens Makers, meaning that the only noticeable difference will be your loss of damage on Bosses
Really depends on how long you want to run rly. Early on for sure, better to have normal crit, but very lategame instakills get a lot more valuable on things like scavs or void enemies, plus you can compensate for lack of crit glasses with the few greens that give crit and maybe some ego cleanse shenanigans.
@@KazLordOfLightWarriors you forget irradiant pearls, which are actually quite easy to get now in long runs thanks to egocentrism. Also a nice way to offset the problem with benthic bloom eating all your movement/crit/attack speed btw, since it only eats whites and greens.
Given that you can still use your mines during the post-Supercharge cooldown, and that it scales with attack speed, I have found that Supercharge is far superior. Waiting for a few seconds to start killing shit again is not a big deal. The only major benefit to Cryocharge is that it synergizes much better with the new Lysate cells. (Also, if for some reason you have taken Visions of Heresy or (God forbid) Hooks of Heresy, those items can still be used during the Supercharge cooldown.)
I don't know if it is a bug or not, but at least right now Visions of Heresy is set to 1 charge after using your default secondary, so definitely watch out for that if you are using both default secondary and special.
I prefer cryocharge because supercharge is strictly worse at dealing with large groups, which is the main problem railgunner has. Boss damage is absolutely no issue, so the extra supercharge damage is nice, but not necessary.
I would actually argue that lysate cells are much more impactful on her supercharge ability as one single lysate cell can effectively reduce the amount of time between supercharge shots by almost half.
I would like to add to the Railgunner pool of knowledge! If you're on the fence on whether you should take ATGs or Plasma Shrimps on the Railgunner, here are my two cents on it: It all comes down to Supercharge: enemies are not supposed to survive it. If they survive it, they will have very little health remaining most of the time. While the ATG can potentially make some of the highest numbers you've seen in this game if it procs on Supercharge, you're betting on a 30% chance of that happening. If it doesn't come out, you're stuck without Supercharge and with an enemy to kill. That's bad. With the Plasma Shrimp, while it is much weaker, it's still being based off an incredibly strong attack: you don't really *need* it to be stronger than it is. That'd just be overkill. With 2 or 3 stacks it pretty much acts as a guaranteed double hit of Supercharge (as long as shield is up) which is more than enough to kill most things in this game. Thoughts?
4:59 the 15 second cool down does not start until the weapon recharges; So the cool down is 5 secs (by attack speed) + 15 (normal cool down), so without items, your firing this every 20 secs at most. The freeze shot is just a normal 15 sec cooldown. On terms of back up mags, its good for fodder clearing. Yea the boosted shot is only for the first target but chain shooting before reloading can quickly get your pred stacks up and you can just unzoom and force the reload
Yup, both specials start their cooldown when you start charging them, but Super's system reboot resets it when you fire. So realistically, Cryo has a 15s total CD, or 13s after firing, while Super has a 22s total CD, or 20s after firing.
I agree with the backup mags, when you're trying to shoot something that's really mobile, you usually don't actually need the extra damage from a perfect reload, and being able to spam a couple shots until you hit the target can be life saving
I think an important thing to note is how Supercharge is really good at eliminating key targets which in turn gives you time to take out smaller ones since you don't have to worry about the big one anymore. Supercharge does an absolute fuckton of damage and you can usually 1-2 shot bosses with it fairly easily so it really comes down to preference of whether you want the versatility of Cryocharge or if you want the raw boss killing potential of Supercharge.
1 crowbar though makes her alt M2 do nearly the same exact damage as Supercharge, just without a 15 second cooldown that ONLY starts cooling down when she recovers from the shot. Supercharge just isn't good comparatively, and the freeze mechanic scales much better, as they die once they reach a certain percentage (30%, which is a LOT of health later on) of health rather than a flat HP value. Cryocharge is just objectively better.
@@pixxlated_ 1 crowbar also makes supercharge do more damage too you know. Freeze also doesn't work on bosses which is a pretty important distinction to make. Cryocharge is better in more scenarios and more versatile but as I mentioned you can't discount Supercharge's raw boss killing power as that can make fights easier by virtue of not having to deal with the bosses anymore. Maybe in singleplayer Cryocharge is the more consistent choice(although I've had a lot of solo Monsoon success with Supercharge) but in multiplayer I'd argue Supercharge is much stronger since you have teamates to help cover the weakness.
Playing TF2 has prepared me for Railgunner perfectly. Soldier and Demoman for the blast jumping, and Sniper for the actual shooting. This character felt like coming home, first time I tried her.
Did you know, with the default sniper, you can zoom in and reload at the same time? If you right click as soon as you let go of it, you can zoom back in and reload in-scope. If you mess up the reload though, you'll have to "re-zoom" to fire again. Probably not intended but neat :)
Something fun to know for Railgunner when doing Eclipse (or just the game in general), is that if you pick Cryocharge, it can freeze Mithrix, allowing for some execute mechanics AND it can cancel attacks, such as the spinning fire columns. Pair this with a Lysate Cell, Alien Head or Purity, it allows for a pretty easy Mithrix fight, and if you get enough cooldown reduction, you can stunlock Mithrix, PERMANANTLY.
I've found that in my runs Supercharge is superior as it just allows me to get that higher damage output sooner. Cryocharge for mobility is rather neat, but I've found that the Mines give you the benefit of adding your momentum when they knock you around. Assuming you have a feather or quail (which is almost always something you want regardless) and the attack speed to levitate enough with your primary that Cryocharge isn't necessary for mobility. Given that the cooldown and charge up periods on Railgunner are affected by attack speed, I think Supercharge is just better for the far higher damage output it offers. I also think that Backup Magazines are honestly underrated on Railgunner. You miss out on that bonus damage but if your attack speed is high enough you can fire so many high damage shots that it makes the alt version of the sniper rather redundant. Regardless though, there doesn't seem to be much of a "correct" way to play her, given how strong she is. All her options feel good to use.
A few more things I learned when playing Railgunner: Bustling Fungus is not very good unless you are trying to collect for the Weeping Fungus void item. This is only because all attacks from the Railgunner cause you to move a very small amount, even if you are standing completely still, causing the Bustling Fungus to disappear and only reappear once you stop moving. In a harder run, you most likely wont even get the chance to stand still, but if you're starting a run and trying to camp a boss from the other side of the map with the fungus, you most likely wont get any healing when sniping. Despite the Lost Seer's Lenses effect on your crit damage, if you have just a few of them a high enough fire rate, you can just use the "Primary" because of the tracing. I got a really good run with this method because of a little luck and an early Lost Seer's Lenses
For me, stacking few backup magazines is a great idea for Railgunner. While consecutive shots won't benefit from perfect reload damage bonus, you still amplify the number of damage/targets you can shoot at before reloading. This helps Railgunner to sustain more DPS in a short period of time. (this is most important when the enemies are frozen from cyrofreeze, where you need to reach 30% threshold in a short period of time) Also, with backup mag, you can more reliably utilise predatory instinct and harvester scythe. Without it, you can only get 8 measly healing and one single stack of instinct. But if you have backup mag, you can multiply the healing and stack you can acquire before reloading (and resets the instinct stack).
Agreed. As long as you have enough attack speed to fire at least 3 rounds before reloading and firing again, you'll come out ahead on damage overall by using a few backup mags. Reloading then refreshes all backup mags, so you can dish out rather extreme bursts of damage. Also the alternate M2 apparently cannot use Backup Mags from what I've seen.
As a railgunner user (not main yet, as i feel i can improve greatly) i find the singularity band works extremely well. Pair that with a singular gasoline or will-o-whisp and its pretty dominant for the early and mid game
Singularity band all the way. Easily clumping enemies is so nice, including reasons you said, and I find them far easier to get than praying to RNG for a primordial cube. Band over cube means you can use an equipment for something else too. It also still deals total damage too, just less than the fire/ice band and once the black hole ends (though really nothing's escaping the black hole, seemingly not even Mithrix).
this may be easier for me due to my tf2 sticky jumping experience but when you get a hard light afterburner you can air pogo with the mines (hit yourself repeatedly in the air for more distance or height) as well as catch yourself from fall damage by shooting where you land
Backup mags are good if you keep them as their name implies: a backup. I find I pick them up and use them for applying large amounts of single-target damage in a more consistent way than relying on watches or crowbars for the damage. Paired with the bands, blast shower, and some fuel cells, you can pump out some SERIOUS damage very fast on bosses.
For the mobility stuff, any Rex mains out there will have an easy time of it, and if youre not a Rex Main, perhaps give him a few practise jumps to get into the habit of the jump and flick
Although I (and everyone else) prefer the default shift to the slowing one, it should be noted that the slow one is pretttttyyy busted. It doesn’t just slow enemies, it slows PROJECTILES too. It basically gives you bullet time except you move at full speed which makes their attacks trivial. Not to mention enemies outside the field move slower than those in it, so they will all clump up for easy aoe. Compare this to the default’s tendency to spread enemies APART and you can see the difference in playstyle they can both lend themselves to. Basically it makes you immune to anything that isn’t melee, and THOSE enemies get slowed. Another thing: the slow from the device isn’t Chronobauble’s cringe 60% slow, but the chad 80% slow from the likes of Runald’s Band and Elite enemies. This means it counts separately for death mark, and also is 33% stronger than chronobauble, not to mention the slow doesn’t go away in 2 seconds. So basically it’s engineer bubble shield but with melee protection and a debuff built in. Tbh I don’t find it as fun as default, but realistically it’s probably the better (albeit less fun) option. In the long run you’ll probably get enough mobility to render the concussion devices’ mobility obsolete (outside of afterburner but do you really need that), and the M1 hover and kickback from cyrocharge are definitely good enough movement tools for early and late game. Don’t ignore a skill because you don’t find it fun.
Another very important thing to note about railgunner is the fact that the push from the concussion device scales with your movement speed at the moment of detonation. This means that if you get 3 wax quails or 4 and time it properly you can zoom across stages and reposition more freely to keep your distance from enemies
Another helpful tip, if you’re playing Railgunner, using equipment items like Spinel Tonic or Opus Frenzy will make the “Perfect Reload” bar longer/larger so its easier to do a Perfect Reload. I don’t know what other items also have this effect but those are the two I am aware of.
The higher your attack speed, the faster the reload bar goes, so to compensate that and make attack speed not punish you by missing an active reload, the effective range inside the bar is wider. So this means syringes, predatory instincts, and pauldron also widen the bar, while light-flux pauldron (new lunar) narrow it (and make the bar take longer to move)
This has been insightful so far all of your guides has been helping me getting used to each character. I hope you make a guide for the Void Fiend as well any Tips and Tricks will be very much appreciated.
It is worth mentioning that if you take any of the 'heresy' lunar items, these are not affected by the 5 second cooldown period supercharge provides. So visions of heresy will allow you to continue shooting while your m2 scoped attack reboots. The same works well for strides of heresy as the utility skill which replaces the mines, it also does not get the 5 second reboot so keeps your options open after firing
strongly recommend using vision and strides of heresy. lose mobility but increase survivability massively. if you bring super charge you can sill shoot vision off heresy while cooling down. strides of heresy is amazing once you already have a couple hopoo feathers and speed boosts. it also allows the railguner go to void fields and not die between the void cells. I say vison of heresy is essential and always pick it up. and strides are a bit more situational but I still pick them up most runs. they help a lot early game for the heals (especially on monsoon)
as i have experimented around with Railgunner myself. i can say that Void Will-o-Wisps are another key item to consider it a good run. 1 because they will proc the crowbar damage buff since they happen at the beginning and 2 because of the early shot damage. simply for the fact that it happens at the start of a health bar instead of the end makes it very important to rail gunner in my opinion. the Void Ukulele is a situational item. again on her the key is single target damage so she makes great use of this. but having regular Ukulele helps her add clear something fierce as well.
Supercharge is REALLY good, that 3.0 makes a Uke nearly guaranteed to proc so shooting just a few enemies will destroy crowds of enemies with ease not to mention the fact it does nearly 3x the amount a Cryocharge can, 2000% base + 500% perfect reload x 2 (crit) = 5000% while Supercharge is 4000% base + 500% perfect reload x 2 (crit) x 1.5 (weakspot bonus) = 13500%
Supercharge vs Cryocharge I find is just a difference on when you want to use them. If your goal is to oneshot a boss, then Supercharge is your go-to friend. If you want to control the area a bit better, then kite and run Cryocharge down a conga line. Also, if for whatever reason you decided to grab the Heresy Primary or Secondary (rip run if you do the latter), they don't go on cooldown during Supercharge, meaning Visions has some real synergy with Supercharge, though I find it to be just a worse version of her primary otherwise. Also her M99 fires 9 shots of Visions for whatever reason, which feels like a bug to me.
Id argue at least having a few mags can maybe help- but only when dealing with lots of boss enemies at once. With enough attack speed you can fire off way more rounds than you would usually which could outdue the extra 500% since. There may be something I'm not accounting for but I did a quick test with 15 syringes and 5 total shots. For this I started the second I began zooming in and ended once I finished reloading the last round. If you reload without shooting all rounds it comes out to about 7500% every 5 seconds or 1500% per second. However when shooting without reloading until the final 5th shot it came out to around 5500% about every 2.5 seconds- whichmeans 2200% per second. Still it makes sense why this wouldn't be desired as its usage is niche
The info at 7:02 makes it sound like the second mine needs to actually come into contact with a terrain surface for the first to explode when, in reality, it just needs to be thrown out but I know that you were probably referring to the fact you need at least 2 charges of the skill instead of it acting like some form of trigger. Sidenote: the Railgunner's concussion devices work just as well in the air, making Hardlight Afterburners cause complete chaos in a godrun. Plus, the momentum sorta multiplies the more you have to instantly detonate. Seriously, I don't think there's a faster way to hit the skybox.
I just finished a 20+ Stage run with her. A lot of my items ended up being attack speed and on-hits so at stage 12 or so I just stopped sniping and like the Auto stuff shred and burn everything. Still had to Snipe stuff every now and again but late game that M1 becomes just a budget Commandbro Primary and is suprisingly very good lmao
2:40 actually if you are a little bit sick in the head you can do one neat trick with backup magazines and a little bit of attack speed, and by that i mean that you can (m2) shoot your first shot (m1), unscope for a brief moment, the reload mechanic will pop up but if you are fast enough you can m2 again shoot (m1), then perfect reload and repeat. But you need to be rly good at timing this to make an use of that interaction.
One thing to note is that while the Backup Mag is good for the default Sniper as it allows you multiple shots before needing to reload, using that item with the alternate sniper, the Marksman is useless since it doesn't have a reload. So avoid picking it up or scrap it if you use the Marksman.
Real quick, do note with the Lost Seer's Lenses void item, it doesn't take away your crit mechanic entirely. You can still get crit chance from other sources, just not the Lens-Makers
Correct but you can get very little extra crit chance unless you find a laser sight since the other items don't stack crit chance but give a one time flat amount. Meaning dmg is better with normal glasses.
yo quick advanced tips he didnt mention, you can reload a tiny bit before the white, like a grace period. Also when firing your primary for the fastest movement out of your mines, stop firing after a little bit downhill as it slows you down
But that's not all, the primary ability can be deadly thanks to the void version of the ATG missile mk2. With that void item, it will help to increase the damage output alot because it homes to the target. Making Railgunner a killing machine.
@@2911oscar you are incorrect. It is when you DEAL damage it fires a rocket, Not when you Take damage like you say. Homing primary = easy access to dealing damage. Easy Access to dealing damage makes Shrimp proc easier. Do you get it now? (This isnt supposed to be condescending, it may look like it, it aint)
And I forgot one thing. The void version of the ATG missiles work well with the lunar item that turn your health Into shield. This would give you a upperhand alot more.
just to add a few lines in here. wax quail increases the mine jumps by a lot. If you sprint jump over it ofc. visions of heresy skill is not affected by the supercharged cooldown. so you could keep on firing after. But i still like the primary more. Blast shower resets the cooldowns of the 2 Bands. SO you could trigger them by sniping quite often with some fuel cells of gesture of the drowned. But otherwise, thanks Woolie ! lovely guide you threw out here =D
I've been playing ror2 for a LOOOONG TIME and I did not know all this stuff about her!! I kinda avoided her, but I'm now excited to give her another chance!
if you manage to get a lot of attack speed buffs like syrninges, coffee, etc, the backup mags are definatly better than without. I had a run where was struggling with movement speed on stage 5 but there was a coffee printer so I printed 14 coffees mainly for the movement speed increase, however I noticed it made the rail gun shoot much faster with my single backup mag I had. Against mythrix, I was able to fire the back up mag shots about as fast as his other weapon.
A lot of people saying they think Supercharge is the way to go. Just wanted to point out that while Cryocharge does about only half the damage, it also cools down immediately. The shot itself takes about 2-3 seconds (already starting recharge) and there is no weapon cooldown. Realistically, it's about a 12-13 second window before you can fire again, counting that little bit of time firing. The Supercharge takes (it seems like) the same amount of time to fire, 2-3 seconds, THEN adds another 5 second cooldown which takes away your ability to damage enemies almost entirely, and then finally does the 15 second cooldown. This means that Supercharge takes about 22-23 seconds to let you fire another one, as apposed to 12-13. Additionally, using supercharge on a horde of enemies is sometimes a run-ender if you don't manage to get everything at once. Wiped out a bunch of beetle guards and fodder right in front of you? Too bad there were 9 wisps in the sky right behind you, you can't shoot them. I agree Supercharge is better at purely one-shotting the teleporter boss and other random boss spawns, which are huge threats, but I'd argue Cryocharge is better 99% of the time otherwise. It may not do as much damage but it can almost fire twice as many times as the Supercharge--without the dramatic downside of not being able to use any weapons. They both scale better with attack speed, and while its more important on Supercharge for sure, Cryocharge also gets the speed boost in case you wanted to argue late-run effectiveness. I think if Woolie emphasized the drastic amount of time between shot differential a lot of you guys would think Cryocharge is also usually the way to go. Lastly, Cryocharge's freeze affect (which works on virtually every enemy) ALSO has a built in Guillotine effect that works on any enemy you freeze and don't one shot, (LEGIT 30% of their healthbar) and doing enough damage to reach that threshold instantly kills any frozen enemy before they thaw, just like Guillotines on elites. Plus, the entire time they're frozen they cannot hurt you. This helps compensate both for its overall lower damage and inability to one-shot. Supercharge definitely isn't trash at all though and I love that instant dopamine of turning a giant red healthbar to nothing in one click, but I really think Cryocharge is way better and that's why Woolie said so, alongside the little bit of movement benefit he mentioned. Not that this was a loadout video, though, so maybe he'll go more in-depth at a later time.
in risk of rain 1, I ONLY touched commando and enforcer, but once I unlocked Sniper, he's all I played. As soon as I saw RAILGUNNER was just my boy sniper, I mained her for about 4 games before I unlocked Void Fiend. Supercharge will always remind me of sniper, so that's what I always use. After beating the game with Void Fiend on run 10ish though, I've really started enjoying captain. Have yet to touch anyone but Commando, Bandit, Cap, and the 2 dlc characters. Railgunner holds a special place in my heart though
I've found that if you build attack speed, void shrimp missiles, ICBM and ukulele, railgunner can also be insane without ever using the "secondary" ability. Holding left click just fires a scary swarm of constant homing projectiles that means you just need movement speed to account for the short range.
I like supercharge more because with half decent rng I just dont have to fight tp bosses anymore for like 10 stages, but to each his own. The argument you make for the alternate is worth looking into for me, I hadnt considered the mobility aspect.
How to play railgunner? Take commmando artifact, spam soldier sirrenges , void shrimps, and items for debuffing enemy.( It what im always doing and it working great, shot finnal boss once with ultimate shot and little shrimp will fly to him and deal half of damage, and normal enemies and bosses who too near to you shoot by primary attack
Item synergies: voidsent flames Why waste time with non-elite non-boss enemies when they can get 1 shot by your primary auto-aim fire? And since the shot itself does such little damage, the explosion usually still gets the crowbar damage bonus
so getting perma tonic, some horns, syringes, etc, i turned marksman into an AR and did more than double the amount of damage to enemies than my 2 other friends combined who were using the sniper ability.
I prefer supercharge. Once you get some attack speed, it will be easy to get through the cooldown, especially since you can use mines to escape. Attack speed doesn’t scale much at all with cyrocharge. Also, if you combine attack speed with lysate cells, you can kill bosses left and right with a flick shot. But hey, it’s all just opinions anyways.
Good guide keep it up Woolie! I played her since the DLC came out and I played A LOT after it did. What I noticed with her is in the early game it is important to get mobility items (Goat Hoof,Energy Drink, Whip) as much as it seems like the Mobility skill is enough, it makes you lose time while making the arc. Since you already have the damage to deal with almost all enemies at the early stage but you are slow, to compensate it I found out that getting these movement speed items in early game will make a better chance for a GOD-RUN.
lmao I went to this video to see if there was anything I was missing for railgunner, only to find out that I just need some practice with her. Good to know.
Get Primordial Cube and Bandolier, and if you're lucky, Soulbound Catalyst. Pop your cube, use your supercharge shot for a HUGE collateral. Soulbound recharges your cube instantly bc of all the kills, and you're very likely to get a bandolier drop in the center of it.
Another detrimental item to note is the backup mag specifically on the Marksman. It allows you an extra shot on the main, but is rendered entirely useless as the secondary doesnt need a reload. Also…you can FLY?! Im so excited to try this out. I had no idea about the momentum thing
another thing - if you don't like either of the alternate utilities, take strides as soon as possible (which is easier with command - but obviously still possible with no artifacts)
A few important things that were not covered: With Attack Speed HH44 will flat outpace M99 in DPS very quickly. Crit Glasses boost less then any damage boosting item as it is 10% on crit while others boost 20% off crit 40% on crit. This means you need 11 Watches/Focus/AP for Glasses to be better and 11 Crowbars for Glasses to be better. This is even more important for the M99 as it is much more focused about 1-shotting so Crowbars synergize really well. The mines with Hardlight Afterburner can be thrown behind you to let you travel across map faster then any character can in any direction. Lastly Cryo Charge having a lack of locking your weapons actually gives it more raw power in HH44 runs. M99 is best for quick concise runs, HH44 is best for long runs or those who have trouble with certain enemy types.
Tbf I personally prefer running full stock for rail gunner over her special alt. Personally with all the runs I have done mobility has never been an issue, next to this I think the cool down on attacks doesn’t really matter if you can just kill them anyways with one high damaging shot. I have noticed though that without extra boss dmg and or crowbars it does get out shined latter in runs by her alt for the no cool down, but In this situation you (or rng jesus) would have probably spect into being more tanky or speedy (unless you didn't), so you’ll be able to survive the cool down or just be able to run away from the enemies respectively. I do see the uses in her alt, I just prefer her default one thing the items that synergise well with rail gunner segment missed personally was to mention Lysate Cell, and how broken it is. It essentially reduces your default specials cool down to the wait time, and alt wont have one (meaning big boy dmg 2,3,4 or even 5 times in a row) off course I am but a baby player and have not spent the amount of time you have in the game, so take all my opinions with a large grain of salt.
From my experience cryocharge tends to be better in sim, while supercharge is better in normal gameplay. in sim, you’re in a closed up area with essentially no way out, and large hordes of tougher-than-normal enemies. being able to use your primary and m2 is super important when you literally can’t get away, and the execution from freezing helps with crowd control. On the other hand, in normal gameplay, supercharge (if used correctly) is a one click boss erasure tool. it also can hit in a small aoe. I do find that the effectiveness/ consistency of both seem to decrease as the game goes on, where even the absolutely colossal damage they deal can sometimes leave a boss at 50% or more health with a shot. it’s really annoying honestly it makes me feel like it’s a waste to use
I recently got a run where I printed around 24 lens maker glasses and then later on in the run I found the lost seer one, and then I had an item that did auto damage (I think it was the mired urn) and I ran around 1 shotting EVERYTHING, I ended the run on I think stage 15 or something as I went for getting 1 mil damage in 1 shot. Did a total of 100 million damage.
When I'm playing I'll always take the Cryocharger with the M99, as with the M99 I feel far less competent taking care of closer clumps of enemies, and I find that the M99 itself bulks damage enough for bosses to not need Supercharger. Though when I'm using the Marksman (which I usually do) I always take the Supercharger, it gives you important damage to just completely chunk enemies that you need dead *now*, and is also very handy at taking out huge trains of trash. The slow field is kinda throwing ngl. Also I noticed you said that you can't crit without being zoomed in, but this isn't true, Supercharger (Not sure about Cryocharger) can actually hit enemy weak points while not being zoomed in, which isn't entirely practical, but still fun and handy to know. I didn't even think about using her M1 for mobility during mine hopping, so thanks for tipping me off to it!.
I use supercharge and find grabbing a bandolier makes your other abilities have no cooldown, so you can use the 4000% charge damage, pick up 1 bandolier, and keep fighting.
EDIT: Interesting, so everything I described below is reproducible BUT apparently this ONLY works with the SUCCESSFUL active reload. If you miss the fast reload with this method you actually have to un-scope again to get another shot. But you do reload instantly after that, I guess since the bar already filled up already it doesn't make you wait again which is nice. I just discovered your channel after giving ROR2 for a while until the recent DLC. I've been binging your library for tips and strats and I decided to revisit this one with a pretty interesting discovery with railgunner (though I'm probably far from the first to make it) I just noticed: So I'm playing on a gamepad and in my haste alternating between sniper shots and reloading I noticed that when I hit and hold the scope button (you'd call it M2 but again I'm using a pad) **immediately** after releasing it after firing the sniper I get the scope again ~along with~ the active reload bar and can still reload and shoot the next shot like normal. After getting it accidentally I got this to reliably work after messing around. I haven't tried it on K+M yet but I'm guessing it would work too 🤔 The only restriction seems to be just how fast you can release and hold again. If I delayed by more than a split second I was locked out of scoping again until the reload was done. Which we all understand is "normal". This was huge because it let me line up my next shot way quicker while I was reloading. I figured if I posted it here it might get picked up by you or anybody else who's been enjoying the new DLC (and hopefully not patched out). Happy sniping!
In my opinion, trying to secure a couple Hardlight Afterburners is also a great idea, giving you even more momentum to work with. Since you gain more charges for your mines, you get to detonate them in the same way you normally do, one after the other, but with 3 or 4 mines, you can get out of literally ANY situation quickly. Pairing those with hopoo feathers, or any way you can negate fall damage also helps exponentially. One run I had, my friends had died fighting the Alloy Worship Unit, and I got the kill, along with 4 total Hardlight Afterburners. 10 mines in my pockets, and an insatiable need for speed did wonders for me.
Based off experience, gasoline, will of the wisps and ignition tank makes a great synergy for quickly burning through huge mobs. (pun intended) It’s very satisfying playing with double player count scaling and artifact of swarms with this combo and it’s a great way to get through early game.
BOOM! HEADSHOT!
when voidfiend?
Hehe funni sniper from TF2 reference heheahgahdscbnbjfjfudnvig
I did not know you can fly. huh.
Watch this awp down mid
I CAN DANCE ALL DAY!
Also known as "The Survivor who will give me carpal tunnel because I think I'm good at flick shots"
Will? I already have carpal tunnel 😂
never flick. point ahead and wait. this is my wisdom
@@MadiGirlmeat just put reticle on guy you want to kill and shoot. Simple as that, then move from another to the other to the other to the other to the other to the other to the other to the other to the other till you're done and another group comes then repeat.
I think pre aiming at the enemy weak point will help, since scoping makes your sensitivity lower, needing to move your mouse a lot more than usual.
If you are already doing this then I think you just need to calm down a little, starting slower is always better than breaking your wrists
Oh my god yes. My forearm was in so much pain because I pulled the trigger with each hit with so much ferocity.
As a MUL-T main, I have been unknowingly practicing for Railgunner's release that whole time; Rebar Puncher for the practice with a strong piercing hitscan, and Power Mode Nail Gun recoil shenanigans for the "thrusters" in the air. No wonder why I loved Railgunner off the bat!
same i cant wait to get the dlc
MUL-T can use Power Mode Nailgun for boosting??
@@CeasingZulu Get it while its on sale!!
@@pat5653 releasing nail gun gives a burst of nails that knock you back so if you repeatedly fire and release nail gun with enough attack speed you can fly
@@zachcate7102 I knew about the burst but not about the knockback! Good to know, thanks
You know you have a good run going when her primary fire is killing things
22 crowbars do that to a mf
Try 100 lol
@@justanormalaccountnothingt1571 a bunch of seers glasses also do that to mfer
It is useful in the early game for clearing out lots of wisps or blind pests. Lemurians too, those guys aren't really worth sniping when 2 shots from the primary kills them and doesn't need any precision.
That is how I play her I love flying with the shot.
Important to note, for default special the cooldown doesn't start counting until railgunner is done recharging meaning attack speed actually influences the cooldown reduction. I planned on releasing a video about it today but woolie beat me
oh sick
additionally, you can let the special "time out" after prepping it, if you want to avoid disabling your weapons and back out of the shot
As a TF2 player with over 2,000 hours on Sniper and Demoman each this character is practically made for me. I am in love.
Give Demo a glock
Finally, stickyjumping
@@Companion__ The mines feel like a budget sticky jumper.
@@literatemax they gave demo a glock in momentum mod
Sniper with a sticky jumper, nice
Supercharge is quite nice when you're playing coop, as a buddy can usually cover you while you one-shot the teleporter boss. That being said, Cryocharge is very good in singleplayer runs.
I like Supercharge better. Cryocharge is good for Mithrix, but it can't freeze normal bosses and the damage is comparatively very underwhelming. I suppose it can be used for mobility, but I find that mines + a bit of movement speed is generally good enough for me. Plus, landing that weak point Supercharge with a couple of crowbars and watching a boss's healthbar just dissapear is very satisfying.
I'm also leaning towards supercharge, but the cryocharge might be good for freezing and executing a mass of enemies. Since I think the shots are a lot wider, so they'd hit a big clump. I wasn't paying attention to it at all when I first used the ability though haha
I still strongly prefer Cryocharge as my main issue with Super is the 5 seconds you don't get to deal damage, which is a long time and early on is a big deal. Basically cryo is more consistent and safe for less damage (though it still chunks). Same thing with the two secondaries, short range scope allows for more consistent damage at the cost of dealing less damage per shot.
If you get lysate cells and cooldown reduction, you can make cryocharge do way more damage over a few shots than supercharge. Just something to think about.
@@nobleradical2158 its all about the 1 shot thing for me, with a couple bands and some good accuracy you can get 12000% damage ++ which is better than 3 or 4 4000% percent shots especially because the missiles from atg you get will also be doing 12000% damage+
Supercharge synergies soooo well with a Ukelele, as the 3.0 proc rate makes it so the ukulele has a 75% proc chance if i'm not mistaken (and I don't think I am with my testing). The extremely high damage and Piercing ability makes it so you can OS very large and wide groups of ennemies. There's no need to shoot in the next few seconds when there's nothing to shoot at.
one very useful tip ive found that im surprised wasnt covered is how useful her special is for clearing hordes of enemies when they form a conga line. quite often when i try sniping these conga lines normally, it takes quite a few shots. there seems to be a bit of damage falloff with piercing large amounts of enemies at once. several times ive sniped enemies in a conga line that normally would be 1-tapped even if i didnt hit the weakspot and they will only loose about half their hp.
however, if i use my spec, this doesnt occur, dealing the maximum damage to everything as well as being a wide horizontal cylinder of damage instead of a thin beam, which results in obliterating anything thats in the general direction of your shot and not just what your crosshairs are directing pointing at
Don't quote me on this but i think there is a 50% loss per penetration
The primary fire is nothing to forget, it can very easily start proc chains later in a run
It’s insane
i dont think this was covered in the video but heres an important thing ive found: her regular scoped shot will deal approximately 50% less damage for each target it pierces. dont know if this is intentional or not since her supercharged shot doesnt have this feature but definitely important to keep in mind.
Supercharge + Brainstalk on higher difficulty is an absolute beast, add some syringes on top and you can fire a constant stream of 4000% damage
I would like to note that the Lost Seers Lenses are a bit worse than how Woolie described because, while yes you can instant kill, you'll almost always be doing that anyways with the damage from Lens Makers, meaning that the only noticeable difference will be your loss of damage on Bosses
Really depends on how long you want to run rly. Early on for sure, better to have normal crit, but very lategame instakills get a lot more valuable on things like scavs or void enemies, plus you can compensate for lack of crit glasses with the few greens that give crit and maybe some ego cleanse shenanigans.
@@morinor1340 you can only get 15% crit from non LM sources, that being 5% each from harvesters, Predatory, and Laser Scope. And only on the 1st stack
@@KazLordOfLightWarriors you forget irradiant pearls, which are actually quite easy to get now in long runs thanks to egocentrism.
Also a nice way to offset the problem with benthic bloom eating all your movement/crit/attack speed btw, since it only eats whites and greens.
@@morinor1340 irradiant pearls boost crit? I thought it was just normal stats like damage health and speed.
According the better hud mod they do
Given that you can still use your mines during the post-Supercharge cooldown, and that it scales with attack speed, I have found that Supercharge is far superior. Waiting for a few seconds to start killing shit again is not a big deal. The only major benefit to Cryocharge is that it synergizes much better with the new Lysate cells.
(Also, if for some reason you have taken Visions of Heresy or (God forbid) Hooks of Heresy, those items can still be used during the Supercharge cooldown.)
I don't know if it is a bug or not, but at least right now Visions of Heresy is set to 1 charge after using your default secondary, so definitely watch out for that if you are using both default secondary and special.
I prefer cryocharge because supercharge is strictly worse at dealing with large groups, which is the main problem railgunner has. Boss damage is absolutely no issue, so the extra supercharge damage is nice, but not necessary.
@@lowkey_Ioki I like to use either marksman and supercharge or sniper and cryo. You have one mainly single target ability, one multi target
I would actually argue that lysate cells are much more impactful on her supercharge ability as one single lysate cell can effectively reduce the amount of time between supercharge shots by almost half.
@@lowkey_Ioki i launch the enemies into pits, atleast the ones i can, some are too thicc
I would like to add to the Railgunner pool of knowledge!
If you're on the fence on whether you should take ATGs or Plasma Shrimps on the Railgunner, here are my two cents on it:
It all comes down to Supercharge: enemies are not supposed to survive it. If they survive it, they will have very little health remaining most of the time.
While the ATG can potentially make some of the highest numbers you've seen in this game if it procs on Supercharge, you're betting on a 30% chance of that happening.
If it doesn't come out, you're stuck without Supercharge and with an enemy to kill. That's bad.
With the Plasma Shrimp, while it is much weaker, it's still being based off an incredibly strong attack: you don't really *need* it to be stronger than it is. That'd just be overkill.
With 2 or 3 stacks it pretty much acts as a guaranteed double hit of Supercharge (as long as shield is up) which is more than enough to kill most things in this game.
Thoughts?
I quickly fell in love with this new survivor. The game really missed the sniper, and now we've got it.
4:59 the 15 second cool down does not start until the weapon recharges; So the cool down is 5 secs (by attack speed) + 15 (normal cool down), so without items, your firing this every 20 secs at most. The freeze shot is just a normal 15 sec cooldown.
On terms of back up mags, its good for fodder clearing. Yea the boosted shot is only for the first target but chain shooting before reloading can quickly get your pred stacks up and you can just unzoom and force the reload
Cryo is shorter than 15 since the cd goes down during the chargup
Yup, both specials start their cooldown when you start charging them, but Super's system reboot resets it when you fire. So realistically, Cryo has a 15s total CD, or 13s after firing, while Super has a 22s total CD, or 20s after firing.
I agree with the backup mags, when you're trying to shoot something that's really mobile, you usually don't actually need the extra damage from a perfect reload, and being able to spam a couple shots until you hit the target can be life saving
I think an important thing to note is how Supercharge is really good at eliminating key targets which in turn gives you time to take out smaller ones since you don't have to worry about the big one anymore. Supercharge does an absolute fuckton of damage and you can usually 1-2 shot bosses with it fairly easily so it really comes down to preference of whether you want the versatility of Cryocharge or if you want the raw boss killing potential of Supercharge.
1 crowbar though makes her alt M2 do nearly the same exact damage as Supercharge, just without a 15 second cooldown that ONLY starts cooling down when she recovers from the shot. Supercharge just isn't good comparatively, and the freeze mechanic scales much better, as they die once they reach a certain percentage (30%, which is a LOT of health later on) of health rather than a flat HP value. Cryocharge is just objectively better.
@@pixxlated_ 1 crowbar also makes supercharge do more damage too you know. Freeze also doesn't work on bosses which is a pretty important distinction to make. Cryocharge is better in more scenarios and more versatile but as I mentioned you can't discount Supercharge's raw boss killing power as that can make fights easier by virtue of not having to deal with the bosses anymore.
Maybe in singleplayer Cryocharge is the more consistent choice(although I've had a lot of solo Monsoon success with Supercharge) but in multiplayer I'd argue Supercharge is much stronger since you have teamates to help cover the weakness.
Playing TF2 has prepared me for Railgunner perfectly. Soldier and Demoman for the blast jumping, and Sniper for the actual shooting. This character felt like coming home, first time I tried her.
Did you know, with the default sniper, you can zoom in and reload at the same time?
If you right click as soon as you let go of it, you can zoom back in and reload in-scope. If you mess up the reload though, you'll have to "re-zoom" to fire again.
Probably not intended but neat :)
i found this out too. i also found out how bad of an idea it is to be more scoped than u need to be.
I just noticed today and came here to see who else might have!
Something fun to know for Railgunner when doing Eclipse (or just the game in general), is that if you pick Cryocharge, it can freeze Mithrix, allowing for some execute mechanics AND it can cancel attacks, such as the spinning fire columns. Pair this with a Lysate Cell, Alien Head or Purity, it allows for a pretty easy Mithrix fight, and if you get enough cooldown reduction, you can stunlock Mithrix, PERMANANTLY.
I've found that in my runs Supercharge is superior as it just allows me to get that higher damage output sooner. Cryocharge for mobility is rather neat, but I've found that the Mines give you the benefit of adding your momentum when they knock you around. Assuming you have a feather or quail (which is almost always something you want regardless) and the attack speed to levitate enough with your primary that Cryocharge isn't necessary for mobility. Given that the cooldown and charge up periods on Railgunner are affected by attack speed, I think Supercharge is just better for the far higher damage output it offers.
I also think that Backup Magazines are honestly underrated on Railgunner. You miss out on that bonus damage but if your attack speed is high enough you can fire so many high damage shots that it makes the alt version of the sniper rather redundant.
Regardless though, there doesn't seem to be much of a "correct" way to play her, given how strong she is. All her options feel good to use.
A few more things I learned when playing Railgunner:
Bustling Fungus is not very good unless you are trying to collect for the Weeping Fungus void item. This is only because all attacks from the Railgunner cause you to move a very small amount, even if you are standing completely still, causing the Bustling Fungus to disappear and only reappear once you stop moving. In a harder run, you most likely wont even get the chance to stand still, but if you're starting a run and trying to camp a boss from the other side of the map with the fungus, you most likely wont get any healing when sniping.
Despite the Lost Seer's Lenses effect on your crit damage, if you have just a few of them a high enough fire rate, you can just use the "Primary" because of the tracing. I got a really good run with this method because of a little luck and an early Lost Seer's Lenses
Did you try if you can make the chanche any better with 3 proc coeficent on the special?
For me, stacking few backup magazines is a great idea for Railgunner. While consecutive shots won't benefit from perfect reload damage bonus, you still amplify the number of damage/targets you can shoot at before reloading. This helps Railgunner to sustain more DPS in a short period of time. (this is most important when the enemies are frozen from cyrofreeze, where you need to reach 30% threshold in a short period of time) Also, with backup mag, you can more reliably utilise predatory instinct and harvester scythe. Without it, you can only get 8 measly healing and one single stack of instinct. But if you have backup mag, you can multiply the healing and stack you can acquire before reloading (and resets the instinct stack).
Agreed. As long as you have enough attack speed to fire at least 3 rounds before reloading and firing again, you'll come out ahead on damage overall by using a few backup mags. Reloading then refreshes all backup mags, so you can dish out rather extreme bursts of damage.
Also the alternate M2 apparently cannot use Backup Mags from what I've seen.
0:10 railgunner is all about pinpoint accuracy, proceeds to miss every crit shot on the beetle queen
As a railgunner user (not main yet, as i feel i can improve greatly) i find the singularity band works extremely well. Pair that with a singular gasoline or will-o-whisp and its pretty dominant for the early and mid game
1-get ukulele and singularity
2-proc singularity
3-use supercharge
4-profit
Singularity band all the way. Easily clumping enemies is so nice, including reasons you said, and I find them far easier to get than praying to RNG for a primordial cube. Band over cube means you can use an equipment for something else too. It also still deals total damage too, just less than the fire/ice band and once the black hole ends (though really nothing's escaping the black hole, seemingly not even Mithrix).
With her concussion device you are also able to move the pots on abandoned aquaduct making it way easier to do
This is amazing info! Thanks! Since it doesn't do damage I guess it doesn't explode them?
@@Jonjon13Jonjon13 Yeah it doesn't :)
Its still pain. They make them fly like a kilometer each time, not really thay great.
this may be easier for me due to my tf2 sticky jumping experience but when you get a hard light afterburner you can air pogo with the mines (hit yourself repeatedly in the air for more distance or height) as well as catch yourself from fall damage by shooting where you land
basically single pre
Backup mags are good if you keep them as their name implies: a backup. I find I pick them up and use them for applying large amounts of single-target damage in a more consistent way than relying on watches or crowbars for the damage. Paired with the bands, blast shower, and some fuel cells, you can pump out some SERIOUS damage very fast on bosses.
@@shaunhayes3072 Read my first sentence again, slowly, and out-loud to yourself.
For the mobility stuff, any Rex mains out there will have an easy time of it, and if youre not a Rex Main, perhaps give him a few practise jumps to get into the habit of the jump and flick
Although I (and everyone else) prefer the default shift to the slowing one, it should be noted that the slow one is pretttttyyy busted. It doesn’t just slow enemies, it slows PROJECTILES too. It basically gives you bullet time except you move at full speed which makes their attacks trivial. Not to mention enemies outside the field move slower than those in it, so they will all clump up for easy aoe. Compare this to the default’s tendency to spread enemies APART and you can see the difference in playstyle they can both lend themselves to.
Basically it makes you immune to anything that isn’t melee, and THOSE enemies get slowed. Another thing: the slow from the device isn’t Chronobauble’s cringe 60% slow, but the chad 80% slow from the likes of Runald’s Band and Elite enemies. This means it counts separately for death mark, and also is 33% stronger than chronobauble, not to mention the slow doesn’t go away in 2 seconds. So basically it’s engineer bubble shield but with melee protection and a debuff built in. Tbh I don’t find it as fun as default, but realistically it’s probably the better (albeit less fun) option. In the long run you’ll probably get enough mobility to render the concussion devices’ mobility obsolete (outside of afterburner but do you really need that), and the M1 hover and kickback from cyrocharge are definitely good enough movement tools for early and late game.
Don’t ignore a skill because you don’t find it fun.
Another very important thing to note about railgunner is the fact that the push from the concussion device scales with your movement speed at the moment of detonation. This means that if you get 3 wax quails or 4 and time it properly you can zoom across stages and reposition more freely to keep your distance from enemies
Another helpful tip, if you’re playing Railgunner, using equipment items like Spinel Tonic or Opus Frenzy will make the “Perfect Reload” bar longer/larger so its easier to do a Perfect Reload. I don’t know what other items also have this effect but those are the two I am aware of.
The higher your attack speed, the faster the reload bar goes, so to compensate that and make attack speed not punish you by missing an active reload, the effective range inside the bar is wider. So this means syringes, predatory instincts, and pauldron also widen the bar, while light-flux pauldron (new lunar) narrow it (and make the bar take longer to move)
This has been insightful so far all of your guides has been helping me getting used to each character. I hope you make a guide for the Void Fiend as well any Tips and Tricks will be very much appreciated.
It is worth mentioning that if you take any of the 'heresy' lunar items, these are not affected by the 5 second cooldown period supercharge provides. So visions of heresy will allow you to continue shooting while your m2 scoped attack reboots. The same works well for strides of heresy as the utility skill which replaces the mines, it also does not get the 5 second reboot so keeps your options open after firing
strongly recommend using vision and strides of heresy. lose mobility but increase survivability massively. if you bring super charge you can sill shoot vision off heresy while cooling down. strides of heresy is amazing once you already have a couple hopoo feathers and speed boosts. it also allows the railguner go to void fields and not die between the void cells. I say vison of heresy is essential and always pick it up. and strides are a bit more situational but I still pick them up most runs. they help a lot early game for the heals (especially on monsoon)
Wait, does vision of heresy not stop her scope shot? Cause that's amazing.
as i have experimented around with Railgunner myself. i can say that Void Will-o-Wisps are another key item to consider it a good run. 1 because they will proc the crowbar damage buff since they happen at the beginning and 2 because of the early shot damage. simply for the fact that it happens at the start of a health bar instead of the end makes it very important to rail gunner in my opinion. the Void Ukulele is a situational item. again on her the key is single target damage so she makes great use of this. but having regular Ukulele helps her add clear something fierce as well.
Comboing the void Wisp with ignition tanks also gives you some mean burn damage
So stoked for the Void Fiend guide. I've been getting blasted while playing as him
“snipings a good job mate”
I appreciate that this character exists now, since I dont have to tun nodded versions to play with a kit I really enjoyed
I’ve been playing the dlc non stop. That smart round trick is ingenious
Supercharge is REALLY good, that 3.0 makes a Uke nearly guaranteed to proc so shooting just a few enemies will destroy crowds of enemies with ease
not to mention the fact it does nearly 3x the amount a Cryocharge can, 2000% base + 500% perfect reload x 2 (crit) = 5000% while Supercharge is 4000% base + 500% perfect reload x 2 (crit) x 1.5 (weakspot bonus) = 13500%
Supercharged Shot + ATG + ICBM is a fun time. For when you want four things off your screen
Supercharge vs Cryocharge I find is just a difference on when you want to use them. If your goal is to oneshot a boss, then Supercharge is your go-to friend. If you want to control the area a bit better, then kite and run Cryocharge down a conga line. Also, if for whatever reason you decided to grab the Heresy Primary or Secondary (rip run if you do the latter), they don't go on cooldown during Supercharge, meaning Visions has some real synergy with Supercharge, though I find it to be just a worse version of her primary otherwise. Also her M99 fires 9 shots of Visions for whatever reason, which feels like a bug to me.
Id argue at least having a few mags can maybe help- but only when dealing with lots of boss enemies at once. With enough attack speed you can fire off way more rounds than you would usually which could outdue the extra 500% since. There may be something I'm not accounting for but I did a quick test with 15 syringes and 5 total shots. For this I started the second I began zooming in and ended once I finished reloading the last round. If you reload without shooting all rounds it comes out to about 7500% every 5 seconds or 1500% per second. However when shooting without reloading until the final 5th shot it came out to around 5500% about every 2.5 seconds- whichmeans 2200% per second. Still it makes sense why this wouldn't be desired as its usage is niche
Thx now i'm waiting for the void fiend guide
The info at 7:02 makes it sound like the second mine needs to actually come into contact with a terrain surface for the first to explode when, in reality, it just needs to be thrown out but I know that you were probably referring to the fact you need at least 2 charges of the skill instead of it acting like some form of trigger.
Sidenote: the Railgunner's concussion devices work just as well in the air, making Hardlight Afterburners cause complete chaos in a godrun. Plus, the momentum sorta multiplies the more you have to instantly detonate.
Seriously, I don't think there's a faster way to hit the skybox.
Thanks for the advice man, I just started playing and have been having a lot of fun.
I just finished a 20+ Stage run with her. A lot of my items ended up being attack speed and on-hits so at stage 12 or so I just stopped sniping and like the Auto stuff shred and burn everything. Still had to Snipe stuff every now and again but late game that M1 becomes just a budget Commandbro Primary and is suprisingly very good lmao
Im really enjoying railgunner myself. Such a fun survivor
2:40 actually if you are a little bit sick in the head you can do one neat trick with backup magazines and a little bit of attack speed, and by that i mean that you can (m2) shoot your first shot (m1), unscope for a brief moment, the reload mechanic will pop up but if you are fast enough you can m2 again shoot (m1), then perfect reload and repeat. But you need to be rly good at timing this to make an use of that interaction.
One thing to note is that while the Backup Mag is good for the default Sniper as it allows you multiple shots before needing to reload, using that item with the alternate sniper, the Marksman is useless since it doesn't have a reload. So avoid picking it up or scrap it if you use the Marksman.
Real quick, do note with the Lost Seer's Lenses void item, it doesn't take away your crit mechanic entirely. You can still get crit chance from other sources, just not the Lens-Makers
Correct but you can get very little extra crit chance unless you find a laser sight since the other items don't stack crit chance but give a one time flat amount. Meaning dmg is better with normal glasses.
yo quick advanced tips he didnt mention, you can reload a tiny bit before the white, like a grace period. Also when firing your primary for the fastest movement out of your mines, stop firing after a little bit downhill as it slows you down
But that's not all, the primary ability can be deadly thanks to the void version of the ATG missile mk2. With that void item, it will help to increase the damage output alot because it homes to the target. Making Railgunner a killing machine.
void ATGs make it so tasking damage when shields are up shoots a rocket, what does that have to do with railgunner?
@@2911oscar you are incorrect. It is when you DEAL damage it fires a rocket, Not when you Take damage like you say. Homing primary = easy access to dealing damage. Easy Access to dealing damage makes Shrimp proc easier. Do you get it now? (This isnt supposed to be condescending, it may look like it, it aint)
@@casualmarkit9969 ah my bad, I thought it was when your shields take damage
And I forgot one thing. The void version of the ATG missiles work well with the lunar item that turn your health Into shield. This would give you a upperhand alot more.
just to add a few lines in here.
wax quail increases the mine jumps by a lot. If you sprint jump over it ofc.
visions of heresy skill is not affected by the supercharged cooldown. so you could keep on firing after. But i still like the primary more.
Blast shower resets the cooldowns of the 2 Bands. SO you could trigger them by sniping quite often with some fuel cells of gesture of the drowned.
But otherwise, thanks Woolie ! lovely guide you threw out here =D
Been waiting for this!
“Snipin’s a good job, mate.”
I've been playing ror2 for a LOOOONG TIME and I did not know all this stuff about her!! I kinda avoided her, but I'm now excited to give her another chance!
As a kraber main in titanfall 2 before it got taken down I am hyped for when I get this on console
if you manage to get a lot of attack speed buffs like syrninges, coffee, etc, the backup mags are definatly better than without. I had a run where was struggling with movement speed on stage 5 but there was a coffee printer so I printed 14 coffees mainly for the movement speed increase, however I noticed it made the rail gun shoot much faster with my single backup mag I had. Against mythrix, I was able to fire the back up mag shots about as fast as his other weapon.
A lot of people saying they think Supercharge is the way to go. Just wanted to point out that while Cryocharge does about only half the damage, it also cools down immediately. The shot itself takes about 2-3 seconds (already starting recharge) and there is no weapon cooldown. Realistically, it's about a 12-13 second window before you can fire again, counting that little bit of time firing. The Supercharge takes (it seems like) the same amount of time to fire, 2-3 seconds, THEN adds another 5 second cooldown which takes away your ability to damage enemies almost entirely, and then finally does the 15 second cooldown. This means that Supercharge takes about 22-23 seconds to let you fire another one, as apposed to 12-13. Additionally, using supercharge on a horde of enemies is sometimes a run-ender if you don't manage to get everything at once. Wiped out a bunch of beetle guards and fodder right in front of you? Too bad there were 9 wisps in the sky right behind you, you can't shoot them.
I agree Supercharge is better at purely one-shotting the teleporter boss and other random boss spawns, which are huge threats, but I'd argue Cryocharge is better 99% of the time otherwise. It may not do as much damage but it can almost fire twice as many times as the Supercharge--without the dramatic downside of not being able to use any weapons. They both scale better with attack speed, and while its more important on Supercharge for sure, Cryocharge also gets the speed boost in case you wanted to argue late-run effectiveness. I think if Woolie emphasized the drastic amount of time between shot differential a lot of you guys would think Cryocharge is also usually the way to go. Lastly, Cryocharge's freeze affect (which works on virtually every enemy) ALSO has a built in Guillotine effect that works on any enemy you freeze and don't one shot, (LEGIT 30% of their healthbar) and doing enough damage to reach that threshold instantly kills any frozen enemy before they thaw, just like Guillotines on elites. Plus, the entire time they're frozen they cannot hurt you. This helps compensate both for its overall lower damage and inability to one-shot. Supercharge definitely isn't trash at all though and I love that instant dopamine of turning a giant red healthbar to nothing in one click, but I really think Cryocharge is way better and that's why Woolie said so, alongside the little bit of movement benefit he mentioned. Not that this was a loadout video, though, so maybe he'll go more in-depth at a later time.
in risk of rain 1, I ONLY touched commando and enforcer, but once I unlocked Sniper, he's all I played. As soon as I saw RAILGUNNER was just my boy sniper, I mained her for about 4 games before I unlocked Void Fiend. Supercharge will always remind me of sniper, so that's what I always use. After beating the game with Void Fiend on run 10ish though, I've really started enjoying captain. Have yet to touch anyone but Commando, Bandit, Cap, and the 2 dlc characters. Railgunner holds a special place in my heart though
I've found that if you build attack speed, void shrimp missiles, ICBM and ukulele, railgunner can also be insane without ever using the "secondary" ability. Holding left click just fires a scary swarm of constant homing projectiles that means you just need movement speed to account for the short range.
I've had a crazy amount of fun with attack speed Railgunner, highly recommend it. (No aim just pew pew)
I love attack speed in railgunnner plus ukulele(or corrupted version) is hella fun
And then you find a Brilliant Behemoth...
I like supercharge more because with half decent rng I just dont have to fight tp bosses anymore for like 10 stages, but to each his own. The argument you make for the alternate is worth looking into for me, I hadnt considered the mobility aspect.
How to play railgunner? Take commmando artifact, spam soldier sirrenges , void shrimps, and items for debuffing enemy.( It what im always doing and it working great, shot finnal boss once with ultimate shot and little shrimp will fly to him and deal half of damage, and normal enemies and bosses who too near to you shoot by primary attack
commando artifact KEKW
Item synergies: voidsent flames
Why waste time with non-elite non-boss enemies when they can get 1 shot by your primary auto-aim fire? And since the shot itself does such little damage, the explosion usually still gets the crowbar damage bonus
soldiers blast jumping, great
so getting perma tonic, some horns, syringes, etc, i turned marksman into an AR and did more than double the amount of damage to enemies than my 2 other friends combined who were using the sniper ability.
I can't wait for the Railgunner and Loader Blast Shower, gesture of drowned, and bands meta to take over
I prefer supercharge. Once you get some attack speed, it will be easy to get through the cooldown, especially since you can use mines to escape. Attack speed doesn’t scale much at all with cyrocharge. Also, if you combine attack speed with lysate cells, you can kill bosses left and right with a flick shot. But hey, it’s all just opinions anyways.
Good guide keep it up Woolie!
I played her since the DLC came out and I played A LOT after it did.
What I noticed with her is in the early game it is important to get mobility items (Goat Hoof,Energy Drink, Whip)
as much as it seems like the Mobility skill is enough, it makes you lose time while making the arc.
Since you already have the damage to deal with almost all enemies at the early stage but you are slow,
to compensate it I found out that getting these movement speed items in early game will make a better chance for a GOD-RUN.
chronobauble actually can be useful on her. it actually can help her line up shots on groups quite well.
Honestly two strides of heresy & a corpse bloom is great if u don't like to use the mines. free 60% healing & can survive is in current void fields
lmao I went to this video to see if there was anything I was missing for railgunner, only to find out that I just need some practice with her. Good to know.
Get Primordial Cube and Bandolier, and if you're lucky, Soulbound Catalyst. Pop your cube, use your supercharge shot for a HUGE collateral. Soulbound recharges your cube instantly bc of all the kills, and you're very likely to get a bandolier drop in the center of it.
Another detrimental item to note is the backup mag specifically on the Marksman. It allows you an extra shot on the main, but is rendered entirely useless as the secondary doesnt need a reload.
Also…you can FLY?! Im so excited to try this out. I had no idea about the momentum thing
using the mine and primary to go faster and fly sounds so fun wtf
another thing - if you don't like either of the alternate utilities, take strides as soon as possible (which is easier with command - but obviously still possible with no artifacts)
It hasn't been long but I can already tell: blasting off her special will never ever get old.
A few important things that were not covered:
With Attack Speed HH44 will flat outpace M99 in DPS very quickly.
Crit Glasses boost less then any damage boosting item as it is 10% on crit while others boost 20% off crit 40% on crit. This means you need 11 Watches/Focus/AP for Glasses to be better and 11 Crowbars for Glasses to be better. This is even more important for the M99 as it is much more focused about 1-shotting so Crowbars synergize really well.
The mines with Hardlight Afterburner can be thrown behind you to let you travel across map faster then any character can in any direction.
Lastly Cryo Charge having a lack of locking your weapons actually gives it more raw power in HH44 runs.
M99 is best for quick concise runs, HH44 is best for long runs or those who have trouble with certain enemy types.
I like how you frame your videos and your conclusions. community oriented there, mr streamer
Tbf I personally prefer running full stock for rail gunner over her special alt. Personally with all the runs I have done mobility has never been an issue, next to this I think the cool down on attacks doesn’t really matter if you can just kill them anyways with one high damaging shot. I have noticed though that without extra boss dmg and or crowbars it does get out shined latter in runs by her alt for the no cool down, but In this situation you (or rng jesus) would have probably spect into being more tanky or speedy (unless you didn't), so you’ll be able to survive the cool down or just be able to run away from the enemies respectively.
I do see the uses in her alt, I just prefer her default
one thing the items that synergise well with rail gunner segment missed personally was to mention Lysate Cell, and how broken it is. It essentially reduces your default specials cool down to the wait time, and alt wont have one (meaning big boy dmg 2,3,4 or even 5 times in a row)
off course I am but a baby player and have not spent the amount of time you have in the game, so take all my opinions with a large grain of salt.
I prefer void bands over regular bands on Railgunner. Her piercing special just synergizes with it really well and it helps a lot with crowd control.
The reduced fall damage and momentum change is a welcome surprise. Didnt notice that! :D
From my experience cryocharge tends to be better in sim, while supercharge is better in normal gameplay. in sim, you’re in a closed up area with essentially no way out, and large hordes of tougher-than-normal enemies. being able to use your primary and m2 is super important when you literally can’t get away, and the execution from freezing helps with crowd control. On the other hand, in normal gameplay, supercharge (if used correctly) is a one click boss erasure tool. it also can hit in a small aoe. I do find that the effectiveness/ consistency of both seem to decrease as the game goes on, where even the absolutely colossal damage they deal can sometimes leave a boss at 50% or more health with a shot. it’s really annoying honestly it makes me feel like it’s a waste to use
I recently got a run where I printed around 24 lens maker glasses and then later on in the run I found the lost seer one, and then I had an item that did auto damage (I think it was the mired urn) and I ran around 1 shotting EVERYTHING, I ended the run on I think stage 15 or something as I went for getting 1 mil damage in 1 shot. Did a total of 100 million damage.
This pacing of voice is much better. I also find that half a second caption is just disruptive.
this helped i had no idea that if you used a mine right after you throw the first one it sets of instantly
When I'm playing I'll always take the Cryocharger with the M99, as with the M99 I feel far less competent taking care of closer clumps of enemies, and I find that the M99 itself bulks damage enough for bosses to not need Supercharger. Though when I'm using the Marksman (which I usually do) I always take the Supercharger, it gives you important damage to just completely chunk enemies that you need dead *now*, and is also very handy at taking out huge trains of trash. The slow field is kinda throwing ngl.
Also I noticed you said that you can't crit without being zoomed in, but this isn't true, Supercharger (Not sure about Cryocharger) can actually hit enemy weak points while not being zoomed in, which isn't entirely practical, but still fun and handy to know. I didn't even think about using her M1 for mobility during mine hopping, so thanks for tipping me off to it!.
I use supercharge and find grabbing a bandolier makes your other abilities have no cooldown, so you can use the 4000% charge damage, pick up 1 bandolier, and keep fighting.
EDIT: Interesting, so everything I described below is reproducible BUT apparently this ONLY works with the SUCCESSFUL active reload. If you miss the fast reload with this method you actually have to un-scope again to get another shot. But you do reload instantly after that, I guess since the bar already filled up already it doesn't make you wait again which is nice.
I just discovered your channel after giving ROR2 for a while until the recent DLC. I've been binging your library for tips and strats and I decided to revisit this one with a pretty interesting discovery with railgunner (though I'm probably far from the first to make it) I just noticed:
So I'm playing on a gamepad and in my haste alternating between sniper shots and reloading I noticed that when I hit and hold the scope button (you'd call it M2 but again I'm using a pad) **immediately** after releasing it after firing the sniper I get the scope again ~along with~ the active reload bar and can still reload and shoot the next shot like normal.
After getting it accidentally I got this to reliably work after messing around. I haven't tried it on K+M yet but I'm guessing it would work too 🤔 The only restriction seems to be just how fast you can release and hold again. If I delayed by more than a split second I was locked out of scoping again until the reload was done. Which we all understand is "normal".
This was huge because it let me line up my next shot way quicker while I was reloading. I figured if I posted it here it might get picked up by you or anybody else who's been enjoying the new DLC (and hopefully not patched out). Happy sniping!
In my opinion, trying to secure a couple Hardlight Afterburners is also a great idea, giving you even more momentum to work with. Since you gain more charges for your mines, you get to detonate them in the same way you normally do, one after the other, but with 3 or 4 mines, you can get out of literally ANY situation quickly. Pairing those with hopoo feathers, or any way you can negate fall damage also helps exponentially. One run I had, my friends had died fighting the Alloy Worship Unit, and I got the kill, along with 4 total Hardlight Afterburners. 10 mines in my pockets, and an insatiable need for speed did wonders for me.
i am almost a 100% sure attack speed on Runner makes the reload bar move slightly to the right but makes it bigger
Based off experience, gasoline, will of the wisps and ignition tank makes a great synergy for quickly burning through huge mobs. (pun intended) It’s very satisfying playing with double player count scaling and artifact of swarms with this combo and it’s a great way to get through early game.
i was aware the primary had knockback but it never occurred to me that it could be used like this
I found a stacking 2-3 gasoline and a few ignition tanks makes for an easy way to clear packs from the other side of the map.
2:04 thats where the battlefront experience comes in
i already know how to play railgunner and already beat e8, but bow do i like hearing woolie speak so I watch anyways.