Talk:Bulgasari/@comment-37221705-20181125161040/@comment-26188980-20181203082154

tarans are ONLY good at mk2. Otherwise they are overshadowed by every close range weapon in the game including gust, scourge, and especially orkans. Even then, the bulgasari is a big slow hulk with the occasional ability to dash. Its shield isn't even very strong, and gets easily destroyed by storms, avengers, and all splash weapons. If you look at the meta now, you can see the tulumbas spectres and trident furies that are currently all over the place. These 2 robots eat the bulgasari for breakfast. I'm not going to talk about the orkan haechi, inquisitor, and spectre, since they can ORKO pretty much anything. Unlike the haechi, the bulgasari can't regenerate its shield, neither can it fire and block the enemy at the same time (unless using scourge). The bulgasari however, does have an advantage, having all its weapons on one side, making it easier to cornershoot. But once again, this advantage is dwarfed by its weakness to splash.

I'll now explain all the meta weapons and how they can or cannot be used on the bulgasari

1) Orkan - This is probably the best brawler build for the bulgasari apart from scourge, but it is far from top tier. Orkans are great, but the bulgasari itself is weak to orkans. That means that getting into orkan range leaves you at a high risk of getting hit yourself, leading to a 1 for 1 trade. This limits your options

2) Taran - You can outrange orkans, but you will also have everything else able to shoot at you since your shield can't block directly forward. I personally hate tarans for all their weaknesses, including having a VERY low DPS for a brawling weapon, and needing perfect accuracy to deal damage. An orkan haechi will always kill a taran bulgasari if it gets into range.

3) Storm/Corona - The storm is a good weapon on the spectre, but not good on anything else. The storm relies on you needing to get really close to enemies and hoping they don't see you coming, since many different weapons can outdamage you. You can ambush someone on a beacon, but then again, so can a thunder fury. People already know how to counter beacon rush ambushes because everyone and their mother ran at least one thunder fury or raijin when BR was first released due to this mechanic. The corona works similarly, but it has less damage and a lockdown chance. Unlike the storm though, it is an energy weapon and fires in a horizontal spread, aka a flat line instead of a wide circle/oval.

4) Scourge - This is the only top tier bulgasari setup, only because the scourge is probably the most powerful medium weapon in the game. It deals good damage at 600m, and massive damage at close range. This weapon also has a lock-on, meaning it has high accuracy and can allow the bulgasari to use its shield while firing.