Talk:Boa/@comment-172.58.32.87-20160216171522/@comment-27724086-20160216215320

The Boa is a general purpose bot killer and many use it as the Hail Mary bot. It does everything better than average - its decent for beacon rescuing, kills like a heavy bot, and has health better than some heavy bots.

Whether its the Taran or the Orkan, there's no wrong answer - as both are superior weapons. I prefer the Orkan as 2 difficult bots to kill (and that you see a lot off) in Gold are the Rhino and the Stalker. The Orkan simply does a better job against these 2 bots. Additionally, the Orkan can kill a bot that is already damaged in an instant - very important it give less time to exchange direct fire (something that ultimately gets the Boa killed).

What Tepiggo brought up about using Tuls or GauTs is valid - its just a matter of what you feel comfortable with. If you want to engage the reds at a stand off distance of 350-500 range (at which the Thunder is not doing much damage, but at which the red knife fighters can't hit you), then Tuls, Molots Ts, or GauTs do give you an advantage. I prefer the Molot Ts of the 3 as they are accurate hitting across Shentzen plaza or the long corridors on Dead City. The Tuls just take too long between reloads and the Gau Ts are basically useless. An advantage of engaging the enemy earlier for the Boa pays off against Stalkers - as the Molot Ts deliver enough damage to force the Stalker into Stealth earlier (which means less free shot against you when they get within 350m range).