Talk:Scourge/@comment-32627275-20171023175118

I acquired a Scourge. It's pretty dissapointing. I only have one, so I run it with Punishers on a Griffin as it has the same philosophy--wear'em down at distance, make'em hurt at close range. I say this as a primarily Griffin driver.

I understand that it may excel against the Korean bots.. But against everthing else.. they're meh. Their best affect on players is that they freak out a little when they're hit by it. But that won't last as people wise up to how slow the damage occurs.

Because it tries to do med, and short range, it's not adept at either. If you run a Griffin, it's better to be Med dedicated with Tulas/Punishers, or short range with Orkans or Tarans, then jump to your target. It may be ok on a brit bot which requires the flexibility the Scourge offers.

For you Griffin drivers... it allows you to hit a shielded bot at over 350m, but you'll damage them very slowly. You're fine running Punishers instead. In that case you can quickly de-shield your target and allow everyone else jump in and kill it.

I had a few nice kills where I'll be spraying another Griff at range with Pushers and Scourge--doing some damage, and they then jump at me. They think they'll get the Orkan/Taran advantage at short range, but the Scourge starts toasting them in mid air approach. But you can't really build a strategy around that.