Thread:BrowningGTduncan/@comment-27829019-20161207150912/@comment-28822847-20161219152659

BrowningGTduncan wrote: Would Stalkers work on busting heavy robots with aphids? No, the Aphid Stalker doesn't work on busting heavy bots. That isn't to say though that the Aphids Stalker doesn't work in general.

The purpose of the Stalker is primarily to run beacons - which it does very well doing in high gold/top tier. The speed of the Stalker plus its Stealth virtually guarantees survival if the pilot has any skill at all.

IMO, the Aphids are the only setup on the Stalker that takes full advantage of the Stealth/speed and ensure that the bot is still relevant in top tier - this is especially true if you play divide-n-conquer or diversionary tactics.

A Stalker can easily get to the spawning beacons of the reds. If the Stalker has Aphids then there is little possibility of getting into a losing line-of-sight hit-n-run nuisance/diversionary game with the reds. I've played the Aphids Stalker in TT and it does work to split the enemy and force them to deal with you (and leave less reds in front for your blue buddies to fight). Tying up the enemy in their back field is a big plus to your team and it will take more than just 1 red bot to kill an Aphid Stalker --- and they have to kill you else you will drop 2 full Aphid salvos on their rear/flanks every 15 seconds.

The only downside to this setup is that you will invariably get low damage dealt and low beacon running count because your job is to stay in the back field as long as possible to keep the enemy occupied and distracted (your teammates will know what you've accomplished though).