Talk:Stalker/@comment-31959494-20171012195926/@comment-31720669-20171016153239

It doesn't have to be RDB. if any missiles show up, its done. I like the gareth but so many people use orkans and tulumbas that it hardly ever good. You have to pick the right time to use it or be lucky to find no enemies near you using missiles.

" Well, it's no more toast than  any other light bot ." Is not true. Sorry but that whole first paragraph is not true for the most part.

1) It is done if RDB or orkans show up

2) It is more toast than other lights because you have:

2a) The stalker can use its stealth

2b) Other robots have slightly more health than it: Jesse, Gepard, Stalker

2c) Cossack's jump ability makes it hard to hit with missiles

3) The use of the shield like you talk about in the second paragraph is a guessing game. Sometimes its effective and sometimes its not but you don't know what you're enemy will use so really its not the best robot to choose first. The problem is that people like to use it first so people tend to pick missiles first for that reason.

3a) This is not true in the case with stealth on the stalker. You don't have to know and yes stealth may not always save you but it is generally highly effective. Same with Cossack to an extent.

4) In my experience, missiles are more popular than plasma and kinetic.

A pinata stalker could kill a gareth no problem and I've done it before. Yes gareth has an advantage over other lights but that's only true if no missiles are used. 85% of the time there is cover. Its not going to be some kind of 1 vs 1 fight in an open field. So its advantage is not as big as it sounds. It used to be really good before the missile buff but not so much anymore.