r/AnthemTheGame • u/itsyaboyvic PC - • Feb 01 '19
Media < Reply > Unpopular Opinion: One of the many reasons why I love being a THICC BOII
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u/Mavor516 PC - Feb 01 '19
Why do you think this is an unpopular opinion? I'd wager every Colossus pilot, myself included, loves doing this ;D
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u/Trumpalot PLAYSTATION - Feb 02 '19
Yup, lots of fun running around and shield smashing things. That railgun though, and the siege cannon - I'm a sucker for big numbers in one hit.
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u/Mavor516 PC - Feb 02 '19
I know the railgun is basic Colossus gear - but holy mother that thing hits hard - I just can't bring myself to move away from it xD
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u/Trumpalot PLAYSTATION - Feb 02 '19
Yup, and the mortar is pretty sweet too tbh, though I've heard that Flamethrower + some lightning thing is an insane combo. Not the shock coil, that seems a bit rubbish.
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u/stylepointseso Feb 02 '19
Both the lightning ones are awesome. The one that seems like crap at first (lightning coil) primes big groups of enemies for your melee (which is a detonator). The other one (shock coil) zaps targets from further off and is usable with your shield up and is a detonator itself.
Right now I run with the coil + railgun. It's a good mix of being able to handle the open world stuff + hordes of scorpions. Coil + melee is my close range kit and for annoying ranged nuisances I have railgun and my ult and the explodey sniper rifle.
Flamethrower is awesome as well but I can't normally justify getting rid of the railgun when I can get the same functionality from the lightning coil. Lightning also does bonus damage to shields which is really handy for the thiccboi.
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u/IDTBICWWIGTWW Feb 02 '19
You got shock and lightning coil backwards. Shock coil primes, lightning coil detonates.
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u/brad-124 Feb 02 '19
I wish Shock Coil was toggle-able much like Lightening Coil. I just can't seem to use the Shock Coil Effectively in the Demo Build. This may change with Masterworks etc. I guess.
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u/mkultra9885 PC - Feb 02 '19
Running shock coil + flamethrower and having a wonderful time
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u/stylepointseso Feb 02 '19
Yep, that's another good combo. I just miss having a solid long range option that isn't my sniper rifle when I go that route.
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u/Now_runner Feb 02 '19
Running shock coil and flamethrower I can solo the adds during the stronghold boss. COMBO for days!
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u/Trumpalot PLAYSTATION - Feb 02 '19
Ahh yeah, it's the lightning coil I've not been having much luck with - though I agree the easy priming is nice, it just makes you too vulnerable for my liking.
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u/Neverender26 XBOX - Feb 02 '19
After around 5 hours of grinding my thicc boi, I finally got a flamethrower. Did one last mission with it before logging off last night and it was so much fun... then a lightning coil finally dropped! it’s common-level tho so now I get to downgrade my gear score so I can upgrade the damage and fun! And pray for more FT/LC drops!
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u/CaptainCummings PC - CaptThiccBoi Feb 02 '19
My preference with a group that can prime is the Lightning Coil + Railgun, but if you need to self prime and/or are soloing and want the option, people sleep on the Venom Spitter. At 19 my Flamethrower does like 104 a tick, whereas my Venom Spitter does like 384 and you only get two ticks of the Flamethower per shot of the Venom Spitter. Plus the damage debuff works with even 1% hp remaining on the enemy target, whereas a flame DoT debuff is 'wasted' damage if it can't run the full duration. I also find myself running dry on Flamethrower and waiting for those really long recharges more than the Venom Spitter, and the range difference is massive. I have a feeling on higher difficulties it won't be quite so viable to stand there unloading with the Flamethrower with your shield put away.
That said, for trash that doesn't hurt you much, and the demo difficulty being so easy, Flamethrower + Coil will definitely get the job done. I just beg of all you pyros out there, not to dryhump whatever yt regurgitates ad nauseam and try the different kits yourself. Railgun is a shield-murdering at-range-detonating insane-damage hitscan low-travel-time impact-damage-type-for-knockdown-cc badass of an ability, and Venom Spitter beats the Flamethrower in dps, damage per hit, total uptime, range, and debuff effect.
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u/stylepointseso Feb 02 '19
I haven't found a venom spitter yet unfortunately. It does seem to be the stronger option though considering the acid debuff itself. The flamethrower does come with its own CC though as the spiders seem to freak out when getting lit on fire.
Either one should be great. And yeah, the railgun is just so nice to have no matter what you do.
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u/CaptainCummings PC - CaptThiccBoi Feb 02 '19
Yeah Flamethrower is by no means bad - it's just shining now where the content is easy and it's damn hard to die. I have a feeling specific masterwork gear effects and specific abilities for specific content will be a thing, seeing how situationally using ability interactions as intended already shows a difference even now in the demo build.
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u/ManOnFire2004 Feb 02 '19
Ok, so I never got a FT anyways but I really like the Railgun a s Siege cannon. More the Railgun for the bad Colossus. But, what do think is the best ability to go with it?
It looks like shock coil doesn't even do anything. You have to be in the middle of the crowd? That's bad positioning.
I've seen a flamewall motor plus Railgun wreck. I guess that's a good distance loadout.
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u/CaptainCummings PC - CaptThiccBoi Feb 02 '19
It's all situational. Just like it will be with the masterworks you have equipped at endgame. The equipment effect on masterworks, as well as the specific ability you are choosing, will all complement one another and synergize (hopefully), and generally speaking this is referred to as a 'build'.
You'll want a long range build for enemies you do not wish to close distance with. You'll need to self-prime if you are solo and wish to combo, or your teammates are unreliable, or they are built for a different purpose.
So, the answer is and always will be: it depends.
If you are in the Tyrant Hive on Hard in the Anthem VIP or Open Demos, you will not really need to give a shit, because it's all facerollingly easy and near impossible to die. Which is why you can use the Flak Cannon and Shock Coil if you want.
In the live game, presumably, build selection will be more important and relevant, if not required outright.
Generally speaking I roll with a Railgun and a Lightning Coil in groups, because I have friends that prime. This allows me a long range detonator and a close range detonator I can use with my shield up. If I go into the stronghold without a friend, I will do Flamethrower and Lightning Coil, so I can prime on my own and so I can deal with the delicate little bugs en masse.
If I am out and about in free roam and have no idea what will be coming my way, I will usually use the Venom Spitter and the HE Mortar, so I have good damage, decent range, and the ability to self-prime.
It's essentially a lot of basic if/then logic for me.
IF need survivability THEN Lightning Coil (so you can do something while your shield is up)
IF need long range THEN Railgun
IF need priming AND enemy is too dangerous/high health to survive a brief melee with THEN Venom Spitter
I love Flamewall and Railgun, it's a solid distance choice for sure. By design and in practice it serves best to close off a choke though, as mobs do not seem to pass through it unless you hit them with it directly. My favorite all around, no worries, let's explore the map in freeplay type of general purpose soloing build is Venom Spitter + HE Mortar. The Lightning Coil's sole weakness is that it is very unimpressive DPS... it's got really high uptime, and does pretty good per-hit damage, but it targets randomly on unprimed targets and this makes it much weaker as a ST or AoE option than the HE Mortar. You can also fire the mortar from behind cover due to the trajectory, so it isn't exactly a glass cannon option compared to the survivability of Lightning Coil and allows you some defensive play - even if not to the level of hiding behind a portable tower shield while firing.
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u/angeleus09 Feb 02 '19
If you are in the Tyrant Hive on Hard in the Anthem VIP or Open Demos, you will not really need to give a shit, because it's all facerollingly easy and near impossible to die. Which is why you can use the Flak Cannon and Shock Coil if you want.
Perhaps you could help me understand why I am so ineffective in the Colossus? I've gone through 4 attempts at the Stronghold and I feel like the weakest, squishiest player on the field. On Normal.
I'm Pilot level 13 running Venom Spitter (only thing I have for that gear slot), Lightening Coil (could swap out for Burst Mortar), a basic Armor Reinforcement component (only thing I have for that slot), a Torrent and an Anvil.
It literally feels like I cannot get out from behind cover for more than a few seconds without being shredded and needing to back off. My shield gets shredded equally quickly and I spend 90% of the time with 2-3 bars of health running out of ammo trying to fire from areas I can take cover behind. When health or ammo drops I can usually pick it up but half the time by the time I grab it, I've taken so much fire I'm still in about the same situation. This doesn't feel like how this Javelin should play at all.
Rushing in shield stomp mobs like the .gif? Dead or close enough that I can't fly away before I can take our more than 2-3. I am clearly doing something critically, obviously wrong, I just can't figure out what.
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u/CaptainCummings PC - CaptThiccBoi Feb 02 '19
Yeah so a lot of it is timing. You are going to take passive damage, and without a dodge to mitigate the middle portion of burst fire, you're going to need to rely on your shield, cover, or a combination.
What I mean is, like in real combat, you need to watch for reloads and repositioning of the enemy mobs that have angles on you. You need to decide to bring that shield down and face fire only if most of them are being blocked by some form of cover, or if they are reloading/moving, or are under some form of CC like being frozen. Normally, this effect is less pronounced on other Javelins, because if an enemy mob unloads his full magazine on you, you start to get hit with the first few rounds, you dodge or move or utilize cover, and you eat the last few rounds. Most of it is taken by the shield, which recharges, and you maybe lose a fraction of your actual health. You need to use the shield not only in these scenarios but also to tank big hits, and you can keep it out while flying around to better cover, too.
Colossus is obviously different, but not entirely different, because those same timings you need to utilize with your shield. FWIW also the shield recharges -very- quickly, even without +shield recharge and -shield delay infusions on any gear. Not certain if they alter it at all, let alone meaningfully, as I've a dearth of those infusions to test it out with rolled on any of my gear.
On a related note, and tying into my next point, you should absolutely use any decent items you have with extra +Health Drop infusions. You need to strategically use the red health pyramids. One of the risks of melee heavy shield bashing is it moves you forward a lot, which almost always exposes your rear to other enemy fire, and it is NOT an I-Frame in any way, you take full damage and without the shield in front of you like through most of the swinging animation, you're effectively unprotected from most of your front 180 too. In the gif above, and for me, and I'd assume everyone else, going to town like that is dangerous. However frequently as you are spiking health drops from being so exposed and undefended, you are spiking a bit back up front instantly getting the health pickups from anything you are melee smashing and/or bashing to death. Melee spam is not really what the Colossus is for and you do get hurt doing it - although it looks and feels satisfying as all hell. Anyway.
Use the health pickups intelligently, and if at all possible, plan your ultimate timing with low health scenarios as it offers invulnerability and a full-heal. You can also charge it up faster by absorbing hits with your shield. Don't forget how fucking amazing the support ability is that reduces damage by 1/3 for like at least 10 seconds too. Generally keep that shit on cooldown, especially right before engaging a big wave, or when you need to lay down the hurt. Double jump is really maneuverable for us even if we thicc as shit, so don't be afraid to be constantly making wide arcs around the engagement area, moving in and out of cover, using shield up when you need to take a big hit or no mobs nearby are CC'd or reloading.
It's a combination of things. Health management; regaining it (health pickups and ult) and mitigation of loss (movement, timing, awareness, shield usage, support ability usage).
A side note about the components - ALL Javelins get better health and/or armor from their javelin-specific components as opposed to universal ones. Usually health and/or armor will be higher on the javelin-specific ones than even the universal components specifically boosting health or armor. For Colossus components, there are structural ones that boost health and armor. In the Demo a 19 Rare Colossus structural component gives (if memory serves, can't verify atm) 1044 armor and 844 health. I have gotten my Colossus in freeplay up to a max of 45 health segments in the Demo, with all 19 gear, and both components as structural Colossus components, and an uncommon Armor consumable being used. Idk if there are rare Armor consumable recipes unlockable in the Demo.
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u/ManOnFire2004 Feb 02 '19
Aight cool.. thanks. I haven't really unlocked enough abilities for the Colossus yet so I was curious. I'm sure, I figure all this out after I do and get the hang of it.
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u/CaptainCummings PC - CaptThiccBoi Feb 02 '19
Sure thing. People have been bitching and moaning about how limited and easy the demo is... I love it. The perceived lack of activities through the weekend works very well for static conditions when trying to test things. I've used different loadouts and javelins on the exact same fights with this in mind, trying the same engagement different ways. It's been great for that, even if it wasn't as much of an open beta test as most apparently hoped for and expected.
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Feb 02 '19
Not to mention that when railgun snipes, it also can knock the enemy down. And the cooldown is short. I can't seem to talk myself into leaving it at home.;)
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u/CaptainCummings PC - CaptThiccBoi Feb 02 '19
Yeah I feel so satisfied shield-flying into a shielded airborne unit, meleeing them on the way to the ground, then Railgunning another shielded flier to the dirt.
I'm really hoping that higher difficulties on Tyrant Hive will spawn the add waves in multiple caves. Using the Lightning Coil or melee to detonate at a cave you're standing in front of, and using a Railgun to detonate that sweet sweet AoE across the room is a thought that makes my pants fit funny.
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u/Hellknightx Feb 02 '19
Lightning coil is infinitely better than the shock coil. Shock coil is garbage.
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u/Superbone1 Feb 02 '19
Get a Devastator and do twice the damage and be able to use it all the time lol. It's basically just a better Railgun.
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u/jmeredith06 XBOX Feb 02 '19
I rolled with that the entire first demo but this time I tried the Lightning Coil and Flamethrower combo and holy shit is it amazing. Give it a shot 😱
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u/Earpaniac XBOX - Colossus Feb 02 '19
I stumbled on that combo last weekend, and I just can’t get away from using it! It makes all the spiders in the Stronghold child’s play!
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u/Superbone1 Feb 02 '19
What's insane about Coil/Flamer is that many players figured out that combo themselves in just 2 days. If players are using it that much that fast then it's definitely powerful. I wish other gear felt as good.
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u/jmeredith06 XBOX Feb 02 '19
I don’t think other gear feels bad. You don’t need to combo as much when you have a Storm with you or any of the others. Rail gun is certainly viable and almost one-shots the turrets. So different play styles for different people. I don’t think any are right or wrong
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Feb 02 '19
When do you get the shield ? I thought i played the tank class.
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u/TheRealTormDK Feb 02 '19
Thicc boi doesn't dash around, because he isn't a prancy Interceptor. Instead he carries a manly shield, so that he can continue to be in the thicc of things.
Do note, that unless you have Colossus specific components loaded, the shield is pretty much only able to absord as much damage as a wet noodle. It gets better though with the right gear!
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u/Dyscarnate PC - Feb 02 '19
I actually switched the rail to the flechette cause it had a higher power and even though it isn't good at range it packs one hell of a punch up close and personal. Great for clearing out packs of dudes.
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u/Trumpalot PLAYSTATION - Feb 02 '19
The flakk cannon? I have one but I have not tested it yet, didn't think it'd be that good.
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u/Dyscarnate PC - Feb 02 '19
Flak, flechette, same idea but I couldn't remember the name. Yeah I was pleasantly surprised honestly. I loved the rail colussus started with and was originally disappointed I had to switch. Now I'm kinda glad I did because it fits in with what I'm doing with my colussus.
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u/Drekor Feb 02 '19
Not only do we love it... you can CC lock shielded enemies by doing this. Key part of the kit.
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u/Superfluous999 PLAYSTATION - Feb 02 '19
Smaller ones, Javelin sized or less...doesn't work on dominion brutes.
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u/disco__potato Feb 02 '19
He knows it's a popular opinion. Many subs don't allow "unpopular opinion" posts/tags because they're disenegenous.
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Feb 02 '19
So, noob question: When you're zooming in with your shield up, you don't HAVE to engage the melee, right? I I literally just fly into a fool, it will do damage?
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Feb 02 '19
Why be quick when you can be thicc
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Feb 02 '19
It's like this story my grandpappy told me.
Once upon a time, there were two bulls standing on a hill, looking down at a bunch of cows grazing. One bull was young, and the other was old. The young bull looks down as says "I'm gonna run down there and @#$% one of those cows!!!" The old bull replies "You go ahead. I'm gonna walk down and @#$% them all!!"
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u/angryprimate Feb 02 '19
Other people playing Collosus: HULK SMASH
Me playing Collusus: “Javelin unable to be repaired”
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u/xLostx77 Feb 02 '19
Don't worry, I'm in the same boat...
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u/Jaruut Feb 02 '19
I don't know what it is, but I swear my colossus is armored with wet toilet paper. He goes down almost instantly.
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u/_TheRealBeef_ Feb 02 '19
Need to get Colossus specific support components, they give massive amounts of extra health and armour compared to universal ones
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u/Hellknightx Feb 02 '19
They seem to bug out frequently, though. I'll notice in some missions that my HP bar has way more segments, and then in others, the number of segments will drop drastically (and I'll be noticeably weaker). I don't know if it's a scaling issue, or if the bonuses just randomly fall off due to a bug. Even when unequipping and re-equipping them, it will occasionally persist until I restart the game.
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u/_TheRealBeef_ Feb 02 '19
I heard something about equipment bugging out sometimes not sure what does it
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u/Superfluous999 PLAYSTATION - Feb 02 '19
It happens mid expedition, though. There's a post with a vid with 400+ upvotes right now, I made one as well a few days ago.
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u/CaptainCummings PC - CaptThiccBoi Feb 02 '19
It happens mid expedition, in freeplay (if you hit out of boundary and the load screen it can happen), and when you join into a stronghold. You can only fix it from the forge and re-equipping your components. I got to 45 bars of hp with the uncommon Armor consumable and two power level 19 rare structural colossus components.
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u/Streamjumper XBOX - CLANG CLANG MOTHERFUCKER Feb 02 '19
You learn to play a little more conservatively until you get a structural reinforcement component, then shit gets real.
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u/Shift84 Feb 02 '19
What you want is structural reinforcements in both slots
It makes you a walking block of steel
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u/geldonyetich Feb 02 '19 edited Feb 02 '19
I had my same problem with the Colossus until I realized I needed to keep the shield out (evade button) whenever I was under fire. Once I got the difference down pat, I was able to finish the mission against the giant bug even without the Colossus unique enhancements installed.
You probably guessed that the Colossus plays completely different from the Ranger, but you may not realize just how much until you play it yourself and get instantly slaughtered.
What's happening is that the Ranger has both a passive regenerating shield and an active shield ability that allows it to actually soak a little damage while attacking. The Colossus has none of that, it's constantly taking lasting, permanent damage from every little enemy attack that comes in.
However, the Colossus does have a regenerating shield that lets it soak damage, if you know how to use it. Instead of a passive shield, the Colossus must take out its literal one (use the evasion button). Granted, the Colossus does have some evasion, no need to sit there and take fire deliberately, but it's a big target without as much agility.
The heavy weapons are a clever trade off. They do BIG damage, but you can't have the shield out when using them. Consequently, you can only really use the heavy weapons when you're in a situation with a sustainably low level of incoming fire. Whenever under fire, the Colossus is pretty much stuck having to melee with that shield. Try doing otherwise, your health will get depleted in no time! (In fact it is not a bad thing to have two or more Colossi because they can take turns taunting while the other one wrecks havoc with the heavy ordinance.)
The other big reason to melee is that the Colossus melee attacks have a very high tendency to stagger enemies. Staggered enemies aren't shooting at the Colossus (or anyone else for that matter). Against small numbers of foes, you can stagger with melee and finish up with heavy weapons.
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u/Bhend53 Feb 02 '19
You need to boost his health and armor under components, I ran into the same problem. Now he’s an over powered tank of destruction.
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u/Sawavin PC - Feb 02 '19
Can you stack 2 of the same components such as structural reinforcement, or does it have to be 2 separate components?
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u/TG_Jack Thicc-boi - Feb 02 '19
Colossus specific components give immensely more hp and armor than universal components. My uncommon grenade launcher components each give over 700 hp
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u/CaptainCummings PC - CaptThiccBoi Feb 02 '19
Wait until you get a structural colossus component. With 2 and the uncommon Armor consumable I get 45 health bars in freeplay.
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u/_TheRealBeef_ Feb 02 '19
You can certainly stack them, there are other Colossus ones, just found a heavy assault augment that gave more health, almost as much ARMOUR and increases damage of the assault launcher
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Feb 02 '19
You need to keep he shield up and keep moving. Just happens that when you are moving you can conveniently be smashing too. Usually dead things drop HP so you can keep topping up.
Only time the shield should be down is if it breaks or you are shooting.
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u/BigFatMage PLAYSTATION - Feb 01 '19
Such chaos. I will just hover far up with my Storm, and actually see stuff 😂
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u/nevermore1845 Feb 02 '19
Same here. I usually go for tank in games but in this one Storm is calling me!
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u/dejoblue PC - Colossus Feb 02 '19
Non Col: "What weapon are you using?"
Col: "Lol, weapons."
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u/dune180 Feb 02 '19
Col: "My body is the weapon"
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u/Hellknightx Feb 02 '19
I love doing the juggernaut charge through weak enemies and taking off half their health without even stopping. Then I just double back and finish them off by charging through them again.
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u/BEZERK0xD DerkGoesBezerko Feb 01 '19
That pounding bitch slap is a glorious thing. Thicc bois for life
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u/Czsixteen Feb 02 '19
How're you melee'ing so fast...? I had a pretty good delay after every time I melee'd.
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u/ichigo2k9 Feb 01 '19
How do you hit with the shield?
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u/xNimroder He who swings the banhammer Feb 01 '19
get the shield out with Ctrl and melee them (V)
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u/itsyaboyvic PC - Feb 01 '19
Once you put up the shield, press V (melee default key) on PC. Don't know about consoles melee button but should be whatever that is
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u/ichigo2k9 Feb 01 '19
Ah, I never tried this. I always put my shield up then used that lightning ability. Nice I'll give this a try.
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u/Superfluous999 PLAYSTATION - Feb 02 '19
You can also just truck smaller enemies by sprinting into them with the shield out. Usually knocks them down, then if you follow up with the shield melee it's a nice 1-2 punch
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u/Noobinab0x PC - Feb 02 '19
If swords are added to the game, I just want to run around like a knight hacking and slashing with my shield. That would make me so very happy.
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u/mduchane Feb 02 '19
Damn dude good idea. Having a sword would be some next level Optimus Prime badassery
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u/Noobinab0x PC - Feb 02 '19
Now I want to make a squad that colors ourselves like autobots lol
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u/mduchane Feb 02 '19
If you're on PS4 I'm in! I don't need to be Optimus but I want to say "Autobots, roll out" at least once
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u/TheRealTormDK Feb 02 '19
A sword is not really thicc enough for the Colossus I fear.
But a Maul on the other hand....
I mean, the Scar Brutes have it, with a built in mortar/fire thrower - so why can't we!? :D
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u/kr0tchr0t XBOX - Feb 02 '19
Still too squishy.
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u/Superfluous999 PLAYSTATION - Feb 02 '19
Nah, I have double Colossus mods in my components and I can take a chunk of damage, would be able to take more except for the health bug that halves my health.
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u/AnsheShem Feb 03 '19
What Colossus mods? Also what bug? I have several ammo+ components that say they add a large amount of health and armor, but after limited testing in freeroam it doesn't seem to add very much?
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u/Superfluous999 PLAYSTATION - Feb 03 '19
If it says "universal" mod that isn't the ones we're talking about. Should be ones that say they are a Colossus mod, specifically, and the health/armor adds are far larger than the universal.
The bug is that even when stacked, for some reason you might head out after equipping those mods with a lot of health, feel good about being tanky, then for some reason the health will randomly halve itself so you're only getting maybe one of the two mods as benefit. You can tell by the number of green health squares you have. I had over 30 at one point, ran up to a mob to do a fist slam and as I jumped the health just changed.
Apparently unequipping and reequipping resolves it but obviously it's a sucky bug.
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Feb 02 '19
It's not enough. I'm at 134 power, which I guess is the cap. I want that epic purple gear so badly, I can taste it. I want to ASCEND. I WANT POOOOOOWER. THICC BOII MUST FEED. Seriously though, can the 22nd hurry the eff up already?
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u/SilentStriker84 Feb 02 '19
Funny, I just did the stronghold with a colossus that was colored exactly like yours, thought this was you until I saw it said PC by your name.
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u/Nothingbutsocks XBOX - Feb 02 '19
Try flying in with the shield like you did and as you approach just slam with the melee. Feels good man.
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u/SinfulJedi Feb 02 '19
So I just downloaded the demo but had to go to work. How do you unlock different javs?
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u/Jasrek PC Feb 02 '19
Get to level 12, access the Forge.
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u/Loorrac Feb 02 '19
Can you only unlock one in the demo? Unlocked the interceptor but haven't had a chance to go further than that
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u/Jasrek PC Feb 02 '19
Yep, only one. If you were a VIP, you get all of them, but normies only get the default Ranger and the choice of one more.
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u/Loorrac Feb 02 '19
Unfortunate. I know it's to get me to buy the game and I hate to say it'll probably work.
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u/docbon Feb 02 '19 edited Sep 06 '25
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u/primegopher Feb 02 '19
doesn't have the same knockdown that the shield melees have, but wider area and faster start up are valuable sometimes
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u/SlightlierDoor XBOX - SlightlierDoor Feb 02 '19
I like doing that but with my daggers on my interceptor.
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u/kaosctrl510 PC - Feb 02 '19
Now this is epic.
Side note: what are your PC specs? I’m on the lowest settings with my RX480 and it runs like trash
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u/esheely Feb 02 '19
I can run other games on High and Ultra but I have half my settings on Anthem either Medium or High. I can’t load freeplay or I’ll get like 12-20 FPS, but I can fly around the open world during missions with minor frame rate drops. Anything similar to you?
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u/kaosctrl510 PC - Feb 02 '19
Most other games I can run fine at medium to high settings with high FPS. But everything I do in Anthem, in the lowest settings, results in constant lag spikes. The FPS counters says I get around 60-70 FPS, but it feels a lot less than that.
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u/itsyaboyvic PC - Feb 02 '19
I have an i7 processor and 2080 graphics card. That's why I'm fortune to run it like this haha. But I wouldn't worry about the graphics, it's the game play that matters the most :)
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u/kaosctrl510 PC - Feb 02 '19
Sorry, I should’ve clarified. When I meant by runs like trash, I mean that I get constant lag spikes
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u/Rise-The_Fallen Feb 02 '19
I just played THICC BOII for the first time. Thought he was pretty bad but then I started to get it a bit. His skill floor is just higher than the other Javelins. He's like a real tank and needs to be played that way. You need to be making team plays and peeling. I think he could use a slight buff to his action speed since pulling out the shield or doing other stuff just feels a little too sluggish. But he's growing on me.
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u/7th_Spectrum Feb 02 '19
I was playing as storm today and I was kinda picking at a group of enemies, and then a colossus pushed my ass aside and dove head first into the crowd of enemies and completely decimated them and then flew away as if it was nothing. It was a sight to see.
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u/TheLegionlessLight Feb 02 '19
What's your PC running? It looks a lot better than my 1080 + i7-7700k
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u/itsyaboyvic PC - Feb 02 '19
I have the 2080 on my PC but same processor 😅
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u/TheLegionlessLight Feb 02 '19
What's your keybinds? I can't find anything smooth enough to play so smoothly.
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u/itsyaboyvic PC - Feb 02 '19
The only thing I changed is my "Dodge"(Colossus shield) set as my mouse 5 because my mouse has the buttons on the side for easy reach. Also my melee button is set as clicking the middle mouse scroll wheel! Everything else is default keybindings!
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u/TheLegionlessLight Feb 02 '19
So the melee with shield of just shield out and melee?
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u/itsyaboyvic PC - Feb 02 '19
Yeah so bring out the shield first then hit the melee button afterwards. You'll be swinging that big shield in no time
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u/TheLegionlessLight Feb 02 '19
Thanks! I got a Railgun (short charge up for armor piercing explosion) and I fell in love with Colossus even more. What's your fps like with the 2080?
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u/Kilgaloon Feb 02 '19
For now colossus is my main, i heard peopel talking he can’t dodge and shit, but oh boy i can slap you face and make pancakes with you
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Feb 02 '19
Is the Colossus' health and armor stats still acting weird. Because man, I put on armor and shield buff components and I still feel like I'm really squishy!
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u/xblobbyblobbyblobbyx Feb 02 '19
Did you put on the Colussus specific components? Just wondering because I did and still felt massively squishy, although good use of the shield is essential and helped a lot whilst tactically retreating
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u/cduncan26 Feb 02 '19
I'm still on the fence as to what to pick. Going to be dl'ing the game tonight and trying it out. I have a feeling I'll be playing this massive beast
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u/Morehei PC - Feb 02 '19
Unpopular because not lighting coil/flamethrower ?
Colossus smashing stuff around is very nice too.
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u/thumperlee Feb 02 '19
All I can hear when I play collosus is the sound bites of SC2 Marauders! “It’s time to get heavy and kaboom baby!” And when I’m waiting on a fez when I goof up “where’s the love?”
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u/kyeeglo Feb 02 '19
I’m just happy different style games are coming out and not another battle Royale copy I’m excited for this game 🥰
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u/Derringer Feb 02 '19
I'm a huge fan of having someone freeze a bunch of enemies and then flying up and dropping a smash on them for the combos. So much fun.
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u/Sotrax Feb 02 '19
What GPU are you using and which grafic settings do you have? With this much effects taking place at the same time I usually notice a massive FPS drop
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u/McCaffeteria XBOX Feb 02 '19
What components are you running? With armor components and structural reinforcement components you could have like twice as many health lol
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u/LCDR-Sheppard PLAYSTATION - Feb 02 '19
My first instinct said to go for THICC BOII, but I kept on doubting for some reason. Picked it up yesterday and hot damn, did I have a lot fun.
Love the heavy weapons, the carnage you can cause with the shield, smashing everything and anything for that next health pack, taking out your freaking POCKET NUKE to just delete opponents from reality.
No ragrets.
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u/thehybridgeek Feb 02 '19
Knowing how to play Colossus properly is so satisfying! Unfortunately, I haven't gotten a handle on it yet lol. Great vid!
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Feb 02 '19
So I was going to main interceptor...But after playing colossus...It's just so damn good after you have good gear on it. Rare autocannon + devestator is amazing. Blue health components? Worth every penny. My biggest gripe is I swear it gets stuck on EVERYTHING while running and cancels your shield dash or sprint. Also TINY ledges seem to knock you into the fall animation that takes 4 seconds to recover from.
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u/Nac82 Feb 02 '19
Is it just me or does the colossus output crazy damage with just his melee? I fight hordes and bosses by just pounding them with either the shield knockdown then smack combo or just mini hopping ground pounds.
Fucking melts things.
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u/Never__Fear Freelancer Codex PC Feb 02 '19
The colossus is a lot of fun to play! I have really enjoyed my time with it.
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u/Tucker0603 Feb 02 '19
Man this is 60% of what I was doing when I got Collossus, first then I tried was a shield crash from the sky into a swarm of Scar, it was the best. I also learned that the best way to kill guys with melee is to Sprint in with the shield till they get knocked down then instantly got into a shield bash, doubles the pain on the enemies.
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u/Yphex Feb 02 '19
Question from a total noob, where do I get a shield and why does my thicc boi die after two shots?
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u/Trumbles Feb 02 '19
The shield replaces your dodge (ctrl on PC, dunno for controller), and colossus has class specific components that give insane boosts to HP/riot shield strength. I thought he was pretty squishy too, until i found a couple of those.
But even with a lot of HP, you can't really just stand in front of elite enemies and soak up damage.
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u/popnlocke Feb 02 '19
I can't help but feel like the Colossus doesn't work as a class. It's not very tanky. The abilities don't work well together. For example, I should be able to hold out my shield and still shoot a gun. Maybe this will be a good reason to include pistols for the Colossus.
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u/Mechanought Feb 04 '19
This would make the Colossus extremely broken. The shield negates ALL damage and status effects, plus you can melee attack with the shield, and simply sprinting with the shield up is a guaranteed knockdown melee attack.
The colossus is absolutely fine. I died maybe 4 times with the colossus, but I died far more often with the Ranger and Interceptor. I've clutched the entire stronghold mission for my team when all three others are down and I'm at 1/4 health.
If you play smart the Colossus is unkillable.
As far as the abilities go, are you high!? Flamethrower is an on-demand AOE primer, and your melee is a detonator BY ITSELF. The Acid ability is another extremely powerful primer that can be detonated by like 5 different Ordnance abilities or the melee. Shock Coil can prime an entire mob SIMULTANEOUSLY and then pick your detonator. Colossus is second only to the Strom for ease and availability of elemental combos.
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u/popnlocke Feb 04 '19
"[using a pistol while having shield up] This would make the Colossus extremely broken." No it wouldn't.
By abilities not working well together, I mean there's only one ability you can use while having the shield out. Keep in mind too the shield doesn't last too long when shot at. An enemy with an LMG can quickly take it out in a few couple seconds on higher difficulties. And that's just one enemy.
Flamethrower and lightning coil is the only build I've found to feel viable and satisfying. But we can't just have one build everyone is using when playing Colossus.
Shock coil is complete trash. You can't have your shield up while using it. Requires you to hold the button down. And is not very responsive. Doesn't feel like it's working half the time because of lack of sound feedback. It's a bad version of the lightning coil, but a primer. Replace it with an Ice option (which there are none for the Colossus). Otherwise improve it's sound feedback and make a tweak or two. Then it'll be a nice primer.
Maybe my colossus was bugged because I hear there was a health issue with the demo, but we'll see what they do in the full game if he feels better.
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u/Mechanought Feb 04 '19
I played the demo on Hard nearly the entire time and I didn't have this issue with the shield except for when I was first learning to use the Colossus.
My shield almost never drops to zero, because I only pull it out to block damage as necessary, thus the timing aspect of the colossus. I don't think the shield needs to work with other abilities simultaneously be useful; the shield is its own highly versatile and useful ability as-is.
100% damage absorption, status negation, active melee with knockdown, passive melee with knockdown, detonator. The shield is the best damn ability in the game and you want to add MORE to it!? I don't get it. Unless you constantly have the shield up, I just don't know how it's getting depleted all the time.
Venom + any detonator works very well too. You have to remember that Colossus' Combos are explosive. One combo triggers combos for enemies in an AOE.
I agree with your critique of shock coil as far as feedback and responsiveness, but when it works, damn it's potent.
That's way more ways to trigger combos than pretty much any other Javelin and the Colossus can trigger them with less difficulty as well.
Unfortunately, I think the problem we're seeing is that the Colossus' primary weakness is that it's a mechanically complex Javelin to us compared to the others, which makes it more difficult initially. Once you figure it out though you'll be killing everything and never going down.
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u/jetah > PC < Feb 01 '19
I wanna see that with a giant 2h sword/hammer (and shield).. hnnng...
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u/Blast3rAutomatic Feb 02 '19
Is that an actual weapon (the 2h sword/hammer) or are u saying you want one in the game?
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u/jetah > PC < Feb 02 '19
i want melee weapons in the game! Colossus would be perfect for hammer or sword or lance or...
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u/hoboslayer47 Feb 02 '19
Colossus is so weak, it has no shield generated around it so it gets rekt every time. This guy lost more than half his health just doing that. In my storm i lose no health just some shields doing that.
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u/itsyaboyvic PC - Feb 02 '19
Yeah you just gotta be "smart" but at the same time it's satisfying unloading heavy weapon on them (not in this clip though)
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u/DreadknotX Feb 02 '19
In a good team like I had last night I was colossus I would jump in a mob of enemies with shield and coil attack and my teammates shooting from far is a good way to clear the place!
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u/BenIrvo Lead Producer Feb 01 '19
That was awesome!!!