Thorn between Sasha badge setup.

bladgier · July 2018

So my Sasha has always been 100% offense. That has helped me a lot of times but also many got me into 1 hit struggle failure.

Many better players than me are suggesting Sasha devensive setup and they say its working well.

Just to let you know I'm considering rsl 34 and above.

So here it goes.
(pictures in the post above, can't paste them in here)

bladgier · July 2018

Old offensive setup nr 1

New defensive setup nr 2

On setup 2 that's the best I could do unfortunately without shape bonus but it only takes to have assault on the team and shell be 80 dr without armor.

So what you guys think?

JayZ · July 2018

Was this just an excuse to show off your badge? Haha, just kidding.

I use something similar to setup number 2 and like it a lot. I find it a lot more valuable to be able to take a few hits from Sasha. On the highest level challenge missions, I'm bringing my Shooters if I really need to deal heavy damage. Sasha is used for her leader trait and to soften up enemies for my Shooters and Assaults.

Here is my Sasha:

bladgier · July 2018

Damn you've seen me trough @JayZ

I've managed to find a match and this is how it looks like now

bladgier · July 2018

This setup at least will keep me from loosing her on early rsl 32 in the distance like an idiot 😆

Japes87 · July 2018

@bladgier your DR badges are perfect for her , I would trade the crit damage badges for damage badges though, reasoning is this . Damage badges affect Damage and crit damage ;whereas crit damage badges only affect crit damage.
Damage + on a weapon (lethal) only adds 15% damage whereas Destructive adds 60%Crit damage (which is equal to 3 legendary Crit Damage badges) so point being , you can make up the missing crit damage much easier . Hope that made sense ... here's my Sasha badges . She runs just about 80% DR with an assault in team (so basically always) and that armor

ATLAS-Z · July 2018

I often wish I had a second Sasha to config in defensive mode, but I don't so it's 100% AGRO OFFENSE BABY!

Deadheads · July 2018

You're all making me super jealous! How do you get all those sweet badges? Simple farming?

ATLAS-Z · July 2018

It'd take a whole lot of convincing to make me go defensive with my Queen of the Apocalypse.

WellyLuga · July 2018

I got a few tips on meat shield Sasha and must admit I was apprehensive at first but then I gave it a shot. Best thing I ever did. With destructive/ruthless on weapon/armour she still packs a punch and my stars have really improved since then.

Blad those bottom two DR badges are a thing of beauty, it's a shame you can't get a set out of them. It would be 55-56% with those two alone, her IS trait would bump up to 70 and you'd only need silver iron skin on armour to max. You would free up a badge slot that way for a health or crit damage badge

bladgier · July 2018

Thanks for your responses.

So I have it a go and went on a few rsl 31 missions with the devensive setup. It was a pain for me, definitely doesn't suit my playstyle. I'm already back on offense.

I can see what you're saying @Japes87 but instead I'd like to bump up critical damage as far as possible with critical damage badges and destructive on the weapon.

Even though damage increase helps both damage and critical damage, there's no way it will boost up critical damage itself, more than critical damage badges/weapon trait.

I want to stack em up as high as possible and get maximum punch I can get.

Reason why I'm not using critical damage weapon on her on those screens is only because the one I've got is lvl 26 and it hurts my eyes too much.

bladgier · July 2018

No wait... I forgot about this one.

It doesn't have incendiary though and I'm very used to using it now especially on Sasha.

romeo · July 2018

maybe i need to try some damage reduc instead of Health Badge on her. just hating one touch grabbed at rsl 33. on some maps u dont really have much spaces to move around

Japes87 · July 2018

The one good thing about having her at less critical damage is that with a charge attack, she leaves level 34 or 35 zombies with a sliver of health and then my assaults can get a full charge for next series . @bladgier definitely play styles have a big part of how the badges work for you , but turning my Sasha defensive was the key to going much further in challenges , saving tons of gold on healing , and not losing Distance because of 1 hit struggles on her . It was hard at first, but so glad I took the leap now

ATLAS-Z · July 2018

One thing is certain, Sasha is awesome no matter how you use her.

WellyLuga · July 2018

It's funny how you start your discussion with 'just to let you know I'm considering RSL 34 and up' and then change her back after a few RSL 31 missions

My advice would be to do what I did. Have a screen shot ready of a max damage set up, play through the entire challenge to get a feel for it, see how she manages when it comes to the really high rounds and make a final decision at lunch time Monday. This challenge set is different than most recently, there aren't too many maps where you need to take a beating really.

bladgier · July 2018

@WellyLuga that's because damage reduction on her did not meet my expectations on rsl 31 on my way to 34 so I won't bother trying on 34, that's my point. No need to pick on words like that...

WellyLuga · July 2018

I was only poking fun, I thought the wink emoji would show I was just having a bit of a laugh. At 80% it won't always save a bruise at 31+ but you can often tank 2 hits at 34 so perhaps you had your expectations too high?

JayZ · July 2018

Here’s an example of a situation where Sasha’s damage reduction badges were the difference between a bruise and 3 stars on a mission. On higher levels, it’s the difference between a struggle and 2 stars.

bladgier · July 2018

@WellyLuga cool 👍

You're probably right, my expectations are too high.

I'd expect not to bruise from 31 and take about 2-3 hits before struggle on 34.

WellyLuga · July 2018

You might have been caught with an unlucky crit which might have hit top end damage to take you over the threshold. But it's at 33/34 where it really shines, it's the difference between 5-6 before death and 2.

Plus if you're cheap like me it's the difference between a 30 min/7 gold cost and a 2 hour/24 gold cost

Firekid · July 2018

I've got The choice of 1000 more health or 17% damage reduction (only damage reduction badge) which is "better"?

Firekid · July 2018

Which is better?

Andy_b · July 2018

damage reduction

Firekid · July 2018

Cheers @Andy_b I'll bow to your superior knowledge! I remember you from super greens. How you doing now? Where'd you end up? Fancy coming back?

Andy_b · July 2018

@Firekid im doing great thanks, im with DTP now slaying like a mf lol.i will be coming to visit you guys in the near future

Firekid · July 2018

Good to hear Andy! You definitely need to come back and say hi soon. Charlie’s dying to know what you e got this week. She’s currently 1st with 1472. Her PB

Andy_b · July 2018

I still speak with dave adz and ace, will arrange a challenge to come play with yas with them soon,im currently on 2062, she improving all the time, all of you are its good to hear, keep up the good work

kkatsu · July 2018

Japes87 said:
@bladgier your DR badges are perfect for her , I would trade the crit damage badges for damage badges though, reasoning is this . Damage badges affect Damage and crit damage ;whereas crit damage badges only affect crit damage.

Damage + on a weapon (lethal) only adds 15% damage whereas Destructive adds 60%Crit damage (which is equal to 3 legendary Crit Damage badges) so point being , you can make up the missing crit damage much easier . Hope that made sense ... here's my Sasha badges . She runs just about 80% DR with an assault in team (so basically always) and that armor

This recommendation coming from Japes make it really valid. Though my main problem is that I play when Sasha is often my main and only firepower. Running sets with assault&bruiser/2 assaults etc.I can't imagine doing it without extra critical damage badges. Im not the top dog in the game for sure so maybe Im doing something wrong, but I got to 2k stars this challenge so Im not some moron either.

WellyLuga · July 2018

It's great how there are so many ways to play the game!

Japes was the one who gave me the final nudge towards meat shield Sasha. I had decent success this challenge with Sasha, bruiser/assault and a ruthless shooter loaded with damage/crit damage. I'm certainly not a top dog either and I also scraped 2k this week

mack22 · July 2018

Thanks for the read everyone, lots of good info. Time to start beefing up my Sasha 🙂.

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