Just played a amazing clan match.

From the start one clan member went gorge and dropped DC's and another gorged for an rt, whilst the other 4 skulked for res. Once the 4 skulks got their 30 res, they went lerk and proceeded to rush the rine base, in what what a devestating assualt. Although this is a risky strat and depends on your skulking ability at the start, it is certainly effective if you get it right. Its worth a try in a prac

I allways fear if bast is in clanmatch because it`s dream of lerk rush you forget/hadn`t time to weld the vent your gone....

I would like to see this in pubs especially on some comabt becuase already 3 or 4 lerk hurts a big time

Grenades = good
Get nades, weld vent, toss all nades in at once and laugh

Nades are essential in stopping lerk rushes, definitely so if the lerks are intelligent.

lerk rush can work well if its executed properly , precision timing is required.

I've always wanted to try a lerk rush, but since I always pub I never have the chance (no organization).

Lerks can move much faster than grenades...he isnt talking about vent lerks. This strat mostly relies on the skill of the lerks. In 2.0 it worked really well because of the spikes.

Yeah I know the difference between a lerk rush and lerks in vents, but you do get a lot of lerk rushes that involve vents.

Its very hard to get an effective lerk rush in 3.0, more due to lack of skilled players than anything else. However, anyone who's not too hot can always hang back and be spumbraing like mad.

France used a simitar tactic against the Swedish NS team... they got totally owned.

i'd say this is similar to a SG rush, affective if u get it right, screwed if u make one mistake

The main problem : Mines. A Hive 1 Lerk doesn't have a whole let of HP left after detonating one mine, so a group of 4 basicly bar you from attacking the IP short of the mine-layer making a major mistake.

So the whole difficulty in pulling it off comes from having to let marines leave base to a certain degree, then go in, take out Armslab/AA (structures that aren't heavily mined at the 2minute mark), and then procede to chew the CC while one Lerk gaurds. This can if executed correctly, force a relocation - which brings us to the most major problem with lerkrushes. You can obviously bug down the reloc in spores - but in the end, they'll outtech you on a 4-lerk strat. Which is why you need some backup like a Fade or 2nd Hive for this to have a reasonable chance at working at all.

It has nothing to do with setting the mine off. A remotely intelligently mined IP is off limits to you unless you bring a Gorge along to spit them (or simply throw in 2 skulks as cannon fodder, although that'll leave some mines around).

Oh we used to had bast home map ^^

In pubs you cant make that organized so it wouldnt work.....

would be just fun to see lerk rush in 10 vs 10!

well put saltz

if lerk rush, i prefer MC instead of DC.
Celerity = pwn
and lerk is already weak with or without DC.
with celerity its harder to hit the birdie and fly much faster for example back to the hive and heal.
also, silence is pwn too ^_^

Spores from different Lerks stack.

Protect and cherish lerks with a skulk or two and the marines will have a hard time advancing.

Add a gorge and an OC or DC and you have a position that will generate RFK all day.

Love lerks. They are your friends. And they don't get many kills, so keep them ALIVE. If you see a marine coming and you are a skulk, take the bullet for him.

While I am not a big fan of "all or nothing" strategies, that does not take away from its viability. This strategy can seriously throw off marnes if executed properly, but if executed poorly, will SERIOUSLY hurt your team. This strategy takes a way your hive, and your fades (assuming 2 rts at the beginning). its a big gamble and should only be used once and a while, otherwise it can be easily countered by shotguns.

Also consider that the counter to lerks is HA... and HA is very slow and very easy to counter in the sense that its the option most pub commanders take. Personally I'd rather face HA than JPs, as a good JPer is not pleasant at all.

Pandas were the masters of the 1.03 lerk rush. This strategy has been around for a long time and it used to be considered very viable (along with any other rush strat that no one uses any more).

Consider two gorges with adren for healing. If you can save the gorges long enough to kill the marine team, it's so over.

Actually my clan for Season 4's CAL Season (#asx.ns - they're back) did a lerk rush 3 times today. Didn't work with DCs or MCs, worked with sensory. A gorge helped spit mines down. Main thing was if the comm had any sense whatsoever he dropped as many shotties as he could. Shotguns annihilate lerks, as we found out quickly (As soon as marines got the shotguns like 3 lerks dropped).

You don't even need to win. You can just harass marines. As long as you can force the comm to keep dropping medpacks, you can slow marine expansion until you have some map control.

Legion - you don't understand me. What I'm saying is that if a comm was CONSIDERING a JP endgame, he'll instantly change his mind to using HA... and as long as you can keep dominating his decisions, you'll be in a good position.

its just like a skulk rush but with more hp and flying ability.

It would only be good if spores stacked but 1 guy would have to spore while the others bit.

As lerks aren't a assualt race its not that good...but then again healspray rush...who would a geussed.

sensory rush is always very risky, but thats what makes it so special it can easily finish a game within 5 min