Assassin vs Duelist speeder

An assassin is a hit-and-run class. If you tend to use complex moves like stunning to healblock a target, or using flare to reduce healing, and running away while setting up a trap for your opponent, that makes you an assassin class. Rule of thumb: All assassins run from continuous confrontation. They don't like being whittled down by a stronger opponent, rather they pounce on weak targets to clean up.

Duellists live for the close fights. They enjoy being barely out of reach, in fights and standoffs they cannot win alone most of the time. They target mid-health targets, mostly, but can sometimes turn into distractions. They almost never steal kills, and as @Shadow Moon! said,

TL;DR Assassins are stealthy, while duellists tend to taunt(but do so responsibly as well)

 

Your current setup favors a "duelist" approach, since your Flare Gun does not provide good burst damage. An "assassin" wants to do as much burst damage as possible and then flee. Sniper + Explosive Cannon. Double Blast. Double Torps. Carronade + Blast/Sniper/Explosive. Grenade + Blast/Explosive. Your setup is very good and you should only change if you want to and if you have other similarly leveled items.

With your current setup, you are going to do better in longer games. You can dart in and finish off a kill if they are low, but you'll do better to get close enough to the enemy to land both shots, avoid fire and return to behind your team. You can bait the enemy to separate, protect your Fixer, scout, etc.

 

He can play the role of an assassin Speeder with Flare + Blast, but that is not the best setup for that role and he would be stronger playing as a "duelist". We are only talking about minor differences, so there are a lot of times when a Speeder has no clear-cut role. A duelist can still fly in for a cleanup kill. But a perfect "assassin" would be able to deal massive damage quickly and the get out. Frost + Swift Torp + Big Torp was the best "assassin" setup that has ever hit the bay. Double Blast is probably the best current setup, although a Grenade + Explosive Cannon could work well if you can effectively use the Grenade on a Speeder.

 

I switched over to duellist later.

And flare blast is not really an assassin speeder. If you wanna go for assassin in earnest these days, bicarro, double blast, snipe ex are the few available options. Flare ex was viable, but nowadays the combo isn't good enough, unless you are a hit-and-run type.

Rail snipe is kind-of an assassin, only it's a long range assassin build.

 

Swift + Blast is the only thing that I like on Speeder now. It is capable of dealing massive damage quickly while also having some other options.. long range, group damage, etc.

 

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