MK6 defender setup and perks

So I have MK6 defender with the following setup right now:
Legendary cannon lvl 20 perks blue crit, blue damage and epic crit damage,
Legendary napalm lvl 10 perks epic fire duration blue range x2
Epic big torpedo lvl 40 perks epic cooldown, blue damage x2 and blue speed (can be maxed out in 2 weeks) - must keep

Blues are as follows:
Legendary turbo lvl 10 perks epic and 2 blue turbo effect - must keep
Epic bandage lvl 40 perks blue healing x4 (can be maxed out in 2 weeks) - must keep
Epic big shield lvl 40 perks blue shield hp x2 blue shield def and epic hp (can be maxed out in 2 weeks) - must keep
Epic turbo lvl 30 perks 3 green turbo effect
Epic rudder lvl 35 perks 3 blue rudder effect and epic hp. (Can upgrade to 40)

Do I switch the epic turbo or rudder to legendary gear lube lvl 1 with blue perks or epic bandage lvl 20 green perks or keep current setup? No standard shield available btw.

Also weapon options available to switch:
Legendary missile lvl 10, legendary long mortar lvl 10, legendary blast cannon lvl 10, legendary fire bomb lvl 1 (can lvl to 20) and legendary bertha lvl 1. All perked up decently.

I chose napalm and rudder as a solid defensive from speeders to keep at range and second turbo for the same reason but not sure if it helps. Setup works amazing with a good fixer but otherwise I feel like it lacks something.

Please give advise on perks for current setup as well. Having doubts about cannon and shield perk setup. Thanks!

 

legendary bragging topic... oO

i take it you dont play for long and bought all those shiny trinkets only recently, otherwise you wouldn't be asking for help.

the best advice anyone can give you is to try out your weapon choices and see what works best for you. cant tell you how to play the game.

as for rudder vs gear lube on a defender, definitely rudder.

 

Not exactly I'm usually top damage and last to survive unless ganged up by speeders so just trying to find a solution for that.

 

There is no solution at the higher levels.

Rock / Paper / Scissors

You cant buy your way out of defeating your anti class im afriad (and thank goodness!)

In more helpful news, id defo drop the cannon and go missiles, blast and napalm (or another fire effect)
Mortars all junk im afraid. Keep them though, love will come someday

 

I'm not expert on top level stuff, but I think you have built your defender to be a shooter. IMO a defender should have two two slot heavy weapons on long cd and one short cd one slot weapon, which it looks like you have done. I think you are fine on weapons.
Your blue slots are really strange though. 2x turbo and rudder, I would do 1 turbo then stack HP like a madman. Of course a bandage could be good if fixers are rare at your infamy. monobrow is right though, don't waste your time trying to counter a speeder, they are just going to get you some times. They don't put out that much dps (unless frost + big torp), so if your team is smart they will kill the speeder on you long before that speeder can kill you, and if they aren't smart, then you lost anyways. The best defense against a speeder is to have so many damn hp that they don't even want to mess with you. Once you have enough hp, speeders will know it will take like 3-5 drive-bys to get you dead, and will shoot something else instead.

 

Idk, that setup looks ok to me. I think you might be able to try to work around it playstyle wise. Perhaps you can shield your allies more closely, so that you aren't left against speeders?

@P0rthos

 

Of all the defenders in the Bay this guy scares me the most. Dont think he usually run mine, but I could be wrong.

 

Is that the defender from porthos' video haha. If so yea he seems scary haha

 

Yup.
The evil man always comes straight at me and blows my tiny green boat away with those evil explosive cannons!

 

I'm normally doing well especially with a fixer on my team but as you all know matching isn't always the best. Even if it looks like a decent matchup for my team with 2 speeders, fixer, shooter, with 3 mk6 and myself for example, I've been running into lots of 4 player mk6 speeders on the opposite team. Most of the time team falls apart quick and if they don't, speeders focus fire on me. In that case even 20k health would not save me.
I know it's a variable but I've been losing a lot to speeder teams recently, roughly 7/10 battles are matched up like that for me surprisingly and while I still win 50% or more with a good team, without a fixer it's 0-5 guaranteed to lose. Perhaps I should temporarily switch a ship? What's the best speeder counter?
P.s. I'm at 3450 now, dropped from 3800 in a week. Matching against 4000+ players.

 

matchmaking imbalances suck, but there isn't a lot you can do about it. Its inherent with the style of game, I'm afraid.

the update dropped recently, and it doesn't sound like the speeder meta has been affected much? you could consider switching to an enforcer or speeder yourself and trying to use your legendary stuff

 

I suck playing them, can never get myself to use yellows or move properly lol! Defender or Fixer are my best play style options. And I feel like shooter is just trash after Ace I, don't matter how equipped or perked lol...

 

I would suggest making a second account then, and trying out the speeders and enforcers there. The playstyle is much more mobile, you are trying to move near constantly to avoid damage. Some people dance in the immediate vicinity of the opponents, others dart in for a salvo of heavy weapons, then away during the reload time. Some people trade higher mobility for stuns and shields.

P0rthos has some vids of speeder strats on his youtube channel, though I would advise against trying the mines unless you really know what you are doing. *Has flashbacks to useless allies*

 

Lol

 

they say he is one of the best his built is really something i liked to in my defender as well solid hitting guns at a range