Despite the gearset's downsides, I think there is a lot to be said for being able to deploy the damage buff at the time of your choosing.

@d15p4tch6

4 ай бұрын

"your choosing" = only when out of cover lol id prefer to have it on all the time!

@fogowar2022

4 ай бұрын

@@d15p4tch6 Of course, if that was an option I'd take that. I'd also take 200% Strikers stacks without the need to stack them or have them degrade too. Maybe a toggle?? What if you could switch between regen or damage at the time of your choosing? That could be fun.

@d15p4tch6

4 ай бұрын

@@fogowar2022 hehe just trolling. Yeah that would be nice - more freedom as to when we could switch

4 pc umbra, contractors and petrov backpack with vigilance. a weapon handling roll on top of the 2 piece petrov bonus, rest rolled crit chance. play with the armor rolls as you see fit. chefs kiss in pvp with the iron long or any of the lmg's now after lmg buff update. it's a peek-a-boo gearset to me. hit em with the surprise MF***

@d15p4tch6

4 ай бұрын

Yeah I don't PVP so I don't take that into account. Thanks for sharing that perspective!

@bearable55

4 ай бұрын

Yup, I approve. I run the same setup with Wicked as the backpack talent and the Iron Lung.

Iron lung go brr tho

Nice one, hitting that 3k SHD 👍

@d15p4tch6

4 ай бұрын

Thanks! I spend more time out of game theory crafting and doing calculations than actually playing ROFL - figured I should up my game a bit!

@garyschei

4 ай бұрын

But look how much you've learned along the way 😎

Well said on the in cover bonus, helps crystalize why the, on paper, large armor regen doesnt actually feel as great as you expect it to. Also didn't realize it was timed differently than normal aemor regen, instead ticking once per second. One thing that might make it more interesting and useful would be to give you a pulse like skill that you can proc at will to stun enemies within 15m for several seconds or something to let you either take more precarious cover or to let you set up a massive advantage to take optimize utilization of your decaying fronted burst damage when exiting cover

@d15p4tch6

4 ай бұрын

Like it's made for the SHD exposed G.E. or something?

@blakemorris2753

4 ай бұрын

​@@d15p4tch6 Now that you mention it, kinda! not *made* for the SHD exposed GE; but my thought process might have been inspired by it subconsciously! I think it might be worse returns during SHD exposed, considering, but would be a big enhancement to the brand sets general play. It'd give you something to focus on while in cover, timing its activation correctly for the scenario you are facing, wouldnt buff the sets damage output directly, but would allow you to strategically manipulate the battlefield to your advantage; whether that be from safely taking risky cover to regen some health without expending an armor kit or from setting up enemies to be most exposed to your damage output when reengaging. Hell, I was even thinking that to truly put polish on it; it could apply a status effect. That way you could run Wicked instead of Vigilance... imo a potentially huge boon to a build that does all its damage out of cover!

@TheMDAxDJK

4 ай бұрын

What you're saying is exactly how gear 1.0 Sawyers Kneepads worked lol. Would love to have that again.

Umbra is one of the best sets in game: clears 5 directive heroic open world/missions with ease as long as it's used right in a cover-shooter style. Even stands it's ground on legendary.

@d15p4tch6

Ай бұрын

What are your tips for how to best use it?

@martinmiller3765

Ай бұрын

@@d15p4tch6 My setup: Umbra chest+backpack+Ceska+Sombra: Umbra pieces are blue core/CHD rolls, CHD mods, Reviver Hive+Repair Drone, F2000+Optimist+Military RPK-74 M+Strained+Orbit, Gunner. I stay in cover, and use cover-to-cover move to change position if I must. Before starting to shoot, leave cover by pressing space. To reload/heal press space again to go back to cover. Incorporating a shield in this also works: deploy shield to leave cover, put it away and press space to go back. IMO Umbra was designed for cover-shooting, not a moving-with-a-shield play style. I prefer it to Striker/Heartbreaker: my stacks are always close to empty.

Umbra is easily second to striker IMO Then again... Perfect Spotter and Kingbreaker is also up there. Which gives me an idea. Probably wont work.

@d15p4tch6

4 ай бұрын

Aw, don't tease us! What's the idea? Spotter is definitely a good pair with Umbra, especially if you can make a skill build work

@jameyvanderpool9392

4 ай бұрын

Try closer chest, 3 overlord for handling, 1 Palisades for aok and 1 feneris with kingbreaker. I do the spotter and vigilance combo. The kingbreaker shoots so much better with that setup.

Great video. I’m not a fan of the umbra, if the talents were instant instead of stacked it would be a better build. If you get a chance dispatch, can you do an explanation of true patriot builds. I know you’re a pretty busy guy. Thanks for all your work.

@d15p4tch6

4 ай бұрын

I'll add it to the list, Patrick!

@d15p4tch6

3 ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y2F5prxygM7UfrQ.html Patrick, let me know if this doesn't fit the bill for you. I don't use TP much - usually trying to kill the enemies before the TP buff even gets applied fully. If you need more info I can make a video on whatever you're confused about.

Or how about the armor regen and offensive stacking works the same way as usual when taking cover, but every 30 seconds or so you get the option to instead proc a heal over time pool that maxes offensive stacks instantly and maybe restores your shield as well; giving you the benefit of the armor regen in at least a small area while bouncing right back into the fight instsntly

@d15p4tch6

4 ай бұрын

A third stacking mechanic? It's so crazy it might just work! Honestly, they just need to make an OP cover-only talent to defeat the striker+shield meta

@blakemorris2753

4 ай бұрын

@@d15p4tch6 That's *kind* of what I was thinking with my other suggestion, though it's perhaps not so OP; and yeah, now that you point it out, this is technically a third stacking mechanic but I was thinking more along the lines of adding a mechanic that, at set intervals, allows you to bypass the stacking requirements entirely. This would go some way towards reducing the in and out of cover tedium and be a good way to sustain upfront burst DPS without sacrificing the in cover bonus or core mechanic of swapping in and out of cover

@blakemorris2753

4 ай бұрын

@@d15p4tch6 thought tbh, yeah, a decent OOC damage mechanic, combined with OP *only* in cover would be awesome and perhaps signal a paradigm shift for the better! yeah, striker+shield still rocks hard for general gameplay and consistency... but master the more complex Umbra mechanics and *truly* lay down some hurt on your foes

Thanks for taking a look at the Umbra gear set. It just doesn't work for me.

@d15p4tch6

4 ай бұрын

Glad we feel the same way!