I was able to get the Maelstrom into 3/4 shields before trying to get a little further away to apply more damage. I got inside of his projectile arc due to me having my AB on which increased the distance more than I expected.
T1 implants for med hybrids.
The trick to catching the Maelstrom with the Thorax is, you kinda have to be an outfielder to understand. But if you watch the trajectory of the incoming Maelstrom and then click an area where you think the Maelstrom will land, you can get within maybe 1,000 meters of the Maelstrom, lock the Maelstrom up, deploy drones, web / scram then attacks, all before the Maelstrom is able to lock you up. The Maelstrom almost got me because I was to indescive to warp out or attack when he first landed. As I began locking the Maelstrom up, he had already fired his first salvo which almost took me to bits. But my AB saved the day and got me under his guns.
My Thorax was like a little black ant on a park bench and along comes…Holy SH*&, THERE GOES THE SUN! moment being that close. At 500 meters from the Maelstrom, things can go very bad.
I think if I remove a blaster and add a NOS or Neut, whichever will fit, I can actually break the Maelstrom’s shield tank with the Thrax.
That totally depends on the Maelstroms fit. A well fitted one can tank you forever and scratches it’s head when you will run out of ammo… (while gnawing away your armor with his Drones).
Cool story bro. But you are the one who lost this fight and according to your killboard you never succeeded before. So I don’t think you should be teaching us .
if you were “under his guns” then you would have eventually won the fight assuming your damage was eventually greater than his cap regen and passive shield regen.
Assuming you could burn through his cap sticks (looking at his killboard, it seems he had a cap booster fit), he’d eventually have died if you were, in fact, “under his guns”. Being “under their guns” means taking no damage from the main weapon system due to sig-tanking the tracking.
His drones should have been your first target in this kind of situation.
in any case, you’ve posted a loss and somehow tried to convince yourself that this makes you qualified to comment on how to kill a Maelstrom with a Thorax. I are confused.
I lost the battle because I accelerated to fast while moving to within 1000 meters to get better DPS on his shields which then put me outside of his guns blind spot and within his guns optimal range.
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