Universal Metal Slug Defense (by SNK Playmore)

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  1. mtzen

    mtzen Well-Known Member

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    What's the best way to beat 1. rush decks 2. rush decks on small maps?

    My current deck:
    1. Big Snail
    2. Gunner
    3. Iron Iso
    4. Sarubia
    5. Metal Claw

    Rush decks with lots of infantry like Natives are giving me problems. Usually, if I can hold out until the first MSA, I can get a lot of free AP and I'll win. The main problem is that the infantry seem to do so much damage with their spread attacks and special abilities.

    Advice?
     
  2. Emuchu

    Emuchu Well-Known Member

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    That depends--are you on a jailbroken iPhone? You can download a tweak called "display recorder" for that. If you're not jailbroken, you'll have to record the iPhone's screen with a separate camera, or buy Apple's $40 HDMI dongle and attach the phone to a capture card.
     
  3. Skitarii

    Skitarii Well-Known Member

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  4. christianM

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    #664 christianM, Jul 31, 2014
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    bro, maybe his units ap's are only 100?? lol how many jking is that?

    and the morden haha, its quite unusual to see 2 of them
     
  5. MOGRAFI

    MOGRAFI Active Member

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    I've got mixed feelings as I love the Metal Slug games and art/animation style, but this sort of feels like it's just using old assets.
     
  6. Emuchu

    Emuchu Well-Known Member

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    It IS using old assets. What's going to decide whether you want this game is whether you want "a competent but grindy defense game with active PVP and frequent updates, but that reuses preexisting art and animation assets."
     
  7. Skitarii

    Skitarii Well-Known Member

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    The old assets are sort of what appeals to me in that I'm seeing different characters from different games in the series blast each other in good old-fashioned Metal Slug style.

    I would definitely be surprised if they use some unused sprites like this guy:

    http://metalslug.wikia.com/wiki/Sand_Simon

    But anyways they haven't really gotten repetitive with the units yet and they update rather quickly. Would really like a better way to organize one's units though, my roster is huge and it takes awhile to find the unit I want to mess with...
     
  8. Brad Vickers

    Brad Vickers Member

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    Are one of the 10 lucky downloaders? - [​IMG]
     
  9. mtzen

    mtzen Well-Known Member

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    Is the only way to beat rush infantry decks the giant caterpillar?
     
  10. christianM

    christianM Well-Known Member

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    haha i think hopper mecha is more annoying than that hover units lol. i can defeat those players with hover units after changing 1 of my unit with mecha. but still practising on releasing its special coz sometimes i press it wrongly then it will explode halfway along the battle range
     
  11. VapeeWright

    VapeeWright Member

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    The hacks ARE real.
    Just look that, i was about to win...
     

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  12. HooKed

    HooKed Member

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    Anyone on Android want to play right now?

    I'm testing out some new builds.
     
  13. mtzen

    mtzen Well-Known Member

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    Haha what happens when a hacker meets a hacker, I wonder
     
  14. Emuchu

    Emuchu Well-Known Member

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    Connection to the opponent has been lost.
     
  15. Emuchu

    Emuchu Well-Known Member

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    #675 Emuchu, Jul 31, 2014
    Last edited: Jul 31, 2014
    Metal Slug Defense (by SNK Playmore)

    iOS, v1.4.4

    Hey guys. I've been fiddling with a rush deck after getting absolutely trashed by one by a fellow with over 4,000 wins--it looks like the "lightweight army of machineguns" strategy from v1.2 is back!

    I present to you... The 80AP Mechanized Infantry Deck:

    Gunner Unit
    LV Armor
    Samurai Tanks
    Slugnoid
    Iron ISO
    Giant Caterpillar
    Elephant Slug / Mars Mecha
    Iron Nokana Mk.II / Metal Rear
    Jupiter King
    Hover Unit

    3AP: Gunner, LV, SamTanks, ISO, AP Up
    4AP: Same + Slugnoid and Caterpillar, AP Up
    5AP: Same + Early J.King, AP Up
    6AP: Everything

    The deck's strength is it's huge HP:AP ratio from the 80AP walking mech suits. In v1.2, I ran a SamTank / Trevor / Clark / Ostrich Slug / SV Camel machine gun rush, and its weakness was always the low HP and getting bombed by the first MSA. This deck has 2200-3200HP for each 80AP unit, and the Gunner's close range tends to soak MSAs without destroying the entire rush.

    Use Hover Unit if you see a Caterpillar or an Ohumein-Conga. Iron ISO support has been standard since v1.3, and it's my personal belief that J.King + Elephant is still needed for forcing yourself through the mid-game to avoid an End-Game Titan Punch-Up.

    You can probably sub in Shoe / Karn / Iron Nokana / Morden for a few of the heavies, since this is primarily a rush deck.

    Have fun.

    EDIT:

    Additional points:
    - Against infantry-based rush decks, don't use your MSA right away. Let your opponent kill your Gunner, and save your MSA until any Gunners or Snails are out of the way, and you can roll over a few guys.
    - Hover Unit is labelled as a single-target unit, but it's totally a spread unit. So it's quite powerful if you can line up your opponent's front line, say after a Caterpillar Rush or after you remove a key tanking unit.
    - If you have a Gunner or two out, you can totally use their specials to try and snipe Slug Copter, Flying Tara, Samurai Plane, and UFO out of the sky.
     
  16. mtzen

    mtzen Well-Known Member

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    This is really great! Thanks for the insight. Love the detail on the build orders.
     
  17. joseph1234

    joseph1234 Well-Known Member

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    that dreaded strategy is back i see, its also(in a certain degree) a counter to some hopper mecha varient deck if the enemy user has trevor/slugnoid/+some bullet firing unit..
     
  18. joseph1234

    joseph1234 Well-Known Member

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    I finally manage to earn 5mil exp.. 1platinum star baby! but my eyes kinda hurt a little... \(*-*)/

    hey guys... if an opponent receives 0 exp after battle did he quit mid game?
    I sometimes loose to these people and try to rematch but end up disconnect..
     
  19. Emuchu

    Emuchu Well-Known Member

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    I think if your opponent only gains 0 exp, or if they revert to having 0 matches won, they probably disconnected.
     
  20. joseph1234

    joseph1234 Well-Known Member

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    so that why.. hmmm,
    how about those player you defeat but end up having more exp than you? my case is that i often lose first game but during rematches when i win they gain more or slightly more exp
     

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