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Thread: Rifleman + CM?
"I heard this was a very deadly combo"
Maybe deadly to yourself...
-Bovine
squirk wrote:
Does it make sense to pick up Combat Medic along with Rifleman? I'm interested in adding CM, but won't I be at a severe combat disadvantage if I have to come in close to use my AOE stims and poison?
I will be interested to see how this pans out with the new changes. But as for deadly, it is.
You need to be buffed to be really nasty. But I am loving this combo so far.
Also, other combat medics will be able to take you out.
CM/Rifleman here. Its better than CM/Carbine.
much better.
The lack of a knockdown move is annoying.
I'm a rifleman / combat medic, and have found it very effective in PvP.
You'll need to either buff or have high mind stats, and use a quick rifle (I use a speed sliced E-11 with speed powerups). Applying mind poison (C is great - takes them down to 1 mind in 3 or 4 ticks) and then mindshot2 will take their mind pool down really quick, then you can just spam headshot1 to finish them off.
MCM here, also working up to 3440 doc, so I have enough points to go up one skill tree. I was thinking Accuracy
Strategy -- mind poison; run away until +1; headshot; incap; snipershot.
Any suggestions? I was thinking I'd use a speed sliced spraystick (the one I just got is 1.5 speed) since damage isn't really an issue, but something with better range would be nice.
as I mentioned above, the E-11 rifle is pretty good. You'll need it sliced for speed and you can use speed powerups too.
Nothing wrong with the spraystick though, you'll just have to get in a bit closer
I was a Master CM and Rifleman for about 3 months. Best PVP combo in my opinion. As long as u give yourself enough mind stats you can be VERY deadly. I miss my CMskills 
I use to poision their mind (poision did about 450 damage per tick) then used mindshot 1,2 and headshot 2.
I love this combo.
What you do is drop an area mind poison and then start taking them all down with headshots.
You need to be buffed and on Muon Gold. Plus...when you hit your downer on the muon, just pop some of your favorite chef food and drink.
by the time you did all that with poisonings and ticks and what not you could have just shot him three times with HS3 and a damage sliced powered up T21...
The only problem with that is you have to be in-range to shoot at them. If they are a rangedprofession too, you risk being killed.
Atleast with poisons you can run off out of range then stroll back in, fire headshot1 once and you're done.