So who is the best (or at least decent) xenomorph to kill other xenomorphs? I realize Queen is strong because of the screech. Hivelords and drones, even though they don’t really kill, are extremely useful in slowing the opposite hive with (hive)weeds and walls. But who is good at actually killing stuff?
I guess zerker is pretty good because of the apprehend slowdown and raising attack/movement speed with rage. I personally like lurker, even though it’s useless against T3s, I’d say it’s the best T2 for taking out other T2s and T1s, because of the long stun, slowdown, decent speed and damage.
But who else? Do you have experience with a particular caste? Or maybe you have thoughts who might be good?
All prae strains are really good in XvX and I think can be as powerful as berserker. But berserker is just, really really good statwise and yeah has incredible abilities, it’s just perfect made for xvx probably. I think tankiness without speed is pretty useless, but tankiness with speed is super op in XvX.
Drones in general are the most powerful and honestly OVERPOWERED caste like without a doubt, since its both the best at weed control and only caste line that can plant weeds. So I think lurker actually is really powerful, just because it can target drones. Probably not alone, but with teamwork it seems strong. Warrior, runner, and vanguard for the same reason. If they can’t target hiveys too tho, they’re definitely going down in viability - because if drones are powerful hiveys are literally unstoppable by any caste except queen.
I know you said combat xeno, but drone. 100% drone.
Place sticky on every single tile. Every single one. Xenos do not have the tools to clear sticky like marines do. I have seen, and been responsible for greeno sticky spam and every single time it has worked to fantastic effect. Xenos effectively can not commit to an attack if there is sticky everywhere, because walking anything more than 3 tiles into your muck is going to get them killed should anyone be there to oppose them.
zerker kills queens like nothing else because xenos unlike marines often don’t realize or don’t have time to get out of the AOE for eviscxerate and instantly die
Defender is very strong for a t1 in XvX. I killed a base prae pretty much solo and finished off the prime queen among a couple other kills in one round when greenos popped mid-hijack.
Depends on where and what you want to kill. Berserker is the best frontline pick, because he can hit fast, hard and heal off the damage he does. Unless you get screeched its a scary enemy. Spitter is the best frontline damage dealer overall, due to the amounts of acid you can excrete upon the enemy, with the spit chipping away steadily at anything you can get your claws on and spray acid clears weeds AND deals tons of damage to enemy xenos. Lurker and Runner are both harassers that are best at killing lonely xenos, with runner being the hard counter to hivelords and drones due to the ability to simply run them down and kill them. Hivelord is a good pick to kill others simply cause you can put down an acid pillar at the frontline and support marines\fellow xenos pushing the other hive, cause the acid pillar is Surprisingly Potent at killing xenos cause they HAVE TO melee it. Plus you can drop walls around and make other things to make the enemy hive regret ever living.
I’ve found valk to be pretty decent support when it comes to XvX. You hide behind walls in queen vs queen, and pop out when the other queen scheeches with your own, thus nullifying it.
Crusher. You get AoE slash on all attacks plus a shield for when the enemy Queen screechs. I’ve done a million times. Crusher. Sentinel & Spitter are pretty useless since Warriors can still lunge; Defenders can still launch you off your feet. However Spitters are tankey in XvX. Burrower also great XvX. As for other T3 strain Standard Ravager is likely the best. You can’t beat escape + ranged melee attack, especially since XvX is all about zoning the other xenos out from combat. My honest top 5 : 1. Crusher 2. Standard Ravager 3. Warrior 4. Burrower 5. Drone. I made a fuss about Defenders however Drones ability to deny enemy xeno weed resin is definitely more valuable than a tail sweep.
Vanguard with root mode active, some of the best ranged dps, root doesnt discriminate with sizes or resistances, everything gets the same 2.5(?) second stun, shield allows for safe uptime in fights, dash allows for easy escapes and flanks especially when xvx is about positioning, alone i would pick vanguard 9 times out of 10
If anyone says Defender is good, they are lying. Melee pretty much bypasses armor completly, so all of those fortify strats and so on are almost useless. Sure it is decent with tail swipe and headbutt, but that is all they have.