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Posted by: BartS4177
What's the best AVERAGE(no spartan laser/missile pod) weapon to take down a Banshee and how do you avoid it?Plasma grenades and skyjacks. The dual SMGs are pretty good too. Power drains and plasma pistols aren't as dangerous as some think, because most of the time when you get hit, your momentum carries you far enough away that they can't finish you off. To avoid being stuck, don't go near the guys who are paying attention to you. They have diabolicle plans (I know I do) as to what method to destroy you with, and should be gunned down at range with fuel rod and plasma cannons. If you find yourself in a situation where you are likely to get stuck, do a barrel roll. Or just boost the hell out of there.
One technique I have discovered is to barrel roll on top of an enemy, because they rarely see it coming. It is difficult to do, and definitely risky because you have to let go of boost to use the jump button stunts, but it can pay off.
I had an amazing game today in the banshee, it was slayer on Valhalla, and my team started on the side with the beach. I jumped in the banshee, and proceeded to hid behind the base. I saw an enemy banshee coming, warned my team, then continued to hid until it started circling our base. I fought the enemy banshee, and it was fairly even, until another enemy lasered me. By the time The enemy banshee was destroyed, we were down by somewhere between 10-20 points. After we gained back a little bit of map control, and I eventually got the banshee back on the respawn.
I proceeded to kick some ass. I started out with a few splatters and gun kills, then as I was heading behind their base, they took down my shields. I was on my way out, and I saw some enemy plasma cannon fire fly behind me. I then boosted for the large rocks in the river (near the secondary mancannon landing), and almost splattered a guy standing there. Assuming that the enemy was hot on my tail, I did a barrel roll through the gap (the one that is not a lot wider than my vehicle), and boosted down the river to survive.
Soon after, I had full shields, and a relatively undamaged banshee, so I went out for more blood. I was between caves and the trees on the middle hill, when I saw an enemy on the other side. I boosted through the trees, and nailed him in the face, from a completely unexpected angle.
After A while, I was behind their base again, and this time as I came around the back, an enemy was trying to laser me, and with no cover nearby, I decided to try and hit him before he got his shot off. When I was almost to him, I was'nt quite sure if I would get there in time, so I...
...did a barrel roll...
...hoping to splatter him, but at least dodge the laser. I succeeded.
I hope to put up videos of all this stuff once gamevee's grab is back up.