- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
With a standard loadout of human pistol, MA5B and two nades, I’d get my skinny little rear into the base quick as possible. Swap your MA5B for a shotgun and get ready to cut him in half.
The trick is to lure the shee into a close range nose dive with your pistols, then swap out to shotgun and blast him medium to close range. Done well, you’ll likely get two shots off before he plops.
Against savvy pistol users, he can’t ignore you. The pistols will deplete his shields quickly—the shee pilots best friend—giving him the choice of either focusing only on you or run and hide while they recharge.
But these are only for the specific situation you described. The Machine gun Warthog is the second best weapon in the game for dealing with a banshee camper. Shots sloppy enough to give a wide cone of fire coupled with a very high rate of rounds fired give the gunner of this hog phenomenal damage to the wayward shee pilot. If you can get to a stationary hog near your base, use the guns high damage and range to quickly take a shee down.
Whats the first you ask? The tank! Tank versus banshee battles are always one sided: whover gets the drop gets the kill. Or you can grab another banshee and try to clobber him mono e mono.
I find the rocket launcher quite effective against a shee as well…when my ping is good. While the Fuel rod has greater ammo and reload settings, the rockets linear shot makes targeting a nose diving shee a snap. Use the pistol/shotgun trick to get his attention and you’ll be seeing “rocket noob” in the chat text in no time. Also, plasma nades, imho, were put in this game just to handle vehicles. Again, use pistol to lure him into a dive bomb attack and as he gets close, toss.
You notice how almost all these tactics revolve around the human pistol? There are many reasons I name it the best weapon in the game, and the banshee is high on that list.
But all this is for not if he hits you with a fuel rod blast. Good dodging, cover, and quick reflexes can prove more important than aim when fighting a banshee. One trick is to, when you see the fuel rod fired, jump up before it hits the ground. Heavy weapon direct hits are a rarity and most people aim for the feet. If you’re airborne when the fuel rod hits the ground you’ll take less damage and get a boost to your jump in return. If your cover is nearby (BG example and you have the choice to jump inside or walk into the doorways), just hide and recharge.
Hope this helps.
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[Edited on 11/6/2005]