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What Do People Think Will Be Good Melee Frames?


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I've been trying to decide which frame I'd like to try and turn into a melee beast.  Rhino seems like a good choice, with Ironskin giving him extra survivability and immunity to those pesky knockdowns.  Trinity can just make herself immortal while she wails on people.  Ash and Loki have that handy invisibility and some utility skills to help them out.

 

So which frames are everyone else looking forward to trying out with melee 2.0? :D  Would love to hear what sorts of ideas people have.

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If you have the Rage mod: Oberon, Valkyr, Trinity

Here's why: Rage will provide the energy needed to do channeling.

If you are stealth-oriented, or wish to do high critical damage: Excalibur, Ash, and Loki are all very solid choices. People overlook Radial Blind because they don't notice the effect that it has on melee attacks and critical strikes. It bolsters it quite a sufficient amount (because enemies afflicted by the blind effect receive critical damage from melee).

I don't think Rhino or Frost will be exceptional with melee, but anyone that can close the distance and dish out a good amount of melee damage will do well.

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Lots of frames have aspects that would make them good for melee. Rhino's probably the most obvious choice, as both Iron Skin and Roar could enhance his performance. Trinity's another good one, Blessing for protection, of course, and Link to prevent knockdowns and interruptions. Loki and Ash, of course, as invisibility acts as another form of invulnerability. Excalibur would be fair too, as Radial Blind does give the stealth melee bonus. Valkyr of course, as both Warcry and Paralysis are huge melee boosters. Volt would be good too, Speed lets you close in faster and gives you faster melee, too.

 

Though really, any frame will be able to do melee, some will just have direct bonuses.

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Slightly off topic, but when you melee with an invisible frame, does it break invisibility?  While I'm sure a near perma invis melee based from would be powerful, it would be a huge let down not being able to see some of those new incredible animations.  Might really affect my choice of frame for a melee based build. =P

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Rhino is a good choice because of Iron Skin blocks knockdown and Roar increases damage.

Loki because of all of his abilities.

Ash too, but inferior to Loki master race.

Valkyr, because of Warcry increases melee speed and armor and debuffs enemie.

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Loki + Excalibur, not a fan of Ash unless its his ultimate but aside from that never considered him because Loki is just too good to replace as a ninja.

Next would be Valkyr for obvious reasons and I'll find a way to make the others enjoyable, even Ash just as a change from Loki from time to time.

 

 

FYI: Not here to bash Ash, when I got him I had fun going Ham on infested before they were removed from the star chart. Loki was my main and has the abilities I want the most for higher enemies.

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