Best Weapon To Launch Yourself In Air?

[Assault]

I personally am not a fan of coptering on the ground, it gets you by fast but there are still walls and obstacles in the way.  I personally rather fly through the sky since you can maneuver and turn in mid air for a bit more controllability.

 

That said I was curious what the best weapon is for air lunging in this game as of right now?  And the overall most effective one as well for damage?

 

I'm guessing it's Bo Prime with quite a high amount of damage along with a great lunge, but with all these new weapons coming out since i've been gone i'm not to sure anymore.

 

Anyways any insight into this would be greatly appreciated!

[LynxZ4r0Z]

Spear's

 

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[infernogr]

The tipedo is one of the best in both, bo is also good

[Morgax]

Ogris.

 

Joke aside, orthos is my general utility weapon, it has good range works well with upward "coptering".

[Frawg]

As far as I tested,

Tipedo (takes the crown, by far)

Scoliac

Dual Ichors

Amphis

[7grims]

tipedo and another staff that was released lately too.

 

they are so powerful projecting you up or ahead, that any frame using a tipedo haves a better super-jump then excalibur, not joking.

Edited March 31, 2015 by 7grims

[Vargras]

Pretty sure coptering speed/directional melee speed is dependent on actual weapon speed.

 

Basically, go for fast weapons.

[(XBOX)CeaselessKarma]

Sprint. Look up. Jump. Melee with Bo. Tons of fun!

[TheGuyver]

My clanmate runs around with an orthos prime on his rhino prime and literally does nothing but lap the map over and over and over again and I have absolutely NO IDEA how he can move that fast with it.

[Elenortirie]

ripkas are kind good as well If I got OP correctly

[Gelkor]

Spear's

 

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[Renegade343]

Get hit by a Radial Javelin in PVP. 

[painovoimaton]

The ceramic dagger, if you have one is pretty insane at coptering.

I'm not 100% sure about the air attacks but they are probably pretty good too.

But then there's the Tipedo...

[KingTaro]

My clanmate runs around with an orthos prime on his rhino prime and literally does nothing but lap the map over and over and over again and I have absolutely NO IDEA how he can move that fast with it.

Fast-slides, long-slides in combination with front-flips followed by aerial melee.

You can further boost the speed with the

(aerial melee > tap the wall > aerial melee), which allows you to take sharp turns really fast. (or even jump from one wall to another, without ever landing).

 

@OP

Best aerial melee weapons to launch yourself are staffs and polearms with high attack speed.

[jennibear]

jAT KITTAG

[J1ffyLub3]

any staff or polearm

 

like orthos or tipedo. you get so much distance off them...

[Phyrosite]

I use Tipedo for all my coptering needs.

[xCaptainObviousx]

Tonbo does the job pretty well, I've lost count of all the times I overshot platforms by 10 meters or so because I forgot that I had it equipped.

[saltygr33n]

All I am seeing is Tipedo Tipedo...... Where's Orthos Prime?

[ranks21]

bo amphis orthos/p tonbo tipedo anyone can do it bo feels the lightest and probably gives you that false feeling of more distance but in reality the all have the same travel length upwards or straight forward. so whatever one you feel the most comfort with then that will be your choice.

 

 personally orthos p is best suited my playstyle and I am quite comfortable with it.

Edited March 31, 2015 by ranks21

[Zarozian]

Why would you guys answer this thread?! o -o

[saltygr33n]

Why would you guys answer this thread?! o -o

Better yet, why would you comment in this thread?

[Tulzscha]

Moved to the proper section.