I’m happy to report that Lahni is a beast again!

Gears 5
#33

You’re absolutely right about Lahni and Juvies.

The Warren use to be easy as ■■■■ for Lahni and now the Juvies are a nightmare to deal with, it’s still doable but with a lot more dodging and support from the team.

I agree that having both the venom resistance nerf (which is absolutely real) and lack of melee defence has really diminished her ability to tank and honestly think TC went too far with those changes.

Edit: in addition I hate that Lahni, Mac, and Keegan all have such diminished rolls in Escape now due to being outclassed by Fahz, Kait, and Cole (or worse yet the 3 Claytons)

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#34

Is thrill even working? 2-3 sec is a long time so should i drop the card? Or is that just lag? Ive noticed claytons passive healing with heavy damage sometimes is very laggy

#35

TC dropped the ball with Lahni in OP 4.

I hope in OP 5 They do her class right.

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#36

Yes, thrill is laggy, as are all health bonuses based on damage, this also applies to Marcus/Dom/Speaker in Arcade.

This has been a problem ever since Operation 4.

#37

Lahni might have questionable use cases in Escaoe at times, but I just played her in Horde since the new passive ability, and holy cow is she a beast now!

Using her bleed melee perk + passive + a Breaker Mace, I could literally just wade into large groups of enemies annihilating them. It was very fun! Just be careful not to lose the Mace.

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#38

I think the passive was new as of operation 4.

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#39

Ive been trying to play Lahni in Horde. 50% of the time i get kicked at the lobby. Then im at the mercy of ping, Above about 100 and im missing my melees and catching the hits behind cover and forever DBNO. A good ping and yeah you can dominate. Its a shame.

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#40

I feel you there, unfortunately if you want to play Lahni in horde you either have to host your own game or join a friend with low ping

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#41

I remember one time when I was just looking for free level-ups, I joined a 4/5 Horde match at wave 42 and picked Lahni. They had a killer setup, no problem, probably didn’t even need a fifth person to finish with ease.

I still got kicked before I got to shoot anything or the next wave even started.

People in Horde really don’t like Lahni lol.

#42

Yeah, I’m sure Lahni was the issue.

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#43

Not sure what your sarcasm was meant to imply.

I joined, ran to where they were set up, got kicked before the next wave started. I didn’t do anything yet.

#44

Someone looking for free xp, aka doing nothing, usually goes hand in hand with kicking said player.

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#45

I wonder why they don’t like him. I have been Cole with Paduk and the other way around and as long as there is some communication, they can work well together (like Paduk executing a Drone so Cole can attack a Scion when Inner Fire isn’t up for instance.)

#46

He said for free XP. Odds are he went in there with a low level Lahni. Either that or I should feel sorry for them and the person who kicked him is just a ■■■■. I’m guessing I shouldn’t feel sorry with how he said it.

#47

What? No. You guys misread me lol.

I was a lvl.15 Lahni in an Insane Horde. I didn’t have time for a full run so I looked through open lobbies that were close to the end so I could join and help. Found one with a solid team and joined in with Lahni. I wasn’t idling or not doing anything. I literally spawned in, ran to the side of Forge where they were set up, and got kicked within 10sec.

Not sure how you read what I wrote and assumed I was idling for XP. :sweat_smile:

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#48

That’s what we read… probably ought to be a bit clearer next time my man.

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#49

I’unno, still feels like a jump if I’m saying in the exact same post:

Regardless, meaningless misunderstanding. We’re good.

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#50

A lot of people (especially on forge) aren’t good enough to win without the meta characters that they learned how to win with and the exact speedrun setup.
In reality you’d have served them better than an AI but they thought you had an inferior character and they weren’t knowledgable enough to realize that a Lahni that doesn’t run out of the base and get killed is better than an AI and that a Lahni that can drop tags in the fabricator is better than an AI. Plus if they were only on insane - that’s easy so for them to be so worried about a non meta character on easy then they must’ve had a lot of insecurities.
I rarely have enough time either so I stick to frenzy and I do insane if I have to start solo. If you join me with a Lahni then all I’m going to do is win. Those guys were afflicted with learning disabilities or kick happy narcissism and weren’t worth your time.

On a side note… a valid concern that they could’ve had was that for Lahni to thrive in horde she needs to perk up some so if they were starving for energy then that could be a valid concern but I think they were just foolish.

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#51

Forge runs are a great way to get people to play PVE

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#52

I actually don’t hate them, I am bored with them and the thing that I dislike which is associated with Forge runs is the closed minded people who want to just stay stuck in a completely meta rut that are attracted to Forge.
You’re not wrong but you do risk getting kicked if you join a forge run without a meta character.

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