Sawing 101
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Sawing 101
Welcome to Sawing 101, here you will learn the basics of sawing through hordes of people without getting so much as a scratch on you. Well, more or less. In this lesson I’ll teach the fundamental basics of the saw, and the most elementary techniques out there.
Lesson 1: The Saw and it’s fruitful bounty
Before you can actually start sawing, you must learn more about the saw itself, it’s range, it’s color, and where and when to let it loose. The Chainsaw is, as you’d expect a close range weapon capable of slaughtering countless foes. But it has its weaknesses along with its advantages. The first thing you need to know about the saw is that it performs much like the guns in soldat. In which it fires ammo. But unlike the guns, the bullets do a sort of standstill movement. And instead creates a focal point on the very end tip of the saw. At this point is where all the killing is to be done. Every other point on the saw is completely pointless, and it doesn’t matter if you hit them with the side at all.
Now, one of the most common misconceptions about the saw is that it’s a one hit kill weapon, this is not true, in most cases. If you were to fire off a single shot from the saw onto another person, it would bring his health down to 1/4 of the max. This means that the saw is not a one hit kill weapon, it is indeed a two hit kill. However, 70% of the time, this isn’t noticeable, simply because the saw fires it’s clip with enough speed that the 2nd hit follows the first in almost perfect succession.
Another mistake that most people make is thinking that the saw does the same amount of damage no matter what. This is also not true. The saw’s attack works much like the bullets of a gun. The faster the bullets go, the more damage they do. But in this case, the speed of those bullets is directly proportional to the speed of the player sawing. This means that it is very possible to turn the saw into a one hit kill weapon. The best way to do this is through a technique called the superman, which I will discuss latter on.
Lesson 2: Crouching tiger, standing lion, prone flamingo
Here we shall discuss the different styles of sawing. First we will start off with the basic upright position. This is by far the most versatile style and is used by the majority of sawers. Simply because, in the right place, and the right time, it has a better chance of killing the other style. But that doesn’t mean this is the god of all, for while this has the most advantages, it also comes with the most disadvantages. The standing style is broken down into to 2 sub-styles, the high-rise-head-cleaver, and the low-down-leg-beater. Most beginners you’ll see using the head sawing style, because it’s more evened out of the two. It allows you to saw the feet of someone trying to jump over you, while still giving you a pretty good chance of for a kill on a one on one. This is because, your hit on your opponent counts as a head shot, which means an instant kill. This is also a very good style to use against someone who loves to crouch, because with a small tweak, you can nail them in their head while their sitting there.
Now we will talk about the other more advanced style, the leg hitter. This is a style for those who love a good one on one conflict, of straight up, running on sawing. It has a huge percentage over the high rise style when it comes to straight up running and sawing. Simply because in this style, you go for the opponents legs. And, if you’ll notice, the legs on a soldater, are extended further out when he’s running, which means, that a leg hitter style will get a 2 hit kill before the other guy gets even one hit on him. Of course, because your legs only extend out while running, this style has the most counters to it. The best is just to stand still, and hold your ground, and another good one is the crouch technique.
The crouch technique is rarely used except for camping. The reason is, it has so many disadvantages. With this style, you basically turn yourself into a box, with a saw blade sticking out, if someone is running straight at you, this is a good one to use, but if he sees you ahead of time, he can make the adjustments, and easily kill you before you touch him. Or if he wants to, he can go prone and crawl up to you to saw your knees. The only reason you’ll see people using this is to counter act the low hitting style. In my opinion, it’s sort of the bastard child of prone, and standing.
As for prone, this is by far the best thing to use against unsuspecting opponents. It offers a lot of protection from the front, but barely any from the back. This is best used in in combination with the superman dive. But it has other purposes too. A quick prone can throw your opponent off guard, and kill almost all high hitter sawers. While the same can’t be said about leg sawers, because if positioned right, a leg sawer can kill a prone sawer simply by running straight over him. But this is only if the prone guy doesn’t have his saw positioned right.
Lesson 3: In depth counters.
As you probably know by now, each tactic has it’s advantages and disadvantages, and each can counter another. Think of it as a big game of rock paper sissors, where a keen eye, and skill are the deciding factors. First thing’s first, countering the most commonly used saw tactic, the strait forward, head hitting runner.
Now, these can produce some of the easiest kills if you’re quick enough, and they can also spell death if your caught off guard. The first thing you have to watch out for, is the ground, how level, or bumpy it is. This is the major deciding factor. If you’re lucky, you might be hit with a small patch of level ground, which gives you almost unlimited options of disposal. The first and foremost would probably be to just lower your saw, and hit him at his legs. You’ll kill him just about every time before he even touches you, and it makes for great multi-kills if they’re all lined up. But let’s say luck isn’t on your side, and you get hit with some bumpy terrain, this can be a little bit tricky, cause you don’t want him to get lucky and saw your legs as you go over a bump. The best tactic here is a superman dive, but be warned, if you don’t time it right, you could lead yourself right into the opposing saw. Your best bet here is a low to the ground superman dive, take out his legs, and stay low of his saw. Also, a warning to the wise, do not even think about crouching against someone with their saw high, they’ll hit you in your head before you even touch them.
The next tactic we’ll learn to counter is the low positioned saw. This can be a hell of a lot trickier because it limits your options completely. Since we’re looking for the best bets against the tactics, we’ll throw out a copy-cat going up against him with a low saw, because that’s more of a 50/50. Along with that, forget about even trying to go for a high rise position, you’ll get mercisly slaughtered that way. Also out of the question, is going prone and a leg hitter superman dive. As you can see, this is one of the better tactics out there, and has few counters, but at the same time, the few counters you have, are lethal. Your best bet, is a body or head superman dive. This gives you the best chance for a kill, and leaving you with few openings, except to other sawers. That’s where my next tactic comes in. The bunny hop. For the sake of understanding, I’ll go into small detail as to what a bunny hop is, though most of you probably have an idea already. Basically, you’ll want to go for a low leg hitting saw position, the same as your opponent, and run at him at full speed. Though wait for the right moment, and tap your jump key, to send you a few inches off the ground. The extra height you gain is enough to send you over the opponents saw, and enough to get your saw right through their body, landing you with a kill. The last tactic commonly used against low sawers, is the crouch. If positioned right, your saw can plow right through them before they even get close, this is one of the few pro’s to the crouch position.
Now then, the crouch position is a bit useless in most situations, and is incredibly easy to counter in so many ways. Mostly used for box camping, and against low positioned saws, it’s easily one of the worst style in the game. If you see someone crouching in the open, think of it as an easy kill, your best bet is to just do a quick low leg hitting superman dive, or just go strait prone and saw out his knees. Though if you’re on the move, I’d suggest just going for a high rise positioned saw and aim for his head, you should be able to hit him before he touches you the majority of the time.
Last, but certainly not least, is the prone position. This is used mostly for camping, but has many great purposes that it brings to the table too. Against an inexperianced sawer, someone going prone is like someone turning on an invincible hack. The reason being, a novice sawer doesn’t have enough experiance to know just how far low to go for the low hitting position to take out the prone dude. And most of the time when they get behind the prone guy, they’ll try to saw him standing up, which usually doesn’t work because your saw doesn’t stretch enough. This is probably the best tactic to use against generally stupid sawers, because it makes for easy kills, with little risk. Until an avid sawer comes around, then you’re in trouble. He has a fairly good load of techiniques at his disposal to finish you off. My favorite being the superman dive into your head from a good height off the ground. But you can also try the low hitting saw position, while that isn’t the best idea, unless you’ve got good positioning. Or he could jump over you, crouch, and saw your legs off.
(Guide written by The Owls)
