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Matchmaking Gametypes - Colossus

Team Slayer

Colossus

basic info about colossus during a team slayer match

1. It's like Vietnam, but less hope.
   
   This map is not a "gung-ho kung-fu hero blast 'em all" map. This is a team effort map. You cannot kill the opposing team by yourself. Stay with the group, or meet with the group, or get to the desired location at the same time.
   
   
2. The S in SMG stands for sub-par
   
   This is not a submachine gun map. Your distance between the enemy is ever-changing, and you are constantly going uphill or downhill. Get a shotgun, PP/battle rifle, plasma pistol/magnum, or a sniper. If you don't, you are as much a hindrance as you are a help to your team.
   
   
3. Snipah!
   
   For team slayer on colossus, it's all about control. Control of the sniper. You want it. You need it. Get it.
   
   

what to do if you have the sniper

-Get to a sniper spot-

There are FOUR main sniper spots. Count 'em, four. If you learn one thing from this, realize that the place where the sniper spawns is NOT one of them. I am listing these spots in order of personal preference. They all have their own advantages.

The first and second sniper spots are the red and blue bases, near where the flag would be on CTF. Stand near the walls, and you can see a good portion of the map before they can see you.

Advantages:

• Visibility (you see the enemy easier)
• Cover (you have plenty of cover from grenades and ranged fire both)
• Hiding spots (your teamates have plenty of places to hide so they can cover you well)
• Distance (the enemy has to walk a long ways in visible territory to reach you)

Disadvantages:

• Distance from sniper spawn (if you run out of sniper ammo, it is obvious, and they can get there first)
• Cover (the enemy has plenty of it when trying to reach you, unless teh sniper reveals himself)
• Mobility (you have very little mobility in this area, that means no escape routes)

The other two are near the sniper spawn, the spots to the far right or far left, near the hole.

Advantages:

• Near the sniper spawn (you can continually have it)
• Visibility (You can see a lot of straight lines)
• Cover ( you have lots of cover. The doorways can only fit two people!)
• Escape route (easy escape routes for your entire team)
• Easy to know when enemy is coming (sound of teleporter, long walk up the ramp, or jumping through the hole)

Disadvantages:

• Many places for enemy to reach you (tunnel, ramp, hole, lift)
• The enemy can obtain every weapon on the map other than sniper (shotgun, BR, etc.)
• The enemy has full access to the overshield
• Easy to be flushed out by grenades

What to do if you don't have the sniper

Get a gun. Any gun, other than an SMG. Powerful guns. Shotguns (they are by the main bases) and BR's (middle floor, on the jutting out places).

BR users- you are the cover against the sniper. If that sniper pops his head out, you poke him with it so he can't zoom. One guy can't do this, so use teamwork here.

Shotgun, PP/Magnum, P.Rifle/SMG, etc. users- You are running in, trying to corner the sniper. Flush with grenades if possible.

Your goal is to kill the sniper, and grab the sniper, and leave. It doesn't matter if you kill only the sniper and the rest of your team dies, that is your goal. Grab that sniper, then go far away, or leap down to the bottom floor in the open.

Your team will spawn, and then they can cover you.

-OR-

Hide. If they have the sniper, and you have more points, hide. Make them come to you. Sit by corners, and just be patient. Time is on your side.

what to do if your teamate has the sniper

Keep him alive, even at the cost of yourself. It doesn't matter if you die, so long as the sniper survives. You listen to every word he has to say, and do exactly what he says. Don't go running to get your favorite gun, don't jump off chasing bad guys, don't do anything except protect the sniper.

Also, SPEAK! I've lost 4 or 5 games on colossus because I'll get the sniper, and then my teamates don't tell me anything. The sniper can only see so much, and everyone is human, so they might miss an enemy now and then while they're looking. If you don't have the sniper and you see them, tell your team. If the enemy is coming at you, tell the sniper, and tell him how many. Tell him if he needs to run.

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