Livelock: Vanguard’s Arsenal - Close Quarters Weaponry

 

Hello World,

Vanguard towers over this bold new future. With an intellect as intimidating as his new frame, he’ll weather every battle as a tank putting out copious damage along the way. While not opposed to wielding enormous firearms, Vanguard’s Primary weaponry focuses on melee allowing him to be in the thick of battle, providing more opportunities to change its flow. Coupled with his disruptive and devastating Functions, Vanguard will be an ally to any team.

Like Hex’s weaponry, Vanguard’s primaries, specials and launchers will encourage varying play styles, whether it’s about manipulating opponents’ positioning to your advantage, dealing greater amounts of damage, or something in between. Each weapon can be upgraded with materials collected while playing through Livelock, providing upgrades to Damage, Fire Rate, and Heat Generation.

Livelock offers a high degree of variance in the way you can play. To reiterate, Primary weapons will be the workhorses, pumping out constant damage. Specials will be best for clearing enemies quickly, dealing greater damage than primaries. Use these to maintain a comfortable distance between you and the hordes. Launchers will be the go to firearms in tight situations, dealing immense amounts of damage in short bursts before overheating.

 

 

 

Vanguard’s primaries make use of his brute strength, delivering a constant stream of damage from his hands. While Anvil is efficient at keeping enemies away from Vanguard, maybe a giant sledgehammer is too impersonal. Strap on his Gauntlets to give your fists that classic piston look. Swing after swing, blow after blow, Vanguard delivers a relentless onslaught of fists. Punching through puny robots will satisfy Vanguard’s childhood fantasies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

For special weapons, Vanguard deals high-impact damage. The Reaper autocannon fires a powerful salvo of depleted uranium at high velocity, great for dealing with enemies trying to close in on you or your team. And reap it does; most fodder won’t survive a single blast making the autocannon a true death dealer. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As previously mentioned, Vanguard’s launcher weaponry has some of the highest damage potential of The Few. The Proximity Mine Launcher spreads several mines in a guided cluster that detonate once enemies draw near, one at a time. Combined with Vanguard’s Countermeasure function, which focus enemies on him, he can take the heat from his teammates and deliver it, weaponized, right to the rogue clusters. 

 

 

The various combinations can make Vanguard a difficult threat to deal with, funneling enemies into his team’s firepower or clobbering hammer fodder while tanking damage from more powerful enemies allowing his allies to continuously deliver damage.The right weapon will turn the tide of an overwhelming situation. Vanguard will serve as the tank, controlling fights and drawing enemy fire to control the flow and intensity of battle. Make sure to stay tuned to the official Livelock blog for more information soon.

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