- nades and
- respawning near team mates.
-To excel at overkill there are two things to practice: aim and speed. If you're feeling old or your reflexes aren't that good, don't despair: Speed is the more important of the two.
+To excel at overkill there are two things to practice: aim and speed. If you're feeling old or your reflexes aren't that good, don't despair: Speed is the more important of the two. Some people focus on movement almost exclusively. Accuracy won't help your enemy if he can't keep up with your speed.
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Its main uses are:
- jumping higher - just aim at the floor and shoot
-- climbing walls (no matter how high) - keep shooting the laser at roughly 45° down against a wall
+- climbing walls - no matter how high, just keep shooting the laser at roughly 45° down against a wall
- accelerating - shoot the floor or wall [slightly behind you](Halogenes_Newbie_Corner#wall-blastering) for a noticeable boost.
Dodging
Dodging Overkill's defining feature. Most people notice that quickly pressing a movement key twice dodges in that direction. When starting to move this can be used to quickly gain a little extra tempo by pressing `forward` twice. Remember to bunnyhop or else you lose your just gained speed instantly. (Press W, W, then space - don't press space before the first W or it won't work)
-However dodging does not only apply to starting a movement, but can be used on every (more or less) even surface next to you. For example you can bunnyhop alongside a wall and press the `forward` key in quick succession to gain more speed. You can do this multiple times with only a short cooldown time. You can reach very high speeds using wall dodging, good maps to try this out are [Tarx](Maps#tarx) and [Equinox](Maps#equinox).
+### Wall-dodging
+
+Dodging does not only apply to starting a movement, but can be used on every (more or less) even surface next to you. For example you can bunnyhop alongside a wall and press the `forward` key in quick succession to gain more speed. You can do this multiple times with only a short cooldown time. You can reach very high speeds using wall dodging, good maps to try this out are [Tarx](Maps#tarx) and [Equinox](Maps#equinox).
The fastest way to accelerate is a combination of both wall-dodging and blastering. This has to be timed well to gain the most acceleration.
Those weapons have to be picked up and are only available on some maps.
- Heavy Machine Gun
-this is basically the machine gun - only it's bigger, faster, has a larger ammo capacity and is even more powerful
-point at general direction of enemy, pull the trigger, enemy dead
+ - this is basically the machine gun - only it's bigger, faster, has a larger ammo capacity and is even more powerful
+ - point at general direction of enemy, pull the trigger, enemy dead
- Rocket Propelled Chainsaw Launcher
-this sounds more fun than it actually is, basically it's a rocket launcher
-slow rockets, huge damage, quite a damage radius
-you'll have a hard time not killing yourself with it, so you better jump around while using it and not aim at walls next to you
+ - this sounds more fun than it actually is, basically it's a rocket launcher
+ - slow rockets, huge damage, quite a damage radius
+ - you'll have a hard time not killing yourself with it, so you better jump around while using it and not aim at walls next to you
Nades
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-Nade is the shorthand term for *grenade*. It deals quite a lot of damage and also has a large damage radius. You get a new nade every few seconds.
+Nade is the shorthand term for *grenade*. It deals quite a lot of damage in a large radius. You get a new nade every few seconds.
-You can arm a nade by pressing the `drop weapon` bind (by default the `g` key). After that a countdown starts until the nade explodes. You have to press the `drop weapon` key again to throw the nade.
+You can arm a nade by pressing the `drop weapon` bind (by default the `g` key). After that a countdown starts until the nade explodes. You have to press the `drop weapon` key again to throw it.
To excel at nading here are a few tips:
-* Keep the nade in hand until just before the explosion and throw it at an enemy. That way the nade won't bounce off and the enemy has no way to dodge it.
+* Keep the nade in hand until just before the explosion and throw it at an enemy. That way the nade won't bounce off and the enemy has no way to dodge it. You throw with more force the longer you wait.
* Or you can use nades like a mine by dropping it on the floor at a place where an enemy will very likely be in a few moments (e.g. the flag spot in a CTF match). You can easily drop a nade by crouching before releasing it.
+ * This has it's uses but usually you'll just waste a nade.
* You can also use nades like a rocket launcher by throwing them in front of you and then shooting it with the vortex. This propels the nade very far and causes very high damage with quite a bit of spread. It takes a little practice but is definitely worth the effort.
-* Also keep in mind nades bounce off walls and fall down stairs. They even deal damage through walls.
+* Also keep in mind nades bounce off walls and fall down stairs. They even deal **damage through walls**.
+
+### Shooting nades
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+
Items
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-There's not much to say here except *take everything you get*. If you think there's no reason to pick up items because you'll die quickly anyway, you're wrong. Remember without any pickups a single vortex hit will instantly kill you. Even a tiny armor shard dropped by a killed enemy will keep you alive and win you time to shoot back or get in cover. A fully equipped player (max health at 200 and max armor at 100) will sustain three vortex hits. If the hits don't come in quick succession even four, because you're healing shortly after being hit.
+There's not much to say here except **take everything you get**. If you think there's no reason to pick up items because you'll die quickly anyway, you're wrong! Remember without any pickups a single vortex hit will instantly kill you. **Even that tiny 5 armor shard dropped by a killed enemy will keep you alive** and win you time to shoot back or get in cover. A fully equipped player (max health at 200 and max armor at 100) will sustain three vortex hits. If the hits don't come in quick succession even four, because you're healing shortly after being hit.
In a 1on1 game you should even pick up items if you're already maxed out. You won't gain any extra health/armor, but you deprive your enemies of that bonus making it easier for you. When playing in a team however you better leave the items for your partners, especially flag carriers in CTF.
Health
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-Mega (100):
-![][h_mega]
+|Mega (100): |
+|:-----------:|
+|![][h_mega] |
[h_mega]: http://pics.nexuizninjaz.com/images/s92ftsza0q7r8daau47z.png
[a_medium]: http://pics.nexuizninjaz.com/images/ijq1xmxw797e1klv1l.png
[a_small]: http://pics.nexuizninjaz.com/images/5zl9javsx6dasvom21gv.png
-Small (5) is dropped by killed enemies.
+The small (5) shard is dropped by killed enemies. As noted above, it's more useful than it looks.
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