Michael's Factory Guide

Michael & ∆CREED∆™

05/11/2020

Factory guide (basic because I'm not a pro factory player)Basics: Factory is a level 45 tank that branches off overseer. It has up to 6 drones that can be controlled using your mouse. The drones have twice the health of overlord drones, but are much slower. The drones are basically like mini tanks - they each shoot small bullets. Builds: Factory works best with a glass build, which means no points are put into health regen, max health, or body damage. I prefer the build 0/0/0/7/7/7/5/7. This build is believed by many people to be the best build. Others like 0/0/0/6/7/7/7/6, 0/0/0/7/7/6/6/7, and many more, but it is all up to your personal preference. Modes: Factory is very strong in maze, as you can use your walls to your advantage by trapping people. It is also good in FFA and TDM. It probably won't do very well in domination, tag, or survival. Controls: Factory has very complex controls. Unlike overlord, the drones will not always follow your mouse when you left click and move away from your mouse when you right click. Basically, everything depends on how far the drones are from your cursor. If the drones are close to your mouse when you left click, the drones will form a large circle around your mouse and shoot at it. If the drones are close, but not too close, to your mouse when you right click, they will form a circle around your mouse similar to the left click. However, they will shoot away from your mouse instead of towards it, and after a few seconds, they will start to move away instead of circling around. If the drones are very close to your mouse when you right click, they will actually go towards your mouse, and stick there until you let go of right click. If the drones are far away from your mouse when you left click, then they will move to and shoot towards where your mouse is. Similarly, if the drones are far away from your mouse when you right click, they will move away and shoot away from where your mouse is.(edited)

⠀ Attacking and defending: The main way you attack most tanks is by moving with your drones slightly ahead of you and left clicking to make them follow the opponent. This will slowly chip down their health, until they die. Make sure to always keep your drones very close to you, so the opponent's bullets do not hit you. Also, make sure your mouse is always far enough away from your drones because if it is not, the drones will go out of formation and you will take damage. It will take a lot of practice to be able to move and change directions while keeping your drones on top of you, so don't get discouraged. You can use walls to your advantage because it prevents the opponent from running away. The closer your drones are to your opponent, the more damage they will do, and if any of the drones hits the opponent, they will take a huge amount of damage because the drones have high body damage. If you get low on health during a fight, you can either run away, or, if your opponent is also low on health and you think you can kill them, you can repel your drones towards them while moving away and dodging their bullets. Now, for defending. To defend while moving, you just move your drones in the direction that you are going to block bullets, except you aren't aiming at a specific target. To defend without moving, you can right click to make the drones stick to your mouse, but I don't usually do this.(edited)

⠀ Strengths and weaknesses: Factory is very strong in one-on-one fights, but if it gets overwhelmed, it can be hard to defend. In a one-one-one, factory is strong against bullet spammers, rammers, snipers, and destroyers. Drone classes can be a little harder, and overlord is by far the hardest. The overlord usually attacks by repelling their drones to surround you, and then bringing them all in towards you at the same time. If they do it right, you are almost guaranteed to take at least some damage. You must pressure the overlord, because if you do not, it can just keep attacking you like this until it kills you. The way you pressure the overlord is by charging at it. However, every time the overlord goes in for an attack, you must bring your drones back a little to block theirs, and then quickly continue the charge. If you can do this enough times without taking too much damage, they will eventually die. If you get low on health, it is best to run away and repel your drones towards the overlord to keep them from attacking you.

Moving with Factory: Instead of keeping the drones in front of you at all times like most players do, it is best to keep the drone clump on your tank so that they block almost every shot coming at you from whatever direction. Keep 1-3 (preferably 2) in front of your tank when you are advancing as factory. You want to move with your drones at all times, and they are key to your survival. Don’t send them too far out, or else you will most likely die. It is important to practice blocking bullets and dodging bullets with factory, since most factories run the glass cannon build (you may die in 2-3 shots). I suggest going to sandbox and practice moving with your drones all across the map, vertically, horizontally, diagonally (you get the idea). Practice your movement and you will improve, movement is key to factory. When retreating, keep your drones as a barrier from enemy bullets but they should be preferably be barely behind your tank.