Here are a series of tips to play one of the most overlooked castes on the xeno side.

1. Know your enemy.

  • A. Do they have a shotgun or flamer? If yes, stay away.
  • B. Do they have a L42?? Very easy.
  • C. Do they have a M41A or SMG? Be careful and use your pounce first.


2. Your pounce.

  • A. Your pounce guarntees two slashes in, I recommend aiming for the head.
  • B. If they have a shotgun and you are ancient, you can somewhat easily just keep pouncing them, but it requires quite a bit of slashes as runner to kill a marine.


3. Tackle Salt.

  • A. Your tackle is overlooked a lot, tackle in general is shit, but as runner it is a great tool when RNG blesses you.
  • B. You only need two concurrent tackles to kill a marine when aiming for the head.
  • C. As ancient your tackle is quite /decent/ but not good. I rely on tackle a lot and when I don't land one it usually results in me making a mistake and getting killed.


4. Mistakes.

  • A. Mistakes, even the smallest, will kill you.
  • B. Shotguns are the biggest threat you can avoid.
  • C. The easiest target is one with an L42/SMG/M41A, be weary of M41A MK1 users as they usually carry a masterkey, which can take half of your health in one PB as ancient.
  • D. Pouncing in the wrong place such as something that can get you blocked, like a wooden barricade or barb wired cade will almost always gets you killed.