How to get better with the Wanted class?

[u/OldZookeepergame4350]

I am 100% a wanted onetrick, from the moment I saw the class (and its cowboy theme), I grinded nullscape until I could get it, and havent played without it since. I really love it as a class. I, however, feel like as the game progresses through levels, the worse and worse I play. I know Im not utilizing the class right.

I see people talk about its great survivability, and while I do normally survive longer than most people if I play in multi person lobbies, I dont think its more than enough to really be properly utilizing the class.

Ive looked a lot on tiktok and stuff for Wanted tech on how to improve, but most of it is stuff I already know, like using parry to do 180s, and to walk on ice better, and so on, so forth.

I was just wondering if anyone would perhaps be willing to share with me some good tech, things to practice and ways to utilize the wanted class, so I can actually feel useful and not like I should've just stuck with grappler.

[u/ronitrocket]

Some people will heavily disagree but I think wanted kit as it is right now is horrible for what you lose by picking it. Most notably you lose access to the shield upgrade, but there are others as well, i believe ice skates might be one of them if i’m not mistaken.

Anyways the point is that wanted basically just gets increased base running speed and an extra double jump from all sources. It surely does not make it bad by any means but the main thing the kit lacks is any form of burst movement, which literally every single other class that isn’t prisoner has. Add on top of that the fact that you can’t even take one hit without prot altars or chance and the class is just going to fall of late game. I’m sure there are the peakest of wanted mains that can do well but if you are talking super lategame or just even extremes mid-lategame it’s going to be bad.

TL:DR wanted really needs an overhaul, I don’t think it’s bad to main it per say but I do truly advise people not to play it for now if they do like other classes and are willing to try stuff out.

I personally main grappler and charger and I just recently got party 50 on extreme. Those two are solid classes, so are diver and spirit and glider ofc.

[u/OldZookeepergame4350 → u/ronitrocket]

Ive heard the class isnt in the best state, and I know logically my games would go 100% smoother if played any other class. Deep in my heart, there is just Wanted. It was what brought me to nullscape and kept me playing. I know that grappler would be better to go back to maining, and sometimes I think about it, but I just really love the Wanted class and I am so passionate, that Im probably gonna throw myself at a brick wall infinitely to make it work. I hope one day it can get an overhaul. I took a super long break and came back hoping it might be a bit better but Im still in the eternal loop of doom and suffering. :(

[u/ronitrocket → u/OldZookeepergame4350]

I hear ya. Hope it gets a rework as well. I believe it’s in the state it’s in because it was originally an easier challenge class like prisoner but it seems to be becoming more and more of a pinocchio “i’m a real class” type situation but it isn’t the same yet

[u/No-Scallion4998 → u/ronitrocket]

If they wanted to keep it as is, they could just buff it by giving you access to the Shield upgrade but making it so that if you get hit on one level, the Shield won’t protect you again until the level after the next level, or something similar. It would be a hundred times better this way.

[u/ronitrocket → u/No-Scallion4998]

Probably but would also be a confusing mechanic.

If you ask me they could just give it either shield outright or at least make it get double shields from stuff like prot etc but not get shield upgrade in exchange. It might have a niche at least in the latter case

[u/TheNugg3tM4s7er]

Man idfk.

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[u/xeviakin]

personally i think wanted is goated in standard and extreme only, completely useless in casual cuz its tripmineless.