Can somebody please explain to me how Skull Merchant's drones work?
I just started using her and I'm supposed to have 4 drones, but whenever I deploy one, I have no idea or indication as to when I can deploy another one. It's extremely confusing, I have no idea what conditions have to be met for me to recall her drone, what conditions for being able to deploy another one.
Can someone help?
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Deploying should always be possible as long as you have drones left and are not too close to another drone/hooked surv/any blocking objects iirc. I guess especially the last one might be confusing some times..
As to recalling, that’s also something that should be available all time?
after deploying/recalling i think there is a very short timer going around your power icon that indicates how long you can’t do another of these actions but that is really short..
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You can deploy a Drone basically anywhere as long as it isn't close to another Drone (the distance limit is 22 metres) or close to a Hooked Survivor (16 metres).
You can recall her Drones at any time, there's no condition to meet except pulling out your radar and pressing the recall button while facing the Drone you want to recall.
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This is one reason I like Iron Grasp and/or Agitation on Skull Merchant. If you have a well placed drone you're less likely to have to sacrifice it for a hook.
I'll also toss out that, along with recalling a drone your can also reactivate one (make it change from radar to the red field). Your power cooldown is based on that.
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Alrighty, I guess you have to space the drones a little bit to be able to deploy more than one at a time. Honestly, I played one game with no add-ons and her ability to guard the last 3 generators is unparalleled lmao.
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I go for Totem defense personally. Thrill of the Hunt + Devour Hope, guard with drones, one goes down, Thrill buys you time to get there to stop the cleanse.
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