Awesomenauts

Awesomenauts

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Why Ted McPain isn't Pay2Win
By Surtr Logi
This is not an actual guide for the game, its a guide to help tell people that Ted is not P2W, some say this should belong to steam discussions, this will contain tips to help counter Ted. *warning this guide is crude and is crude for a reason, go see the awesomenauts steam disscuission to see why*
   
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Who is Ted McPain?
Ted McPain is the 1st of the starstorm nauts, he will be joined later with Foxy, Sentry, Skree and the unknown 5th naut.

He is a brawler meaning he is powerful at close range, however he sucks at long range. Think as him as Froggy G, but slower and can't dodge that well.

Complaints from players.
These are the complaints I heard about Ted and Starstorm, here is all I have seen so far...

£5.99 FOR A DLC THAT ONLY HAS 1 CHARACTER, CUSTOM GAME MODES AND SOME MUSIC!? RIP OFF! THIS COMPLAINT IS OUTDATED, HOWEVER IT WILL STAY INCASE ANYONE IS INTRESTED WHAT PEOPLE COMPLAINED ABOUT TED ON RELEASE*


Its in early access, more stuff will be added like the 4 other nauts, a new map and more music.

OMG TED IS SO OP, HES IMMORTAL!!!!

He has the same speed as Clunk and has similar hp as Froggy G, the reason you keep getting killed is because your getting too close, hes a brawler, so don't try to give him a hug, idiot.

Also he easily gets r*ped by a team, so go after him together as a team!

HIS SHOTGUN IS BROKEN, IT SH*TS DAMAGE AND IT FIRES GREANDES!!! WTF!?!?!

Of course the shotgun does a lot of damage, its a shotgun, not a water pistol, also you can easily dodge the grenades by doing a magical thing called jumping[en.wikipedia.org] I know, insane right? Also it does a maximum of 20 damage, just be glad its not like Yuri's bombs

AIRSTRIKE IS INSANE, WHY CAN'T I DODGE IT?

Before the airstrike starts, Ted fires a capsule and a small line appears which is similar to Raelynn's snipe before it attacks, the damage itself is no where near as dangerous as Raelynn's snipe which does a maximum of 75, while airstrike does 69 + damage over time (Which isn't much). So if your gonna whine and cry at Ted's most balanced ability, go cry in a corner.

However the hit detection on it is a bit weird, I'd have to give you that, but the damage is still survivable.

STIMPACK IS BROKEN, HE CR*PS MORE DAMAGE THEN BEFORE!

This increases Ted's attack speed for his shotgun and machine gun, so do this thing called running away before he blasts the cr*p out of you. Also he does damage to himself, so you can do some damage to him before he gets too close.

Also I personally never seen a Ted us the machine gun with stimpack because right now, the machine gun is crap and before you say anything, I tested it and its still crap.

*update* after some buffs with the Machine gun, I sometimes use Stimpack Machine gun, its not bad and I have seen it been used more often now, however shotgun is still better and the range on Machine gun is still smaller then an a ant

HIS MACHINE GUN IS BROKEN

This is laughable when I 1st saw it, his machine gun is cr*p, the damage is poor and the range is so tiny, its nearly useless compared to shotgun.

HE HAS NO COUNTERS

Lets see. he has small hp and he has baby range compared to most nauts.

Clunk counters Ted because Clunk can endure all of Ted's attacks, and pretty much max damage explode can kill Ted or put him to near death

Raelynn can easily out range Ted and if he gets to close, Raelynn can timerift away

Coco can snipe ted with her ball and if he gets too close, Coco can blaze away

Leon can easily kill Ted due to back stab damage

Lonestar can easily push Ted away and spam dynamite at him

Froggy G can easily out speed away and use fast attacks

You have the best nauts in the game by default and your crying at a baby ranged and tiny hp black man? Seriously guys...

Last but not leaset


THIS IS SO PAY TO WIN

Go play Micro-Volts, Crimecraft gangwars, Spiral Knights, Age of Empires Online , Star Trek Online and more! This list just keeps on going and going.

ALSO! MOST NEW NAUTS were overpowered on release, its just a coincidence that this naut was released with balance issues.

For an example would be Gnaw.
Questions you might ask
Q. WOW theres a lot of complaints! Why is this?

A. Ted McPainTrain caused a lot of butthurt because his shotgun was shooting many assess, he is a powerful monster up close, however he is useless at long range, most idoits are too... well... stupid to "walk away"

Q. So that's the end then? All 5 characters are here! What's next?

A. I do make other guides, my most recent one is on Payday 2 talking about Perk decks, I also have another one in the works. Plus I might make a Starstorm super guide talking about what's in the DLC and is it Pay2Win, aka combing all these guides into one and adding more content like about Music etc.

Also if your against this, too bloody bad.

Q. Have you faced good players who played against the naut your talking about?


A. Yes, or I would be making these blind, I play awesomenauts a lot so I do have good experience with these characters.

Q. So that's the end then? All 5 characters are here! What's next?

A. I do make other guides, my most recent one is on Payday 2 talking about Perk decks, I also have another one in the works. Plus I might make a Starstorm super guide talking about what's in the DLC and is it Pay2Win, aka combing all these guides into one and adding more content like about Music etc.

Q. Can I play a game with you?

A.Due to a large "Adding Blitzkerg" from Phishing Bots I stopped accepting all friend requests unless you contacted me somewhere else.

Q. Link to your other guides?

A. Of course!

http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=253916504
http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=255816567
http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=264122154
http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=402541147

Q. Will you answer my comment?

A. I'm happy to answer all seroius comments, however if I don't it means I can't be bothered or your comment is so stupid I know I should'nt even try answering it

Q. Have you got a steam group?
A. It's not about me, it's just a group of players who enjoy a certain gif and a certain song joined together, honestly the members are really friendly and you can make some new friends there, but not me, I'm a grumpy old ♥♥♥♥.

http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/groups/CatgrooveFrogArmy
Thank you for reading
I hope this has help you make a new decision about Ted.

Send this to other people so they hopefully have a new decision as well.
103 Comments
bLaRki 15 Apr, 2016 @ 12:08pm 
Ted Mcpain sucks now
BoneFiend 11 Mar, 2016 @ 4:35pm 
Update?
Surtr Logi  [author] 25 Jun, 2014 @ 1:54am 
A more better reason is that people don't know how to learn from their mistakes and refuse to learn any tricks, so they say a charater is op so they are nerfed, Ted was balanced before 2.5, now shotgun feels too weak.

Also if a charater was truely op, this meant that this charater would have gained a ton of kills without effort, have not many or no counters, have no downsides or downsides that can be fixed and is almost unkillable.

Orignal Ted doesn't fit in these areas, he was made for killing but it was hard due to the lack of range he has and speed, he has a lot of counters like Clunk, Coco, Leon and more, and again he is slow lacks and health which makes him easy to kill. Only issue with Orignal Ted for me was it was a BIT to easy to get kills with and orignal Angel wing toilet paper, before 2.5 he was fine, the naut who fits in these areas nearly perfectly was orignal Penny Fox.
[JRE] Joe Rogan 24 Jun, 2014 @ 7:14pm 
He was OP that's why he was nerfed to oblivion, now he isn't. It wasn't a max of 20 damage it was 40 when he first came out with a much faster attack rate, a ton of range and quicker reload. Why do you think all of these things have been nerfed? Cuz he wasn't OP?
makri.svensson 12 Jun, 2014 @ 1:38pm 
Great guide!
Cheese slice enjoyer 27 May, 2014 @ 1:39am 
i really am enjoying your guides on why there not p2w that touch of humour just makes it soooooooooooooo much better and halarious
Skulltits 24 May, 2014 @ 4:00am 
I have a really really big problem with shotgun range
Surtr Logi  [author] 18 May, 2014 @ 8:27am 
(F.O.E.) || Deadly AVoCADo

Friend request sent
(F.O.E.) || Deadly AVoCADo 18 May, 2014 @ 8:12am 
Hey вιgвangreχ! i really like your guides and i thought maybe ill play with you, i live at israel, we are really near by each other so theres no worrys for lags (sounds wrong right? :) the only problem i got is maybe my league, cause im a little bit of a newcomer, yet have some experience and plays well as raelyin (of course) and derpl (f*cking tank). So if you would like to play with me to, contact me mate will ya'? :3 :fishing:
Mr. Pixar Mom 12 May, 2014 @ 5:49pm 
He's broken because he's black! xD