
When playing as a defensive Annihilator, the Irish Guard is a choice that should not be underestimated, as it allows for your stickybombs to cover multiple defensive angles at once, but requires you to be more aware of your surroundings.Hitscan weapons can destroy sticky traps quicker than you may think and so can enemy Annihilators using the Irish Guard or Quickiebomb Launcher or Mechanics using the Short Circuit.If you prefer one over the other, consider trading them off for utility tools like the Squire Boots, Sticky Jumper, or Chargin' Targe.
Always make use of both of his explosive weapons, the Grenade Launcher is useful for direct combat and finishing off enemies or locking down choke points where stickybombs cannot reach. Use your stickybombs near chokepoints, like the brown boards in Rooftop or the main bridge in Calamity. The Annihilator is a front-line crowd, area control and area denial class. When playing on more open maps, such as Calamity and Warmtic, use your Stickybomb Launcher to get to your objective faster, destroying any enemies or buildings in your path, in a style of the Aerial Bomber. The Annihilator can also equip the Squire Boots, boosting his maximum health by 25, but removes his Grenade Launcher altogether. Trading the area denial capabilities of his Stickybomb Launcher for a high mobility and damage option. Due to his Grenade Launcher and Stickybomb Launcher, the Annihilator can deal high splash damage to any of the opposing Mechanic's structures, the Sentry, Dispenser, and Teleporter.ĭue to the Annihilator's offered shields and swords, the Annihilator can choose to convert their playstyle to a more up close type of play. The Annihilator is one of the best classes for taking down sentry nests, thanks to his ability to deal quick and massive damage using his explosives, leaving the Mechanic no time to repair his buildings, or forcing him to move them somewhere else.
The Annihilator can also use his various Stickybomb Launchers to blast jump around the map he is playing on. The Annihilator is a defense class who specializes in explosives and general defense by setting traps with his Stickybomb Launcher and clear a choke point gatekeeper with his Grenade Launcher, being able to defend objectives even when the Annihilator is not present as well as placing sticky traps in doorways and chokepoints, quickly terminates any opposition walking near the trap's radius. The Annihilator is the fourth class in Typical Colors 2.