The first Titanfall only had 3 titans. With the release of Titanfall 2 came a whole new series of Titans and one of those Titans is the Northstar . Each titan has its advantages and disadvantages, but some titans may feel useless if you don’t know how to use it correctly.
Northstar is unique because she has the ability to hover over the battlefield and do damage at a far range. Although, a lot of people may have trouble using her because of the extremely low health. However, in the hands of the right person, Northstar can be destructive and here are some tips to help you use her more effectively:
1.Keep Your Distance
Northstar is a sniper titan which means that she can do damage from a far distance. Since distance is your best friend here, you want to avoid close range battles as much as possible. In other words, turning around and literally running away because you see a Legion titan getting close is an excellent strategy.
2. Cluster Missiles are your best friend
You should be trying to use this as much as possible. They’re powerful and good for cutting off areas so you can escape. I use it a lot to kill pilots hiding in buildings. Trap titans with your tether trap and immediately fire your Cluster Missiles or use it to break up groups of titans.
3.Enhanced Payload is probably your best bet for your Northstar Kit:
Enhanced Payload makes Cluster Missile’s secondary explosions hit a larger range and last longer. Since you want to be using this all the time, you want it to be very effective. Also provides even harder area control.
4. Titan Kit
Turbo Engine is a good one because you would want as much mobility as possible, but I believe your best bet is Counter Ready. Counter Ready gives you an extra electric smoke countermeasure. Not only is electric smoke good for damaging enemy titans, but I also find it useful as a smoke screen when you need to get away. Also, with as little health that Northstar have, you don’t want any pilots jumping on you.
5. Use the Battery Back-Up Pilot Boost
The more health Northstar has, the more tough it will be to fight against for opponents. Battery Back-Up gives you a free battery for your titan. If you use it, then you will now have a beefed-up titan that hits hard from far range.
6. Don’t use warpfall
If you use warpfall trying to crash your titan down on an enemy titan and miss, that titan is going to wipe you out in seconds. Especially if it’s a legion. Use Dome Shield to make sure your titan lands safely. Remember, Northstar doesn’t have much health.
7. Vtol Hover
If you think this isn’t a useful tactic, think again. You can charge your railgun then peak over a building or structure to take a shot. They don’t expect you to just pop up in the air.
Despite Northstar having low health, she can be very destructive. Hopefully these tips will give you a getter understanding of how to use her.
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