There is a reason she is called Risk of Rain 2’s one-punch woman. This is because you do so much damage with your Gauntlet and Grapple combo AND because they have such a low CD there really isn’t time to do much else.
You shouldn’t be using your other abilities much at all as Loader. Release at the point where you are going the fastest (aka mid-swing).Loader’s RotationĪn ideal rotation for Loader is as follows: Now that we have talked all about Loader’s abilities we can get into her rotation. The whole purpose of it is to take care of pesky aerial enemies that can’t be easily taken out by Loader. All it is is a Pylon that floats in the air that will zap up to 6 enemies for 100% damage. Loader’s Special is one of the less impressive parts of her kit. Personally, I prefer to use the Thunder Gauntlet, but both are viable and the difference isn’t night and day anyway.
The tradeoff, however, is that it does less AOE damage than the Thunder Gauntlet and has to be charged to do the maximum damage.
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The first, the Charged Gauntlet, requires you to charge up to do full damage and does slightly more than the Thunder Gauntlet at full charge. Loader has two loadouts for her utility slot.
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Spiked Fist is literally just an upgrade to the Grapple Fist, so as soon as you unlock it, use it. One pulls you towards the target and does no damage, while the other will pull smaller enemies towards you while stunning and damaging any other enemy hit. Loader can choose between two different grapple fists. Loader punches out any enemies that get in front of her for 320% damage and gains shield ala her passive. Probably one of the simplest abilities in the game. Very few survivors are as tanky as Loader and none have her innate survivability. These two effects cause this passive to make Loader an absolute UNIT. With how much she grapples around, this is definitely needed. You might be thinking this only means when she uses her Primary (aka her punches) but you would be mistaken, as Loader actually gets barrier when using her utility skill as well.Īnother extremely useful thing this passive does is make Loader immune to fall damage. Scrap Barrier is one of the few passives in the game and provides Loader with barrier every time she hits an enemy with her gauntlets.
Loader’s Abilitiesįirst up, we got Loader’s passive, Scrap Barrier. Speaking of which, let’s get into Loader’s abilities in more depth. You can sometimes use your primary attack to punch down enemies that are close to death, but just like Acrid, you should be focusing on using your other abilities. This means that you can use your grappling hook to speed you up while charging your punch for an insane amount of burst DPS, which again, is how Loader should be played. Firstly, you can notice that the utility punch skill does a whopping 2100% damage AND it can increase with speed. These are just generic descriptions of the abilities because the Loader has several loadouts available and I already have a post on the best loadouts for every survivor.īut using this brief description of Loader’s abilities gives us a glimpse into how she plays. Special: A floating pylon that zaps enemies in an AOE for 100% damage.Utility: A charged punch attack that will send you flying at an enemy doing 2100% damage that increases with speed.Secondary: A grappling hook that pulls you towards the target.Primary: Punch enemies for 320% damage.Striking enemies with the Loader’s gauntlets grant a temporary barrier. Passive: The Loader is immune to fall damage.To elaborate, Loader’s abilities are as follows: She is also a melee survivor, although, distance matters very little to Loader because of her insane mobility. What this means is she essentially deals all of her damage in a very short amount of time and then waits for her cooldowns before doing that burst again. Loader is a burst damage survivor in Risk of Rain 2.