Kanaloa the Clan AOD Way

Overview

How does Clan AOD do Hardcore Kana? A guide for public raids.

What do I need?

PR 950+ is ideal in order to maximize damage

• L or better Stim Packs – most of Kana’s attacks will single shot or do huge damage and Dragonflies are not able to be everywhere.
• Adrenaline Injector for rate personal Rate of Fire boost.
• Mosquito Wings for missed jumps and end phases with less open ground (bugged shared cool down with Adrenaline Booster)
• Hacked Chosen Dome (For lava rock phase)

Battleframes: (Information compiled and provided by CookieDuster)

*There’s a possible rate of fire bug for any rate of fire over 100% boosted (such as Power Field and Turret Mode), it is the bug referred to in this guide. This bug causes shots to disappear, making effective dps lower than it would seem.
*There’s a possible bug on Kanaloa that makes global incoming damage boosting effects to not work.

Dread types:

In general, it’s really hard to go wrong with any dread
Use a Dread type with its respective primary (use HMG if on a Mammoth for more damage)
Avoid defensive abilities; all significant damage can be avoided with proper movement
Have a Turret Mode modded for high RoF
The RoF bug likely reduces the effective dps of dreads, using damage boosting perks instead of RoF is highly recommended
Have Explosive Rounds modded for high damage
Have ammo packs, dreads tend to have issues with ammo in the long run
On a Rhino, have Gravity Field Grenade with high damage boost – it affects incoming damage from the whole group

Assault:

Use an Assault Rifle or a Burst Rifle; they shoot straight and do more damage than the primary (Fusion Cannon is a possible exception)
Use Overcharge with Adrenaline Boost, they make for insane DPS. Mod Overcharge for high potency and up to 15s duration (Adrenaline is 15s) for maximum synergy.
Other abilities don’t matter much in terms of DPS; use any of them to maximize PR

Tigerclaw:

The Fusion Cannon with Overcharge is top tier DPS, and is unaffected by the RoF bug (low base RoF)
Have Overcharge with high potency and at least 10s duration and use it while Adrenaline Boosted – it counteracts the otherwise extremely high ammo drain and produces similar DPS as turreted dreads and the Raptor, without any drawbacks.

Firecat:

Do not use the Themal Cannon – the primary fire is low dps, the altfire doesn’t scale properly with RoF boosts. Inferno Cannon is ideal, but even an AR/BR is better.

Biotech types:

Have Triage, otherwise most attempts at revives are futile
Consider using an Assault Rifle or a Burst Rifle instead of the Bio Crossbow; they shoot straight and do more damage
The Noxious Needler’s 10% damage boost is shared across the group and stacks additively with other shared +% damage boosts.
The Thermal Needler’s 21% damage boost is shared across the group and stacks additively with other shared +% damage boosts.
Have Triage equipped. The other abilities are of very limited usefulness; heals are mildly useful during Baneclaw, but not nearly as much as fast revives
Healing Wave is good for off-heals (avoid on the DF, it has more efficient heals)

Dragonfly:

Don’t spec perks and abilities for maximum healing – all major sources of damage are avoidable, but dps is a hard bottleneck for completing hardcore raids
Healing Wave is easy to use, but has half the efficiency of Healing Pillar and Healing Ball
Consider using Thermal or Noxious Needler if there is none on the team

Recon types:

The R36 is affected by the RoF bug at high boost percentages, it’s recommended to avoid RoF perks.

Nighthawk:

The Sniper Rifle is affected by all RoF boosts, but not the RoF bug (due to low base RoF)
Execution provides a very high personal RoF boost, although for a shorter duration than the Assault’s Overcharge, and without infinite ammo
Sniper Rifle with Execution is top tier dps, but only with the infinite ammo from Power Field

Raptor:

RoF bonuses on the Charge Rifle are zero gain; using the R36 or the Smoldering Sniper Rifle is recommended
The R36 is affected by the RoF bug; avoid stacking too many RoF boosting perks.
Have Conduit for SIN Scrambler, as it doesn’t provide a damage boost otherwise (possibly bugged on Kanaloa)
Have a SIN Beacon with extreme potency (possibly bugged on Kanaloa)
Have a Power Field with extreme potency, cooldown and duration doesn’t matter much

Engineer and Bastion:

Use an Assault Rifle or a Burst Rifle, they have enough range to actually hit bosses. Sticky is viable, but not recommended.
Don’t use turrets in Kanaloa, they introduce an uncontrollable element (bugs exploding at a different time than expected)

Electron:

The Shock Rail can reach very high dps as the RoF bug cannot possibly affect it
Overclocking station is a very potent direct damage boost (possibly bugged for energy damage type)
Bulwark protects against OHKs from lava projectiles; use it as an emergency measure
Health from multiple supply stations saves lives and takes the load off of healers; ammo is always good to have

These suggestions are based on extensive testing and will minimize variables that could make you dead instead of Kanaloa.

Prepare for Battle

Upon entering the zone all participants should move forward into the large ready room where the battleframe stations are located.

Squad leaders will place themselves at
A. The forward supply station
B. The right side battleframe station
C. The left side battleframe station

It’s very important not to go past the middle of the entrance tunnel as moving too far forward will start Kana’s timer and actions before the groups have had time to prepare.

The groups should now form with each group ideally having a Raptor for Powerfield, An Electron for Bulwark and the rest should be heavy DPS preferably Assault and Dread.

In addition each group should arrange a deployment order for Chosen Hacked Drones at this time.

Once the groups have been formed Group C will move forward to the middle of the entrance tunnel followed by Group B and Group A in that order. The reason for this order is to minimize obstacles for the groups with the longest travel times.

The groups should remain closely bunched together to receive any movement buffs before the leader calls go.

It’s a Go

Once the leader calls go all groups should move quickly and efficiently to their squad leaders location on the map as designated by the letters A, B and C.

Note: Do not use teleport abilities until you’ve cleared the outer edge of the tunnel, teleporting out of the tunnel in front of the group by several meters will start Kana’s timer before all pilots have established their fighting positions.

Let’s get ready to rumble

Once at your location begin firing at the Lowest Nodes (Pimples) on Kana.

Kana will come up out of the lava and begin to turn looking towards the largest source of damage before breathing fire in a 90 degree cone while facing point A, B or C.

This is known as the Fire breath phase and allows 10 seconds of maximum damage against Kana, this phase repeats approximately every 60 seconds, so time boosts, abilities and perks accordingly. This is the only time you should be using damage boosting items and abilities.

If Kana is pointed at your group your squad leader will call for a move to the left, right or just tell you to move (If Kana looks at you and you can see his open mouth MOVE) when they tell you to move go to one of the other groups locations in order to avoid the breath and share in buffs. Using Turret Mode is not recommended before the target group is known.

If you see Kana’s O-Face, you’ll only survive with heavy shielding.

Once this phase is over move back to your original location.

It’s not really swimming it’s a trick

Kana will then drop into the lava and begin a swim while tossing out lava rocks, this is the Rock phase and Hacked Drones should be popped in the previously agreed order.

After the Rock phase Kana will again rise from the lava and target a damage source this time he will dive back into the lava and one or two groups (depending on direction) will be targeted with large damage and knockback, the groups targeted must move away from each other.

For example the groups at A and B are targeted A should move to D and B should move to C, moving in any other direction will most likely result in death

After the blast subsides return to your original location, Rinse and Repeat.

It’s over already?

Once the raid has worked it’s way up Kana from bottom node to top nodes Kana will die and you’ll have a chance at some cool loot;

For the sake of everyone involved and in order to maximize loot chances please only roll on three pieces of gear and never roll on two identical pieces of gear since they are locked to you and you usually can’t equip both, rolling on identical modules is ok as long as it’s within your three rolls.

In addition, if you already have a blue weapon and the purple version shows up, we’d ask that you don’t roll as the minor difference in PR isn’t beneficial enough to deprive someone who doesn’t have that weapon at all a chance.

Remember raid weapons are not transferable and having more than one only takes up additional inventory space. i.e having a Martha for each frame is wasteful, having one and switching it between frames is smart.

If you’re interested in Clan AOD or our public raids check us out at Clan AOD[firefall.clanaod.net.]

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