Pro Tip: drop a tripwire inside the enemy titan's dome, it will not destroy the trip wire and it will kill the pilot trying ti get in 100% of the time.
I Crash Your Game A shitty gun, the weakest main gun of all the Titans and all of Ion's powers share the same source. Meaning you only get two Laser Shots at best.
I love it when an enemy pilot thinks they are being smart by ejecting from their titan but you manage to land a laser shot on them while they are mid air.
I'm late as well, but arrogantly thinking that other pilots think they're smart by ejecting just to kill them mid-air is pretty "smart thinking" as well
The reflect is so inaccurate for projectiles that travel like Monarchs missiles or Northstars rail gun shots, good thing is you can actually catch cluster missiles and tones sonar so that’s an upside.
All projectiles do the same damage no matter what's reflected. The only thing that matters is numbers. A single smg bullet will do the same damage as a Northstar projectile when reflected. If you have a pilot with a r-37 or something with stupid firerate ride you and shoot into the shield when you use it you go from peeking snipes to a heavy damage dealer
i used to only use legion because i couldnt use the rest. now im gen 10 and have at least gen 4 on all my titans now thanks to your vids thanks a lot man. to me you have given me so much more to play. i like these videos a lot.
I love it when I charge in and use my vortex shield to catch the millions of bullets from Legions and watch as the erupt in flames when they see it get shot back at them
Hey man, I noticed in one of the clips that you got hit with a thermite grenade on the front of your Ion. I found out that, if the thermite is stuck to the front, engaging your shield will remove the grenade from your body, make it absorbed by the shield, and allow you to throw it back.
Tony Flamingo My thinking was if I could pick it up off of myself, maybe I could take it off a teammate too. So I walked up a friendly Legion and pick the active firestar off of him with my vortex shield. I don't know why it is possible but it is cool.
Hey guys, I have reuploaded this video since my old version had some pretty yucky narration clipping problems. I just went back through with a single quick pass to fix it, so if anything else remains I apologize, but I hope that this dramatically improves the viewing experience. I rushed a little too much trying to get the Ion video out, I apologize for the error. Please find below a link to the original upload, unlisted, so you may view all the comments there.
I thought of an ION execution using this idea. It basically destroys the enemy cockpit and lifts up all the scrap + the pilot up and shoots it all back through the titan.
Dude this is a great guide. Ion has been my absolute worst Titan for ages but now I feel confident that I know why I’ve been playing her wrong! Thanks mate!
yes, thank you! I've been arguing for overcore/zero point tripwire combo forever. Having an ability that doesn't draw away from your Ion energy is a huge boon. I get so many kills just launching them in the enemy's path, whether its pilots rushing into them or Titans getting a chunk of damage and softening up for my laser shots.
14:20 a REALLY good way you can use this kit is by engaging with a weak pont hit lazer shot. If you have trouble aiming you can zoom in while you use Lazer shot. Its a great way to play a more aggressive play style with a otherwise defensive titan. All you have to do is actually aim for the weak points and you get a vastly better dps than any other titan. As an added bonus this can be applied to all other titans for a much better way to casual improve you skills. You gain energy with hitting a Lazer shot weak point hit
Something that I really enjoy doing is using the vortex shield against multiple titans/pilots to converge all the fire onto a single target. With many people running monarch now, this is even better. Add on the vortex amplifier and some enemy pilot archer fire, and you can pretty much just uno reverse card a titan.
One thing may be useful: Aim with the Splitter Rifle (but don't actually shoot) and then fire the Laser Shot while making use of the Splitter's slight zoom while aiming.
A lot of people are afraid to use the splitter rifle because of its low damage. Take note, that even when your out of energy, you can use its alternate fire infinitely. Pull of a good flank and rip those titans apart.
Your guides are always very informative and quite nicely edited. The advices you've given actually helped and I actually improved as Ion. Thanks you very much, Frothy and keep up your great videos :3
I don't know if it's worth mentioning, but as Ion I like to go to the orange drop markers for reapers and drop mines there, guaranteed massive damage and you can finish it off really quickly.
Had to leave a like for the knowledge that Laser Core comes out of the face. I always felt myself aiming it weird cause I assumed that it was coming out of my belly or something, but knowing that its projected from center screen helps soo much
Note from an Ion main, You have way more ammo than you think, the Splitter Rifle has a HUGE ammo pool compared to everything but Legion, so never stop firing where you know enemy titans are, even though its not the best DPS its still Damage, so use it as much as you can when not using Laser Shot
I want to say thank you very much for making all of these titan guides. These videos really helped me figure out how to get good with this game. Ion is my main and I've become really effective with her in most all situations; even Tone players can't stand up to me! Anyway, just wanted you to know these guides are really appreciated.
Ion is my favorite Titan of the bunch. First Titan to regen and first Titan to regen enough to get the gold banner card. It's a satisfying and good all-rounder that I find doesn't really suffer in certain situations like other titans do. Zero-Point trip wire is my jam, but I need to try out Grand Cannon more until they nerf Overcore + Backup Battery. Hey, Frothy when you take a look at Legion eventually please take a look at the hit point potential of the improved gun shield. I've had legions use that to completely eat up Tone Cores before and while I normally use hidden compartments on Legion during regular games, I'm sure the advice might be fantastic towards LTS against really good Tone players.
Watching this does make me wonder how much patches have changed the game in the past 5 years. I personally play ion as a rushdown titan with vortex amplifier, as damage doesn't matter if they can't hit you, and what's scarier than a titan you shouldn't shoot at? I also find laser shot useful, and I can certainly say you're right with the tripwire being underutilised, I've just never really found its cost to be worth it with my playstyle and I find kits other than zero point tripwire to be more useful to me. Overall great video btw
Man these videos are pure gold!! Thank you Frothy! I was okay in titans pre these titan specific videos and now I can pretty much nuke enemy titans into oblivion with titans like Tone and Ion with an ease and consistency that makes me think either people aren't great with titans, Tone/Ion can be crazy OP when used/abused right (yep), and/or I'm pretty damn good now (also kinda yep). Even if my titan is doomed I can often bring down or near doom an enemy titan or two in Tone/Ion before I go down with the ship. Thanks again. The only thing I struggle with now is choosing between the tactical sensibility of the zero point tripwire or the glory of the grand cannon haha.
Thanks for this video I love ion. Its honestly one of the best titans. Ronin is pretty op now and Tone is less than an all out assault ship now he is a more support like titan thanks for the overview has helped me out so much
This is the best game someone isn't playing right now... it has aged beautifully! I took a break from it for a while, but because of vid like yours, I picked it up again and man am I enjoying it! Anyone who hasn't bought and played this title before, you won't regret it. I am hoping against hope that they will make a Titanfall 3 but this time not botch up the release.
Couple more things for anyone who's interested (from a gen 9.3 ion as of now) Catch legions led and throw it at his toes, it does explosive damage and it will doom an 85% health legion depending on how much you catch. Splitting the rifle, I personally find mostly useless unless it's the start of the game and you want some quick easy pilot kills but I'd say stop using it when they drop their Titans, laser and reg shot combo works best for me. If they throw normal ordnance your way, feel free to deflect the big attacks. Song be afraid to play aggressive ion, you'll be fine in most cases if you rush around. But use your team when you can, better off sitting back putting out great damage with your laser than you are rushing in and brawling with legions and ronins. Time your reloads, reload whenever it's safe. I personally have the most success running vortex amp and turbo engine. But seriously, don't be scared to play aggressive, ion, once you get in the groove can be a god damn Spartan, you can dish out a metric f tonne whilst receiving very little damage if you play her perfectly.
Great video. I've played Ion exclusively so far and my build has evolved/optimized to the point where it's very similar to best case Ion described in this video. So if anyone has any doubts about the legitimacy of the strats in this guide I can vouch for them, if anyone cares.
thanks for this video, I'm now able to do good with ion and realize his potential, I now have a G2.3 ion when at first I was just not going to use him because I didn't know he was this good
Honestly ION is pretty good if you know when to hold back and when to push. Most important thing is knowing the other titans and learn how to read them. Having that said, ION is A LOT stronger on PC then on Console.
it's called proyectile weapons, titanfall 2 doesnt have it because poryectile weapons didnt get popular when titanfall 2 was around, but apex legends does have proyectile weapons where the bullet comes from the gun and not your face
I use Nuclear Eject on my Ion, it’s worked out so far, I run into a line of enemies, fire up my laser core, while that’s busy tearing them down they’re all packing in to do a takedown on me, at that point I blow my titans nuke, from the screen I can still see the laser core firing so I assume it’s doin damage, and then I go nuclear and take em all down
The splitter rifle lens has gotten me on the top of TVT scoreboards a lot. Yes against one titan it isn't as good as the charge shot, but if you're far away and have 2 or 3 enemy titans bunched together you can basically do as much damage as if you were focusing them down specifically with an unspread shot individually it's nuts! Scorch is almost helpless against Ion from my experience, it's also got one of the easiest crit areas to hit for charge shot, for me anyway. So long as you keep some distance so it's flame shield can't damage you if it can't area control you away from it it's pretty much toast once it runs out of flame shield. I had a legion shotgun and cannon spam at my vortex shield, fuckers gun shield despawned right before I ran out of vortex shield juice, hit him in the crit spot (without vortex shield perk) and he went from full health to doomed with 50% left in an instant. Though sadly for me I haven't met a nooby legion player do that again. Another tip for vortex shield in TvT is it can be helpful to let your team pushup. If you've got one or two titans right behind you the vortex shield will block fire for them but it'll also discourage enemies from firing to begin with encase it gets shot back at them. Ion is by far my favorite, Ronin is a decent 2nd pick and Legion's my 3rd choice.
Thanks man, just recently bought titanfall 2 and now try to master ion as my first titan. Best shooter game, only my mistake was i should buy it full price
Good insight overall but one thing you didn't cover, and seemed to ignore in the clips, is that split shot is waaaaaaaay more energy efficient vs single pilots at close to medium range compared to the laser. You burn a lot less energy bursting with split shot and it's more reliable than laser shots for newer players.
If you activate the vortex shield when a firestar is on your face, you can throw it back. You can also pick them up off the ground with the vortex shield
Ion's splitter rifle isn't the best, but it IS good for holding off swarms of enemy Titans. Most players won't walk directly into rifle shots and I've held off enemies for just long enough for a friendly regroup....where I hand off downrange fire to a Legion and go back to alternating long range fire with the team's Northstar.
Frothy I really like waffles. Do you there should be a waffle titan? I think so as a gen 10 I feel I deserve an overpowered titan to prove to people that you succeed best without a life. I want to punish people for not being gen 10. How do you feel about this?
frothy here is a tip if you don't already know it. when your out of energy if you hop out of your titan and get back in your energy is fully recharged instantly
One thing I've noticed isn't in any of the titan guides out there currently is how the titans match up against each other. I think it'd be really cool and useful if you just gave some quick thoughts on how to engage each titan as (in this case) Ion.
Titans like ion are the ones that I like, cuz in the hands of a noob player, she can be really bad, but in the hands of a good ion pilot, she can be very lethal
Thanks so much for this video. I tweaked my Ion after watching it and was just wrecking face last night. Great work! Edit: Totally agree now - Tripwire FTW!
I currently main a defensive Ion playstyle. I am addicted to using the Vortex Shield and Vortex Amplifier, since I have a Legion buddy who feeds the shield so I can blast away chunks in one foul strike rather than him having a lower chance of dealing as much damage while the enemy Titan dashes away from his stream of bullets.
As an aggressive Ion main, I like to make use of the double electric smoke because it allows me to drop one right after I get it if need be and still have another to fall back on before I get my core if I realize that I fucked up and need to back off. Plus, when a Ronin charges through the first cloud, they never quite expect the second cloud... or the tripwire that I have hidden inside of it :) Double Electric Smoke + Free Tripwires = Chase me, I dare you
If you're in the mood to use an Enhanced auto Titan rather than piloting them, play Capture the Flag and put an Enhanced Auto Ion in front of your flag, their laser shot aim is surprisingly good, and although it would be better to just pilot your Titan, if you really want to play as a pilot instead: this is usually the most effective way of doing so, as most casual mode pilots will try to capture your flag without a Titan.
For me i destroy all titans with vortex amplifier, especially legion like you said, i can last quite a long time going close range unlike what you said
I play on Xbox, and the amount of times where in enemy legions will pump sustained fire into my vortex shield, sometimes without even considering the use of their own shield, are so staggeringly numerous that I've actually built an effective strategy around it resulting in consistent victories. Sometimes, I even find myself farming enemy legions, using their fodder to decimate the rest of their team, keeping them alive until they are the last titan left engaging me. But they don't stop shooting, and I end up destroying them as well. I'm not even trying to brag, this just happens, a lot. I can only imagine the discourse on the enemy team when that Ronin, who in any other case would have kicked my ass, finds their chassis full of their comrades ammunition.
Sukhmandeep Sohi sorry my tablet often repeats words I didn't want it to. and no, she's incredibly easy to play, so I guess now you don't even need a functioning brain to be good with her according to your logic.
why was i not addressed as a pilot as usual in this video? do we not get the respect that we deserve? i thought i was a part of an elite group :( all i have left is my titan now. hug me BT.
Frothy.....thanks so much for all your TF wisdom. You present your "opinions" in such a "nice" manner. I can't say I understand all the lingo, but you seem like a genuinely nice and standup guy who kicks some TF azz. I'm nearly 52-years-old, probably one of the oldest TF players getting torn up by the 8-year-olds whose parents weren't even born when I was playing some of the originals, Asteroids, Galaga, and Pacman, but I have my moments and your voice is in my head from time to time.....but only while playing TF cuz your voice in my head in normal life would just be weird. While most of your followers probably already know this, I'd like to know where you got your player name from and its significance. An appreciative fan, SilentKnightSaga.....which by the way is my favorite album "Silent Knight", yes kiddies, vinyl albums pre-1990 were the MP3 players of today, from my favorite band, pre-1983..."Saga."k Oh, and Bluetooth back then, just meant you needed a tooth pulled cuz there was something funky going on with it.
Hey there, sorry I didn't reply to this right away. Your comment got caught by the spam filter for some reason, but I've fixed it now. I'm really happy I have been so instrumental in your enjoyment of Titanfall 2! I know a handful of guys in their 60s that play and love this game, so you've got a little ways to go still :) My name, honestly, has no significance whatsoever. It was something that was made up for me in a name generator over a decade ago and I just never bothered to change it. Sorry I don't have a more deep story than that. Thanks for watching. Good luck out there on the Frontier, Pilot.
I get whaat's being said about Vortex shield not dealing as much damage as one might like, but I personally run Vortex Amplifier and laugh maniacally when I strip 2-3 Titan health bars off a Legion and sent him to a Doomed State. Dash forward to get an execution. It's the most satisfying thing ever to bully a Legion into a corner where they can't do anything because their gun is their whole shtick. Their spin up and aim times are fairly long and pronounced, so it's not too hard to drop and raise Vortex shield at the drop of a hat if you're managing your energy decently.
Laser shot needs a damage nerf or energy consumption nerf. So that northstar actually has a purpose. Either that or buff the damage of the plasma railgun.
I honestly feel like they put the difficulty ratings by each Titan in the menu for fun
Lord Deer Tone - 3 star difficulty. Ronin - 1 star difficulty. Respawn pls
Peter Seagrave ikr
Tony Flamingo true XD
North Star one of the hardest the the hardest titans to play effectively 2 stars
Legion, just shoot everything that moves: *two stars*
I think I'm like a G6.5 Ion and until this video I never noticed the energy meter on the side lol. God I feel like an idiot.
Kyle Bass this also happened to me in the beta but I didn't really liked using her anyway
Kyle Bass You sir deserve a like
Yea it took me to G2 to finally figure it out, it really needs to be a more prominent part of your UI.
How did you even manage to do that?
Porter Burkett it's that red bar on the left side of your screen on ion
Pro Tip: drop a tripwire inside the enemy titan's dome, it will not destroy the trip wire and it will kill the pilot trying ti get in 100% of the time.
Laughs in phase embark
That’s a camper move.
@@droman608also a move that gets you extra kills
Hey dude , does holding and charging ions laser make it stronger ?? Thanks.
No@@soldierofchrist1736
Every time I see Frothy hit that laser point on a pilot "CALM DOWN, THEY NEED A CHANCE!"
I have a mini stroke
@@Ed-1749 going against pilots is all fun and games until you meet a good phase-shift pilot
Let's start with the primary: The laser shot is a hitscan one shot beam that deals 2500 damage to titans and... wait, Ion has a gun? WTF?
I Crash Your Game A shitty gun, the weakest main gun of all the Titans and all of Ion's powers share the same source. Meaning you only get two Laser Shots at best.
@@Irfan87 I feel like her gun is for killing pilots
@@thatjay5852 it barely does that
Getting out of your ion and getting back in refills it's energy. Perfect for those corner camping laser shots.
I always find it takes too long, and I end up losing my Ion in the process of getting back in
@@grimmisascorchmain9486 phase embark helps with that
It *_W H A T_*
I THINI I MIGHT PLAY MORE IOJ WIRH THIS KNOWLEDGE
@@metroplexprime9901Somebody has watched "Let's talk Ion" I see
I love it when an enemy pilot thinks they are being smart by ejecting from their titan but you manage to land a laser shot on them while they are mid air.
VelvetNemesis02 that’s the most satisfying thing to do when playing Ion
Ik I’m late on this but nobody rly does that thinking theyre smart, they just do it to get out the Titan as a last ditch effort to survive
@@agedgouda8809 Ik I’m late but this guy is right
@@agedgouda8809 im also late but aged gouda speaking facts
I'm late as well, but arrogantly thinking that other pilots think they're smart by ejecting just to kill them mid-air is pretty "smart thinking" as well
i normally just let minions fire into my vortex and shoot it back at pilots, So much salt
Could throw reaper rockets at Titans too.
Comrade Adrian or fire a pilot’s archer rocket back at them
The reflect is so inaccurate for projectiles that travel like Monarchs missiles or Northstars rail gun shots, good thing is you can actually catch cluster missiles and tones sonar so that’s an upside.
All projectiles do the same damage no matter what's reflected. The only thing that matters is numbers. A single smg bullet will do the same damage as a Northstar projectile when reflected. If you have a pilot with a r-37 or something with stupid firerate ride you and shoot into the shield when you use it you go from peeking snipes to a heavy damage dealer
It's insane how even 5 years later dudes will just sit there and empty their entire magazine into my shield. Like you know I'm not Scorch, right?
i used to only use legion because i couldnt use the rest. now im gen 10 and have at least gen 4 on all my titans now thanks to your vids thanks a lot man. to me you have given me so much more to play. i like these videos a lot.
so that means gen 4 on tone
@@cakes1831 glad too see I'm not the only person who watches 4yr old vids lol
@@tkang5050 same
I love it when I charge in and use my vortex shield to catch the millions of bullets from Legions and watch as the erupt in flames when they see it get shot back at them
In bf4, no I'm not shooting from my gun, I'm shooting from by eyes
Hey man, I noticed in one of the clips that you got hit with a thermite grenade on the front of your Ion. I found out that, if the thermite is stuck to the front, engaging your shield will remove the grenade from your body, make it absorbed by the shield, and allow you to throw it back.
I've encountered this as well. I might have it recorded I'll check.
Hawkens85 You can take the firestar off of friendly titans as well.
Hawkens85 HOW IS THAT LOGICALLY POSSIBLE ?!?!?!?!
Alexander Alvarez HOW ?!?!?!
Tony Flamingo My thinking was if I could pick it up off of myself, maybe I could take it off a teammate too. So I walked up a friendly Legion and pick the active firestar off of him with my vortex shield. I don't know why it is possible but it is cool.
Hey guys, I have reuploaded this video since my old version had some pretty yucky narration clipping problems. I just went back through with a single quick pass to fix it, so if anything else remains I apologize, but I hope that this dramatically improves the viewing experience. I rushed a little too much trying to get the Ion video out, I apologize for the error. Please find below a link to the original upload, unlisted, so you may view all the comments there.
FrothyOmen i honestly didnt notice anything wrong with the original video at least its still a great video!
I was wondering about those lil snags. Now I have to watch it all over again so your watch time won't suffer lolol
FrothyOmen did any body see any problems frothy the first one seemed fine to me you shouldn't stress 😃
Ion can also remove a firestar from herself with her vortex shield as long as it hits her in the front. Scorch does this too.
FrothyOmen Lel, in the description and comments section
I always wished the vortex shield caught PILOTS, and sent them flying to their doom if you launched them to a very close surface
I thought of an ION execution using this idea. It basically destroys the enemy cockpit and lifts up all the scrap + the pilot up and shoots it all back through the titan.
Ur aim with laser are insane Frothy
Dude this is a great guide. Ion has been my absolute worst Titan for ages but now I feel confident that I know why I’ve been playing her wrong! Thanks mate!
You're very welcome!
yes, thank you! I've been arguing for overcore/zero point tripwire combo forever. Having an ability that doesn't draw away from your Ion energy is a huge boon. I get so many kills just launching them in the enemy's path, whether its pilots rushing into them or Titans getting a chunk of damage and softening up for my laser shots.
14:20 a REALLY good way you can use this kit is by engaging with a weak pont hit lazer shot. If you have trouble aiming you can zoom in while you use Lazer shot. Its a great way to play a more aggressive play style with a otherwise defensive titan. All you have to do is actually aim for the weak points and you get a vastly better dps than any other titan. As an added bonus this can be applied to all other titans for a much better way to casual improve you skills. You gain energy with hitting a Lazer shot weak point hit
Something that I really enjoy doing is using the vortex shield against multiple titans/pilots to converge all the fire onto a single target. With many people running monarch now, this is even better. Add on the vortex amplifier and some enemy pilot archer fire, and you can pretty much just uno reverse card a titan.
4:07 "Do as I say, not as I do" -FrothyOmen
As an Ion main im not here to learn but to see how others play her and its really on point
You’re a legend with the laser shot lol. So many sick clips
One thing may be useful: Aim with the Splitter Rifle (but don't actually shoot) and then fire the Laser Shot while making use of the Splitter's slight zoom while aiming.
Once you press the laser shot button you're locked in to firing it, yes you get a few seconds, but aiming/zoom with splitter rifle is a safer bet.
You guys know you can cancel Laser shot by hitting melee right?
Never waste a shot my friends, Never waste a shot.
Thx for that
A lot of people are afraid to use the splitter rifle because of its low damage. Take note, that even when your out of energy, you can use its alternate fire infinitely. Pull of a good flank and rip those titans apart.
Ethan Donnelly Damn, that's a good tip. I'm not sure why I never tried that, but thank you.
Your guides are always very informative and quite nicely edited. The advices you've given actually helped and I actually improved as Ion.
Thanks you very much, Frothy and keep up your great videos :3
Dito Dito Agreed
I don't know if it's worth mentioning, but as Ion I like to go to the orange drop markers for reapers and drop mines there, guaranteed massive damage and you can finish it off really quickly.
Umm...you just pretty much "Goomba Stomped" a pilot at 10:43.
I love it.
He didnt kill anyone with the stomp
@@Bugspray616
You're so totally right. It was 2 laser shots.
Had to leave a like for the knowledge that Laser Core comes out of the face. I always felt myself aiming it weird cause I assumed that it was coming out of my belly or something, but knowing that its projected from center screen helps soo much
Note from an Ion main, You have way more ammo than you think, the Splitter Rifle has a HUGE ammo pool compared to everything but Legion, so never stop firing where you know enemy titans are, even though its not the best DPS its still Damage, so use it as much as you can when not using Laser Shot
Wish you would come back and update ion, hearing there is only 1 hit scan primary titan is sad, love your videos frothy
I want to say thank you very much for making all of these titan guides. These videos really helped me figure out how to get good with this game. Ion is my main and I've become really effective with her in most all situations; even Tone players can't stand up to me! Anyway, just wanted you to know these guides are really appreciated.
Always rockin' overcore and zero trip wire 👌
Ion is my favorite Titan of the bunch. First Titan to regen and first Titan to regen enough to get the gold banner card. It's a satisfying and good all-rounder that I find doesn't really suffer in certain situations like other titans do. Zero-Point trip wire is my jam, but I need to try out Grand Cannon more until they nerf Overcore + Backup Battery.
Hey, Frothy when you take a look at Legion eventually please take a look at the hit point potential of the improved gun shield. I've had legions use that to completely eat up Tone Cores before and while I normally use hidden compartments on Legion during regular games, I'm sure the advice might be fantastic towards LTS against really good Tone players.
Watching this does make me wonder how much patches have changed the game in the past 5 years. I personally play ion as a rushdown titan with vortex amplifier, as damage doesn't matter if they can't hit you, and what's scarier than a titan you shouldn't shoot at? I also find laser shot useful, and I can certainly say you're right with the tripwire being underutilised, I've just never really found its cost to be worth it with my playstyle and I find kits other than zero point tripwire to be more useful to me. Overall great video btw
dumb legion was using smart core lol i almost killed him with a single vortex shield
You are fucking BANANAS with that Laser Shot.
David Hollowell you mean hes yellow and curved?
Ribe's Shtpost EXACTLY, HE'S BANANAS!
Ribe's Shtpost I would NEVER call Frothy yellow. them's fightin wurds. as for curved, I am unsure of his body type, but anything's possible, right?
Tbh, it's expected with any average ion player.
Peter Peetson And in the 2 months since this comment, it became pretty regular for me, too actually lol. There's proof on my channel now
Man these videos are pure gold!! Thank you Frothy! I was okay in titans pre these titan specific videos and now I can pretty much nuke enemy titans into oblivion with titans like Tone and Ion with an ease and consistency that makes me think either people aren't great with titans, Tone/Ion can be crazy OP when used/abused right (yep), and/or I'm pretty damn good now (also kinda yep). Even if my titan is doomed I can often bring down or near doom an enemy titan or two in Tone/Ion before I go down with the ship. Thanks again. The only thing I struggle with now is choosing between the tactical sensibility of the zero point tripwire or the glory of the grand cannon haha.
+G Man you're all over it now! Glad I've been of assistance!
Thanks for this video I love ion. Its honestly one of the best titans. Ronin is pretty op now and Tone is less than an all out assault ship now he is a more support like titan thanks for the overview has helped me out so much
missed your videos man! i watched your content nonstop when apex legends just came out, so much pathinder tech, you taught it well
This is the best game someone isn't playing right now... it has aged beautifully! I took a break from it for a while, but because of vid like yours, I picked it up again and man am I enjoying it! Anyone who hasn't bought and played this title before, you won't regret it. I am hoping against hope that they will make a Titanfall 3 but this time not botch up the release.
Fun fact, you can absorb friendly Titan bullets with vortex shield
It's good to see you putting this much effort into making sure your videos are of a high standard.
Couple more things for anyone who's interested (from a gen 9.3 ion as of now)
Catch legions led and throw it at his toes, it does explosive damage and it will doom an 85% health legion depending on how much you catch.
Splitting the rifle, I personally find mostly useless unless it's the start of the game and you want some quick easy pilot kills but I'd say stop using it when they drop their Titans, laser and reg shot combo works best for me. If they throw normal ordnance your way, feel free to deflect the big attacks.
Song be afraid to play aggressive ion, you'll be fine in most cases if you rush around. But use your team when you can, better off sitting back putting out great damage with your laser than you are rushing in and brawling with legions and ronins.
Time your reloads, reload whenever it's safe.
I personally have the most success running vortex amp and turbo engine.
But seriously, don't be scared to play aggressive, ion, once you get in the groove can be a god damn Spartan, you can dish out a metric f tonne whilst receiving very little damage if you play her perfectly.
+Priest (PriestCS) reflecting at the ground is a bug and will be patched out of the game
Damn, the mouseman getting it done with Ion.
ggs Jably. RIP
You laser shot skills are Crazy awsome! Keep up the good work
Jon's vortex shield is just pure mind games
Great video. I've played Ion exclusively so far and my build has evolved/optimized to the point where it's very similar to best case Ion described in this video. So if anyone has any doubts about the legitimacy of the strats in this guide I can vouch for them, if anyone cares.
wonderguardstalker does Vortex Amp works with your teammates bullets
Ribe's Shtpost yes it does
thanks for this video, I'm now able to do good with ion and realize his potential, I now have a G2.3 ion when at first I was just not going to use him because I didn't know he was this good
the lasercore firing point thing is really really useful, i always thought i have to expose my whole titan to use laser core
I shouldn’t have watched this video before I bought every single cosmetic for ion
Just Recently Started Playing ION Again And This Video Helped With Loadouts.
Such A Fun Titan To Play Also.
So the primary kills pilots in five shots…
You mean a giant fucking laser ball does less damage than a pistol
i love how this is the first video for "Jably tf2" rest in peace bro
I ended the Richter fight in less than 15 seconds by using my laser core then using an aimed splitter rifle at near point blank range
I used to use Ion ALOT and got really good with using it aggressively
Honestly ION is pretty good if you know when to hold back and when to push. Most important thing is knowing the other titans and learn how to read them.
Having that said, ION is A LOT stronger on PC then on Console.
its weird how many roblox fps games are capable of replicating how a rela gun fires from the barrel.
it's called proyectile weapons, titanfall 2 doesnt have it because poryectile weapons didnt get popular when titanfall 2 was around, but apex legends does have proyectile weapons where the bullet comes from the gun and not your face
I use Nuclear Eject on my Ion, it’s worked out so far, I run into a line of enemies, fire up my laser core, while that’s busy tearing them down they’re all packing in to do a takedown on me, at that point I blow my titans nuke, from the screen I can still see the laser core firing so I assume it’s doin damage, and then I go nuclear and take em all down
The splitter rifle lens has gotten me on the top of TVT scoreboards a lot. Yes against one titan it isn't as good as the charge shot, but if you're far away and have 2 or 3 enemy titans bunched together you can basically do as much damage as if you were focusing them down specifically with an unspread shot individually it's nuts!
Scorch is almost helpless against Ion from my experience, it's also got one of the easiest crit areas to hit for charge shot, for me anyway. So long as you keep some distance so it's flame shield can't damage you if it can't area control you away from it it's pretty much toast once it runs out of flame shield. I had a legion shotgun and cannon spam at my vortex shield, fuckers gun shield despawned right before I ran out of vortex shield juice, hit him in the crit spot (without vortex shield perk) and he went from full health to doomed with 50% left in an instant. Though sadly for me I haven't met a nooby legion player do that again. Another tip for vortex shield in TvT is it can be helpful to let your team pushup. If you've got one or two titans right behind you the vortex shield will block fire for them but it'll also discourage enemies from firing to begin with encase it gets shot back at them. Ion is by far my favorite, Ronin is a decent 2nd pick and Legion's my 3rd choice.
Thanks man, just recently bought titanfall 2 and now try to master ion as my first titan. Best shooter game, only my mistake was i should buy it full price
I main Ion and this helped me out quite a bit.
Good insight overall but one thing you didn't cover, and seemed to ignore in the clips, is that split shot is waaaaaaaay more energy efficient vs single pilots at close to medium range compared to the laser. You burn a lot less energy bursting with split shot and it's more reliable than laser shots for newer players.
This video helped me so much thx
Excellent video. Thanks for the tips.
Glad you found it helpful.
Ion's laser shot is just a meme.
Good against pilots but good luck hitting that shot when you need it most.
If you activate the vortex shield when a firestar is on your face, you can throw it back. You can also pick them up off the ground with the vortex shield
Really good Guides, man!!
+david player thanks!
Ion's splitter rifle isn't the best, but it IS good for holding off swarms of enemy Titans. Most players won't walk directly into rifle shots and I've held off enemies for just long enough for a friendly regroup....where I hand off downrange fire to a Legion and go back to alternating long range fire with the team's Northstar.
Frothy I really like waffles. Do you there should be a waffle titan? I think so as a gen 10 I feel I deserve an overpowered titan to prove to people that you succeed best without a life. I want to punish people for not being gen 10. How do you feel about this?
Melted Lynxcat use tone you piece of trash
@@flamingosama8060 ur baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad
frothy here is a tip if you don't already know it. when your out of energy if you hop out of your titan and get back in your energy is fully recharged instantly
RIP Jably. : (
😭
Am I the only one who uses ion as a Robin and it somehow works
>semi-guaranteed titan kill
>unfun
having a hard time seeing that one m80
One thing I've noticed isn't in any of the titan guides out there currently is how the titans match up against each other. I think it'd be really cool and useful if you just gave some quick thoughts on how to engage each titan as (in this case) Ion.
Grand pooba Of penis lmao true I hate tone
6:49 Lmao that legion shield gone in a heartbeat
man these were the days
you are the best you tuber ever!!!!!!!
Titans like ion are the ones that I like, cuz in the hands of a noob player, she can be really bad, but in the hands of a good ion pilot, she can be very lethal
7:00 bold if you assume vortex shield isn't my offensive ability. (It's op with the kit that boosts return damage by 35%)
+1 for caring about the quality of your work!
Only reason I like ion is because of her vortex shield
Frothy, you're a champ. That's all I wanted to say.
+J Leonard
4:27 hehe that tone knew what will happen next lol
More great work man!
Thanks so much for this video. I tweaked my Ion after watching it and was just wrecking face last night. Great work!
Edit: Totally agree now - Tripwire FTW!
I currently main a defensive Ion playstyle. I am addicted to using the Vortex Shield and Vortex Amplifier, since I have a Legion buddy who feeds the shield so I can blast away chunks in one foul strike rather than him having a lower chance of dealing as much damage while the enemy Titan dashes away from his stream of bullets.
It's good to know that if you get hit by a firestar, the vortex shield will remove it from you.
As an aggressive Ion main, I like to make use of the double electric smoke because it allows me to drop one right after I get it if need be and still have another to fall back on before I get my core if I realize that I fucked up and need to back off. Plus, when a Ronin charges through the first cloud, they never quite expect the second cloud... or the tripwire that I have hidden inside of it :)
Double Electric Smoke + Free Tripwires = Chase me, I dare you
If you're in the mood to use an Enhanced auto Titan rather than piloting them, play Capture the Flag and put an Enhanced Auto Ion in front of your flag, their laser shot aim is surprisingly good, and although it would be better to just pilot your Titan, if you really want to play as a pilot instead: this is usually the most effective way of doing so, as most casual mode pilots will try to capture your flag without a Titan.
For me i destroy all titans with vortex amplifier, especially legion like you said, i can last quite a long time going close range unlike what you said
I play on Xbox, and the amount of times where in enemy legions will pump sustained fire into my vortex shield, sometimes without even considering the use of their own shield, are so staggeringly numerous that I've actually built an effective strategy around it resulting in consistent victories. Sometimes, I even find myself farming enemy legions, using their fodder to decimate the rest of their team, keeping them alive until they are the last titan left engaging me. But they don't stop shooting, and I end up destroying them as well. I'm not even trying to brag, this just happens, a lot. I can only imagine the discourse on the enemy team when that Ronin, who in any other case would have kicked my ass, finds their chassis full of their comrades ammunition.
Best feeling when Laser Core Online ⚡⚡
how to play ion effectively: have have a functioning brain.
"have *have* a functioning brain"
You must have a hard time with her then bud.
Sukhmandeep Sohi sorry my tablet often repeats words I didn't want it to.
and no, she's incredibly easy to play, so I guess now you don't even need a functioning brain to be good with her according to your logic.
Sukhmandeep Sohi I thought that was part of the joke.....
apparently not
So basically the opposite of Tone. XD
darn im Gunna suck
Tip, if you want to cancel a laser shot, use Maylay
why was i not addressed as a pilot as usual in this video? do we not get the respect that we deserve? i thought i was a part of an elite group :( all i have left is my titan now. hug me BT.
kekejojo1212 need a vanguard chassis In my game NOW !!!!!!
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I love going against legions while using ion
So tripwires and laser shot everything, got it!
Frothy.....thanks so much for all your TF wisdom. You present your "opinions" in such a "nice" manner. I can't say I understand all the lingo, but you seem like a genuinely nice and standup guy who kicks some TF azz. I'm nearly 52-years-old, probably one of the oldest TF players getting torn up by the 8-year-olds whose parents weren't even born when I was playing some of the originals, Asteroids, Galaga, and Pacman, but I have my moments and your voice is in my head from time to time.....but only while playing TF cuz your voice in my head in normal life would just be weird.
While most of your followers probably already know this, I'd like to know where you got your player name from and its significance.
An appreciative fan,
SilentKnightSaga.....which by the way is my favorite album "Silent Knight", yes kiddies, vinyl albums pre-1990 were the MP3 players of today, from my favorite band, pre-1983..."Saga."k Oh, and Bluetooth back then, just meant you needed a tooth pulled cuz there was something funky going on with it.
Hey there, sorry I didn't reply to this right away. Your comment got caught by the spam filter for some reason, but I've fixed it now. I'm really happy I have been so instrumental in your enjoyment of Titanfall 2! I know a handful of guys in their 60s that play and love this game, so you've got a little ways to go still :)
My name, honestly, has no significance whatsoever. It was something that was made up for me in a name generator over a decade ago and I just never bothered to change it. Sorry I don't have a more deep story than that.
Thanks for watching. Good luck out there on the Frontier, Pilot.
I get whaat's being said about Vortex shield not dealing as much damage as one might like, but I personally run Vortex Amplifier and laugh maniacally when I strip 2-3 Titan health bars off a Legion and sent him to a Doomed State. Dash forward to get an execution. It's the most satisfying thing ever to bully a Legion into a corner where they can't do anything because their gun is their whole shtick. Their spin up and aim times are fairly long and pronounced, so it's not too hard to drop and raise Vortex shield at the drop of a hat if you're managing your energy decently.
hey, I can't even touch my ion without the game failing saying it doesn't exist please help.
There seems to be a problem with the Red Baron skin
FrothyOmen oh no that's what I had on! The 4 responding😀
FrothyOmen but do you know how I could possibly get back on my main?
WILLIAM SCHULTZ same!
Same issue with me trying to select ronin. Recently bought his skin pack, since then can't select him.
Laser shot needs a damage nerf or energy consumption nerf. So that northstar actually has a purpose. Either that or buff the damage of the plasma railgun.