@@teebob21 Given the fact that Smurf and Adam often brainstorm things together and Adam praises Smurf often on streams, I doubt its possible to say who comes to the some idea first.
The idea of having a pawn after taking lethal damage, desperately crawling on the floor while bleeding everywhere hoping to reach safety and yet still respecting door policies is hilarious
6k+ hours here. I've used all of these techniques to great effect, but I still learned an extra trick or two in almost every segment. Shooting through a hallway to kill the ship chunk was particularly good, and that fort you built for the ambush segment looked absolutely sick. Excellent video and I'll definitely be checking out the rest.
I hadn't thought of this 180° FOV door peek technique. This is amazing. Best way for a solo pawn to defend against many many threats, without using too much juggling and killboxes.
Love your guide. Been thinking of making one myself because there seemed to be a void where combat is concerned. Heard about you while watching adam and have been enjoying your content greatly. High quality video. Keep it up 🎉
This is a great video! Just earned a sub. It's easy to understand, straight to the point, entertaining, and these are some legit strategies. Keep it up!
I've looked for this kinda depth tutorial content for RimWorld for so long - thank you. I'm gonna name my current psycast/melee nerd "Mortal Smurph" in your honor. He's a cannibal 🌈🍖
Thanks to your latest playwright I knew the Fog Of War plus Improved AI mod and started to play like that for all my games, I also tend to play really hard mod combinations and sometimes I lose control of the situation, so I really loved this video, really helpful!
I heavily rely on kiting when playing a pollution heavy map with pollution stimulus rimworlders. That +20% move speed basically gives my whole colony fast running perk and I can just pot shot over and over again through the whole map.
Fantastic stuff Smurph. I definitely didn't know about the stagger bit. Just as an aside, will you ever do a weapons guide? There exist some around but none are math and tactical heavy like your stuff.
You should look into the chair peek mechanics I keep hearing about. Something about chairs changes combat some how or so I hear but I can't find a good resource on what is exactly happening or how to make it work.
What is unclear about the demonstration in the video? What is there to look into? As shown 1 minute into the video, a colonist can lean on an adjacent stool to have an alternate angle shot in the same way they could lean against a wall in front of them.
It's low-key annoying that we can never have long lasting long range battles since they always rush you. It would be cool if it would be like real battles that last longer but they keep their distance.
Well, I always using ambush technique when I only have melee folks in early game, also abusing line of sight to repeatedly pepper centipede with emp slug is fun.
Does the held-open door still cause ballooning if you have something to cause collision before the enemies reach your colonists, such as an unpowered turret?
You can use kitting on thrumbos very funny If you are finished with your base, you can Double wall then have an outer single wall to buy time for breaches in large colonies etc
What weapon are you using and what door material? Some doors fire too slowly for some doors. Try it with something like an autopistol in a stone door first. Then work towards slower weapons and faster doors.
@@MortalSmurph this playthrough is early on so I only have bolt action rifles and wooden doors. Do I have it right: you tell a pawn to move into the doorway, then draft/undraft when the door opens but before they move into the doorway?
I really dislike using most of these 'cheese' tacitcs / mechanics. While it's perfectly legal as a singleplayer to do so, it just feels wrong to do imho. If all your doing is tricking the AI to avoid taking damage because the AI mechanics are dumb, are you really playing the game or just tricking yourself into thinking you're playing a game on high difficulty? That's not really strategy, it's really just AI exploitation. Why not just play on a lower difficulty where you won't need to do any of these shenanigans to survive and just have them have interesting shootouts instead? That said, of course everyone should play as they want. If this gives you joy, more power to you. I just think we often think of ourselves as better merely for playing on a higher difficulty but then debase our experiences with AI exploitation that it trivializes the difficulty increase. Lastly this is a very good video that shows all the abilities you can use in a situation. Your videos are very well made and have high quality. Well done mate! New sub and like for you :) hope your channel grows!
@@lucapagano3685 you also need skill to type shit on a keyboard. Still doesn't make you a piano player. Most of the cheese tactics have an incredibly low skill level requirement that it is basically negligable. But that's an interesting way to rationalize how you cheat the game. Gaslighting yourself into believing you're skilled at something. Kudos to you. You cheesed yourself.
This doesn't work in reality. People play with mods and even if they didn't, your base layout wouldn't be like this otherwise you wouldn't be able to win the final battle
@@MortalSmurph since you get raided every 6 days with cassandra and the raiders destroy everything outside and set fire to your crops, could you do number 1? Much better to peek around your door and shoot with the shotgun, then fall back inside. By the time you have multiple colonists with guns, your wealth would be too high and raids too strong for your strategy to work. You are doing everything in Development mode here rather than doing a real playthrough so this situation wouldn't happen
@@rickysmyth You are aware I stream using these tactics, right? The game has been defeated on Losing is Fun 500% No Pause with no DLC, no mods, and just a wall using those tactics. Here's that run from about 2 years ago: ruclips.net/video/TGCrXxUew0E/видео.html Here's doing it with just Wooden Walls: ruclips.net/video/FWd7C9i5O0o/видео.html
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This guy is a professional rimmer for sure
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Me too I'm a professional rimmer as well.
LMAO
@@24xxmonkeyxx42 I heard your mother is too
How can I become a professional rimmer?
"incapable of violence is capable of being punched in the face" 🔥🔥✍🔥🔥
First said by AdamVsEverything
@@teebob21 Given the fact that Smurf and Adam often brainstorm things together and Adam praises Smurf often on streams, I doubt its possible to say who comes to the some idea first.
@@teebob21 Yes, his quote is so good i time travelled back years and told it to him
@@MortalSmurph Brilliant!! Time travel fixes everything except Pyromaniac and Incapable of Dumb Labor 😂
This whole channel is like a Rimworld version of The Art of War. I love it.
Super useful for keeping Huntsman, Smurph, and their Huntsmurph children safe on their frontier space-drug farm during DEA mech raids.
The idea of having a pawn after taking lethal damage, desperately crawling on the floor while bleeding everywhere hoping to reach safety and yet still respecting door policies is hilarious
it's much like someone with no physical impairments who refuses dumb labor to save their life
Stumbling over a good small RUclipsr is always so cool, keep going man! Videos are really nice to watch
Double wall is such a good plan.
For the double wall tech you could also have a few random walls outside the base with roofs. They may att the wall and have a roof fall on them
6k+ hours here. I've used all of these techniques to great effect, but I still learned an extra trick or two in almost every segment. Shooting through a hallway to kill the ship chunk was particularly good, and that fort you built for the ambush segment looked absolutely sick. Excellent video and I'll definitely be checking out the rest.
The double outer wall with "spikes" (16:54) inspired me a lot. Cannot wait to try it out with my usual base builds.
I hadn't thought of this 180° FOV door peek technique. This is amazing. Best way for a solo pawn to defend against many many threats, without using too much juggling and killboxes.
Amazing guide, Smurph. My personal fav out of these is the ambush technique, precisely because it can go wrong ;)
Love your guide. Been thinking of making one myself because there seemed to be a void where combat is concerned. Heard about you while watching adam and have been enjoying your content greatly. High quality video. Keep it up 🎉
This is a great video! Just earned a sub. It's easy to understand, straight to the point, entertaining, and these are some legit strategies. Keep it up!
Ooooooh looks nice. New vid from one of my fav Rimworld guide creator
Welp. Time to go re-build my defenses. Awesome video, Smurph.
I've looked for this kinda depth tutorial content for RimWorld for so long - thank you. I'm gonna name my current psycast/melee nerd "Mortal Smurph" in your honor.
He's a cannibal 🌈🍖
he's already got a name in game, look out for sean "smurph" murphy
Awesome guide, learned a few new techniques!!
I'm trying to wait until 1.5 releases, but you're making want to start a colony now and put these techniques in action lol
...and after you've set up your perfect staggered killbox, you get 30 marine armor Yttakin dropping into your dining room in pods.
that stagger joke though
Excellent methodology and presentation, thank you very much for sharing !
Bro i heared of you from anime girl thigh juice drinker and i don't regret it. Thanks for the tips!
Holy smokes the stool peek method was amazing!
Thanks to your latest playwright I knew the Fog Of War plus Improved AI mod and started to play like that for all my games, I also tend to play really hard mod combinations and sometimes I lose control of the situation, so I really loved this video, really helpful!
I heavily rely on kiting when playing a pollution heavy map with pollution stimulus rimworlders. That +20% move speed basically gives my whole colony fast running perk and I can just pot shot over and over again through the whole map.
4:23 - this reminds me of stacking up on a door and overwatching in XCOM 😂
4:23 imagine raiding a base, finding an unlocked door and when you open it That is waiting for you. lmao
Pure golden! You got a new subscriber.
Love these guides. Thank you!
Fantastic stuff Smurph. I definitely didn't know about the stagger bit.
Just as an aside, will you ever do a weapons guide? There exist some around but none are math and tactical heavy like your stuff.
I'm truly working on it right now. 5 Tips in 5 minutes is next. Maybe today. Maybe tomorrow. Then Weapon Selection. Then Killboxes.
This video is so good. Thank you my man
1:25
Firing Squard
Saved for future reference. Categorized as a comedy because Smurph dies.
awesome explanation
ngl but stool picking sounds like nightmare fuel, imagine being a tribal and seeing a dozen shooters on a stool aiming their sights on u
The stool peek is wild
You should look into the chair peek mechanics I keep hearing about. Something about chairs changes combat some how or so I hear but I can't find a good resource on what is exactly happening or how to make it work.
What is unclear about the demonstration in the video? What is there to look into?
As shown 1 minute into the video, a colonist can lean on an adjacent stool to have an alternate angle shot in the same way they could lean against a wall in front of them.
thanks for these useful tricks
Hold on, i gotta go double wall my colony real quick.
It's low-key annoying that we can never have long lasting long range battles since they always rush you. It would be cool if it would be like real battles that last longer but they keep their distance.
Fantastic guide. Thank you.
I've been waiting for this series to show up on Master Class, but it's not there yet. What's wrong with those people!??!
Well, I always using ambush technique when I only have melee folks in early game, also abusing line of sight to repeatedly pepper centipede with emp slug is fun.
Holy moly
Does the held-open door still cause ballooning if you have something to cause collision before the enemies reach your colonists, such as an unpowered turret?
You can use kitting on thrumbos very funny
If you are finished with your base, you can Double wall then have an outer single wall to buy time for breaches in large colonies etc
Nice
Hey, how do I see my pawn's health like in that tab?: 18:56
That's the mod "RIMHUD".
wow
If they gonna add 1.6 i hope they add shield. (Not belt shield)
no Diagnol melee grinder trick here, or is that more an exploit in your thoughts?
It was removed in patch 1.5
which is best or most common for 2025?
This is a great guide but I can’t get the door shot to work :(
What weapon are you using and what door material? Some doors fire too slowly for some doors. Try it with something like an autopistol in a stone door first. Then work towards slower weapons and faster doors.
@@MortalSmurph this playthrough is early on so I only have bolt action rifles and wooden doors. Do I have it right: you tell a pawn to move into the doorway, then draft/undraft when the door opens but before they move into the doorway?
@@Sledgehannahgaming You have it right but bolt plus wood is super hard. Try steel or better stone to practice
@@MortalSmurph ok thanks
The secret 8th trick lies in the debug menu. :)
Just like I do )
I really dislike using most of these 'cheese' tacitcs / mechanics. While it's perfectly legal as a singleplayer to do so, it just feels wrong to do imho.
If all your doing is tricking the AI to avoid taking damage because the AI mechanics are dumb, are you really playing the game or just tricking yourself into thinking you're playing a game on high difficulty? That's not really strategy, it's really just AI exploitation. Why not just play on a lower difficulty where you won't need to do any of these shenanigans to survive and just have them have interesting shootouts instead?
That said, of course everyone should play as they want. If this gives you joy, more power to you. I just think we often think of ourselves as better merely for playing on a higher difficulty but then debase our experiences with AI exploitation that it trivializes the difficulty increase.
Lastly this is a very good video that shows all the abilities you can use in a situation. Your videos are very well made and have high quality. Well done mate! New sub and like for you :) hope your channel grows!
You made a fair point indeed. I agree with you.
You still need skill to pull this cheese tactics off
@@lucapagano3685 you also need skill to type shit on a keyboard. Still doesn't make you a piano player. Most of the cheese tactics have an incredibly low skill level requirement that it is basically negligable. But that's an interesting way to rationalize how you cheat the game. Gaslighting yourself into believing you're skilled at something. Kudos to you. You cheesed yourself.
@@BrutusAlbionimagine seething this hard over someone playing a game the way they want to
@@BrutusAlbion 😲😲😲😲😲😲
Masterclass ain't stuff compared to your videos
How do you kill a Smurf, that has no life?
This doesn't work in reality. People play with mods and even if they didn't, your base layout wouldn't be like this otherwise you wouldn't be able to win the final battle
We must be in different realities.
@@MortalSmurph since you get raided every 6 days with cassandra and the raiders destroy everything outside and set fire to your crops, could you do number 1? Much better to peek around your door and shoot with the shotgun, then fall back inside. By the time you have multiple colonists with guns, your wealth would be too high and raids too strong for your strategy to work. You are doing everything in Development mode here rather than doing a real playthrough so this situation wouldn't happen
@@rickysmyth You are aware I stream using these tactics, right? The game has been defeated on Losing is Fun 500% No Pause with no DLC, no mods, and just a wall using those tactics.
Here's that run from about 2 years ago: ruclips.net/video/TGCrXxUew0E/видео.html
Here's doing it with just Wooden Walls: ruclips.net/video/FWd7C9i5O0o/видео.html
@@MortalSmurph how do you play without CE? It's so cartoony without it
Lol you just can't help but to criticize huh? Even after he showed you the receipts...
idk, I don't feel like being forced to abuse the AI just to have a chance is fun gameplay.
Damn this is cheesy
Technique #1, download Combat Extended because vanilla combat is garbage.
That thumbnail......
Nice