Hey guys!
I’ve always enjoyed trolling people from time to time in games. For fun, nothing more- I usually make it up to the players after ive had a few laughs. The idea is generally to give other players laughs as well, and sometimes that means you have to pick someone to siphon humor out of their expense.
In the past, games like Steep where I might stand at the end of a jump and dive directly into players as they reach that clinch point in high speed, or standing in a tight small opening that someone might be trying to wingsuit fly through… And deploy my parachute as soon as they come careening in range- The parachute extending and blocking their vision, causing them to guess where they need to go and inevitably crashing into the rock.
Or even further back, in games like Return To Castle Wolfenstein (if anyone remembers that game) before Enemy Territory released and you could push people out of your way- A favorite thing to do with a friend was stand shoulder to shoulder in a doorway and block it so no one could pass, or planting dynamite in your own spawn point lol. Yeah, I know, I know. i wouldnt do this ALL the time, just every now and then if I was bored… And always always always with a sense of JUSTICE. If a player was being a jerk, I would target them with my troll-isms.
Fast forward to current day. Recently, I was playing Crucible. Some players had joined who were at my level, and instead of assisting in the waves, they were just hanging out by the vendor area, avoiding most of the combat and collecting easy rewards… At my expense. I tried to forcibly involve them in the battle by leading the fight towards them, and they kept running away and then insulting me and telling me to stop following them? I am not a fan of banning people from my games, so rather than that I tried to puzzle out a creative way to …“ENCOURAGE”… this person to leave…
That was when I decided it was time to create a build specifically for trolling these unjust crucible players. Every now and then when I am feeling like Robin Hood, I will scour Crucible matches in search of this type of player, and then rejoin with my troll build;
Behold…
Balrog the taunting witchblade troll!
Now keep in mind, this build is designed SPECIFICALLY with a single purpose in mind, and that is to get EVERYTHING’S attention, and pull it to himself like a magnet! With Warcry and Bloody Pox (with Fevered Rage transmuter) this guy becomes the center of attention extremely fast. Then, I just use blitz and wendigo rush to put myself damn near on top of the target player, bringing with me all the hooplah that arises in a crucible wave. So far the results have been good.
But with great power comes great responsibility. Trolling using this character is STRICTLY reserved for jerks who are unwilling to contribute to crucible waves, and insult you if you follow them. These players will not explain themselves and why they are standing about doing nothing to aid in the struggle, yet at the same level. When this becomes the case wave after wave, Balrog is sure to make them reconsider remaining in that session.
So with that said, has anyone else ever used a “troll style” build, in an anti-troll trolling technique like this? if so, what are some of your favorite trolly builds?
