When is nudge better than kick and vice versa

[Supreme_Leader]

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[Ellie]

I've yet to see nudging be really effective yet. I'm still running into people spamming kicks in combat. The most nudging I see is at the round start when the teammates are all just nudging each other.

[Uther Pendragon]

When you sneak up on an archer on a roof, stand behind him, sheath your weapon and hold block with fists and then you nudge him, you will be a happy man regardless of your opinion on Nudges.

[Duster]

-When you've got someone outnumbered and they are turtling up, you can make an opening

-When you're near an edge you can knock someone off

-When someone's in your grill you can push them back

-If a teammate archer/xbowman shoots you in the back while you're fighting you can go rough them up without leaving bruises

-You can launch a teammate (preferably wielding a great maul) into the enemy team, effectively closing the distance and throwing people off

-You can head bang

EDIT: oh, I guess you asked about kicks as well. Both kicks and nudged are situational, but in general kicks are good when:

-You are backpedaling and can predict where someone's going to be at the exact moment that they are in kick range

-Someone is trapped in some sort of way and you want to get a hit in (E.G. in a corner, surrounded by people, stuck in a glitch)

Really, just watch good players and observe when they kick. After a bit it becomes instinctive. Good luck!

[Nightmare798]

When you sneak up on an archer on a roof, stand behind him, sheath your weapon and hold block with fists and then you nudge him, you will be a happy man regardless of your opinion on Nudges.

you will be even happier when you just stab him in the back because you actually GET AN EFFING KILL!!!

[Nightmare798]

-When you've got someone outnumbered and they are turtling up, you can make an opening

-When you're near an edge you can knock someone off

-When someone's in your grill you can push them back

-If a teammate archer/xbowman shoots you in the back while you're fighting you can go rough them up without leaving bruises

-You can launch a teammate (preferably wielding a great maul) into the enemy team, effectively closing the distance and throwing people off

-You can head bang

EDIT: oh, I guess you asked about kicks as well. Both kicks and nudged are situational, but in general kicks are good when:

-You are backpedaling and can predict where someone's going to be at the exact moment that they are in kick range

-Someone is trapped in some sort of way and you want to get a hit in (E.G. in a corner, surrounded by people, stuck in a glitch)

Really, just watch good players and observe when they kick. After a bit it becomes instinctive. Good luck!

1: gets you killed [thanks hiltslash :[ ]
2: actually useful application.
4: insta-report incoming...
5: you might as well kill him yourself because nudging a team mate in clusterfuck is death sentence and you will probably get poll banned 6 seconds later...
6: wut

[ShiftKnife]

Swinging, nudging, and then going for another swing is safe if your nudge lands- the enemy has to block, and cannot try to retaliate until they've blocked your second attack. I've used this before, it works fairly well for me.

[Normanguy]

I just find kick better to nudge unless your a shielder than nudge is easiest to use and sue well

but my pref is to kick

[Shemaforash]

nudging is ridiculously useful for any 2v1 situation

[Huscarlton_Banks]

I find block nudges with a shield very useful when the fight isn't 1vs1.

I've gotten a few kills from knockdowns with the left straight nudge, but it's a bit awkward to pull off since I use keyboard attack directions, and can't rebind the nudge key to a mouse button.

There's also cliff nudging enemies for lulz.

[Clockworkkiller]

knocking people off shit, duh

and its a way of saying "FUCK OFF" to those who just want to give ya a hug

[Zandieer]

-You can launch a teammate (preferably wielding a great maul) into the enemy team, effectively closing the distance and throwing people off

How do you do that? I've seen people nudge someone several meters but how?

[Ellie]

Got on my shielder earlier, and nudge does seem more effective for them than kicking. Nice to smack someone away and get a free hit with my spamatar.

[Ronin]

Got on my shielder earlier, and nudge does seem more effective for them than kicking. Nice to smack someone away and get a free hit with my spamatar.

How do you hit your opponent after the nudge?

[Paul]

How do you do that? I've seen people nudge someone several meters but how?

Depends on the state of the victim. Furthest is done when the target is attacking/holding attack.