Skulking a one of the hardest things in NS, it requires: timing, control, map awreness, teamate awarness, communication and agility. You must bundle all this into one giant package to be an effective skulk. Here are some tips.

Know when to attack: Deciding when to attack is one of the most important things for a skulk. You have to ask yourself some simple questions before you engage marines. What are the marines doing? If a marine is building its good time to attack, sometimes you can wait till a marine starts to build then attack, this works best for killing RT cappers. Marines building a PG? Attack right away you cant let that PG get up.

Know where your teamates are: This is VERY important. Nothing is worse than a bunch of skulks going in one after another and dieing to 1-2 marines. Even two seconds can make the differece. Check your minimap when you hear marines, see where your teamates are. Fall back, gather your friends and make a group attack. The best way is to hit the marines from all sides at once.

Pick where to fight: Skulks are faster than marines, thus often times the skulk can choose the room to fight in. This is especially true at the start of the game. Parasite and fall back, find an ambush spot then go for the kill.

Ambush: If marines are on the move always attempt an ambush. Always try to ambush to where you will be closest to the marine when he rounds that corner. Don't ambush from 50 feet above a marines head becuase if he looks up you will die. When preforming an ambush, try to time it by sound, dont count on the marine not looking at your ambush spot becuase if it is any good he will check it. When you think the marine is about to cross your path attack, this takes practice. Ambushing with other skulks is most effective so call out where marines are going when they are rooms away. Remember to parasite and fallback. Baiting the marines also works well with an ambush. If you see other skulks set up in an ambush get the marines attention so he may not check that corner.

Rushing attack: If you must rush, such as when attacking a marine controled position (ms, a pg, siege) always try to go in from behind. Let the fades make the frontal assault. Attack after lifreforms go in and out, those marines will be low on ammo.

When biting: When biting a marine don't just run right into him and hug his body, this makes you can easy target. Try useing your straf keys to circle your prey, this will make you much harder to kill. Often times its best not to just spam biting, look at what you are attacking and time your bites. Remember bite has a slight range to it.

Remember the most important thing to do is to attack with your team. You may have heard aliens are ment to play solo, THIS IS WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG (wrong.) Every lifeform on the aliens must ultalize his teamates, this is even more true in 3.2 with the weaker second hive.