I was discussing this today in game with someone. He wanted to know what my bind set up was for my fade, so I told him.

bind mouse1 "+attack"

bind mouse2 "+movement"

bind alt "+popupmenu"

I bind mouse1 to attack and mouse2 to movement because the fade can move around the map while he meta's this way, and I also have more control over his movements.

You all have seen me run 45-5 or so with a Fade. I'm not entirely as pro as some people are, but I consider my fade game to be rather defined. The reason I'm such a difficult Fade to take down is because I move a lot with my mouse2 and because I meta a lot with my mouse1 while I move. You don't have to be pro to be able to survive with a Fade, you have to be smart. You need to listen and know where your opponents are coming from.

I like to leap into the air as well. This is also very easy with the mouse2 bind to +movement because I can just dart my POV up and right click for a second and I blink into the air. In the stall time in mid-air, I look back down at a target, and blink towards him. Just as I get close enough to hit him, I hit mouse1 and swipe. This will prove to confuse the other Marines around your target, maybe even concluding in him being TK'd. Remember, confused Marines are easy Marines.

Another thing many of you may see me doing is swinging. I've declared the name of what I do swinging because it feels as if I am latching onto a Marine and swinging around him using his body. Of course, it doesn't work like that, but it feels like that's what I'm doing. The way to do this is simple. Say you have a Marine in the middle of a hallway. Blink towards him, holding down your blink, and instead of hitting him head-on, blink around beside him. Just as you pass him, keep the mouse2 held down, and swing your mouse around to keep him in your POV. This will swing the Fade around to behind the Marine, causing him to have to turn his POV around to shoot you. If you don't have Focus, he's probably dead already. If you do have Focus, use the same tactic once he is facing you again, only in a shorter range-frame.

The last thing I want to mention about Fading is their speed. It has been reduced, but it's also been compensated for. Everyone complains of how slow the Fade is now. He's not slow, you just have to hold your +movement or +attack down longer. Blink uses less energy now to compensate for the Fade's slower movement. What this actually does is creates an atmosphere for the Fade to never run out of Adrenaline if used correctly. The normal click time for a blink to take you down a hallway is about 3/4 of a second. Say you wanted to move down Glass Hallway, with the doors open. If you were to come out of AE35 and round the corner, you could successfully blink down the entire hallway to the corner by holding your click for about 1 and 1/4 seconds. That may be a bit much, but it's a rough estimate. Once you have mastered moving in seconds, you can begin to learn to tap-move. This is moving the Fade by positioning your POV in the right direction, and tapping mouse2 or your +attack/movement key. By doing this, the Fade will hardly ever run out of Adrenaline. I can successfully move from Pipeline to Subsector, through double, in Veil and have enough adren left to start meta'ing when I hit Subsector. Say you time your taps to every 2/4 of a second. Tap..tap..tap.. long tap to move down a hallway.. stop for a second... tap.. tap.. tap..

It's probably hard to see in a text format, but once you try it a few times, you will begin to understand.

The Fade seems to have become harder to use, but in reality, it has become an unstoppable machine of carnage if used correctly. Most of you guys complain about the Fade being nerfed, while I rejoice in my Fade game gaining much needed pro-skeelz.



-Mom