Delay Mechanics

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Delay Mechanics are the game mechanics that were introduced to balance out the weapon performance and to partially eliminate the infamous Three Category Spam tactic.

Identification

Delay mechanics in weapons can be identified by both the cooldown of the previous shot weapon's fire rate while switching to the next weapon and the next weapon's slower animation before using it.

Balancing

Delay mechanics primarily exist in weapons that are associated with Three Category Spamming, such as the Thunderer, Reflector and the Sniper Exoskeleton. All these weapons emit lethal shots that supposedly take out the opponents in one shot and with the Three Category Spamming tactic, the player would shoot from all three weapons in a second or two. To balance that out, the developers introduced these mechanics so that the player would have to wait around a second or two after firing from one of the weapons to the other.

Appliance to Weapons

Delay mechanics can apply to weapons in all categories, including Melee. These mechanics almost never apply to Melee weapons with area damage, automatic or semi-automatic weapons that exist in the Primary, Backup and Special categories, since these weapons can't take out the player in one shot, unlike powerful shotguns, one-shot Backup weapons, one-shot Special weapons, powerful Sniper weapons and powerful Heavy weapons, which all can have delay mechanics of some sort.

Delay Types

Delay mechanics can differ from weapon to weapon. In reality, most weapons don't have delay mechanics because these weapons are more of the unused weapons in matches. Some weapons even have both Delay Input and Delay Output.

Fixed Delay

Fixed Delay is a term used to refer to a weapon that always has a delay when switching to it even melee. The player always has to wait for a second before being able to use the weapon. Weapons with Fixed Delay include:

Primary	Backup	Melee	Special	Heavy
Ice Chaser Disc Battle Station Holy Shotgun Exquisite Bagpipes Pew Pew Rifle Oppressor of Lives Checkmate Semi-Auto Shotgun Nuclear Rifle	Laser Revolver Sneaky Pistol Snow Blaster Pulling Sucker Gun Duck Hunter Spruce Pistol Amazon's Sharp Ring Gifted Revolvers Artefact Dual Hunter Crossbows Royal Revolver Knife and Compass	Pixel Stream Sword Healing Staff Sword of Silence Aspen Spear Double Cashback	Cryolator Snow Queen Wand Battle Horn Cloud Launcher Plague Purifier Total Annihilator Combat Darts Transformed Blaster	Torpedo Launcher 0xbadc0de Coal Frightener Temple Guardian Sock Bomber Emitter of Uncertainty Plastic Bazooka Portal Cannon Spark Shark Killer Whale Champion Solar Cannon Hyper Mega Cannon Gauntlet of Power Big B's Oven

Delay Input

Delay Input is a term used to refer to a weapon that has a delay which depends on its own fire rate. Delay Input weapons receive delay. Weapons with Delay Input include:

Primary	Backup	Special	Sniper
Viking Ultimatum Christmas Spirit Prehistoric Shotgun Healing Carp	Thunderer Exterminator Laser Cycler Ouroboros Cracker Gun Alien Blaster Sawed-Off Shotguns Triple Musket	Reflector Laser Bouncer	Anti-Champion Rifle Anti-Hero Rifle Sniper Exoskeleton Digital Sunrise Comet Prototype S Prototype Masterpiece Musket Alien Sniper Rifle Antivirus Ultra Beam Third Eye Wyvern Block Rifle Laser Bow One Shot Supershot Rifle Railgun Frosty Railgun Deadman's Rifle Witch Doctor Supercharged Rifle Future Sniper Rifle Dragon Bite

Delay Output

Delay Output is a term used to refer to a weapon that has a delay which depends on the previously fired weapon's fire rate. Delay Output weapons give delay. Weapons with Delay Output include:

Primary	Backup	Special	Sniper
Ultimatum Viking Prehistoric Shotgun	Thunderer Exterminator Cracker Gun Alien Blaster Sawed-Off Shotguns Triple Musket	Reflector Laser Bouncer	Anti-Champion Rifle Anti-Hero Rifle Sniper Exoskeleton Digital Sunrise Comet Heavy Sniper Rifle Brutal Headhunter Elephant Hunter Electro Blast Rifle Supercharged Rifle Elf's Revenge Last Hope Block Rifle Laser Bow One Shot Supershot Rifle Railgun Frosty Railgun Deadman's Rifle Witch Doctor Future Sniper Rifle Dragon Bite

Tips

• Delay mechanics can be prevented and bypassed. First, use a weapon that doesn't have a delay, like the Destruction System, for example. Spamming with that weapon and the Ultimatum can work out, since there are no to delay mechanics between both weapons, unless if they were shot and switched too fast.
  • It is also recommended to switch between a powerful weapon with delay mechanics and a melee weapon initiating a Melee Switch.
• If you want to use weapons with delay mechanics, use the weapons with the highest fire rate because they would supposedly have the shortest delays.
• DO NOT switch to a weapon with fixed delay like the Torpedo Launcher or Candy Axe in front of enemies, this will give the opposing team time to kill you. Make sure to take cover for a little bit or strafe around before getting back to the battle.
  • Do note some delays aren't that long like the Champion Solar Cannon and could still be used when under fire from enemies.