Usually not one to comment on videos like these but what sets your videos apart for me is that you focus on playstyle & explain your approach to things. I think there's something very unique about each player's playstyle and there's a lot to be learned by newer but also more seasoned players from watching & playing with other players. I've been binge watching your videos for the past few days or so & you've made me try so many builds on a weapon which i initially dismissed as a pretty boring aimbot weapon. So thank you for taking the time to make these, R&S!

I like extra mag in T1 for the breach cutter, not because I need the bigger mag, but because +magsize also counts as +ammo. Going from 18 to 21 ammo ain't bad

Thank you so much for these Lok-1 discussion series! I've been enjoying the Lok-1 and I appreciate your time and effort to analyze the weapon, it's playstyle, and builds. Keep it up! Fantastic work! :D

Brooooo. This was amazing work. I just played the last 8 or so matches with these weapon builds and i loved it. Thank you!

This guy is out here EARNING those subs. It's very clear how much work went into this! Keep killing it

Awesomely done! Love the extra effort with showing the differences in perks. Noice!

Rock and stone brotha! Thank you for taking time to share such knowledge and insights.

Highway quality guide I’ve seen. Absolutely amazing. Would love to see a scout or driller guide!

Phenomenal job on the video, i know im a little late but i still wanted to voice my appreciation for this great video

That a unique playstyle! I love this game, because its give you a path where you can't make a perfect build and cause that you can synergize with your teammates and experement some builds. Honestly for me smart rifle is a final piece to my game play style with hyper propelant grenade launcher and stun turets, smart rifle with explosion so much fun and fitting to me! Good video!

Thank you. I have been looking for a video with editing such as yours. Very informative. I appreciate it. I'm halfway through your video and I'm shocked at the amount of information you give us. I can only imagine how many hours this took. I feel like you are going to be a big hit. Seriously sir, idk if you have other class builds, but if they are this informative you are going places! I'm excited to see you grow exceptionally

Ok, ya sold me. Going to be trying this build going forward. Awesome vids!

I have watched many videos about Deep Rock and your videos are the best to me. Excellent information and editing to make it clear to understand what you are discussing. I just felt the need to add this comment to thank you for your work.

Wow, as a new PS player and Engi main this is amazing. So excited to try this out as I just unlocked the LOK-1 Rifle last night. Subscribed and excited to see so much more content from you!

Absolute fucking Masterclass. Hands down the best drg content out there. You, mate, deserve millions of subscribers.

Nice! I’ve been looking forward to a video dedicated entirely to your set up 👍

Very in-depth. Gave executioner a go with these tips and I love the feel. Rock and stone, bud.

This is so well done man! I’d love to see ya do more guides on the other classes!

Gained a sub. One of the greatest videos I've watched. Thank you for your work

Very nice video. I'm going to try out some of these techniques

Absolutely fantastic guide, great effort subscribed.

Thankyou, excellent build guide, the build looks solid but also great format

Quality vid. Nice use of curving bullets with blowthrough.

"by far the hardest video to make" by far the best video so far! I look forward to seeing many more. Don't be afraid to add in a bit of commentary to your DD/EDD videos as well, it'd be nice to know the thinking behind some of those moves you pull.

Gonna try some of these tonight for sure, also I am so happy that inferno was given its due solely due to this weapon alone!

Man, this is so good. Hope you put in time w / other classes to get in-depth w / more weapons like this because it is second to none content. I still have an issue w / the LOK-1 that someone pointed out in the forums: There is no option to make a build that doesn't lock. The M1000 has an option for hipfire instead of focus builds. The LOK is pretty one dimensional in that it's strictly a locking weapon. It does have options to increase your max locks, but this just isn't viable w / the ammo economy of the weapon, so the way you're optimizing it really is the only way to run it w / little wiggle room for user preferences. Still a unique weapon experience you won't find in other games, but it could use some work in that respect. I'd like to see perks or OC's added that increase damage or ammo when not locking on so there is some incentive to use it another way.

Thanks for your great Work your Videos help me a lot to deal with the smart rifle

wow this is the exact build i use. came here to see if there was somethign better. looks like i picked well

Awesome content for an Engineer main like me! Thank you much!

What a great vid just gotta get the executioner OC and I can’t wait to try it out! ROCK AND STONE!

Loved the video thank you for your hard work

I engi main as well, this content is money!!! Thanks for sharing.

This is a fantastic video, also LOVE your voice. My goodness.

everything i have been struggling to balance out with my engi build you have solved.

Great video 👍

many thanks for this great video. i just bought the game and want to go engineer all the way :D

Quality content, thank you

Really good video, convinced me that I've been using the Loki wrong this entire time. Sidenote: You can disable bosco in the bosco terminal

You're a man of culture.

Amazing work cant believe you have less than 1k sub this is 1 million sub god tir work Thank you for ur work and time. Making my gaming life more fun!

Where can I give you ten more likes and sub you twice? What a guy. What a guide.

awesome vid :) im a scout gunner main but this makes me wanna try engy

Great video! I greatly appreciate the detail, experimental process, your explanations of your thought process, the demonstrations, and the very tight editing and voice over work. Outstanding job, and I look forward to seeing more! Your deliberation on choice of secondary seems pretty superficial though, specifically on your thought process behind eliminating the PGL as a choice. The first critique is that you only looked at the Fatboy OC, the only OC with ammo issues, and then decided against the weapon entirely on one OC's shortcomings. Additionally, based on the demonstration of the PGL shown in the video, you seem to be using it like the BC, but they shouldn't be used the same way. Please consider some of the other OCs with more balanced ammo counts with a standard area damage/fire build, with Clean Sweep, Pack Rat or RJ250 OCs for a more flexible PGL build. As for your technique with the PGL, please consider the unique advantage that the PGL has over the BC: easy coverage on walls and ceilings. Bugs tend to spawn in dense clumps on walls and ceilings, making them perfect targets for the PGL, while the BC can't take advantage of such opportunities to cut down entire hordes before they even reach the ground and have a chance to spread out. As an engie already looking out on walls and ceilings anyways for priority targets, this PGL playstyle works better to preemptively cull the horde before they get close enough for the BC to be needed as a panic option.

Great work, for future videos you could use that mod that displays dmg numbers an the one that lets you spawn specific enemies might save you some work

An absolut blast, as always. So much detailed infos, which let me think twice, if my current build is more based on feeling or if it could actually be made more efficent. I'm relatively new to the game and watch a lot of the YT stuff to learn tricks and different play styles from you veterans. One thing I couldn't find yet, is a guide for different building uses of the platforms. In your video you made a huge staircase for the aquarq transport, which makes totally sense, but I never thought of that before. Maybe you know a good source for these using ideas? Would appreciate it a lot. Keep up the good work. Greetings from germany

Well done! I love the scientific detail in the DRG community. ROCK AND STONE!

Thank you for the build and the amazing video! The way you describe and test everything definitely has me trusting your decision and has earned you my sub. The build is great and have been using it ever since I saw this video. Now that the SSG is out, would you take that over the plasma burster? Is there anything else you would change since making this video?

Yeah, here it is! Thx buddy!

17:19 armor breaking upgrades have a mechanic where the shot that breaks armor also ignores it, so when you say that following shots deal full damage that's not completely true

Great video. I personally prefer electric shock over shock wave as it stops slashers from stun locking you in place when dash is on cool down. Thorns takes care of jellies and swarmers well enough for me.

Awesome vid! 👍 Stun on turrets wasn't in consideration? I don't throw prox mines at charging enemies, I turn 180 and throw it short, then run past it as it arms, the swarm will chase me through it... A platform gun with a magazine of 8 only has 4 less platforms than usual and allows improved parkour moves with no reloading! :) (32 platforms + 8 shot mag or 36 platforms and 4 shot mag (excluding repellant use)) The only reason to take the max platform build is the 16 platforms from the resupply, instead of 12... Alot of bridges and stairs need 5+ platforms and also need to be made yesterday, so I love the bigger magazine personally...

Excellent Quality work my guy, cant wait to see what's next down the pipeline. though I have a question/Disagreement with perk selections. I SWEAR by Iron Will + Battle Medic. No other combination can turn a lost mission into a win single handedly. Yes, other perks like Sprint and Shield Link can help prevent those situations. Though when the chips are down, sometimes the game just hates you and makes it nigh impossible to get out of a bad situation. Sprint and Link can only do so much when you're the last one up in a team of 4 and most of the swarm is breathing down your neck. Thoughts?

I've been running 13212 on the Lok with the Seeker OC as sort of a blob killer on hazard 5. During waves, target the most concentrated blob, blast/weaken them, let the turrets pick off the stragglers. I use the HPGL to snipe big guys; and I'm honestly surprised that the build isn't mentioned. I understand that on paper the stubby is better in this role, but the ammo efficiency of the Lok over the stubby is not to be disregarded.

Good insight on the weapon but I think Magnetic Pellet shotty is the best overall weapon Engineer has. Still, this mentality and playstyle with this weapon looks spot on. I'll try it thanks.

i think the main thing with shockwave is that u lose shield more often than u die. And frankly u dont want to die, while shield is small enough that sometimes u may just lose it. Having to die to use certain options isnt the best imo also PGL with the jumpy overclock could prob be used instead of breach cutter, especially since u probably have sentries to finish off whatever didnt die already and damn, i animation cancel with ctrl..

Thanks for the video and breakdown. I'm quite new too the game having got it on ps plus but loving it so far. Started off as this engineer and its still my favourite after testing a few others. What overclocks do you use as this isn't really mentioned. I've only got a couple of good ones and none for the rifle yet.

You are my kind of guy. I love the min maxing of builds in all sorts of games but often rely on feel because I lack the skills you have. Thank you and One question. I have been trying to determine what pickaxe mod would be better for me and have landed on almost all of my classes using damage to more effectively secure a kill on guards, slashers, korloks, and oppressors. Why do you choose AoE on scout? My math and theory is that if you want to kill bigger than a grunt take damage and if you are killing grunts take cooldown. Would you say if you're looking to kill smaller then you prefer AoE?

Out of curiosity, what posts are you talking about where people talk about gemini being better? When I play it, I feel like I'm taking way more risk because of the time to load 2 guns instead of one, and if I need to quickly set up, building a 2nd turret is often not possible.

Has your opinion on grenade changed due to shredders being introduced? I personally use it due to it being so versatile, almost instant damage, decent at both hordes and can solo preytorians

Normally I don't comment but you seem like someone I can have a constructive discussion with. Major wall of text ahead though, you've been warned. So for some context, my playstyle has always been a very fast paced, mobile playstyle, often close-quarters. I took a liking to Engineer not only because formerly all the weapons were fairly close-quarters, but also because the platform gun was very effective for my playstyle; I could throw myself off cliffs safely, I could make staircases anywhere, I could create platkour paths. So naturally, when Lok-1 arrived, I hated it. It didn't fit anywhere near my playstyle. Up until now, I didn't even give it much of a chance. I tried it with ECR and it didn't waveclear good enough, I tried Executioner and used it only against praetorians and oppressors, and it fell flat. Threw the gun away, never used it again. Then I found your video, and gave your loadout a try. I have to say, it's a pretty fun playstyle, being like a guardian of your team. It's like being a gunner without the big guns. Hunting down the essential targets, I guess it's more like being a pseudo-Scout, since Scout often deals with the essential targets too. There's a few things I have critique on, however. First, it's that while this loadout is great when the entire team is alive, it's a major struggle to pull the team back from the brink if you're the last alive. My fast-paced loadouts often had high lethality against every enemy type, so even if I was the last alive, I could clutch without a problem. Now I'd be lying if I said I haven't clutched with your loadout too, but it's intense, takes a very high amount of concentration and effort - it's much harder than with some of my other loadouts. I also have critique on some of your loadout choices, much of what you said was spot on but two things in particular stood out for me; first, you wrote off Static Discharge on armor T4, and I think you need to do more testing with it. The damage isn't even a factor - Static will never get you any kills. It won't let you deliberately stun things either, because the proc chance for the stun is rolled separately per enemy in the radius. So then the value of Static is that it can fairly often save you from a down. If you're on full health or even half health, it'll do little more than occasionally save chip damage - but if your health is critically low, you're fighting the horde and there happens to be a slasher or enemy behind you that you didn't notice, the stun can very often save you. The duration is low and the effect isn't strong, but it is just enough to prevent a follow-up attack if you react in time. I also like that Static's sound effect is more distinct, it'll work as a heads-up that your shield has gone down. On classes and builds where swarmers aren't an issue, I think Static is the best choice in the tier - Breathing Room has little value because it requires you to be downed in situational cases, Shockwave is worthless against anything above swarmers, while Static will actively save you health and downs in the long run. Lastly, you said that you can't think of a situation where you'd want a magazine size of 8 for the platform gun, and that's completely understandable given your playstyle - but as someone who has a fast paced playstyle, the magazine of 8 is essential in a lot of situations. Lets go over the important thing first; picking the mag size doesn't mean you lose 8 ammo, because the mag size increase counts toward your total ammo, therefore the choice is only a net loss of 4 ammo. The mag size is essential for platkour, which is a fast paced form of traversal, often high off the ground, where you're jumping off your platforms and shooting another while midair, to keep full momentum. Having to reload ends your momentum, so the mag size increase doubles the distance of travel before you lose the momentum. Often times a platkour path will require 5-7 plats, sometimes 8, rarely more, so the upgrade is just perfect. Naturally for the Lok-1 playstyle presented here, 212 (28 ammo + repellant) is more beneficial, but for anyone looking a fast paced playstyle with one of the other primaries, 311 (32 ammo + double mag size) is incredibly helpful. That said, thanks for sharing this loadout, it made me go from hating the Lok-1 to finding an enjoyable playstyle for it. I used mostly the exact same build, except I swapped Friendly for Thorns to further help against grunts when overwhelmed, and with turrets I just had to switch back to T2B Quick Deploy, because T2A cripples the turrets for reactive use, like for example moving through tunnels and coming across an unannounced wave. T2A is no doubt better in holdout situations, like against announced swarms and salvage operations, but for everything else T2B is better and with how fast paced I normally play, I simply can't stand the turrets without it.

Rock and stone brothers

Is there a reason why you would take Inferno Breach Cutter over a Heat modded Shard Defractor for applying Burning to targets in regard to the Lok-1's Chem Rounds mod?

i love your vids man; play with me sometime!!!

Hi.. very nice guide.. but what changes you can do for solo playing? or just this is fine? regards

Why not go for the additional ammo so you don’t have to be quite as careful but if something bigger, like an oppressor, comes along, you give it a quick blast from the breach cutter first?

Can’t you use unstable lock mechanism with electro-chemical rounds? If the electric generator mod adds 20% extra damage with ECR but unstable lock mechanism does that anyway, then what’s the point of taking the former? You would have the same damage without status effects and gain +20% for free if they’re burning, and another +20% if they happen to also be electrocuted (good on solo with electric bosco) - though you would of course lose out on blowthrough rounds.

What do u to think of explosive chemical rounds overclock? It's the only one I have for this weapon :(

Do you think the new drone grenade works with this build?

What I got out of this is that static discharge sucks.

Does this Lok build still work w/o Exec or can you a suggest a No OC HVT build?

after i saw this video i realized i dont know anything about drg :D

Which side are you on? louk-one, loki, or lock-one?

isnt the dmg with two turrets higher? i see you use only one of the gemini turret... i think this makes a difference in dps. with Gemini Turrets you have 4.8 rate of fire (2x 11dmg) with one only 2.4, i think (on a single target) with gemini turrets is the dmg higher, on swarms is the dmg more spread... so is the MK2 Turret better becouse the MK2 kills faster one target?? with 2.4 rate of fire with his 13 dmg? More Ammo, More dmg, faster singletarget Kill less ammo consumption? Gemini: 4.8 rate of fire, 22 dmg on single target, 2x 11 dmg on swarm, less ammo capacity MK2: 2.4 rate of fire, 13dmg single target, more ammo capacity, (less crowd control?)

How has he got the smart rifle ?

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In armor take C B C. The rest is bad.

The rifle build is good but the rest of the equipment has a lot of very questionnable/bad choices!

Smart Rifle Cringe -titanfall jk-

23:30 You showed really bad, out-right improper usages of Fatboy compared to Breach Cutter. It's okay if you don't like or think the combo is good to use, but you kinda Strawman your argument when you show a Fatboy user k i l l i n g themselves with it. An actual, breathing, non imaginary Fatboy user will use it before the hoard gets in their face. And if it is, I don't think the immediate reaction is to kill themselves. You toss a Plasma Burster and reposition. You could still make the same argument in your favor while being less disingenuous about misrepresenting the opposing side. This really stood out to me compared to how clinical and analytical the rest of your content is. Then this just comes out of no where and seems like a smooth brained middle school tier levels of thinking and logical fallacies. Who hurt you? Has Fatboy hurt you? It's okay. We've all died to Fatboy at least once. But not everyone holds such a silly slighted grudge against it. Honestly though (*Shows clip of Fatboying self in face* "FATBOY IS BAD")

To bad the game says fck u or bad team mates making this build pointless just like the engineer class.

Great video again with the breakdown and everything. I just have a few things to share with you, I just got the executioner! I can't wait to try it out. I'll have to do some math to see how many bullets and the TTK if I take damage over ammo on loki. As for the electro-che+ Electric Generator vrs Unstable Lock Mechanism I thing its less about reliability and more about whether you are using executioner loki. Because without executioner it's a lot harder to proc unstable. Also I have never really had problems lighting enemies on fire with inferno as long as they are close to the center of the beam they will get fully on fire in one shoot (even oppressors). but again that takes time to do and in the time that you did put them on fire with the inferno you could have gotten one burst in there back side. I personally think lures are really good, like mini gunner shields with more utilities if you use them correctly. taking up to 20 enemies off of your team. you can use them to turn around Praetorian or even oppressors. The lure can save ammo by making everyone's AOE more effective and save ammo overall. I bunch of Glyphid on the ceilings or walls making wiping with your breech cutter hard just throw down a lure and have them group around it. It's also worth mentioning that when the lure is destroyed it bursts in an electric shock wave that deals 20 damage and electricals them as well. so even if you don't have time to kill all the swarms on it they will die when it pops. But then again ever grenade on the engineer is good and it comes down to what do you like the most, because plasma Bruster are really good as well, I just prefer the lure due to it helping me use field medic to save someone and is a more supportive grenade then the other too options

21111 ECR and you're done. The rest is meh.