L'escampette: Difference between revisions

Compared to the [[Invis Watch]], the L'escampette gives a 30% speed bonus while cloaked at the cost of a faster cloak drain rate, draining in 5 seconds instead of 10. Like the Invis Watch, picking up ammo crates while cloaked will refill the meter, and the recharge rate is the same at 30 seconds. This speed boost means that the user can jump immediately after cloaking, and then decloak, to preserve the momentum while draining less meter. As a downside, the watch drains its meter twice as fast, and any damage received while active will drain 15% of its cloak while emitting a loud electrical sound and particle effects. This means that rapidly receiving damage will drain the cloak instantly.  

The L'escampette isn't suited to being invisible for long amounts of time. The speed boost and increased drain speed make it difficult to stay invisible for long periods of time, or de-cloaking behind people because of it's louder sound. The Invis Watch is better suited for that. The L'escampette as the name suggests can be best used to escape out of harm with the speed boost, or to run into battle. The speed boost can be used to quickly run through the frontlines and into the backlines, especially if [[Pickup#Ammo_boxes|ammo boxes]] are picked up along the way. However one must plan their route carefully, because the increased drain rate doesn't leave you invisible for long, and the decloak sound is louder than the Invis Watch.