| If you decide to play the troll class in Shadowrun you | | | | help you stay alive while fighting enemies. First, try |
| should be all about soaking up damage and dishing the | | | | not to use teleport unless absolutely necessary and if |
| pain right back out. Within this article are a few tips | | | | you do make sure it is a well placed one. The worst |
| to help maximize your kills while keeping the deaths | | | | thing you can do as a troll is to leave yourself |
| down to a minimum. | | | | without any essence for your spike defense. |
| First round you should always buy Tree of Life, no | | | | Obviously it is okay to use while traversing the map |
| exceptions. The troll is a farmer and the tree is your | | | | just be careful when you are under fire. Second, you |
| number one crop. Now you probably already knew | | | | shouldn't be afraid to use the active Wired Reflex |
| that trolls buy trees but the thing you should be | | | | mode as a troll since it doesn't take away much of |
| really concerned with is the placement of said trees. | | | | your health. Wired Reflexes comes in handy when |
| It is almost never a good idea to place a tree in the | | | | you need to get out of the way of a grenade or if |
| middle of a room or hallway, instead look for corners | | | | you need to chase down a wounded foe. There is |
| and other objects to use as cover from enemy fire | | | | nothing scarier than seeing a troll using Wired |
| where you can heal without taking a ton of damage. | | | | Reflexes to chase you down. |
| Another thing to keep in mind when considering the | | | | Use your strength to your advantage. Trolls have the |
| placement of trees is when to put them up. Generally | | | | highest strength in the game which allows them to |
| speaking you want to have your tree up prior to the | | | | wield the heaviest weapons with ease and kill |
| encounter thereby giving you the tactical advantage, | | | | enemies quicker with the katana. Get used to using |
| so always be thinking ahead. | | | | the Mini-gun, it is a very powerful weapon when used |
| After Tree of Life your next priority should be some | | | | correctly and the troll is the perfect class to use it |
| sort of movement spell since trolls are so slow. Wired | | | | with. Paired with the katana for close range combat |
| Reflexes and Teleport will do the job fine and you | | | | you will be a force to be reckoned with. The mini-gun |
| should buy them in that order. Since trolls rely on | | | | will tear through any race except for another troll |
| essence to keep their spikes up in battle you | | | | and the katana can kill opposing trolls in a couple |
| generally don't want to use essence to teleport | | | | swipes making you deadly from a distance and up |
| during a firefight. Remembering a couple things will | | | | close and personal. |