Written By Bo_bannan
A ring set is a combination of certain rings worn on the same hand which give off a stats boost when worn.
The first four rings on the left-hand side are not a ring set. They are randomly chosen rings. The last four rings on the right-hand side are a ring set. All ring sets glow yellow when they are
worn on the same hand!
Key:
Green is
great
Orange is
okay
Red is
Bad
Pirate Set: (Shark Attack, Slash, Quicksand, Keen Aye)
Special Bonus: Persistent Armor
Role: With this set, your first priority is to buff everyone with Keen Aye. Quicksand Landstriders, Walkers, and Lightning Bugs when your crew is in need of health or stamina. Lastly attack.
Recommendation: This is a great set for hive. It consists of slash, one of the best attacks, and a decent middle ranged ring, (Two attacks will suffice), an awesome Crowd Control that will help you manage stamina and stay alive, and a needed buff in crews below 4. Keen Aye is still helpful in crews 4 and above
Tips/Tactics:
-Give Keen Aye with full rage to people with Crowd Control first priority, everyone else second priority, because Crowd Control often misses.
-Quicksand animated consecutively
Unhelpful Things:
-Both of these rings have a fast recharge, but make sure not to go through your stamina too fast.
-Quicksand also sucks up a large amount of stamina. Use it often when needed! If you're running low on stamina try using it with rage for a longer rest.
Ninja Set: (Shuriken, Mantis, Divinity, Ghost)
Special Bonus: Accuracy and Dodge
Role: With this set, you will be hit a lot less, and have less misses on outgoing attacks. You will need to be on top of your crew's buffs, and at the same time steadily attack.
Recommendation: This is a great set for hive. Ghost is very important because it adds a huge dodge increase, and can help avoid incoming attacks. Divinity is a must-have ring. It is impossible to get past your first Landstrider with out it. Divinity increases your stamina gained per second. Mantis is a great attack. It uses little stamina, and has a fast recharge. Shuriken is a decent ranged ring that too, uses little stamina with a fast recharge.
Tips/Tactics:
-Apply Ghost and Divinity in between waves
- Apply Ghost with full rage to each crew member
- Tell your crew to gather when applying Divinity. That way everyone will be within range, and only use it with full rage.
Unhelpful Things:
-Greedily using Divinity for yourself only. It is a
crew and self buff
Medic Set: (Adrenaline, Bandage, Diagnose, Defibrillate)
Special Bonus: Foot-speed
Role: With this set, your main job is to be support for your team mates. When they have little health, heal them. When they are dead, Defibrillate them. Adrenaline is used on the animated to weaken their dodge.
Recommendation:This set is okay. Defibrillate is a useless ring in hive, because during combat if you Defibrillate a person they will most likely die again. If you want to heal your teammates, Bandage and Diagnose aren’t the best options when compared to wish. Adrenaline is a decent ring, but isn't a sufficient debuff, nor is it possible to test exactly how effective Adrenaline is.
Tips/Tactics:
-Heal one person with Bandage, heal a whole group with Diagnose
-Defibrillate teammates in between waves, unless you have a crew mass wipe out
-Full rage defib is much better than no rage defib
Unhelpful Things:
-Overusing adrenaline and draining your stamina is really bad
Chef Set: (Hack, Knife Sharpen, Pot Lid, Meat)
Special Bonus: Dodge
Role: This is a well-balanced set. You can attack, debuff, and support with this set. Buff your crew with Pot Lid, increase your health by using meat, debuff bugs with Knife Sharpen, then attack them with Hack.
Recommendation: This set is great! It offers dodge, a needed factor in hive. Hack is a strong fast recharging ring. Knife Sharpen lowers accuracy of animated, and theoretically increases misses of incoming attacks. Pot Lid is the second strongest armor ring, and doesn't require rage. Meat you need in higher waves to survive the explosion from death roaches.
Tips/Tactics:
-Rage your Meat
-Buff the whole crew with Pot Lid
Unhelpful Things:
-Dont bother going out of your way to rage Pot Lid
Space Trooper Set: (Guns, Guns, Guns, Duct Tape, Improbability Sphere, My Density)
Special Bonus: Accuracy
Role: With this set, you are mainly a supporter, but can attack occasionally. Attack the bugs with Guns Guns Guns, stop the Walkers from attacking with Duct Tape, repel attacks with Improbability Sphere, and stop knock back with My Density.
Recommendation: This is okay. However, Guns Guns Guns isn't the best ring for hive. Range is not really needed, and because its ranged its attack is weaker with higher stamina costs. Besides that flaw its a great set. Duct Tape is awesome for surviving and saving stamina. Improbability Sphere is also a great buff. My Density is great for stopping knock back, thereby allowing you to stay within close range of the Walkers/Landstriders to avoid the acid spray attack.
Tips/Tactics:
-Duct Tape Walkers, Landstriders, and Lightning Bugs away from your crew.
-Do not attack bugs that have Duct Tape on because it wears out the tape.
-When saving a roach at the end of each wave, make sure it has a considerably high amount of health, because it can attack you, and the attack can bounce back and hit the roach, causing a new wave to start.
- Only rage My Density, because you need a lot of weight to avoid being pushed around from Landstriders.
-If you are the only one in hive and your My Density expires, stay by a wall so you wont be hit by Acid Spray
Unhelpful Things:
(I cant think of any. I will add on later)
Demon Set: (Fire Rain, Scaredy Cat, Teflon Spray, Iron Will)
Special Bonus: Increased Health Regeneration
Role: Your main focus is to Iron Will people and yourself, then to Scaredy Cat away Walkers, Landstriders, and Lightning Bugs. Teflon Spray you and your crew for protection, and attack with Fire Rain.
Recommendation: This set is okay. Fire Rain takes up a lot of stamina, but doesn't have the strongest attack. Scaredy Cat is a good ring, but it can be hard to manage. Teflon Spray is a fairly weak armor buff. Iron Will is only needed on people with Crowd Control.
Tips/Tactics:
-Iron Will people who have a Crowd Control Ring with full rage. People who do not have a Crowd Control Ring only need RR1.
-If your crew and yourself feel overwhelmed, an occasional full rage Scaredy Cat will help things get back on track
Unhelpful Things:
-Don't Scaredy Cat Shockroaches. They aren't worth the stamina to Scaredy Cat.
-Do not use rage on Teflon. The rage is better off used on Scaredy Cat or Iron Will
Angel Set: (Solar Rays, Hunters Bow, Healing Halo, Wish)
Special Bonus: Luck
Role: This set is for people who want to both attack, and support. Attack the bugs with Solar Rays and Hunters Bow. Support your crew by buffing them with Healing Halo, and then healing them in battle with Wish.
Recommendation: This set is bad! Solar Rays and Hunters Bow are weak attacks. You don't need range in hive. Healing Halo does not sufficiently heal you. It could in no way, shape, or form replace a proper healing ring, and quite frankly is a waste of space. Wish is the only half decent ring in this set. It is the best healing ring for allies.
Tips/Tactics:
-Occasionally use Wish with rage, for an AoE healing effect.
Unhelpful Things:
-None
Prankster Set: (Hot Foot, Heavy Water Balloon, Gumshoe, Fleet Feet)
Special Bonus: Increased Max Health
Role: This set takes the role of an Attacker/Crowd Controller. Attack the bugs with Hot Foot and Heavy Water Balloon. Heal and save when you use Gumshoe. Fleet Feet you and your crew to increase foot-speed and dodge.
Recommendation: This set is bad! Hot Foot and Heavy Water Balloon are both really weak attacks. Gumshoe is not a very effective crowd control ring in the hive. Fleet Feet is a decent buff because it adds dodge, but wears off fast.
Tips/Tactics:
-Full rage Fleet Feet right before the wave starts, because it has a longer duration, but wears off quickly
Unhelpful Things:
-none
Shaman Set: (Dervish, Hornet Nest, Rock Armor, Coyote Spirit)
Special Bonus: Increased Stamina Regeneration
Role: With this set you are an attack/buffer. Attack with Dervish and Hornet's Nest. Protect your crew with Rock Armor, and dodge incoming attacks with Coyote Spirit and increase luck.
Recommendation: This set is bad. Dervish is a huge stamina eater. Hornets Nest causes too much lag if used. Rock Armor is the best ring in this set. It is also the best defensive ring statistically. Coyote Spirit is helpful, but not required. As a result, this set has one of the best rings for hive, but also some of the worst. They do not completely even out, and this is a bad set for hive.
Tips/Tactics:
-Full Rage all of your Rock Armors
-If you have extra rage, you can always reapply Rock Armor
Unhelpful Things:
-Hornet's Nest causes a lot of lag, because it causes animated to walk all over the place, and can also make it hard to attack. Therefore, try to not use it too frequently
Athlete Set: (Bump, Taunt, Turtle, Fitness)
Special Bonus: Debuff Resistance
Role: With this set, focus on attacking, and luring enemies towards you. Turtle and Fitness give you decent protection. Taunt will make animated stop taking your friends, and probably aggro you. Bump use to attack the bugs.
Recommendation: This set is okay. Bump is a strong, close ranged attack ring. Taunt is a close to useless ring, and barely works. Turtle is a great defensive ring, but wears off quickly. Fitness lightly increases most of your stats. These increases may not be noticed right away, because they do not make a huge difference in one particular area.
Tips/Tactics:
-Use Turtle with full rage
Unhelpful Things:
-Using Taunt too much, to the point where you have too much aggro, and will die is not very helpful
Ring Set Distribution:
It is not recommended to use two ring sets at once. It is helpful for a crew to either use needed custom rings, or mix around the ring sets. Each person should carry 2-3 attack rings, 3-4 crew buffs, 1-2 heals, 1-2 self buffs. The most recommended ring sets are Ninja Set, Pirate Set, and Chef Set. However, you can test out all of them and see which works best for you.
