Q&A for How to Win a Nerf War Using Strategy

Hide if you can. If an enemy fires on you, dodge it, pick up the darts, and flee as fast as you can. Then, find a safe place to reload your ammo.

If you can't protect the base, hide all weapons and ammo, and make the base appear abandoned.

All you can do. You want to be a spy for your team. Find some way to communicate with your team to tell them everything you know about the formation, the guns they are using, and if they will be offensive or defensive.

Use the turtle shell strategy, with fully or semi-auto guns on the perimeter and have slow-firing snipers on the inside. The snipers should make sharp and accurate shots while the heavy gunners provide cover.

It depends where you are. If you're behind a couch, pop up once in a while and shoot, or get a melee weapon and whack your opponent when he gets close.

Try to perform covering fire (firing at the enemy carelessly for distraction) in short bursts. With every burst of fire, move closer to the trench until you can get into it.

Try to find out as much as you can about their base. Have him/her draw a map of their base and ask questions like, "Which room is the commander usually in?" "What weapon emplacements are there?" and things of that nature.

This sounds like a conflict over power. If a teammate wants to lead the team instead of you, ask him why and ask about his strategies for battle to see if they're better than yours. But a leader has to be serious about his position. If your teammate is being silly or immature about it, they can't do the job. If neither of you can agree, have the team do a vote. If you're not chosen, don't be immature, just accept their decision. Try to learn from them this time, and maybe you can be leader next time.

Take cover and fire as accurately as you can. Block enemy shots with your gun.

House battles are fun too! Just use a mid-range blaster as your primary, as you probably can’t shoot as far.

Get Rampage. Its priming system takes a shorter amount of time.

Stockpile the ammo the enemy team shoots at you, be stealthy, be on the run, and try to sneak up on them and assassinate them.

The original N-Strike options are just suggestions. If you think newer ones are better, then use them instead.

No, both of those weapons are best used as secondaries, it would be better if you had a good primary weapon.

For situations like this, you should always have a secondary and/or backup weapon.

Take cover. You can wait on your opponent to run out of ammo, or pretend to be out of ammo yourself so when he/she tries to charge you, you can take your opponent by surprise.

Tell them to drop their gun and that you will shoot if they don't. Once they drop their gun and are without any way to defend themselves, take them to your base. Make sure they can't communicate with their teammates.

Open up with rapid fire and do your best to stay alive. As soon as you see an opening, try to break out of the corner.

Switch to your secondary blaster, and clear the jam when the enemy has retreated or been eliminated.

It depends. Sometimes weaponry can take multiple types of ammunition, but sometimes it cannot. If your weaponry can take different types of ammo, then yes, this could be a good idea.

Most likely, a modified Longstrike or modified Longshot, combined with a secondary weapon (usually a Firestrike or Strongarm).

Yeah, that's pretty good. You could be a machine gunner. Just make sure you carry a lot of Nerf darts.

It depends, if you are going to a smaller nerf war, then yes. I would get a different gun than a flip fury, because I hear it isn't the best. In regards to up there, if you are just scouting, then a Strongarm and Triad should actually be good weapons, as scouts must travel light. A better option, though, might be a base retaliator. Also, get darts with better accuracy than elites.

A fast firing gun like a Vulcan to help deal with multiple enemies at once. Also, try and find a safe spot so you only need to worry about 1 side of attack.

The grenades that are sold on the market don't work reliably enough to use properly, so don't use them. Instead, chuck a handful of darts at a group of people or make a rule that if you are within a certain radius of a grenade, you are dead.

Try using a sword or other melee weapon, or only taking shots with darts when you are sure you will hit your target.

If you are playing a game where large ammo counts as more or as other special properties, I would recommend the Demolisher, or use the Tri-Strike attachments on a blaster of your choice. Having missiles is a strong asset for your team, but you would also want to have a blaster with compatible ammo. The Demolisher, of course, accomplishes both of those two aspects out of the box, but having the Tri-Strike blaster with its large ammo attachments gives you more versatility.

A Base Retaliator would be pretty good, yes. 12 shots is small, but a reasonable amount of ammunition.

A tight path will do the trick, as the enemy cannot dodge the bullets as you are in cover.

Yes, if you are a machine gunner and have extra bullets.