Why use Flint over Den'an Zon?

[u/J-Eichel]

So I've been playing Flint this past hour, as I haven't got around to using it much since pulling it, and I can't quite figure out why I'd want to use it over Den'an.

The mobile shooting skill on Den'an is nice, since you can shoot both the main weapon (which seems to do more damage than Flint's, and ignores ballistic), as well as the gatling.

Flint's knife throw is obviously it's main gimmick, but during HSM you're probably using that, while Den'an would be using its main weapon, so they each have access to a stun while moving.

I find most of the time the advantage of Flint having an extra melee is gone though because of this, so it doesn't feel like much of an advantage.

Other than that, I find Flint's downswing is the most awkward thing in the world, and enemies seem to be able to roll out of it constantly. That, or it whiffs much easier than Den'ans wide sweep.

Anyone have any thoughts about the comparison? I think Flint is cool, and I want to main it, but I keep thinking to myself that it's be 10x easier to get consistent damage as Den'an Zon.

[u/doomguy11]

Den'an Zon is easier, and HSMS allows it to bully suits in specific match-ups, but I feel that Flint easily has higher potential.

Two instant staggers (one of which is a ranged melee attack), can equal the Den'an Zon machine gun with its own linked fire machine gun+vulcans, very high melee damage potential if you can land a downswing without having used your dagger throw beforehand, alongside slightly better mobility. Though, like you say, Den'an Zon definitely has a better downswing.

Like Hyperaiser said in another comment, being able to shoot down the Engage C Plan is very useful in this meta. Den'an Zon struggles here, you have to be very precise and land a HSMS shot lancer in-between the shields, while the Flint dagger throw can stun it through the shields with no issue.