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Overall description

A really nice map full of both close combat and distance combat. The center of Bio Lab is the lab itself and all sort of close quarter combat happens in here while the northern and southern sides of the map are open so you’ll be mostly avoiding these areas unless you’re using a sniper or an assault rifle with Grip and you have pretty good accuracy.

If you take a quick glance at the southern part of the map you’ll see that there are several “pods” that are transported along the upper catwalk. If you shoot these Manticore will release damaging the enemies nearby and instantly killing those under it. You can use this as a defense wall against your enemies and narrow their ways to get to you.

Action areas

The areas where all the action mostly take place are (non-objective game types like Free-for-All and Team Deathmatch/Kill Confirmed):

• The central area of the map. This area is highly trafficked since it connects the north and southern sides of the map, as well as the west and eastern rooms. You can come in here from any side. Be careful when you’re in here as you’ll never know where the enemy will come from unless of course you have UAV, Threat Detection or something similar.
• The western room. There are two levels in this room and obviously many ways of coming inside. Try avoiding coming in using the regular doors as most people will expect that. Use windows, drop down from above using the skylights or stay outside and secure the area before going in.
• Southern area. This area is huge and the enemies like to camp on top of the rooftops on both the western room and the lower right room. This can be a nuisance but take note that you can jump on top of the green catwalks that transport the Manticore pods so use this to take care of the enemies but never stay up here as there is no cover whatsoever and you’re just waiting for death with open arms.

Hardpoint¶

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The following is a list of the hardpoints in the map and how to approach each one:

• The left side of this room has 4 ways to approach it and a good one is to drop down from the roof in front of one exit on the sides and take enemies by surprise. If not stay on the south side and take out enemies from afar while your teammates take the Hardpoint.
• From the top. When approaching from the north jump to the room from outside and if coming from the east jump through the tall windows to surprise the enemy.
• Just like the first hardpoint there are several ways to approach this hardpoint. Go for windows as the main entrances are always heavily guarded. Make sure to take out the enemies that are hopped on the crates in the corner.
• Jump on top of the green catwalk that’s transporting Manticore and from here you can shoot most of the enemies capturing the hardpoint. Try not approaching from the north (inside the room) as the enemy’s respawn point is this way.
• Another really tough hardpoint. Do not come through the north opening. Try coming in from either the south or the east. Best spots.