Guides & Information

• All army compositions benefit from good Top-Bar use and Galavax Micro

  • Use Monoliths for damage output and Area Defense; Remember they fire one extra attack each time a Thrall dies

  • One Monolith is more useful than any 2 Obelisks

  • Use Guardian Obelisks for additional damage output

  • Use Warp Obelisks to quickly traverse the map

  • Use Healing Obelisks strictly to keep your static defenses alive

  • Use the Summoning Obelisk to rapidly reinforce the swarm component of your army

  • Deploy the Empower when pushing into larger bases

• Good Galavax Micro involves switching modes, even in the middle of battle

  • Use Fire Mode's Additional Damage-Over-Time effect to tear down objectives and dangerous opponents

  • Switch to Fire Form whenever your Lighting Mode abilities are on cooldown

  • Lighting Mode's stun effect on attack can be useful in smaller fights

  • Use Lighting Shield to keep units alive or to deal extra damage

  • Lighting Blast permits rapidly dispatching enemy groups with the upgrade

  • Mindblaze can provide a good distraction in battles

  • Fireball can still have some uses for additional damage

• Depending on your play-style, difficulty and faction buffs, you may benefit more from delaying upgrading Idal Conduits

  • I generally start making Idal Conduits after getting my initial army ready, aka 1 Terror Tank/Dreadnought/5 Dark Disciples

Terror Tank (3× Soul Dynamo, 1× Shields) – Thrall (Witness Me) - Dreadnought (Tempest Core)

• Durable and effective, but can have body-blocking issues

• Easier to establish than other compositions

• A single Terror Tank with Soul Dynamo and good micro and carry the mid-game

• Soul Dynamo is amazing, more DPS than the main gun if used right

• Aim for 2-3 Terror Tanks

• Prioritize getting 2 Soul Dynamo over a second Terror Tank

• Use subsequent Flux to construct Tempest Dreadnoughts

• Aim for 2-4 Dreadnoughts

• Remember Steelsworn can be sacrificed to Terror Tanks too

• Reliable on every mission and works from level 1

• Optional: Forego Shields on subsequent Terror Tanks/module rebuilding and use more Thralls to tank

• Caution: AoE effects can rapidly destroy modules

Excellent on: Pirating Power and Critical Delivery

Dark Disciple – Thrall (Witness Me) - Steelsworn

• Simple and effective; Attack-move toward the target

• Expensive to establish

• Vulnerable to AoE, crowd control, and body blocking

• Lower mobility

• Leaves more room to micro Galavax

• Aim for 15–25 Dark Disciples

• Excels in sustained combat

Excellent on: Metal March and Industrial Warfare

Dreadnought (2× Full Missiles; remaining 2× Tempest) – Thrall

• Simple and effective; attack-move toward the target

• Even more expensive to establish

• Its power depends on your ability to flood the field with Thralls

• Can work just fine with 10 Empowered Conduits pumping Summoning Obelisks

• Aim for 4–5 Dreadnoughts

• Great against objectives

• Benefits from allies with swarm-heavy armies

• Can add more or fewer Missile Dreadnoughts depending on Enemy Comp

• Reliable on every mission

Excellent on: Metal March

Storm Bringer – Thrall (Witness Me) – Steelsworn – Dark Disciple

• Niche composition

• Build a core of 10–20 Storm Bringers

• Use 10–25 Steelsworn as a replenishable front-line

• Optional: Add 5 Dark Disciples for cleanup DPS

• Much more micro-intensive

• Vulnerable to crowd control and charging units

• Not strongly hindered by energy

• Less effective against siege mechs, but can still melt Monstrosities

Excellent on: Pirating Power and Critical Delivery