Guides & Information

Author Rating: B-

• Merc Hub is a mobile flying structure; Permits Faster Reinforcement

• Very Expensive Roster; Low Unit Count

• All Ranged Units; 3/4 Can Hit Air

• Fragile; No Tanking Potential

• Low Item Synergy

• Gimmicky Roster; 2/4 Units are Support Casters

• Excellent support for swarmy builds

• Good Crowd Control

• Only Merc Hub that can transport units

• Transport ability can be used to juggle units in and out of combat, preventing damage/death

• Can hold 10 Supply worth of units

• Can transport Heavy units like Juggernauts

Author Rating: C-

Roles: Ranged, DPS

Synergies: Hero, Tank, Melee, Artillery, Asterion

• Spawns in Pairs

• The fact it costs 50 Flux as a T1 significantly reduces its utility

• Good DPS Output; Hit-scan weapon

• Fast firing rate ensures contributions during fights

• Significantly less overkill than other DPS units

• Slows enemies on Hit; Niche effect

• Useful against Melee Tanks and AoE Charge Abilities

• Fragile and not very fast

• Cannot be garrisoned inside a Strider

• Can target Air

Author Rating: B-

Roles: Ranged, Crowd Control, Burst

Synergies: Tank, Melee, Phoenix Guard, Chronowarper

• Looks better than it performs

• Slow Firing Speed, Slow Projectile Speed

• Very good damage

• Bulky; Body-blocks often, especially when infused

• Fragile for its cost

• Heavily benefits from Attack Speed buffs like Rally and Frenzy

• It functions best as a support to your DPS, not a replacement

• Excellent against swarms of lighter enemy units

• Cannot target Air

Author Rating: A+

Roles: Ranged, Support, Caster

Synergies: Tank, Melee, Fodder, Hexite Dump

• Support Caster

• Slow and Fragile

• Expensive but very cost-effective when utilized in its niche

• Paths through other ground units

• Has a weak basic weapon; Will not death-rush into enemies

• Can target Air

• Passive Ability: All Friendly Units killed within range 10 or so are automatically revived as Hallucinations

• Hallucinations spawn at 30% of a unit's HP and do 50% damage

• Hallucinations are temporary, but last enough to finish the fight

• Hallucinations count for Galavax's sacrifice mechanics

• Hallucinations can spawn for units that die from Galavax's Mindblaze duration expiring

• A single Ethermancer increases the efficiency of any swarmy composition by 40%

• Can create Hallucinations of One-Use-Attack units like Boomers, Havocs and Ghost Crabs

• Also very useful for helping AI allies remain relevant in fights

• Rushing one Ethermancer is a perfectly valid strategy when playing with the AI

• Max Energy Pool of 100

• Has a 10sec Cooldown that prevents canceling early; Auto-cancels on death of Mind-controlled unit

• 10sec is roughly the time needed to finish a fight; Works okay

• Cooldown can be reduced by Items

• Remember that once the Mind Control Expires, the unit becomes an enemy once again

• Very useful for stealing suicide units/causing distractions

• Can Mind-Control Dreadnoughts; Cannot Mind-Control Bosses

• Ethermancer becomes a flying unit and cannot move while using the ability

• Can also be useful for keeping the Ethermancer alive during fights with heavy AoE

• Mind Controlled units that die within a Tree of Life's revive range are revived and become permanently yours

Author Rating: A+

Roles: Flying, Support, Caster, Detector

Synergies: Every Unit, Particularly Artillery and Melee

• Relatively Fragile but high range keeps it out of combat

• Very expensive but also very cost-effective

• Utility entirely depends on your capability to use the ability

• Has a surprisingly good weapon

• Can target Air

• Deceptively powerful ability; Very useful in sustained fights

• 2.5 Casting Delay; 0.5 Cancel Delay

• 20 Casting Range

• Rough 6-Area AoE Size

• Affects Air Units

• Cannot move while Phased

• Can still attack when Phased; After the casting delay

• Lasts until canceled; Remember to Cancel once the battle ends