Guides & Information

Author rating: C

• Living Meatshield that can be spawned by other Grell units

• Dies automatically after (roughly) 40 seconds

• Pathethic stats, exists only to soak up damage

• Can use Frenzy too for some reason

• Can be charged into enemies to distract & bait AoE attacks

• Ineffective against armored targets (4 Damage per attack)

• Clips through units ; Does not Bodyblock

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Author rating: B

• Swarmy melee unit, spawns in groups of three

• Cheap and with decent stats

• Surprisingly cost-effective

• Very vulnerable to crowd control and AoE effects

• Ineffective against armored targets (6 Damage per attack)

• Is small enough to NOT bodyblock other Grell melee units

• Synergies: Benefits all of Vynthra's more expensive units, increasing their survivability

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Author rating: A

Exactly what a swarmy unit needs to reach the frontline

Author rating: C+

The attack-speed bonus brings a Stinger to 12 DPS.

• Cloak is auto-removed when attacking

Useful for defense and if you're good with your Biomass spread

Author rating: C-

Sounds cool, is not

• The rest of your army will lag behind and the Stingers will die alone

• 5 Seconds is barely enough time to reach the enemy in many cases

• Can cause issues on large maps where Stingers will path into uncleared enemy bases Can synergize okay with Behemoth-focused builds

Author rating: A

Basically one extra Stinger attacking the target ; Slow is irrelevant as enemies do not flee Effect does not stack

• Damage affected by enemy armor

Author rating: C

• Not-so-durable melee unit (250 HP, which is not tanky for co-op)

• Affordable (125 Hexite; 3 Supply) with okay damage (20 every 1.3 seconds)

• Outperformed by significantly more cost-effective units

• Spawns one Arkanid for every 20 damage taken (250 HP maximum)

• Enemy units do NOT reliably switch targets to kill the Arkanids

• Arkanid-spawning is worthless when attacked by targets with AoE

• With double Infusion, T2 Incubator units also spawn Arkanids on every kill, further reducing the Brood Guard's utility

• Mandragoras can still attack from behind a 1× Infused Brood Guard

• Reavers can barely attack from beyond a 0× Infused Brood Guard

• This is not a recommended strategy however, as the extra range this units has reduces bodyblocking issues and permits them to chomp further into the enemy forces. Stingers work better for this task.

• Synergies: Lasher, Weaver, Harbinger, Behemoth (Anything that needs tanking)

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• Enemy units do not reliably switch targets to kill the spawned Arkanids

• Arkanid spawning is ineffective against attackers with AoE

Author rating: B

Good upgrade, not game-changing

Author rating: D

The regeneration applies out of combat. Cumulative with the boost from Infusion & other sources Does not address the unit's big issues Lifesteal per attack from later levels deprecates the utility of this upgrade

Author rating: B

• Only affects Arkanids spawned by the Brood Guard Okay upgrade, not game-changing

Author rating: B+

• Basic Ranged Unit ; Respectable DPS

• +50% damage against Medium

• Can target Air

• Fragile and costs 25 Flux

• Benefits a lot from Infusion

• Requires a Young Canopy

• Synergies: Stinger, Brood Guard, Mandragora, Reaver

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Author rating: S

Very useful, exactly what the Lasher needs

Author rating: D

Making your ranged unit faster than your melee tanks is a recipe for disaster It does not address the unit's actual weaknesses This is a perfect example of a PvP upgrade copied into Coop

Author rating: B+

This brings the total bonus against Medium to +100%, or 34 damage. Reliable, bound to be useful sometime during the match

Author rating: D

• Cloak is removed when the unit attacks Not useful in coop ; Useless without a hold-fire button

Author rating: S

• Powerful Melee Brawler ; Excellent against large numbers of ground units

• Affordable and durable ; good Armor

• Deals splash damage ; Good DPS output

• Has some issues with bodyblocking at 2x Infusion

• Synergies: Believe it or not, every single unit in Vynthra's Roster... except Brood Guards

• Utility varies with the enemy composition

• Using Tunnel at the back of an attack wave can leave Mandragoras out of range of healers

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Author rating: A

Reliable and powerful Remember AoE damage counts for Life-Steal

Author rating: B

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Author rating: S

God-tier synergy with the Frenzy ability, which now gives Mandragoras 90% Attack Speed Great synergy with the Life-Steal Level upgrade

Author rating: C+

• Affordable but inefficient second-line support

• The Trick is to have a Frontline, and then 4-5 of Harbingers behind it.

• Size and cost of roughly 2 Stingers ; DPS of only one

• Suffers from severe bodyblocking when 2x Infused

• Bodyblocking hurts casting ability and also hurts all other units in your army composition

• Thus, the one unit in Vynthra's roster that should only be infused once

• Heavily reliant on gimmicky ability damage

• +50% Damage against Heavy

• Cannot attack air

• Synergies: Stinger, Brood Guard, Mandragora, Reaver

• Its casting range is insufficient when severe body-blocking is taken into account

• The very small AoE demands a stationary target

• Each Infusion increases the AoE by 50%, but that is not justification to infuse Harbingers twice

• Focus on enemy tanks, static defenses, and Heroes

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Author rating: C

Hardly an useful upgrade unless you want them to tank

• Vynthra has far more efficient dedicated tank units

Author rating: B+

This is a 42.1% increase. Makes them faster than all Grell Units except Stingers & Weavers Useful for getting into position for using Eruption It is an indirect solution to the problem

Author rating: B+

Must-have upgrade when utilizing Harbingers Still too small to be of much use

Author rating: C

Utility pales in comparison to its counterpart

Author rating: C

• Siege Unit, great for mobile defense

• Competes with the best static defense in Coop

• Did I mention you can Air-Drop static defense and a wall that heals it?

• Expensive, as far as Vynthra units go

• Relatively fragile and slow

• Great Range (27 ; 31 with 2x Infusion), meh damage, deals splash

• Projectiles do not track, can miss moving targets

• Has a minimum range of 4-ish

• Requires a Macrogenesis Canopy

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Author rating: C

Subpar damage ; unreliable Basically one little Stinger's worth of damage

Author rating: A

Exactly the kind of upgrade a Thresher needs for Coop Not useful for static/prolonged defense

Author rating: S

• Very powerful and reliable melee tank

• 2k+ HP at 2x Infusion

• Also deals AoE damage at 2x Infusion

• Great DPS output

• Quite large, which means it will reliable be targeted by the enemy

• Ravage/Charge ability ensures it can be at the frontline every fight

• Synergies: Believe it or not, every single unit in Vynthra's Roster

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Author rating: S

Amazing upgrade, ensures the Reaver can get to the Frontline no matter where it is in your formation

Author rating: B

Utility pales in comparison to its counterpart.

Author rating: A-

• Support Unit, good healing ability

• Multiple Weavers can heal the same target

• Good range, not-quite-fragile

• Requires a Synapse Canopy

• Decent DPS, but out-classed by Lashers against Ground

• Excellent support against large numbers of enemies due to their ability.

• Damage competes with healing weapon ; Cannot have both simultaneously

• Weavers can quickly switch weapons mid-combat. Healing, shooting once, healing again

• Fast, has a tendency to run ahead of army

• As such, requires a mobile frontline unit like Reavers with Ravage, Stingers, etc

• Can also lag behind to heal allied units, if A-clicked towards a position

• Slower projectile speed compared to Stinger, overall less efficient in combat

• +100% Damage against Air

• The projectile must travel to its target, creating a one-to-four-second delay before impact

• Cast ahead of enemies rather than in their middle to reduce that delay

• It frequently moves into range when cast beyond its reach

• The poison refreshes until the pool expires or enemies leave it

• Arkanid spawning stacks with other sources

• Can hit air

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Author rating: B-

Quite useful for ensuring the ability makes it to the fight BEFORE the target dies

Author rating: A

Reliable and worthwhile upgrade

Author rating: A

• Siege Flyer ; Designated Anti-Heavy unit

• Has an unreliable secondary weapon (Fires once every 5 attacks) that shoots an AoE flame puddle

• Ineffective beyond stationary targets, can easily miss

• Flame puddle deals constant damage to units in its area of effect

• Puddle lasts 10+ seconds

• Slower projectile attack, low DPS for its cost and size

• Expensive, by Vynthra standards

• Greatly empowered by Infusion, which makes its attack AoE

• In spite of being a flying unit, its attacks are still blocked by enemy buildings

• +200% Damage against Heavy

• Cannot target Air

• Less recommended when facing enemy Grell, its Flame attacks can be confused for those of enemy Behemoths

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Author rating: C

Not much to say, low utility unless you plan to use it for Transportation

Author rating: A

Great upgrade; permits besieging objectives and bases Basically turns the Behemoth into a flying Thresher

Author rating: B+

• Carrying capacity is not increased with Infusion

• However Infused units cost more to be carried by the Behemoth Fast loading and unloading Loaded units cannot attack, but they are healed while inside Loaded Arkanids & other temporary units can still expire

• Keep in mind the Behemoth, without the Speed upgrade, is still slower than most of your Roster. Overall, niche utility