I played a few 2v2 matches with my friend against Normal difficulty AI as random Banished and we were roflstomped by the AI constantly spamming Scarabs. We held off the initial few waves of 2 of them at a time but after that the AI uses Shrouds to cloak its Scarabs making wolverines a necessity. Eventually, their Leader Powers wore us down so much that we could not recover and lost all our bases. As for units, we used Condors, Cyclops, Wolverines and Hornets/Vultures. We turned it down to Easy but the AI was so ineffective.
So my questions are:
- Is there a way to stop Scarab spam? I would love to fight against other units besides Scarabs and Shrouds every 1.5 minutes. - What unit composition can end Scarabs effectively? - Why the huge disparity between these two difficulties?
The point of Scarabs are that you cant counter them easily, its a super unit so its gotta take some hits.
Strangely enough, I’ve found that Siege Turrets which you upgrade from your base turrets are super effective. As for Shrouds Im not too sure, havnt really seen many used or used them myself in about 30 1v1’s I’ve played.
Seems like I’m going to have to experiment with Kodiaks and Siege Turrets. Scarabs are fine as is IMO. The problem is pure Scarab spam. And its just Normal difficulty Banished AI. Thanks for your input though!
Use them nightgales and cyclomps hornets and siege
Cyclops destroy scarabs.
Spam Marines and Cyclops as cutter for an easy win against just about anyone on normal/heroic.
Best way to stop scarab spam ignore the scarab, and destroy all their production buildings then deal with the scarab. If you are playing with more than one person just split the responsibility. Not having enough resources will force the a.i. to switch to other units.