Is Shipmaster the worst leader?

Games Halo Wars Series
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As of now I cant play Halo Wars 2, the Anvil Round demolish every early unit, 3 Grunt Goblin rush, Hero rushes, etc…

I didnt mind this problems before, but now, I realise the biggest problem of humanity…

Shipmaster is too weak. I know that the title is clickbait, Isabel is probably the worst leader as of now, but nobody gives a penny about her, but damn, Shipmaster is my main, he is such an amazing character, Great voice, great desing, great tactics, but horrible balance have made him useless, Glassing beam and Teleport are the only good abilities he has but even those are useless, 3 Upgrades for Glassing Beam when Atriox can use Erradication, a power that deals like 1,000,000 Times more damage than a Single pathetic beam, Teleportation is still strong but useless in Early Game, he in comparasion to Arbiter is so patethic that it makes me laugh, while Arby can create Enforcers for less price with the only worry is to build a Infantry Camp, I mean Jackrabitts, FRICKING JACKRABBITS ARE BETTER THAN GHOSTS, more fast more attack and all of that for the same prize, I feel he should get a buff or something, he was good in the first days of the game, why he dropped so hard.

These is what I would do:
-Ghost: Have Shields since the start.
New Upgrade makes the have 15% More Healt and Damge + Splash damage and they become Ultra Ghost from Halo 5.
-The Honor Guard: More damage and Healt, Atriox and Decimus Hero just laugh at how weak he is.
-Glassing Beam: Only two upgrades to be the red beam, faster movement and a little bit more damage (Only for him), some other visual edit to recognize that is Shipmaster’s beam, so players can react to it.
-Covenant Raid: First Upgrade gives Infantry 15% Speed on Movement and Capture Speed, Second Upgrade gives another 15% Capture speed but gives Vehicles a 10 or 15 percent more Speed, The Third one should probably be removed, but who knows.

I would give more analisys but I would be thinking on them, but for now, I want to hear some opinions, give a like If you want to show support to Shipmaster and help 343i to notice that they have leaving him die in favor of the meta.

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Choose a new main and how do you rush with 3 goblins? That would be at about the 4to6 min mark and if you don’t have units or turrets up or both then you need to practice against the a.I more

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Shipmaster is ok. I think that the worst is probably Isabel. Her late game is good, but she is pretty “meh” until she gets Scorpions

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Shipmaster isn’t THAT bad, but he certainly isn’t great anymore either. Although given his radial, I’m not sure the best way to buff him.

I do think a stronger or more unique glassing beam is a must, since he IS the captain of the conviction. Also, his raid needs to be 2 tier, not 3. Nobody would ever consider dropping 3 points into that unless it was REALLY late in the game.

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> Shipmaster isn’t THAT bad, but he certainly isn’t great anymore either. Although given his radial, I’m not sure the best way to buff him.
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> I do think a stronger or more unique glassing beam is a must, since he IS the captain of the conviction. Also, his raid needs to be 2 tier, not 3. Nobody would ever consider dropping 3 points into that unless it was REALLY late in the game.

Yeah Banish Raid Tier 3 is useless.

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> Choose a new main and how do you rush with 3 goblins? That would be at about the 4to6 min mark and if you don’t have units or turrets up or both then you need to practice against the a.I more

No, changing mains is as hard as changing as a House change, no matter how hard you train against A.I. the only thing that would make you better is real time matches, not to mention stats and strategies.

Goblin Rush:
-Pump a lot of Cannon Fodder
-Get the enemy’s resources
-Get yours
-Make Arsenal
-Profit.

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Give him the teleport range back.
they increased displacement cooldown by a tremendous amount in like season 3. Maybe decrease the cooldown slightly.
Ok so Hunters and cyclops got nerfed against tech 2 vehicles
so are his cloaked Marauders a thing now?
did the reduction in cost of shroud apply to shipmasters power?
add some units to his drop he has.
Honor Guard needs a buff.
Scout mine is useless.
Ghosts are bad in a hero meta.
changing banished raid to two points could help him

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I use Shipmaster when I play with 3 friends - best supporter (y)

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> Give him the teleport range back.
> they increased displacement cooldown by a tremendous amount in like season 3. Maybe decrease the cooldown slightly.
> Ok so Hunters and cyclops got nerfed against tech 2 vehicles
> so are his cloaked Marauders a thing now?
> did the reduction in cost of shroud apply to shipmasters power?
> add some units to his drop he has.
> Honor Guard needs a buff.
> Scout mine is useless.
> Ghosts are bad in a hero meta.
> changing banished raid to two points could help him

All mines are useless except yapyaps

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Isabel took a step forward this last update with the buff to her hologram ability. Combat salvage and the ability to produce vehicles cheaper/faster makes her very viable in my opinion. If it means anything I have played against shipmaster only a couple times in 20+ games so far this season which is odd.

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> > Choose a new main and how do you rush with 3 goblins? That would be at about the 4to6 min mark and if you don’t have units or turrets up or both then you need to practice against the a.I more
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> No, changing mains is as hard as changing as a House change, no matter how hard you train against A.I. the only thing that would make you better is real time matches, not to mention stats and strategies.
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> Goblin Rush:
> -Pump a lot of Cannon Fodder
> -Get the enemy’s resources
> -Get yours
> -Make Arsenal
> -Profit.

Changing mains in a video game is nothing like changing houses,trust me I just moved

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> As of now I cant play Halo Wars 2, the Anvil Round demolish every early unit, 3 Grunt Goblin rush, Hero rushes, etc…
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> I didnt mind this problems before, but now, I realise the biggest problem of humanity…
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> Shipmaster is too weak. I know that the title is clickbait, Isabel is probably the worst leader as of now, but nobody gives a penny about her, but damn, Shipmaster is my main, he is such an amazing character, Great voice, great desing, great tactics, but horrible balance have made him useless, Glassing beam and Teleport are the only good abilities he has but even those are useless, 3 Upgrades for Glassing Beam when Atriox can use Erradication, a power that deals like 1,000,000 Times more damage than a Single pathetic beam, Teleportation is still strong but useless in Early Game, he in comparasion to Arbiter is so patethic that it makes me laugh, while Arby can create Enforcers for less price with the only worry is to build a Infantry Camp, I mean Jackrabitts, FRICKING JACKRABBITS ARE BETTER THAN GHOSTS, more fast more attack and all of that for the same prize, I feel he should get a buff or something, he was good in the first days of the game, why he dropped so hard.
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> These is what I would do:
> -Ghost: Have Shields since the start.
> New Upgrade makes the have 15% More Healt and Damge + Splash damage and they become Ultra Ghost from Halo 5.
> -The Honor Guard: More damage and Healt, Atriox and Decimus Hero just laugh at how weak he is.
> -Glassing Beam: Only two upgrades to be the red beam, faster movement and a little bit more damage (Only for him), some other visual edit to recognize that is Shipmaster’s beam, so players can react to it.
> -Covenant Raid: First Upgrade gives Infantry 15% Speed on Movement and Capture Speed, Second Upgrade gives another 15% Capture speed but gives Vehicles a 10 or 15 percent more Speed, The Third one should probably be removed, but who knows.
>
> I would give more analisys but I would be thinking on them, but for now, I want to hear some opinions, give a like If you want to show support to Shipmaster and help 343i to notice that they have leaving him die in favor of the meta.

Because he can LOL teleport an army of locusts right next to a base? Also he was considered top 3 like last season.

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> Because he can LOL teleport an army of locusts right next to a base? Also he was considered top 3 like last season.

Dumb nonesense, not even 6 Locust are capable of taking down a base decently, they got nerfed to dead, now you need to be Vehicle Tier 3 and Distract the enemy in a 1v1, take into acount that you would have a gap in your army for the Locust at that point.

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Teleport useless early game? Try using it with suicide grunts.

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Ship’s still one of the best. In solo and teams.

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> > Because he can LOL teleport an army of locusts right next to a base? Also he was considered top 3 like last season.
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> Dumb nonesense, not even 6 Locust are capable of taking down a base decently, they got nerfed to dead, now you need to be Vehicle Tier 3 and Distract the enemy in a 1v1, take into acount that you would have a gap in your army for the Locust at that point.

Who said anything about only sending 6 Locusts? That’s only like 24 population out of 120.

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> > Because he can LOL teleport an army of locusts right next to a base? Also he was considered top 3 like last season.
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> Dumb nonesense, not even 6 Locust are capable of taking down a base decently, they got nerfed to dead, now you need to be Vehicle Tier 3 and Distract the enemy in a 1v1, take into acount that you would have a gap in your army for the Locust at that point.

I bolded your entire statement just to empathize how ludacrous it is. Sounds to me like you’re still playing Halo Wars 1 and in that case, I advise you to upgrade to Halo Wars 2 because it’s a better and more balanced game.

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Actually Honor Guard is better than Atriox’s chosen and can kill him 1v1.