I think the devs have finally done it- they’ve buffed the scorpion to the point that it’s actually worth it to play isabel. Now that the canister is functional (and oh so effective), Isabel’s canny buff allows her to wipe entire armies of counter units with ease. Not only that, but Acc. Assembly enables her to quickly and cheaply mass produce scorpions (and get Wolverines in like 3 seconds a piece). As if that’s not enough, she also has combat salvage, to basically make her armies immortal alongside heavy armor. I’ve been playing her a lot since the may 5th patch, and I actually think she has some of the strongest UNSC lategame in the game. Her endgame army can steamroll just about anything off of one base- you just need to hold out till tech 3 and cannister shell researches.
Thoughts?
I’ve been doing alot of Isabel play and I can say she does quite well. Of course I keep my enemy on their toes as I am playing and they don’t expect scorpions to come rolling out lol she is great, haven’t used ghosts for a leader power bc I don’t think 13 seconds is enough time to do anything but oh man are her scorpions extra powerful and faster then grizzlies!
Sadly if you can even make it that far into a game without having an army to smash you Isabel users! Ha
I haven’t faced an Isabel yet…but it would be interesting to see what she can pull out!
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> I’ve been doing alot of Isabel play and I can say she does quite well. Of course I keep my enemy on their toes as I am playing and they don’t expect scorpions to come rolling out lol she is great, haven’t used ghosts for a leader power bc I don’t think 13 seconds is enough time to do anything but oh man are her scorpions extra powerful and faster then grizzlies!
I agree, GITM is pretty worthless especially given the extraordinary cost. The only situation I have found it useful Versus was a super scarab… flying the engineers away, using his scarab against him, then slaughtering it before the engis could come back was pretty fun.
You make her sound OP.
Nerf her back to the Stone Age.
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> You make her sound OP.
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> Nerf her back to the Stone Age.
Yep. Can’t see anything but cutter and banished, now, could we. Who needs the other leaders 
While we’re at it, I think Ander’s R&D needs a nerf too. It’s just too strong /s
She’s still incredibly weak early game, making her a low pick for 1v1.
No, she is not. She is still a reaaaally bad leader. When I say bad, I mean, don’t lose time with her. I changed my main for Colony, not looking back. She is just bad man, she broke my heart. I don’t want to see her anymore… AND I AM TELLING YOU THIS after 400 matches with her. Peace.
I played you last night and was very impressed with the end game. In fact, I started using her afterwards and have found my new favorite leader. One game I killed 200 atriox end game units to my 30 lost. Amazing.
She is tough to git gud with and anyone that know how bad her early game uses that to crush her. Make sure you are beefing up your army as you rush to tech 3. Oh and warthogs, don’t forget about yo hogs.
She seems to work better for team games right now. Her end game army is the best in the game IMO. I’ve seen it 2v1 ground armies serveral times now.
ive been maining Isabel since kinsano came out because I foresaw the day she would get buffed so I wanted to have an edge lol crazy I know but now that she’s worth it I have a lot of Isabel exp under my belt. she is IMO of course DEADLY if left alone. thats the key, you need to hit her before 13 min. 13 min is the magic number Imo if she lasts longer than that you are going to have a nightmare army on your hands. just constant spam of scorpions and because of her combo of leader powers you also can’t go air against her because she can easily get 8-10 wolves in less than 30 seconds with logistics level 3 and acc assembly she basically dominates the late game with a constant conveyor belt of vehicles and constant pressure then If you go hunters not only does she have Mac blast but she has holo decoy to buy some extra time to make an easy switch to air since she mainly focuses on supplies rather than energy in the late game she can also spam hornets pretty effectively as well. and even if you hit her with something totally unexpected she can use ghost and use those 13 seconds to turn your units against you. I have used ghost in so many situations I dont know why no one gives it a chance. you have to be creative with it. ive made an army of hunters turn on its own teams scarab by controlling the scarab and forcing the hunters to kill it and then having my air come in and save the day. ive taken a condor and used the y ability on the enemy cyclops at my base killing like 10 in one shot since they were jumbled up together and then allowing my wolvies to come in and save the day. ive seen locusts in the distance by a generator I had near there expansion and used them to get a jump on the base reducing it to half health before I even engaged with my army. ive used the ghost in the machine in so many creative situations I wish I recorded them.
How I’ve been playing HW2 since last patch lol :
On this one they had no more units because I ruined a Tactical Gateway Locust push, went through the gateway, and crush what remained xD
Do not let her get to T3.
I like that this is the case for Isabel because you, as the opponent, have to play to end the game quickly or be ready for an uphill battle. I am curious to see if her frequency in 1v1’s shoot up as time progresses.
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> She’s still incredibly weak early game, making her a low pick for 1v1.
Her early game is pretty decent imo. The Best Offense power is really useful when rushing.
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> Yep. Can’t see anything but cutter and banished, now, could we. Who needs the other leaders
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> While we’re at it, I think Ander’s R&D needs a nerf too. It’s just too strong /s
I’ve been waiting to see this come about. She’s hands down my favorite leader because of how beastly of an army you can get out with her and quickly.
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This is true.
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I do too