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> Bruh, ultimate units are among the weakest things in the game. They lose to just about everything.
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> Mass T2 vehicles, mass air, or simple counter units beat them rather easily.
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> Condors are okay because they have decent range, but Scarabs are just downright awful. I can’t think of a single situation where I could build one. If anything, the scarab could be buffed.
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> Fun fact: the other night, my friends and I killed a scarab with three heroes (Arby, Douglas, and Johnson). If I could figure out how to share clips from my Xbox, I would post it here.
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> EDIT: figured it out.
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A rurally scarabs aren’t awful, they are okay like the condor, u just gotta get them to retreat at the right time to save their Heath. Us u actually need to use scarabs tactically in this game, u can’t just charge them at the enemy and win like in the first halo wars game
This is a joke post right?
Focus on the engis, even if it means losing a bunch of anti-air. Then pump out tanks or mass air, in combination with leader powers. It takes a few encounters to learn how to counter this.
I’ve had a Veterancy 3 Hunter Captain solo kill a Scarab while being shot at by 2 Mega Turrets and getting hit by RoF.
If anything they need buffed, to slow and while yes very tanky need a DPS buff, I find Condors superior in every way now.
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> > Lets nerf Johnson while we’re at it!
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> Don’t joke they might do it.
> #buffjohnson
300% emp mac, plasma bolt speed telegraph
The Scarab is a walking target, the Condor is way better
Scarabs should probably have a lot more health. They used to be pretty useful for breaking turtles. Marauders and locusts do a much better job now though.
I’ve seen Colony players use them well in super long solo matches, but, that’s still a big risk and rarely works.
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> Scarabs should probably have a lot more health. They used to be pretty useful for breaking turtles. Marauders and locusts do a much better job now though.
> I’ve seen Colony players use them well in super long solo matches, but, that’s still a big risk and rarely works.
It’s pretty great to see a Combat Repair Scarab with Skitterers refuse to die though
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> > Scarabs should probably have a lot more health. They used to be pretty useful for breaking turtles. Marauders and locusts do a much better job now though.
> > I’ve seen Colony players use them well in super long solo matches, but, that’s still a big risk and rarely works.
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> It’s pretty great to see a Combat Repair Scarab with Skitterers refuse to die though
I love to see a scarab instantly heal with hustle.
I love seeing them get melted within 5 seconds of most encounters. so much for a ‘Super’ Unit
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> > > Scarabs should probably have a lot more health. They used to be pretty useful for breaking turtles. Marauders and locusts do a much better job now though.
> > > I’ve seen Colony players use them well in super long solo matches, but, that’s still a big risk and rarely works.
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> > It’s pretty great to see a Combat Repair Scarab with Skitterers refuse to die though
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> I love to see a scarab instantly heal with hustle.
Grunt Hustle Scarab’s for insanely powerful suprisingly with T3 Ultra Hustle.
Yeah dude scarabs kinda suck.
First of all, condors could be seen as lesser but they are an Ariel unit with much higher speed and maneuverability. The scarab AI is trash, like have you seen one try and target a single unit? They have to twirl three times to get a locks. While condors are always shooting if they can and can cross crevices.
Tbh artillary sucks in the game. It’s mainly and anti infantry things so maybe 3 wolverines and a bunch of scorpions or 20 cyclopses or any amount of hornets would counter that.
All ultimate units should be used for is a damage sponge. When you compare them to equal value of other units, they have vastly less firepower. Try 1 condor 5 nightingales and re rest hornets and you’ll trash three scarabs or three condors.
Also, halo wars is a strategy game. 45 minutes is honestly nothing. It seems like a long time because 343 is pushing this to be an action rts and favors fast paced gameplay
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> > > > Scarabs should probably have a lot more health. They used to be pretty useful for breaking turtles. Marauders and locusts do a much better job now though.
> > > > I’ve seen Colony players use them well in super long solo matches, but, that’s still a big risk and rarely works.
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> > > It’s pretty great to see a Combat Repair Scarab with Skitterers refuse to die though
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> > I love to see a scarab instantly heal with hustle.
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> Grunt Hustle Scarab’s for insanely powerful suprisingly with T3 Ultra Hustle.
IKR. They are not OP but counter units, engineers, and Ultrahustle are a force you want to be prepared for.
This has to be a troll post…
When i first began this game the scarab wrecked me because i was standing in front of it… I quickly learned that if i kept my faster units undulating around the scarab, that i would wreck the scarab…
End of story.
All I have to say is stop it get some help the scarab is weak hero units out class scarabs and don’t take up any population
I mean, if we’re facing scarabs off against condors, they probably roughly do the same damage,
the reason why Scarab always wins is because he has that little bit of Anti Air that goes a long way!
He already does no damage as is though dude, It’s a flagship vehicle that can fall easily if you go anti vehicle, the pretty-much biggest purpose for it is the fear factor.
If someone is making a scarab, you have the right to know, do some scouting if your buddies haven’t seen it coming already.
If anything, they should be buffed in my opinion, but that’s just me. Trust me, you can do a lot against that thing with a few hunters in your army, and strafing!
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> I mean, if we’re facing scarabs off against condors, they probably roughly do the same damage,
> the reason why Scarab always wins is because he has that little bit of Anti Air that goes a long way!
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> He already does no damage as is though dude, It’s a flagship vehicle that can fall easily if you go anti vehicle, the pretty-much biggest purpose for it is the fear factor.
> If someone is making a scarab, you have the right to know, do some scouting if your buddies haven’t seen it coming already.
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> If anything, they should be buffed in my opinion, but that’s just me. Trust me, you can do a lot against that thing with a few hunters in your army, and strafing!
Condor does more damage and is a giant glass cannon.
Scarab has roughly 40k more health and soaks up way more hits.
Thas the main reason Condor loses.
With micro and normal games Condor is a great sniper and can kill and AA or AV with the it’s Y (So fun with Jerome)
Scarab is only good with Decimus imo or Vordius
Edit: Also AV is trash, if someone is going Scarab just go air, it can’t deal with air at all very well (neither can Condor)
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> > I mean, if we’re facing scarabs off against condors, they probably roughly do the same damage,
> > the reason why Scarab always wins is because he has that little bit of Anti Air that goes a long way!
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> > He already does no damage as is though dude, It’s a flagship vehicle that can fall easily if you go anti vehicle, the pretty-much biggest purpose for it is the fear factor.
> > If someone is making a scarab, you have the right to know, do some scouting if your buddies haven’t seen it coming already.
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> > If anything, they should be buffed in my opinion, but that’s just me. Trust me, you can do a lot against that thing with a few hunters in your army, and strafing!
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> Condor does more damage and is a giant glass cannon.
> Scarab has roughly 40k more health and soaks up way more hits.
> Thas the main reason Condor loses.
> With micro and normal games Condor is a great sniper and can kill and AA or AV with the it’s Y (So fun with Jerome)
> Scarab is only good with Decimus imo or Vordius
> Edit: Also AV is trash, if someone is going Scarab just go air, it can’t deal with air at all very well (neither can Condor)
I play at a lower level haha!
A lowest level where Anti Vehicle works (in some cases not all, a year into the game and I’m still learning XD). And hell, I like the look of the Anti-Vehicle units more than I like the air, so it’s a win-win for me!
Also I didn’t think Condor was a glass cannon, I just thought AA did multiplied damage to an Air unit like Condor and he had the same health as the Scarab, especially since clusters of Reavers struggle against air units with smaller health bars, losing a good 50% of their rockets on one Banshee.
Fair enough, GG!
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> IMO there is no reason for someone to be able to have a unit(s) this powerful. If the game goes into OT and both parties do 3 ultimate weapons then the scarab wins every time hands down against condor. There should be some type of balancing to it. I played a game last evening that lasted about 45 min till I just got so tired of the game going no where do I threw in the towel. The dude had two scarabs with all healers against my artillary and it was a game in his favor the whole time. I then pumped out a couple of condors which I never do because I think the ultimate weapons are cheap and a couple of healers and he smoked me. Just my thoughts but playing guys that go for the ultimate weapons doesn’t encourage the point of the game.
> just my thoughts
So you didn’t go all air or scout that’s on you as scarabs are awful units even when paired with engineers they are a joke