I have not played SM very much and when I do, I never know what to do with him. Especially with his Honor Guard unit. As Atriox, you can garrison his Chosen, you can use it from afar to kill infantry, vehicles, air, etc. I use it to kite units around, keep him alive and generally get him to level 3 and keep him alive all game.
Ship Master players - what do you do with the Honor Guard? Do you just use him as a scout? Do you wait until a fight starts and micro to sneak him around for certain targets? What are his strengths and weaknesses that you have noticed? Break it down for me! Thanks.
He’s incredibly fast with raid leaderpower, definitely better used alone, and yea, always flank&cloak attacking snipers, artillery and other’s champion… he requires alittle higher micro play… from what little exp i have playing him. Edit: also gud 4caping points and 4visibility with locusts and blisterback.
He’s pretty fast. Use his speed as best you can.
When he’s fully upgraded, he’s usually the last one standing. And, yeah, you can use his invis to attack stranded troops.
I like using him to scout and kill kodiaks that are scattered around.
I main Shipmaster/Atriox. Them paired together are a fierce combo. Use the guard for scouting and attacking troopers that don’t have nightingale or snipers near them. Also bases without watch towers.
Your number 1 enemy you have to dodge are snipers. If they are upgraded with 3 or more and they hit your EG they’ll stun him and there’s no escaping unless you buy the Extraction which is the best way to instant teliport him home and heal. This is great for your 3 star guard.
Shipmaster doesn’t have to much dps he’s mainly a good support and deceiver. Use displacement to cover your teammates. If you see a massive army coming towards your boys, use displacement to teliport the enemy army across the map. This is excellent for saving bases that are near death buying you time to counter. It comes back in less than a minute also.
You have the best scout in the game. Tactical Gateway behind there base with an army of locusts etc base is gone then back through the teliporter. ( teammates can also use this.)
The guard may be the weakest but you can’t hit what you can’t see😉.
Just make sure you dodge Snipers.
You are also a huge nuisance because you will force them to build a bunch of detectors waste there pop on support instead of offense. Make sure you pair with a good dps partner.
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> I main Shipmaster/Atriox. Them paired together are a fierce combo. Use the guard for scouting and attacking troopers that don’t have nightingale or snipers near them. Also bases without watch towers.
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> Your number 1 enemy you have to dodge are snipers. If they are upgraded with 3 or more and they hit your EG they’ll stun him and there’s no escaping unless you buy the Extraction which is the best way to instant teliport him home and heal. This is great for your 3 star guard.
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> Shipmaster doesn’t have to much dps he’s mainly a good support and deceiver. Use displacement to cover your teammates. If you see a massive army coming towards your boys, use displacement to teliport the enemy army across the map. This is excellent for saving bases that are near death buying you time to counter. It comes back in less than a minute also.
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> You have the best scout in the game. Tactical Gateway behind there base with an army of locusts etc base is gone then back through the teliporter. ( teammates can also use this.)
> The guard may be the weakest but you can’t hit what you can’t see😉.
> Just make sure you dodge Snipers.
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> You are also a huge nuisance because you will force them to build a bunch of detectors waste there pop on support instead of offense. Make sure you pair with a good dps partner.
Many great tips, thank you!
Tbh, I find a hard use for him because of his cost. He’s really fragile for his price, especially if you purchase his upgrades
yes he is THE BEST scouting unit in the game, increadible speed, active camo, and you can just tp him out.
The only time to use honor guard is extremely late game. Never build him early like a chosen as he is borderline worthless until he has permanent cloaking. Once he does, though, he’s a great scout and can be used to glass enemies by surprise.
He rewards bad defense/letting your opponent off the hook. That’s his biggest pro
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> I have not played SM very much and when I do, I never know what to do with him. Especially with his Honor Guard unit. As Atriox, you can garrison his Chosen, you can use it from afar to kill infantry, vehicles, air, etc. I use it to kite units around, keep him alive and generally get him to level 3 and keep him alive all game.
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> Ship Master players - what do you do with the Honor Guard? Do you just use him as a scout? Do you wait until a fight starts and micro to sneak him around for certain targets? What are his strengths and weaknesses that you have noticed? Break it down for me! Thanks.
He rips apart tanks and hogs, i level him up then send him after the enemy tanks, and he just hands their -Yoinks!- to them in style. I also make him fight hero units, because he has a faster attack speed then the rest.
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> Tbh, I find a hard use for him because of his cost. He’s really fragile for his price, especially if you purchase his upgrades
I agree. I only waste the funds to level him up late game and sneaky cap other things.
I main ship master. Teleport and extraction are amazing. Plus the ability to break up army’s.
If you as ship master and learn the ropes with his abilities. You’ll have a blast if paired with a rusher. Perfect rusher leader.
I wont give away my info. But Im smashing JR rushes like nothing. Only problem i have is atroix.