Infiltrator - Anti Heavy vs Detriment

Hello Guys, the description of the Infiltrator says: Infiltrator - Spy, Anti-Heavy It also has the capacity to shoot a paralyzing bolt that will freeze ANY ONE target, good AGAINST HEAVY enemies and enemy infrastructure. So last game the enemys built a detriment, i wanted to freeze it with 10 infiltrators, and it only got around 10% paralyzed ?!??!?! I think this shouldnt be, Infiltrator is called ANTI HEAVY - Infiltrator should one hit freeze the detriment like any other unit too.... I hope this isnt wanted and it get fixed.... So far winniebaer

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It's called anti-heavy because it is effective against things like Sumo and Dante. Even Bantha, though you need about six or seven at once + other EMP units to keep it down. Detriment takes too many to do reliably at full health, but that's the way it goes.

Remember that you can damage the target to increase its susceptibility to EMP.

The wonky way EMP recovery works is hardcoded in the engine, unfortunately.

->"Infiltrator should one hit freeze the detriment like any other unit too...."

No. Just NO.

So just rename it antiweakcom. Coz fullhealth com gots paralyzed no more than ~1 s.

KingRaptor is right, the emp effect stacks with other emp units, not to mention the emp is more deadly the more damage the det has taken.

There simply isn't a 1-hit win unit against det. Even dgun takes like a dozen or two direct hits before it can kill it. You need to combine all of your offensive power to kill it. Thats what a 28k metal investment means.

Detriment is on a whole other level from heavy. I would call it ultra-mega-super-heavy.

The name is fine, redoing unit classification would be mad. However the unit description is a bit misleading and probably should be changed. That said, there are many units without a desciption at all, so they come first.

Anti heavy (almost) would suit best :D

Edit: I realised after posting that this is a 10 month old topic that was ressed because winniebaer edited the origional post.

A reaper at 850 cost and 6,800 HP is 'heavy'. Spy does 8000 EMP damage at 280 cost. The spy makes 3x cost against a reaper.
A sumo at 2200 cost has 12,500 HP. It requires two spies. Spies make ~4x cost.
A dante at 3500 cost has 11,000 HP. It requires two spies. Spies make 6.25x cost.
A Bantha at 10500 cost has 36,000 HP. It requires 5 (4.5) spies. Spies make 7.5x cost.

A Detriment is 24000 cost. Over 10x the cost of a sumo, so you would expect it to take 20 spies. It only takes 11, lets call it 12 to be safe. Spies make ~7x cost.

The spy is a highly effective anti-heavy unit. For-cost comparisons are all that count. Raiders will beat riots, and air beats AA, if you have enough. What matters is a for-cost comparison.

I reality Spy would only be used on weights up to Dante because it takes far too much coordination to move many spies in before your target can respond.

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