October 31, 2024, 10:42:49 PM

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Who Wins? Bear or Unicorn?

Bear
8 (40%)
Unicorn
10 (50%)
uuuhhhh... wut?
2 (10%)

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Re: the MW color pie?
« Reply #15 on: June 20, 2013, 04:29:16 AM »
I love how this thread started out about the MW color pie but is now about bears fighting unicorns  ;D
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Re: the MW color pie?
« Reply #16 on: June 20, 2013, 01:39:41 PM »
That sounds amazing! Bear doesn't stand a chance.

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Re: the MW color pie?
« Reply #17 on: June 21, 2013, 08:11:28 AM »
I think it depends. Unicorns are quicker than bears. And they often are depicted as having wings. If the unicorn has wings, if it can't fly, it will probably be able to glide a bit, or at least run faster. Not to mention those horns can be really sharp. The bear has a lot of brute strength, sharp claws and teeth, and a very heavy body. It's also of course not as fast as a unicorn. Naturally this would usually equate to a an aggro-midrange versus an aggro-control style battle of sorts, with the unicorn using its magic combined with hit and run tactics to tire the bear, and the bear trying to land the one or two hits it needs to kill the unicorn before the unicorn can get out of its range. Of course, if the unicorn gets really angry, it might try a charge with its horn. Against the bear this tactic probably has a relatively low chance of success in spite of the bear's low reflexes. If the unicorn gets angry it will likely make loud hoofsteps and possibly neigh, giving the bear more than enough time to react to the charge.

And this is all without the supervision of a mage.

So in conclusion, it could go either way, but the unicorn has the advantage.
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Re: the MW color pie?
« Reply #18 on: June 21, 2013, 01:18:38 PM »
A Pegasus has wings, not a unicorn. Since there is 1 bear (Steelclaw Grizzly) and 1 unicorn (Highland Unicorn) in the game thus far, I was assuming that they were fighting.

Steelclaw hits much harder, and the unicorn's Charge +2 would come into play at most once without support. The Highland Unicorn Regenerates, but the differences in total health, effective armor, and attack strength are just too big for the Highland Unicorn to have a good chance without support of some kind.
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Re: the MW color pie?
« Reply #19 on: June 21, 2013, 10:46:51 PM »
Yeah, there's no way Highland Unicorn could beat the Steelclaw.  It's a support creature more than anything else.

But the sarcasm is well taken.
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Re: the MW color pie?
« Reply #20 on: June 22, 2013, 06:48:31 AM »
1. That's not what the poll say (unicorn is winning against the bear right now)
2. It doesn't say in Mage Wars or use their specific names, so you assumption is perhaps misplaced.
3. It's more entertaining to image the unicorn winning.