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piousflea

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Specific creature counters
« on: May 15, 2013, 10:56:56 AM »
Like in any other strategy game, some creatures are well-suited to countering certain other creature types in MW:

For example:
Iron Golem counters anything that inflicts conditions it is immune to; ie burn/rot/weak/push.
Lord of Fire counters bird swarms, because it is flying and sweeping.
Darkfenne Hydra counters any non flying melee swarms.
Feral Bobcats are highly effective against single large units (except hydra), because they are cheap and have a Defense roll.
Creatures with Defense rolls counter Vampiress, since she loses an entire round of healing when her attack misses.
Creature swarms are, in general, strong against creatures that have a single Defense roll (ie Knight of Westlock)
Burn tokens are, in general, strong against high-Armor creatures that aren't resistant or immune. (ie, Knight of Westlock, Grizzly Bear)
Daze/Stun tokens are, in general, extremely strong against anything level-4 or higher, average against level-3 and weak against level-1 or 2.

Anyone have other things to add to the list?

Koz

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Re: Specific creature counters
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2013, 11:57:00 AM »
Gorgon Archer is a good counter to big creatures and enemy mages that aren't immue to Weak.
Samandriel is a good counter to non-swarm Dark and Non-living creatures with 6 dice of damage and good Daze/Stun chances.
Highland Unicorn is a decent counter to Rot/Burn/Bleed
Stonegaze Basilisk can be a good counter to big creatures and enemy mages not immue to Cripple
Selesius is a good counter to flying swarms with her sweeping air strikes
Skeletal Sentries are good counters to psychic orientated opponents (Forcemaster) or most DoT builds
Sosruko is a great counter to non-flying big creatures and enemy mages
Tarok is a great counter to large flying creatures (like LoF), especially if you put him on Guard
Cervere is a great counter to opponents using guards
Brogan is a good counter to non-flying, heavily armored targets (Iron Golems and lots of the Soldier creatures)

All pretty basic stuff really

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Re: Specific creature counters
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2013, 04:51:15 PM »
The Goblin Builder is a good counter to winning the game.   ;)