Chorf artillery

[melta]

Which is your preferred artillery of choice? I don't have much chorf experience and they have quite a few war machines to select from. I'm defaulting to hellcannons and deathshriekers(because the airburst is so cool), but I'd like to know what chorf players use and why.

[Taifun_Vash]

Magma cannon, dreadquake mortar(the one with better range) and that's it. Deathshriekers seem fun, but aren't really effective most of the time. Hellcannons are good too.
I prefer artillery that is effective, have range, are hitting the ones they should without having to micromanage them every second, so they don't destroy my infantry.

[Lotor13]

Originally posted by skooma:

I don't have much chorf experience and they have quite a few war machines to select from.

Try skirmish battle against AI with various artilery , and against various enemies on various map

[Zeek]

Originally posted by Taifun_Vash:

Magma cannon, dreadquake mortar(the one with better range) and that's it. Deathshriekers seem fun, but aren't really effective most of the time. Hellcannons are good too.
I prefer artillery that is effective, have range, are hitting the ones they should without having to micromanage them every second, so they don't destroy my infantry.

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[Ainess]

Originally posted by Zeek:

Originally posted by Taifun_Vash:

Magma cannon, dreadquake mortar(the one with better range) and that's it. Deathshriekers seem fun, but aren't really effective most of the time. Hellcannons are good too.
I prefer artillery that is effective, have range, are hitting the ones they should without having to micromanage them every second, so they don't destroy my infantry.

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Same. Magma cannons are very solid for the entire game, and they might be the to-go pick for AL, period, but before one gets the dreadquake mortar, they might also be the best option for AI, or at least close enough to it to just go full magma cannons for their versatility. No need to comment on the mortar, they are just awesome as well as strong.

[Urist Microcline]

Dreadquakes. They're the best artillery in the game. No point in building anything else.

[Harukage]

Depends.
Dreadquakes have absolutely insane damage potential, but can be easy to avoid by AI. Magma cannons are easier to use, they leave aoe that sucks enemies inside and damage them for a while.
Hellcannons... their projectile home in, very ammo efictive, will destroy whatever you want to be destroyed 100%.

[Reaver79]

Death shriekers, fantastic v. large, decent against inf. and their targeting abillity is amazing.
Magma is a strong anti inf. piece.
Dreadquake is too unreliable and ends up shooting your own troops at times, terrible that you cant aim em better.
Hellcannon are very subpar outshined by the first 2 depending on what you want to die.

[melta]

You guys like magma huh? On paper magma looks like a hellcannon-adjacent piece, I'll have to give those a try.

[melta]

Dreadquakes remind me of that mortar tiger tank, I forget the name, but it was in CoH 2 I think, and it was devastating.

[StrangestEcho]

Hellcannons are worth using because they have a separate capacity limit, but otherwise prioritize Magma Cannons and Dreadquake variants.

[Ainess]

Originally posted by skooma:

You guys like magma huh? On paper magma looks like a hellcannon-adjacent piece, I'll have to give those a try.

It is more like a regular cannon, really, but with magma, which makes is more sick, and also just better.