KATYUSHA - Explain me how it works please.

[Missa La Hache]

Hello good people !

Can someone explain to me how does work the Soviet Artillery KATYUSHA.

The description clearly say that when it attacks it deals 0-1 additional damage but it clearly doesn't work each time I fire them. Is there an hidden mechanics with this units that only trigger this effect 1/2 attacks ? What am I missing ?

Thank you for your time :)

[thebigmacdaddy]

Random. I have seen people use it against heavy armor, knowing it would do zero damage on the original attack, and may or may not do 1 damage on the secondary attack. Kinda a prayer attack. The extra is completely, random & chance.

[Missa La Hache]

Originally posted by thebigmacdaddy:

Random. I have seen people use it against heavy armor, knowing it would do zero damage on the original attack, and may or may not do 1 damage on the secondary attack. Kinda a prayer attack. The extra is completely, random & chance.

I mean ; is it a feeling you have or the correct explanation on how it works ?

[Void]

As if there wasn't enough RNG in a card game and especially in this one, the creators decided to give this card an additional dice roll lol.
Sometimes it will deal 1 damage, sometimes 2.
If it attacks twice, the second damage actually pierces armor btw.

[Missa La Hache]

Originally posted by Void:

As if there wasn't enough RNG in a card game and especially in this one, the creators decided to give this card an additional dice roll lol.
Sometimes it will deal 1 damage, sometimes 2.
If it attacks twice, the second damage actually pierces armor btw.

You mean twice in the same turn or it doesn't matter ?

[Void]

Originally posted by Missa La Hache:

Originally posted by Void:

As if there wasn't enough RNG in a card game and especially in this one, the creators decided to give this card an additional dice roll lol.
Sometimes it will deal 1 damage, sometimes 2.
If it attacks twice, the second damage actually pierces armor btw.

You mean twice in the same turn or it doesn't matter ?

Each time it attacks, it will either do 1 OR 2 damage. In each round.
If you buff it to 3 attack for example, it will deal 3 (base damage after buff) damage OR 4, depending on randomness.

It will always deal it's attack and sometimes (here is the random factor) 1 additional damage.

[Missa La Hache]

Originally posted by Void:

Originally posted by Missa La Hache:

You mean twice in the same turn or it doesn't matter ?

Each time it attacks, it will either do 1 OR 2 damage. In each round.
If you buff it to 3/4 for example, it will deal 3 damage OR 4, depending on randomness.
It will always deal its attack and sometimes (!) 1 more damage

Alright, seems pretty clear for me now.

Thank you guys for explanation.

Cheers :)

[thebigmacdaddy]

You use your Katyusha to attack the enemy unit with only 2 health left. Sometimes he only takes 1 damage, sometimes he dies. No way to tell beforehand. Attack enemy HQ sometimes 1 damage, sometimes 2. Random. No way of telling.

[Defiance]

Try shooting katyusha and you see isn't very accurate!

[Missa La Hache]

If a dev comes by :
It could be wise to update the description of this unit with the term: "It has a chance to". Or maybe add another keyword: "Inaccurate" = the term above.
So KATYUSHA description could something like :
Blitz
Inaccurate: deals 0-1 damage when attacking.

[air]

No, it doesn't necessarily deal 0-1 damage, 1-2 damage, or 3-4 damage. It rolls for additional damage every time it attacks, but that additional amount can be 0 or 1 randomly and (AFAIK) disregards armor or other damage-reducing attributes.

[Missa La Hache]

Originally posted by air:

No, it doesn't necessarily deal 0-1 damage, 1-2 damage, or 3-4 damage. It rolls for additional damage every time it attacks, but that additional amount can be 0 or 1 randomly and (AFAIK) disregards armor or other damage-reducing attributes.

Oh yes, you're right, I misunderstood the "-" here which means "or" in this case. It all makes more sense now. Still I think that the description can be missleading players who are familiar with the X-Y notation that usually means X for attack and Y for defence. So the first time I read this description I thought : when KATYUSHA attacks in deals 0 attack and 1 defence damages to its target.

I know it seems pretty dumb now when you read it.

I hope this will help others new players like me to understand this effect.

Thank you again for your time.

[Desert Fox]

Originally posted by air:

No, it doesn't necessarily deal 0-1 damage, 1-2 damage, or 3-4 damage. It rolls for additional damage every time it attacks, but that additional amount can be 0 or 1 randomly and (AFAIK) disregards armor or other damage-reducing attributes.

The disregarding armor part especially feels broken to me, but then again I really hate facing Katyushas cause I feel like they almost always PROC more often then 50% of the time.

[kaladan]

Originally posted by Desert Fox:

The disregarding armor part especially feels broken to me, but then again I really hate facing Katyushas cause I feel like they almost always PROC more often then 50% of the time.

Except when you have it and atack with it - then it feels like it have 0% chance to proc =p

[Skyraider]

Each time it attacks, it will either do 1 OR 2 damage. In each round.
If you buff it to 3 attack for example, it will deal 3 (base damage after buff) damage OR 4, depending on randomness.

Just learning this game so bear with me on this. When you say, "If you buff it" how would one do that? Do you use a Repair Unit Card on a "Healthy" Katyushas? Or are there special cards available that will "buff" cards' abilities? Thanks in advance!

[kingjames488]

not sure what there is not to get... it does 0-1 additional damage on attack.

so it either does 1 extra damage or it doesn't. it's not rocket science :P