Hackers need a rework

[Evil donut]

I don´t mean simply buff them. I know the biggest problem in auto battlers is simply the unit count. More units means often a higher chance to win. It is defenitely hard to balance the hacker.

But this unit needs some kind of rework. It isn´t really good against mass of units and it is not super good against giants either. I can understand nobody would like to see some cheap hackers take over all the enemy giants.

But right now this unit has basically no role at all.

[Tungdil12]

You are right the hacker isnt good against small units and its also not good against giants, buuuut it is great against medium units like steelballs, sledgehammers and rhinos. I think you might just be using the hacker in the wrong situations.

[Dreepa]

Can't count the amount of games where hackers won me the game.

Like, hey, your rhinos are now mine, and eat your own army. And at the end of the round they even deal damage to you.

Seeing my enemy sell his rhinos because of that is fun.

Oh, you got self destruct rhinos? Too bad, I own them now, they go back to full HP, and then explode in YOUR army.

Hackers are fun!

[Thorqemada]

Well, if you get the Hacker on target...i had it once to run into a game where the oponent hacked my Rhinos but they were surprisingly weak to it - so much so i had never seen in any other game - usually the Hacker dies b4 getting his Job done.

Mayber there is a card or uograde that works wonder with Hackers...

I treid also to use them as Schieldmaidens but the investment is to high as Schields are a finite ressource while Damage is an infinite ressource...and i never get my Hackers above lvl2 and lvl2 only bcs i bought them at that lvl - i have not once levelled a Hacker via combat!

[morph113]

Try to make sure your hackers are behind all your other troops, also buy the range upgrades. They can do wonders and turn around matches sometimes. I don't think they need a buff or rework.

[Emperor Fooble]

Hackers are situational, but incredible.

They require investment and will hard punish you for bad placement, but they are truly fantastic units and need neither a buff or a rework.

[Kopernik]

they need to be removed not reworked yes i hate them.
they are not situacional they change games in painfull ways, you want rhinos ... forget it unless you want to see them killed by your own units, mass balls just buy 1 hacker and you can stop 3 or 4 SQUADS of balls (if they have cravlers tech)

[Concerned West Virginia Resident]

hackers are really useful against super tank unit strategies, and they are the cheapest perma-shield in the game, which is enough of a niche for them, imo

[Wayne]

+1 weakest unit of the game, which requires upgrading and most of times you can find a much better way to counter your op instead placing useless hacker. It's not even a situational unit, more like a fun to play unit. Never had problem with hackers in alpha/beta

[Iso Koala]

Originally posted by Concerned West Virginia Resident:

hackers are really useful against super tank unit strategies

Really? I feel hackers are useless when giant boosts to level 4+. The dmg it doesnt should be expotentially increasing like Melting point has, to make hackers any use against multiple 100k HP units.

[Concerned West Virginia Resident]

yeah, i was more thinking about hackers against like, mass armored steel balls than giant units

[Kopernik]

there is other topic about this i made, hackers simply make some strategys rendered useless and that made players play similar way making game boring sooooo soner some of you simply plays with units that either have long range or many units in squads that counters hacker but try plaing close range units and w8 for someone place 1 haker => pain tran where your last 4 turn investment TURN COMPLETELY USELESS. yes when you invite op in your side where you have shields its nice and dandy but try to cross the line and your own units will make you lose round

[StarBreeze]

hacker is op against medium ground units. Also sheild upgrade is great.
Also hackers&fang strategy is disgusting

[Purple Sauce]

I would prefer they be removed or heavily nerfed ie. remove the full HP hacked upgrade and also make it so hacked units do NOT count towards damaging HP at the end of the round.

[Sonnenbank]

Hacker actually imo is in a very good position right now.

Its not a good unit most of the time but in some Situations it can really turn around the battle super hard and excell .

And also there is a basic strategy that can work pretty good with Elite Specialist and Fang start into Hackers

[Kopernik]

please i feel entire pain train with that memory :/