Assault Stormcaller Opinions?

[Emperor Sigismund]

I picked this card for the first time today just to see what would happen. It allowed my stormcallers to tank for my marksmen when things got dicey which I wasn't expecting. It felt like a pretty fringe scenario though.

Does anybody else have experience with this card? It does nothing to counteract the minimum range or the long warm-up time to fire. If it did either of those things it would make it a much more interesting pick I think.

[Beta_Krogoth]

I think its pretty limited in its uses. You don't want stormcallers charging up front, you need them at the back dishing out damage for as long as possible. Assault SC makes them tread on the toes of other medium range damage dealers who don't suffer from the same counters as SCers.

[Polar Test 53]

i find most assault cards are useful mostly for flanks. since the range loss and speed & hp bonuses benefit that area the most.
it also helps with frontline units but large high hp units are too easily countered to be of use there. and storms have a minimum range so also useless there as well.

but paired with rapid fire the storm assault card makes them go super fast letting them dodge other storm units arty. assuming they dont get bogged up on chaff.
you can also strafe your storms across the board using this as well.
with the extra hp and speed making them a good distraction and more durable to last a few hits.

[Hotklou]

Originally posted by Polar Test 53:

i find most assault cards are useful mostly for flanks. since the range loss and speed & hp bonuses benefit that area the most.

Assault scorpion + range tech + siege tech is awesome. Siege increases range by a LOT but increases attack interval, whereas assault scorpion brings the attack interval back to normal while not bringing range all the way back. The scorpion now fires at the normal rate but can now still outrange most units easily. I got that combo in one match and it was awesome.

[Fadeway]

Theoretically assault helps against missile intercept, shorter range = less time to stop the missiles. But probably not worth getting into range of the WF and also it's never gonna get offered that late anyway

[83athom]

My oppinion is that Assault Storm turns them into a proto Scorpion while Siege Scorpion turns those into proto Storms. The only reason to ever use either is that you absolutely don't want to place the other unit but are in a situation that you need that unit.

Originally posted by Hotklou:

Assault scorpion + range tech + siege tech is awesome. Siege increases range by a LOT but increases attack interval, whereas assault scorpion brings the attack interval back to normal while not bringing range all the way back. The scorpion now fires at the normal rate but can now still outrange most units easily. I got that combo in one match and it was awesome.

Siege also heavily reduces the damage it can deal whilst also introducing a minimum range and shell travel time so it no longer counters Balls and Worms. Siege Mode is heavily overrated, just use Storms for the role. The only reason to use it is that your enemy bought anti-missile and you rage spam them because they countered your rage spam Stormcallers.

[Beta_Krogoth]

Originally posted by Fadeway:

Theoretically assault helps against missile intercept, shorter range = less time to stop the missiles. But probably not worth getting into range of the WF and also it's never gonna get offered that late anyway

The problem with this is that the missile interceptors are still doing their job, they're reducing the amount of missiles on the field. Shorter range means less shots fired, greater vulnerability due to closer range ect ect.

Storms are weird because they're actually an extremely powerful unit, but their counters make them almost worthless.