Incendiary bombs Vulkan

[King]

I see often the combo Vulkan incendiary with flying units. How do I prevent the fire on the ground?
I tried shields. From the looks my shield does block the missles but they still cause fire on the ground upon collapsing against my shield. The same with missile interceptor, incendiary bomb looks destroyed but still causes fire???

I'm a bit confused. Is there no way to prevent that fire on the ground?

[ente000]

You can place some crawlers as flank, so the missiles fly there.
You can also try a mobile beacon to bait the missiles.
But other than that, there is no counterplay.

[King]

Originally posted by ente000:

You can place some crawlers as flank, so the missiles fly there.
You can also try a mobile beacon to bait the missiles.
But other than that, there is no counterplay.

That's crazy. First time I hear there is no counterplay to something in this game. Mobile wont do much when they set up 4 pieces covering whole frontline.

[ente000]

Yeah it's annoying, all you can do Is building units with more health.
Missile interceptor are just a bait because you invest way more than he did and shields are not reliable.

[Ilostmycactus]

You have to control tempo so that them going incendiary doesn't wipe you. You should pivot into things beyond chaff at that point that will deal damage to the rest of his army. You also put chaff far back on your board so that by the time the vulcans are dealt with they won't be in danger. Combine that with deploying on flanks and using beacon to delay your chaff behind your army.

Not all missile interceptors have the same effectiveness. Most if not all of them also degrade in efficiency the more they fire that turn (not forever). So you either need to pick interceptors that are more efficient and less vulnerable or build more of them or more units that have the tech.

You can also emp the vulcans before your army advances past your shields so that there won't be much fire to walk into.

[Gaze73]

Try interceptors in testing grounds, you will see they stop vulkan missiles.

[King]

Originally posted by Gaze73:

Try interceptors in testing grounds, you will see they stop vulkan missiles.

This is not true, fire is still caused. I'm right now abusing this. lol If you cant beat them, join them.

[Marquez von Hinten]

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[Gaze73]

Originally posted by King:

Originally posted by Gaze73:

Try interceptors in testing grounds, you will see they stop vulkan missiles.

This is not true, fire is still caused. I'm right now abusing this. lol If you cant beat them, join them.

You didn't test it apparently. 2 stangs or 2 turrets fully block the fire from 1 vulcan. Factory + 1 turret fully blocks 2 vulcans. Against 6 vulcans you can make 2 factories + 6 turrets.