All possible unit combos/synergies?

[Wesker]

I have played this game for years and some of you have seen me a bunch on these boards but I want to make sure i am not missing anything. So far, the only unit combos I seem to notice with any regularity is barbs + rangers and then healers and regular warriors. There seem to be exceptions from time to time like Wizards randomly (not really random its all code) following heroes around once they reach a high enough level. But is there any good synergy for priestesses and WoD or that tree path? The only real synergy for WoD is they always berserk and dive in head first so you can babysit them with heal spells which is kind of neat because they never back down from anything like some heroes. Priestesses I guess dont really need synergy because they are self reliant. Cultists i wish i had some sort of synergy because they are by far one of the weakest heroes with very bad stats for leveling up.

(I guess another fake kind of synergy is Helia and guardhouses but that doesn't really count)

[Peach Jelly]

I've noticed that Paladins tend to stick together.

[VikesRule]

There's only a couple within the actual code: Healers will follow & heal Warriors, Wizards and Tax Collectors. Rangers will follow & support Barbarians. Wizards will follow & support Monks and Barbarians.

[Reality]

I experiment with the defend building behavior

Barbarians will defend a ranger guild more readily than attack flag and since it has move camp I can put it right on top of a dragon lair to get fast results

Other buildings don't have move camp but gnomes can almost do as good in using far away building a right on top of monster lairs to attract people.

Or simple gnomes + warrior guild, you can delete an old one after construction which instantly reassigns all members to new one where you call to arms for an offensive teleport ( more unique in southern quests where the sorcerer's abode gate spell doesn't exist)

[Wesker]

@Vikes Rule
Great insight as always from all 3 of you. That is a really weird one abut the Wizard protecting the tax collectors? But also awesome at the same time if they are being hunted down by rival kingdoms or such. Had no idea about Monk and Wizard Synergy either.

@PeachJelly - It does seem like that doesn't it? They aggressively go after anything that stands in their way. But it also seems like they destroy things with such ease they end up bunching together to kill whatever is remaining left because of how powerful the unit is.

@Reality - That is a pretty insane find with you about the Ranger building. They really do have insane synergy it seems like. Only thing I don't like is the Rangers take a longer time to reveal the map when you go barbs with rangers.

Speaking of gnomes.... it always bothered me how they will working on repairing/building a building RIGHT away when you just recruit them seconds after, but when they have been recruited for a while they take much longer to come out of their hovels to work on a building. Luckily they build fast.

[Ser Skizzbro Swaggins IV]

Rangers can use the herbs planted by healers to brew healing potions,and rogues can use the shrooms planted by cultists to poison their weapons. I would kind of count those as synergies with other hero classes.

[Wesker]

Originally posted by Ser Skizzbro Swaggins IV:

Rangers can use the herbs planted by healers to brew healing potions,and rogues can use the shrooms planted by cultists to poison their weapons. I would kind of count those as synergies with other hero classes.

Good catch by you. I was aware of this before but it completely slipped my mind. Very underrated synergy.

[happyscrub]

Priestesses + Rogues = more gold. The skeletons that die can be looted

[Peach Jelly]

Originally posted by happyscrub:

Priestesses + Rogues = more gold. The skeletons that die can be looted

Oh, clever! I never thought about that aspect of the skeletons. :)

[Wesker]

Damn nice strat there! One thing I always wondered though is how does Rogue looting work. I know they can steal from your buildings and such but can they loot a lair an unlimited number of times? And is there overall benefit a net positive of gold?

[Peach Jelly]

Originally posted by Wesker:

how does Rogue looting work. I know they can steal from your buildings and such but can they loot a lair an unlimited number of times?

Each lair has a gold cache that can eventually run dry if looted enough times. If there's any gold left in the cache when your heroes demolish the building, it gets split between them.

[rock.golem | trade.tf]

Synergy....hmm, if you can get a healer to work with chaos they tend to shine in towns with temples to Krypta and fervus. There tend to be a lot of injured minions running around and even just 1 healer seems to double the amount of friendly creatures. Probably because they're not wandering around at 4hp.

[Wesker]

Originally posted by rock.golem | trade.tf:

Synergy....hmm, if you can get a healer to work with chaos they tend to shine in towns with temples to Krypta and fervus. There tend to be a lot of injured minions running around and even just 1 healer seems to double the amount of friendly creatures. Probably because they're not wandering around at 4hp.

Nice input and response. The way to get a healer to work with chaos is from the embassies right?

[Peach Jelly]

Originally posted by Wesker:

Originally posted by rock.golem | trade.tf:

Synergy....hmm, if you can get a healer to work with chaos they tend to shine in towns with temples to Krypta and fervus. There tend to be a lot of injured minions running around and even just 1 healer seems to double the amount of friendly creatures. Probably because they're not wandering around at 4hp.

Nice input and response. The way to get a healer to work with chaos is from the embassies right?

Or the build anything cheat code.

[Sunday Driver]

These are some useful tips! It's not all obvious or something that would be pointed out with tutorials but can be helpful to know to get a smooth running little kingdom.

[Wesker]

Originally posted by Peach Jelly:

Originally posted by Wesker:

Nice input and response. The way to get a healer to work with chaos is from the embassies right?

Or the build anything cheat code.

Lol very true