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Deadeye Operative provides the unique {{ticon|click}}[[Ability]] to take out your opponent's economy, being able to take out a [[Drone]] per turn, per Operative regardless of any of your opponents {{ticon|block}}blockers. This, makes them fairly strong, as next to no other unit in the [[random set|Random Set]] provides this ability with the exception of [[Apollo]]. |
Deadeye Operative provides the unique {{ticon|click}}[[Ability]] to take out your opponent's economy, being able to take out a [[Drone]] per turn, per Operative regardless of any of your opponents {{ticon|block}}blockers. This, makes them fairly strong, as next to no other unit in the [[random set|Random Set]] provides this ability with the exception of [[Apollo]]. |
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− | How and when to play Deadeye Operative, however, is fairly tricky. The {{ticon|gold}}[[Gold]] cost isn't the lowest, at 11 {{ticon|gold}}[[Gold]], and it's price goes up further by the fact that it takes up {{ticon|blue|2}} to create. Assuming you're going to be using the Deadeye's {{ticon|click}}[[Ability]] per-turn, while you may be able to harass and whittle down the opponent's economy, you won't be able to do any direct damage, as you'll be using all your [[tech]] towards Deadeyes. Deadeye's are currently a slightly more efficient attack than [[ |
+ | How and when to play Deadeye Operative, however, is fairly tricky. The {{ticon|gold}}[[Gold]] cost isn't the lowest, at 11 {{ticon|gold}}[[Gold]], and it's price goes up further by the fact that it takes up {{ticon|blue|2}} to create. Assuming you're going to be using the Deadeye's {{ticon|click}}[[Ability]] per-turn, while you may be able to harass and whittle down the opponent's economy, you won't be able to do any direct damage, as you'll be using all your [[tech]] towards Deadeyes. Deadeye's are currently a slightly more efficient attack than [[Steelsplitter]] and can force your opponent to build lots of blockers than won't absorb if you are using your snipe ability. Furthermore, Deadeyes can hit [[Drone|Drones]], and ONLY [[Drone|Drones]], thus [[Wild Drone|Wild Drones]], [[Vivid Drone|Vivid Drones]], [[Trinity Drone|Trinity Drones]], and [[Doomed Drone|Doomed Drones]] are immune to their {{ticon|click}}[[Ability]]. |
Generally, Deadeyes work best in the mid game, where you are dealing enough damage to force your opponent to build more {{ticon|block}}[[Blocker|Blockers]], but not enough to manage to breach. Deadeyes allow you to skip over your opponent's {{ticon|block}}[[Blocker|Blockers]] and hit their precious [[Drone|Drones]], which they most likely will be unable to rebuild, as [[Engineer|Engineers]] will tend to be delegated to defense. This in turn means that they cannot rebuild their defenses, eventually leading to your success. |
Generally, Deadeyes work best in the mid game, where you are dealing enough damage to force your opponent to build more {{ticon|block}}[[Blocker|Blockers]], but not enough to manage to breach. Deadeyes allow you to skip over your opponent's {{ticon|block}}[[Blocker|Blockers]] and hit their precious [[Drone|Drones]], which they most likely will be unable to rebuild, as [[Engineer|Engineers]] will tend to be delegated to defense. This in turn means that they cannot rebuild their defenses, eventually leading to your success. |
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Deadeye Operative is a Blue unit. It has a game-changing ability to cut down opponent's economy.
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Strategy
Deadeye Operative provides the unique Ability to take out your opponent's economy, being able to take out a Drone per turn, per Operative regardless of any of your opponents blockers. This, makes them fairly strong, as next to no other unit in the Random Set provides this ability with the exception of Apollo.
How and when to play Deadeye Operative, however, is fairly tricky. The Gold cost isn't the lowest, at 11 Gold, and it's price goes up further by the fact that it takes up to create. Assuming you're going to be using the Deadeye's Ability per-turn, while you may be able to harass and whittle down the opponent's economy, you won't be able to do any direct damage, as you'll be using all your tech towards Deadeyes. Deadeye's are currently a slightly more efficient attack than Steelsplitter and can force your opponent to build lots of blockers than won't absorb if you are using your snipe ability. Furthermore, Deadeyes can hit Drones, and ONLY Drones, thus Wild Drones, Vivid Drones, Trinity Drones, and Doomed Drones are immune to their Ability.
Generally, Deadeyes work best in the mid game, where you are dealing enough damage to force your opponent to build more Blockers, but not enough to manage to breach. Deadeyes allow you to skip over your opponent's Blockers and hit their precious Drones, which they most likely will be unable to rebuild, as Engineers will tend to be delegated to defense. This in turn means that they cannot rebuild their defenses, eventually leading to your success.
If your opponent goes all-in and forgoes defense, sacrificing away all his Drones, Deadeye Operatives still provide if they don't activate their Ability. While Deadeyes are one of the least efficient attackers, is more useful than sniping non-existent Drones. The also threatens significant extra damage per-turn, and using the Attack to breach may be often more useful than taking out a Drone, espicially if you can kill low health attackers such as Tarsiers.
Change log
- February 15th, 2015
- December 17th, 2014
- October 4th, 2014
- Added.
External Links
- 2 New Units, 1 New Mechanic: Let’s see how you like the red dot!, a blog post by Will Ma. (October 3th, 2014)
- Unit of the week #2: Deadeye Operative, a discussion on Reddit. (January 25th, 2015)
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