Editing Breath attack (section)

== [[Mechanic and Engineer]]'s breath attack direction {{wh}} ==

Mechanic's and Engineer's Breath attack, when attacking a 2-hex creature from the middle hex directly above or below them, does not follow the direction of the sword-arrow, but rather the direction of Mechanic's or Engineer's movement. The following image shows the problem in detail:

[[File: EngineerBreathDiagram.png]]

If the Engineer (or a Mechanic) approaches the 2-hex enemy standing on the <span style="color:orange">orange hexes</span> and attacks it from the <span style="color:green">green hex</span>, starting her movement from the left side (<span style="color:gold">yellow path</span>), she will burn whomever is occupying the <span style="color:gold">yellow hex</span>. If she approaches said 2-hex enemy from the right instead(<span style="color:teal">teal path</span>), she will burn whomever is standing on the <span style="color:teal">teal hex</span>. If she starts her movement from a hex on the exact same file as the <span style="color:green">green hex</span>, the direction of the sword-arrow will determine whether she burns the <span style="color:gold">yellow</span> or the <span style="color:teal">teal</span> hex. 

In the setup above, the Mechanic (or Engineer) ''cannot'' burn enemies located on the <span style="color:black">'''black hex'''</span>. 

{{User commentary|
HotA is most likely aware of the [[Breath attack#Dragon Breath Exploit|Dragon breath exploit]], but decided not to fix it as a result of it being rather niche and mostly used for tactical advantage. 

The AI can play rather well around breath attack, so do not expect to bait enemy dragons into retaliation onto their own stack.
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