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{{Secondary skill | {{Secondary skill | ||
| B_effect = gives control of the ballista to the hero, allowing one shot with a 50% chance to inflict double damage. | |||
| B_effect = gives control of the ballista | | A_effect = gives control of the ballista to the hero, allowing two shots with a 75% chance to inflict double damage. | ||
| A_effect = gives control of the ballista | | E_effect = gives control of the ballista to the hero, allowing two shots which inflict double damage. | ||
| E_effect = gives control of the ballista | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''Artillery''' is a [[secondary skill]] that gives the hero manual control over [[war machine]] [[Ballista]] | '''Artillery''' is a [[secondary skill]] that gives the hero manual control over [[war machine]] [[Ballista]] during [[combat]] and control over the [[arrow towers]] when defending a town during siege. Basic Artillery provides a 50% chance that ballista inflicts double damage. For Advanced Artillery this is a 75% chance and for Expert Artillery a 100% chance. Advanced and Expert Artillery also enable the ballist to [[double attack|shoot twice]] in a row, instead of once. | ||
'''Heroes with Artillery as a starting skill:''' | |||
* {{H|Arlach|Overlord}} – Basic Artillery | |||
* {{H|Christian|Knight}} – Basic Artillery | |||
* {{H|Gerwulf|Beastmaster}} – Basic Artillery | |||
* {{H|Gurnisson|Barbarian}} – Basic Artillery | |||
* {{H|Ignissa|Planeswalker}} – Basic Artillery | |||
* {{H|Pasis|Planeswalker}} – Basic Artillery | |||
* {{H|Pyre|Demoniac}} – Basic Artillery | |||
* {{H|Vokial|Death Knight}} – Basic Artillery | |||
* {{H|Zubin|Battle Mage}} – Basic Artillery | |||
* {{H|Ranloo|Death Knight}} - Basic Artillery | |||
'''Heroes with | '''Heroes with Ballista as specialty:''' | ||
* {{ | * {{H|Arlach|Overlord}} | ||
* {{ | * {{H|Christian|Knight}} | ||
* {{ | * {{H|Gerwulf|Beastmaster}} | ||
* {{ | * {{H|Gurnisson|Barbarian}} | ||
* {{H|Torosar|Alchemist}}* | |||
* Interestingly, Torosar has specialty Artillery but does not start by default with Artillery skill. | |||
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== Discussion == | |||
The only redeeming feature of Artillery skill is that while defending a siege, it gives the defending hero control over the [[arrow tower]](s). Sometimes more valuable than the damage of the towers is the chance of defending hero to cast the first spell in each round. Additionally, heroes with Artillery specialty start with a ballista, which can be useful in the combat as the AI sometimes attacks it wasting an otherwise possibly harmful attack on the "free" ballista. However, purchasing a ballista for this purpose is typically purposeless unless the kingdom has plenty of gold to spare. | The only redeeming feature of Artillery skill is that while defending a siege, it gives the defending hero control over the [[arrow tower]](s). Sometimes more valuable than the damage of the towers is the chance of defending hero to cast the first spell in each round. Additionally, heroes with Artillery specialty start with a ballista, which can be useful in the combat as the AI sometimes attacks it wasting an otherwise possibly harmful attack on the "free" ballista. However, purchasing a ballista for this purpose is typically purposeless unless the kingdom has plenty of gold to spare. | ||
The problem with Artillery skill is the ballista, which is not only ineffective but also expensive, weak and possible risk factor during combat. An example of the ineffectiveness is that even if the hero has Expert Artillery, Expert Archery, Attack skill value of 20 and the target is within range, the ballista only deals approximately 200 damage against a neutral stack of Archangel. Moreover, the ballista has only 250 [[health]] and acts last during the combat round, which means it may be destroyed in battles even before it can inflict any damage at all. Another major disadvantage of ballista is, that in a combat it may provide creatures with [[breath attack]] an opportunity to attack troops behind ballista without fear of [[retaliation]]. Not to mention the fact, that ballista is not deployed when attacking [[creature bank]]s or defending against a siege. | The problem with Artillery skill is the ballista, which is not only ineffective but also expensive, weak and possible risk factor during combat. An example of the ineffectiveness is that even if the hero has Expert Artillery, Expert Archery, Attack skill value of 20 and the target is within range, the ballista only deals approximately 200 damage against a neutral stack of Archangel. Moreover, the ballista has only 250 [[health]] and acts last during the combat round, which means it may be destroyed in battles even before it can inflict any damage at all. Another major disadvantage of ballista is, that in a combat it may provide creatures with [[breath attack]] an opportunity to attack troops behind ballista without fear of [[retaliation]]. Not to mention the fact, that ballista is not deployed when attacking [[creature bank]]s or defending against a siege. | ||
[[Category: Secondary skills]] | [[Category: Secondary skills]] | ||
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