(43) Proposal: Reduce Heavy Skirmisher CS by 1

[Stalker0]

So far I am liking the new skirmisher model, and I think the base skirmisher stats are solid.

The heavy skirmisher I think is a bit too tanky though, here are a few showings:

Spoiler :

So the knight and the longsword are the two common melee units going against the heavy skirmisher, and you can see its tanking them pretty well. For a super fast light unit that is really not supposed to be staying in combat, this seems like a bit too much staying power.

Proposal: A simple adjustment to the heavy skirmisher's CS to reduce some of its tankiness against melee.

 

[CppMaster]

Makes sense, but how impactful is 1 CS difference?

 

[Stalker0]

Makes sense, but how impactful is 1 CS difference?

As a ballpark, if a longsword is attacking the unit. The longsword will deal an average of ~1.8 more damage, and take 1 less damage in retaliation against a CS 17 heavy skirmisher compared to a CS 18 one.

 

[azum4roll]

What's the expected damage a same tier melee can do to a skirmisher? For reference my heavy skirmisher is only 15CS and is expected to take ~45 damage from longswords. With 5 moves, the VP skirmisher should have even lower defense.

 

[Recursive]

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