Broodlord Battlegroup
It was just a few short weeks ago the Broodlord took on challengers and showed the true power of the Broodcall dragons. What was the experience like and how did he provide such a formidable challenge? Today’s The Green Room will tell you more!
“When we began planning the Broodlord event, I knew it would be challenging playing veterans who knew PoxNora inside and out. The question was, how do you provide an adequate and fair game to people of any rank? It wasn’t easy a lot of time was put into creating a battlegroup that could face anything thrown against it. What did I end up with? Here is the secret behind the Broodlord battlegroup.”
Champions:
The Eight Broodcall Dragons - These were auto-includes fitting the theme but considering this was before our buffs to many of them, they could be vulnerable by themselves. I ended up growing pretty attached to Thirion as he was my only magic damage champ and Firemaw just because I like when he explodes.
Cave Dragon - I was asked a lot about this one. Why a Cave Dragon? It’s really pretty simple honestly. The Exile has Volatile, and the Cave Dragon is technically a dragon so it fit.
Spells:
Avalanche X2: With chasms on the map, and its ability to hit multiple targets I couldn’t avoid utilizing this regularly. I only managed to cliff dive one champion but it was worth it.
Backfire X1: This wasn’t used a lot but a few of you put together hefty spell spam Battlegroups and it threw people off their game.
Banish X2: I tried to only use this in emergencies when a hero was tearing up one of my dragons. It threw a major monkey wrench in some strategies and made the difference between a tough game and a sound beating of Broodlord.
Desperate Heal X1: This one was another auto-include which allowed a quick heal at a relatively low cost.
Essence Drain X1: Essence Drain is another easy spell to take the wind out of an extremely powerful creature. I didn’t use it every time but enough that I’m glad it was there.
Fireblast X2: Another great utility area of effect spell which helped finish off more champions than I can count.
Firestorm X1: This is another great area of effect spell which I found particularly effective against Moga swarm.
Hammer Strike X2: Hammer Strike was really fun to use against people who used it on me. I could see this as aggrivating though so I tried to only use when I had to.
Mobilization X2: It would have been easy to use Mobilization with Flying in order to quickly advance and crush a shrine. The goal of this event however was to make it fun so I only used against extremely fast units.
Monsoon X2: Monsoon served me in two ways, first to drown so many heroes. Euan, Talgar, Grimlic and many more sank to the murky depths. In a pinch it also could slow down a War Enchanted Groble too.
Retribution X2: The benefits of Retribution probably don’t need explanation, but in my case remember these dragons were all in the 100 nora range. This made the damage output catastrophic when utilized correctly.
With a hefty nora bank, you can see I had plenty of tools at my disposal. I was surprised however a number of times by many players ingenuity and I think most of you had quite a bit of fun trying to beat me. To those who succeeded, we’ll have a rematch one day. Until we meet again mighty champions, I leave you with one important thought. I will totally Banish your Euan.