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This post is to discuss the current balance of the controversial unit known as the flea. Flea spam has become a very viable tactic nowadays able to punish players severely for nearly no cost in many cases. It's role was meant to be a scout that is capable of very light raids however for its measly cost of 20 metal if has a whopping 45 dps. At first this may not seem like much but it has the highest dps to metal ratio. In groups the flea is able to take on a variety of riot units and win without much difficulty when microed correctly. It's burrow ability combined with its low cost allows a player to spam fleas and setup "Traps" for stronger units in which to kill them extremely quickly do to their high dps.
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This post is to discuss the current balance of the controversial unit known as the flea. Flea spam has become a very viable tactic nowadays able to punish players severely for nearly no cost in many cases. It's role was meant to be a scout that is capable of very light raids however for its measly cost of 20 metal if has a whopping 45 dps. At first this may not seem like much but it has the highest dps to metal ratio. In groups the flea is able to take on a variety of riot units and win without much difficulty when microed correctly. It's burrow ability combined with its low cost allows a player to spam fleas and setup "Traps" for stronger units in which to kill them extremely quickly do to their high dps.
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The presence of fleas in a non-spider mirror match gives the spider player a notable edge in the early game as the non-spider player is usually forced to spam LLT in order to protect all of their metal extractors, a significant investment early on which the spider player can take advantage of in which case they can expand much more freely. The flea is also one of the fastest land units in the game able to traverse maps in a very short time making them a very powerful counter to sudden skirmisher presence on the battlefield as they can join the battle quickly.
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The presence of fleas in a non-spider mirror match gives the spider player a notable edge in the early game as the non-spider player is usually forced to spam LLT in order to protect all of their metal extractors, a significant investment early on which the spider player can take advantage of in which case they can expand much more freely. The flea is also one of the fastest land units in the game able to traverse maps in a very short time making them a very powerful counter to sudden skirmisher presence on the battlefield as they can join the battle quickly.
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Fleas can easily make cost in several situations, a single flea taking out 1 metal extractor is already a 55 metal advantage and tends to happen often, more so at the early stages of the match where llt presence is near nonexistent. Fleas are also capable of taking out wind gens very quickly which would provide another early economical advantage. Having to invest in several LLT is costly at the start of the match, and the spider player can simply counter them with recluses later on making them obsolete other then being a flea deterant.
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Fleas can easily make cost in several situations, a single flea taking out 1 metal extractor is already a 55 metal advantage and tends to happen often, more so at the early stages of the match where llt presence is near nonexistent. Fleas are also capable of taking out wind gens very quickly which would provide another early economical advantage. Having to invest in several LLT is costly at the start of the match, and the spider player can simply counter them with recluses later on making them obsolete other then being a flea deterant.
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My personal opinion on the matter is that the flea may be in a slightly too powerful position for what it is thus should have some form of nerf whether it be cost or dps.
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My personal opinion on the matter is that the flea may be in a slightly too powerful position for what it is thus should have some form of nerf whether it be cost or dps.
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Feel free to state your own opinions on the matter and post replays =) as there are not many "good" replays which show the issue at hand as many likely go unnoticed
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Feel free to state your own opinions on the matter and post replays =) as there are not many "good" replays which show the issue at hand as many likely go unnoticed
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http://zero-k.info/Battles/Detail/657923
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http://zero-k.info/Battles/Detail/657923
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http://zero-k.info/Battles/Detail/658842
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http://zero-k.info/Battles/Detail/658842
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http://zero-k.
info/Battles/Detail/658839(
this
one
was
just
very
poor
play
on
my
part,
was
caught
off
guard)
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http://zero-k.
info/Battles/Detail/658839
(
this
one
was
just
very
poor
play
on
my
part,
was
caught
off
guard)
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Flea Balance Thread