Barb King target type

Since the barb king's sword is about as big as 5 regular barbs/archers/etc his sword swing should effect multiple targets somewhat similar to the Valkyre. Can't see this not getting criticized for making the barb king far too powerful in defense so I am not sure if his DPS would have to be lowered (not desirable) or just making the radius very small. Some have suggested his attack cause some sort of explosion and splash damage, but I just think it should be similar to the Valk, with a smaller radius. I don't want the situation to become barb king swings his sword once and 50 troops disappear, but I also think it is a little silly watching him swing that giant sword into a group of barbs and trying to believe only one of them took the hit. Definitely don't like the idea of his DPS dropping so low that it takes multiple hits to kill a group of barbs either, because that is also hard to swallow. IF there is a possible middle ground it would be a bit more believable...but I don't know if it can be found without tipping the scales too far in either direction. Thoughts?

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Originally Posted by conradlovejoy

Since the barb king's sword is about as big as 5 regular barbs/archers/etc his sword swing should effect multiple targets somewhat similar to the Valkyre. Can't see this not getting criticized for making the barb king far too powerful in defense so I am not sure if his DPS would have to be lowered (not desirable) or just making the radius very small. Some have suggested his attack cause some sort of explosion and splash damage, but I just think it should be similar to the Valk, with a smaller radius. I don't want the situation to become barb king swings his sword once and 50 troops disappear, but I also think it is a little silly watching him swing that giant sword into a group of barbs and trying to believe only one of them took the hit. Definitely don't like the idea of his DPS dropping so low that it takes multiple hits to kill a group of barbs either, because that is also hard to swallow. IF there is a possible middle ground it would be a bit more believable...but I don't know if it can be found without tipping the scales too far in either direction. Thoughts?

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I could see this working if you could still lure him, but since you cannot i see him sitting next to the th and when a group of wizzies come up to kill him he takes them out quickly.

That is a good point. The more I think about this, the more I think the BK would be far too OP if his attacks were considered splash damage. So how about this, instead of splash damage, a new target type in which only a certain number of units take the hit per swing no matter how many are there. Say there are 10 barbs within the BK's swing arc...but only 3 or 4 of them take the hit. Instead of just being simple splash damage and all within the radius take the damage (and likely vanish) he can take out more than one a time without becoming unstoppable.

That would make more sense.