Improvement to Healer AI

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November 30th, 2015
kdrakakis

Improvement to Healer AI

Lately I have been impressed by the elegance of the Queen Walk, and I have tried it myself on a few occasions. However, I feel it is not as useful as it could be, and the reason is the positioning of the healers. Indeed, as I start the walk, I drop the healers behind the queen, so that the queen stands in between the healers and any defenses may be present (in particular, air defenses). Now, as the walk evolves and the queen turns at a side of the base, the healers do not reposition themselves so that they remain behind the queen relative to the defenses. As a result, they sometimes get sniped by air defenses. Could the healers' AI be reworked so that the healers always remain behind the queen relative to the defenses?
November 30th, 2015
nzxt

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Originally Posted by kdrakakis

Lately I have been impressed by the elegance of the Queen Walk, and I have tried it myself on a few occasions. However, I feel it is not as useful as it could be, and the reason is the positioning of the healers. Indeed, as I start the walk, I drop the healers behind the queen, so that the queen stands in between the healers and any defenses may be present (in particular, air defenses). Now, as the walk evolves and the queen turns at a side of the base, the healers do not reposition themselves so that they remain behind the queen relative to the defenses. As a result, they sometimes get sniped by air defenses. Could the healers' AI be reworked so that the healers always remain behind the queen relative to the defenses?

thats way op, next you want the wizards to stay back a safe distance while the golems/pekkas/giants work away.
November 30th, 2015
kdrakakis

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Originally Posted by nzxt

thats way op, next you want the wizards to stay back a safe distance while the golems/pekkas/giants work away.

Actually, now that you mention it... this is a great idea!
November 30th, 2015
ironagedave

There doesn't need to be a change, healers are immune to air traps, they really don't need to be buffed in this way I would prefer a buff to movement speed but that could even be a bit on the OP side.

To address your problem:
A) you need to plan it so that ADs and Archer towers are taken down by the queen first quickly and in a suitable radius. Also be mindfull that activating her ability will mean that a healer is likely to be the next target for an archer tower, so hold off if you can.
B) make use of your minions sniping and diverting the AD heat, cc full of giants/hogs or dragon can also help either target these defences particularly as the queen is already taking most of the ground troop fire heat.
C) don't use all your healers up in one go 4 should be enough to start with then add more as and when you need it (carry heal and rage spells to lengthen the time it takes for them to be killed - gives the queen more time to make their way to the sniping AD) but if you are taking on th10s you will need at least two freeze spells.

The above is tactics - no need for an update to adress a lack of it - you just need practice and to learn where you went wrong if it failed.

On a seperate note I have to say I am very disapointed at the speed it takes for the freeze spell to drop so you need to drop it quicker than you think if the AQ is targetted by an inferno tower.