Co-Op Mutation #504: Retribution

The terrazine mists on Bel’Shir have opened a portal to the Void, where Amon’s minions lie in wait. They spring from these Void Rifts and storm your base. The fog has also demoralized your forces, making them hurt by their own weapons as much as the enemy does. Find a way to keep yourself, and Stetmann’s bots, alive.

Void Rifts - Void Rifts periodically appear in random locations and spawn enemy units until destroyed.
Double-Edged - Damage dealt by your units and structures is dealt back to them, but then healed back over time.

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Video Replays on Brutal difficulty:

Player 1 Player 2
[CtG 33x40 Chaotic Power Couple] [Twotuuu 33x40Broodbrother]
[CtG 33x40 Tunneling Horror] Sticksbender 33x40 Heavy Weapons Specialist
[CtG 33x40 Solarite Celestial] Ancalagon 33x40 Signal Savant
[CtG 33x40 Merchant of Death] UMAD 33x40 Tunneling Horror

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Void Rift Spawns

Time Rifts
2:20 2 Rifts
3:50 2 Rifts
5:20 2 Rifts
6:40 2 Rifts
8:20 4 Rifts
9:50 4 Rifts
11:20 4 Rifts
12:50 4 Rifts
14:20/+90s 4 Rifts

Other Notes:

  • Each Void Rift has 500HP, and their spawnings are signalled by a minimap ping on each Rift.
  • The first Void Rifts spawn very close to your base, however the Rifts start to spawn further, often behind enemy lines.
  • Units that spawn from Void Rifts do not drop biomass for Abathur.
  • Time stop delays by 20 seconds the spawn time of Void Rifts.
  • A level 90 Raynor can have a 120-second cooldown on his Dusk Wings calldown. These may be handy for sniping Rifts. A Karax can destroy each Rift in 5 Orbital Strike shots, which is 25 energy per Rift. Kerrigan can destroy each Rift with two leaping strikes. Horner’s Precision Strikes can destroy a Void Rifts in 3 hits.
  • Sturdy units that don’t necessarily have the highest damage output will perform comparatively well vs. Double-edged. So will free units like the Infested and Locusts, and expendable units like Banelings and Spidermines.

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Mutation overlap 134, 320. this week 3rd #504

1st clear Zagara P3+Kerrigan

Mutation (Retribution) play list

Karax P3 + Zagara P1 — WIN
We dared not do any of the bonuses since we were getting overwhelmed (or at least, it felt like it to me). However, late game, we had void rifts well under control!

Ofc. towers deal with Double Edged, but at least Karax’ are tanky, quick build, and don’t take supply, so their job is every bit as much to stall units and provide vision for SoA lasers as it is to deal damage.

Ally was on top of most vr hunting. I leant some SoA lasers if it helped eased some load on her banalings.