Do Minions hit opponents as the same color as their host? Do they have strong/weak/neutral damage?

[zephyr1]

My understanding is that Minions are indeed the same color as their hosts, and damage is calculated accordingly.

Searching around a bit seems to confirm that:

@Kerridoc

A strike from a minion counts as normal damage from its host hero. You can see this effect easily with the “Strong” messages a Delilah minion on Gravemaker generate when hitting a green minion.

@Mariamne

Minion “takes” the color of his heroes.
Melia is yellow. Normally, Thorn minion is yellow and hits a purple target. Probably do less damages on red target.

@Gryphonknight

Playing with Thoth, the minions count as colored troops so they do double damage versus a weak color ( yellow for Thoth ) and half damage versus a strong color ( purple for Thoth ).

@Gryphonknight

They do not get combo bonuses, or color stacking ( which would make them much more popular against titans), but they get strong, neutral and weak attacks.

@Gryphonknight

Coding note: I suspect the Devs are just using the matching tile damage subroutine and have simply tweaked the attack power input.

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Bonus Related Topic

Minions also inherit the Talents of their host.

@Kerridoc

I have definitely seen a Gravemaker minion create a Wound (1 HP/round!). I didnt video it. By extension, Thoth’s minions can Delay.

@Kerridoc

I;ve had a Delilah minion on GM proc Wound, so i’m confident that an attacking minion on Sabina can proc Delay.