I don’t have Jabberwock to test this on, but since the formation still uses the same 1-5 input as the normal ‘V’ shape, I assume it still goes by position.
So for a front 3 - back 2, you set up your raid defense with the front three being the wings and tank, then your flanks are the back 2. So I would assume Jabber would hit the 2 far-edge front heroes since they are still technically the closest to the edges.
For a front 2 back 3, Jabber would likely hit the back 2 edges, since they would be positions 1 and 5 in your lineup.
I’m most excited about the reverse V. I would think using only fast snipers/Dot hero’s would be the best. You can spread out the damage pretty well and stack appears to be less effective. Others look easy to defeat since its basically 5 v 2 or 3, then clean up the back row.
It will be interesting indeed to see how the chain would work here in the double and reverse double setup.
Logically, the adjacent heroes in the same row are linked together but how are the two rows linked though?
Since it’s the same concept, is 1 linked to 2 and 4 to 5 in this setup for example?
If they are, (which I’m sure they are) that creates a closed circuit and a single dead hero will not affect the link between the rest, unlike our current conventional setup. So no matter which hero you get rid of, Roostley will hit every one else.
If the two rows are not linked, than Roostley loses at least 40% of his damage output right away, which would be a huge nerf.
Apparently in double formations, wings and flanks are not considered adjacent or nearby. I don’t see why they should be considered linked for Roostley’s special then.
And the inverse, where it is an inverted V and a 2 back, 3 front.
So far, it seems like in the 3-2 and 2-3, the ‘nearby’ heroes are only in the same row. I haven’t had much time to test myself and the raids I found only had the classic formation :(. Currently, there’s no way to know the formation the defense is using until you enter the raid.
God, I am glad they really started doing something about the PVP. I hope that’s going to spread to tournaments and wars etc… Maybe there’s still hope for this game.
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