@@CedricBassman i went all game without making forge’s warthog, atroxi’s chosen, honor guard, etcetera before. other games i just forget to respawn/revive them. most hero units aren’t that powerful in my experience, it’s leader abilities that can change the tide more often than hero units.
Hunter captain was meant to be a unit that functioned like a tank in a MMORPG... A unit that attracts all the fire and then just doesn't die... Honestly I feel He can no longer do that because most recent nerfs... they should have nerfed his gun not his tankyness... Edit: Every time I use him Against people who know what their doing... He gets melted in 5 seconds flat by ONLY 2 hero units...
As a more veteran player I feel like making videos on how to effectivly play the early, mid and late game would be better for beginners than a rush build but this was a great video I might need to try these tips too
Zane Cruse you won’t improve by watching these videos your better off watching Liam white or even yodas past broadcasts on twitch if you want to get better
Some points that I think should have been on the spotlight imo.. Skitterers deal damage but you didn't emphasize that, when attached, give max health and attack by their own. Vehicles and structures, including skitterers before being attached, get both armor AND range boost if you use the power. So a boosted skitterer will attack farther away. Combat repair is % max hp healing. The more hp, the more actual healing. Both things combine if used on units, adding more hp (combat repair consequently gets even more effective) and independent attacks with good range. On Captain they're awesome, on Elites and Hunters they're very good when you fortify infantry, but 3 buffed skitterers on a Scarab with repairs gets quite terrifying Buffing towers also gives more range, and that includes the radar tower (can't remember the name) for longer detection Because turrets can get buffed, I often lure their army into my well-buffed base so they end up getting wreckt by powers and my own army. Because of the skitterers, an early game army of engineers+skitterers usually makes an allied army quite invincible. That works the same way with the (idk name) support air unit that defends against missiles, nullifying anti-air rockets quite a bit. People tend to spam air or anti-air, so doing that literally makes your ally's full pop army of banshees go anywhere they want with very low harm. Colony can even be, like this, a very aggressive support, which makes it so versatile that I only use Colony in every game. Can't love it more than thiz
Also, upgrades. Infantry upgrades affects infantry, including grunts and goliaths. By the same rule, as they are vehicles, skitterers get improved by vehicle upgrades. The garage on Colony can be quite the all-around army building if you include skitterers in there and get upgrades, barely and rarely leaving you with the need to include infantry or air units into your army. Damn this leader is amazing
Plus, Hunter Captain's weapon is a laser. Attacks in a small aoe (decimates multi-unit infantry), lifesteals (sustaining along combat repairs), and even slows (the arrow-down icon on an attacked enemy indicates it's getting slowed). Because it's an instant laser, its weapon does not fail, not even while moving: the captain is even more of a monster when fortified
Colony is an especially good leader (my favourite), but is especially vulnerable to snipers. Whether you go for a hunter captain or goliaths, sniper units can wipe you out easily.
@@stephentarnowski8636 tbf: I usually cap a second base by a min and a half so I usually dig in and support in team fights until I have the Goliath drop
I'm fairly new to halo wars 2 and I see now I was completely using colony all wrong that's why I hated him, but after watching this I truly see why people love him.....
I played halo wars for years and just recently got halo wars 2. It's so jarring the difference between the 2 games so I appreciate these guides to explain the leaders because the game doesn't really do it
I love this guide I usually what I build Hunter hero with 2 skitters 5 hunter with their own skitters 3 reavers 2 Goliath’s 1 scarab with 3 skitters when I
The Hunter Captain is awesome I love him my brother once used him to challenge 2 full pop armies and they didn't even take down his shields so in conclusion Colony is hands down best leader
Personally for the early rush, it’s easily countered by flame troops. So I build a bunch of suicide grunts to help take that out. Usually guarantees a success unless teammates come to the rescues
Thanks for this guide, colony is my go to when I wanna just play the game and vibe abit but I was stumped on how to do a Goliath rush but thanks to this I know how to, me personally I go for veichle with symboite. Just lockdown my base and all my tanks, reavers and skitter get it while my base and buildings (depends on level of the symbiote.) then I attach them to it.
Don't have colony, on my way out for halo wars with my video game genre cycle (rpg usually follows rts), never plan on buying colony, BUT will watch video because tr is decent content and Andrew has charisma, which should be recognized. Cheers 🍻
When I first got Halo wars 2 I was opening blitz packs (Cause I didn’t know what blitz was) and the moment I saw the hunter captain card I was like “Yes, I Love it” and I have mained colony ever since lol
Probably not a good idea. The idea is to keep Blisterbacks out of range to keep them safe so putting a Skitterer that can't attack is a bad idea. Probably better to put in your reavers or wraiths.
From personal experience I've actually found that foregoing the skitterers on the Hunter Captain is overall better because he actually doesn't seem to get a health boost from them unlike other units. On that note some units benefit more from skitters than others. Choppers, rangers, engineers and shrouds seem to get huge health boosts compared to others. Goliaths benefit both health and damage wise from 1-2 skitters (I usually do 1) and reavers need any health you can give em. Lastly wraiths are awesome but somewhat bugged where the first skitterer gives a small health boost but the second one doesn't give any until like a min or more later when it'll actually give it an even better buff than the first. Oh and symbiotes are a little dissapointing cuz supposedly they only buff health like 10 percent. Don't ignore them but definitely don't prioritize em.
. I know your not defending the HC but its just not really worth it, percentage wise on him when you can use those skitterers to drastically boost the health of other units.
@@alexreyes7237 hey man, you do you. Just saying that skitterers just might not be as effective on him as we all assumed, myself included. Might be worth a mythbusters episode, I could be wrong. But whenever I put skitterers on any other unit you can visually see and count the additional health units whereas on HC I don't.
How to play hunter captain
Step 1: make hunter captain
Step 2: win
So that's why the dude i played against yesterday lost.
Seriously tho, he didn't built his hunter Captain all Game
@@CedricBassman i went all game without making forge’s warthog, atroxi’s chosen, honor guard, etcetera before. other games i just forget to respawn/revive them.
most hero units aren’t that powerful in my experience, it’s leader abilities that can change the tide more often than hero units.
Hunter captain was meant to be a unit that functioned like a tank in a MMORPG... A unit that attracts all the fire and then just doesn't die... Honestly I feel He can no longer do that because most recent nerfs... they should have nerfed his gun not his tankyness...
Edit: Every time I use him Against people who know what their doing... He gets melted in 5 seconds flat by ONLY 2 hero units...
@Ramon Mathew you fucking flixzone bots are everywhere
@@draconisthewyvern3664 Jerome is a must
You can put vehicle symbiotic on skitters, then attach those to the Hunter captain.
Does that boost the health they give you?
@@saintpoli6800 It does. Symbioted Skitterers are better when attached.
Yes!!!
Coming from halo wars and my main being brute chieftain.
The hunter captain fill those big boi vibes
same, but i mained Captain Cutter and his odst drop
Same for me Cutter or Forge were the best for me
@@justinsanchez6255 I Mainers cutter in the first one,
I found his ODST drop op so I had fun with it
As a more veteran player I feel like making videos on how to effectivly play the early, mid and late game would be better for beginners than a rush build but this was a great video I might need to try these tips too
If you’re a veteran player why are you watching team respawn to get better
@@alexreyes7237 because there's always room for improvement
Zane Cruse you won’t improve by watching these videos your better off watching Liam white or even yodas past broadcasts on twitch if you want to get better
@@alexreyes7237 ive learned plenty from TR and im also just enjoying their content
Some points that I think should have been on the spotlight imo..
Skitterers deal damage but you didn't emphasize that, when attached, give max health and attack by their own.
Vehicles and structures, including skitterers before being attached, get both armor AND range boost if you use the power. So a boosted skitterer will attack farther away.
Combat repair is % max hp healing. The more hp, the more actual healing.
Both things combine if used on units, adding more hp (combat repair consequently gets even more effective) and independent attacks with good range. On Captain they're awesome, on Elites and Hunters they're very good when you fortify infantry, but 3 buffed skitterers on a Scarab with repairs gets quite terrifying
Buffing towers also gives more range, and that includes the radar tower (can't remember the name) for longer detection
Because turrets can get buffed, I often lure their army into my well-buffed base so they end up getting wreckt by powers and my own army.
Because of the skitterers, an early game army of engineers+skitterers usually makes an allied army quite invincible. That works the same way with the (idk name) support air unit that defends against missiles, nullifying anti-air rockets quite a bit. People tend to spam air or anti-air, so doing that literally makes your ally's full pop army of banshees go anywhere they want with very low harm. Colony can even be, like this, a very aggressive support, which makes it so versatile that I only use Colony in every game. Can't love it more than thiz
Also, upgrades. Infantry upgrades affects infantry, including grunts and goliaths. By the same rule, as they are vehicles, skitterers get improved by vehicle upgrades. The garage on Colony can be quite the all-around army building if you include skitterers in there and get upgrades, barely and rarely leaving you with the need to include infantry or air units into your army. Damn this leader is amazing
Plus, Hunter Captain's weapon is a laser. Attacks in a small aoe (decimates multi-unit infantry), lifesteals (sustaining along combat repairs), and even slows (the arrow-down icon on an attacked enemy indicates it's getting slowed). Because it's an instant laser, its weapon does not fail, not even while moving: the captain is even more of a monster when fortified
This reminds me of the time i won against my friend by only using Engineers and Skits 🤣
Colony is an especially good leader (my favourite), but is especially vulnerable to snipers. Whether you go for a hunter captain or goliaths, sniper units can wipe you out easily.
Always have a few air units
I know you’re probably going to bounce between unsc and banished, but I would really like Voridus as soon as possible
Goo. Lots of it
Yeah he better do it RIGHT FUCKING NOW
I used to play as Atriox before I had the DLC, but now I've started to really love playing as Colony.
Spaghetti captain OP
Extremely underrated lmao
Colonnnyyyyyyy take me homeeeeee
James Lloyd county roads
@@purebred2048 it's a Zanny reference
James Lloyd to the place
I beloooong
West Virginia
Colony is my favorite leader. Never thought to rush with some goliaths
This video is slow compared to my Goliath rushes. I have Goliath at enemy base by 3 min mark. You usually wipe the main.
@@stephentarnowski8636 tbf: I usually cap a second base by a min and a half so I usually dig in and support in team fights until I have the Goliath drop
@@jamessant5723 yeah tbe way I rush most games honestly last 5 mins just because most people can't defend 6 Goliath at their base that soon.
I'm fairly new to halo wars 2 and I see now I was completely using colony all wrong that's why I hated him, but after watching this I truly see why people love him.....
I played halo wars for years and just recently got halo wars 2. It's so jarring the difference between the 2 games so I appreciate these guides to explain the leaders because the game doesn't really do it
I love this guide I usually what I build
Hunter hero with 2 skitters
5 hunter with their own skitters
3 reavers
2 Goliath’s
1 scarab with 3 skitters
when I
The Hunter Captain is awesome I love him my brother once used him to challenge 2 full pop armies and they didn't even take down his shields so in conclusion Colony is hands down best leader
Stop the cap homie
Now I know your lying lmao
Must have been an army of Shrouds cause ain't no way
Personally for the early rush, it’s easily countered by flame troops. So I build a bunch of suicide grunts to help take that out. Usually guarantees a success unless teammates come to the rescues
I use skitterers and engineers x8× then what ever i can muster up, very good tactic
Thanks for this guide, colony is my go to when I wanna just play the game and vibe abit but I was stumped on how to do a Goliath rush but thanks to this I know how to, me personally I go for veichle with symboite. Just lockdown my base and all my tanks, reavers and skitter get it while my base and buildings (depends on level of the symbiote.) then I attach them to it.
I still really want to see a drone leader. Or. Maybe a you guys could do laso co op next?
Don't have colony, on my way out for halo wars with my video game genre cycle (rpg usually follows rts), never plan on buying colony, BUT will watch video because tr is decent content and Andrew has charisma, which should be recognized. Cheers 🍻
All of my yes! Colony; my one and only leader.
When I first got Halo wars 2 I was opening blitz packs (Cause I didn’t know what blitz was) and the moment I saw the hunter captain card I was like “Yes, I Love it” and I have mained colony ever since lol
Halo wars is so fun, Alotta ppl rush tho hate those 13 min games cuz no teamwork. Ps I have no team and ppl always leave after choosing leader lmao
Could you do a best leader year list ex. The spartan for cutter or the hunter captain for colony. Thanks love what you do keep it up!
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If you ever go against colony instantly build snipers and anti infantry turrets you win easy
My favorite wiggle worm boi!!!
I love playing as colony, but I hate playing against colony because oh god goliath rushes
Forklift man snipers :)
Scouting and having Snipers, scouts or a spartan with mines hard counters it
Please make a new video for this leader for a normal build
There's no need, the meta has not changed
Great video James
Thanks Jimmy!
Been toying over downloading halo wars. Is it still worth getting into now?
Yes! Absolutely!
Yes the Captain is here!
I always throw a skitter or 2 on blisters if I'm feeling artillery tbh
Probably not a good idea. The idea is to keep Blisterbacks out of range to keep them safe so putting a Skitterer that can't attack is a bad idea. Probably better to put in your reavers or wraiths.
@@12deathguard 🤦🏾♂️ I appreciate the feedback, thank you 😊
@@rickypurdy4995 Sure thing man!
How do you add skitters on stuff?
Go all vehicle. Wraith, Reaper, Blisterback
Question are the vehicle symbiotes a permanent buff or do they wear off?
Oh and see ya
Permanent.
Skitter skadder thats what I call cheddar
I don't know who you play, but I've tried this and just gets me wrecked even against AI lol
Is Goliath rush good in 3v3?
make another one !!
Is this strat viable in 3v3?
Brags on devastating host never uses devastating host 😆
should i main Colony or Yap yap? im new
Both of them are great IMO. Colony is easier to pick up than Yap Yap. But you can't go wrong with either one.
Hunters are just the best.
They could've made Colony, a HALO THANOS.
I am annoyed by Arbiter side permanently taking away skitters from my colony units.
Ah yes, the one true leader
From personal experience I've actually found that foregoing the skitterers on the Hunter Captain is overall better because he actually doesn't seem to get a health boost from them unlike other units.
On that note some units benefit more from skitters than others. Choppers, rangers, engineers and shrouds seem to get huge health boosts compared to others. Goliaths benefit both health and damage wise from 1-2 skitters (I usually do 1) and reavers need any health you can give em.
Lastly wraiths are awesome but somewhat bugged where the first skitterer gives a small health boost but the second one doesn't give any until like a min or more later when it'll actually give it an even better buff than the first.
Oh and symbiotes are a little dissapointing cuz supposedly they only buff health like 10 percent. Don't ignore them but definitely don't prioritize em.
DarkChaos1701 the Hunter captain does get a health bonus, it just doesn’t look like a big increase because he has a much higher health pool.
. I know your not defending the HC but its just not really worth it, percentage wise on him when you can use those skitterers to drastically boost the health of other units.
It is a drastic increase in health it’s always worth getting skitterers on him
@@alexreyes7237 hey man, you do you. Just saying that skitterers just might not be as effective on him as we all assumed, myself included. Might be worth a mythbusters episode, I could be wrong. But whenever I put skitterers on any other unit you can visually see and count the additional health units whereas on HC I don't.
DarkChaos1701 yes you do it’s very significant go in customs and look
SkitterERs. It's three syllables.
Sorry grammar police, daaamn
Hi I am a huge fan can you please just have one game with me on halo
Create skitter crusade
Trinston was here.
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Two skitterer scarabs and a hunter captain are nigh unkillable
You sound like Ian hawk
Spaghetti captain
Day 15? 16? idk anymore its been too long just play with me Andrew
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I'll try to rush more with Colony now that I saw this video
If you want to win a lot you should probably just rush with everyone lol
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woah 10th
Don’t tell them!
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There is no point in two barracks with one power gen smh
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