Countering shadow spectre mob?

DrBeatsPhD

Hello,

SM main here. I have been getting hit by large groups of shadow spectres quite a bit recently. Setting aside the fact that I probably screwed up by letting such a thing be constructed in the first place, what are their vulnerabilities? They should be vulnerable to large groups of melee infantry, but it's too easy for them to hit and fade. I was jumping in ASMs but not able to really get them to stay long enough to die.

I'm thinking perhaps the strategy is to just attack, and force them to engage rather than harass.

transplanar

They have very low health, so almost anything with decent AoE damage would shred them pretty easily. Prior to that, you can always harass power generators. A lot of 1v1 maps have one lane that is more exposed, usually with more power-focused nodes, so that's a good thing to exploit.

tritol

I had some luck against this with mob of snipers + overwatch

esleg

Use bolters in cover or deploy them in a spot where they'd be hidden.

DrBeatsPhD

I'm getting the sense that having a lot of ranged DPS units is the way to go here. Makes sense that I have been having trouble- I haven't been using those units much at all.

Fww

Las Devs obviously

Thunderhost

@Fww said:
Las Devs obviously

Isn't that the counter for everything?

DivineEvil

@Thunderhost said:

@Fww said:
Las Devs obviously

Isn't that the counter for everything?

Yeah, pretty much. LasDevs do not need to setup like HBDs, they fire immediately and deal additional damage against skimmers, which Spectres are.