EMP WASPS (twitch chat favorite tech)

In this mechabellum gameplay video RAT is facing a player who builds EMP Wasps
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[@SurreyEZ]

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[@LastZepp1]

After your guide instantly went on 8-0 balls winstreak!

[@SurreyEZ]

@@LastZepp1 nice!

[@jeffypwnzu]

surreys website:energy shield wasps are a bait surrey when he actually plays:

[@sidders1943]

My issue with emp wasp is that you can just press AA/AG and kill things instead of EMPing them...

[@danielchoritz1903]

AG is just so good if you have a single unit wasps in the beginning.

[@bathroomlew]

Tarantula is such an underrated unit.

[@geefyG]

Great thumbnail

[@gfortunate8650]

This type of game is usually why I run Anti-Air on my Tarantula's. Excluding Overlords, Anti-Air Tarantula's can go well into basically every Air Unit. Though, I'm only at 1500 MMR so I guess there is a reason you don't run it in top tier. lol.

[@conelord1984]

I think it is a matter of style. There is some variation on tech picks for top players. It is just that most top players tend to use tarantulas in a more offensive role in aggro due to range limitations.

[@LastZepp1]

To me AA on tulas just feels bad. Tulas love the spidermines, range, HE a little bit too much. They wouldnt do well into Phoenix, Ray could burst them. They are vulnerable as a frontline. The range limitations on AA are massive, that's why most used AA are stangs, forts and marks - they hit extremely far. Another point is that with AA it would take away from its ground based chaff-clear. Its definetely not useless, just feels clunky to me

[@sidders1943]

@@LastZepp1 I generally use my tarantulas with armour, mines, mech rage and AA. Sure rays and phoenixes can kill them, but having a cheap way to make your board a threat to air makes the tech worth running imo. It also helps make unit drops more flexible which is why i run aa on arcs too.

[@LastZepp1]

@@sidders1943 AA Arcs are VERY usable, esp if mustangs are tied with AM, and they dont share the tulas range weakness - for example wasps with range tie the range of aa tulas, while arcs being cheaper and outranging them by a lot. Same applies to rays.

[@SeekSeekLest]

Don't they just lose hard to Phoenixes? They could handle wasps but I feel like AA on Arcs would cover that ground better. They benefit a lot from almost all their techs so I'd rather slot something else.

[@BigSqueeGG]

Question? Is it pretty guud, or pretty shiit?

[@SeekSeekLest]

It's better on utility//harassment wasps then carries for sure. I feel like it's best if you fear tanky midrange units. Personally I'm not huge on it. Prefer Sldge, arc or even marksmen as my generalist emp carriers.