FIRST LOOK at the NEW RAIDEN | Mechabellum Season 2 Preview

[@ForgottenArbiter]

Some notes: Unlike what the video says at the very start, Raiden cannot hit the same target multiple times with the same attack, so Raiden without techs is quite weak vs a single large enemy target. Chain seems to be an additional hit on a nearby target for each original target hit, except you cannot chain to the same enemy multiple times and you cannot chain to an enemy hit by the primary attack.

[@Mortis_XII]

Great guga, keep up the amazing work. You’ve become the mechabellum ambassador imho

[@Syfa]

Shielded fangs / Wasps are going to be such annoying chaff for raidens.

[@ImDeluxeSP33some]

Such a cool design and animation

[@Blasterbot-ye2uk]

looks strong and heavily offensivly focused to the more tanky/support role that the overlord does. it will let you split what your big flying units do. the sabertooth art looks different too. neat. Ionization looks like something to click when you have a big unit you need to respond to and you have other units to finish it off.

[@HolgFromHell]

Noticed the Sabertooth too. Ist this the redesigned existing unit??

[@carlthegamer9215]

For some reason i really appreciate the magnetic drums on the side that are a little wink to the matrix vessels.

[@Drone_101]

Great video dude! Show cased the unit, had a fun game vs a high level opponent and articulated your thoughts and opinions on it really well. My feeling is the conditional HP% tech will be the one we don't use and instead go with Extra Shots, Chain, EMP and Range as the mainstay techs. Conditional techs are hard to justify and good sources of EMP are so important. As you said looking forward to seeing Woot, Aggro and Cast playing the new Raidens on the Line and seeing the chaos and damage they can sow :D

[@stoneymechabellum]

I feel like it'll be like ignite. You use it only when there are massive or highly leveled giants and you aren't already going heavily into raiden.

[@Sorain1]

Okay, I love the animation of the Raiden firing. The new model/design for the Sabertooth, and it becoming a regular unit is really sweet. (The design goes from 'legally distinct Mammoth Tank' to 'legally distinct Baneblade' to my eyes.) I have to wonder if Chain + EMP will let you get twice as many targets with EMP, and especially to reliably EMP a unit in the second rank.

[@weirdwolf8009]

Fireanimation is SICK

[@geefyG]

If you have ionise and chain, does the chain bolt do half the the original bolts damage or is it recalculated as a percentage there? Seems pretty insane if its jumping off a lv2warfactory and can do almost half damage to the lv1 factory next door, two lv1 raidens kill both in 5 seconds assuming the first shot is instant

[@dai8217]

Ionize damage is based on current hp and not max hp, so the first shot will do 40% and each shot after that will do less.

[@SethanderWald]

Training spec is probably going to be my new favorite! :D

[@Kitastroboy]

Love we have new units, new specialists, new air and new giants! I’m hoping for a few more 300 cost units and maybe a new chaff next 🎉

[@lioneddy]

the new chaff was confirmed by the lead dev a couple of days ago

[@Kitastroboy]

@ excellent can’t wait.

[@stoneymechabellum]

new chaff confirmed. it's going to be that dog looking bot (called Hound, for now). apparently they're anti chaff (im guessing some type of shotgun?), and can put out fire. I'll share more when I get a chance to play with it.

[@lioneddy]

​@@stoneymechabellumGreat 😊 Is it coming on January 2nd also?

[@groundhog-plays]

Seems like an overlord that doesn't overkill, it's shot smartly target. But it has no splash as a trade off. Then from there the techs make the unit more different. Since people don't go beyond 1-2 tech in higher MMR, until they decide to commit.... So it seems like a threat that one could go carry Raiden and opponent must be prepared for that. But getting it on say a unit drop, seems similar to overlord. I think it could be a very strong EMP deliverer.

[@SammywiseG]

Raidens are going to be so much fun!

[@Toast_94]

I couldn't help but notice that the sabertooth got new art. It looks really nice.

[@stoneymechabellum]

And new tech! stay tuned for another video

[@bombombombalu]

imagine beeing a raiden pilot evertime u shoot u got pushed back into your seat^^

[@stoneymechabellum]

They uh, sourced this design from Super Earth. The design is very human!

[@cptuseless601]

I feel like this unit will have great synergy with Mustangs, particularly if u pick Ionization and your opponent is fielding a couple giant/big units Mustangs would otherwise take too long to take down on their own. Also Mustangs with range + anti-air are probably also an excelent counter and I think your opponent could've won if they bought a couple of those.

[@iSparty29]

The elite marksmen archlights would have killed them

[@Kepals8766]

Badass unit

[@fairtoki1685]

Ionization cost 300 is too high for counter Giants/factory, 200 unlock + 400 deployed + 300 tech that is 900 in total that also make it useless against medium size units with 70% dmg reduction. While Melter only cost 600 total and can kill Giants/factory in 5 seconds anyway.

[@NactSuht]

Yeah the real kicker for me is that Ionization is CURRENT HP, not max hp. Even at max hp it would still be dogshit, but as it is it's completely unplayable.

[@BozsoGabor]

Not sure how it works but i think ionization with chain seems kind of broken. Or Fork. It will cost a lot? Yeah. But Imagine this raiden shoots once, and boom a lot of enemy units lose 40% life instantly, meanwhile Melter needs to walk there slowly, start attacking, starts using his laser, needs 5 seconds to be useful, and pretty useless vs lot of chaff. While the Raiden might hit the big guys behind the chaff for 40%. But we will see.

[@Omar_Al_Seddik]

@@BozsoGabor Yeah, that would be great at weakening multiple units, but horrible at actually finishing them off. It's 40% of current HP, not total. I personally don't see the point.

[@cadrian4806]

I feel like its less about unlocking it + the upgrades to use it as a counter and more about clicking it when they counter it while you recruit things to support it

[@jaza5152]

wow new unit so cool

[@Usakumo]

FLYING SCORPION FLYING SCORPION LEEET'S GOOOOOOOo

[@stoneymechabellum]

Goodbye ray spam, it was nice knowing you....

[@jordanrea2311]

once again the chad forts been then unsung heros of the match and the fangs i guess lol

[@stoneymechabellum]

late fort+fang is super strong

[@MusicReign]

Raidens surely are going to be excellent against rhino, worms, balls and aggro

[@jackplisken4738]

time to raise 100 % airfleet spam

[@antares3030]

these are gonna obliterate phantom rays

[@stoneymechabellum]

yep, goodbye ray spam....

[@HolgFromHell]

​@@stoneymechabellumyes my First thought when seeing it shots three(!) lightnings; perfect counter

[@MurdokNation]

rip war factory 4v4 lmao this looks awsome !

[@moffspinkin]

players will have more HP now?

[@Aforestfire]

I think they only had 9k player health because they were playing on a test server. Regular multiplayer games will still have the same amount of hp

[@coreyalexander4101]

sooooo cool

[@shadowsift]

When is season 2?

[@stoneymechabellum]

Jan 2

[@iSparty29]

Is to time to bring AA archlights back

[@stoneymechabellum]

maybe EM AA arcs

[@kaixiong641]

Sick!

[@themightiestpen]

Glass cannon

[@HolgFromHell]

Dont like it on the first glance. Why a second overlord? I hoped for the flying boss unit to come now

[@ArcaneAzmadi]

I think its problem is that it's just TOO squishy- even less HP than a Boat (significantly so, in fact), but no defensive techs at all. Hell it has less HP than a _Wraith,_ never mind an Overlord. It's just potentially way, WAY too easy to kill for a giant unit. As you demonstrated, the Marksmen just wreck them.

[@Omar_Al_Seddik]

Just pick up the range tech so they don't get targeted. That's what chaff and tank units are for.

[@JaimeWarlock]

I think it is meant to be a glass cannon.

[@sadasdafa]

raith ray rai soon every unit in the game will sound the same

[@GieKa70]

plobably XD BTW 50% useless to watchm new units shows up arround min ~15

[@Jack-he8jv]

too many air units now

[@Starkiller3025]

Really dont need an over 20 minute video on one unit.

[@Eener1000]

It's nice that they add new units,...but there is a lot about this game that still needs to be fixed.

[@ballbatboy]

Like what if I may ask? A lot to fix seems like a gross exageration. Edit - also, usually these tasks are split to different teams so one is not blocking the other.

[@IngoGarza]

low mmr gameplay is not fun to watch.

[@jackplisken4738]

well this is 1900+ mmr , lower mmr games are actually more fun thn high mmr games