However, as showcased in the video, lining up characters in a row can also be detrimental, given that one person can step in front of the row and unleash a massive
area of effect attack that can damage everyone lined up behind one another.
The example given is a specific enemy creates
an area of effect attack that launches the rest of the enemies in the air
For Darkhawk's disc, his animation is combined with the special
area of effect attack.
As another example, my entire party might've just been hit by
an area of effect attack, and I need to quickly shift to Sentinels and Medics in order to keep myself alive.
He also appears to have some sort of fire based
area of effect attack that he activates by slamming on the ground.
This is
an area of effect attack where The Emperor (Toad King) will smash the ground with his might fists which is quite painful and slows you down.
The combat is simplistic enough, there are two types of attacks — a single target attack and a special
area of effect attack, the latter of which uses Pablo as the weapon.
His special attack summons lesser robot versions of himself (two by default, but it can be upgraded to four) who attack nearby enemies before exploding in a large
area of effect attack.
If he flies towards the ground, he can perform
an area of effect attack by pounding the floor.
The drunkard class, for example, can be a critical component to a team battle; he can provide constant healing with the beer keg he carries around and unleash a devastating
area of effect attack on a tight spot.
The biggest thing that carries across all the fights is the close - combat sequences where guns and ranged weapons are put aside, bringing everything down to quick parries and
area of effect attacks.
Circular discs will add costumes,
Area of Effect attacks and team - ups.
However, the game does try to mix things up with a variety of abilities that you can use that may let you do things like
area of effect attacks, punch through defenses better or provide other benefits.
These represent your light, heavy and
area of effect attacks respectively.
For instance, if a player has a hard time playing a witch doctor because a lot of his abilities seem to require timing, the player could play as a monk instead: charge in, let everybody surround the monk, and then blast them with
area of effect attacks.
The final boss in Dragon Age: Inquisition was, for me, one of these, finishing a game about nuanced approaches to issues and political tightrope walking with a JRPG - style boss with a billion hit points and irritating
area of effect attacks.
Waypoints can be added in - game using the app, or air strikes can be called in for devastating
area of effect attacks (host of other features as well).
Not exact matches
But ultimately she was both too new to the
area and too liberal for much
of the district — even though a portion
of it featured some
of Teachout's best results during her 2014 gubernatorial bid — and
attack ads may have had a larger
effect on her than on a longtime resident and political figure in Faso.
«To mitigate the
effects of climate change, we can talk about two types
of options: to
attack it at its origin, by eliminating or reducing the human factors that contribute to it (such as, reducing emissions, controlling pollution, etc.) or developing strategies that allow for its
effects to be reduced, such as, in the case that concerns us, increasing green
areas in cities, using, for example, the tops
of buildings as green roofs,» states the University
of Seville researcher, Luis Pérez Urrestarazu.
Those Trenches can also be outfitted with one
of three classes
of legs: sprinting for speed, tripod (which grants you a weapon reloading bonus) or quadruped (capable
of deploying an
area of effect melee
attack).
It gives you more
attacking range than you would expect, but that extra reach will be appreciated as the enemies I encountered
attacked with both projectiles and
area of effect damage that could be difficult to avoid if you are overzealous.
The other big addition found in Chrono Trigger is the combination
of area -
of -
effect attacks and monsters that move about the screen.
Battle itself takes place on a grid, which is divided into the player's half and the enemy's half, with the
area of effects of attacks stretching into the other side's field
of battle.
Each
attack has its own
area of effect, and each character also has access to a «vulcosuit,» which lets them suit up in a mech during battle to access more powerful
attacks.
When taking a character's turn, they can move around the arena
of battle freely, which becomes important when considering that all
attacks now have an
area of effect, whether directly next to a character and their sweeping blade, or with large magical abilities.
Elsewhere, Cranky Kong's cane, known as a Boombow, is a close - range, wide - spread weapon, and his secondary Barrel Bolt
attack can fire over cover to do
area -
of -
effect - style damage to multiple opponents.
- your Reactor now has a drone feature that lets you control at distance - thanks to that remotely controlled aircraft, you can explore
areas in the field without going there yourself - use it in order to surprise monsters, who sometime drop items when they flee - send your Drone in holes that are way too small for you, where you'll find strange containers inside - it can also be used to grab mysterious balls
of light that float in the air - if a monster touches one
of these balls, it starts glowing and can defeat monsters with ride
attacks even if it's weak - defeat as many as monsters as you want as long as the
effects of the ball
of light are active - ride giant monsters in the field - these giant monsters are really powerful, and their ride
attacks can defeat enemies without even triggering a battle - each monster has its own ride
attack to be used, allowing you to perform specific actions - when you defeat enemies while riding a giant monster, your monster will also get some XP
* Bugfixes - Super Armor
effect: Fixed bug where characters» white glow disappeared for a moment before fading out once the
effect ends - Fixed shuddering
effect when killed while incapacitated by a spin - Brynhildr (Character Special Ability): Fixed cancel
effect while doing a wheelie in Overdrive mode - Brynhildr (Special Move 2): Fixed bug where the cancel
effect remained in place while keeping an opponent in the air with
attacks - Odin (Ranged mode, Special Move 2): Fixed bug where the marker would appear out
of bounds when using move near a border - Odin (Ravens): Fixed bug where Odin would stick to the ceiling upon hitting it and be unable to move up or down - Odin (Ranged
Attack): Fixed bug where the hitboxes for the Ravens» shots were reversed if you changed lock - on targets immediately after launching Ranged
Attack - Odin (Sweep mode, Special Move 2): Fixed bug where satellite - cannon shots would land on the ground even in
areas with roofs.
Stun Mode is similar to
Attack Mode, but lets the OWL use up its energy to create an
area -
of -
effect shock blast that turns off all nearby electronics and stuns humanoid enemies within range.
It's essentially an expansion
of the turn - based positional combat
of Trails
of the Sky; you equip «Orbments» that grant spells and status buffs and go to town with
area -
of -
effect attacks and special moves.
Bug fixes are still update worthy (hopefully none exist) 5 Types
of towers: - Arrow: Single target,
attacks ground and air units - Cannon: Single target splash damage,
attacks ground units only - Splash:
Area of Effect (AoE)
attack in radius around tower,
attacks ground units only - Air: Single target shot that splits into two new projectiles,
attacks air units only - Wall: Cheap tower for creating a path for creeps 3 Tower Elements: - Ice: Slow
attack, long range, costly, applies slow to enemies - Fire: Fast
attack, short range, expensive, applies burn to enemies - Normal: Average stats across the board, cheap 6 Types
of Towers: - Normal: Basic creep that progresses slowly ahead with an average health - Armored: High health point creep that can take a beating, but is also very slow - Speed: Fastest creep in the game, but also one
of the weakest - Flying: This creep will bypass your ground defenses and walls by flying from start to finish - Dividing: This creep will separate and split into smaller creeps until it is killed a total
of 7 times - Parachute: You thought the Flying creep was bad?
One applies a special
effect to your melee
attack, another is your grenade, and the third varies by class: Hunters have a dodge, Titans a deployable shield, and Warlocks an
area -
of -
effect buff.
They may come in the form
of various power - based
attacks but they boil down to grenades, long - range shots, standard shots, heavy shots and a devastating
area effect attack.
There's a rock - paper - scissors sort
of balance going on with characters that specialize in melee, ranged
attacks,
area -
of -
effect, and so on.
Wolf Link also features the unique ability to charge an
attack and release it to instantly kill nearly any enemy caught in the
area of effect.
These little guys allow you to use
area -
of -
effect skills to
attack enemies.
Commanders have three abilities which define their playstyle, and are inspired by real history - Vercingetorix, who would burn his own people's villages so the Romans couldn't use them to resupply, has an
area -
of -
effect fire
attack.
Child
of Light makes a few changes to the basic Grandia system — you only have 2 characters at any one time (Grandia had a 4 person party) but you can swap characters in and out mid-battle with ease, there is no positioning aspect (in Grandia, allies & enemies moved around the battlefield & different
attacks had different ranges &
areas of effect), ALL
attacks can interrupt enemies (in Grandia, only specifically marked interrupt abilities did this), and you have a firefly friend who can slow enemies down.
Make sure to use the charge
attack on the turret, as its
area of effect is pretty incredible.
If he finds himself surrounded in combat his special
attack will do
area of effect damage around him to all enemies.
A while later you get the third and final class, the Nymph, a fire spirit who deals damage with flaming projectiles and
area -
of -
effect attacks.
will trigger a down screen animation that shows the
attack on the arena be in a specific target
attack or a large
area of effect.
Add in
attacks based on height,
area of effect and combo - building potential, and the battle system has plenty
of flexibility, although you don't need meticulously crafted combos to succeed, at least on lower - difficulty levels.
I also love how each class has their own variation
of grenade, with the Warlock's void grenade — which creates a sort
of area -
of -
effect black hole that draws in and damages enemies in its
attack radius — being my personal favorite.
Just knowing I could target this beast at the lowly level
of 3, wait for it to twitch slightly and be wiped out made me appreciate what I was seeing, and also being mindful
of my
area -
of -
effect attacks....
Moon Diver also features «MoonSault Combinations» which are upgradeable and cooperatively combinable character special abilities that include
area -
of -
effect attacks, passive power boosts, invisibility, and more.
When preparing your
attacks in LS you are given the opportunity to reposition your character on screen allowing you to position
area of effect spells and
attacks for maximum damage.
The presence
of a brown - coloured haze over urban
areas is an indication
of photochemical smog, and among its side
effects are people experiencing breathing difficulties and asthma
attacks.
This matters because the climate change debate has been hi - jacked, emissions made worse by the net
effects of renewables for a fast lobbyist buck in fact, driven by ignorance and misleading
attacks that lump clean low carbon gas with dirty high carbon coal, and old school anti-nuclear activists who oppose nuclear generation on factualy spurious grounds, while it is in physics and engineering fact by far the best solution on any measure, through promoting irrational fear unsupported in any
area of the facts and proven physics they deceive the unknowing about with simply false or msleading «sience».
In a recent announcement, GCA revealed that its first strategic
area of concentration will be phishing with a focus on two solutions shown to be effective at combatting it: implementation
of DMARC to limit spoofing
of email and secure DNS practices to minimize the
effect of phishing and other
attacks.