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Re: GDI aircraft: Three times the same?

Talon (Air) Damage 293 HP 909
Banshee Damage 345 HP 1210

1 talon almost cripples a banshee and costs half as much. So 2 talons will take out any laser squad or banshee and lose nothing. Talon is pretty damn good at it's job, and infantry and banshees are not among the things it fears.

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  • xrmiao4's avatar
    xrmiao4
    7 years ago

    I experienced that someone spanned banshee and I spanned talon it seems like he runs out of tib first

    Talon works even better than hammerhead when fighting against banshees


  • @BattaIia wrote:
    Talon (Air) Damage 293 HP 909
    Banshee Damage 345 HP 1210

    1 talon almost cripples a banshee and costs half as much. So 2 talons will take out any laser squad or banshee and lose nothing. Talon is pretty damn good at it's job, and infantry and banshees are not among the things it fears.

    Yeah, but when the missile is firing soon and you badly need to contest a pad where a Banshee is sitting, you just can't wait for that second Talon to arrive.

  • BattaIia's avatar
    BattaIia
    Seasoned Ace
    7 years ago
    Yup, @xrmiao4 has it. If you are playing GDI without pitbull, you are making a grave mistake. pitbull is quick and with raider gets those last min steals, and together with a talon can reliably earn their keep against banshee spam. Not to mention, talon BLOCKS banshee. So if the missile is going critical, the banshee has to fly AROUND the talon taking shots the whole time and actually loses the contest.

    Again, talon isn't a must pick, but writing them off against NOD because of banshee is a huge mistake.
  • if he just spams banshees against talons he is a idiot because every nod runs mod and mods are as fast as planes and hardcounter talons...

  • BattaIia's avatar
    BattaIia
    Seasoned Ace
    7 years ago

    @thealcani wrote:

    if he just spams banshees against talons he is a idiot because every nod runs mod and mods are as fast as planes and hardcounter talons...


    First off, what the heck is a mod? Secondly, are the only players you can beat people who run just 1 unit at a time and then when it dies, they build 1 new unit and just micro that? lol. Of course there are things that hard counter other things. That is LITERALLY the game. So make the thing that hard counters your other thing and make sure they cover one another, lol. Why do I need to explain this to you?

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