Just got Fishtank from the 2k tear pack. I hear he’s not good, but I’d like to hear more opinions.
Ive used fish tank for a long time, hes got quite a few problems to contend with, hes a melee mech stat stick, so he immediately is quite weak to electrics as unlike ranged units that can keep their distance, melee mechs have to come up close and personal to fight electrics and so are easily fried. On top of that his stats arent particularly impressive either, 2500 health is lower than werewolfs big form, which is a 4 key. And while his damage is good, its not enough to justify 7 keys with his health with no other abilities helping him.
what ive found is hes best on alternating wall maps (i.e vile vortice and opticon) as all electrics are line of sight and so theres enough walls to deter them while still having enough open space for fishy to fight. That being said hes still not very good even on those maps. Theyre just the only maps ive been able to win with him on.
I personally LOVE fishtank, people often underestimate his damage; I’ve won plenty of games because of it. His health is pretty good but his damage is great, why it’s underrated is because it’s simple. No AoE, no ability, nothing. But I’ve used to this to my advantage.
He’s great when paired with another phobie that’s healthy, so you can let it get close to the enemy. Often times I’ve had people ignore him, allowing me to waltz up to their heart and smack it for 1800 damage per turn. Since at my level he does 950-980 something damage. This also forces the enemy to focus on protecting the heart, allowing you to cap points.
People will often spam electricals the second they see fishtank, so you can use this to bait your enemies into wasting keys on electrical phobies; and then start spawning nothing but monster, undead, and dimensional. It’s often great with Alley gator, Dr. Dermic, Miss Moffat, Finnagan, and Slammerhead. Alley can eat hits, Dermic full heals Fishtank, Moffat pulls in enemies, and you can suicide Finnigan and Slammerhead to knock a phobie closer to it as well.
Bear in mind im playing at soaf 2 here, at soaf 2 they dont ignore him, they bully him because they know they can
I’m right behind soaf, and not everyone ignores fishtank I know. I just happen to fight a lot of people that do, but still, if one of your phobies are getting bullied then use them as bait so your other phobies can get into position, or summon more phobies, or capture points.