Can someone explain exactly how Chain Lightning works?

Raid Boss Morde·Oct 27, 2016·1 votes·5,236 views

I'm just a little confused about this Component. It hits 3 boxes in front of you (Diagonal left, front, and Diagonal right), then it says if it kills a minion, it hits diagonally 1 space from it on one more minion. If this hits a minion, does it chain to another minion diagonally from it? Does this keep happening until there aren't any targets left?

Then what about levelling it up. If you level it up, does it just increase the range of the diagonal blocks when it kills a minion?

6 Comments

DoctorHeisenbergOct 27, 20163 votes

The way I understood it was first, you hit a target in one of 3 spaces in front of your mech. Then, chain lightning strikes a target that is positioned diagonally from the initial target. It keeps going until there is no longer a target that is diagonal from the previous target, or you have hit the maximum amount of targets allowed for the level of the ability. So, level one chain lightning can strike up to 4 correctly positioned targets.

Edit: To answer your second question, leveling it up would increase the amount of targets it can spread to by 2 (if I remember correctly and level 2 states 5 targets). So level 2 chain lightning could strike up to 6 targets.

RiotMr PiddlesworthOct 28, 20162 votes

Can Confirm: Doctor Heisenberg speaks the truth.

Chromatic EagleOct 28, 20161 votes

You're god damn right?

Zodiac2197Oct 30, 20161 votes

Wait, I am having a little trouble understanding how the level 1 chain lightning card can hit 4 targets.

My understanding of the card was that it would hit ONE target in any of the 3 spaces in front of him, and then if it hits one, then it can chain 1 time and have 2 targets total, not 4. Then level 2 can chain 3 times which would be 4 targets, not 6.

So does the level 1 chain lightning card hit ALL 3 spaces in front of him, and then can chain 1 out to hit 4 targets? And then level 2 would hit all 3 spaces in front of the Mech, and then you can make 1 chain out 3 times for 6 targets?

The wording on the card is very unclear. How do we hit 4 targets at level 1 and 6 targets at level 2?

RiotMr PiddlesworthOct 31, 20162 votes

you always start by targeting ONE minion in one of the 3 spaces in front of your mech, then chaining to diagonal targets (if available). A level 1 chain lighting chains to 1 minion, level 2 chains to 3 minions and level 3 chains to 5 minions for a maximum of 2, 4 and 6 minions maximum for each level, respectively. The rulebook explanation has an example illustration that might help as well.