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Hi all, first, let me ash that I played way back when prime first came out about 10 years ago but because I moved to a place where nobody played I had to stop playing about 6 years ago. Well the game finally made it here so I started back into it.

I have a question though... I don't see the point of epic Eiryiss. The old one seems to be so superior... Am I missing something. I always used Eiryiss in the past and would love to find a place for the epic version but just don't see the point.

Cheers

Eiyrss one is fairly one dimensional and is mostly there for distruption bolt. She can screw over a warcaster hard core and maybe distrupt 1 jack

Eiyrss2 is more of a toolbox.

-She has a no allocation, no arc-node aura that gets around things that can't be disrupted like colossals. It's also an aura that can catch multiple targets.
-She can remove upkeeps both on enemy models and your own dudes, granted you have to attack your own guy but taking 1 hit is often worth removing something like crippling grasp.
-Her activation doesn't end near WJs
-She still retains much of the disrupter bolt functionality on her baseline attack


Basically you get all that in exchange for an enemy warcaster being able to recover focus next turn, but if you're dedicating eiyrss to strip their camp the game is probably over. either you kill them or your assination run leaves key pieces flapping in the wind.

eEiryss has actually come more into favor than pEiryss in mk2. Upkeep removal has become a very big deal and witheEiryss having one of the longest ranged upkeep removal mechanisms (and the only one available to some factions) the epic model has become much more popular. pEiryss not being able affect hordes armies so profoundly also led to her becoming more hit and miss than her counterpart.

This may change with specialists allowing pEiryss to swap out when a hordes faction comes up as your opponent.

Thanks guys, as I mentioned, I just got back into the game after a long break and people here (Shanghai) are all just learning the game so have not seen much of the game dynamic shift... I am also getting used to the point scale change and the reducing power of some models (e.g. Bokur no longer has d3 attacks, centurion's shield requires an action and lost reverse polarity, etc.), but then again there are a lot of new support units that are cool.

Thanks again all