I'm indexing on ChrisIsMeChris great podcast post on Reddit, if you want to talk about it here or on his reddit topic. Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/InfinityTheGame/comments/z2v7ms/dahshat_company_indepth_sectorial_review/ Dahshat Company: In-Depth Sectorial Review! Hi everyone! I've been playing Infinity competitively for 4 years, with Dahshat Company being one of my favorite armies, so I spent a long time preparing for this WIP12 Podcast (in 2 parts) for an in-depth review :) I start with 14 essential units for the army, to give you an overall sense of Dahshat if you've never encountered them before. Then I move to the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, with high-level concepts and specific examples. Some topics I cover in detail: The Good Camo Spam (with variety) Repeater Network (and reactive hacking) Flexible Links Incredible Irregulars TAG Hunting What We’ve Gained in N4 The Bad Airy DZ Obvious Lt / No CoC Limited off-table antics Going second The Ugly 15 body limit No KHD Core Nerf Per Recent FT Change I also include a few example lists. If you play Haqq or YJ already, or love Maggie, Hunzakuts, and/or Libertos, I highly recommend you give this a listen. Part 1 - The Good https://open.spotify.com/episode/71CneWgRofMq5g0NRoZVFc?si=e82e0df3c6764ca6 Part 2 - The Bad & The Ugly https://open.spotify.com/episode/2dQjCY7e6i9S9eilwI00su?si=be408756f44540b9
Hi there! :) For the betterment of our Dahshat community, I dug up my notes. While I add a lot more detail in the two podcast episodes (especially for the key 14 units), here are the main points :) The Good Firstly, Dahshat is essentially what you get from Operation Red Veil :) great use for that box if you started with one side and want to try the other. For people less familiar with Dahshat, let's talk about 14 awesome units for an overall picture of the army: Liberto Valerya Rui Shi Zuyong Hunzakut Saito McMurder Maggie Ghulam Kum Biker Digger Bounty Hunter Zhencha Fiddler Camo Spam (with variety) Can actually hide its libertos Very strong shell game HI, hacker, mines in mass, deploy repeaters, specialists, cc monster = big variety of threats hiding under the camo Ariadna has more camo for sure, but they have decoy and similar profiles. Repeater Network (and reactive hacking) One of the best GML factions in the game Hunza + 3 flash + Rui Shi + WC Valerya with her pitcher = easy access across the table Ghulam link gives you affordable wip 14 spotlights Tinbot B with Valerya is v strong No KHD (see later) means you are less about active turn battles vs other hackers, more about covering the table and throwing spotlights and oblivion Flexible Links 2nd only to tohaa in diversity Upper tier for # of WC in the game New WC digger (ava 2) Incredible Irregulars Like Haqq, you find yourself stretched for regular orders if you indulge too much TAG Hunter Valerya with total control +1B total control With extensive repeater web Saito lurking McM What We’ve Gained in N4 Fiddler - nice addition, compliments Dahshat’s big REM presence Diggers - Airy DZ is a key weakness of Dahshat's to exploit, so diggers = v valuable Also wildcard linkables makes them crazy good Roll the +4 armor, plus being able to claim cover = 10 armor The Bad Airy DZ Makes it hard to guard these Lts or McM or fat REM too Camo markers don't want to ARO unless they have to Zuyong hmg or Rui shi or McM are vuln / bad AROs and want to null deploy I always say, yes, we have two liberto, but they have so much pressure on their shoulders defending the DZ Obvious Lt - Tied with ikari for obvious Lt, esp in N4 where we reveal our wip target before deploy Always brawler (12), zuyong (13), or Ghulam (14), and those profiles are obvious Bonus round: my fave Lts: 15 pt Ghulam +1 CT With a second Ghulam Zuyong hmg w/ regen No CoC Limited off-table antics No CJ, 1 low power parachute / holo (Bashi) Going second - Per the above, Dahshat is vuln when they go second. Really an army that wants to come at you fast The Ugly Dahshat, CHA, and Haqq were hit hardest by the 15 unit limit at start of N4 I'd cite this rule as the key reason you've never seen much Dahshat, if at all, at any major or minor event, despite all the army had to offer. Less Irregulars - Our wide access to low cost irregulars that can trade up now aren't as easy to include Balance of Reg/Irreg Orders - This also means we can’t include a better balance of regular and irregular orders Before we could leverage the 3x Flash Bot + 2 Baggage in every list to compensate for leaning hard on Irregulars For example, many of my lists these days are 5-6 regular orders per group, which takes practice to be comfortable with going wide, and knowing when to burn command tokens, vs waiting until the next turn No KHD Means against other hackers, you're mostly just disabling them rather than being able to outright kill them. GML being the exception ;] Core Nerf Per Recent FT Change: *recent emphasis on pure links really hurt Dahshat's wildcard identity this is the army with ava 4 WC bounty hunters, so having them fuel you cheaply to core power means way less now. Ie the old brawler msv2 sniper/zuyong hmg + 4 bh build from n3 not as effective. Also reduces Rui shi core, though tbh that link was a trap to begin with (scarier as solo piece or Haris)
