Here's an index of a Tier List video of the different Dire Foes to date by the Ryanj4043 channel. Ryanj4043 https://www.youtube.com/@pkranger1997 Infinity: Dire Foes Tier List In this video I rank all the dire foes character based on their models, their stats, and my obviously correct objective opinion. #corvusbelli #infinitythegame #infinity #tierlist #englishnerd #mrbean
As a Casanova + Andromeda combo enjoyer I cannot stress how disappointed I am to see my lovely boy in the lowest of D-ranks. By the way he DOES have Inmunity (shock) along NWI.
I don't think this has been done with the care that some units require... Thrasimedes, for example, has been a must-have for nearly a decade, since until N4 you needed him or Alke to even make a Thorakitai fireteam (Enomotarchos), and was the only Infiltrator of the greeks until Andromeda, and now Blackwind (and now he has a zapper instead of a nanopulser...), being also the only mimetism-6 template weapon besides Phoenix in the whole faction. Robin Hook may not be a great troop by itself, but in nomads/Bakunin? 6-2 superjump climbing plus repeater that deploys at +4'', and while it is hackable (HI) also has BTS3, ECM-3 and WP13, not to mention a melee PARA-9 weapon and a tactical bow BS+3 (so ARO BS14...). For a hacking-centric list is nearly another pi-well/Billie... Trisha I would say... move her to D. Her only saving grace was that Sophotects would not link into a Fireteam, and then Parvati came, so...
I can't argue with the Yu Jing ones. They are pretty meh. One thing not mentioned though is Adil has a Para -6 along with his CC23, MA2. That can take out a lot of troops. Especially if he follows up with the Mono.
I like Adil MI a lot. He great in CC - remember the para - has a good gun and is in both loadouts a specialst. He feels a bit on the expensive side given that he is very vulnerable to shock (which is a game mecanic which I would not miss, if they get rid of it).
Adil MI is a top tier pick in ISS and WB. Amazing link glue that will cover a huge amount of bases for either faction. Xi Zhuang is also almost an auto-include in ISS. RyanJ's evaluation of the madtraps fails to account for how important they are for enabling ISS' offense. His model is absolutely horrific though. Both of them fail to reach the level of absurd broken bullshit of some of the top models on the list, but they definitely are important enough to their respective factions to be above most of the troopers in B tier.
He did say that his rating was taking the figure into account too. Xi is pretty old and never that interesting. Adil MI is pretty boring. I love the HI version him though.
Adil HI is one of the best models CB has ever put out (Cranes in general tend to just look great, there's not a single miss among them). Unfortunately, his HI profile is almost wholly outclassed by the MI version to the point where it is barely worth mentioning, let alone remembering. I just use the HI model for both profiles.
