Thor vs Collosus

[Perfecttear]

I don't know if this is alredy known, but i haven't find nothing about it so i am asking it.

Currently the Collosus can be attacked by both ground and air weapons, so i am wondering what happens when a Thor is attacking a collosus,
does he attack by both the Javelin Missile Launchers and the Arm Cannons at the same time, or only one off them, the strongest one off them, or perhaps javelin missiles from range 10 to 7 and then onward with Arm cannons?

Another question that i am wondering is, if you had your Thors target a Colossus, would the Thors be contempt with sitting back at 10 range attacking the Colossus with its air attacks, or would the Thor run forward while attacking with its air attack until it would come in range of the Colossus to use it's arm cannons .

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[DemolitionSquid]

The Thor would attack from range 10 with the missiles. Once the Colossus enters range 6, it would use the stronger attack, which would be the arm cannons.

Here's my math:

Thor
Missiles - 5x8
Arm Cannon - 30x2 + 4 vs. armored

Colossus
Armored, +1 armor base

Missiles: 5(-1 for armor, so 4) x 8 = 32
Arm Cannons:
A) 30(-1 for armor, +4 for armored, so 33) x 2 = 66
OR
B) 30(-1 for armor, so 29) x 2 = 58, +4 for armored = 62

I think B is correct.

[Wankey]

I'd assume that Blizzard will optimize this area and let it attack at various ranges with its highest damage weapons. For instance if the AA missiles are of range 9 with dmg 40, and the cannons of are range 6 lets say with a damage of 60... I don't see why the Thor doesn't switch to cannons once it is in range of the colossus.

I think this question has been answered somewhere in the QA series

[Operatoring]

This is a pretty good question. I would imagine it would work something like the Hydralisk's Melee attack works. D-Squid's answer seems to make sense.

[SCdude]

i think Karune said that they've changed the collossus so that it can only be hit as a ground unit. But i can be wrong.

[SpiderBrigade]

I don't have the quote but it's been said that units will preferentially choose the more damaging of their attacks against the Colossus, in cases where they have both ground and air attacks.

[Operatoring]

i think Karune said that they've changed the collossus so that it can only be hit as a ground unit. But i can be wrong.

I hope this is true. The Colossus seemed pretty useless for awhile there. The fact that it could be hit by both ground and air attacks only made it more vulnerable. I want the Collosus to strike fear into the hearts of enemies.

[Kimera757]

I would imagine it would work something like the Hydralisk's Melee attack works.

Apples and oranges.

The only difference between a hydralisk ranged and melee attack is the visuals. Nothing else.

[Pandonetho]

Apples and oranges.

The only difference between a hydralisk ranged and melee attack is the visuals. Nothing else.

The concept is still the same.

The Thor will use its more powerful attack once it is in range, just like how the Hydralisk will switch to a melee visual once it's in range.

[DemolitionSquid]

The concept is still the same.

The Thor will use its more powerful attack once it is in range, just like how the Hydralisk will switch to a melee visual once it's in range.

While "technically" your comparison is correct, a better and more accurate one would be "The Thor will use its more powerful attack once it is in range, just like how the Hydralisk will switch to its more powerful GTA."