skeletons should share damage with nearby skeletons

[worn tapir]

currently, there is very little reason to build skeletons, especially past the early game.

I often will consider the skeleton-test when judging a strategy game - how many skeletons does this game let me throw at my opponents? So far, Dominions 6 is the winner. I digress ~

If skeletons share damage with nearby skeletons while above ~20% health, they will better be able to utilize their regeneration mechanic, which currently feels very low impact.

[sinful dew]

cool idea to be honest. but their whole design is they're strong early. and this is compensated by them being weak later.
other units that scale off but are strong early: canopie, nekomata, coilers

That said. the change to Scallywag so it's better lategame was really cool. curious to see what others say.

Also if skeletons share damage, the way you split them doesn't matter.

[ember surge]

If this were the case you could just spam skeletons and there's little to no downside, that's a part of the strategy of skeletons is to properly split the wave so that you can optimize their Regen. It's a skill check in a sense. With that if you can pass the skill check they are the strongest unit waves 1-9, you get almost every damage type and defense type with regen for a very low cost, which lets you overbuild so many workers.

Skeleton is probably my #1 picked unit on a roll because if you pass that skill check you get heavily rewarded through mythium pressure

You can go waves 1 through 6 with roughly 4-6 skeletons, which the skeleton and their upgrade together on average is like 80 gold, so you only spend 480 gold on units for the first 6 waves

[edgy sparrow]

coilers always strong.

[sinful dew]

nope. they scale off lategame. when centaurs are affordable. wave 15-17+. the same gold goes further on other units. coilers are a T3. the higher the tier, the better gold : stats you get.

[edgy sparrow]

nah, they never scale off if they are used properly. They counter any ranged send so they can protect heavy tanks for later game. In all honesty, I think they scale better later game because if I have a tree of life, on anything decent I want a sea serpent. 4 eyes and hermits hit hard later and even crabs vs witches if u got sea serpent your safe.

[worn tapir]

memorizing a build order is not a skill check, in my opinion

[ember surge]

positioning is not build order

knowing how to split a wave is a skill check

[worn tapir]

true : )