Summary
Horizon Forbidden Westfeatures an exceptionally deep and beautiful world to explore.
Horizon Forbidden West will pit you against many tough foes - here are the best fights in the game.
One such element of the new culture to develop is the vastly stimulating board game called Machine Strike.
While undoubtedly powerful, this piece also has a few implementations to ensure players don’t abuse it.
Firstly, it is melee only, and therefore only has a short attack range.
It is worth six VP, meaning you could afford one or two other low-tier machines to provide backup.
Beware when playing this piece.
verify you choose good support machines to back this one up.
It can fire from either two or three tiles away, and deals three points of base damage.
It is also extremely cheap at only two VP.
Scrappers can be used alone to chase opponents around the board without taking damage.
The Longleg is a fantastic example of this.
The Longleg has some of the longest movements in the game, at four movements per turn.
6Stormbird
What An Electrical Performance
The Stormbird is another valuable piece in terms of range.
It has the ability to move over any pop in of terrain with no movement penalty.
Additionally, it can attack any space in a 3X3 square directly in front of it.
check that that you defend this piece well, because losing it means almost certain defeat.
They are a Gunner throw in, meaning they can hit other pieces from range.
At seven HP and three attack this piece is a force to be reckoned with on its own.
It can overcharge multiple times for offense, or take beatings for defense.
4Apex Clawstrider
Clever Girl
There are multiple variants of the Clawstrider piece in Machine Strike.
It should come as no surprise that the Apex variant is the strongest among them.
This piece features an impressive eight HP and can be fielded for six VP.
It also has the skill Retaliate, which is only shared by one other piece in the game.
The Behemoth features an impressive ten HP as well as a range of two tiles for its attacks.
On top of this, the Behemoth has the Shield ability.
This means that the piece gains a +1 to attack whenever it is defending.
2Tremortusk
A Piece That Never Forgets
Elephant lovers rejoice!
This impressive piece boasts ten HP and three attack.
It has the Sweep ability, which means that the piece can attack perpendicular tiles in its attack range.
The big turn-off to this piece for many people is the fact that it is a Dash jot down.
1Fireclaw
Smokey, What Has Become Of You?
Asone of the few Legendary classpieces in the game, the Fireclaw certainly deserves its ranking.
