Changes: Lucina Spinos

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Lucina Spinos

unit

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At the start of your turn, gain

, pay

, and consume a Drone: construct a Perforator

Supply:	1
Cost:	17
Build time:	1
Health:	1
Attack:
Consumes:	Drone
Creates:	Perforator
Position:	Middle Far Right

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Lucina Spinos is a Red unit. It's a strong, breach vulnerable attacker that allows sacrificing Drones to create Perforators.

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Strategy

At 17 Gold and , Lucina Spinos is one of the highest costing units, and the situations in which it's useful in are as rare as the amount of times as you'll see it. Lucina is fairly attack-efficent, only being 1 Gold more pricey than 4 Tarsiers. Unlike Tarsiers, however, Lucina needs a straight-up investment of the full 17 Gold in one turn. Lucina also needs a minimum of two Animuses for the four you'll need, when one is usually sufficient in -based strategies. Due to this, Lucina is usually best bought in high-eco games, or when you'll naturally have two Animuses for other units, such as Shadowfang or Tatsu Nullifier.

Lucina's unique ability, similar to the Steelforge, is to consume a drone and construct a Perforator. Unlike the Steelforge, Lucina does not need an additional payment for this ability, allowing it to be activated whenever you need. This would mean that you'll be able to construct a Perforator for 3 Gold and a Energy rather than 4 Gold and a Red. This isn't as economically viable, however, when you realize that Drones also produce Gold. Thus, converting Drones to Perforators tends to only be situationally useful when:

You need more blocking ability, as Perforators have 2 Health compared to a Drone's 1.
You need extra damage, as Perforators can attack whereas Drones cannot.
It has gotten to the point where Gold is irrelevant, simply making Perforators a better choice compared to Drones.

Like most other legendary units, Lucina can also be rushed out with a Centrifuge, making it useful for the extra and immediate it will provide.

Change log

February 15th, 2015
- Cost decreased from 18 to 17 .
October 11th, 2014
- Ability's activation cost changed from to sacrifice a Drone.
- Limited stamina of 6 has been removed.
September 29th, 2014
- Cost increased from 16 to 18 .

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 ==Strategy==
-At 17 {{ticon|gold}}[[Gold]] and {{ticon|red|4}}, Lucina Spinos is one of the highest costing units, and the situations in which it's useful in are as rare as the amount of times as you'll see it.  Lucina is fairly attack-efficent, only being 1 {{ticon|gold}}[[Gold]] more pricey than 4 [[Tarsier|Tarsiers]].  Unlike Tarsiers, however, Lucina needs a straight-up investment of the full 17 {{ticon|gold}}[[Gold]] in one turn.  Lucina also needs a minimum of two Animuses for the four {{ticon|red}} you'll need, when one is usually sufficient in {{ticon|red}}-based strategies.  Due to this, Lucina is usually best bought in high-eco games, or when you'll naturally have two Animuses for other units, such as [[Shadowfang]] or [[Tatsu Nullifier]].
+At 17 {{ticon|gold}}[[Gold]] and {{ticon|red|4}}, Lucina Spinos is one of the highest costing units, and the situations in which it's useful in are as rare as the amount of times as you'll see it.  Lucina is fairly attack-efficent, only being 1 {{ticon|gold}}Gold more pricey than 4 [[Tarsier]]s.  Unlike Tarsiers, however, Lucina needs a straight-up investment of the full 17 {{ticon|gold}}Gold in one turn.  Lucina also needs a minimum of two Animuses for the four {{ticon|red}} you'll need, when one is usually sufficient in {{ticon|red}}-based strategies.  Due to this, Lucina is usually best bought in high-eco games, or when you'll naturally have two [[Animus|Animuses]] for other units, such as [[Shadowfang]] or [[Tatsu Nullifier]].
-Lucina's unique ability, similar to the [[Steelforge]], is to consume a drone and construct a [[Perforator]].  Unlike the Steelforge, Lucina does not need an additional payment for this ability, allowing it to be activated whenever you need.  This would mean that you'll be able to construct a Perforator for 3 {{ticon|gold}}[[Gold]] and a {{ticon|energy}}[[Energy]] rather than 4 {{ticon|gold}}[[Gold]] and a {{ticon|red}}[[Red]].  This isn't as economically viable, however, when you realize that Drones also produce {{ticon|gold}}[[Gold]].  Thus, converting Drones to Perforators tends to only be situationally useful when:
+Lucina's unique ability, similar to the [[Steelforge]], is to consume a drone and construct a [[Perforator]]. Unlike the Steelforge, Lucina does not need an additional payment for this ability, allowing it to be activated whenever you need.  This would mean that you'll be able to construct a Perforator for 3 {{ticon|gold}}Gold and a {{ticon|energy}}[[Energy]] rather than 4 {{ticon|gold}}Gold and a {{ticon|red}}[[Red]].  This isn't as economically viable, however, when you realize that Drones also produce {{ticon|gold}}Gold.  Thus, converting Drones to Perforators tends to only be situationally useful when:
 *You need more blocking ability, as Perforators have 2 {{ticon|health}}[[Health]] compared to a Drone's 1.
 *You need extra damage, as Perforators can attack whereas Drones cannot.
-*It has gotten to the point where {{ticon|gold}}[[Gold]] is irrelevant, simply making Perforators a better choice compared to Drones.
+*It has gotten to the point where {{ticon|gold}}Gold is irrelevant, simply making Perforators a better choice compared to Drones.
 Like most other legendary units, Lucina can also be rushed out with a [[Centrifuge]], making it useful for the extra and immediate {{ticon|attack|4}} it will provide.