[Official] Antlion | Elite Antlion

[Tea is good]

idk why it has burrow, the only reason people use it is for the 2:1 attack to cost ratio. That goes away with burrow. And everyone uses graboid more than this anyways.

[killybob]

if you ask me it doesn't matter if it has a good attack to cost ratio since the damage it does is a little lack lustre and not really worth putting into your deck.

[Daytripper]

That's not wrong, but it is a rush card. It's useless if the opponent draws a shield, but in an antlion/graboid/golem rush it doesn't matter. You should be fast enough, and the risk is spread. And..better a dead antlion than a dead shrieker.

In other words, in the opening hand the small hitters give you initiative and early damage. This is annoying, because it's harder to come back from for the opponent.

I do agree burrowing is useless. Even a plain creature at 4-2 is still ok though. 

[moomoose]

NAME: Antlion ELEMENT: Earth COST: 2 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 2|3 TEXT: The antlion ignores most shields while burrowed. : Burrow	NAME: Elite Antlion ELEMENT: Earth COST: 2 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 4|4 TEXT: The antlion ignores most shields while burrowed. : Burrow

ART: elements the game IDEA: moomoose NOTES: antlion needs some love.  im not saying this will make it a super desirable card, but at the moment there is no reason to pick up an antlion over a grabloid or steel golem.  the attack value will still be cut in half while burrowed, but burrowed is an established mechanic and does not need to be written out- see devourer/pest if you disagree. the shields which cannot be ignored include: wings, phase shield and hope. i probably will never submit this to level 1, as i dont want to waste one of my 2 submissions per week on this.  just putting it out there. SERIES:

[maverixk]

I like the idea and I agree that antlion needs some love. However, I don't think this added effect would help it all that much. In usage at least.

[DrOctaganapus2]

Maybe the Antlion could have a Special Passive Ability:

"Low Blow: When Burrowed, Antlion ignores certain shields"

Those Shields would be:
Shield
Titanium Shield
Permafrost Shield
Thorn Caprice
Emerald Shield
Solar Shield
Fire Shield
Procrastination
Skull Shield (Stops 1 Damage)
Weight Shield


But cant ignore:
Hope
Dimensional Shield
Dissapation Shield
Fog Shield
Dusk Mantle

[Sevs]

I would almost want to see AntLion with some sort of swarm ability. so when burrowed, antlion gains x attack with X being the number of burrowed antlions on the field.

[teffy]

I was faster (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,12781.0.html)

[Selvaria]

Maybe the Antlion could have a Special Passive Ability:

"Low Blow: When Burrowed, Antlion ignores certain shields"

This sounds interesting and might make it viable in decks without PC. Or what about giving it momentum (without added attack) altogether when it is burrowed?

I would almost want to see AntLion with some sort of swarm ability. so when burrowed, antlion gains x attack with X being the number of burrowed antlions on the field.

Cool idea but is it easy to implement (coding wise) ?

[pikachufan2164]

I would almost want to see AntLion with some sort of swarm ability. so when burrowed, antlion gains x attack with X being the number of burrowed antlions on the field.

Cool idea but is it easy to implement (coding wise) ?

Shouldn't be way too different from coding for Scarab's variable HP (due to Swarm).

[coinich]

Antlions with Swarm and Burrow would suddenly make them useful again.  It doesn't need to be much of an attack boost at all, but you'd have to unburrow to make more of them.

[moomoose]

I was faster (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,12781.0.html)

i didnt post it here, i was messing around in the CIA forum and it was moved here.  i thought it had to be in some sort of poll format to be here.