Solo Mutation: #4 Bad Weather - Dehaka P2 (8/19/2024)

Mutation Description: "Amon's forces tear through reality and make landfall across Augustgrad as tornados rampage through the city. Can you weather the storm and close the rifts before it's too late?"

Mutators:

Void Rifts - Void rifts periodically appear in random locations and spawn enemy units until destroyed.

Twister - Tornadoes move across the map, damaging and knocking back player units in their path.

Special Notes: P2

Commander: Dehaka
Prestige: Primal Contender (P2)

Advantages:
-Pack Leaders and their entourage deal 50% more damage and have 100% increased life.
-Pack Leader cooldowns reduced by 33%.
-Pack Leaders can consume Essence for Dehaka.

Disadvantages:
-Dehaka exits the map while a Pack Leader is active.
-Only one Pack Leader may be active at a time.

Masteries: 30 Devour Healing Increase, 30 Greater Primal Wurm Cooldown, 30 Gene Mutation Chance

Enemy Composition: Shadow Disruption

Kimmo's Notes: I got a suggestion to practice for the Dissertation by doing Bad Weather as Dehaka first. But I was lacking confidence to try it out at the time.

Then, after passing the Multitasking Dissertation which is Bad Weather as Artanis, I decided to give this a try with Dehaka this time. Drawing from my previous experience, I hang tough for the first few minutes of the game and take my time to gradually expand outward on the map using Impalers to cover areas where Void Rifts would spawn. This strategy was inspired from watching Ancalagon's own run of it.

After doing that, I begin the Mutalisk transition. From 3rd Shard set and on, Dehaka would stand guard down the streets where the attack waves come through while the other Pack Leaders and Mutalisks would go on the offensive as Mutalisks skip the majority of defenders that guard paths where grounded armies would go.

Greater Wurms, Impalers, and Dehaka would be the patrolling force that would continuously fend off Void Rifts. Eventually, I got into a rhythm of this and ended up clearing Bad Weather decently quickly!

After this, I felt like I was finally ready to resume attempts on Encroaching Madness.