It’s a well known scientific fact that Humans are highly successful persistence hunters. With bodies built for endurance, they can keep a chase (or a fight) going for hours where other creatures would tire themselves out in minutes. This makes them powerful warriors, capable of holding out better than any beast, natural, mystical or otherwise.
The humble Goblin, however, is a scavenger and has to rely on its other merits. With light, fragile bodies optimized for scurrying into hiding and staying there, they easily tire in a fight - a tactical problem that any aspiring Goblin leader must learn to work around.
In combat, Goblins are eager to make their move, so long as they have the energy to do it. Every combat action has an associated energy cost (indicated by a gem in the upper left corner of the action card), showing how many time units it will take them to regain their stamina and make their next move.
The color of the action gem should also factor into your strategy. The color will range from Yellow to Red. Yellow energy cost indicates a standard cost and won't tire your goblins too much. More specialized abilities will cost more, typically 30 energy (orange) or 40 energy (red). Not only will they take a significant amount of time to regain their footing, but their exhaustion will make them more vulnerable to damage. Given how fragile the average Goblin already is, this can lead to devastating wounds, or even instant death.
Though goblins are comparatively safer at the back of the line, ranged or multi-target attacks from an enemy can hit goblins at the back, and these will deal with increased damage to tired or exhausted goblins. Those pushed to the very back of the time bar by especially draining abilities with a red-colored cost, will suffer terribly if an attack manages to find them.
This is one of the main problems that you’ll have to face against those invading goblin lands. Keep a close eye on the time bar at the top of the combat screen, and make sure that when powerful ranged enemies come into play that there’s no goblins exposed to attack. Sometimes it’s better to hold back and use weaker abilities, and sometimes you’ll want to go all-in to bring down a powerful target quickly.
Remember that there’s safety in numbers, and there’s more to bravery than obnoxious Human behaviour.
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