Healing and shielding support units are specifically designed to break the fundamental mathematical rules of the game's combat system.
This is exactly what the opponent wants; while you struggle to kill the Giant, the Healer is constantly undoing all your hard work.
Target Priority
The cardinal rule when facing a healing or shielding composition is to completely ignore the primary tank until the support is dead.
Deploy your assassin directly behind the enemy push, ensuring it locks onto the healer before the tank can turn around to protect it.
Distract her or kill her instantly.Wait for the support to cross the bridge before dropping your assassin.Use spells to break shields before applying massive damage.
Countering the Gimmicks
A cloned healer essentially doubles the healing output, turning the surrounding army into a literal immortal wall of hitpoints.
Hover your spell the moment you suspect a Clone play, and drop it the millisecond the blue cloning animation begins on their side of the map.
Healer CategoryMechanicBest Counter StrategyFrontline SupportHeals herself and surrounding units every time she successfully lands a melee attackUse flying units she cannot hit, or drop a high-DPS unit directly on her head to kill her before she swingsThe Shield Buff (e.g. If you loved this write-up and you would like to obtain additional details about tower rush kindly stop by our web page. , Heal Spirit)Jumps onto a group of units, providing a massive, instant burst of healingPlace a cheap distraction unit (like skeletons) in its path to force it to trigger early, wasting the heal entirely
Surgical Defense
Take a deep breath, identify the primary healer, and execute your assassination plan flawlessly.
Once you learn to surgically remove the support structure of an enemy push, the most terrifying meta decks become trivial to defend.
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Defeating Healers and Shields in Tower Rush
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