Detection is a crucial counter-mechanic that allows units and structures to reveal cloaked or stealthed enemies, maintaining tactical balance against invisibility strategies.
Overview
Detection is a crucial counter-mechanic that allows units and structures to reveal cloaked or stealthed enemies, maintaining tactical balance against invisibility strategies.
Detection Capabilities
What Detection Reveals
Cloaked Units: Temporarily invisible units using active abilities
Stealthed Units: Permanently invisible units with passive concealment
Hidden Structures: Concealed buildings or installations
Infiltrators: Units attempting stealth-based attacks
Detection Range
Coverage Mechanics
Variable Range: Each detector has its own detection radius
Vision Overlap: Detection often extends beyond normal vision range
Mobile Detection: Some units can move while maintaining detection
Strategic Placement: Range affects battlefield control
Tactical Applications
Detection serves both aggressive and defensive strategic roles:
Offensive Applications
Aggressive Detection
Target Acquisition: Reveal enemies for your forces to attack
Intel Gathering: Uncover enemy positions and movements
Area Denial: Force stealth units out of key locations
Tactical Advantage: Remove enemy stealth positioning benefits
Defensive Applications
Protection & Security
Base Security: Protect key areas from stealth infiltration
Early Warning: Detect incoming stealth attacks
Resource Protection: Secure harvesters and production facilities
Perimeter Control: Maintain awareness of base approaches
Strategic Considerations
Meta-Game Balance
Counter-Play Dynamic: Essential response to stealth-heavy strategies
Resource Investment: Detection units require dedicated resources
Positioning: Detector placement affects battlefield control
Target Priority: Detectors are high-value targets for stealth units