As long as you make appropriate preparations in advance, the mobility of the Lava Runners can be easily blocked, just don't let them rush forward.
But this self-destruction is really hard to guard against.
With the intelligence provided by Sarlayan in advance, the coalition soldiers were on guard against their attacks from the beginning, and would consciously withdraw at a certain distance when they were about to kill them.
Perhaps Gal, the leader of the Lava Runners, knew the coalition's response measures, and this guy began to instruct the Lava Runners to self-destruct from time to time.
In other words, they do not necessarily have to explode automatically when they die, but can be actively detonated at any time depending on the situation.
This is so annoying.
The melee units of the high elves are all paladins, and considering that the paladins have a certain healing ability on the front line, they are positioned further back than the black iron shield warriors.
Many Dark Iron Dwarf vanguards who did not react in time were injured by the sudden explosion of lava rushers, and a small number even unfortunately lost their lives and could not be saved.
After a short period of repairs, when they broke camp again and headed towards Gal's defense area, the number of lava runners increased significantly.
Seeing the densely packed large rocks scurrying around, even Sarlayan felt a little paralyzed.
Stella Gosa took the initiative to stand up at this time: "This hard push is not an option. Let me do it. I will use spells to restrain their movement before they get close to the team."
"Mage team and ranger team, you take this opportunity to quickly kill those immobile earth elements to ensure that they cannot get close to our vanguard."
With Stellagosa's full assistance, the danger of the Lava Runner is greatly reduced.
The long-range troops, who had long been simmering with anger, tacitly detonated these self-propelled bombs at a distance in advance, greatly reducing the casualty rate of the Black Iron Shield warriors.
After wading through this minefield, Sarlayan and others came to an empty cave hall.
Gar, who was several times larger than an ordinary lava rusher, stood in the center of the hall and was waiting, surrounded by at least a hundred lava rushers.
"Hiss~"
Sarlayan took a deep breath and said, "Are you doing this again? You fire lords don't know how to play without your little brother, right?"
Garr obviously did not intend to give the coalition forces time to come up with countermeasures. Under his command, a large number of lava runners launched a group charge. The scene was quite spectacular.
Moira, who was well aware of the destructive power of these bombers, turned a little green. After all, it was the Black Iron Warriors she brought here who bore the brunt of the self-destruction.
With dozens of enemies charging together, it was impossible for Stellagosa to take care of them one by one.
Fortunately, Little Xingxing had already guessed that this might happen, and turned the Meteor Staff in his hand to release a large-scale control spell that had been prepared in advance.
"Weight-bearing field!"
"Buzz!"
A substantive buzzing sound echoed in the empty cave hall, and the movement of the army of lava runners that was preparing to charge became much slower.
This type of domain spell that can be targeted and restricted based on enemy and friendly targets is indeed awesome, but the price is that it requires continuous guidance from the caster.
At least until the coalition forces destroy these hundreds of lava rushers, Stellagosa can only stay in place to maintain spells, unable to provide strong spell support to Sharlayan.
Garr did not intend to watch his subordinates being killed one by one.
The earth element has the duality of being heavy and stubborn, and their probability of giving birth to wisdom is lower than the other three relatively active elements.
Most of Garr's lava runners will only follow orders, but this does not mean that Garr will let them die worthlessly.
Seeing Gar move with the lava runners, Sarlayan, who had already guessed its plan, turned into a giant bear and charged forward without hesitation.
It's not that Sharlayan only knows how to transform into a giant bear.
In order to stop Garr's actions, Sarlayan must rush into the enemy group. No matter active or passive, there will definitely be a large number of lava runners exploding around him.
Other forms simply cannot withstand these self-destruction damage, and can only use the tough fur of Ursoc's incarnation to take it hard.
Maybe it's because of compatibility, or maybe Stellagosa's weight-bearing field plays a big role.
After fighting in close combat with Garr, Sarlayan felt that this guy was much easier to deal with than Magamanda.
Although the lava rushers are of the earth element, they are different from the lava giants who also jumped to the fire element. They are obviously more offensive than defensive.
All joking aside, as long as the lower body is still on the ground to absorb power and use the characteristics of Shukuchi to rush up, the mobility of the Lava Runner is probably only comparable to that of the unfettered wind element.
Before sublimating into extraordinary creatures, no species dares to say that it is perfect. If there are advantages, there will inevitably be shortcomings.
Lava Runners are no exception. Their attack power and mobility come at the expense of defense.
After receiving the power of the fire element infused by Ragnaros, the body structure of the Lava Runner becomes very unstable, and the fire element in the body may be detonated at any time during high-speed maneuvers.
As the leader of the Lava Runners, Garr is not so easy to explode, but the racial characteristics that the Lava Runners cannot get rid of will still be reflected in it.
To put it simply, Gal's own attack power is not bad, but since his mobility is restricted by the domain and he is unable to convert kinetic energy into impact force, Gal's attack does not hurt Sarlayan.
Gal who can't get up is very single. I can't move, and neither can you.
A large-scale powerful deceleration spell was applied to the coalition soldiers, including Sarlayan. This originally fierce battle was like a slow-down button being pressed, and both sides were unable to move freely.
In Ursoc's transformed state, Sarlayan's movements were not very flexible. He relied on his thick skin and sharp claws to fight the enemy at close quarters. Being slower did not have much impact on him.
When Gar is trying to exit a certain distance and sprint to accelerate while carrying a heavy load, Sarlayan will immediately launch a wild charge and hit him.
Don't let me move? Then don't move.
Gal, who was supposed to rely on mobility to fly around the field, was dragged by Sarlayan and forced to fight in a positional battle. Its problem of strong offense and weak defense was completely exposed.
After all, the coalition's firepower was stronger, and they eliminated most of the lava runners before Garr broke free from Sarlayan's shackles.
There were roars from time to time around Sarlayan like exploding beans, but these self-explosion damage could not penetrate the defense of Ursoc's incarnation, and were not as great as the damage caused by being punched by Garr.
After the Lava Runner was killed by long-range firepower led by Sylvanas, Stellagosa was finally freed.
She placed a more powerful gravity spell on Garr, and also helped Sarlayan remove the slowing spell on his body.
This plus and one subtraction soon brought this chaotic battle to a conclusion.
Sarlayan, who regained his mobility, suddenly transformed back into his original elf form.
Before Garr could adapt to the sudden double gravity, Sarlayan nimbly avoided its direct punch attack, and struck an ultra-close giant blow, slicing Garr's body with low defense from the middle, exposing it. The core hidden inside was revealed.
"Whoosh!"
Sylvanas, who had already set up her sniper, did not let go of this opportunity. She used every opportunity to aim at Gal's core and fired a supersonic arrow that missed.
"Ding!"
After a burst of crisp crystal collisions, Garr, whose core was destroyed, could no longer maintain his prototype and turned into a pile of rubble and fell to the ground, unable to even use the final self-destruction.
"Danglang~"
When Garr, who had lost his core restraint, disintegrated, the bracelet on his right arm remained intact and made a crisp sound when it fell to the ground.
"This is……"
Sarlayan's expression moved slightly, and he probably guessed the origin of this bracelet, and calmly bent down to pick it up.
【Um? Could this be the right side of the Wind Chaser's road to imprisonment? Unexpectedly, it turned into a bracelet. 】
[Actually, it’s quite normal if you think about it carefully. Both Gal and Baron Geddon are typical elemental creatures. There is no place on their bodies to hide anything. 】
【Well-founded. 】
Sarlayan originally planned to adopt the plan proposed by the barrage, and after killing Garr, let the highly mobile Sylvanas go to the entrance of the cave in front to "lead the monsters", and lead Shaslar and Baron Geddon there one after another. Kill him in this empty hall.
However, the plan could not keep up with the change. Before Sarlayan could carefully study this half of the Wind Chaser's imprisonment, a fire demon with a strange color suddenly appeared in the cave not far away.
"What the hell?!"
Sarlayan, who was struck by the fire demon, noticed that this guy's hands began to rise, and a large amount of arcane energy gathered towards his hands.
【pill! Can Shaman survive the zero-distance, enhanced version of Magic Explosion? 】
