MnD - Is AoE really AoE in Mini Warriors? (2015/09/01)

AoE (Area of Effect) means something that can affect ALL units in the area. In Mini Warriors, there are 4 types of AoE in general:
1. AoE skill damage (Rains of Arrows, Firebomb etc)
2. AoE buff / debuff (Joan's Freedom Cry, Shazzo's Roaring etc)
3. AoE physical attack (Giant's attack)
4. Morale skills (Mist, Heal, Explosion)

But is it really the case in the world of MW? It is time to find out.

Let's see how many targets are hit by a Firebomb (AoE skill damage) in a lane with 4 enemy squads, each with 25 minions:

You can clearly see that not all units inside the Firebomb are damaged

So...AoE skill damage has a cap on number of targets. So what is the exact cap? Here is a test with William against a lot of enemy squads, each with 25 minions

William's AoE test result

Roughly 15 targets are hit by William's AoE. How about other AoE, like AoE debuff?

Many targets are debuffed by Raving

Takeaway

- AoE skill damage on a large group of enemies is not as effective as it seems since there is a 15 target cap.

- AoE buff / debuff works on a large group of units

(Hope you enjoy this very long post :P)