Overview
Have you ever wondered wich archetype is worst to play with? One say that Wanderer is the worst. Others say that Bard’s superpower is useless and playing as that archetype is for achievement purposes.In this guide I’ll try to answer that question.This guide was inspired by this guide from Castle Crashers game http://castlecrashers.wikia.com/wiki/Character_TiersAdvantages and disadvantages of archetypes are rated by this point system1 – More less important feature2 – Less Important feature 3 – Moderately important feature 4 – Important feature 5 – Very Important feature 6 – Game changing7 – Supreme/Extremely poor featureX – Rated by individualTrait Legend:R – Red (Carnivore, Predator, Aggressive, Military)B – Blue (Omnivore, Adaptable, Industrious, Economic)G – Green (Herbivore, Social, Friendly, Religious)Example: RGBG (Carnivore, Social, Industrious, Religious)
S Tier Archetypes
These archetypes makes Space Stage pretty easy [even on Hard Mode]. Actually there’s one S tier Archetype – Zealot. In my opinion Zealot is the best playable archetype due to power of its ability.
You need to play as him or unlock all 4 Zealot parts (GA exclusive) to use that badass “magic” which mass-converts empires
[Best traits: RRGG]
18 points (S rank)
Advantages
- 7 – Can capture ENTIRE solar system inhabitated by Space stage civilisation without destruction
- 7 – Very useful on alien homeworlds containing expensive kinds of spice
- 6 – Useful while fighting with Grox (Fanatical Frenzy always captures their colonies)
- 4 – Improves relations with Grox
Disadvantages:
- 3 – Breaks Galactic Code (Makes relations with other empires worse in 10 parsec radius)
- 3 – Long cooldown (30 minutes)
Archetype Change mission:
-5kk Sporebucks
-Colonise 15 planets (Probably the easiest mission)
A Tier Archetypes
A Tier archetypes perhaps are not as badass as S Tier ones, but they are very potential.
They have cool features as well. Knight Archetype’s superpower unlike other 8 ones cannot be obtained by GA captain parts which it makes more unique.
This is the only superpower which is affected by difficulty level. In hard mode its base HP is reduced by approximetely 3 times [comparing to Easy Mode], which it means it’s less useful against battling with big empires (this applies not only to Mini-U but to all of your allies’ ships in your fleet! Even Grox’s allied ship is affected), but still it can be helpful in clearing out enemy spacecrafts and reducing received damage during travelling through hostile territory.
[Best traits: RRGB]
Easy Mode
11 points (A- rank); 14 points maximum (A rank)
Normal Mode
8 points (B rank); 11 points maximum (A- rank)
Hard Mode
6 points (B- rank); 10 points maximum (B rank)
Advantages:
- 6 – Useful when you don’t have much allies [Especially at beginning of game] or you don’t
want to make them angry by accidental destruction of their ships - 4 – Can assist you in eliminating enemy ships while you are outside planet
- 4 – Short Cooldown
- 4 – Can be very helpful in battles
- X – HP and damage dealt by Mini-U regards of size of your Empire
Disadvantages:
- 6 – May make alliance with Grox impossible while being attacked by them (When Mini-U is active)
- 1 – Mini-U self-destructs as cooldown ends
- X – The bigger difficulty, the less base HP Mini-U has
Mini-U HP Multiplier for each difficulty [Considering that HP multiplier for easy mode is 1x]
Easy: 1x
Medium: 0.66x
Hard: 0.33x
It’s impossible to get that archetype by Archetype Change Mission (Knights will give you Warrior Archetype mission instead)
[Best traits: RRBB]
11 points (A- rank)
Advantages:
- 5 – Useful to destroy non-space stage civilisations on planets with expensive spices for settling purposes
- 4 – Useful while fighting with Grox
- 4 – Improves relations with Grox
- 3 – Useful to destroy alien homeworlds
Disadvantages:
- 3 – Breaks Galactic Code (Makes relations with other empires worse in 10 parsec radius)
- 2 – Long cooldown (22 minutes)
Archetype change Mission:
-5kk Sporebucks
-Discover 20 new Black holes or planetary discs
B Tier Archetypes
These archetypes are still good ones, but some of them are cool, some of them are average. Shaman’s superpower is the only one in this section, which it can be used not only during war
Trader can do “money war” – he can capture solar systems without enraging other empires, but good relationship is very necessary for them.
[Best traits: BBGB]
10 points (B+ rank)
Advantages:
- 7 – Can capture ENTIRE solar system inhabitated by Space stage civilization without destruction
- 7 – Very useful on alien homeworlds containing expensive kinds of spice
- 3 – Useful on Grox (not as effective as Fanatical Frenzy)
Disadvantages:
- 7 – You need to pay for solar system with big amounts of money
- 2 – long cooldown (25 minutes)
Archetype change mission:
-2,5kk Sporebucks
-Sell 5000 items
[Best traits: RGGG, GGGB]
7 points (B rank)
Advantages::
- 5 – Useful while doing Grox investigation homeworld mission
- 5 – Can be useful to escape from battle very easily
- 4 – Short Cooldown
Disadvantages:
- 3 – Always teleports to homeworld
- 3 – Inviable when fighting with far away from player’s homeworld empires
- 1 – Can be used only if player is in planet
Archetype change mission:
-2,5kk Sporebucks
-Use paint/sculpt tools on 150 different planets
[Best traits: BBGG, BGGB]
7 points (B rank)
Advantages:
- 5 – Stuns every vehicle and turrets on planet and jams all buildings
- 4 – Helpful in battle
Disadvantages:
- 2 – Long cooldown (23 minutes)
Archetype change mission:
-5kk Sporebucks
-Form 5 alliances with different empires
C Tier Archetypes
C Tier Archetypes are average ones. Ecologist Archetype is very good for terraforming and doing scan missions, so you don’t have to use Global Scan tool. Its superpower – Safari Vacuum, requires some space in storage. More professional players use just one specimen of species and then abduct it back
[Best traits: RBGG]
2 points (C rank)
Advantages:
- 4 – Very helpful in terraformation (Gathers every species of Flora and Fauna from planets in two speciments)
- 3 – Scans every species on planet (Useful while doing Scanning and transport missions on planets with big biodiversity)
Disadvantages:
- 2 – Long cooldown (22 minutes)
- 3 – Storage space is needed to contain specimens
Archetype change mission:
-10kk Sporebucks
-Complete 50 ecosystems (one of the hardest missions)
D Tier Archetypes
These archetypes are below average. Their superpowers are not good as previous ones, but they have also unique usage too. The only D Tier archetype is Warrior. It sounds great, until you see the effects of its ability
[Best traits: RRGR, RRRB]
-4 points (D- rank)
Advantages:
- 5 – Useful on defense missions (Can repel any attacking enemy forces, even Grox. It works just like Raging Roar from Creature Stage in that case)
- 3 – Pirates can be destroyed for money
- 2 – Pirates can be used to distract enemy’s turrets and spaceships
Disadvantages:
- 7 – Pirates are weak and useless while fighting against powerful empires (including Grox)
- 4 – Well-guarded colony with Super Turret is better alternative for player’s colonies
- 3 – Doesn’t work on player’s empire homeworld
- 2 – Long cooldown (20 minutes)
Archetype change mission:
-2,5kk Sporebucks
-Conquer 20 planets
E Tier Archetypes
These archetypes are have more flaws. The Bard’s archetype – Soothing Song, basically has two purposes – fixing relationships and escaping from battle, but much better than Shaman’s, because you aren’t transported into Homeworld. However, you have 2 minutes to escape and DON’T use any weapon, just single shoot from Auto turret may spoil evacuation from war zone and it doesn’t work on Grox.
[Best traits: RBGB]
-7 points (E+ rank)
Advantages:
- 6 – During the time of Soothing Song effect it’s possible to fix relationship with empires you have war (You may don’t have to pay for peace)
- 3 – Escaping from war zone is easier
Disadvantages:
- 7 – Doesn’t work on Grox
- 5 – The effect is ceased once you use a weapon [Even auto turrets may interrupt the effect when used in planet. Volcano and Asteroid don’t interrupt Soothing Song and they can be used as weapons]
- 3 – It’s hard to fix relationship without money if empire REALLY hates you (Try to befriend an empire with -400 relationship points š )
- 1 – Doesn’t work on friendly empires (if you have at least +2 relationship points with them)
Archetype change mission:
-10kk Sporebucks
-Find 25 artifacts
F Tier Archetypes
These archetypes are the worst ones and they are dedicated for professional players (especially if you are playing hardmode). Wanderer archetype is the easiest one to attain by just starting the game from Space Stage, but you won’t get superpower nor trait bonuses which it makes it less unique.
[Best traits: none]
-14 points (F+ rank)
Advantages:
- 0 – None
Disadvantages:
- 7 – No superpower
- 7 – No traits, which it makes Space Stage game harder
Wanderers don’t offer you their Archetype Change mission. Instead, they will give you Diplomat Mission
Summary
I think the most OP Archetype in the game is Zealot. You can expand your empire very quickly and capture Grox colonies, which have cool looking wall design. For those whose want to start the game on Space Stage (play as Wanderer), they need to rely on their knowledge and skill.
Every Archetype is cool if you learn the basics of Spore, but for beginners I recommend the OP one.
Remember. There’s a possibility to change your Archetype, but you need to ally with an empire with desired one and do a special mission from them, but for big amount of money (Grox won’t offer you to change your Archetype into theirs)
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