Bear Cavalry



Quick gameplay tips

  • The Bear Cavalry have a unique approach to destroying enemy minions, in that they chase them into a trap rather than killing them outright. It's less efficient, but you can't beat the thrill of the hunt.
  • Power up your Cub Scouts! You have a decent number of tools to do so, and that will let you destroy enemy minions much easier. Bigger number, better minion.
  • Don't go too crazy with destroying enemy minions, as you can also get a lot of use out of them if they're alive. Bearing Down allows you to reduce a base's breakpoint if you've moved an opponent's minion there that turn, which can help you score key bases.
  • Superiority is a card that lets your minions on one base become immune to enemy cards as long as you have the most power on that base. Consider setting up a base of operations that you control, but keep your opponents in check by shooing them off if it looks like it'll score soon.
  • As a Titan, General Ivan is very good at bullying other Titans. He can get quite powerful after a few turns and can easily move around, letting him gather strength and then hunt down an enemy Titan.

Gameplay

If you go to the woods today, you're sure of a big surprise...

The Bear Cavalry are all about making their presence known, whether that be kicking enemy minions around, establishing their dominance or culling the weakest minions on the battlefield. They are the bullies of Smash Up, excelling at disrupting enemies and generally being quite mean. They can easily disrupt setup factions by moving key minions around, they can swarm in to conquer a base, and if that fails then they can just kill 'em. Cub Scout is the main destruction engine, with a couple of buffs these little bears can become formidable tools to destroy and minion foolish enough to cross their path. Or, more likely, be chased into their path. General Ivan is a powerful minion with a powerful ability to boot, giving their minions invulnerability while also providing a tactical power boost for scoring bases. Or just killing stuff. The Bear Cavalry's main struggle is with actions, their action plays are comparatively weaker and they don't have any extra action plays. Their actions are very powerful but also situational, they can easily be wasted if they're played at the wrong time on the wrong target.