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Co-op Commander Guide: Han & Horner

Mercenary Leader and Dominion Admiral

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Commander Summary

Han uses her relatively weak mercenaries with Horner's more powerful air units to create a powerful army that complements each other.

Level Unlocks

Level/Icon	Name	Description
	The Horners	When friendly units are killed, they drop resources for the commander of those units. Matt Horner starts with a Starport that can train elite aircraft.
	New Unit: Strike Fighter	Unlocks the Strike Fighter Platform and the Precision Strike ability. Launches a Strike Fighter to perform an airstrike against a targeted enemy or location.
	Assault Galleon & Raven Upgrade Cache	Unlocks the following upgrades: Assault Galleons can be individually upgraded with Hangar Bays that automatically build and launch Fighter Drones Theia Raven's Analyze Weakness can target 2 additional units.
	Merc Upgrade Cache	Unlocks the following upgrades at the Engineering Bay: Increases the movement speed of Reapers, and grants them the ability to fly for 10 seconds. Widow Mine range is increased by 50%, and can burrow and unburrow much faster.
	Call in the Fleet	Unlocks the ability to call in close planetary support from Horner's Armada. The Armada does massive damage to random enemy units in the target area.
	Impatience	Mira's Unit Build and Research times are reduced by 30%.
	Dominion Starport Upgrade Cache	Unlocks the following upgrades at the Starport Tech Lab: Wraith attack speed increases by 10% with each attack, up to a maximum of 100%. Attacks from Vikings in Assault Mode Pierce, dealing damage to enemy units behind the target. Transform time reduced by 75%.
	His and Hers Supply	Supply Depots are fitted with Dominion technology, increasing their health and supply by 100%.
	Hellion & Hellbat Upgrade Cache	Unlocks the following upgrades at the Engineering Bay: Allows the Hellion to use Tar Bombs that deals 20 damage and causes nearby enemies to have their movement speed reduced. Enables Hellbat to cause enemies to burn.
	Space Station Reallocation	Unlocks the ability to use Space Station Reallocation. The Space Station deals 500 damage to Heroic targets it contacts, everything else is instantly destroyed. Assault drones will attack nearby targets.
	Endurance Training	Horner's units regenerate health while out of combat.
	Advanced Weaponry	Call in the Fleet barrages enemy units with Lasers Batteries and fires Yamato Cannons that prefer high health targets.
	Fusion Core Upgrade Cache	Unlocks the following upgrades at the Fusion Core: Battlecruiser weapon systems are upgraded to powerful particle cannons. Strike Fighter Platforms Precision Strikes ignite the target location with napalm.
	Have a Blast	Space Station Reallocation will detonate a nuclear device upon its destruction.
	Significant Others	Your units gain bonuses based on your army composition: Horner's units gain 0.5% health for each supply of Mira's units. Mira's units gain 0.5% attack speed for each supply of Horner's units.

Highlighted rows denote large power spikes for the commander.

Achievements

The commander-specific achievements for Han & Horner are:

Achievement	Name	Description
	Did It Work?	Detonate 5,000 Magnetic Mines.
	Holy Macromony	Command at least 80 supply worth of Han units and 40 supply worth of Horner units in a single mission on Hard difficulty.
	Till Death Do Them Part	Deal 800,000 combined damage with Call in the Fleet and Space Station Reallocation.
	You're the Bomb	Deal 200,000 damage with Precision Strikes.

Calldowns

The calldowns for Han & Horner, at level 15, with no mastery points added are:

Calldown	Name	Description	Recommended Usage	Numbers
	Deploy Mag Mines	Deploy 5 Mag Mines to the target location. Mag Mines are triggered by enemy motion and deal 50 damage area damage.	Useful for spawn-camping attack waves. Can sometimes be used aggressively by luring enemies into them.	Coolup: 50 seconds Cooldown: 50 Max Charges: 5 Arming Time: 10 seconds Firing Time: 1.5 seconds
	Precision Strike	Requirements: Must have a Strike Fighter Platform Sends a Strike Fighter to the target location where it deals 175 (+225 to non-Heroic structures) damage to enemy ground units in the target area.	Incredibly effective on Dead of Night with the Napalm upgrade, allowing you to destroy multiple buildings with one strike. Napalm does 10 damage per second for 10 seconds for a total of 100 extra damage. Useful for weakening enemy fortifications. For regular missions, roughly 3 is sufficient for taking out high value targets.	Coolup: 0 seconds Cooldown: 60 seconds Cooldown: 120 seconds (if shot down) Max Platforms: 10 HP: 50 Armor: 2 Takeoff Time: 0.5 seconds Movement Speed: 30
	Call in the Fleet	Calls in close planetary support from Horner's Armada. The Armada does massive damage to random enemy units in the target area.	Deals very high single-target damage to multiple units. Effective for weakening enemy bases.	Coolup: 420 seconds Cooldown: 360 seconds
	Space Station Reallocation	Space Station deals 500 damage to Heroic targets it contacts, everything else is instantly destroyed. Assault drones will attack nearby targets. Lasts for 10 seconds. On death, the station explodes with a nuclear blast, dealing 300 damage (+200 vs structures).	Useful for dealing with clumps of enemies. Draws enemy aggro when landed, which can kill further enemy units after it explodes. Great for dealing with extremely strong attack waves.	Coolup: 300 seconds Cooldown: 360 seconds

Sub-Ascension Leveling

Difficulty: Moderate

During early stages of leveling, Han's units are very fragile. However, rushing up to Horner's units will leave you extremely vulnerable in the early game. Therefore, start off with some of Han's units (with Death Effect upgrades researched) and transition into Horner's units as quickly as reasonably possible. To increase effectiveness in the early levels, use Mag-Mines aggressively, by placing them behind your army, just before you push in. You can lure enemy units into the mines to deal damage.

While leveling through Mastery levels, allocate points into Power Set 3 in a 2:1 split for the Air Fleet to Mag Mine masteries.

Masteries

Below are the three Power Sets for Han & Horner with the recommended point allocations for each. Note that these are meant to serve a general, all-purpose build that is effective across all maps with no Prestiges selected. You are highly encourged to change these masteries to suit your playstyle and particular challenges you face (e.g. Weekly Mutations).

Power Set 1:

Power	Value	Recommended Points to Add	Further Considerations
Strike Fighter Area of Effect	1% per point 30% maximum	0	The Stronger Death Chance mastery works really well for unit-centric play, which is almost always how Han/Horner plays out, and is therefore recommended.
Stronger Death Chance	2% per point 60% maximum	30

The Strike Fighter Area of Effect mastery can be used if the player intends on cheesing various maps (such as Dead of Night). However, for all other playstyles, the Stronger Death Chance mastery is better.

Power Set 2:

Power	Value	Recommended Points to Add	Further Considerations
Significant Other Bonuses	0.5% per point 15% maximum	30	The Salvage mastery can be useful for players that lose a lot of units throughout the game. It also benefits allies, and allows them to take greater risks with their armies by reducing the cost of losses.
Double Salvage Chance	2% per point 60% maximum	0

The Double Salvage Chance is only useful if players lose a lot of units, which should not be the case for efficient play.

Power Set 3:

Power	Value	Recommended Points to Add	Further Considerations
Air Fleet Travel Distance	2% per point 60% maximum	20	It is generally recommended to split points between these two masteries. The exact split depends on how aggressively mines are used, or what the intent of the Air Fleet is (to completely clear, or just weaken).
Mag Mine Charges, Cooldown and Arming Time	-1% per point -30% maximum	10

It is useful to have a higher Mag Mine Charge cap than is provided. Your playstyle will determine how many more you'd like to add.

Prestiges

Below are the prestiges for Han & Horner. Note that "Effective Level" is the level at which the prestige achieves it full effect.

Level	Name	Description	Effective Level	Notes
1	Chaotic Power Couple	Advantages: Mag Mines arm and fire 80% faster. Mira's units' on-death effects are 100% more effective. Disadvantages: Horner's units cost 30% more.	1	None
The increase in the arming speed of the Mag-mines makes this prestige very useful when trying to push into enemy bases, as enemy units usually do not have time to deal with the mines before they become invulnerable. Additionally since Horner's units aren't meant to be massed, but rather provide a strong backbone of support for Han's units, the increase in cost (albeit significant) is worth the benefits of this prestige.

Effectiveness Bonuses:

• Reaper Mine damage increased by 5
• Hellion Stim effects doubled
• Hellbat Fear duration increased by 3 seconds
• Widow Mine Sentinel Missile damage increased by 10

Level	Name	Description	Effective Level	Notes
2	Wing Commanders	Advantages: Horner's units' vespene gas costs reduced by 20% and charge cooldowns reduced by 50%. Disadvantages: Galleons are capped at 2.	1	None
This prestige provides players with the opportunity to mass Horner's units. However, the capping of Galleons at 2 is a significant detriment to the player's earlygame performance, due to the difficulty in being able to rebuild a lost Han army.

Level	Name	Description	Effective Level	Notes
3	Galactic Gunrunners	Advantages: Bombing Platforms are no longer capped. Disadvantages: Bombing Platforms cost 100% more.	13	None
This prestige might appear to be extremely powerful, but the increase in the cost of the platforms signficantly slows down a player's ability to build them. Considering that the player will also want to push (since Strike Fighters aren't effective against most mission objectives), and that the platforms can only deal with ground targets, the prestige is not very effective in providing the player with a useful benefit.

For general play, Chaotic Power Couple offers a good tradeoff between its advantages and disadvantages by allowing the player to use Mag-mines a lot more aggressively and also improving the death effects of Han's units, while still keeping Horner's units viable.

Recommended Army Composition

The recommended army composition for Han/Horner is below. Note that this assumes no Prestige talent selected and recommended Mastery Allocations. This is a basic recommendation for your army framework. It is recommended to gain an understanding for each of the units in the Units section and further add tech units so that you are able to better handle the situations you face.

Reapers should be making up the bulk of your army with Hellions to provide the death effect stim buffs. Additionally, Ravens should also be added in to provide extra damage bonus to Reaper targets.

If you have access to enemy spawn compositions, you may use Widow Mines to spawn-camp those locations and further reduce damage taken by your army.

Combat Units

For more information on Han & Horner's unit stats, comparison between units and upgrade calculations, visit the Data Tables page.

Han & Horner's combat units are listed below:

Han's Units:

Death Effects:

The below table lists out the death effects and the Improved Death Effects for each of Han's units:

Unit	Upgrade Name	Death Effect	Improved Death Effect
Reaper	LE9 Cluster Charges	Throws 7 cluster charges towards the killing unit.	Throws 15 cluster charges towards the killing unit.
Hellion	Aerosol Stim Emitters	Nearby allied units gain 25% movement and 15% attack speed for 15 seconds.	Nearby allied units gain 50% movement and 30% attack speed for 15 seconds.
Hellbat	Wildfire Explosives	Ignite the surrounding area (radius 4). Enemies in the fire run around in fear for 3 seconds.	Ignite the surrounding area (radius 5.66). Enemies in the fire run around in fear for 3 seconds.
Widow Mine	Executioner Missiles	Launches 5 Sentinel Missiles at random nearby targets that deal 10 (+10 vs. shields) area damage.	Launches 10 Sentinel Missiles at random nearby targets that deal 10 (+10 vs. shields) area damage.

Horner Units:

Build Order

Below is the standard economic build order for Han & Horner. For more information on how to read and construct your own build orders, please check the Build Order Theory page.

14 Supply Depot
17 Command Center
18 Assault Galleon
19 Refinery
20 Refinery
20 2x Hellions -> Rocks

Gameplay Guide

Playstyle Traps

A common trap for Han & Horner players is completely skip on Han's units in favor of Horner's more powerful air units. This can be quite an expensive mistake, as Horner's units, while strong, cannot take prolonged lengths of damage. This is particular true for the Asteria Wraiths, which naturally draw a lot of aggro. Given their high price, the best way to keep them safe is to add some of Han's units into the mix.

Additionally, these players will also find that they end up floating a lot of resources, particularly minerals as a result, because of the cooldown-based mechanic behind summoning Horner's units. Thus, it is better to use these spare resources to your advantage by making some of Han's units.

Playstyle Tips

• Place Mag Mines on enemy spawn points to destroy attack waves.
• Take advantage of the death effects of Han's units.
• Careful placement of Precision Strike targets can help you weaken enemy forces. On maps like Dead of Night you can sometimes hit three buildings with one strike.
• Build a Supply Depot in front of Mag Mines to draw enemy aggro and keep them still while the Mag Mines trigger.
• Contrary to the description, Space Station Reallocation does not instantly destroy every non-heroic unit/structure. It deals a total of 5,000 damage to everything it hits.
• Space Station Reallocation does reduced damage to some non-heroic structures. For example, Zenith Stones on Temple of the Past do not get instantly destroyed by the calldown, despite having no Heroic tag.

Note: All data generated on this site is based on Brutal difficulty. Timings, compositions and other elements may differ on easier difficulty levels.

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