Mobi Style: When NOT to Mobi

[Emuchu]

Mobi, the Adorables Special unit, is a peculiar one, to say the least. He's the only non-combative Special unit, so he can't come out at early or as easily as Bombshell or Scrambler, since he doesn't aid in his own defense (besides teleporting over some bodyguards).

The point being, I think Mobi is at his best in larger maps, where I have an opportunity to set up a defense before summoning the pink, fluffy, giant whale, and can sneak around defensive forts.

On the other hand, in certain maps, spawning a Mobi oftentimes is synonymous with committing sparkly pixie dust suicide!

Here's what I think:

Sharkfood Island: Since the spawn geometry is so strange in SFI, I'll often spawn a Mobi early (around Turn 9, in time with most Bombshell spawns) for the sake of 'porting Snipers up to my base. He also is my only defense against the incredibly dominating presence of a Shelled Bombshell, and is useful against Feedback when I suspect a Scrambler waiting behind a single layer of Soldiers.

Long Nine: Long Nine is difficult to defend in, since there are so many potential entry-points, so I always spawn Mobi here to set up a strike team. Long Nine games usually have an early offensive followed by a brief ceasefire as both sides build an army, so it's easy to find the time for Mobi, here.

Glitch: Glitch is so compact of a map, that I only spawn Mobi in friendlies when I'm feeling silly. In Ranked, I feel like a sufficiently aggressive opponent can prevent Specials from spawning in this map at all, so Mobi rarely enters the equation on Glitch.

Foundry: I've seen Mobi on the Foundry once, and only once. My opponent, as Player 2, successfully fended off my FTA opening rush (the one where I ignore their Sniper and push units straight into the backdoor), and then my opponent spawned a Mobi to strike my base while my guard was down. Point being, though, that Mobi can help seal your opponent's coffin, but I don't think he can with actually winning, the pace of Foundry matches is too quick for any special besides a shelled Bombshell at the base.

Peekaboo: Being that Peekaboo is the Turtling Capital of Outwitters, Adorable's only defense in Peekaboo against Scallywags is inventive use of Mobi-porting to prevent a Bombshell from becoming too heavily fortified. Against Feedback, Mobi is still my go-to for when I'm ready to base-rush.

Sweetie Plains: Sweetie Plains is pretty huge, and typically slow to develop (besides sparse opening gimmicks), so... you can do whatever you want, here, once your Sniper is secured.



In short: I never spawn a Mobi on Glitch or Foundry. Do you? How much of a disadvantage to the Adorables is it to have their Special unit unviable on certain maps?