Yapyap/Gameplay

Halo Wars 2

"At last, a Grunt rises to become a mighty leader! Or at least outnumber the enemy with an endless supply of cheap, expendable units!"

— In-game description of Yapyap the Destroyer.

• Unique Units: Cannon Fodder, (Replaces Grunt squads) Goblin, (Hero unit) Methane Wagon, Unggoy Heavy, (Replaces Suicide Unggoy) Unggoy Rider (Replaces Jiralhanae Jumper)
• Privileges: Allows Yapyap to produce Cannon Fodder without using resources and can deploy up to three Hero Units.
• Tier 1 Leader Powers
  • Surprise Party I: Activate to drop a mine onto the battlefield. Upon exploding the mine spawns two temporary veteran Cannon Fodder squads.
    • Population Cost: N/A
    • Supply Cost: 40
    • Power Cost: 40
    • Cooldown: 105 seconds
  • Surprise Party II: Drops another mine and increases explosion size.
    • Population Cost: N/A
    • Supply Cost: 60
    • Power Cost: 60
    • Cooldown: 105 seconds
  • Methane Wagon: Unlocks Methane Wagon for purchase at the Banished Outpost.
• Tier 2 Leader Powers
  • Please Don't Shoot Me I: Activate to briefly stop all new attacks from units, turrets, and leader powers for 14 seconds.
    • Population Cost: N/A
    • Supply Cost: N/A
    • Power Cost: 100
    • Cooldown: 220 seconds
  • Please Don't Shoot Me II: Extends the duration of Please Don't Shoot Me to 22 seconds.
    • Population Cost: N/A
    • Supply Cost: N/A
    • Power Cost: 150
    • Cooldown: 220 seconds
  • Guilt Trip: Severely reduces the veterancy experience gained when enemies kill the player's units.
• Tier 3 Leader Powers
  • Shade Drop I: Activate to manually drop 4 Shade turrets onto the battlefield.
    • Population Cost: N/A
    • Supply Cost: 300
    • Power Cost: 40
    • Cooldown: 180 seconds
  • Shade Drop II: Increases the number of Shades to 6.
    • Population Cost: N/A
    • Supply Cost: 400
    • Power Cost: 60
    • Cooldown: 180 seconds
  • Glassing Beam I: Fires a controllable plasma beam.
    • Population Cost: N/A
    • Supply Cost: 350
    • Power Cost: 150
    • Cooldown: 228 seconds
  • Glassing Beam II: Increases Glassing Beam size and damage.
    • Population Cost: N/A
    • Supply Cost: 450
    • Power Cost: 250
    • Cooldown: 228 seconds
  • Glassing Beam III: Further increases Glassing Beam size and damage.
    • Population Cost: N/A
    • Supply Cost: 550
    • Power Cost: 350
    • Cooldown: 228 seconds
• Tier 4 Leader Powers
  • Gruntdome I: Activate to drop a shield tower onto the battlefield. Absorbs damage for friendlies inside it.
    • Population Cost: N/A
    • Supply Cost: 400
    • Power Cost: 100
    • Cooldown: 210 seconds
  • Gruntdrome II: Improve's the tower's shield and duration.
    • Population Cost: N/A
    • Supply Cost: 500
    • Power Cost: 150
    • Cooldown: 210 seconds
  • Gruntdrome III: Adds an extra manually dropped shield tower.
    • Population Cost: N/A
    • Supply Cost: 600
    • Power Cost: 200
    • Cooldown: 210 seconds
  • Grunts from Above I: Has a Type-25 Spirit drop off Heavy Grunts, Grunt Riders, and a Methane Wagon.
    • Population Cost: 16
    • Supply Cost: 800
    • Power Cost: 250
    • Cooldown: 105 seconds
  • Grunts from Above II: Improves the veterancy and number of units
    • Population Cost: 26
    • Supply Cost: 1,300
    • Power Cost: 320
    • Cooldown: 105 seconds
• Tier 5 Leader Powers
  • Get Back Out There: Allows the player to have their next 6 infantry killed to respawn at their homebase. Does not affect Cannon Fodder.
    • Population Cost: N/A
    • Supply Cost: 300
    • Power Cost: 350
    • Cooldown: 360 seconds
  • Methane Party: Drops a series of bombs that damage and weaken enemy units while buffing the player's Unggoy infantry and vehicles.
    • Population Cost: N/A
    • Supply Cost: 700
    • Power Cost: 700
    • Cooldown: 300 seconds