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* [[Cool Tank]]: A giant tank that serves as a portable stage? Yes please.
* [[Cool Tank]]: A giant tank that serves as a portable stage? Yes please.
* [[Double Entendre]]: It resembles an actual rock crusher, and it also allows you to crush your enemies with the [[Power of Rock]].
* [[Double Entendre]]: It resembles an actual rock crusher, and it also allows you to crush your enemies with the [[Power of Rock]].
* [[Drop the Hammer|Drop The Blade Of The Metal Gods]]
* [[Drop the Hammer]]
* [[Herd-Hitting Attack]]: The Bladehenge Assault summons an exploding landmark on top of your enemies.
* [[Herd-Hitting Attack]]: The Bladehenge Assault summons an exploding landmark on top of your enemies.
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: When double teamed, it's movement speed can match Eddie's car on flat ground. [[Fridge Logic|But only if Eddie is standing on it.]]
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: When double teamed, it's movement speed can match Eddie's car on flat ground. [[Fridge Logic|But only if Eddie is standing on it.]]
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* [[Near-Victory Fanfare]]: It actually plays the music from your base, buffing your infantry.
* [[Near-Victory Fanfare]]: It actually plays the music from your base, buffing your infantry.
* [[Nerf]]: The Bladehenge Assault lost range and gained recovery time after the patch.
* [[Nerf]]: The Bladehenge Assault lost range and gained recovery time after the patch.
* [[The Power of Rock]] / [[Theme Music Power-Up]]: Literal example. The songs it plays provide an attack buff.
* [[The Power of Rock]]/[[Theme Music Power-Up]]: Literal example. The songs it plays provide an attack buff.
* [[Status Buff]]: [[Battle Cry]] can buff the Rockcrusher and stack its buff with other units.
* [[Status Buff]]: [[Battle Cry]] can buff the Rockcrusher and stack its buff with other units.
* [[Sword Plant]]
* [[Sword Plant]]
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* [[Bare Your Midriff]]
* [[Bare Your Midriff]]
* [[Phlebotinum Bomb|Black Tear Bombs]] / [[Death From Above]]: The ''Weeping Heavens'' solo. Causes the stage to launch a bombardment of [[Faceless Eye|FacelessEyes]] covered in black tears, wherever the solo is performed.
* [[Broken Bird]]
* [[Broken Bird]]
* [[Calling Your Attacks]]: [[Standard Status Effects|Silence!]]
* [[Calling Your Attacks]]: [[Standard Status Effects|Silence!]]
* [[Cool Car]]: A souped up hearse.
* [[Cool Car]]: A souped up hearse.
* [[Death From Above]]: The ''Weeping Heavens'' solo. Causes the stage to launch a bombardment of [[Faceless Eye|FacelessEyes]] covered in black tears, wherever the solo is performed.
* [[Doomy Dooms of Doom]]: Talks about Doom a lot, and uses a lot of [[The Ophelia|metaphors for drowning.]]
* [[Doomy Dooms of Doom]]: Talks about Doom a lot, and uses a lot of [[The Ophelia|metaphors for drowning.]]
* [[The Dragon]]
* [[The Dragon]]
* [[Evil Diva]]
* [[Evil Diva]]
* [[Foe Yay]]: "Lita? You sound bitter! Why don't you come over to my place for a nice relaxing swim."
* [[Goth]]
* [[Goth]]
* [[Hero Unit]]: To the Drowning Doom.
* [[Hero Unit]]: To the Drowning Doom.
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* [[Peek-a-Bangs]]
* [[Peek-a-Bangs]]
* [[A Plague on Both Your Houses]]
* [[A Plague on Both Your Houses]]
* <ref>[[Break the Cutie]] / [[Corrupt the Cutie]] / [[Dark Action Girl]] / [[Dark and Troubled Past]] / [[The Dark Chick]] / [[Came Back Wrong]] / [[Doppelganger]] / [[Evil Makeover]] / [[Face Heel Turn]] / [[Heel Face Turn]] / [[Heel Face Revolving Door]] / [[Heartbroken Badass]] \\ [[Ironic Echo]]: "Hey look, Eddie! I finally got myself a car. It has a special seat in the back just for you." \\ [[Poor Communication Kills]]: Everything that happened to her was because of Doviculus's and Eddie's respective misinterpretations of Succoria's presence. \\ [[Super-Powered Evil Side]] / [[The Ophelia]] / [[Unwitting Pawn]]</ref>
* <ref>[[Break the Cutie]]/[[Corrupt the Cutie]]/[[Dark Action Girl]]/[[Dark and Troubled Past]]/[[The Dark Chick]]/[[Came Back Wrong]]/[[Doppelganger]]/[[Evil Makeover]]/[[Face Heel Turn]]/[[Heel Face Turn]]/[[Heel Face Revolving Door]]/[[Heartbroken Badass]] \\ [[Ironic Echo]]: "Hey look, Eddie! I finally got myself a car. It has a special seat in the back just for you." \\ [[Poor Communication Kills]]: Everything that happened to her was because of Doviculus's and Eddie's respective misinterpretations of Succoria's presence. \\ [[Super-Powered Evil Side]]/[[The Ophelia]]/[[Unwitting Pawn]]</ref>
* [[Stating the Simple Solution]]: If her opponent [[Hero Unit]] flies away, sometimes she yells "PULL!"
* [[Stating the Simple Solution]]: If her opponent [[Hero Unit]] flies away, sometimes she yells "PULL!"
* [[Stripperiffic]]
* [[Stripperiffic]]
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Tier 1 passive debuff / ranged infantry.
Tier 1 passive debuff / ranged infantry.


* [[Action Girl]] / [[Faux Action Girl]]: Somewhere between the two, brides can only attack if being attacked or the [[Hero Unit]] double teams with them.
* [[Action Girl]]/[[Faux Action Girl]]: Somewhere between the two, brides can only attack if being attacked or the [[Hero Unit]] double teams with them.
* [[Battle in the Rain]] / [[Gray Rain of Depression]] / [[Hostile Weather]] / [[Personal Raincloud]] / [[Weather of War]]
* [[Battle in the Rain]]/[[Gray Rain of Depression]]/[[Hostile Weather]]/[[Personal Raincloud]]/[[Weather of War]]

* [[Broken Bird]]
* [[Broken Bird]]
* [[Christmas Cake]]
* [[Christmas Cake]]
* [[Ho Yay|Les Yay]]: Try Double Teaming with her. She loves it.
* [[Standard Status Effects]]: Slowing enemies. Taken to the extreme in a Drowning Doom mirror match, it's possible for one player with three Brides to steal the other's three Brides, in which case one player will have six. The victim's side becomes practically frozen in place, to the point a flying Hero Unit can die before they ever hit the ground.
* [[Standard Status Effects]]: Slowing enemies. Taken to the extreme in a Drowning Doom mirror match, it's possible for one player with three Brides to steal the other's three Brides, in which case one player will have six. The victim's side becomes practically frozen in place, to the point a flying Hero Unit can die before they ever hit the ground.
* [[The Undead]]
* [[The Undead]]
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The severed head of a female Tear Drinker who washed her hair in the Sea of Black Tears, giving it supernatural beauty. After her death, her hair came to life on its own, severing the head to fight for the Drowning Doom.
The severed head of a female Tear Drinker who washed her hair in the Sea of Black Tears, giving it supernatural beauty. After her death, her hair came to life on its own, severing the head to fight for the Drowning Doom.


Tier 1 ranged / possession infantry.
Tier 1 ranged/possession infantry.


* [[Badass Long Hair]]
* [[Badass Long Hair]]
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A large car with a ghostly organ player who plays depressing music, reducing the opposing side's attack power. During a Double Team, the [[Hero Unit]] plays the organ while the player controls the Organist, who can float to any enemy unit and possess it with puppet strings.
A large car with a ghostly organ player who plays depressing music, reducing the opposing side's attack power. During a Double Team, the [[Hero Unit]] plays the organ while the player controls the Organist, who can float to any enemy unit and possess it with puppet strings.


Tier 2 passive debuff / possession vehicle, limit 3 units.
Tier 2 passive debuff/possession vehicle, limit 3 units.


* [[Evil Laugh]]: Lets out one of these every now and then, but is other wise mellow.
* [[Evil Laugh]]: Lets out one of these every now and then, but is other wise mellow.
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* [[People Puppets]]: The Organist can literally extend puppet strings to steal any unit.
* [[People Puppets]]: The Organist can literally extend puppet strings to steal any unit.
* [[Standard Status Effects]]: Attack debuff to nearby enemies.
* [[Standard Status Effects]]: Attack debuff to nearby enemies.
* [[Stringy-Haired Ghost Girl|Stringy Haired Ghost Man]]
* [[Stringy-Haired Ghost Girl|Stringy Haired Ghost Guy]]
* [[Useless Useful Spell]]: The double team. It prevents your avatar from doing a more powerful double team, the vehicle is always nearby the possessee, and of course you can't double team with the possessee because it's the organist in doing the possession. Their attack debuff remains useful, however.
* [[Useless Useful Spell]]: The double team. It prevents your avatar from doing a more powerful double team, the vehicle is always nearby the possessee, and of course you can't double team with the possessee because it's the organist in doing the possession. Their attack debuff remains useful, however.


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{{quote|'''[[Hero Unit]]''' Let's go see the Governor!
{{quote|'''[[Hero Unit]]''' Let's go see the Governor!
'''Sparky:''' YES! A pardon from the Queen! }}
'''Sparky:''' YES! A pardon from the Queen! }}
* [[Angst? What Angst?]]: Sparky is easily the most cheerful member of the Drowning Doom.
* [[Chain Lightning]] / [[Charged Attack]] : When double teaming, it can be charged up to jump through up to eight enemy units.
* [[Chain Lightning]] / [[Charged Attack]] : When double teaming, it can be charged up to jump through up to eight enemy units.
* [[Cool Car]]: A [[Badass]] blue hot rod with an electric chair that serves as a bolt-slinging turret.
* [[Cool Car]]: A [[Badass]] blue hot rod with an electric chair that serves as a bolt-slinging turret.
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* [[Creepy Doll]]: The ammunition.
* [[Creepy Doll]]: The ammunition.
* [[Dead Baby Comedy]]: Their Double Team is a suicide attack called Mamakaze.
* [[Dead Baby Comedy]]: Their Double Team is a suicide attack called Mamakaze.
* [[Fan Nickname]]: They are the key to a "Wall of Death," in which they are surrounded by every debuffer, and enemies can die before they can come anywhere near them. Such a formation has to be dealt with very carefully.
* [[Personal Space Invader]]: Hero Units will yell and complain when they're being mauled by them.
* [[Personal Space Invader]]: Hero Units will yell and complain when they're being mauled by them.
* [[Perverse Puppet]]: The dolls attack with teeth and claws.
* [[Perverse Puppet]]: The dolls attack with teeth and claws.
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Tier 3 anti-infantry infantry.
Tier 3 anti-infantry infantry.


* [[Fragile Speedster]] / [[Glass Cannon]]
* [[Fragile Speedster]]/[[Glass Cannon]]
* [[Grim Reaper]]
* [[Grim Reaper]]
* [[Headphones Equal Isolation]]: "Hey! Can you hear me through these headphones?"
* [[Headphones Equal Isolation]]: "Hey! Can you hear me through these headphones?"
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The ultimate Drowning Doom debuffer, it lowers defense. It is a dirigible with an unseen, mysterious dead guy inside who whipsers and spreads his own crematory ashes across the battlefield. Around it, the land seemingly rots and decays. It doubles as a healing unit when it's urns are dropped on friendly units.
The ultimate Drowning Doom debuffer, it lowers defense. It is a dirigible with an unseen, mysterious dead guy inside who whipsers and spreads his own crematory ashes across the battlefield. Around it, the land seemingly rots and decays. It doubles as a healing unit when it's urns are dropped on friendly units.


Tier 3 passive debuff / healing vehicle, limit 1 unit.
Tier 3 passive debuff/healing vehicle, limit 1 unit.


* [[Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie]]
* [[Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie]]
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* [[Chest Burster]]:<ref>Doviculus wills [[Incest Subtext|his own children]] to pregnancy, causing a nasty growth to rapidly surge out of their mouth, around their body, and into the ground. The growth comes back out of the ground in a hand-like shape holding a ball with the new unit growing inside. This explodes and poof! More children for Doviculus to impregnate!</ref>
* [[Chest Burster]]:<ref>Doviculus wills [[Incest Subtext|his own children]] to pregnancy, causing a nasty growth to rapidly surge out of their mouth, around their body, and into the ground. The growth comes back out of the ground in a hand-like shape holding a ball with the new unit growing inside. This explodes and poof! More children for Doviculus to impregnate!</ref>
* [[Double Standard]]: They hate Fleetus's faction for being too ugly.
* [[Double Standard]]: They hate Fleetus's faction for being too ugly.
* [[Evil Is Sexy]]
* [[Evil Is Visceral]]
* [[Evil Is Visceral]]
* [[Expy]]: Gameplay wise, they ARE [[StarCraft|the Zerg.]] Easy reinforcements, highly disposable units, and piss poor defense will look very familiar to [[StarCraft]] fans.
* [[Expy]]: Gameplay wise, they ARE [[StarCraft|the Zerg.]] Easy reinforcements, highly disposable units, and piss poor defense will look very familiar to [[StarCraft]] fans.