Ally Artifact:

Ally gives you two powers: every item you pick up is shared with all your nearby teammates; and, you cannot die as long as you have teammates nearby.

How to use

Make sure you always have teammates nearby; the Ally icon on the HUD is tinted red if you are alone, green if you have one or more teammates within range. Camp out at a RealDamage, and let your teammates know when you're about to pick it up so they can all get near and share the fun. Roam around while you're waiting for RealDamage to respawn, and pick up goodies for your teammates. Be prepared to drop immediately if attacked by Vampire.

One good strategy is to have a teammate with Monk stand still on a teleporter destination near a RealDamage. Excellent maps for this are Real_McSwartzly and Real_Milk. The enemy can't harm Monk so you're always protected from death - at least until the enemy figures out what to do about it.

Another cool combination is to travel with a teammate who has Vampire. The Ally can lead the attack, safe from death as long as the Vampire is within range. Meanwhile you don't need to fear a Blood Feast.

How to fight

Ally sounds almost unbeatable but there are actually several strategies you can use to fight it. The most important is the Vampire artifact - with Blood Feast you can wipe out all of the Ally's nearby teammates in short order. Combine with RealDamage to give the Ally less time to realize what's happening and drop the artifact.

Another option is to attack with Witch. If you do enough damage to reduce the Ally to 1 health, the Ally will be forced by the Witch's curse to drop the Ally artifact. Banshee can kill the Ally outright regardless of whether any teammates are near.

A trickier one is to use Lake to pull the Ally out of range of any teammates. In fact you may not even need to resort to this. There are often times when Ally will be alone and during these times, Ally is just as vulnerable as a player with no artifact. Perhaps there is only one teammate near - kill that teammate first to leave Ally unprotected. Or use Eye to guard the RealDamage; if the Ally is low on health, the mystic eye will finish the job as soon as no teammates are in range.

If the Ally is camping out at a RealDamage there are a few different ways you can steal it and prevent Ally from sharing RealDamage with nearby teammates. The most obvious is Viking - but if the Ally is standing right on top of the RealDamage, Viking is unlikely to steal it away. Another one is Lake; if you can see the RealDamage, you can shoot your beamer and grab it. Last but not least is Monk; stand on top of the RealDamage and keep still to prevent access to it by the Ally.

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