Dawn of War 2’s The Last Stand mode is still the best co-op MOBA that never was

Have you ever played ‘comp stomp?’ When I want to arrange an RTS playdate with a mix of casual and hardcore friends with wide gaps in skill level, it’s the only way to play without someone (or perhaps everyone except the guy who can time his build order) getting smoked. Load into a map against a bunch of AI opponents, form an alliance with your buds, and proceed to mercilessly gang up on the bots. There’s just one problem with comp stomp: it usually sucks.It can be fun to mow down crummy AI here and there, but it’s the equivalent of getting a bunch of people together for a baseball game and then deciding, well, let’s actually go to the batting cages instead and all practice our swing next to each other. RTS bots tend to either try and fail to mimic a decent human player or cheat out the wazoo, and if there’s no real contest, no threat big or clever enough to push me into genuine improvisation and panic, I’m hardly playing an RTS at all. Enter Dawn of War 2’s The Last Stand, a decidedly Warhammer 40,000 answer to comp stomp. It might be an apocalyptic hell-future where everyone in the universe hates each other, but when you’re down to a single measly commander unit and surrounded on all sides by waves of souped-up aliens, there’s no time to be choosy about allies.(Image credit: Relic Entertainment)Where to play(Image credit: Relic Entertainment)In 2011, the popular mode was spun…

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