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The Art of Small-Scale Tactics
or
a few tips for aspiring tournament players.
Today, we will try to examine some typical situations in tournament play, focusing on "short-range" engagements, and also discuss the role of a single unit within "strike stacks" (i.e., powerful armies).
The main trend in tournament play recently has been the formation of "strike stacks." By "strike stack," we mean a powerful army capable of deciding the outcome of a battle with proper support. We will definitely return to the issue of this very support later; for now, let's try to understand where these "strike stacks" come from in the early stages of the game.
1. "Outposts" on the map.
Experienced players call resource locations outside of castles "outposts." I don't think any further comments are needed on this point. We see a dwarf outpost; the goal is to defeat the gargoyles. We take the dwarves and move forward. Or we see an orc outpost; the goal is to defeat the hydras. We take them and move forward. By the way, if there is a fort on a hill, the dwarves and/or orcs will become faster and stronger!
2. Recruitment.
While scouting the map, we determine which units could join us. Then, we calculate the army we need to have in order to recruit the desired unit. The ideal option is to recruit those who are already in our ranks: this way, morale will not suffer, and the strike stack will become even stronger.
3. Buying genies. By the way, when attacking with 1 unit, the genie's special ability "halve the troops" (i.e., after the attack, the unit will be reduced by half!, and the genies will also deal damage) works! So, when attacking a group consisting of several units, a genie can immediately kill someone (taking Draco-grad using Catch's method).
4. Taking Draco-grad and buying red dragons there.
5. "The hero-buying method."
The goal is to form a strike stack.
The method: buying several identical heroes and combining their troops under one hero.
How it's done: save the game/buy a hero/see who is with him: if it's the one you need, save again. If not, return to the previous save and repeat until you achieve the desired result.
"Pitfalls": the probability of two heroes of the same type appearing in a castle is so low that you shouldn't rely on it; remember that different heroes of the same type may have different starting armies; one or more heroes may be bought by the computer or become available for purchase (in the "his" castle window).
The most common options: undoubtedly, a barbarian and a warlock (a hero with centaurs and gargoyles from the black dragon castle). The reason is obvious – excellent starting troops.
The option with female sorceresses (with fairies and dwarves, from the phoenix castle) is used much less frequently. Occasionally, there are mass purchases of wizard heroes (with halflings and borows, from the titan castle) or necromancers.
I don't remember any cases of buying knights, although you can probably come up with a map where this would be very effective.
To be continued...
or
a few tips for aspiring tournament players.
Today, we will try to examine some typical situations in tournament play, focusing on "short-range" engagements, and also discuss the role of a single unit within "strike stacks" (i.e., powerful armies).
The main trend in tournament play recently has been the formation of "strike stacks." By "strike stack," we mean a powerful army capable of deciding the outcome of a battle with proper support. We will definitely return to the issue of this very support later; for now, let's try to understand where these "strike stacks" come from in the early stages of the game.
1. "Outposts" on the map.
Experienced players call resource locations outside of castles "outposts." I don't think any further comments are needed on this point. We see a dwarf outpost; the goal is to defeat the gargoyles. We take the dwarves and move forward. Or we see an orc outpost; the goal is to defeat the hydras. We take them and move forward. By the way, if there is a fort on a hill, the dwarves and/or orcs will become faster and stronger!
2. Recruitment.
While scouting the map, we determine which units could join us. Then, we calculate the army we need to have in order to recruit the desired unit. The ideal option is to recruit those who are already in our ranks: this way, morale will not suffer, and the strike stack will become even stronger.
3. Buying genies. By the way, when attacking with 1 unit, the genie's special ability "halve the troops" (i.e., after the attack, the unit will be reduced by half!, and the genies will also deal damage) works! So, when attacking a group consisting of several units, a genie can immediately kill someone (taking Draco-grad using Catch's method).
4. Taking Draco-grad and buying red dragons there.
5. "The hero-buying method."
The goal is to form a strike stack.
The method: buying several identical heroes and combining their troops under one hero.
How it's done: save the game/buy a hero/see who is with him: if it's the one you need, save again. If not, return to the previous save and repeat until you achieve the desired result.
"Pitfalls": the probability of two heroes of the same type appearing in a castle is so low that you shouldn't rely on it; remember that different heroes of the same type may have different starting armies; one or more heroes may be bought by the computer or become available for purchase (in the "his" castle window).
The most common options: undoubtedly, a barbarian and a warlock (a hero with centaurs and gargoyles from the black dragon castle). The reason is obvious – excellent starting troops.
The option with female sorceresses (with fairies and dwarves, from the phoenix castle) is used much less frequently. Occasionally, there are mass purchases of wizard heroes (with halflings and borows, from the titan castle) or necromancers.
I don't remember any cases of buying knights, although you can probably come up with a map where this would be very effective.
To be continued...
Орден Феникса – харизматический :) лидер