) I know)) I've already started playing through....... only thing is... a little problem... no way to knock out the red and green players in the first week....... although in a clan tournament (that's how I started a bit) it worked))) but I'll try to give it my all as much as I can... I don't particularly like rush tactics..
Well, the green one is actually very easy: take a neutral Rampart, fly straight into the computer's empty castle and repel the attack with a Stronghold. Don't do the red one that early. But the principle is the same. The main thing is for him to move his main forces away from the starting castle somewhere.
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And what are you doing with England? You can't let it go!
Lure the main hero and troops into the whirlpools, and then sail to him from France.