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Old May 25th, 2009, 06:14 PM

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Default Re: EA Ermor revisited.

Everyone has a problem with bless nations - its why they win so many games. but your problems are no worse than any, and less so than many. Here's what you do:

If you start next to a blessed nation - and you can't make a deal with him - it does force you to change your strategy .. a lot. But ermor is by *no* means the easiest victim for a rush.

A few comments.

First, if you follow the advice off the get-go - you should be the biggest nation NEXT to an EA-Mictlan. So your very size should dissuade him.

Second, if you can't diplomacize, (and you need to figure this out fast) you have three counters. And if you can't make peace, you have to push forts and mages HARD.

A turn 6/7 rush is just enough time to research the first two solutions. After that you have options.

A). Fireball.


B. Aug 1-4 Communionslave Hold Fireballx3 Spells
Aug 5 Communion Master, PotS, Phoenix Power, Fireball

Now if Aug 5 is an August master so much the better.

C. Thau 4. Terror + Bonds of Fire. Nothing better than to watch jaguar warriors stuck in bonds, where your slingers can gradually whittle them down.


D. Finally, a head to head competition is not necessarily a loss.

When you recruit, alternate gladiatores and leves on the recruit track

lglglglglglglglglglglglg and end up with n gladiators where n is the square root of the troops you're buying.. so if you're buying 40 more or less
lglglglglglglglglglglglglglglg....gggggg. Set for hold and attack.

A few things will happen:

A). Your leves will toss a few javelins.
B). The jag warriors will charge and attack the gladiator screen.
C. The remaining levels and gladiators will attack.

Now, I told you to choose the Trident/net gladiators. And heres where they shine. Typically a mictlan or xheim is going to be vastly outnumbered. Vanheim relies on glamour, and mictlan relies on lots of hit points with two forms and good defense with a water bless.

Both of these are handled ok by this formation. Glamour is popped by missiles - and you are going to overwhelm mictlan with numbers of attacks. Once one of the nets hits a jag warrior - his defense is nothing.. and a leve can hit him.

Even better: He blows his attack routine trying to get out of the net - and will *often* fail.

IF the mictlan player is *only* building sacred troops (as is customary) if you match up with equal production ie.. 45 troops vs. 7 jags.. give or take you will usually win. But you have to be very careful of morale.

On a side note - you could also try for fire resistance with flamen....
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