Help countering trampling monsters

Baalz · #1 February 10th, 2007, 11:26 AM

Crushers (construction level 5) I seem to remember were pretty effective at stopping a similar problem I had against elephants. Just stick one or two in front of your army, it's funny to watch those tramplers look like they run into a wall and just stop.

You need something else to follow through with some teeth, but they make good blockers.

Gandalf Parker · #2 February 10th, 2007, 12:58 PM

Trampling is not an absolute, its a formula which compares the size. Elephants can trample chariots but not nearly as easily as it can hoburgs. The chariots are size 4, and knights are size 3, so if you can create either one anyplace then you might want to add some.

Also you can try flanking and other effects to take out the commanders of the tramplers. And try setting your troops far back in the battlefield and set on hold-and-attack to give your archers more time to shoot and to tire out the tramplers abit when they charge you.

General_Jah · #3 February 10th, 2007, 04:10 PM

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Gandalf Parker said:
Trampling is not an absolute, its a formula which compares the size. Elephants can trample chariots but not nearly as easily as it can hoburgs. The chariots are size 4, and knights are size 3, so if you can create either one anyplace then you might want to add some.

Also you can try flanking and other effects to take out the commanders of the tramplers. And try setting your troops far back in the battlefield and set on hold-and-attack to give your archers more time to shoot and to tire out the tramplers abit when they charge you.

thanks, I'll try building some more horse to counter them with lots of archers... and Ill see if I can't get some elephants in there for meat, but damn this is a real pain considering my front just fell lol

Sandman · #4 February 10th, 2007, 05:50 PM

If there's a swamp handy, try luring the enemy into it. Most units move more slowly there, limiting the effectiveness of tramplers.

jutetrea · #5 February 11th, 2007, 03:07 AM

How do you determine the size of a unit in game?

Ballbarian · #6 February 11th, 2007, 03:45 AM

From the unit's information screen, click on the "Hit Points" field and another window will open showing basic hit points, current hit points and size.

General_Jah · #7 February 11th, 2007, 04:38 AM

The mass of trampling troglodytes was not very effectively countered by even high defense Calvary that is only 1 size below them so I had to just recruit some very expensive and very big Elephants.... Really the only thing I have that seems able to effectively counter 20+ of the things. Kind of sucks because I just happen to have 1 province that can produce them. Otherwise I would be SOL.