Guide to playing Patala competitively

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dirtywick said:
I haven't tested this at all, but Markatas could be useful if you're using Rust Mist heavily. Removing the protection of a unit makes any hits they score likely to do a little bit of damage, and since they're very small they can swarm units causing them to accure defense penalties, especially against larger opponents, and the damage could add up quickly (if they don't all die first). Ideally I think that Rust Mist is best used with high strength units though, but it might work.

Rust Mist is a good spell and could work with hordes of Markatas. However, as I've mentioned, at that stage of the game you should generally be supplimenting your forces with superior indies instead and/or mercanaries. if you have extra gold to dump, it should be invested in setting up another guru factory. When comparing effectiveness of troops, you need to take into mind oppurtunity costs. For example, why are loboguards more feasible than markatase? Well because they're not leadership heavy, they don't effect the amount of regular troops your commander should have, have better stats and are mindless allowing a more effective swarm tactic. Also ryleh works well with swarm tactics because most of the time you'll be fighting tritons and icthyids. Patala doesn't have this option.