What do I build to counter High def glamour units?

PheasantPlucker · #1 November 6th, 2006, 06:38 AM

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Epaminondas said:

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PheasantPlucker said:
Here's an alternative - TRAMPLE....

I won against the glamour units with almost no casualties using those mighty chariot tramplers.

Hmmm.

This sounds a bit too easy. You sure there isn't a catch?

I will try nonetheless.

Hehe - no catch at all, and very straightforward. I'd read the bad press that chariots, and chariot archers, had on this forum and (like Forrest) had thought them a waste before meeting the glamour boys. To my suprise, I discovered that chariot archers can be absolutely lethal.

I soon had armies consisting of nothing but chariot archers shooting, and then trampling, over the AI's glamour armies using Hold-and-Attack orders.

Those chariot tramplers seem tailor made to deal with any high quality foot soldiers. They ignored both defence and glamour attributes, took almost no losses, and were good fun to watch as well.

Endoperez · #2 November 6th, 2006, 07:32 AM

Trample doesn't ignore defence, but they deal 1 point of damage even if the defence roll is successful.

Another fun fact about Chariot Archers:
When scripted to Hold & Attack Rearmost, they first Fire Rear (usually unscriptable), then Attack Rear, going OVER enemy read guard that'd stop normal cavalry. They might still get confused about where they were supposed to go, though.

calmon · #3 November 6th, 2006, 08:19 AM

and like i wrote in the other thread Chariot Archers have 2 Lifes. So after taking 10 hits only the archer dies and the chariot still exists with another 10 life. After the battle the chariot is completly repaired. This and good defence/protection values makes them very useful.

Agrajag · #4 November 6th, 2006, 02:01 PM

I wonder if a holy trampling unit will get extra affliction chance from death bless on its trample attacks.

Nerfix · #5 November 6th, 2006, 02:15 PM

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I wonder if a holy trampling unit will get extra affliction chance from death bless on its trample attacks.

Holy trampling unit. *shifty eye movements*

Shovah32 · #6 November 6th, 2006, 02:59 PM

Can you say w9d9 holy trampler?

Endoperez · #7 November 6th, 2006, 05:44 PM

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Nerfix said:
Holy trampling unit. *shifty eye movements*

Yes, like a Jotun Jarl with Boots of Behemoth. Or an Oracle of Subterranean Waters with Stymphalian Wings.

Shovah32 · #8 November 6th, 2006, 07:00 PM

Now just imagine them as recruitable units