Enders_Shadow752
Mortal
posted 16 March 2009 11:33 AM EDT (US)
I recently played against three Zeus players in a row. Each one walled themselves in and when I go in with a primarily ulfsark army hey pop out with like ten bull minotaurs and 15-20 tox. In the third game I tried countering with mass hersir and rc. But the tox picked off all hersir near instantly and rc, while they took out a few tox they ended up getting raped by the minotaurs which only suffered one casualty. They then destroyed my forward base and advanced to heroic. I was screwed and lost badly.
How can I counter this strat that is a Norse killer? ( I am Thor )
Major_Rackham
Banned
posted 17 March 2009 02:04 AM
EDT (US)
11 / 32
Non-English speaker I'm guessing. Don't worry, I'm just messing with ya (ya=you in this case in case you aren't sure11).
Major_Rackham
Banned
posted 17 March 2009 02:40 AM
EDT (US)
13 / 32
Well, all of your metaphors tbh11, they weren't that bad though, it's just late at night, I just type randomly this late lol, don't take it too serious.
Crom Smash
Mortal
posted 17 March 2009 10:22 PM
EDT (US)
14 / 32
If you let someone build 10 mino's...what were you doing the whole time? It takes a long time to make that many mino's, even if they have 2 temples. Most won't have 3, but even if they do, heisir heroes with rc's work well. rcs to kill the archers and the heroes kill the minos quickly.
Arus_II
Mortal
posted 18 March 2009 02:28 AM
EDT (US)
15 / 32
Archers kill hersirs and minos kill RC...
Crom Smash
Mortal
posted 18 March 2009 07:44 AM
EDT (US)
17 / 32
really didn't want to go here, but I guess I was trying to say: if you let them build 10 minos, you must have done nothing that whole time, because it takes quite a bit of time to make that many minos...i.e., it should never happen. Even with the upgrade, that's 1600 food, not to mention the favor too. If it was a water map, go after his docks/boats.
So I guess a very simple strat would be....attack. Destroy the temple, or two if they have them, but either way, 10 minos! Not sure which god you said you were, but FF or UM will help you get into his walled area as well, further disrupting him.
But yeah, once he has them, and restore....good luck.
Hammerhands
Mortal
posted 24 March 2009 01:13 AM
EDT (US)
19 / 32
Hit him with, like twenty (or thirty) of ANY giant, or twenty (or thirty) Fenris wolf brood, tie up his minotaurs, while you bring in the ballistas, and follow them with the raiders, or huskies.
I am a big fan of more is better! I will max out my population with the toughest units I can and them hit them all at once. (Not that I have ever played against another human.)
And I have always been under tha impression that the Norse were weak. I prefer the greeks and Egyptians. For MOBS of MU's I Like to use Arcus (hero). Thirty of them, still good against infantry, death to any Myth unit, and will even kill siege given a few seconds.
(Hint- Jarls are said to be good against both myth units and archers.)
mG_Despair
Mortal
posted 25 March 2009 02:50 AM
EDT (US)
24 / 32
You really only have 3 choices versus a Zeus player.
You can advance very fast and attack him first. Zeus players usually don't expect this.
You can build defensively, up towers, and aim for trolls. You need to watch a recorded game to learn this.
You can switch to Oranos, which is often very effective.