huangys
Mortal
posted 01 May 2004 10:31 PM EDT (US)
I'm a Isis player and I just can not find a ways to counter Poseidon Hippi/Toxotes combo. I keep losing to it. Spear/Sling combo just doesn't seem to work!
listerine
Mortal
posted 01 May 2004 10:50 PM
EDT (US)
1 / 16
For hipp/tox rush I would try to have fighting near your free towers and spam spears/slings and some myth units. Hipps won't stand up to tower fire.
lessthanjakeman9
Mortal
posted 01 May 2004 11:13 PM
EDT (US)
3 / 16
Not much i can say to this. Basically if you see youre against a poseidon player just mass spearmen with a couple of slingers. The spearmen will rock the hipps and they wont get mauled by the toxotes since they have 20% pierce armor. At the same time your slingers will maul the toxotes. If hes raiding you then put some spearmen at each gathering site especially gold. Get to heroic as soon as possible and use eclipse/ancestors. When you get to heroic camelry will beat that combo easily. So start making a lot of camelry and some axemen until he gets to heroic since that combo will kill anything he makes. Basically just go mass anti cav. This will force him to make new buildings and new units that he doesnt have bonuses to. So while he wont be using his bonuses youll be using all of yours. Once you beat him back you can expand and basically since you are isis once this happens you should win.
huangys
Mortal
posted 02 May 2004 08:47 AM
EDT (US)
5 / 16
Thanks guys, I'll give it a try and post any more problems that I encounter.
huangys
Mortal
posted 02 May 2004 03:55 PM
EDT (US)
9 / 16
Well, I just find that making spearmen hurts my economy, can't make as much villies
Johnny_Deppig
Mortal
posted 03 May 2004 08:51 AM
EDT (US)
11 / 16
Hippikons are tough as hell as Isis since spears donīt counter them THAT well.. get crenallations, make sure he doesnīt destroy your free towers.
huangys
Mortal
posted 03 May 2004 03:36 PM
EDT (US)
14 / 16
Well, my opponent counters with hippi/hoplite in the Heroic, should I use Spear or Axe?
SeaSerpant
Mortal
posted 03 May 2004 10:25 PM
EDT (US)
16 / 16
Definetly get crenallations and and as some people have said place houses around main towers and make paths skinny so then its harder for the hip. to rush. Also build walls where you don't want him to rush it will save you time and it will save your vills.