Middle sword Strat- herik
Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2016 3:18 am
Hey everyone, since coming back. I wished that I had written everything down that I did know before and when playing mid sh with swords. I'll be posting my civ/strat/tips and tricks that I used to use when I played a lot faster and smarter. (From memory of course). This is written for everyone, even the noobs, so expect details.
Your classic Civ:
Building: cr, btd
Cit: speed
Economy: Hunting/foraging, Iron mine
Sword: attack, speed, hp, btd, cr
Seige: range
(When I write a single capital letter (apart from a or I...It will mean a Hotkey))
This strat will be based on a average map we're no double mines will are located, has 2 hippos and a grove of hunt etc
My strat: When screen loads mouse hits middle of screen. Hover finger over H, Boom game starts. Press H, Press shift C while eyes are checking out minimap for best mines. Press TAB, SHIFT TAB x 6, while moving mouse so closest iron mine. TAB, Shift TAB x 6, and find 2nd closest iron mine.
Pick sword civ
TAB, SHIFT TAB x3, press B (make all barracks close to capital)
TAB, SHIFT TAB x 3, Press B make barracks..
TAB, SHIFT TAB x 2 ,Press B make barracks..3rd cit will have arrived, while they walk to make 3rd, shift tab and order that cit to make barracks aswell.
Group first 3 cits you ordered to make barracks, press T, and shift mouse click at closest iron (makes them do a 2nd task after finished with first)
H
Group 2nd group of cits, repeat and put at 2nd iron mine
H
Group 3rd group cits shift click T to make at forage
H
double click 2-3 barracks press S and rally at enemies iron most likely mine they would go on mini map
Press H, make 2 more cits, rally capital to closest tree
Go to closest iron mine, tell one cit to build settlement. Repeat step and tell one cit from other iron mine to do the same.
Group 3 cits from tower Shift click to hippo, do that with the other cits who are doing the other iron mine.
Make 3rd group Make another tower, either at forage, or closest hunt.
When possible, Make another 3 swords. when both mines deposit, upgrade attack of swords to 12, make another 3 swords.
make cit that is chopping wood, to make wall in little cracks.
Once you have 4 cits on wood, rally the other 2 to forage,
Shift Click the cits on the 4th tower to hunt aswell with the other 6.
Continue making swords, when possible make a cit and rally to forage till you fill it.
When you have enough wood, make 2 houses ASAP.
Keep upgrading swords/making swords/making cits
When possible make a farm.
I think that's it, my apoligies if I missed something
Tips:
When against cav?? 8fll is the optiumum time against cav, you're guarenteed to of out massed them, make sure you have the arrow bonus, and some extra hp and speed and dive into his base.
If you're against a good player you may need to do this: BECAUSE OF THOSE 4 CITS ALREADY ON WOOD, you can now make seige (I literlly just worked out what I was doing wrong since coming back when writing that Strat^). Make 4 ST, by 8fll you're ready to go.
If you're confident that you beat someone early on and they walled, most likely means they are booming and focusing on cits, not army. Make ST and jump the wall, before they can get back on their feet.
A trick when slutting. Don't press ctrl click. Press L to explore, a it's a little fraction faster, and when slutting it counts.
Against swords, draw sword units away with one or two swords from enemy iron mine then make 3-4 others go in a little after and kill almost all the cits or all of them.
When defending (Something I've failed even harder then slutting since coming back), put 3 or 4 swords by each mine and forage/hunt. (do this at the start if you need, just make sure first 3 go to enemies base and see if you can kill 2-3 cits on their tower or mines). When defending, I like to group cits with swords ctrl click, which group speed and swords to attack while cits move.
If you're against a boomer, especialy if somehow AOC revives and they use exp. keep massing, make hero by 15fll. It's another guaranteed win.
If I think of anything else, I'll add. It's a lot of info, hopefully someone finds it helpful.
The first few attempts, you may be slow and may not be able to do the shift click thing, quite as fast as should be expected of a seasoned player. Don't stress and keep practicing over and over again. As time goes by, you'll get better, you'll learn how to mass and boom.
Ask questions if need be,
Kind regards, herik
Your classic Civ:
Building: cr, btd
Cit: speed
Economy: Hunting/foraging, Iron mine
Sword: attack, speed, hp, btd, cr
Seige: range
(When I write a single capital letter (apart from a or I...It will mean a Hotkey))
This strat will be based on a average map we're no double mines will are located, has 2 hippos and a grove of hunt etc
My strat: When screen loads mouse hits middle of screen. Hover finger over H, Boom game starts. Press H, Press shift C while eyes are checking out minimap for best mines. Press TAB, SHIFT TAB x 6, while moving mouse so closest iron mine. TAB, Shift TAB x 6, and find 2nd closest iron mine.
Pick sword civ
TAB, SHIFT TAB x3, press B (make all barracks close to capital)
TAB, SHIFT TAB x 3, Press B make barracks..
TAB, SHIFT TAB x 2 ,Press B make barracks..3rd cit will have arrived, while they walk to make 3rd, shift tab and order that cit to make barracks aswell.
Group first 3 cits you ordered to make barracks, press T, and shift mouse click at closest iron (makes them do a 2nd task after finished with first)
H
Group 2nd group of cits, repeat and put at 2nd iron mine
H
Group 3rd group cits shift click T to make at forage
H
double click 2-3 barracks press S and rally at enemies iron most likely mine they would go on mini map
Press H, make 2 more cits, rally capital to closest tree
Go to closest iron mine, tell one cit to build settlement. Repeat step and tell one cit from other iron mine to do the same.
Group 3 cits from tower Shift click to hippo, do that with the other cits who are doing the other iron mine.
Make 3rd group Make another tower, either at forage, or closest hunt.
When possible, Make another 3 swords. when both mines deposit, upgrade attack of swords to 12, make another 3 swords.
make cit that is chopping wood, to make wall in little cracks.
Once you have 4 cits on wood, rally the other 2 to forage,
Shift Click the cits on the 4th tower to hunt aswell with the other 6.
Continue making swords, when possible make a cit and rally to forage till you fill it.
When you have enough wood, make 2 houses ASAP.
Keep upgrading swords/making swords/making cits
When possible make a farm.
I think that's it, my apoligies if I missed something
Tips:
When against cav?? 8fll is the optiumum time against cav, you're guarenteed to of out massed them, make sure you have the arrow bonus, and some extra hp and speed and dive into his base.
If you're against a good player you may need to do this: BECAUSE OF THOSE 4 CITS ALREADY ON WOOD, you can now make seige (I literlly just worked out what I was doing wrong since coming back when writing that Strat^). Make 4 ST, by 8fll you're ready to go.
If you're confident that you beat someone early on and they walled, most likely means they are booming and focusing on cits, not army. Make ST and jump the wall, before they can get back on their feet.
A trick when slutting. Don't press ctrl click. Press L to explore, a it's a little fraction faster, and when slutting it counts.
Against swords, draw sword units away with one or two swords from enemy iron mine then make 3-4 others go in a little after and kill almost all the cits or all of them.
When defending (Something I've failed even harder then slutting since coming back), put 3 or 4 swords by each mine and forage/hunt. (do this at the start if you need, just make sure first 3 go to enemies base and see if you can kill 2-3 cits on their tower or mines). When defending, I like to group cits with swords ctrl click, which group speed and swords to attack while cits move.
If you're against a boomer, especialy if somehow AOC revives and they use exp. keep massing, make hero by 15fll. It's another guaranteed win.
If I think of anything else, I'll add. It's a lot of info, hopefully someone finds it helpful.
The first few attempts, you may be slow and may not be able to do the shift click thing, quite as fast as should be expected of a seasoned player. Don't stress and keep practicing over and over again. As time goes by, you'll get better, you'll learn how to mass and boom.
Ask questions if need be,
Kind regards, herik