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#1 Elvenlord

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Posted 07 July 2007 - 04:09 AM

Before you ask, yes, this is mostly to get more activity here while Celeglin is gone.......

Anyways, this is supposed to be where new players can ask questions about playing as the elves (or anyone really, I suppose), so they can become more competive online. And some of the better players can share their strats if they so desire. And......some other stuff.....

adummy, if you feel this is not appropiate, feel free to lock it...... Though you could really help some people with Rohan.... ;)
And of course this might help the next TEA tourment be even bigger :p

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Posted 07 July 2007 - 01:09 PM

well, don't spam orcs of mordor against the elves.... you'll just feed them with xp and pp and stuff like that..... :p

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Posted 07 July 2007 - 02:59 PM

Spearman of the havens backed up with Mirkwood scouts.
and a few battalions of Riders of rivendell.

it might be a good strategy
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Posted 07 July 2007 - 03:12 PM

Still not being able to play the freakin' game, but I would assume a fair strategy would be to use some Mirkwood scouts bait some (or all..) of the enemy army, and then use their superior speed to pull them back behind a shield wall where they can give supporting fire while covered by Spearmen of the Havens.
Another thing to keep in mind, is to never throw both infantry and cavalry into combat simultaneously. If you've got less cavalry, flank 'em while your infantry fights a delaying action. If you've got more cavalry, use infantry to hold your settlements and mop up any survivors while the cavalry wtfpwn the enemy army.
But, this is all theory, of course :p
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#5 Elvenlord

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Posted 08 July 2007 - 03:17 AM

Another thing. Don't camp. Ever. As serveral people found out while playing me, that is one of the worst mistakes you can make. You need to claim as many settlements as you can early in the game.

And spamming mirkwoods is a very good idea early game, except agaisnt isen and rohan and gondor (and Elves I suppose) if they get cav ASAP, in which case you should get Spearmen ASAP (or you're superior cav :lol: )

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Posted 08 July 2007 - 10:42 AM

Well, lets just say that if someone playes Elves against me, I play Isengard against you. And then you lose. The Uruk-hai I start off with will march right onto your base and kill your elves, if you run away from them, they will start attacking your base. Before they are dead, a new batallion will be ready and sent at you. This continues until your citadel is down, and you're done for.

The most important thing to remember is to NOT let the elves get into mid-late game, because they will crush you then.

If I play Elves and you play Isengard, I will first be very nervous, then build one Orchard and one Lookout Tower, and send my Scouts to creep some lair for cash, then create 2 more Scouts. If I get that far, I'll set up an ambush around the path to my base, and continue building Scouts and Orchards, then upgrade them with fire arrows, keep ambushing anything coming to my base and then build either Glorfindel or Galadriel, depending on how well I got to creep.

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#7 Elvenlord

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Posted 08 July 2007 - 02:22 PM

If you do that isen might hold back and get upgrades before you can get either of them out, in which case they would crush you. I would get spearmen and/or Amroth's knights, because either of them > most isen forces.

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Posted 08 July 2007 - 04:02 PM

so as i said.
build mirkwood scouts and Spearman of the Havens and two or three Amroth's knights
if the spearman can hold the uruk-hai or other enemies the Mirkwood scouts don't need armor (which they lack)
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Posted 08 July 2007 - 05:41 PM

But you also have to consider crossbowmen, the player might just make them attack the scouts while the spearmen fight the swordsmen. But that's when the knights come in handy, like you said.
Still, I would say upgrade to Galadhrim ASAP

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Posted 08 July 2007 - 05:56 PM

when being the elves and vs. Isengard, get Galadhrim ASAP and always use shield wall. also, have archers take out berserker very quickly. If they get too close to your Galadhrim, have them break the shield wall the the berserker splash damage does not hurt as many of them

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Posted 08 July 2007 - 06:25 PM

So how would you guys counter an early Uruk rush? And I mean early, first batallion heading towards your base, second on its way as soon as the pit is up.

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#12 Elvenlord

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Posted 08 July 2007 - 06:49 PM

Honestly? I have no ******* clue......
Maybe build a flet......
That's all I got......

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Posted 08 July 2007 - 07:21 PM

early game... build like three mirkwood scout battalions.
they aren't expensive i believe.
and use those super scout units... (1 in a battalion) to check the enemies movements. you can have like three of them watching there base the entire battle without them even noticing them
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#14 Elvenlord

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Posted 08 July 2007 - 07:23 PM

He means real early, like he sends his first batt of uruks to your base as soon as the game starts........

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Posted 08 July 2007 - 07:47 PM

Exactly. So dont play Elves against me, because I'll just be Isengard and win. :)

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#16 Elvenlord

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Posted 08 July 2007 - 07:50 PM

Yeah, but that's no fun :)

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Posted 08 July 2007 - 09:58 PM

Trust me, it's fun for me. :)

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#18 Elvenlord

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Posted 08 July 2007 - 11:03 PM

No, you just send your starting units over there and win. How is that fun? :)

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Posted 08 July 2007 - 11:16 PM

Hmm...command my archers to bend over, put their heads between their legs, and kiss their collective asses goodbye? :)
On a more serious note, I'd try to build a Flet or two, put the archers in the 'ambush' position, and put them on the gate while constructing an Orchard.
Another strategy would be to creep as fast as possible, get the 'Gifts of the Sea' power, and get Cirdan to hold off the Uruks.
While he's basically commiting suicide, come back to the base with experienced archers, and blamo!
Otherwise, I'm out of ideas O_O
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Posted 08 July 2007 - 11:25 PM

You wont have time to build all that. :) The first thing I will do when the loading is done is sent my Uruk-hai straight at your base, when I've sent them on their way I start building a pit and a furnace, and get the second batallion out before you have taken down the first.

It cannot be beaten. :sad2:

Edited by Matias, 08 July 2007 - 11:29 PM.

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