Arcoscophile

[Blitz]

But if you'd rather have the ability to throw a wyrm down the drain and heal him, by all means do so. I prefer to have Pretenders if built for combat, have the highest likelyhood of success. Hence the Natrajah

The Natrajah owns. Let's not for a second ignore that fact. However, he's not going to be able to match the speed at which the snake gets out the of the gate. It's turn 5-6 before Natty really gets going which is 5-6 provinces for the wurm.

This strategy is more of an exercise in expansion than a SC template. A standard Natrajah is significantly more powerful (and expensive) than a dumb snake. That's not really the idea, which is to field 3 armies (2 elephant based, one snake) in the very early game and grab as much territory as possible, and win through scales and dominion. The merits of this versus investing in a Natrajah are debatable. If pressed on the issue I would, in fact favor an Archlich or Natarajah. However, by using this strategy I learned a lot about the game that I did not before. Given the time I've invested playing this game, I think other players still learning the game may as well.

[ May 07, 2004, 01:29: Message edited by: Blitz ]