Trolling for castle storming advice

PvK · #1 December 21st, 2003, 02:16 AM

I tend to use hordes of cannon fodder, particularly as Ulm. Send in the scum units! Time to raise a few hundred tribals... add some mercenaries... and repeat. Flying units are a very good suggestion, though, if you have enough that are expendable.

PvK

aldin · #2 December 21st, 2003, 03:41 AM

Boy, I'm still having trouble with this storming stuff. The advice looks great though, gonna have to try some fodder attacks (Ulm IF). It's just really disgusting to lose a dozen Templars to Mandragora.

~Aldin

PvK · #3 December 21st, 2003, 03:57 AM

Yeah, I've nearly always regretted sending my elite Ulm units into a castle meatgrinder, even when they win. Ulm needs to use cannon fodder to complement (and sometimes, to completely stand in for) its good slow-build units, particularly for castle assaults, and to absorb the destruction of other menaces like poison gas, mental attacks, Jotun giants, soul vortex, during Foul Air, etc.

PvK

apoger · #4 December 21st, 2003, 04:42 AM

For Ulm, mages summoning Earth Elementals will do the trick for breaking into a castle. They are large and can trample right through the door. Full elementals are much better than lesser for this purpose.

Add some ranged spells and archery, and forts aren't so bad.

#5 December 21st, 2003, 07:18 PM

The arrows arn't that big of a deal unless you put your softies up too close. Try grabbing a pile of your milita and have them sitting on a flank beside the wall; they will get hosed by the arrows while your more decent troops funnel forward.

NTJedi · #6 December 22nd, 2003, 05:15 PM

The fastest way to conquer a castle is by bringing a powerful air mage with you. The air mage can cast mass flight which allows all your melee troops to jump right next to the enemy.(No Bottlenecks!) Also you'll get arrow fend which protects troops from arrows.

[ December 22, 2003, 15:15: Message edited by: NTJedi ]