What do I build to counter High def glamour units?

[PheasantPlucker]

Here's an alternative - TRAMPLE.

I initially struggled with EA Arco against their glamour units, until I started buying something I hadn't used before - chariot archers.

Get about 20-30, give them hold and attack orders. Voila - they shoot a couple of rounds of archery fire into them as they approach, and then chaaarge - SQUISH!

I won against the glamour units with almost no casualties using those mighty chariot tramplers.

[Epaminondas]

PheasantPlucker said:
Here's an alternative - TRAMPLE....

I won against the glamour units with almost no casualties using those mighty chariot tramplers.

Hmmm.

This sounds a bit too easy. You sure there isn't a catch? I will try nonetheless.

[FrankTrollman]

I also had pretty good success with a pile of rubbish backed up with a guy who could cast Sulphurous Haze. 20 Helhirdings and 10 Vanir Huskarls dead and I lost 55 human infantrymen. I consider that an excellent trade, and I'm willing to make it until Helheim has nothing left in the field.

-Frank

[KissBlade]

Epaminondas said:

Hmmm.

This sounds a bit too easy. You sure there isn't a catch? I will try nonetheless.

This does work pretty well against most basic glamour units. The other option is area of effect spells since one point of damage is all you need to dispel the glamour. However the problem with glamour troops tends to be the dual blessed variety which is difficult to tackle with most conventional armies. Not to mention they're also super cost effective raiders.

[Forrest]

Trample will save your empire.

I thought chariots were a waste till I met the glamour units. I bought the chariots as a last gasp before giving up and turned the tide.

[PheasantPlucker]

Epaminondas said:

Hmmm.

This sounds a bit too easy. You sure there isn't a catch? I will try nonetheless.

Hehe - no catch at all, and very straightforward. I'd read the bad press that chariots, and chariot archers, had on this forum and (like Forrest) had thought them a waste before meeting the glamour boys. To my suprise, I discovered that chariot archers can be absolutely lethal.

I soon had armies consisting of nothing but chariot archers shooting, and then trampling, over the AI's glamour armies using Hold-and-Attack orders.

Those chariot tramplers seem tailor made to deal with any high quality foot soldiers. They ignored both defence and glamour attributes, took almost no losses, and were good fun to watch as well.

[Endoperez]

Trample doesn't ignore defence, but they deal 1 point of damage even if the defence roll is successful.

Another fun fact about Chariot Archers:
When scripted to Hold & Attack Rearmost, they first Fire Rear (usually unscriptable), then Attack Rear, going OVER enemy read guard that'd stop normal cavalry. They might still get confused about where they were supposed to go, though.

[calmon]

and like i wrote in the other thread Chariot Archers have 2 Lifes. So after taking 10 hits only the archer dies and the chariot still exists with another 10 life. After the battle the chariot is completly repaired. This and good defence/protection values makes them very useful.

[Agrajag]

I wonder if a holy trampling unit will get extra affliction chance from death bless on its trample attacks.

[Nerfix]

Agrajag said:
I wonder if a holy trampling unit will get extra affliction chance from death bless on its trample attacks.

Holy trampling unit. *shifty eye movements*