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Jul 13, 2016 18:04

Subject: Sapien response to mass Leviathan

japhib

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What strategies are there for combatting mass Leviathans on high-credit maps with lots of water? I know that the destroyer is the strongest of any aquatic unit but it's 200 credits more than the Leviathan which means that for every 3 destroyers I get, they get 4 leviathans, and I think they just get blown out of the water early by there being so many leviathans. Here's a screenshot from a recent game:

I had a couple destroyers but they were eaten alive. So I tried to respond with tanks since they have strong defense and decent anti-aquatic attack, but they also got destroyed. What's the best strategy? Straight up destroyers? Did I just not get them early enough? He did have a leviathan a turn or two before me. Should I have tried batteries? They do have +1 range up on the leviathans, which would be nice, but I imagine very hard to protect on this map. My helicopters did a bit of damage but they also just seemed too squishy & expensive to really be effective.

Jul 13, 2016 20:27

Subject: Re:Sapien response to mass Leviathan

amidama

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Jul 14, 2016 02:29

Subject: Re:Sapien response to mass Leviathan

japhib

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Okay thank you!

EDIT: what amidama said earlier but must've accidentally erased is basically, the best defense against mass leviathans is mass destroyer. And especially in that map, there's no point in building anything but destroyers.

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Aug 04, 2016 03:14

Subject: Sapien response to mass Leviathan

LkASr

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In a leviathan rush, one way to counter such dank squids is to fight them with helicopters and destroyers. attack with helicopters 1st, then finish it off with your destroyers. The reason to attacking with helicopters is that it can fight toe to toe against it, if it can attack 1st with support. anything other than that is your own choices. A battery wouldn't be too bad of a choice, since it shoots further and could avoid retaliation if given enough spacing between land and water.

In a fight between a helicopter and a leviathan is a pretty competitive one. the helicopter will usually damage a leviathan by 3 pts. of health while losing 4 of its own and safely retreats behind the destroyer. then the said destroyer can finish off the damaged leviathan with much less health to lose, which is needed to fend off against another healthy leviathan if there is one nearby. with a few turns of rest, the helicopter can help the destroyer again to damage the leviathan while the destroyer does the same thing from earlier. in this case, it's a very cost effective strategy if done right, which you certainly can do it

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Aug 04, 2016 03:44

Subject: Re:Sapien response to mass Leviathan

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amidama wrote:0

above you^

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