I think taking advantage of ZoC is key in battles.

I think taking advantage of our ability to "attack" our opponent with our troops is key in battles.

Keys to battle. I'm fairly new but let me tell what I've learned so far.

1) attack first. 5/5 melee with first attack is pretty nice.

2) Know your mp. You never want to come up short when trying to do something.

3) Zoc, know it and use it to your advantage.

4) Scout ahead, to know what your opponent has.

5) Protect your ranged.

6) Use fodder.

7) Try and avoid fighting in blood if possible.

8) If you are going to flank do it early, and full commit to it.

9) Try and get your opponent in a bad hex situation (not so easy with good players)

10) Know the Rps system.

11) try and attack with full bp or as full as possible.

12)If you have ranged don't spread your defense out to wide. 7 hexes isn't a good idea to defend from if you have a lot of ranged.

13) comm's give +10 attack, so move them around, as you attack so both your melee and ranged recieve the bonus.

14) don't let yourself be put into a bad hex

15) don't use your ranged all on 1 troop. Spread them out. 2 hc at 5 is better than 1 hc at 10.

Well that's just a little of what I've learned so far. Hope it helps somepeople

I think Sage is funny.

It's a common misconception Tube, don't worry about it

Point 13) is not true..comms give +1 attack for every 5 comms you have so it means +2..

Point 15) isn't always right because when a player has 2 hc armies left at 10 it's better to take out one with your ranged and then surround, and thus ZOC the other hc army

You are correct Hanky. I was just going to write the same thing but you beat me to it. :-)

Well if you're battling and you have your opponent down to two hc's.

What are the chances both are going to be at 10? And if they are both at 10...you messed up somewhere bigtime .

But regardless I'll adjust my statement. 2 stacks of 5 are better than 1 stack of 10 95% of the time.

About comms, if you have them use them
point 15) Sometimes tank doctriners had right, and succes is a combination of velocity, and CONCETRADED fire power.

But grimreaper.. what if my set-up is 5 Hc and the rest marksmen.. that means i have 20 Hc left and like 6 or 7 marksman..there are times that your rule 15 doesn't work.. same goes for demons.. it is better to have one demigod on 2 and one on 10.. then both on 6 ..

Oh and maybe with point 7) you can also say.. try to make your opponent fight on blood spots.. or on worse land.. because grass is better then snow etc.

You need a totally differnt strategy to battle with demons. And you shouldn't be using medi vs demons anyhow

medi v demons can b a lot of fun, i have won several times with medi v demons and have lost demons v medi.

just ask some innocent fella 2 join you in battle 1. make sure they pick demons, then pick 7 knights, works evey time.

lol!!! What if they know you're picking medi when they pick demons. They're obviously going to assume you're going mass knights

or try mass ballis with basic troops protection. lets face it it aint the troops it is what you do with them.