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BO: 2 Farms in > 2 Farms out > Farm + BS > Stables > Fill with BS > Archery Range > Stables > Workshop Strat: Pippin North, 1 soldier through middle, 1 soldier south > 3 knights > HS > 3 archers > Faramir > Gandalf > Rangers > Trebs PP Usage: Heal > GTW > Elves > Eagles
Pros: Got a slaughter house during an early raid of his base Horse micro good to kill labourers and avoid trolls Faramir used well and kept alive Good use of Gandy’s spells against trolls and naz Constant harassment even when the chips were down
Cons: Didn’t get one of his mills down early on, instead of chasing orcs for ages I would’ve sent soldiers to attack. Knights could’ve dealt with them Sometimes slow with formations, particularly Rangers left in skirmish Didn’t need to give all the archers banner IMO, could’ve used Gandy or Faramir’s Fear resistance to save some money No Boromir. He is very useful against trolls. Needed a well desperately throughout the game Didn’t revive Gandy straight away
Overall Gameplay: 6
[GTFC]StoneLord (Mordor)
BO: Orc Pit + Gollum > 2 Mills > 2 SH > Haradrim Palace > Fill with SH > Troll Cages > Outposts Strat: Gollum claims mills, one orc through middle and one defend north > Orc spam > Haradrim > Trolls > Drummers > Witch King > Catas > Nazgul > Mumaks PP Usage: Tainted Land > Eye of Sauron > Industry > Darkness
Pros: Early outposts with garrisoned haradrim boosted early economy Used “eat an orc” to heal some of the trolls Killed Gandy twice with a Mumak, general Mumak micro was superb Used Naz effectively versus cavalry Got catas to counter his rangers Full use of Mordor’s LD
Cons: Lost some haradrim at the beginning to wargs Lost the WK and naz a few times Sometimes didn’t sell buildings before the red zone Poor cata micro, sent them to the front making it easy for his knights to kill them
Overall Gameplay: 8
Comments: Without doubt this is the best replay I’ve ever had the pleasure of reviewing. Both players for the most part maximised the potential of their specific factions. The Mordor player could have quite arguably put to bed any complaints regarding the red eye’s lack of power, such was the quality on show.
I felt that Gondor made 2 mistakes and one questionable decision on an otherwise excellent display. Firstly, a well was sorely needed IMO to heal those early horses after the HS, and all the other various units on the way. You may have not even needed to buy a second stables had you got one earlier. The other mistake was not reviving Gandy early enough. Had you done so, you may have had a fighting chance against the final onslaught of Mordor’s army.
The questionable decision I refer to is the one to buy trebs. I feel it would’ve been better to keep making rangers as your knights could easily deal with his catas, and rangers are more effective against trolls/mumaks/naz. But as it was, Mordor’s late game proved devastating once again. If anyone else has ever seen 1.03 Mordor used to better effect, I would like to see it!
There were a few mistakes on both sides because of stupid fucking AI (my knight didnt MOVE!).
Watch though!