Nurn! Amazing map indeed, and when you take a look at the names of the players in this replay, this has to be a must to watch! If you're not too familiar with this map, take a look at what you should most probably do and what can brings you more fun playing it.
Top left Th0rin` playing Mordor
Mid left martinms600 playing Isengard
Bottom left Matthieu playing Gondor
Vs
Top right CROAT playing Mordor
Mid right BLAST playing Isengard
Bottom right JorgeElGris Gondor
From the start on the left side Mordor made 1 furn and pit, Isen made 2 furns and 1 pit and Gondor made 1 BS and 1 Barracks then destroyed it after 1 set of soldiers, then made a second BS
The right side did very different, Mordor made 2 SH and no pit, Isen made 1 furn and 1 pit and Gondor made 2BS no barracks.
Same Mu but 2 different approaches, both strats are good, it depends what you do next, and here it is:
On the left side martinms600/Isengard let Th0rin`/Mordor get 3 mils while he got only 1, on the right side they split 2-2, so in order not to get too much behind with his eco, martinms600 decided to make his base full of furns, except for 1 uruk-pit, his alter-ego BLAST/Isengard with still only 2 furns went for fast Lurtz.
JorgeElGris/Gondor knew how important it is for Isen or Mordor to get a second camp on this map, and he knew BLAST was not near from expending since he decided to get Lurtz first, so Jorge had to get the camp before the enemy does, but being a Gondor, this will compromise his chances of harassing the enemy early in the game.
CROAT/Mordor was being rushed by martinms600/Isengard, but manage to built enough towers to make him fail, but more importantly he bought the top middle camp, has a Mordor player this will upraise his chance of success.
Then BLAST/Isen got the middle outpost and had his Lurtz to level 3, Th0rin`/Mordor did tried to lure cave trolls at the citadel of CROAT'S camp as well as the citadel of BLAST's outpost but only failed in his attempt to make them fail with their expansions.
So far the right side team has quite a step ahead. Until martinms600 silently leveled up his Lurtz in the shadow, then with stealth surprised BLAST's Lurtz and 2 Lurtz level 3 entered a duel to the death, too bad BLAST... some mad orcs from Th0rin` had the last of him, depriving martinms600's Lurtz from leveling up, has consolation he benefited of free heal from Matthieu's generosity.
Since all players from the right had capitals invested in infrastructures, no one had units to help BLAST keeping hold of the middle outpost, and so with NAZ, orcs, Faramir, Boromir, Soldiers, Lurtz, the outpost fell down. Matthieu took the oputpost.
Then BLAST got ready to retaliate, units were prepared to war, and decided to aim for Th0rin`'s camp with GTG lds from JorgeElGris, but this one had a change of heart and got back from where he came from, then BLAST stopped and turned for the outpost, and then cast W/C, Drummers and WK from CROAT joined him, then Th0rin` put land, then CROAT, then Matthieu, then all BLAST's units died, while JorgeElGris had his GTG joining his own troops from the south attacking the outpost solo, but failed. After being well fed the combos of martinms600' were sent North with Saruman to attack CROAT's middle camp, with the support of WK and drummers the camp fell after a short fight.
This time BLAST decided to go along with JorgeElGris, in order the take the outpost back, but they failed, now the game turned in the left team advantage.
CROAT got cornered and built a siege works then made catas in a lost cause, but only too late. BLAST had to come back, and sent all he had to fight martinms600 from behind, but martinms600 had team-mates watching his back and it was BLAST turn to get hit from behid, this time by angry trolls, then JorgeElGris sent his GTW to bring order to this battlefield, but got his two feet stuck in the mud and was cast out, good night Gandy!
Rain was cast from both sides almost simultaneously, but from the look of it, BLAST's rain seemed more effective, and so he managed to save CROAT's skin and JorgeElGris managed to finally take the middle outpost down. But could not hold the place.
All this sudden turn of event gave the right team the will to move forward and attack
martinms600's top-middle camp, but again Th0rin` was watching his team-mate's back and Matthieu joined him, the 3 players pushed back the attack, and BLAST was blast away.
JorgeElGris decided that it would be the right time to get back at the outpost again, but after destroying it, he had a taste of what his team mate BLAST just received a minute ago, and I can assure you all that it was painful, in addition of all these trolls from Th0rin`, Matthieu decided to summoned Eagles and Roherrims, lets call it overkill!
But BLAST had reinforcements ready non-stop 24/7, and so his army was already ready for an other round and aimed for the outpost in the middle, this last attack failed but not without giving him enough PP to get the Rog, and the second he had him, he summoned the beast on the hill of the outpost and took it down and went for martinms600's top middle camp, but that was it... the Rog was already out of fuel, then Matthieu summoned the Eagles and Roherrims again, and the combination of both gave his team something to even the odds... AOD!
The left team players wanted to go all in for BLAST's camp, in order to take him out before the Rog gets back, but JorgeElGris counter their plan, by sending his GTW and troopers to Matthieu's camp, but it all backfired at him when Matthieu summoned the AOD. Run Gandy! Run! That's all JorgeElGris could save.
Then BLAST had his Rog ready for duty again, and JorgeElGris put a beacon exactly where he wanted him to go, right where he failed a minute ago, in order to make sure the AOD will not get back period, and so BLAST took the camp out but Matthieu kept hold of the middle outpost, during this same time, Th0rin` was serving BLAST the same remedy this one was serving Matthieu, maybe the plan was originally to take one player out, but now the plan changed to get a camp anywhere in order to survive.
After these events, the layout on the map was half redone, and CROAT found himself isolated, BLAST received the visit of martinms600's Rog and quit, CROAT pulled the plug as well, and JorgeElGris played alone, he previously summoned the AOD but failed to save BLAST. Now what one can do with 1 AOD Vs 2 ROGS and an AOD?
The moral of this story is not only to play team, but also to make sure you have enough tools to make it all the way to Glory. Easy to say harder to do, watch the replay for a better view.
Lose with honor, win with Glory!
MVP imo for this replay is Th0rin`
Congratulations to Matthieu, martinms600 and Th0rin` for their Victory!
This post has been edited by ValsaDoom: Nov 11 2021, 04:22 AM
