Hey all This is a pretty entertaining match between me and frεεdom that goes in to late game with supersummons galorε Was probably hard for him as this wasn't his host and he had to constantly avoid pikes but all in all a gg, though i really just hit a point in this mu where my knowladge of thε game hits a wall. I'd apprεciatε a smεxy lun review if i could get one please
Add rating just once more for me, i swear i will be a good boy from now on and remember it, sticky note tbh.
This post has been edited by maverick_: May 17 2007, 19:58 PM
A pretty fun game with quite a bit of action. A good example of why you must balance between units and economy in early game. The Gondor chose a balanced start which is why Isengard was dominated early-mid game. Good quality fun but not exactly RotWC. The game just felt sloppy and the superpowers weren't really a factor because you knew who was going to win by that time. {FAD}DeSTiNY` - Isengard
I'm going to give a review on your behalf because there's alot I want to say.
I think you just had a very bad game mate. I've seen/played better games from you than this. The main thing was you paniced when he took down your mill and it messed up your BO. You should have built another uruk instead of a furnace. This mistake lead to poor creepingm id game because you had to be defensive with your pikes and you didn't have enough. Then, that lead to having to deal with GtW early and losing MC. The one thing that really stood out from late game was pike spam. You still need lots of pikes to hold some sort of MC. You also need wargs to harras and take out trebs. This will also give your army balance instead of 298347 combos. Nice balrog micro.
How to improve
Balance between units:economy. Your start had too many economy buildings which set back your mid game.
Repairing. The mill would not of gone down tbh if you had more laborers repairing.
Armor first. Elven summons rape anything without armor.
PP route. Palantir is not necesarilly always your second choice. You would have been able to prevent the third land if you didnt choose palantir (you also didn't use palantir for a bit).
Aggression. You needed more pikes and you needed to send them forward to prevent creeping. Even if he has soldiers, doesn't mean you can't cause him to lose a creep (use micro; you know how).
Demolish buildings. You even had host. Just saying this to drill it into your head.
Pike spam. Need pikes in every stage of the game. Our game last week is an example.
Mav, I've seen you do every one of these bullets well, but all in seperate games. You've got the skill and knowledge, you just need to put it all together now.
[DT]Freedom - Gondor
Wp mate. If you had host, i'm 100% positive your horse micro would have been cleaner (it was still very good this game). I would suggest more aggressive land placement though. Your second land didn't really do you any good in the top right corner of the map. Good use of heal+land to take out his first pike but going elves right after land is still more effective imo (you can literally clear the map with one elven summon. Getting it ASAP is what I like to do). Would also suggest taking back just a little more of the map before rushing his base and force him to spend a little more money outside of his base. Lastly, I know rain can cancel LD but a balanced army is still the most versatile imo. If Maverick had rebuild his balanced army, it would have beaten your soldier/TG/treb army with some good micro. Wp again. Solid performance under an Isengard host.
Overall Rating:6
This post has been edited by Lun^: May 19 2007, 16:53 PM
Was probably hard for him as this wasn't his host and he had to constantly avoid pikes but all in all a gg, though i really just hit a point in this mu where my knowladge of thε game hits a wall.
I'd apprεciatε a smεxy lun review if i could get one please
Add rating just once more for me, i swear i will be a good boy from now on and remember it, sticky note tbh.