The most problematic event that can happen in 2v2s on Fallen Empire is having your secondary supply burnt down by a dragon tank as soon as it’s constructed. There are plenty of solutions to this, and they shall all be described in this week’s tip!
TechnicalsTechnicals are most probably the first unit you’re going to have. Some people are going to use tech/terrors, others tech/RPGs and some just plain techs.
Tech/TerrorsTerrorists explode on death if burnt or run over (unless demo). This means you may safely drop off a terrorist near a dragon while your tech zooms by without worrying about him not exploding. Once he's dropped off, you may want to drop it off near the dragon tank and force fire at the ground near it, or attack it head-on.
Tech/RPgsBoth technicals and RPG troopers outrange dragon tanks by a great amount (
unless the tip of the week #70 is put into action!). This means you can outrange the dragon tank and pwn it with your awesome tech speed! There are 2 ways to use this.
Evacuating each RPG individually, spread out, so the dragon tank cannot reach them is a good way to do this. Simply run the tech around and place RPGs individually, then shoot at the dragon with full force. If the tech is fired at, retreat, as it can out run the dragon.
The second way is by evacuating all the RPGs out of the tech really far away from the dragon, then firing at it with all you’ve got. IF it comes to attack you, load the RPGs into the tech, retreat, and repeat the attack.
Quad cannons
Using quads to stop the dragon tank depends on where the dragon tank starts the firewall. If it starts far, then simply spread out the quads and kite the dragon (attack it and move away when it manages to reach you). If it starts the firewall close and has to get near to your tunnel just to start, just pop all your quads out of the tunnel and shoot it. If it isn’t dead (which means you don’t have enough quads), advance to the rear of the tank before the flames can kill your quads and destroy it. If it is red HP when it starts the firewall, retreat into your tunnel when your quads are weak and let the tunnel finish it off.
Demo traps
To screw the dragon tank over, you can place demo traps in front of your tunnel by around the same distance that the dragon tank will start its wall (this will vary depending on if the Chinese player is on the top left or the top right of the map. The dragon tank will roll straight into it, if done right. If the dragon tank comes from the rear, non-tunnel side of your supply, you should demo trap that area, too. It shall be really useful, and will save you $2300, which is almost the equivalent of an arms dealer.
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