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The (hypothetical) shieldball in question contains:
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The (hypothetical) shieldball in question contains:
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1 felon
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1 felon
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4 aspises
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4 aspises
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2 outlaws
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2 outlaws
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10 bandits
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10 bandits
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4 racketeers
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4 racketeers
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5 thugs
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5 thugs
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1 fusion
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1 fusion
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This is a pretty typical strong shieldball. This gives you a revised list of counters:
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This is a pretty typical strong shieldball. This gives you a revised list of counters:
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Stiletto - if you have a lot. The aspises will soak a lot of damage
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Stiletto - if you have a lot. The aspises will soak a lot of damage
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[s]Tick (can fail against good outlaw positionaing, which almost no players consistently have)[/s]
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[s]Tick (can fail against good outlaw positionaing, which almost no players consistently have)[/s]
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[b]Lots[/b] of Sharpshooters - aspises can take a lot of damage - best used with stilettos
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[b]Lots[/b] of Sharpshooters - aspises can take a lot of damage - best used with stilettos
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[s]Roach (can fail against good outlaw positioning, which almost no players consistently have)[/s]
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[s]Roach (can fail against good outlaw positioning, which almost no players consistently have)[/s]
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Ravager (can fail when roaches are used to support shieldball)
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Ravager (can fail when roaches are used to support shieldball)
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Reapers, if you have a lot. Probably works for cost.
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Reapers, if you have a lot. Probably works for cost.
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[s]Goliath[/s]
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[s]Goliath[/s]
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[s]Skuttle[/s]
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[s]Skuttle[/s]
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Sumo
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Sumo
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Moderator
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Moderator
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Grizzly - you need plenty of these to get through the aspises
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Grizzly - you need plenty of these to get through the aspises
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Buoy
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Buoy
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Recluse (not a counter, but helps)
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Recluse (not a counter, but helps)
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[s]Licho[/s] - requires lots of micro to get under the aspises and will likely not work because of the racketeers
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[s]Licho[/s] - requires lots of micro to get under the aspises and will likely not work because of the racketeers
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Shadow (in combo with Stiletto!)
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Shadow (in combo with Stiletto!)
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Penetrator
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Penetrator
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[b]Lots[/b] of Halberds
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[b]Lots[/b] of Halberds
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Krow
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Krow
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[s]Dante[/s]
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[s]Dante[/s]
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[s]Funnelweb[/s] - gets disarmed by the racketeers and the drones are easy prey for felons
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[s]Funnelweb[/s] - gets disarmed by the racketeers and the drones are easy prey for felons
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Razor's kiss (to loldrain shields, ability to hit air is just a bonus) - not much of a counter
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Razor's kiss (to loldrain shields, ability to hit air is just a bonus) - not much of a counter
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You have to kill the shieldball with 7800 metal of units to make cost. The most obvious solution would be a strider hub and 3 ultis. Can ultis get up to a felon and kill it before being decloaked by the outlaws? Alternatively you can get 5(?) stilettos and something to kill the units with. This costs you 3500 for the stilettos and 600 for the air fac, leaving you with 3700 metal to make units for killing them.
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You have to kill the shieldball with 7800 metal of units to make cost. The most obvious solution would be a strider hub and 3 ultis. Can ultis get up to a felon and kill it before being decloaked by the outlaws? Alternatively you can get 5(?) stilettos and something to kill the units with. This costs you 3500 for the stilettos and 600 for the air fac, leaving you with 3700 metal to make units for killing them.
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In reality, it is not this easy. You have to build very specialized counters to the shieldball, while your enemy can play as normal. You will be raided while the shieldball is marching across the map to kill you, and you often wont have time to get these counters unless you started building them the instant you saw the shieldball was getting big, which leaves you unable to compete with anything but the shieldball.
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In reality, it is not this easy. You have to build very specialized counters to the shieldball, while your enemy can play as normal. You will be raided while the shieldball is marching across the map to kill you, and you often wont have time to get these counters unless you started building them the instant you saw the shieldball was getting big, which leaves you unable to compete with anything but the shieldball.
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[quote]In Multiplayer B234750 2 on Hide_and_Seek_v03 you put 3k metal worth of reclaim right into the center of your enemies' base.[/quote]
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After I wiped his expansion and took a load of mexes. That reclaim did not win YurGa the battle.
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Countering the shieldball, the most anti-fun thing in the game