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Good Strategies

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From: George Sylvain
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 00:00
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Here is my collection of strategies on Warcraft 2.  Please add you own!

Thanks


When Surrounded by water, you MUST dominate the seas.  If you do this you 
have guaranteed a WIN.  To dominate the seas, you need a foundry and 
airships/aeroplanes. This means you will not get attacked by subs.  Subs 
are good at the beginning for when the enemy has no airships.  Then build 
up Destroyers and battle ships. Take out the enemy shipyard so they can’t 
have ships.  Keep it destroyed.  Then take out the oil refineries + all 
other ships.  Now you have got total naval dominance.  They will now go 
for Flying if they are marooned on an Island.  Make loads of destroyers.

  If you are attacked by a huge fleet of ships and you don’t have naval 
Dominance, then you can flatten them with catapults, that have longer 
range than ships. Also Ballistas.  Then Make a Blizzard/whirlpool to 
finish them off.
Take out the Flying ships with guard towers.  Scared of Gryphons/Dragons? 
 Don’t be!  4 archers at 2000 gold or axe throwers will stop them.  Keep 
then spaced out though!  You should only lose one archer (500) gold, 
while they lose a dragon at 2500.  Ha Ha Ha !

Blizzards take out everything and so do Whirlwinds.  Spy on them with 
Airships If you have killed a few dragons and flattened there fleet then 
they can’t get you and will build up a defence.  Don’t let them!, by 
attacking early with loads of archers, catapults, ballistas, and Paladins 
and footmen.

Subs can’t attack land so use them on ships early!  They are dead if 
there is a flyer above.

Use slow spell on the flyers, it’s easy to shoot them.

Sappers/Demolition squad are brill for taking out annoying buildings like 
dragon roosts. Send in huge groups of them in transports to kill the 
enemy.

Guard towers will take out the dragons and zeppelins.  If the enemy are 
over a stretch of water, then make your village on the opposite side of 
your island.  Then build a few guard towers in your  village and then 
some at regular intervals across the island towards the enemy island.  
All dragons detailed to attack your base will be shot at on their way to 
your village.

Plant runes where transports keep landing so they take out all those men 
who are unloaded.


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Date: 1996/01/03
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