Q&A
Malay vs Slav
How do you fight Slavs as Malay on Arena?
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Always lost to this civ. If you go archer line they have great siege. If I go infantry their infantry beats me.
How do you fight Slavs as Malay on Arena?
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Always lost to this civ. If you go archer line they have great siege. If I go infantry their infantry beats me.
Arbs for the infantry, BBC for the siege and maybe some cheap ele’s/trash 2HS as a meat shield
BBC and Arbalester are your main technological advantage here. It’ll then be important for the Slav player to take out the BBC, of course, which would be a job for cavalry (probably Hussars). Without BBC the Slav player is going to be very oppressive, but once BBC is involved you’ve regained your ranged advantage. I’d also consider the technology costs and research time. Slavs need Champions and/or Druzhina before their infantry are better. Siege workshop upgrades cost loads. Cavalry upgrades cost loads. You just need chemistry to unlock BBC and it buffs your archers at the same time, and it’s… Read more »
Do you research chemistry as the first thing you do in Imp?
Before Druzhina halbs kicks in I would even say go mass elephats. You might one preemptively deny as much stone as possible to reduce mass castles.