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okay, i read a lot about trolls. that they are too strong and powerfull,
that they ruin the game, that they are too much and nearly not
competitive.
but instead of using a submod to make them 50% weaker or other
units (cavalry) way stronger to kill them, i would find it very usefull,
to post ways to kill them effectivly without cheating and modding
and while using a clean TATW 1.1 with VH/VH gameplay.
so here are some of my tactics against trolls:
MISSILE SIEGE:
- use ballistas with normale- or fire arrows - they are very powerful against trolls
(i use normal arrows because they are shooted faster than flaming arrows)- i once was able to kill about 21 trolls of 40 in my campaign with two units of ballistas
- use catapluts (for the same reasons)
- > Tipp: trolls are really fast and they are attacking really early - so in a siege where
an enemy attacks me with trolls, i usually attack them before they attack my, because
then trolls are just standing to wait for an attack like all other units - nice opportunity
to use your ballistas and catapults)
SPEAR UNITS:
- it usually takes a lot of spearmen to kill a troll but if you use cheap
spear-militia it should be okay to loose them
(this is just pure collateral damage)- and if your spear-militia sucks (which they will when facing olog-hais)
then they are quite useful to weak the trolls that they can be finished by cavalry
.- Tipps from Fulgrim88 - thanks:
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... CAVALRY:
- best way in my oppinion to kill trolls
- you just need more than one horseunit (4 is the best)
- attack them from behind, not in a forest, downhill, in a straight row
>this is the most powerful way to kill them
(they even fly in the air then)- if you dont have more than one horse unit use a spear-militia and
make a schiltrom or a shield-wall
> when the trolls attack them put a cavalry unit behind the trolls,
that the trolls are between your spear-unit and your cavalry-unit
>than attack them with a powerful charge (they will fly again)- > 10 trolls are a quite simple enemy for one spear unit and 2 or 3
cavalry units it just take some time and you will have a 50% lost
(depends on the quality of your cavalry units)- (even light cavalry units are working fine for that)
- >>> this all wont work inside settlements because cavalry does not
charge in settlements
.- Tipps from Achilla - thanks:
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ARCHER:
- thanks to Vaul for the following tactic:
- "[in siege fights with possible trolls fuighting on walls] put some low level infantry [on walls]
to tie up the invader, and put an archer unit right beneath the wall! When the enemy reaches
the wall and get all stacked up and crowded in the middle of my wall infantry, let them have it
with fire arrows. Works like a charm, every time (although higher level units are recommended)"
RANGE WEAPON UNITS:
- > i found out that missile units with bows and arrows are not very
effective against trolls - and they will often get attacked by trolls
they are attacking- > for mountain trolls most archer units work godd - but to get away
a troll attack mounted horse archers are indispensable
(2 unti of Rohans 'Rider of the Fold' fedeated 1 nuit of 'Mountani Trolls'
with 0 losses)
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i will add screenshots later to prove all that.
when harad attacks me with mumakils, i will add them here, because at the
moment i dont know, if this is the same there.
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