Mumakil

[Blatta Optima Maxima]

What is the most effective way to fight them?

[StealthEvo]

Auto Resolve

But failing that. Mob them with EVERYTHING, keep your one of a kind unit away from them. Generals too. Pump fire arrows into them. Siege whatever is to hand. The whole kitchen sink. If your playing the RK. I do have a fantastic guide about this

[Blatta Optima Maxima]

I think artillery spam may be good against the AI with some cav support. Would that work?

[StealthEvo]

Mumakil eat Cav. Literally. You see them munching away on horses. You want alot of men in there. Either way things are going to go flying across the other side of the map. Men are more numerous and can be put in a looser formation. Giving you the greater outnumbering moral penalties.

[Aradan]

Catapults, ballistae, javelins, fire arrows. Mobbing is the last solution, it will result in *casualties*.

[StealthEvo]

Thats a pretty word for it....

[Blatta Optima Maxima]

I want cav to lure them avay fom my artyspam. Do fire arrows work on them?

[Stark1]

If you are RK just bring your ballistae with you. One hit from fire boulders and they go crazy and kill half of their army. Use on the start of the campaign, after you kill their starting mumaki they wont build new ones immediately. When you get naval superiority burn the place where thy are built. Its really easy with Numenorians.

[Blatta Optima Maxima]

Thanks. +rep to all of you.

[Nehcrum]

As Adunabar or RK, siege artillery is the best way.
Catapults are king. I haven't actually used ballistae but I imagine they would be effective as well.

Trick is, normal boulders are far more accurate than fire boulders, with the disadvantage that they only kill 1 or 2 enemies when they hit, unlike fire boulders which kill all in a certain area.
But since Mumakil are just 2 models in a unit, and very big ones at that, they are easy for normal boulders to hit and kill.

The 2nd option is to panic them with fire arrows.
The 3rd and last option is to mob them, preferably with cheap and expendable spear infantry, since soldiers will go flying and armour and defense won't help them much.

[Stark1]

I meant catapults, not ballistae, sorry.

[Revelo]

Catapults are always good.

[Blatta Optima Maxima]

No, do not use them in mp. Ever.

[Stark1]

No, do not use them in mp. Ever.

Why is that?

[StealthEvo]

Mp Fa:TW....Lol random

[Blatta Optima Maxima]

Because aganst a creature with the ability to reason they are useless. Just rush them. When you are close, they will be more likely to kill the enemy than you. Stealth, what is your timezone? We could play a match in FATW.

[Nehcrum]

Because aganst a creature with the ability to reason they are useless. Just rush them. When you are close, they will be more likely to kill the enemy than you. Stealth, what is your timezone? We could play a match in FATW.

I assume you are referring to Catapults and not Mumakil.

If you are playing against someone with reason, you can still use catapults as long as you have some reason yourself.

Just don't let them auto-fire, and control them so that you fire at the enemies sufficiently far away. And put some infantry just in front of them, so that the enemy can't get to them so easily.
And the fire boulders give panic, as well as damage, something you really shouldn't discount when the melee engagement draws near.

[StealthEvo]

GMT and my times tied up elsewhere. Maybe in a few months

[Blatta Optima Maxima]

How often do you play mp?

I have easily beaten catapults.

[Nehcrum]

How often do you play mp?

I have easily beaten catapults.

Of course you can beat them, but that is not the same thing as saying that they aren't useful.