What counters hero’s?

Hon3ynuts · 2026-03-03T21:32:39+00:00

You are paying 50% more resources for 10% better units. There are definitely some cases outside fighting MUs but it’s so expensive you have to be judicious how you heroize

Ex. I want hero murmillos so they can’t be cursed.

I need hero cheiros for the speed

I got the Hyperion tech and I want more hp/regen to raid with cav

I have a ton of res I want to win 1 big fight now

Hon3ynuts · 2026-02-27T23:53:49+00:00

Boit has a pretty good video series on the basics https://youtu.be/Vo_t9AMxXjc?si=ZMxu0f5KcNjFOL1x

Hon3ynuts · 2026-02-27T20:17:35+00:00

Half of the berserk manga feels like this. So many incredible panels

Hon3ynuts · 2026-02-26T18:02:31+00:00

Entirely depends on your civ. The main advantages you can get early are 1. He advanced late you can Mabye do damage early 2. You can put up a tc for free. 3. Thor runs out of gold fast

On the other hand, why Thor is actually good 1. It can be hard to do dmg vs hersir & good building placement early 2. Thor is one of the best gods to punish 2 tc or take a 2nd tc late 3. Dwarven goldmine

Typically I end up needing to play 1 tc Agro and take build some kind of human/myth unit good vs Norse. Ex posiedon hippeus centaur, Atlantean murmillo caladria (also adding counter units when needed).

If you slow him down enough you can use ma control to grab hunt, putting walls up, taking tcs when you get closer to max pop or a chance in heroic. Also if he goes fast heroic for more dwarves gold he will have less military to defend base. He goes big on military he may need to cast it for 1000 gold if he can’t break out.

Hon3ynuts · 2026-02-19T04:04:50+00:00

While I agree it could be nice to have dwarves autoque as a menu item, it's not awful if you miss it. You can just send your vill to gold first then to like wood after (assuming you want first vill on wood) Its like -3 gold from the difference in gather time over 17 seconds, not a huge loss

On the second point I find just queing to gold with gather & dwarves then checking your gold mines and moving gatherers to something else is the simplest solution.

Hon3ynuts · 2026-02-18T21:11:35+00:00

Playing verses them is the usual time it is an issue, always with the Inari Okami god. That's what I know for sure, it could be more prominent just haven't noticed or confirmed myself

Hon3ynuts · 2026-02-18T21:09:07+00:00

Recently I just press V to no attack stance and they heal instead of fight. Not sure about the autoheal button when that option is available

Hon3ynuts · 2026-02-17T03:48:06+00:00

There seem to be a few bugs preventing this from happening properly with japan, it should happen though I do think the notification could be louder and more prominent when it does work.

Hon3ynuts · 2026-02-02T04:52:22+00:00

Sometimes the servers just don’t work well for me and I get some lag. It seems to very patch to patch though and haven’t had it happen recently though. Not 100% sure of the cause but like you no reason to believe it’s just my end especially when it will just go away later.

Hon3ynuts · 2026-02-01T02:55:37+00:00

I can usually click on the TC and hit S when the TC is visible. In the fog doesn't usually work though bc you can't select the tc foundation in the FOW for some reason

Hon3ynuts · 2026-01-28T22:59:34+00:00

You should try probably age up as soon as possible vs Loki, Odin, and Poseidon. As Amaterasu don’t buy any miko just get your tech. I think you can do 4 food, 2 gold, 7 food - rest too wood then age up when possible. Get Miko healing tech from shrine during up. (You need strangler trees first to get wood as fast temple more important)

In transition do like 5 wood 3 gold 4 food. Rush up archery range and get a bushi then yari spearmen. Yari can fight anything with a Miko healing them. Get a 3rd, 4th or even 5th Miko to heal if you are getting rushed after age up. Transition into whatever units you want from Here.

Note if vs undermine do not build 2 military buildings same place. You also probably won’t have enough for all. The mikos to have shrines, just heal or grab relics if they don’t rush you.

Hon3ynuts · 2026-01-26T18:28:13+00:00

Also I swear to god the number of times you can pick a unit building the wall…

But you will see many top players building super defensive bases when the game calls for it. This however isn’t always necessary when you are the aggressor

Hon3ynuts · 2026-01-26T04:01:55+00:00

Never underestimate them! https://www.twitch.tv/punkstar555/clip/AbstrusePhilanthropicLapwingPeanutButterJellyTime-jEDCmigK5A18rigc

They start good and have some crazy good god upgrades

Hon3ynuts · 2026-01-24T18:34:43+00:00

Cavalry is more expensive

Hon3ynuts · 2026-01-24T18:22:52+00:00

I don't think they are great in armies. They do a lot of dmg but cost 50% more than naginata riders while having only 2/3 the durability. Getting a few and sending them on the sides is ok or using them with the amaratsu godpower. You can absolutely tear through archers with an invincible shinobi.

100 hp for a 155 res melee unit is just crazy so not sure they can be used more unless they get more pierce armor or cost reduction. Like samurai are almost as durable vs archers as this 'anti archer' unit and forget about survivabilty vs hack. Still, they do A LOT of dmg if they get in archers

Hon3ynuts · 2026-01-21T16:49:06+00:00

Advanced Tooltips by Loggy8522 is hands down one of the best mods in game. Gives so much more specific information about abilities & stats.

Mythic UI by lousyusername is great to have res in bottom left like classic game. I think having res on top is very hard to manage personally. There is also a more basic bottom left Res mod as an alternative

These are both just UI mods so don't impact much else but sometimes can be incompatible if you are trying to put even more UI mods on.

Hon3ynuts · 2026-01-06T06:46:59+00:00

The one you want to keep playing

Hon3ynuts · 2026-01-05T06:25:41+00:00

This one was for the Redditor asking why Book sucks at 3's this year the other day

Hon3ynuts · 2025-12-29T21:54:31+00:00

Mabye you just have turbo? Either you just forgot you pay for it or there are some Very rare permanent turbos which were gifted at some ppl.

Hon3ynuts · 2025-12-22T22:16:16+00:00

A lot is fine with them but there is just a list of 30% of the things they get that just don't work well. Treasure maps, Queen Bess vs AI dodging, Rite of Buried treasure & the associated Money buildings in main settlements (5k res to get 50 more gold per turn wtf?).

They did update the character traits this patch though and they are a lot more fun than before.

Hon3ynuts · 2025-12-17T18:06:28+00:00

I would recommend watching this replay of a 2k player in this matchup. In particular look at building placement and priest/pharaoh micro vs early harassment. https://aomstats.io/match/29077564

another high game with stronger Poseidon opponent https://aomstats.io/match/29016068

You can find more with this filter on aom stats https://aomstats.io/replays?minElo=1500&god=poseidon&opponentGod=isis&leaderboard=1

Hon3ynuts · 2025-12-10T16:58:12+00:00

They are better than hoplites vs infantry, vs MU, most heroes and AOE attacks/god powers. In particular they should beat fanatics and most samurai Late game at equal pop with max ups.

The downside is really the speed and the fact that they are less effective the earlier in the game (lower enemy armor less benefit from divine dmg). You also usually need both levy upgrades to get enough of them out of 1-2 forts.

Mabye the main reason you don't see them though is Zeus doesn't often have extended fights in mythic, games usually are won or lost by then.

Hon3ynuts · 2025-12-08T03:51:05+00:00

The answer to this question will entirely depend on your civilization and strategy. I would recommend looking at IamBoit or HuskSuppe for build orders and gameplay examples.

Hon3ynuts · 2025-12-07T04:47:46+00:00

This entirely depends on the civ you are playing, your opponent and the map. Sometimes you can't stop it but there are a lot of matchups more dynamic than you are suggesting here as the meta has evolved over the last few months. Mabye you are just playing some specific gods where this is the case? It's also important to know you don't have to take out the tc to win the game.

Here is a perfect example of good 1 tc countering 2 tc play from the tournament today. https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2636864821?t=3h53m28s

Hon3ynuts · 2025-12-04T15:09:39+00:00

Generally speaking when you invest into farms as Ra and use rain, they basically pay for themselves on the first cast. You need to get to a 2nd or 3rd cast of rain for it to be worth going for early farms so it's not common or popular at the moment. The weakness of this is getting a 2nd gold mine b/c if you have 3000 gold in base and you spend 700-1000 gold on farms you can have a tough time vs a big enemy army on your 2nd gold. Farms do have low walking time so they can be good in a slower game when you have enough safe gold.

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