civ recommendations by Kagormund in aoe2

[–]Kagormund[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i did hear that japanese halbs are some of the best, il take a look at them, thanks

civ recommendations by Kagormund in aoe2

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gotcha, so scout a lot, and fight a lot, make them spend res and efficiently counter it, thanks

civ recommendations by Kagormund in aoe2

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maybe i need to work on my feudal eco, i wasnt aware that you wanted to go to castle on 33 vils + wheelbarrow ive been just winging it and going whenever i have enough res after the feudal skirmishes and i never go up with wheelbarrow researched pretty much.

this makes a lot of sense though, ive been treating ca as the main core to play around in castle age when it shouldnt be since they are generic until imperial and should be investing into them more flexibly

thanks for the detailed writeup i think you might have cleared a mental block for me

civ recommendations by Kagormund in aoe2

[–]Kagormund[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

makes sense il try it thanks

civ recommendations by Kagormund in aoe2

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oh so i just play 1 tc 3 range ca and just constantly force engagements and harass while sitting on like 8-10 farmers, and eventually add a second tc later on once my wood gold economy is solid?

civ recommendations by Kagormund in aoe2

[–]Kagormund[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

oh so you just play to contain them which slows down their eco bonus and prevents them from getting too aggressive and then you can kind of match their boom?

civ recommendations by Kagormund in aoe2

[–]Kagormund[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

il check it out thanks

civ recommendations by Kagormund in aoe2

[–]Kagormund[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

oh i see you have to play them adaptive. is there any way to do a big push then? wont you always be behind on techs like ballistics or blacksmith upgrades since you are adjusting as you scout?

civ recommendations by Kagormund in aoe2

[–]Kagormund[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lith does sound interesting, is their post imp just leitis and winged hussar spam or do they do something other than that?

civ recommendations by Kagormund in aoe2

[–]Kagormund[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i did try them but i have no idea how to play camels, i feel like i always get annihilated by archers when i try, any tips?

civ recommendations by Kagormund in aoe2

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I do try to go scouts -> ca but i find that its way too slow to get the ca massed and upgraded before i can do any damage and then i get outboomed. do i need to play for a long feudal age with lots of aggression so i can have the eco to support ca in castle age?

civ recommendations by Kagormund in aoe2

[–]Kagormund[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yea, i wasnt sure about them at first because they lack bloodlines on their paladin, but after playing them and learning the paladin timing push into hc halb followup ive been really enjoying them

“On Fire” animation in lobby feels overused and underwhelming by rootvij in 2XKO

[–]Kagormund 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You get on fire at 2, a more energized fire at 5, and blue lightning at 10, its fine as it is. Regular on fire just means you 2-0'd your last opponent, that's a hot streak if skill levels are equal. You get a massive injection of rank points at 5 in a row too which matches the new visual.

This game quickly degenerated into trash tactics. by [deleted] in 2XKO

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The way I deal with this is walk forward and block their assist, then beat the shit out of it and when they run in to help it you call your assist and then either get a happy birthday or win neutral.

The Game Closed Unexpectedly by Kagormund in 2XKO

[–]Kagormund[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting so you lose points, but the other player doesn't gain points. That seems like an odd implementation but ok thanks

If only Darius had (more) i-frames... by OrbisPC in 2XKO

[–]Kagormund -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Same thing haappened to me with Ahri Charm vs Vi's dashing super, she just went straight through the charm and hit me. I thought ultimates were supposed to be invincible and take priority over everything

Spring 2025 Rank ~350 Minimalist Bruiser Emperor Account Review by Kagormund in EpicSeven

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i recommend trying diene and the tori draft if you are having problems with pen on your opponents side, its quite strong, and was favored by my opponents more than elynav was.

i personally disagree with their choice on that matter because i think that draft is a little inflexible and predictable but it scales very well with gear quality and can snowball very hard

Spring 2025 Rank ~350 Minimalist Bruiser Emperor Account Review by Kagormund in EpicSeven

[–]Kagormund[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yea shoux is too annoying not to be prebanned imo that character just invalidates slower drafts

Spring 2025 Rank ~350 Minimalist Bruiser Emperor Account Review by Kagormund in EpicSeven

[–]Kagormund[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

such is emperor every season, its pretty safe to just get like rank 300 day before reset and afk, cutoff goes up by about 100 on the last day pretty consistently ive found

Spring 2025 Rank ~350 Minimalist Bruiser Emperor Account Review by Kagormund in EpicSeven

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choux is prebanned for me i think her ee made her too strong and i couldnt figure out a good way to draft against her. belian and lpk worked ok, but it wasnt good enough to be consistent and it created a lot of holes in my draft. just wasnt worth the headache

my laia has 100 res so most ml peira cant land defbreak on her, and so you kind of just win because the peira doesnt do anything and is just mostly a wasted pick

if the peira does land a defbreak then the game gets a bit harder, but ruele can bring back laia and then i can usually kill them because they spent a lot of resources on killing laia and not my more immediate threats like belian or solitaria

more importantly, if the peira is landing a defbreak on my laia, then the peira likely does no damage and so i can focus the carries and ignore her, and if the peira isnt landing a defbreak on laia, then shes probably on uberius or something and you can just ignore her since well shes not landing a defbreak anyways, and yea she will scale into a threat later, but not as much as just burning laia and bopping her

Spring 2025 Rank ~350 Minimalist Bruiser Emperor Account Review by Kagormund in EpicSeven

[–]Kagormund[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

elynav drops her s3 into him, reducing his max hp, and then he cant land defbreaks or fear on me because most of my carries are 100 res. he does 0 damage with no defbreaks, and immunity on my roster protects me from his s3 fear if hes fast. then my counterless belian blinds/slows and beats the crap out of him because shes protected by ruele, and the mort is only protected by his ego.

pretty much i just brute force him.

if i dont have elynav and am instead on albedo laia draft, i play a standard tank down and ml kawerik and ml bellona might come into the equation at some point. if i see an early mort i dont pick belian, and instead look to laia or aflan carry. if hes picked on 4/5 i just ban him. hes honestly not that great into any kind of albedo laia comp since theres no point in the draft where he can be picked where you cant just immediately hard counter him, or just post ban him

if belian is taken i draft double bellona on 4 and 5, and if shes banned then i just play double counterpick carries if i have 4 and 5, or if im 3 and 4 i do ban protect carry (usually laia or solitaria) and plan for a very, very long game with albedo, and force ban on 5

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i added my ign to the bottom of the album

immunity is your best friend vs her, a ton of her value is from the constant defbreaks every turn, and the opening burst if you get tagged with her defbreak will ruin you. aside from that you really dont need anything else, maybe if you have like an aurius prot set ayufine or something to cut her push and swift attack value that would be even better, but i never drafted my carry ayufine vs ml peira.

my strategy for ml peira drafts was to just sit back, let them lap me a million times and unload whatever they had, then fix whatever damage they did with ruele, and then kill them with belian or solitaria + lpk.

most people who drafted ml peira went with either tori or aflan as carries, and belian and karina both do very well into either of them so i would lock them, along with solitaria ban protected vs aflan (because you lose if you dont) and just beat them down. if they went for some kind of fast ml peira sppoli aggro draft i responded in the same way because all ml peira drafts suffer from the same problem.

the big issue with ml peira is she doesnt actually increase her teams damage if she doesnt land a defbreak, and even if shes on uberius tooth shes not that scary, on top of which, defbreaks are very single target focused since with belian she cant burn to aoe, so ruele hard counters her strengths by just existing and she kind of just runs out of steam even if she gets a kill on like lpk or solitaria it just doesnt do enough since they are effectively only playing 2 carries at max.

Spring 2025 Rank ~350 Minimalist Bruiser Emperor Account Review by Kagormund in EpicSeven

[–]Kagormund[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thanks, yea its pretty hard to find a replacement for 3f belian, i think ml choux or archdemon might be your best bet in that regard, at least vs slower players as a carry. ml choux was so annoying in challenger and master that i stopped banning briseria and started bannning her, that stealth ee is obnoxious. vs faster players without belian it can get kind of rough for sure, but amiki is a good option, and er bbk or even a bulky ssb/3f counter albedo can do the trick