Wednesday, July 13, 2005

Advance Wars 2 'Strategy' : Bundle City

Well, its been such a long time since i last talked about advance wars 2 startegy. I hoped that people who played advance wars 2 had benefitted from the walk though of little island.

Now, its time to fulfill the thing that i had promised for so long, the next advance wars 2 strategy, Bundle City. It is part of a celebration for finishing the physic test.

Bundle city is a pre-deployed map, thus you only have a limited amount of troop. In this map, you will receive:
1 B Copter
1 Tank
1 A-Air
1 Rocket
1 Artillery
1 Recon
2 Mech
2 Infantry

Another note is that bundle city has a huge amount of Cities, so much so you will think that this map was created simply for 1 CO

So it sounds kinda restricted eh? Well, there is a CO domination strategy available for this map which i exploited. So lets just get down to it shall we...

Our Best Pick CO:
Sensei (Yellow Comet)

Recommended COs:
Andy (Orange Star)(As can be seen by his CO power and he's overall usefulness in pre-deployed)
Colin (Blue Moon)(Tons and tons of city for you to capture, go and get Power Of Money and let those money you collected be useful)
Kanbei (Yellow Comet)(Always useful in pre-deployed map due to Overpowered troops)

COs that are OK on this map:
Max (Orange Star)(Because of his strong close range forces)
rocket right at the start... That probably explains everything)
Sonja (Yellow Comet)(Force your opponent to attack the wrong thing due to the concealed health and works well in FOW)
Jess (Green Earth)(Because of her annoying powered-up vehicles which can move very fast due to the easy terrian)

The rest of the COs don't really work on this map as
a) The map does not have very heavy penalties on terrain like mountains and trees as there is too much cities already
b)They do not have their strengths on this map (Eagle and Drake) so they seem completely useless...

Well, after the analysis of COs, lets get down to the strategy for the best pick CO.
As you can see from the map description, this map is just full of cities all cramped together, so why do i love Sensei so much on this map? Just because of his CO abilites.

His CO power causes 9HP infantry to land on all allied cities, ready to be deployed
His Super CO power causes 9HP mech to land on all allied cities, ready to be deployed

What does this essentially mean? This means that this map would no longer be a pre-deployed map. This is because you will just keep on receiving more and more troops while your opponent who did not choose Sensei would be crushed under the constantly appearing infantry and mechs.

In fact, sometimes they would become so scared they would not even dare to attack you...

You must remember that Sensei strategy lies in capturing lots and lots of building. The more building you capture, the more powerful your CO power will be, simply because more and more troops will land. You will also do well to remember that Sensei got an annoying firepower bonus for the foot soldiers.

So what can i say?

Have fun laughing at your opponent as you start a bloodbath with your troops, i mean you got too many to spare... Let your foot soldiers march across the map taking damage and getting wiped out. Once the CO power charges up, let it rip and continue marching across the map until you finish off your opponent.

One piece of advice for people trying this strategy: Do not disperse your troops right at the start of the game, because you still have to blunt the early attack of your opponent. Also, don't let them touch your infantry unless you have at least 3 buildings captured. There is an annoying counter against this strategy which includes wiping out your infantry first.

In short, do watch your troops. This strategy is not like the little island where it is usually a sure win. Provided that your opponent thinks logically and wipe out the infantry, you will be so doomed...

Another side note: Just like in Little island, Colin is very strong here under the hands of a pro... Do watch out

Go trash your opponent...

The next advance wars 2 'strategy' would be on hold for a while due to the annoying fact that there is tons of homework and no one for me to test the strategy on...

Discmon

No comments: