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Strategy and Tactics / Re: 2 battle forges. Is it viable?
« on: March 12, 2017, 06:21:34 PM »Thank you all for your replies - good thougths in there.A bit vulnerable to a rush or counter rush, but against a medium-speed builder it is quite effective.
Can you elaborate on this a bit further?
Shouldn't it be pretty good against rush, because you have high armor already on the start of turn 2?
It seems a bit vulnerable because you use almost all mana putting the forges out and then probably some mana generation/banking stuff. Rings of curses and the like. It doesn't really leave much wriggle-room cover if a Beasty comes charging in with a couple of boulders or a teleported bear.
But if you are left alone by about turn 4 you are pretty well kitted out, would have a couple of enchantments face down and will be marching over to lay some smack down with the inevitable blood demon reaper ready to pop out.
In my experience, anyway. It has served well in my current meta.
(a note on my terminology: when I refer to counter-rush I mean a reactive, unplanned rush by the opponent that starts on turn 2, rather than an intended one that goes from turn 1)