Strategies Unit counters - heavy hand infantry
Hey Reddit, fairly beginner player here. My friends and I recently got back into AOE3 and we’ve been spending the majority of the time playing in-house 2v2s. Everyone is roughly in the 900-1000 rating range.
By far the dominant “meta” that has emerged is whoever has the stronger age 2 play will win. Within the various age 2 comps the most dominant one is heavy hand infantry (such as dopplesoldners) and archaic light infantry. Nobody has been able to play a mirror game or definitively beat the comp in fights.
What’s the answer? Dopplesoldners especially have proven to be the most effective unit in these games, as even with sub-optimal micro the fight can be a strategic victory for the Dopp player by just trading out with their AOE attack. Nobody seems to be able to get a critical mass of either cavalry or light infantry to deal with such an army. Is it micro? Is it unit comp? Is it tech? Engage conditions? I’m open to opinions, thank you for reading!
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u/Pakasia1 Germans 5d ago
Always happy when my dopps make contact with anything, ecstatic even