NE~Why go mass Hippographriders and not go mass achers

[IHATEMRJONS]

Yes we have talked about the power of archers and all that stuff and we may have talked about the power of mass hippographs but y would u ever go mass hippograph riders wen mass archers can just kick its ass. i dont like to go mass archers but lately i have seen alot of mass hippographs, the only advantage is, is that it is air, and that is not to big of a deal. Wen u go mass archers that means that u have double the amount of units as a person going mass hippograph riders and they both deal the same amount of damage, i dont understand this, y would someone go mass hippographriders.

[Dark_NightElfs]

BECAUSE WHEN U GO VS HUMENS OR UNDEAD THEY MOST OF THE TIMES GO MELLE AM THEY CANT ATTACK AIR UNITS.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THATS WAT I THINK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Fuzzly]

ROFL I USE CAPS SO THAT MEANS THAT I AM IMPORTANT!

[Aeris22]

mass archers are much better than mass hypo riders BUT you have to mix in some land bassed melee the DOTC escpeally

[_NoFx_]

actually archers have low defense and low hp, 3-4 hero hits kills one archer... so if the guy masses ghouls, footmen, hunts or any tier 1 meelee units, archers get raped and they give mass exp to heroes, plus carrion or shockwave hurts them ALOT.. its like hippo riders vs gargoyles... they have no damn chances.. so u cant go mass archers without any meatshield caus u'll suck bad

[Aeris22]

yea thats what i just said

[_NoFx_]

yeah but I explained why

[3xpo]

USUALLY (ADDING TO CAP ON STEROIDS) DONT GO STRAIGHT HIPPOS GO HUNTS + ARCHS OR HUNTS + DRYADS

[x42bn6]

Archers + Hunts/Dryads are very effective. I only build the AoW so that I can bring out Chims to terrorize workers in bases and devastate Towers.

[Samsara]

go hippo riders because you can do the happy dance when you sing "cant touch this" to the melee units.

[vash2003]

i think that massing hippos is great because mainly peeps go for melee and casters so if you have hippos and some gargs to back you up i believe youll dominate. i tried it it works.

[x42bn6]

go hippo riders because you can do the happy dance when you sing "cant touch this" to the melee units.

Sing goodbye when Gryphon Riders start decimating you. Go Archers! They have an obscene amount of damage, all in 150/10/2.

[Samsara]

Originally posted by x42bn6
Sing goodbye when Gryphon Riders start decimating you. Go Archers! They have an obscene amount of damage, all in 150/10/2.

but wont gryphons do the same damage to archers ( i usually have 2-4 unmounted hippos for anti air)

[M3_feelin_0wn3d]

dont go archer or hippo.
go talon they rule the ground and are best aa when in air
and u fly in a base,morph attack,morph,fly away
mass archer ownz hippo cause=
less food
less money
takes not so much time
u can aow rush with it as melee 8)

[RageWinterchill]

They're not THAT good at AA. Gargs have consistently ripped them new ones in just about ever battle I've ever fought. As for the current question, it's a judgment call. Hippo Riders are spared the deadly AoE unit nukes that usually tear apart Archers, but have less of the firepower, whereas mass Archers is the total reverse.

[Samsara]

Originally posted by M3_feelin_0wn3d
dont go archer or hippo.
go talon they rule the ground and are best aa when in air
and u fly in a base,morph attack,morph,fly away
mass archer ownz hippo cause=
less food
less money
takes not so much time
u can aow rush with it as melee 8)

dude what are u smoking and why arent u sharing. i have a nice squad of 6-7 riders and Pom and Dh with the rest being unmounted hippos. they tear through air like gargs. (talons phssh) they do less damage and have a lot less life.....

[Dantae]

Hippos are good because there quick and like most of you's have been saying people go mass melee and tear though your archers so this why u can get around the battle field quicker and there more affective.

[x42bn6]

I still prefer Archers for their obscene damage. You should know they do about 40 damage.

[M3_feelin_0wn3d]

hippo rider have exact same damage.
but maybe hippo wil own the archer BUT u wont have the time to build a nice and cumfy mass hippo rider.
archers u can have in 5 minutes about 70+ food. and if i would attack u would be SO dead

[x42bn6]

Hippo riders can do 40+ damage?

Archers and Hunts are the main thing that will get SOMEWHERE with NE, at least, and I'll stick to that thanx.