Into the Trollwoods

[sffrrrom]

Maybe I'm missing something but...this map is just impossible. I'm playing on Hard and haven't had too much trouble so far, lost maybe a couple of units, gotten at least some loot from each stage...

and this map just destroys me. I've tried it twice; the second time I played it pretty much optimally, reach the end of the map with my units in almost perfect health, and the enemy army just swarms me. They have more than double the number of units I have, and at least five missile units, which makes it pretty much impossible to attack them.

(Speaking of which, you would think the secret to dealing with missile units would be flank the melee units and engage them in melee, but attacking a missile unit in this game is like charging into a machine gun pill box).

Should I just start the whole campaign over or something? I don't see any way I can possibly beat this.

[primetide_dev]

Well the trick here is to draw them out and use ambush as well as the bear's roar ability to break them. Tanking with heroes and trolls.
But draw them towards the forest and don't engage them at the forest's edge.
You can always replay and set difficulty to normal before entering the map if need be.

[VladK02]

Originally posted by primetide_dev:

Well the trick here is to draw them out and use ambush as well as the bear's roar ability to break them. Tanking with heroes and trolls.
But draw them towards the forest and don't engage them at the forest's edge.
You can always replay and set difficulty to normal before entering the map if need be.

this. kite them basically. ambush, retreat, ambush, retreat. use troll hero to soak up archer fire.

[sffrrrom]

Well I had the correct idea. The first time I tried was basically a total wipe because I had two morale debuffs from unpopular decisions and my whole army routed. The second time was closer when I tried something like this. Maybe I'll give it another try.

[Isisius]

Yeah i had trouble on this the first time i played it on hard. The enemy has SO MANY UNITS lol.

I found that theres like a line of trees, then a line of space, then the bunches of trees behind that. I found that unless i drew them into that line gap, the forest gave them too much missile cover. So i drew them right past that first line of trees to the forest and was able to deal with them much better in that gap.
And yeah, try and soak damage on your heroes or those trolls you dont care about.
Also remember that the trolls you find are mercenary so you can lose them and not worry (mwahahaha)
This was the first map i actually had to plan my battlefield location carefully on hard, so i quite liked it.