Earth Army vs. Alien Army

[Space Viking]

Realistically, how many Earth armies does it take to kill an alien army? I know the military tech level matters so how about the Earth armies at 4.5-4.6 (most of my armies) or 5.8 (where my US armies are at)?

[Damedius]

The U.S, can usually have enough Miltech in time to 1v1. For most other countries you are going to have to be in the spot before they land.

I wouldn't like my chances with the level of armies you have currently. You would have to outnumber them by a lot to be able to cycle units in and out of combat.

[SteelHeart]

If you aren't fighting with a fair tech advantage then a numbers advantage is what you need. I don't know what it is but I kind feel like an extra army for every miltech level you are behind should do it, although you should still just throw as many armies as you can at them and make sure to have them in the region before they deploy. If you catch them as they spawn then they start at 50% hp.

All else fails, nukes are you friend.

[Space Viking]

The only army-army fights so far for me were 6-7 US armies versus individual alien ones and the US stomped them. Apparently the higher tech armies are faster because there were some lower tech ones sent at the same time but they didn't make it.

[BrowneHawk]

It really depends on how the landings are and how many land at once and honestly not sure what affects it because its different for me every time.

Ideally you get one landing of 3 armies. Sometimes they land 6 all together with a follow up not far behind. If they land the armies in different spots, EZ, if they are in the same area you will have to use a nuke.

For me I tend to make sure I always have a hi militech army because even at 5.7 the suggested minimum militech, it can be tough and you might have to end up using a nuke still.

I'm surprised people don't mention orbital bombard. A month ago I went into an invasion with under 6 militech, they were doing alright, but when I went to pull some armies away to heal, the xeno did oribital strikes on me and killed off 2 armies with navies, pretty big loss at invasion time.

[ulzgoroth]

I'm pretty sure I was able to take them down handily at 5 or 6 to one using armies below miltech 6.

I'm pretty sure it's possible to attain miltech higher than the aliens, though I have yet to do so.