How to counter mass bikes?

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1v1 Quickmatch

[I am Goyim]

im actually in the mits of figuring that one out myself. im assuming if you are playing gdi you would use grenades an rocket men in mass scattered defending EVERYTHING. and node you would just counter by using the same unit otherwise mass minigunners an rocket men

[Kohchu]

Build a Medium tank.

Larger vehicles can squish Recon Bikes by force moving.

[Erik93203]

i think he means massive bikes.... u know when there's too much and they will outrun you.

[DaemonSultan]

spam humvees

[ambosen]

Large groups of minigunners have always been my go to for those. Not much good for large tank rushes, but they'll carve through light vehicles fairly quickly, especially if you have static defenses such as guard towers up around your base's perimeter. Also keep in mind bikes are fragile, but very effective against airrcraft and vehicles.

[JoshSA]

Originally posted by Shadowlord90:

Build a Medium tank.

Larger vehicles can squish Recon Bikes by force moving.

Recon bikes will simply out run medium tanks, and they are not a cost effective way of dealing with them.

Originally posted by DaemonSultan:

spam humvees

If the opponent is spamming recon bikes he will simply out do you in high numbers. 5 Recon Bikes are better than 5 humvees from what I've seen.

Originally posted by ambosen:

Large groups of minigunners have always been my go to for those. Not much good for large tank rushes, but they'll carve through light vehicles fairly quickly, especially if you have static defenses such as guard towers up around your base's perimeter. Also keep in mind bikes are fragile, but very effective against airrcraft and vehicles.

Yeah this might be a good way of doing it. The once I managed to defend against mass recon bikes and it was using a combination of minigunners and rocket troops surrounding my base. But this only works if you have safe Tiberium or else they can just pick off your harvesters.

[Narcisist]

Riflemen are cheap and effective. Put a few around the base and the enemy will lose interest. They also spot stealth tanks as a bonus (all infantry do).
Humvees are good for reaction against moving bike packs. Also they are maybe the only counter where tiberium fields are concerned.
A rocket soldier or grenadier is a nightmare for a bike.
Also in bottlenecks or traps, you can force move over a bike and crush them, even with harvesters, but this is a rare circumstance.

[DaemonSultan]

Originally posted by JoshSA:

If the opponent is spamming recon bikes he will simply out do you in high numbers. 5 Recon Bikes are better than 5 humvees from what I've seen

The thing is, you can make six humvees (and a rifleman) while your opponent makes 5 bikes. Trust me: humvee spam does quite good against bike spam.

[Kohchu]

Originally posted by JoshSA:

Originally posted by Shadowlord90:

Build a Medium tank.

Larger vehicles can squish Recon Bikes by force moving.

Recon bikes will simply out run medium tanks, and they are not a cost effective way of dealing with them.

Originally posted by DaemonSultan:

spam humvees

If the opponent is spamming recon bikes he will simply out do you in high numbers. 5 Recon Bikes are better than 5 humvees from what I've seen.

Originally posted by ambosen:

Large groups of minigunners have always been my go to for those. Not much good for large tank rushes, but they'll carve through light vehicles fairly quickly, especially if you have static defenses such as guard towers up around your base's perimeter. Also keep in mind bikes are fragile, but very effective against airrcraft and vehicles.

Yeah this might be a good way of doing it. The once I managed to defend against mass recon bikes and it was using a combination of minigunners and rocket troops surrounding my base. But this only works if you have safe Tiberium or else they can just pick off your harvesters.

The Driver of the Recon Bikes has to give them their utmost attention in order to be a ♥♥♥♥ with them. And if he is, he's not paying attention to other ♥♥♥♥.

An ideal counter would be to keep an APC full of Engineers nearby his base, and if you see he's heckling with Recons, drive in and start capping. If he pulls his attention away to deal with his base, you can squish them with your harvester even.

[Cat]

Mass bikes of your own. Nod vs Nod tend to go down this boring buggy/bike mirror since the original game.

[Jakobb1]

Yeah as excited as I am to be playing this again, I certainly don't care for the bike spam. Just got zerg rushed a couple times from bikes and honestly it's annoying. Would be nice if a tank would do more than tickle a bike btw.