What is the counter to the Nod Bike rush ?

[Jules]

The online game, seems to plagued by Nod bike rushes, attacking my harvesters and base as a GDI player. I don't know what the obvious counter is.

I also notice in replays that the NOD players, build two Airstrips quite early in the game. What are the advantages of two airstrips. Do the Units get built quicker ?

[Palestrina]

Hi,

yes, 2 airfields (or two barracks / Hands of Nod) double the production speed.

How to counter a bikerush? I've tried to figure it out myself. I've tried infantry, doesn't work as they are too slow to protect the harvesters. Harvesters are always on the brink of death against Nod.

In 1v1 Nod will always be dominant, just look at the leaderboard an check the replays of the top ten, nearly all of them seem to play Nod. I've watched about 50 replays, they all seem to come down to bike/buggy vs. bike/buggy :)

[Jules]

Thanks
As I prefer to play as GDI, but I guess I will have to give up on Quickmatch multiplayer with all this typical Nod rush tactic all the time.

[I am Goyim]

im currently working on a gdi vs nod bike/buggy meta too ill let everyone know when i figure it out lol

[delta]

From what I've seen in other posts, you counter bikes with Humvees and grenadiers,

[Darkfireslide]

This is how it always has been in Tib Dawn, sadly. There isn't really a good counter play. You can Humvee/Gren against a less skilled player or pull off some other cheese like Engis, but in a match of two equally skilled players it is much more difficult for GDI to win overall.

[ambosen]

Pretty much any infantry, idieally supported with guard towers or humvees. Rocket soldiers are able to outrange it and you can buy two for nearly every bike. Minigunners are cheap, and you can build good sized groups of them faster then they can build bikes. Grenadiers are kind of vulnerable, so try to make sure their forward of your other trroops. Flamethrowerr and chem warrirorr infantry can obliterate them almost effortlessly, provided you can get them close enough, but again, vulnerable.

A few sandbags or chainlink fences scattered around your base can also help you delay things while building up those forces depending upon size of Nod bike rushes. Also, sending your own harrassment runs to their base early on with humvees, medium tanks or infantry helps a lot.