Lynx clan question.

[Yuna]

Is the plan any good the reviews on it say they bad but guessing they old and most reviews are by people who don't actually know how to write a actual review.

I'm just wondering if they any good or been updated to the point that they not so bad now? as I am kinda interested in them gaining spirits when you kill units seems fun and the spike traps.

[Yuna]

Originally posted by Fortytudo:

Lynx is pretty hard to manage even for a seasoned veteran. The relic(spike trap) is underwhelming and has very little use, the spirit animals disappear after a short period of time.
If youre just a casual player, you will most likely not have a good time with them, but its a very strong clan otherwise.

I'm looking for a clan that is a really strong domination clan. Wolf is fun but feels a little weak or i'm just not good at this game, Raven is pretty cool to fight from afar but not really my play style.

Lynx and Kraken seemed interesting, since lynx cats can regenerate and don't need to worry about huts but the reviews are bad so wanted some advice and both clans can have extra units show up when you kill things.

[Yuna]

Originally posted by Fortytudo:

Originally posted by Yuna:

I'm looking for a clan that is a really strong domination clan.

Im pretty sure Lynx cant win with anything other than domination unless youre expecting to play for 2+ hours. Lynxes eco is more on the weak side almost like Wolf, so its hard to play, but its not exactly an agressive clan either.
Its a steamrolling clan like Ox which can sweep the whole map in 1 attack given enough time.

I see What about Kraken?

[Yuna]

Originally posted by Fortytudo:

Originally posted by Yuna:

I see What about Kraken?

Kraken is a no-brainer. Extremely strong eco, extremely strong military, to the point of being boring because its so broken.

Do you think they will ever nerf them?
What do you think of rat? I see people say they are kinda bad.

[Yuna]

Originally posted by Fortytudo:

Originally posted by Yuna:

Do you think they will ever nerf them?

I dont think they will. Considering how the balance is getting more broken after each update and how they were buffing kraken since its release, I dont think the people in charge of balance know anything. Hell, Im still waiting for them to realise how broken shield bearers are. The game is being balanced around casual players, so unless they start complaining about something, the devs wont nerf it.

Originally posted by Yuna:

What do you think of rat? I see people say they are kinda bad.

Rat is micro-intensive which is unusual for this game, so people are saying its bad. You can easily understand from the reviews which clans are hard to play and which ones are easy. The hard ones get all the negative reviews because casuals cant play those. Doesnt mean they are bad. Rat is strong, very strong in the hands of a pro. And absolutely useless in the hands of a casual.

Don't they have some of of poison attack or something?

I do kinda wish food was less to colonise it does seem like a game around getting like about 3 or 4 zones then you just fight games don't last too long but might be just me as I'm still new and bad at this game.

[Yuna]

Oh wow, thanks for the replies you was a real help :) I will have to give kraken ago Lynx seems cool cus of the fire arrows but as you said seems to be a bit underwhelming earlyish I don't want to die earlyish haha

[Miathan]

I just finished a conquest with Lynx and I'm confused about what its strength is supposed to be. Economy is bad, military strength is nothing special unless you have the spirit beast ability ready, and even then only for a short time, because they only last long enough to attack 1 tile. I struggled a lot and compared to my previous conquest, which was horse clan, it felt like with lynx I was playing a higher difficulty, even though I wasn't.

Honestly the only time lynx was strong military wise was when I had a jotnar fighter, because that fixed one of the biggest weaknesses, which is that lynx has no unit with good survivability, because both the lynxes and the hero die easily.

[Yuna]

Originally posted by Miathan:

I just finished a conquest with Lynx and I'm confused about what its strength is supposed to be. Economy is bad, military strength is nothing special unless you have the spirit beast ability ready, and even then only for a short time, because they only last long enough to attack 1 tile. I struggled a lot and compared to my previous conquest, which was horse clan, it felt like with lynx I was playing a higher difficulty, even though I wasn't.

Honestly the only time lynx was strong military wise was when I had a jotnar fighter, because that fixed one of the biggest weaknesses, which is that lynx has no unit with good survivability, because both the lynxes and the hero die easily.

You tend to get both the cats first, then fight some wolfs to then get the tree that gives both cats regeneration, after that your want the lady cheif.

Mielikki, you tend to go for sharp axes so that you can get spoils are plenty tree, so that your cheif Mielikki, can place down 2 different spots of food with her ability, normally 4 is enough to sustain you, then you can go for weapons to get archery mastery for the 1 free archer.

After playing lots of Lynx, I do feel that in some way she is kinda weak, Mielikki kinda relies on both her cats and her as the front line then you just spam archers.

I do think this is super strong to start with but from playing against lots of bots. I do feel that when the enemy has a big army, your 3 front liners aren't gonna do a whole lot. I know you could make warriors but I don't think that's really her play style to try to create warriors and have to try to make a lot of archers.

[Yuna]

Originally posted by Fortytudo:

Originally posted by Miathan:

Honestly the only time lynx was strong military wise was when I had a jotnar fighter, because that fixed one of the biggest weaknesses, which is that lynx has no unit with good survivability, because both the lynxes and the hero die easily.

If you think Lynx is weak military wise, then you dont know how to play it. Properly upgraded trackers delete everyone.

What do you rush for on her as I'm still a little new and I am kinda tempted by the fire arrows on the Lynx tree.

Some help on how to win with as a domination win would be amazing since I'm still not fully sure how many archers you should have max since this games resources are a little weird when it comes to army building.

[Yuna]

Originally posted by Fortytudo:

Originally posted by Yuna:

What do you rush for on her as I'm still a little new and I am kinda tempted by the fire arrows on the Lynx tree.

Some help on how to win with as a domination win would be amazing since I'm still not fully sure how many archers you should have max since this games resources are a little weird when it comes to army building.

In regular MP I go Caring siblings -> Sibling rivalry -> The wise one -> Double shot -> Path Complete x3
In solo conquest or in situations where you have to scout yourself I take Sharp eye after The wise one.
Lore wise I usually go Sharp axes -> mining efficiency -> Spoils of plenty -> Poaching -> weaponsmith -> Archery mastery -> Feeling safe -> Nimble paws.
Get a food/gold eco going then pump the rest of the stone into camps and steamroll everyone.
Tho the timings are extremely tricky and you have to do everything perfectly otherwise even the smallest mess up is gonna cost you the game which is why almost no one can play it properly. You need to be a very good player in general to perform good with Lynx.

How many archers do u think I should have before I start trying to destroy someones townhall?

also I find it really hard trying to kill someone and have to go back to my zone to heal half way through reaching their base or after a big fight any tips about that?

[Yuna]

Originally posted by Fortytudo:

Originally posted by Yuna:

How many archers do u think I should have before I start trying to destroy someones townhall?

also I find it really hard trying to kill someone and have to go back to my zone to heal half way through reaching their base or after a big fight any tips about that?

There are 2 main questions:
1. Who?
2. When?

If youre playing against AI, then you want to attack as soon as possible. 801-802 with 10 trackers should be enough. AI only poses a real threat late game.

If youre playing against a human player, then the ideal timing would be 802-803 with 15-20 trackers.

Keep in mind that youre not supposed to sustain your army for long. Apart from certain clans, you will always starve if you keep an army up for too long. Lynx is one of those clans where you just Convert and fully commit until your army is dead. Its better to lose your army than to starve. You can recover from losing an army, but you cant recover from starving all your pop.

You said I should let them die in battle does that include my cats and the Lady? or just the archers?

Thats what makes this game really weird then most rts (not that I played many) they lets you sustain a army.

The max Army I have manged to get is around 9 gonna be interesting trying to get to 15 in 802 - 803

also sorry for all the questions im very bad at rts games im more of a turn based player but thanks for all the help

[Forgotten Angel]

I myself like playing Lynx, Idk if by now they gave them a buff but I do not have issues playing them, I normally pair up using the mystical lure with any spawner as my method, or aggressively hunt. The lure for the deer is the first thing I throw down however to secure food for a while. And I always have shield bearers with archers. But if someone could help me understand snake, that would be nice.

[Yuna]

Originally posted by Forgotten Angel:

I myself like playing Lynx, Idk if by now they gave them a buff but I do not have issues playing them, I normally pair up using the mystical lure with any spawner as my method, or aggressively hunt. The lure for the deer is the first thing I throw down however to secure food for a while. And I always have shield bearers with archers. But if someone could help me understand snake, that would be nice.

How many shield bearers do you think is enough?