do people think khmer civ is op

[sam.pidgeon]

anyone find khmer civ just op on all maps mainly arena or am i just ♥♥♥♥ against them lol

[earendil]

Well it depends. They can be really strong if they get a free boom but i wouldnt say that they are overpowered.

[TheDiaper]

Latter

[jonoliveira12]

People like to boom forever, and then get destroyed by a civ that has a strong but expensive UU, and a good bonus to Farming.
That is why.

[Gulag Goulash]

I play Khmer and what usually wrecks me consistently are gunpowder civs with bc/bt

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their villagers can farm anywhere, they can hide in house so you can hardly find them and harass them

[sam.pidgeon]

As I had team games against them before where I tried to castle drop them and sometimes allies not helped push on advantage and then they been able to book and crush our armies.

I tend to go siege and pikes against them

[Heimdall313]

If you let them boom to the point of two dozen ballista elephant and you don't have an equal number of bombard cannons, you're basically screwed.

If you don't let them amass the resources they need to function with a proper rush or just cutting their gold, then they don't have anything special to watch out for (like Elite Huszar for example).

[sam.pidgeon]

Tried to castle drop them and cut off the gold outside the base but lost my castles due to being destroyed by enemy trebuchets and fact an ally on my left flank did not press on an incas enemy.

I was Japan on arena due to gothic ally so would benefit from team bonus think I go Slavs next time or one civ with bombard cannon

[TheClowN]

they usually die to halb+SO

[sam.pidgeon]

I was using halberdiers and onegars as Japanese yesterday on arena and sadly enemy was just too numerous on that occasion

[jonoliveira12]

Originally posted by sam.pidgeon:

I was using halberdiers and onegars as Japanese yesterday on arena and sadly enemy was just too numerous on that occasion

Rams work better than Onagers, against Ballista Elephants.
Ballista Elephants count as Siege, and Rams have a hefty bonus against Siege.

[sam.pidgeon]

i never used rams against them as last nights match enemy had alot of spears so i needed something that could massacre many units quickly

[Fighting Bones]

I play Khmer a bit and they are the most dangerous if you allow them to boom freely especially on BF or Michi they are very dangerous if left alone to long. The best strat is to attack early like in castle and keep them from booming

[sam.pidgeon]

yes i just won as khmer civ on michi map i was trying to fast castle and break through forest early using those elephant units they get

[Creeping Death (VvvvV)]

I use them alot and I have found that the most effective thing against the UUs are aztec eagles. Fully upgraded if possible. The Eagles get bonus vs siege, move quickly , and have a very high attack before the bonus.