Rattan only army

[Aribad]

Just started and i'm wondering would it be fun to play Rattan only army to get some wealth?
I mean upgrading the tree wholly, will they be strong enough to survive against other green/blue teams?
Would i be wasting anything else than my time trying it?

[ObjectOrient]

You would be wasting the time of your random team mates by forcing them to carry you in a lot of matches - especially after purple and gold units have unlocked later in the season.

Having said that, if it is fun for you then have at it. Just don't be surprised when team mates start to call you out on it and don't be surprised when you get steam rolled in battles too.

Even before the purple and gold units unlock during the season, there are better units to pick for pikes, shield and sword than rattan.

[★Jaw★]

Of the Rattan units, Marksmen and Pikemen are the most useful, and still useful even in golds. But you gotta make sure they are mastered. Their poison is great as a support factor for your team. It'll slow enemies and weaken them, as well as do a bit of damage. It's easy to int them, but if you use them with some intelligence, you'd be fine. Marksmen in particular are very useful. Glass cannons, so they will die quickly if you aren't careful, but unshielded enemies will be obliterated.

[Aribad]

Ok thanks, sounds like a hard mode. The game wants me to open some other blue units so maybe i'll abandon the idea then :(

About the purple and gold units, if i'm supposed to use them is it doable without spending money? I wanna try F2P at least for the first 100 hours.

[★Jaw★]

Originally posted by Aribad:

Ok thanks, sounds like a hard mode. The game wants me to open some other blue units so maybe i'll abandon the idea then :(

About the purple and gold units, if i'm supposed to use them is it doable without spending money? I wanna try F2P at least for the first 100 hours.

Rattan Marksmen are still useful.

As for units in general, you don't have to use seasonal units if you don't want to. They are good but there are units in the unit tree that are pretty decent. Iron Reapers. Palace Guards. Imperial Pike Guards, Imperial Spear Guards. Men-at-arms. Hussars. Monastic Knights. Shenji Grenadiers. Don't sell the unit-tree units short. They all fill a role, its up to you to deploy them correctly and get value.

[ChaosKhan]

Originally posted by Aribad:

Just started and i'm wondering would it be fun to play Rattan only army to get some wealth?
I mean upgrading the tree wholly, will they be strong enough to survive against other green/blue teams?
Would i be wasting anything else than my time trying it?

From the Rattan tree, only the Marksmen are somewhat good (but only if you have tons of purple crossbow doctrines slapped onto them) and the Rangers are somewhat playable. Bows are a meme, while Pikes and Swords will only appear okay while you are still low level, but once you hit lvl 80 or something and start running into purple units, they will just die with 1-2 kills at best.

[★Jaw★]

Originally posted by ChaosKhan:

Originally posted by Aribad:

Just started and i'm wondering would it be fun to play Rattan only army to get some wealth?
I mean upgrading the tree wholly, will they be strong enough to survive against other green/blue teams?
Would i be wasting anything else than my time trying it?

From the Rattan tree, only the Marksmen are somewhat good (but only if you have tons of purple crossbow doctrines slapped onto them) and the Rangers are somewhat playable. Bows are a meme, while Pikes and Swords will only appear okay while you are still low level, but once you hit lvl 80 or something and start running into purple units, they will just die with 1-2 kills at best.

You're using the pikes wrong if that's what your clearing. Charge doc, poison doc and soemthing for more pen and they will perform well in team fights. Mastered they'll slow enemies. I've killed Iron Reapers with Rattan Pikes, granted lost two thirds of the unit, but thats a great trade for a gold.