Example of compact defence + reports

[Sir Mathijs]

Hey. I have been thinking of going compact for weeks now and I decided to just do it. Then I decided to test how strong it would be to have and what it would take to kill.

The numbers are all 100x smaller than theya re supposed to be; both for attacker and defender (except for AT I didn't want to break down; those didnt matter anything at all though in these tests since it was for cav)

NOTE: I didnt heal during the attacks; pretended to be offline. Also moved all my scout out.

Start with:
350 worker
3.1k warrior
160 pike
2.2k sword
1.8k arch
580 cav
40 phract
3.2k balls (should have been 320 but in this case didnt make a difference)
x rams
x pults
15.6K AT
50 logs

Now I hear people say that compact defence is vulnerable to cav. So we tried ''cav smacks''. Very tiny ones, just to see what would be hit, how much etc. NOTE: the attackers hero's are low. I dont except someone sending their best hero but it IS possibly they kill 2x more if they send a real good hero.

Battle report links:
http://battle131.evony.com/default.h...07ef9ab8e5.xml
battle131.evony.com/default.html?logfile/20100629/5d/97/5d97eafac5661e9dda423355b52f47b8.xml
battle131.evony.com/default.html?logfile/20100629/34/52/3452b8de2ea3c8da8927b943496a9056.xml
battle131.evony.com/default.html?logfile/20100629/84/00/84008c806ba4b3c1f0fed8d02e84e189.xml
battle131.evony.com/default.html?logfile/20100629/05/48/0548401d226ef8456e89319bec387712.xml
battle131.evony.com/default.html?logfile/20100629/7b/02/7b025998a2563f31847805199db29096.xml
battle131.evony.com/default.html?logfile/20100629/d0/3e/d03e015945fc74dc4e01f5721201c378.xml
battle131.evony.com/default.html?logfile/20100629/e8/1d/e81dcb091fa598c670129897c9c0d2ca.xml
battle131.evony.com/default.html?logfile/20100629/36/d5/36d5a0f7e2efbd613e16fffe005064fa.xml
battle131.evony.com/default.html?logfile/20100629/bb/1d/bb1d8895c16138effa852ff048516675.xml
battle131.evony.com/default.html?logfile/20100629/8d/51/8d5124a8bd3a025e147b43add1925066.xml
battle131.evony.com/default.html?logfile/20100629/02/b5/02b5a6cbc6388edfce13326b0e5a9040.xml

Screenshots (work now):














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As you can see, even with all my layers cleared, the cav couldnt reach my archer. This means that with catapults setting range, you (should be/) are invulnerable to cav smacks on your archers (I know something isn't right here but ok..)
So lets assume the last cav wave took out my archers + balls

Lets work out the losses:
I lose:
35k worker
300k warrior
220k sword
17k pike
55k cav
4k phract
180k archer
32.5k ball
x ram/pult

Attacker lost:
1.2m cav

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Now I know it is possible to layer the attacks better. But just look at this. Isnt compact defence beautiful if you look at it this way?

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Still has to be tested:
taking out compact defence with archers
(I assume this would take about 1.1m archer, not tested yet)

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Just wanted to share this with ya'll. Cheers

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No Im not going to do this with actual numbers and waste my troops. You can do that yourself.