good map, looking forward to this one. Based Jess pick.

THe APC Late game HAHAHAHAHA

On a two com tower map, Javier actually more than negates his opponent’s com tower because of the way defense works in this game. A unit with base firepower attacking a full HP unit with base defense on plains deals 90% damage, whereas a unit with +10% firepower attacking a full HP unit with +10% defense on plains deals 88% damage. This disparity is further amplified with higher defense bonuses and more terrain stars. It’s one of the main reasons Grimm is so bad and Sturm is so good. It’s a small difference but all the more reason to play Javier!

No cause the Kindle have Urban Bright.

wait doesn't this mean under most situation player 2 is the one that has the advantage

I'd argue that the weak side is the HQ front. The middle base is so far back that it ends up being an infrantry base and that is where the T-copter shines. Asumming you build the T-copter (which is really strong), the natural transport route is to go towards the properties near the HQ.

I've been summoned by the Koal slander. First off, I have a very different read of the map than you in that I don't believe it's a damage race map. There just aren't enough cities you can flip on the 1b side without overextending beyond what's reasonable. I've actually seen more games end after pushes from the 1b side *into* the 2b side, whether they succeeded or failed depended on other factors but I think it's strategically sound. The back base on the 2b side is _very_ weak, so it doesn't really contribute to a potential 2b push meaning the forces of both the attacker and defender are about equal under normal circumstances. 2) You missed some very important ways to break the pipeseam, some CO dependent. First off, and most obviously, bombers. The income is quite high so bombers are a very feasible buy, and it's not like they have no uses after breaking the pipe seam, they still destroy any heavy tanks that dare reveal themselves. Second off, there are some CO dependent thresholds for 2HKOs on the pipe seam using arty, most notably Lash arty on a forest and with a comtower reaches 130 firepower which 2 shots the pipe seam. This still leaves the issue of it having to do a walk of shame after, but I'll get back to that later. 3) You're underestimating the extra 2 movement a broken pipe seam affords you. If you were to calculate the reinforcement line a bit further you'll notice that suddenly they reach the contested properties after 3 days instead of 4. 4) You missed the power of landers. I've already established that the back base on the 2b side is very weak at the start of the game, a solution for this is a lander build. Lander activates anything build on the back base faster by boosting them towards the center/1b side. They also allow for easier merging of the army on the 1b side/center, this makes attacking into the 1b side borderline impossible while allowing *aggression* from the 1b side _into_ the 2b side to be sustained long-term. There is also the possibility of a Bboat instead if you wish to turn it into an infantry base instead. In my view this is a build up into deathpush map. Early aggression isn't very threatening since the attacker lacks vision and infantry to support an early attack. This affords both players the time to go for all these greedy strategies of pipe break and/or lander. The reason I think Koal is good in this scenario is that universal movement and extra firepower on powers. Unlocking the airport is a must for him as he must leverage his air game over his competitors, but after that he's very strong in late game scenarios. +2 movement allows Koal to push deep into enemy lines with his *whole* army instead of just vehicles, and the extra firepower on roads allows for easier wall breaks on cities because almost all contested properties are adjacent to at least 1 road. His scop is also only 5 bars meaning his opponents have to manage charge more carefully in fear of losing to an early scop, this holds especially true for Lash.

I have learned I must mech spam to get good army value engagements! There is no way this can go wrong, thanks professor!

I love this. When a game I loved for the longest could become competitive that people would commentate on it. Shoot I might just pull out the the rusty switch and jump aboard.

For future reference, you don't need to say "the Andy guy" or struggle with pronouns or blunder usernames. For a non-mirror match like this one, you can just say "Andy" and "Lash." If it is a mirror match and the usernames are brutal, just switch army colors to Orange Star and Blue Moon and use those to refer to each side.

Um your 2 dots dont even match on the tiles on the other side

What even is an airport?

I usually skip map analysis segments, but 1) I am glad you put chapter marks bc tbh ill probably not watch a video if I cant skip the analysis and 2) if you could put on screen the base/factory numbers as well as what equal income looks like, I would absolutely pay more attention to that segment. I do love your 2/3 move markers tho, I think thats the only part of the map analysis I watched

The advantage of Sami here is that she almost doesn't need recons, cause she wins the infrantry war at the mountain. Deejus needed to build more recons

liandry played horribly

Really interesting, honestly I don’t think nearly this critically when I play 😅

Wait can’t Colin do the same?

Really caught me by surprise with that 2nd Tank. I thought the Infantry was gonna capture.

Too greedy with the capture phase

Barry had a better capture game but 21 had better brawling. You can see the difference in the outcome.

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Immediate like for the SotN music

I still favor the Kindle pick. I think Kindle was over agressive, giving she already secured an income advantage. But of course, Rip played it masterfully

I heckin love rip_ games

I always learn a lot from the more wacky games, so people that subvert the meta a lot or use unorthodox CO match-ups are always welcom.

Good stuff! That aside, if I may offer one critique... I'm not so much an English nerd so much as I am a little OCD, but please, I would ask you pronounce "especially" better! There is no "x" or "k" sound in it! It drives me a little crazy. 😵‍💫

28:00 Is that background tune from Sonic Adventure? "Live and Learn"?

Cool game, thanks for showing it to us.

I didn't hate the recon. I did indeed hate the mechs.

I couldn't help myself with that opening bit

I love your commentary, but I think it would get more attention if you edited the actual game down. I could easily see you overtaking Deejus and Mangs.

That was fun. I laughed pretty hard at that last day clutch 29 black wave.

I love advanced war! Any free ports on PC ? Or is it worth it on the switch ?

Can fly over a mountain but not a pipe lol

Wont let me edit my initial comment to add that I enjoy your videos. Hope to see you climb the AWBW ranks!

While I definitely agree that the Neo needs support, you had that first one out early enough that you shouldve put it in play. Sitting it in the back for 4 days only for it to kill a single tank and then get worked by Arty was a bad economic trade. If you had deployed it immediately, you would’ve had the opportunity to clear the tank chain as it came in as opposed to dealing with a death ball you couldn’t see.

Always happy to see you upload

Another thing I like about Javier is that he has a cheaper CO Power than Hawke and Von Bolt. This gives him the potential to deny Sasha's opportunity to thrawt powers away by using his own. That point could really swing momentum towards his favor.

Pumpkin hill song unlocked some memories. Thank you for that

Javier is the chad pick of T1 fog

This map is weird, but it kinda works

This game was played while Fluhfie was livestreaming. So if you want to know his thoughts you can check the vod out

Deej got his cheeks clapped then trolled with the APC building lol. GG

IMO looking too much at tank-turn areas doesn't provide as much info as one would think, because you're never going to be pumping out tanks from every base every turn, and many games get decided in the early or mid game, when you're barely making a single vehicle per turn if possible. So it's more about what you do with those, what unit builds/movements you can force from the opponent or free damage you can get. If anything I'd recommend not looking beyond more than 1-tank-turn areas, that should give you a pretty good idea of the somewhat contested properties and spaces. 😁

Good replay 👍

Fun fact, the lander is difficult to get out, so you'd expect to see it mid-late game, if at all