Recently I've found tons of people using this new strategy and I can't find any way to counter it. They buy three miners to start, get a castle archer as soon as possible, then send out a continuous stream of speartons. I know there must be some way to counter that I seem to be missing.

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Any help would be much appreciated.

Spearton with archers to harass economy. Speartons have armour to reduce castle archer damage. Just make sure the spearton enters castle archer range WELL before your archers. Castle archers only target the first thing to enter their range. If they build a second, it will target the farthest once built, which will be your archers so move them away once they build a second then move your archers back.

Kill off the speartons before they get masses of them. Keep archers JUST outside castle archer range to stop the second row of mining. If you have the capability, get albowtrosses with blazing bolts. They have shorter range but speartons will NEVER get them, as opposed to archers.

Noobs? Evolving? WAT?!?!?!?! This truly is black magic.

LOL this was kinda my strategy like a month ago. I don't use it anymore

Never have this before... or I forgot?

Cole isn't a noob, but his aggressive play style can be countered.

First, you waited an additional couple seconds before pushing your swordwrath archer up. Yes, I know you were lining up archer first in the event he does the same start, but that costed you early playing time if you did that faster. You queued a miner after your charge. Fair, but I would have done swordwrath in the event of same start and if he goes eco (which he did) queue miner). Either way, you pressured enough for him to get archer. But you're still lacking economically. You make some miners until you see his first spearton. I would have waited. An early unit with his economy size means he's going to push (which indeed he did, successfully I might add). You do not have a castle archer, so your speartons are useless (they would have to retreat, he has nothing force him back). So, how do you get out of this?

You can go the rage method (swordwrath with rage) or boost your economy some before making albows and other units. From there, you can support the purchase of castle archer and leveling the playing field. If he's still knocking at your base, you can knock at his, but it may be wise for a wall investment. Just one is enough to keep the push out until you can albow lock the middle, and eventually ghost.

Yea, this happened to me, it's an advanced form of spearton spamming. NOOBS ARE EVOLVING!! WE MUST EVOLVE WITH THEM!! Get some swordwraith, and albas, that should finish 'em off!

I can feel myself evolving into a.......

Spear spammer?
I hate spear spammers :(
get 3 magikill resilience 2 walls 3 castle archers and if you want maybe some albows or giants to go with.

Its just BAD LUCK you got from chinese new year i guess

evolving what is this Pokemon?!

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Its just BAD LUCK you got from chinese new year i guess

Lol still on your ego high from beating demongod I see.

Jil how many points do u have?

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I don't know what you're talking about, unfortunately. Could you elaborate?

Giant army and flying crossbowman squads will do.

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I don't know what you're talking about, unfortunately. Could you elaborate?

He;s asking about your rating. I'm guessing around 1700, give or take.