pressure him with your sword and archer that you made. there's no way that he could get a shadowwrath if you actually attack his praying miners.
If for some magical reason that fails start spamming swords. if he goes fro your miners garrison and try to kill his.

Eeyup I know you can pressure them when he attempts to build shadowrath. The "Magical Reason" is because most of the time this happens at Grass Hills. Spam swords, I would go for a try.

Well then, you start with albowtross. Jk

If in longer maps, just spam swords. If not, do what jerrytt said.

You're starting with...SA start? Go with MMS, sword to scout...

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You're starting with...SA start? Go with MMS, sword to scout...

Never SA start in Grass Hills. playing aggressively early on such a big map tends to be difficult anyways. DX

Run MMS. If you scout the mana/ninja, drop a wall if req. and eco up + mass swords.

go with a pirate start :D

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go with a pirate start :D

What game are we discussing here now? ._.

What has always worked (for me at least) is upgrading the "Firebolt" Ranged upgrade and the "Spawn Ghost I" Prayer upgrade. Then, with 3 flying crossbowmen, I head for the middle. Even if the shadows are already there, they cannot hit you. This is definitely better than spamming swords because you are assured three 450 gold safe units instead of spamming ten 150 gold units.

-StueGrifn

hes talking about when the opponent goes for mana the moment the match starts and saves up enough for a ninja. then he goes wild, assuming that his miners havnt died yet. basically its a crappier version of the early spear.

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Well, countering ninja massers is alright, but how can we counter ninja starts? I start with Archer/Sword and rushes to his economy but by then he already started training a shadowrath and by the time it comes out, I'm doomed. I've challenged other starts but I'm quite inexperienced with this one.

You definitely should have swordwrath by now. Remember ninja stacks. Every time your swordwrath is getting to half life, retreat and bring new ones.

Spam swordwrath. Ninja is dead. If anything more happens, get a wall.

I spam swords and albows.

He means the ninja start, like a spear start but a ninja. To counter that just spam swords and go for enemy eco.