It takes a lot more than 30 seconds to get out your four swords.
Two swords will lose to an archer + miners

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Okay guys, I got a strategy that'll win you the game in less than two minutes 9 times out of 10. It does not work if your opponent also uses this strategy. Start the game, then train 4 swordwrath units. After two have been summoned, send them on a direct course for the enemy statue. Now if your lucky, they would have no resistance and they will retreat. Most of the time your opponent will have maybe one unit, since were talking about 30 seconds into the match. So once you attack their miners they'll either send out swordwath of their own, or retreat. If they retreat, your other two swordwrath should be sent to the statue as well and destroy it for a quick win. In my experience, most of my wins came from people quitting the game when I did this. I have a very favorable Win/ Lose ratio.

Nice I do the exact same start! My win/loss is 999/0 right now, and my rating is at 1000! Great minds think alike.


jk it won't work once you get to a decent Elo, I'd say 1500-1600, sorry mate

WHAT IF YOUR OPPONENT HAS A CASTLE ARCHER?
YOUR GONNA HAVE TO RETREAT.

2 swords 1 miner can accomplish the same thing

Them have a castle archer can be solved by making more swordswrath and sending one into a corner as a meatshield.

I use (correction: abuse) this strategy and it's responsible for pushing my match rating upwards by 50.

yeah but if they have sword archer/ archer start? then what :/

I had a person try this on me, i had one swordwrath and I built a castle archer as soon as I saw that they were sending more swordwrath after the initial two. After a little while of him attacking I stabilized and kept building miners with 2 swordwrath to defend, then built a couple speartons and archers and he surrendered when I attacked. I honestly don't think this strategy will work against someone who has played the game long enough.

@DragonFrost & IronGolem
I don't see how to pull off this strategy. You start with 2 swords. If he has Sw/Arch/Sword? You are shut down. I too have shut down many sword/minerx2 / swordx2/miner users. You basically give up tower at the cost of 250/125 gold free to your opponent. I don't know any good players that will only focus on economy in beginning of game.Hell, if they do that they can prob get another ca. What player does not make enough resistance to with stand 4 swords? And he can bring miners out to attack swords anyways. FYI, swords are not meat shields. The best strat is to get at least 1 row of swords with rage(after taking tower), stable eco( for just in case), then spearton w/ bash to hold off CA, and wreck your opponent repeatedly.

EDIT: oh i see. no eco, just 4 sword wraths? CA can hold em off, this will only work on nubs
and if they archer, they can kite and will defintely make more troops as a counter if they are good players.
I would say you would have a bare chance of pulling this off on short map, but I won't as most players go for army rather than eco in shorts
Oh wait. CA.

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@DragonFrost & IronGolem
I don't see how to pull off this strategy.

DragonFrost's was a joke dude.

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DragonFrost's was a joke dude.

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