By comparison to the Undead, Night Elves, and even the Humans, Orcs seem to have gotten the short end of the stick when it comes down to control over the skies.
When I used to play Battle.net I was alright at playing against all races, but now Night Elves in particular seem downright unstoppable. I can't counter Chims, no matter what I do. Headhunters seem too frail, even when they get the Berserker upgrade and combine with the Shadow Hunter hero. Whenever I train Raiders, people tell me that they're useless and that I should get Tauren - unaware of how useful Ensnare is (if only it had an autocast).
Then there's Wind Riders, which seem good against ground units but get torn up really easily by other air units.
What's the secret here? It's starting to annoy me - even in playing a game against the computer, I was doing great until he started producing Gryphon riders and all my Grunts were as good as dead.
as ud when I go frosts facing orc, they usually go walker/berserker/raider/BM w/ lighting orb and SH with hexing my forsties or TC with an orb too and stomping heroes.
they sometimes go batriders too, but its rare. Berserkers/raiders/kodo/walker with BM orb/sh %@!#s.
Zergs_godhpanda
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3. Re: How Do Orcs Counter Mass Air Units? 07/01/2009 09:06:18 PM PDT
Q u o t e: By comparison to the Undead, Night Elves, and even the Humans, Orcs seem to have gotten the short end of the stick when it comes down to control over the skies.
am I reading this right? there's a race with better aa than hu?
Q u o t e: Bat Riders. Use the spell concotion and it deals 600 dmg and has an AoE.
Bat riders $uck d1ck when an undead upgrades his wyrms armour to 3/3. I once used 3 bats against 1 fully upgraded wyrm. The wyrm did not die and DK just coiled it back to full health with lvl 3 coil.
I think orcs should have Red Drakes instead of Bat Riders. Like the blackrock clan in ROC did in campaign. Then their race would be balanced and wouldn't have to rely on BM for everything
