Capture/TypeA-2

• B5 slope is main focus
• North and South are areas of great focus

Canyon Type

Key Points
B:5 slope is the main focus
Main battlefield is north and south is a large area for possible expansion

note

Similiar to A-1 but slightly different crystal location

• Attacking side is disadvantaged slightly
• D2 keep; need to focus on both north and south
• C3 south gets total control of south;attacking has somewhat of a control of the river crystals

Bulwark

• Possible to block every hill
• Use a small group to block from the cliff from being blocked and build a bulwark after a large group has passed
• The bulwark of main focus is the bulwark at B:5, the goal of the defending team to block B:5 and the attacking to prevent it

Tips

• Avoid unfavorable ground,if you are bulwark you may be forced into unfavorable ground in between the canyons
• High ground favors bow scouts and lightning sorcerers, generally difficult for the attackers to reach the cliffs
• However, tends to break root very often trying to barrage the enemies on the ground

Giants

• Giants are key to victory here but cliff jumps for giants are generally difficult
• If a path is bulwarked, then a giant is able to shoot around it
• Without giants it is generally difficult to recapture the bulwarked slope

The match is decided from the beginning

• If B5 is captured then attacking will have a very difficult time in winning
• Preventing early bulwark construction (attacking)
  • Mine quickly very early on (might led to rapid crystal depletion for backline use)
  • Blockading the slope might cause crystal depletion for both sides
  • Wraith may be needed

• Difficult to chim in this map due to height difficulties.

Keep Location

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Fronts	Standing	Spawning

[D:2]

• Build so players can summon from the bottom of the cliff and have simple northern access as well
• Scaffold cannot be built in order to chim from the bottom
• Main battlefield B:5-6 North. Attacking goal is to prevent bulwark from being built at B:5
• South is still an important focus but try not to lose the B:5 slope
• Attacking team is somewhat disadvantaged

[C:3]disadvantageous keep

• gives the defense a better chance defend either side
• Adds the problem of being bulwarked from the south with the E:3 bulwark
  • Gives the enemy the height advantage in case having the E:3 route blocked
• Similar to the D2 keep, attacker is at a disadvantage

[D:2] Keep

Initial Building	Final Building
The two obelisk on lower ground a bit difficult to hit with giants; arrow towers are built to stop the B:5 Bulwark	Do not expand too far in the south; it may cause the a large burden in trying to defend it

Construction of First Obelisk

Main points

• Use scaffolds and arrow towers to stop the enemy from building the B:5 bulwark
• If bulwarked, then the C:4 Obelisk will most likely fall first
• Place the C:4 Obelisk in a way that the giant will need to go to lower ground to shoot the other obelisks

Using Bulwarks to block

• D:4 bulwark requires one bulwark to block; D:6 slope requires at least 2 bulwarks to block

Gate of Hades Position

• D:2 keep has a problem with Gate of Hades position, makes easy prey for a stealth rat to sap
• Build the Gate of Hades near the cliff so miners can keep an eye on it

Ob South least as possible

• If B:5 is bulwarked then controlling south will be difficult; enemy northern forces can head south
• Use a small group to defend the obs in the south for best result
• Make sure eclipses are built in the south to see when enemy reinforcements are coming

2-Line construction	Recommended Build
Popular use due to filling in area in the back;however, does not take as much terriority as possible	Takes up as much terriority as possible however puts the obelisk at a higher risk

Tactics

• Focus on the B:5 slope first
• Use a small amount of miners in the beginning;Use the D:3 crystal not the D:2 crystal
• Do to crystal in the chasm be careful of enemies from above
• Spare no person to defend the B:5 slope
• Wraith and Knights can be used early on to push or ensure the B:5 slope
• Priority is north first then south, building south first will led to obelisk being easily crushed
• Push enemy far as F:4 if needed
• Go south after north front is stable

Defending

Initial Build	Final Build
Expand from E6 to D:6. Obelisk should not fall if properly defended	Expand further to the northeast; no need to expand far into the south

• The first two obelisks;the importance of building the first two obelisks; if built incorrectly wil mess up the obelisk

Red:Reaches to the bulwark Blue: does not reach

Bulwark the B:5 slope

• Use a eclipse at C:5 in order to ensure that you can build a bulwark at C:3
• Possible to cliff climb over it but, the point is slow down the enemy; so you easily push them back

Stealth Rats in the Southeast

• The obelisks in the back are easy for stealth rats to reach and easy to be unnoticed

Ob South sparingly

• Unlikely that the bulwark at B:5 will completely stop the enemy
• Only need a few to defend the southern obelisks
• Build eclipses to see enemy movement and reinforcements

Tactics

• Focus the B:5 bulwark
• Allows you delay the enemy's obelisks building
• Two ways to respond to enemy movement
• Capture the slope;enemy reinforcements
  • Call for help and use knights and giants to push back on enemy arrow towers trying to block the bulwark construction
  • After bulwark is built, push in order to stop expansion, will be required to summon rush in order to bypass, try to counter this before hand

F:4 South

• If little activity in the south, move north
• E line fighting is not a good idea, try to fight in the G-H area
• Point of south is to defend obs not expand or defeat enemies

Tips

D:6 OB Defending

• More likely to fall in comparison to being built on the hill but allows for greatest expansion.

B:6 Bulwark

Blockade B:5	Blockade from other view

• Use the piece of wood as a landmark and move two paces west; or walk towards the grass,
• Build at best you can, to block the enemy but not to allow possible enemies to walk around it

Blocking the B:6 Bulwark

• This positioning blocks the bulwark construction and can stop a complete blockade
• However, Arrow Towers and scaffolds are easy to break
• South Arrow Tower creates an imperfect blockade
• Be careful as this can limit your moving space and result in being trapped by the enemy

C:7 Bulwark

• Blocks the hill to prevent enemy from coming south easily
• Use the grass as a landmark and move 3 paces left

Giant Jump

C:4,D:4,D:7 are possible areas for giant climbing

C:4	D:4	D:7

Chimera

• Requires the chimera to climb; slight difficult as it takes time which gives the enemy more time to stop the chimera

Cliff Jump

• Pictures of possible climbing points; D:2 cliff a knight can climb
• C:3 Scaffold can be used to climb up the cliff, becomes more easier to climb up