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Egallager: /* See Also */ +1

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Egallager: See Also

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Esr: Categorize

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Categorize

Theo: /* Attacking and choosing your targets */

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‎Attacking and choosing your targets

Luther: /* Don't waste units */

2006-10-06T16:38:03Z

‎Don't waste units

Luther: /* Shield with your zone of control (ZOC) */

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‎Shield with your zone of control (ZOC)

Luther: /* Out of the enemy's reach */

2006-10-06T16:08:26Z

‎Out of the enemy's reach

Luther: /* Don't waste units */

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‎Don't waste units

Turiya: /* Out of the enemy's reach */

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‎Out of the enemy's reach

Anonymus at 19:45, 11 August 2006

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 === See Also ===
 * [[15 tips for new players]]
 [[Category:Playing Wesnoth]]

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	Don't neglect to earn your leader experience. You need to keep him safe, but if you coddle him too much he will be too low level to survive future scenarios anyway.		Don't neglect to earn your leader experience. You need to keep him safe, but if you coddle him too much he will be too low level to survive future scenarios anyway.
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	Don't neglect to earn your leader experience. You need to keep him safe, but if you coddle him too much he will be too low level to survive future scenarios anyway.		Don't neglect to earn your leader experience. You need to keep him safe, but if you coddle him too much he will be too low level to survive future scenarios anyway.
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 Striking first is an advantage because it allows you the choice of which units will face off. Take advantage of enemy weakness: e.g. direct your ranged attacks against foes without ranged weapons.  Take advantage of weaknesses like Horsemen's vulnerability to pierce. But remember that they get to attack back on their turn, so you might have weaknesses he may exploit.
-For example, Horsemen can hold up the line against Orcish Grunts and Troll Whelps very well because they have some resistances against blade and impact. But your Horseman may quite quickly fall to Orcish Archers and Orcish Pikemen.
+For example, Horsemen can hold up the line against Orcish Grunts and Troll Whelps very well because they have some resistances against blade and impact. But your Horseman may quite quickly fall to Orcish Archers and Goblin Spearmen.
 It usually pays off if you can definitively kill (or almost kill) the faced unit. If you are unsure of finishing off the enemy in one turn, ensure that your unit can weather the return attacks, or that you're willing to lose that unit. To withstand the enemies strikes next turn, it is often wise to attack with the weapon that deals the least damage to you. So use your ranged weapons if the enemy has no ranged attack. The computers default choice only looks for the most damage you deal out.

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 === Don't waste units ===
-Do not send wounded units to a sure death. Once a unit loses more than half of its hit points, you should seriously consider retreating it to safety and either station it in a village for healing or give him to the care of a healer (like Elvish Shamans or White Mages). Healers are very useful!
+Do not send wounded units to a sure death. Once a unit loses more than half of its hit points (HP), you should seriously consider retreating it to safety and either station it in a village for healing or give him to the care of a healer (like Elvish Shamans or White Mages). Healers are very useful!
 This is for practical reasons: a heavily wounded unit cannot hold back or kill the enemy. During attack and counterattack, it most often will perish. Further, by sending it to its sure death, its gathered experience points (XP) are lost. Recruiting a replacement may be impossible because the leader is not in its keep or because funds are running low. Even if you can recruit a replacement, it is most often far away from the battle front. So don't waste your units.

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 === Shield with your zone of control (ZOC) ===
-Every hex tile a unit stands on has 6 neighbors. On these, every unit of level 1 or higher maintains a zone of control (ZOC). This means that once an enemy moves into one of the six aforementioned tiles, it is forced to halt and its movement phase ends (only enemies with the rare skirmisher ability ignore this).
+Every unit of level 1 or higher maintains a zone of control (ZOC) covering all 6 neighboring hexes. This means that once an enemy moves into one of the six neighboring tiles, it is forced to halt and its movement phase ends (only enemies with the rare skirmisher ability ignore this).
-Because of ZOC, an enemy may not slip between two units which are aligned on a north-south or a diagonal line and have exactly 1 or 2 hexes between them. By combining these pairs to a long wall or using them in different directions, you can be prevent the enemy reaching a wounded unit behind. He has to defeat the ZOC imposing units first. If the enemy can barely reach it, even a single unit may shield a small region behind itself.
+Because of ZOC, an enemy may not slip between two units which are aligned on a north-south or diagonal line and have exactly 1 or 2 hexes between them. By combining these pairs into a long wall or using them in different directions, you can prevent the enemy from reaching a wounded unit behind. He has to defeat the units imposing the ZOC first. If the enemy can barely reach it, even a single unit may shield a small region behind itself.
 === Maintain a defensive line ===

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 === Out of the enemy's reach ===
-How do you guard wounded units? They are best guarded by being out of the adversary's reach. No enemy can attack them, just because no enemy cannot even come near to them. The next paragraph about zone of control (ZOC) will shows how to restrict the enemy's moves.
+How do you guard wounded units? They are best guarded by being out of the adversary's reach. No enemy can attack them if enemies cannot even come near them. The next section about zone of control (ZOC) shows how to restrict the enemy's moves.
-In the Action menu, you can select "Show Enemy Moves" to highlight all possible hexes your adversary can actually move to and which takes your zone of control into account. Thus you can check that your near death unit behind indeed cannot be attacked as the enemy may not move close to it.
+In the Action menu, you can select "Show Enemy Moves" to highlight all possible hexes your adversary can actually move to. This takes your zone of control into account. Thus you can check that your near death unit, which is behind, indeed cannot be attacked as the enemy cannot move close to it.
-When your armies meet, you may want to try to be the first to attack. So try to end your move out of the striking range of the enemy army. He cannot attack but most likely will close in into your striking range.
+When your armies meet, you may want to try to be the first to attack. So try to end your move out of striking range of the enemy army. He cannot attack but most likely will close into your striking range.
 === Shield with your zone of control (ZOC) ===

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-=== Time of Day ===
+The following basic combat principles and tips are intended to help starting off your career as a wesnothian battle veteran. The minor concrete examples are somewhat tied to the "Heir to the Throne" campaign.
-Remember that Lawful units fight better at daytime and Chaotic units fight better at night.  Ideally you want to first meet the enemy when you are strong and he is weak.
+=== Out of the enemy's reach ===
-=== Strike first ===
+How do you guard wounded units? They are best guarded by being of the adversary's reach. No enemy can attack them, just because no enemy cannot even come near to them. The next paragraph about zone of control (ZOC) will shows how to restrict the enemy's moves.
-When your armies meet try to be the first to attack.  Don't end your turn with units within striking range of the enemy army - let him end his turn within yours.
+In the Action menu, you can select "Show Enemy Moves" to highlight all possible hexes your adversary can actually move to and which takes your zone of control into account. Thus you can check that your near death unit behind indeed cannot be attacked as the enemy may not move close to it.
-(Unless, of course, you're lawful and it's night or you're chaotic and it's day.-Drake Raider)
+When your armies meet, you may want to try to be the first to attack. So try to end your move out of the striking range of the enemy army. He cannot attack but most likely will close in into your striking range.
-=== Choose your targets wisely ===
+=== Shield with your zone of control (ZOC) ===
-Striking first is an advantage because it allows you the choice of which units will face off.  Take advantage of enemy weakness: e.g. direct your ranged attacks against foes without ranged weapons.  Take advantage of weaknesses like Horsemen's vulnerability to pierce.
+Every hex tile a unit stands on has 6 neighbors. On these, every unit of level 1 or higher maintains a zone of control (ZOC). This means that once an enemy moves into one of the six aforementioned tiles, it is forced to halt and its movement phase ends (only enemies with the rare skirmisher ability ignore this).
-But remember that they get to attack back on their turn.  If you are unsure of finishing off the enemy in one turn, ensure that your unit can weather the return attacks, or that you're willing to lose that unit.
+Because of ZOC, an enemy may not slip between two units which are aligned on a north-south or a diagonal line and have exactly 1 or 2 hexes between them. By combining these pairs to a long wall or using them in different directions, you can be prevent the enemy reaching a wounded unit behind. He has to defeat the ZOC imposing units first. If the enemy can barely reach it, even a single unit may shield a small region behind itself.
 === Maintain a defensive line ===
-Lining your troops up prevents the enemy from surrounding any one of them.
+By lining up many units directly adjacent or with at most 1 hex space between them, you can build up a powerful defensive line. Note that, because Wesnoth uses hexes, a east-to-west "line" is not a straight line but a zig-zag curve. The north south line and the diagonals are the "real" lines.
-Note that, because Wesnoth uses hexes, a east-to-west line is weaker than a north-to south line.  In an east-to-west line, each unit can be attacked from 3 directions.  In a north-to-south line each unit can only be attacked from 2 directions.  A diagonal line has the same advantage as a north-south line.
+Lining your troops up also prevents the enemy from surrounding any one of them. For ZOC reasons, a unit with one enemy behind and in front is trapped.
 === Use the terrain ===
-Try to position your troops so that they are attacking from a hex with high defence against an enemy in a hex with low terrain.  Note that different units work better on different terrains.
+Try to position your troops so that they are attacking from a hex with high defense against an enemy in a hex with low terrain. Note that different units work better on different terrains. This way, terrain often dictates where you line up your units.
-=== Rotate your troops ===
+For example, you may position your elves at the end of the forest so that attacking orcs must stand on grassland while your elves enjoy the high forest defenses.
-Hold a couple of units back from the front line.  That way, when a unit in the front line is heavily damaged you can move him safely behind your defensive line and replace him with a reserve.
+Remember that Lawful units like humans fight better at daytime and Chaotic units like orcs or undead fight better at night. Ideally you want to first meet the enemy when you are strong and/or he is weak. When the enemy has its strong time, it often pays off to strengthen your lines and hold a favorable defensive position. When its weak time is about to arise, your advance will push forth.
-Note that your units <i>can</i> pass through hexes containing your own troops.
+For example, elves might hold out a forest during a nightly orcish onslaught and advance on  sunrise. You may even note that the computer AI actively retreats his orcs during day.
 === Experience ===