Microtactics, or let's learn to analyze
More than once I've seen how decent, not bad strategists get lost in situations that require an efficient use of microtactics on the field.
Let's start with what it actually means. A microtactic in Wesnoth is a capability to control your forces rationally in offense or defense depending on a particular situation. Here I'm not going to describe all possible situations or give you specific instructions what to do. Instead I'll try to teach you how to set up the basic point of your offense or defense.
The key of success in this matter is an ability to prioritize. Priorities may differ, starting from killing a particular unit and up to taking the key point on the map.
Unit priorities
- Enemy leader
- Close-to-level-up unit (less than 9 xp to level)
- Half-dead unit
- Units with great damage (poisoners > ranged > melee)
- Healers
- Scouts
- Any other
Let's examine each of those
Leader
As each map is based on destroying the enemy leader (the articles talks about default MP scenarios - the translator's note), this unit has the greatest priority for us. Dead leader = victory
Close-to-level-up units
One of the main rules of a good players is that you should have the only second level unit, which is the leader, and it shouldn't last long. This is especially important about close-to-level units from the 4th category (great damage units)
Half-dead units
We always try to reduce the number of enemy units, units not killed in time could become a hindrance later.
TODO