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Advantage: if you play india well, they are very good in heads-up-fight.

there for you need:

23 chakrams

take brits in konsulat and send at 199 pop 3 falks and 6 hussar (while sending these units, make sure you have chakrams out that you dont fall back too much)

always have the gurkha mansabdar (maybe sepoy mansabdar too) behind your armee on defensive mode

build tigers as often as possible (built front tc that you can recall your dead explorers fast)

THEN india are very strong and you have a overpop against most civs. they win against ottos, are even with germans and have a chance to hold ports if he doesnt spam mortars like hell. without mansabdar, tigers, chakrams and cannons india sucks in heads up fight ofcourse which is why most people only run with them, very sad imo

Chrissl:

THEN india are very strong and you have a overpop against most civs. they win against ottos, are even with germans and have a chance to hold ports if he doesnt spam mortars like hell. without mansabdar, tigers, chakrams and cannons india sucks in heads up fight ofcourse which is why most people only run with them, very sad imo

Lol, Germans are the best 1 vs 1 civ on andes, and somehow every single crap teir 4 civ you name is even with them.

skhsri:

Yes, but what did you mean by training still elephants(Ones that do not move just stay there) is there a glitch or something; if not you probably mean training only elephants.

Read again. I mean still training elephant. That  isnt feature, its word similar to always.

Dopellsolder:

skhsri:

Yes, but what did you mean by training still elephants(Ones that do not move just stay there) is there a glitch or something; if not you probably mean training only elephants.

Read again. I mean still training elephant. That  isnt feature, its word similar to always.

No. Just admit you're wrong. 

skhsri:

Hey ozn, ive seen people use flail boxes its so funny; anyways, arent siege elephants tagged as cavalry?

Not sure 100% but I think they count as both.  Both India'sCav faster train card and China's art train faster card seem to work. They are probably like Albus guns, have duality.

Ive never seen a flail box, didnt even know u could do it.  They are probably too slow to move.

Otto and Aztec are probably the only civs India can beat.  Try not to use India in 1v1 they lose vs any Euro civ.  In team games they are really good.  Their inf w/ masabandars are really good.  When u push your opponent to their base, you should probably have a euro teammate make your morts and try to kill any enemy culvs.  Look at fuher/bode's use india.  They are probably the best indias right now.  They get map fast and help their teammates push whenever they can.

One thing I don't understand with India is camels training slower than elephants in stable.  Zambs can be very effective in certain situations; its a shame they can't be used effectively in game.

Just a thought. it'd be really cheap and lame, but what if u got the brahmins in the eco of ur opponent before he's walled up? you'd be able to keep spamming tigers in his eco endlessly, and when he kills them, you could just wake them up with the explorer glitch (alt+d) and keep on spamming tigers.

of course, you'd probably get pested from a lot of games :/

Chrissl:

Advantage: if you play india well, they are very good in heads-up-fight.

there for you need:

23 chakrams

take brits in konsulat and send at 199 pop 3 falks and 6 hussar (while sending these units, make sure you have chakrams out that you dont fall back too much)

always have the gurkha mansabdar (maybe sepoy mansabdar too) behind your armee on defensive mode

build tigers as often as possible (built front tc that you can recall your dead explorers fast)

 

THEN india are very strong and you have a overpop against most civs. they win against ottos, are even with germans and have a chance to hold ports if he doesnt spam mortars like hell. without mansabdar, tigers, chakrams and cannons india sucks in heads up fight ofcourse which is why most people only run with them, very sad imo

 They cant hold a good port's, 4 mortars pwns india and u cant touch them, only way india wins is running all game and the india having better marco/micro.

ozn:

skhsri:

Hey ozn, ive seen people use flail boxes its so funny; anyways, arent siege elephants tagged as cavalry?

Not sure 100% but I think they count as both.  Both India'sCav faster train card and China's art train faster card seem to work. They are probably like Albus guns, have duality.

Ive never seen a flail box, didnt even know u could do it.  They are probably too slow to move.

Otto and Aztec are probably the only civs India can beat.  Try not to use India in 1v1 they lose vs any Euro civ.  In team games they are really good.  Their inf w/ masabandars are really good.  When u push your opponent to their base, you should probably have a euro teammate make your morts and try to kill any enemy culvs.  Look at fuher/bode's use india.  They are probably the best indias right now.  They get map fast and help their teammates push whenever they can.

One thing I don't understand with India is camels training slower than elephants in stable.  Zambs can be very effective in certain situations; its a shame they can't be used effectively in game.

The biggest disadvantage is dont have mortars.

And u definitely cant heads up spain or iro.

Advantages: castles spam for heads up are very good, and have a strong army.

LordStefanIII:

Chrissl:

THEN india are very strong and you have a overpop against most civs. they win against ottos, are even with germans and have a chance to hold ports if he doesnt spam mortars like hell. without mansabdar, tigers, chakrams and cannons india sucks in heads up fight ofcourse which is why most people only run with them, very sad imo

Lol, Germans are the best 1 vs 1 civ on andes, and somehow every single crap teir 4 civ you name is even with them.

I am not talking about 1v1 and both players play without nats. Have you ever played (against) india the way i described it? With chakrams, tigers (all the time), mansabdar, and konsulat canons? if not you cant know how strong india can be. most players dont use these abilities so they cant win without running ofcourse. its the same thing with ottos...

i think i have to play more india and ottos to show you what i mean ;) 

jayve98:

Dopellsolder:

skhsri:

Yes, but what did you mean by training still elephants(Ones that do not move just stay there) is there a glitch or something; if not you probably mean training only elephants.

Read again. I mean still training elephant. That  isnt feature, its word similar to always.

No. Just admit you're wrong. 

Youre wrong man. You just dont know what STILL means dude. 

Yore annoying. Still disagree with me.

If I say : In AOE are trees, youll reply ARE U SERIOUS??!!! 

Chrissl:

I am not talking about 1v1 and both players play without nats. Have you ever played (against) india the way i described it? With chakrams, tigers (all the time), mansabdar, and konsulat canons? if not you cant know how strong india can be. most players dont use these abilities so they cant win without running ofcourse. its the same thing with ottos...

i think i have to play more india and ottos to show you what i mean ;) 

I've played vs dans India, and I have to saw he did very good, the best I've ever seen India played. But still they aren't as good as Germans lol.