Talk:The Burmese Tigers/@comment-4568558-20170209174203/@comment-88.110.237.223-20170515210132

i found it impossible to kill him initially, but i always play on hard: he could out-race my arambai, even with husbandry, and had 150hp, plus there is no gaia treb in the E corner. however i did it eventually:

1. race your arambai through the middle of the enemy camp (the king will run away to the castle but dont worry for now). have your battle elephants follow closely behind, then send 1 arambai to double back to your home base. the trick is to get the emeny to follow him and ignore the rest of your arambai and elephants. get the gaia monk/onager/warriors on the SE edge.

2.skirt around the castle outside of its range and then send your elephants and warriors to attack the castle on its south side: it does not have murder holes. keep the arambai back for now and use monk to heal where necessary, you may be attacked by a couple of archers but kill or convert as you feel fit. send 1 arambai into the SE corner to get more gaia reinforcements.

3. when the castle is down to about 1800/4800hp the king will flee directly south from the castle; then ambush him with the arambai. it'll be close, every time i did it it was around the 4:50 mark, but it is possible.

4. if you're still struggling remember to invest in blacksmith upgrades where appropriate (for the elephants mainly, as smith upgrades don't appear to affect your starting arambai), and arambai do really good damage againts buildings if you can avoid the castle fire. as you wont need to go castle age straight away, you can build a bit more economy instead. i recommend building 2 palisade gates and 2 towers for your initial base, as the shan will attack almost immediately.