Talk:A Perfect Martyr/@comment-77.28.138.162-20200129204344

Another crawling strategy for HARD: don't destroy norther purple town center. You can settle in the east part of map, near the starting area. Wall off east riverbank (close to the cannon troops you find). Position ranged units behind the wall. Build trading center for gold. Later you can use purple dock to generate gold. Build a castle just behind the gate.

- Red won't attack as long northern purple town center stands intact, even if purple resigns. It'll just send elite archers (they just scout) for you to convert them.

- Orange is the only real threat, mainly due to massive amy and trebushets. BUT, if you park your trebushet near the riverbank (west of your wall and visible to orange troops). AI cavaliry will try to get to it and will be stuck at the riverbank north of your trebby. Don't kill them, and due to population cap, only few units will advance to your gate. Never open the gate, keep it locked at all times! Use transport ships for converted units or your units. The only real problem are trebushets, which can be killed by bombardiers, cannon galleys or converted archer elites. Just remember to move around your trebby until orange ones are killed. Or you can transport 10+ paladins and 1 priest west of stucked army (just stay out of their FOV) to kill trebushets and several accompanying cavaliers.

Guard rock passage west of your wall, from enemy woodcutters. Few regular archers are enough. Later, position converted archers at your starting point to protect the wood from woodcutters. If you are attacked by orange trebushets, use yours to lure them inside archers range.

Meanwhile, level the purple castle and few towers from your safe heaven. Destroy orange by using transported units (use cannon galley to ruin the gate). Once the orange is defeated, destroy northern purple base and wall off their town center. Recuperate and go for the red. Killing the red will win the scenario, without bringing trading cart to flagged area..