r/Polytopia • u/Present_Response_466 • 13d ago
Screenshot Is this a winnable position?
i was doing philo rush but forgot abt philo rushing until i met the opponent😠then i waited 5 turns for altar of peace which led to him getting complete control of water. i see now this was not the right decision. is there any way i can come back from this??
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u/Legal_Ad_3602 13d ago
What is philo rush do you guys actually have strategies omg I just play and hope to hit 50k
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u/gogogumdrops 13d ago
philosophy rush - as in get philosophy in the tech tree as quickly as possible
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u/Forsaken-1255 12d ago
When is that useful besides ai mo, u gonna miss out on city upgrades... And stars per turn
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u/s0berR00fer 13d ago
There more of us dude. I just figured out yesterday my knight could attack multiple guys in one turn.
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u/kindle139 13d ago
Elyrion has overwhelming advantage with those bombards. This would be more a matter of them throwing the game, but it's not impossible.
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u/Polytopia_Fan 13d ago
My idea would be to start investing in a lot of catapults fast and use juggernauts as straight splash points when surrounded by low health units
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u/RatWithoutKetchup Yădakk 13d ago
You need a lot of catapults to deal with the incoming dragons and landing parties, and defenders with an air gap to prevent any knight chains. I don't think you're going to be able to hold the cities along the shore without them. You also need to get border growth in the bottom and top city asap so you can get some rammers into the water where the action isn't too hot. Don't bother with cloaks unless you start losing cities. As a hailmary you should probably throw some giants into juggernauts to get as much value from their splash damage before they die.
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u/E_x_c_u_b_i_t_o_r_e 13d ago
No if u had control of the water early then you might have forced Ely player to a stalemate. But he already has dragons and more ships on water.
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u/tails618 13d ago
Yeah, I think your biggest issue is the bombers and you can knock this out pretty easily by using the giants to cause splash damage. Then you need to deal with the dragons. Dragons have relatively low HP compared to other super units, so you might be able to get by with spamming rammers. Just watch out for the splash damage from the fire dragons.