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3.9: Bertha/Intimidator Squeeze | [Back to the WarGuide]
I recently played my friend who is a very tough opponent. We were on a large map so a Bertha built near my base couldn't shoot over to his. I thought for a second and then built 3 atlases, and loaded them up with 1 radar jammer, 1 Mobile Radar Kbot, and an advanced construction vehicle. These I flew into the outskirts of his base. At the same time these were arriving, I sent a squad of zippers into the opposite side, to make him think that my attacks would be coming from that direction. This made him move all his troops to that side, leaving my advanced construction vehicle enough time to build a bertha. I continuously sent in squads of rockos, zippers, and other medium attacks to buy time for my Bertha. When it was finished I began shelling his base. He couldn't figure out what was hitting him, so he sent out a squad of peepers all around the map looking for my Bertha. This tactic, when used on a large map helps you in 3 ways: 1) If you're sneaky enough and are able to pull it off, even if he captures the Bertha he can't really do anything with it because the map is too big to shoot across. But keep in mind he can still try and shell your oncoming troops. 2) This is what happened to me. As my opponent was capturing my Bertha, I just self destructed it, and BOOM! hehe :) Yes, it really did a number on his commander. 3) Got a nuke? You know right where the Bertha is, he can't move it! Usually there are a lot of AA and ground defenses around a Bertha, so the impact of the nuke + the Bertha explosion can really do some damage! Keep in mind that this tactic really only works on large maps.