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2.4: Defending Against Stealth Fighters | [Back to the WarGuide]
1) Build staggered Defender lines on your main defensive line(s). By staggered, I mean then next Defender should be 3-4 times its own width behind or in front of the previous Defender, ignoring lateral placement. By mid-game, I like to have 30 defenders situated like that along my front line. 2) Build 5-10 Defenders inside your base, spread out but preferably on high ground. Let no screen inside your base be defender-less. 3) Build your own Hawks. I usually build 3 Adv. Aircraft Factories, which produce 1/3 Brawlers, 2/3 Hawks. The first factory to come up gets assigned a patrol route that takes the planes right along the outside edge of my Defender's firing range. This allows my base defenses to begin firing as soon as possible; also, the Brawlers on this route will stick with incoming ground units (unlike fighters) which allows my Plasma Batteries to keep firing at them. The second two Adv. Air Factories get assigned patrol routes that initially follow the first factories, but then work their way out, back and forth, until they are several screens beyond my base defense line. These routes allow my Big Berthas to fire sooner on incoming ground forces, but more importantly, allow my Hawks to pick up incoming Hawks very early. By the time enemy Hawks are at my base, most of my Hawks have picked up a bogie and are firing on it.