xblood

X BLOOD

    X blood is my favorite game!!! Up to 4 people can play this map. Each person starts out with a blacksmith, castle, and 10 people. The ten people (archer, battering ram, spearman, knight, militia, Bombard Cannon, Skirmisher, Woad Raider, Genghis Klan, and Theodoric the Goth) are on a island and are used to make your fighting soldiers.   Put the type of soldier that you want to make on the small hill on the island and that type of soldier is made next to the castle. You can have 49 people + 4 rams (not counting the ram in the island) on the map at once.
   The map is shaped like a X with a castle at each end protected by a four gates in two rows. The ground is flat except for a hill in the middle of the X. There is the island with the 10 people behind each castle and in each corner of the make is a blacksmith for each player.
    When you first start the game you can only make archers, militia, and rams. The more kills and razings you get the more types of people you can make and your exsisting people are upgraded.
50 kills = you can create Skirmishers
75 kills = Militia are upgraded to Men-at-arms
150 kills = Archers are upgraded to Crossbows
175 kills = you can create Spearmen
200 kills = Skirmishers are upgraded to Elite Skirmishers
275 kills = Battering Rams are upgraded to Capped Rams
300 kills = Men-at-arms are upgraded to Two-handers
325 kills = Spearmen are upgraded to Pikemen
350 kills = you can make Woad Raiders                                            This is your people on your island
450 kills = Crossbow are upgraded to Arabalests
475 kills = Two-handers are upgraded to Champions
525 kills = Woad Raiders are upgraded to Elite Woad Raiders (this does not work in some maps)
550 kills = Capped Rams are upgraded to Siege Rams
900 kills = you can make Theodoric the Goth
1000 kills = you can make Bombardment Cannons
2000 kills = you can make Genghis Klans
1 razing = two watch towers
2 razings = you can make Knights
3 razings = Knights are upgraded to Cavaliers
4 razings = Cavaliers are upgraded to Paladins
5 razings = you get 2 Elite Longboats
6 razings = you get a Trebuchet                                          The Center Hill (take and hold it if you dare)

Every 400 seconds you get a Monk, a Genghis Klan, an Elephant, and a Saboteur.

What type of people should I make?

    You should make the type of soldier that is best suited to fight the type of soldier that your enemy is using.
The units and their strengths and weaknesses:
Archery units (archers, crossbows, and arablests):
Good agains: other archers and infantry
Weak against: Skirmishers, Rams, and Calvalry.
Infantry (milita, men-at-arms, 2-handers, and champions):
Good agains: lower and same level infantry, pikemen, spearmen, and skirmishers.
Weak against: same or higher level archers and cavalry
Pikemen and spearmen:
Good against: cavalry
Weak agains: everything else.
Cavalry (knights, Cavaliers, and Paladin)
Good against: archers, skirmishers, infantry, Rams, and buildings.
Weak against: pikemen and spearmen.
Rams (Battering Ram, Capped Ram, and Siege Ram):
Good against: buildings and other rams.
Very weak against: all other units.
Heros:
Theodoric the Goth is great against all units and when attacking enemy's gates and castle.
Bombardment Cannons are good against archers and buildings and weak against fast moving units. Genghis Khans are the ultimate units. They are extremely good against everything, but the game rarely lasts long enough to be able to make them.
   You should make more them one type of unit to maximize ther effectiveness. When you first start the game, start resurching upgrades at the backsmith (archery upgrades first). You should make archers first along with rams. Use the rams to draw enemy archers fire and to attack enemy gates.   When you can, make skirmishers. They are much better at killing archers. Also make men-at-arms when you can to attack skirmishers and to protect your gates from rams. If possible, place your archers on the middle hill so they get an attack bonus.
    Your reinforcements should be used carefully. Your monks shouls be used to heal units and convert enamy units, your sabotuer can be used against enemy troops or buildings, elephants are good ram killers and building busters, and Genghis Klans are good for killing troops and sabotuers.
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The map

A Battle Royal