*You get a warning to watch out for digging units underground but I never experienced any digging units coming to attack that city once I took it.Įdit: Just realized, there have been a lot of AI changes lately, unsure if the goblin will still keep streaming units between her cities in a way that's easy to kill them off. Every city West of that point is quite defensible from the player point of view, and you'll get lots of stuff joining your cause so that you get a boost economically. tier 4 - Elder Eldric Horrors (if you count only playable by enemy), otherwise potentially a hero (if that counts), otherwise Golden Dragon or Glutton. tier 3 - Wraith King / Orc Warbreed / Shadowstalker.

tier 2 - tigran support unit / Naga Guardian. Once you've done that, you can pretty easily make progress Westward as long as the orc player hasn't built up very quickly and is already starting to attack you. tier 1 - goblin swarm darters with goblin racial governance 1st upgrade. When they were weakened enough, I took out the two in cities in short succession*. My tactic was to expand a little in the 'defensible' area while building up an army, and always hitting the goblin units while they move back and forth between above ground and underground.

The goblin AI player will frequently move troops between their underground town and the town that basically blocks off the region you're in from the outside world (thanks to the impassible mountain barriers on the other side of the rivers).

Age of wonders 3 rush tier 4