1v1 Mega vs 4 players games

[HodoR_]

Hey y'all,

Just wanted to ask your point of view / what are you strategies and what you do different between 1v1 games and 4v4.

I myself started playing lots of 1v1 a few months ago, which I particularily enjoy.

I think 1v1 games are much different than standard 4v4s, more like a chest game you gotta plan all your moves ahead.

Anyways feel free to comment

[bezdak]

well most of the time i play noobies in 1v1 that can't last until midgame or are 5/1 after arena... however if i have a good match, i usually choose to king + hard push, since i enjoy long games in 1v1 and this defensive tactic seems to be very effective

[HodoR_]

I agree, usualy I try to spot the weakness of my opponent and try a send early on (11-14). If it doesn't work, I usualy go full king and push income like crazy and try to reach something like 7/10 by second arena. A fully upped king can hold 20 easy with sends.

I think the trickiest part is deciding when to send after 20.

[SLSGuennter]

If i go for 1v1 i try to kill either 8, 10 or 11. If this doesnt work, i send quite often (like 14/17/19) and then push my king for 20.
I used to play def back in the days ... but games just need to long

[HodoR_]

Also like to *deceive* people on arena. For instance, both players have 1.7k value before arena, and at the last second you build another tower so your value goes up to 1.9k, therefore overpowering your opponent.

I found out winning arena is (mostly) very VERY important in 1v1 games. I usualy try to be 7/3 by arena, win the 100g then go 7/4.

[HodoR_]

@SLSGuennter send lvl 11 is so nasty lol love it!

[bezdak]

yep, lvl 9 and 11 are actually very viable, especially 9 against aqua is pretty deadly if you are not confident about your towers to full send 10... but gotta say i like to experiment and do bullshit i'd never do in a 4v4 game, it's more casual since you can't TK anyone ^^

[HodoR_]

yep, lvl 9 and 11 are actually very viable, especially 9 against aqua is pretty deadly if you are not confident about your towers to full send 10... but gotta say i like to experiment and do bullshit i'd never do in a 4v4 game, it's more casual since you can't TK anyone ^^

Like trying a mass gnolls build?

[bezdak]

yep, lvl 9 and 11 are actually very viable, especially 9 against aqua is pretty deadly if you are not confident about your towers to full send 10... but gotta say i like to experiment and do bullshit i'd never do in a 4v4 game, it's more casual since you can't TK anyone ^^

Like trying a mass gnolls build?

well the last experiment i remember was an ogre army with spectres as a backline, i've won that game on 7 after my opponent suicide sent into my immo

[magicpotatoes]

Kill opponent lvl 22 @varg

[Varg]

Kill opponent lvl 22 @varg

still got nightmares

[Pimminator]

in 1v1 lvl 11 is one of the hardest waves to hold, i've ended it at 11 plentry of times vs unsuspecting opponents with low king.

[Troll_Champion]

i often end 9..... furb + wyvs...

[susanoooo]

I would like to keep this thread alive, it's quite interesting. I started playing 1v1 about a week ago, and discovered that it's a lot different from 4v4. We can make a list of the units that are considered good/great in 4v4, but are completely useless in 1v1, and the list of best units, imho best units are lod, ea, aqua. My biggest trouble is mid game, after lvl 10, seems like im making bad decisions and builds there. I would appreciate some advice regarding that part of the game, and stuff like how much attack you need to 1 shot or 2 shot units on a specific lvls.

One more thing, is there a way to practise ltd on single player, so you can repeat lvls using commands, i saw it on a stream once.

@bezdak

[bezdak]

@susanoooo
Well units that are useless in 1v1 are those, that have a huge weakness in at least 2 lvls. Stuff like phantoms, komodos, pandas, engis and such. Prolly the best units period are ygg and ea, LoD and aqua are also awesome.

For a practising, just start a map in single player and after picking the mode, type -debug, there you can do various stuff, like:
every unit you send will be sent on your lane also
-ikw to make your king invincible,
-clear to kill all the creeps,
-level X to change level,
-spawn X to toggle desired spawns for creeps,
-start to immediately start the level,
-gold X, -lumber X, -income X (self explanatory),
-p to pause, -r to resume the game...

Those are just commands that come to my mind, i'm sure there's more.