How to deal with a well microed Vickers UC and rush to AEC?

Jump back to quoted post15 Dec 2018, 16:53 PMCODGUY

That one is. It denys the field to everything except medium tanks.

Jump back to quoted post16 Dec 2018, 05:40 AMAntemurale

Fast 222 seems to be the answer, and you need to get two of them.

I play a very unorthodox WM, namely triple MG42 and extra pioneer into T2. Allied early light vehicles like the Bren Gun Carrier (especially Wasp) is a really hard counter to this strategy. Thus you really need to rush for the 222 and get two of them. They serve as a good enough deterrent to light vehicles like the AEC until you get a 7.5cm Pak 40, and stop them from circling the ATG.

Jump back to quoted post16 Dec 2018, 18:33 PMJoshua85

Good points, but my issue here was that on crossing the wasp made it extremely difficult to cap any fuelpoints at all and as such I was hopelessly behind. So when I finally could scrape together enough for a 222 it had an extremely short window before the AEC came out.

Jump back to quoted post17 Dec 2018, 05:28 AMAntemurale

As soon as you see the UC (especially the wasp), go full turtle mode until your first 222 arrives.

Wasp requires British T2, which probably gives you enough time to get your early-game units out. Glue a Grenadier to your HMG42, and use it to cover your fuel. The threat of a faust should be enough to stop the Wasp from charging in to flame the HMG. Your Grens can just dance around, but they should be close enough to the HMG so that the HMG can deal damage to the wasp as it flames the Grenadiers.

If you fancy HMG42 spam, put the HMGs to cover each other so that in order to flame one HMG it gets attacked by another. Use Pioneers to scout for the HMGs as well.

Jump back to quoted post17 Dec 2018, 07:59 AMJoshua85

You're probably right, though in this case he went Vickers, so he could keep a safe distance from faust and also snare.

But bottom line your advice is solid and I was most likely just outplayed by a more skilled opponent