GUIDE · MAP STRATEGY
Great Wall terrain-and-route strategy
Great Wall uses a fixed geographic land shape with randomized player positions and resources. The long terrain boundaries can lengthen travel and funnel armies through a small number of practical routes.
Overview
Great Wall uses a fixed geographic land shape with randomized player positions and resources. The long terrain boundaries can lengthen travel and funnel armies through a small number of practical routes.
Plan and execution
Scout the closest pass between bases and identify alternate routes before placing forward production. Secure the passage with vision and a mobile army, then use the long map shape to raid a side resource while the opponent defends the main route.
Risks and adaptation
The geographic barrier does not guarantee a sealed choke. Check for paths around the wall before committing siege or builders to a single entrance.
- Focus
- Real-world map passage control
- Signature / category
- Plan and execution
- Release / context
- Age of Empires II system
- Region
- Map strategy
- Classification
- Map strategies