GUIDE · UNIT STRATEGY
Transport Ship feint-and-landing plan
Transport Ship: Transport Ships can move an army across water for raids or reconnaissance, and a decoy transport can draw defenders away from the intended landing. Their value depends on choosing and protecting the route.
Overview
Transport Ship: Transport Ships can move an army across water for raids or reconnaissance, and a decoy transport can draw defenders away from the intended landing. Their value depends on choosing and protecting the route.
Plan and execution
Scout the destination first, load a force suited to holding the beach, and keep warships near the crossing. If the opponent is watching the obvious route, use a decoy transport to pull defenders aside, then land at a safer point and secure a foothold before unloading reinforcements.
Risks and adaptation
A transport can lose its entire cargo if intercepted. Do not send it ahead of the escort or unload into a position the army cannot hold.
- Focus
- Amphibious logistics
- Signature / category
- Plan and execution
- Release / context
- Age of Empires II system
- Region
- Unit strategy
- Classification
- Unit strategies