FA on YWC losing only 137r
I just discovered that I can do the final attack on Young Woodcutter losing only 137 recruits and no elite units thanks to some skills on my major general.
MG with the skills
3/3 Overrun
3/3 Garrison Annex
1/1 Master Planner
This mg with 285mm has guaranteed 28,500 AD first strike.
3/3 on Overrun reduces the Bandit Lords hp from 30k to 22,500. This means this mg 285mm will kill Bandit Lord plus up to 60 Stone Cannon with zero losses.
To achieve this you just need enough attacks on the final leader camp to reduce it to Bandit Lord plus up to 60 Stone Cannon. I can safely (with a wide margin) do this as part of the block in coronas guide http://forum.thesettlersonline.com/t...l=1#post291711
My setup is
UPDATE See my reply further down for an even better setup
2 normal blocking gens (see corona)
nus 1r
3x mma 1r
2x drac 1r
vargus 1r
anslem 130r
mg 285mm
Anslem needs to be the last gen before mg because he isn't first strike. The other suicide gens can be sent/arrive in any order as long as anslem and mg follow them. You can place the gens almost anywhere behind where the first attack gens coronas guide start. This is where I put mine:
(note, G1 and G2 are switched in the pic, those are just names, ignore them)
You probably have different gens from me, you could do this with any choice of gens as long at you know that there are no more than 60 stone cannon helping the Bandit Lord when your mg gets there.
You can also do this without having 285 units on mg and without Master Planner but you must have some books on Overrun. Solutions for your setup are left as an exercise for the students
This block is very safe and you have plenty of time, you can probably sneak way more gens past if you feel the need or have 8 mmas. As a bonus you can brag about that 11 gen block you like using