How to play long-range games?
Hello everyone,
I recently got the game and started playing 1vs1 ranked. I am ~1100 MMR, but I noticed a distinct pattern in my games:
Every time both my opponent and I start with a "long range" unit comp, I lose horribly. It does not matter what I build, what I spec, or how I play, I always lose early rounds, enemy arcs and snipers get level while my units don't and I die round 6-7 with no chance whatsoever.
I feel like I tried everything:
- more chaff to buy time for my own DPS units
- more chaff clear to chew through his good units faster
- more carry to win the end of the round
- focussing on more unit deploys (buying 3 almost every round)
- focussing more on techs (both range or other)
- getting scorpions super early (as they are the default hard counter to long range, right?)
- trying a titan drop early
But nothing seems to work. I have decent success against everything else, and if I play fast/Aggro I will usually destroy my opponent early and snowball myself. But something about ranged engagements doesn't click in my brain. Any advice on how to navigate those boards? I'm talking 5-7 arcs + snipers round 2 with some chaff, maybe sledges or sabers, often spamming shields to counter abilities and my long range units.
Thank you in advance :)