General Multiplayer

These articles cover the basics and are applicable to any version of the game.

Getting Started

• Introduction
• Glossary of Short Terms
• Naming Philosophy

AW4 mechanics

• Interface
• Anatomy of a day
• Mechanics (vitals, damage, leveling)
• COs, COUs, COPs, and the zone system
• Terrain and weather
• Gas trick
• Other things

AW3 to AW4 differences

• Mechanics and unit changes
• DEF shift
• Base damage changes

Competitive Multiplayer

These articles are more in-depth, but more importantly, they assume that players are using the AW4 Balance Patch. This changes the statistics of the commanding officers (COs) and assumes various game settings. As of May 2020, all online competitive play uses the AW4 Balance Patch.

The World of Intelligent Defense

• Introduction & How to find games
• Standard game settings
• Why are sea units not played?
• It’s not just about winning
• Myths and assumptions debunked

COs

Units

• Soldiers (infantry, bike, mech)
• Core (antiair, tank, copter, artillery)
• Tech (mdtank, wartank, rockets, bomber, duster)
• Niche (recon, flare, antitank, missiles, fighter)
• Transport (t-copter, rig)

Theory

• Cost efficiency
• Direct-fire folly
• First turn advantage
• Hard and soft counters
• Indirect clusters and lines
• Material advantage
• Tech units
• The 1HKO
• Unit count

Strategy

• Banking
• Capturing
• Chip damage
• City support
• CO units
• Double teaming
• Forced leveling
• Joining
• Mopping up
• Offensive COU push
• Parallel formation
• Shielding
• Turtling
• Wall busting
• Zone advantage
• Zone management

Charts

• Full base damage chart
• PvP damage chart
• 1HKO reference chart