Company of Heroes 3 is here, bringing fans of real-time strategy back to the heart of WWII battles. The game's narrative campaign, dynamic campaign, skirmishes, and multiplayer matches will take you to the battlefield in North Africa and Italy, controlling one of the four available factions: the Deutsches Afrikakorps (DAK), the Wehrmacht, the US Forces or the English.
COMPANY OF HEROES 3 TIPS AND TRICKS
While all factions share some basic mechanics and can cover a variety of playstyles, they are built slightly asymmetrically to provide more variety. Battle Groups allow for greater versatility and diversity in your unit and skill pool, ensuring you have the tools to overcome any challenge.
The first step in becoming a great commander is mastering the basics, though. Whether you're new to the RTS genre or Company of Heroes or returning after a long hiatus, you've come to the right boot camp – our guide to Company of Heroes 3 will get you skilled and ready for battle.
Types of covers and strengths of weapons
Company of Heroes 3's infantry battles are all about cover and positioning. When moving a unit, white dots on the ground indicate a position with no cover, yellow dots with light cover, and green dots with heavy cover. Of course, you should always prefer heavy cover, although you'll always have to be careful where you position yourself (if the enemy comes from behind, there's no cover taking that).
Buildings always count as heavy cover and the same goes for heavy vehicles, which unlock some very interesting combination strategies. Also, you should always aim to occupy high ground, which will give you further bonuses (an elevated position is ideal for having a tactical advantage over enemies).
Preserve your units
One of the key principles of Company of Heroes has always been the preservation of units. Units gain experience as they fight, which is emphasized by their veteran rank. Reaching a higher level allows them to have additional stats and sometimes even a new skill. If you're in an impossible position, it's best to retreat and preserve your units rather than letting them die to maximize damage.
In Company of Heroes 3, most units consist of several unit models, with each having its own unique attributes – whereby a squad of six soldiers will do more damage than one with only one soldier. Losing models in combat causes the unit to lose effectiveness, which should encourage you to retreat and reinforce it instead of letting it be wiped out for minimal gain.
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You will encounter many strong defensive lines in the campaign missions of Company of Heroes 3, but also in multiplayer, where this stance in battle is commonly referred to as "turtling". You can try to break these defensive lines with sheer force, sure, but chances are you'll come away with broken bones.
One way to deal with tougher fortifications is to go around them. Campaign and multiplayer maps both have many branches and paths, so try to find one that allows you to flank those defenses. Always watch out for mines in this case, as the enemy may have anticipated your response, so always bring an engineer team with metal detectors. Smoke skills are also a great help when it comes to storming fortifications since they can block machine guns from seeing and allow your troops to get close without taking damage.
Assemble balanced armies
It's a great feeling to invade an enemy's camp with just infantry and tanks, but it's not the most effective way to do it. In most cases, a balanced force will win over one that relies on only one unit type. Mixed armies and strategies have always proved successful in modern warfare, and Company of Heroes 3 follows this doctrine: tanks without infantry support are vulnerable to many dangers, an assault with infantry alone can be countered with a single machine gun, and an army with too many support units and artillery can be easily outnumbered.
Yes, it's much easier to control an army with only one or two troop types, but you won't win in the long run, because the enemy can adapt to your actions much easier. A balanced army will keep you open to all kinds of options and confuse your opponent.
Defer Battle Group selection
Battle Groups are a powerful tool in multiplayer mode for enhancing your faction's capabilities with additional units, skills, and bonuses. You can bring three different Battle Groups into one match and then dedicate yourself to just one during the game, investing your commando points (generated by units involved in the battle) to unlock its contents. Unless you have a strategy in mind that requires unlocking a Battle Group at the start of a match, you should wait and see how things play out.
Use reverse
It will inevitably happen that you will use your tanks and other vehicles a little too hard, putting them in an awkward position where they should never be. In situations like these, it's always important to remember that frontal armor is the most fortified part of their structure. The flanks and rear are much more vulnerable, so you'll want to concede the front to your enemy as you retreat.
Like its predecessors, Company of Heroes 3 allows you to reverse, either by clicking with your mouse where all other orders and abilities are located on the unit card, in the lower right corner or by using the assigned hotkey. Using reverse gear makes it much easier to get out of dangerous situations without exposing weak points to enemy fire, increasing the chances of survival for your vehicles.
The Tactical Pause
Company of Heroes 3 isn't exactly StarCraft 2 or Age of Empires II, but the map can still get pretty crowded, even when playing against the AI. If you ever feel overwhelmed, press the space bar and take a deep breath.
Welcome to the new Tactical Pause, where you can think about your next move and give orders without immediately having to jump back into the action. You can interrupt the game, issue some orders, produce new units, plan an artillery assault, and withdraw a damaged squad. By pressing the space bar again, the game will resume and will handle all your orders in one go. It's a really simple and useful simple for newcomers, and it's important that you always keep in mind its existence.
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