Mission 5 - A New Lead (ANL)

Review:
I personally find this level boring. The main thing about this level is that
your introduced to the (very cool IMO) Eldar. Basically at the start you can
tech up as much as you want, then move forward with small battles. Then at the
end is a big battle, and that’s it!

Note: ALWAYS target the Webway Gates first, trust me on this.

Once the level begins, start by building an Armory and at least 2 Plasma
Generators. Start to work on another Space Marine Squad. Start to work on
capturing Strategic Point to the east and south. When you go to the south
Strategic Point, there are fleeing Orks, you can just let them run by. Once you
capture both of them, cap them with Listening Posts and upgrade them. Once again
upgrade the Monastery add-on and work on Escalated Engagement Research and
Strengthen Power Grid research.

Just want to note that this is a good setup for this level. There are no heavy
infantry and few buildings, I like to just get 0/2/1/1 for all of my troops.

Half or more of your Troops
Flamer:			0
Heavy Bolter:		2-3
Plasma Gun:		0-1
Missile Launcher:	1

Optional amount your Troops
Flamer:			0
Heavy Bolter:		1
Plasma Gun:		1
Missile Launcher:	2


Now make your Servitors go back to the base and work on a Machine Cult and
Sacred Artifact. Also work on Increase Vehicle Cap research. Once that is done,
build any more Space Marine squads you want. Also build at least 1 Heavy Bolter
turret at the southern Strategic Point, this will help for later. Now once all
that is done, head to the most southern Strategic Point on the map. You will now
encounter Eldar, kill them and capture the Strategic Point. Leave the rest your
Space Marine squads back and head forward on the path. You will get attacked by
Dark Reapers, units that are good against heavy infantry. Head back and now you
will be able to create Rhino Transports.

Create one Rhino Transport for each of your Space Marine squads. Load all of
your troops up and head out to the objective beacon. Once you reach there,
unload your troops and move your Rhino Tanks to the Dark Reaper cliff-edge as
decoys for your Space Marine squads. Now just keep moving your troops along the
edge and destroy the Dark Reapers. Now capture the Strategic Point where you
dropped your Space Marines off, and capture the Strategic Point and cap it off.

Now, you need to head back down to the area where you first saw the Dark
Reapers. Head up a path near there and capture the Strategic Point and cap it
off. Yet again, head forward to the next Strategic Point, capture it, and cap
it. Now, you can build a few Bolter Turrets if you want, up ahead is a battle
between Eldar and Orks. Sometimes the Orks win by a lot, or the Eldar get a lot
of reinforcement for the Webway gates (or they both may just focus on you), and
if they do, head back so you can get a bit of cover if you want it. Just keep
working away at the base and it will be destroyed. There are 2 Strategic Points
within the base to capture. Now, regroup and reinforce before you head forward
at all.

Up ahead is a fairly big battle at an Eldar base, so be sure to have Heavy Weaps
maxed out. Work on the Warp Gates first, they are what provide reinforcements
for the Eldar. Once you finish clearing the base, the Force Commander reccomends
to build a forward base, I agree with this. Get all your Servitors up to the
area and start on a Stronghold. Once it's finished, work on 2 Machine Cults.
Also build some Plasma Generators for some Dreadnaughts. Yes, work on
Dreadnaughts. Get a good amount of Dreadnaughts before you continue, there are a
big amount of Eldar ahead and Webway Gates there.

Just focus on the Webway Gates, with them down they cannot get more squads into
the battle. They will be able to reinforce with a lot more squads if you do not
take them down. Once they are gone, work on any Dark Reapers if there are any
there. With them gone, move your Space Marine squads forward and help destroy
the rest of the Eldar. Once all of them are destroyed, just move your Force
Commander to the objective beacon and you won. I think this is a fairly simple
level, don't you?

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