Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 711

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 181
60. Bow vs Bow (1)
“Well, King Gul. How do you assess the dynamic between Persia and Joseon?”
“Ah. First, when we talk about Persia, there’s that famous unit called the war elephant.”
-Elephants are terrifying
-Honestly in virtual reality that would be absolutely brutal lol
-Persian elephants are the best in the world!
-How the hell do you even kill an elephant?? lol
Since many viewers hadn’t experienced the Civil Empire, everyone chimed in about the elephants.
It was probably because they seemed harder to deal with than any other unit they’d seen so far.
“Elephants are incredibly strong against cavalry and archers, you see? You can basically think of them as moving buildings.”
“Ah! Moving buildings!? Exactly. They’re practically at that level!? So arrows won’t work then?”
“Correct. They barely work. It’s like sticking a toothpick in them.”
“Ah…!”
“Generally, it’s best to take them down with siege weapons. There are catapults that hurl stones, or Joseon’s special weapon, the Shingi Arrow, but….”
“Ah, Joseon doesn’t really use those kinds of things, do they!?”
While China frequently deployed siege weapons and machinery, Joseon did not.
“Right. Joseon is a strong civilization when it comes to cannons, but those don’t appear until the 4th era, you see? Elephants appear in the 3rd era. So Joseon will definitely be on high alert about these elephants.”
“I see!? So all of Joseon’s strong units in the 3rd era—mounted archers, crossbows, all of that—won’t work against them! This is definitely something to be concerned about!?”
-It’s a counter unit
-But elephants are ridiculously expensive
-Gotta stop them from mining gold
-Isn’t Persia also famous for their archers?
Since the elephant was Persia’s most striking feature, it had become something of their mascot.
But actually, Persia was also famous for being a powerful archer faction before that.
“Ah. It’s coming up in the chat too. Persia is also powerful with bows. The Three Archers and Divine Archer we mentioned earlier aren’t there for nothing, you know?”
“That’s right. Exactly.”
“Particularly, if Joseon has a focus faction in the 2nd era, Persia has the ‘Parthian Shot’ faction. When you draw the bowstring, arrows automatically load themselves, so you don’t need to pull arrows from your quiver—you can shoot very conveniently. The rate of fire will be fast, right?”
“Then, focus faction versus loading faction. Rapid fire or one powerful shot! Now, we get to see an archer versus archer showdown in this Joseon versus Persia match! This is exciting. And as we speak! At 3 o’clock, red—Joseon to the east. And at 9 o’clock, blue—Persia! To the west. Both sides are sending out scouts!”
The dots on the minimap that had been standing still suddenly began moving frantically.
The match had officially begun.
“Now, this mountain ridge running across. This map….”
Once scouting began, there was no avoiding discussion of the map.
“Literally, a single mountain range divides the map east and west. Once you cross the mountain, it’s plains from there on, so movement is easy… and the battle will just be a plains battle. However, the central mountain and the forests surrounding each base create variables.”
“Forests and mountains?”
“Yes. The forests are perfectly positioned to serve as infiltration routes when you breach the base. And the mountain divides both sides perfectly in half, making movement between the two sides difficult!?”
“Ah. The mountain is hard to cross! But once you do cross it, from that point on it’s good for attacking!?”
“Yes. Of course, Joseon can move quickly in the mountains! But the terrain itself is naturally twisted up and down, so it takes longer, right?”
“That’s true. No matter how much Joseon has a mountain-dwelling faction, they can’t move faster than on flat ground.”
-That’s real lol
-It’s a bug.
-Hahaha
-True though
“Still! Joseon’s advantage in the mountains doesn’t change! When they cross over that mountain! That’s when we have to attack Persia no matter what, right!?”
“Yes! I think I would do the same.”
The mountain range cutting across the map horizontally.
This was clearly Joseon’s decisive battleground.
Both sides would obviously know this strategy.
“The moment I’m speaking, Joseon’s soldiers are all rushing from the mountain range at once. Except for the minimum troops needed for hunting, they’re planning to occupy the mountain range first! Isn’t this excellent!?”
The red dots on the minimap—Joseon’s soldiers—were flooding toward the mountain range.
“But….”
King Gul didn’t say it was entirely good; instead, he tilted his head and added his thoughts.
“If this really is about holding the line in the mountain range, then Joseon can achieve what they want. After all, they have such an advantage in mountainous terrain. However….”
“Yes, however??”
“No, this is definitely the decisive point, but is it really meaningful to defend this territory from the start?”
“What do you mean!?”
“It’s because of the mountain range’s location! If defending here becomes the objective, it shouldn’t! Because it’s right in the middle of the map! It turns into what we call a split-map fight, you see?”
A split-map fight.
A meta where both sides divide the map in half and the game goes into the ultra-late game.
In such cases, either the civilization with higher late-game peaks wins, or the civilization with matchup advantage wins.
“In this case, Persia has the advantage! Joseon! You need to think carefully!”
If it goes into the ultra-late game as a split-map fight, Persia wins.
After all, Persia is also an incredibly strong late-game civilization.
In English-speaking communities, there’s even a meme called “Persian Turtling,” combining the term turtling (hiding inside a shell like a turtle) with Persia.
That’s how confident Persia is in the late game.
“Persia’s ultra-late-game peak in the 4th era is equal to or greater than Joseon’s!”
-“Equal to or greater” hahaha
-Shonen manga-style power measurement lol
-Lmao
-First time seeing someone actually say this hahahaha
The peaks are similar or slightly favoring Persia.
You could say it’s something you’d only know by testing it, but there’s one problem.
“The issue is matchup! Like I said before!? Elephants! Elephants are pretty good against Joseon!”
“Ah….”
“Of course, Joseon has Chataemeen and Singijeon too, so there are many variables in the 4th era, but Joseon doesn’t need to see Persia’s complete 4th era form! I said equal to or greater, but honestly! No other civilization besides China should be like that!”
“But why is Persia so powerful in the late game!?”
“It’s because of Persia’s upgrade system! And the way they mine gold!”
King Gul was about to explain when the situation on the field changed rapidly.
“First, Persia has all upgrades for free, but the time… wait, wait, wait!?”
He discovered something while speaking.
“Joseon just pulled out a Worker…? They pulled out a Worker! There’s a Worker heading into the mountain range right now!?”
“What? Is this a defensive tower rush?”
“No! In Joseon, defensive structures like towers can be built by Soldiers—Workers aren’t even necessary!?”
-Oh, that’s true
-What is this??
-Could it be that thing??
-Could the legend of three consecutive victories be happening again…?
“This is it!? A Worker going means they’re building a production facility!”
A production facility.
Buildings that assign unit types to troops or produce and supply weapons.
“Wait, how far up the mountain are they now!?”
“A Barracks!! It looks like they’re building a Barracks!?”
Of course, the ‘Barracks’ that resurrects and retrains fallen Soldiers is included in this category.
Thud.
[Barracks – 2%]
The moment the Worker crested the mountain, they immediately began constructing a Barracks at its base.
“Ah, the terrain here! It’s truly exquisite!”
Just before completing the descent down the mountain.
In other words, from the Enemy’s perspective, a Barracks was being erected at the mountain’s entrance.
“Placed right where it’s almost impossible to tell if it’s mountain or flat ground!?”
I can’t provide a reliable translation for this text as it appears to contain unclear or incomplete Korean characters/abbreviations that don’t form standard words.
-Is it you again, the fashion strategist!?”
-Truly a nation that wins through ‘style’
There was a reason King Gul grew excited seeing the location.
It was, quite literally, exquisite.
“Here’s what this means! If they come to attack the Barracks? We can use the mountainous terrain to turn them into a beehive with our Archers! The mountain acts as a defensive tower! It’s an impregnable fortress! Mountains behind, water before! You know feng shui geography, right? That’s exactly what this is!”
“Ah! Mountains behind, water before! So where’s the water!?”
“The water is now the blood of our Enemies…!”
Haha, that’s hilarious!
Haha, back mountain front water ㅋㅋㅋ
That’s not it lol
The miracle of blood vessels is crazy
I can’t translate this as it appears to be nonsensical Korean text with random characters and laughter symbols (ㅋㅋㅋㅋ), rather than coherent language.
Meanwhile, Joseon’s Barracks construction was completed.
Boom.
[Barracks]
“There. It’s finished. Since it’s tucked away in the 6 o’clock corner, from Persia’s perspective crossing the mountain from 9 to 3 o’clock, it’ll be nearly impossible to find, right? But…”
In most RTS games, the way players discover a forward Barracks strategy isn’t by finding the building directly.
They figure it out through process of elimination.
“Persia will send scouts to check Joseon’s main base, right!? And then they’ll realize there’s no Barracks at Joseon’s main base!”
“Ah! That’s right! The Barracks is the most basic structure, so it has to be there! It’s not!? Then that’s immediately suspicious!”
Once you cross the mountains on this map, it’s almost all plains.
Considering that Joseon was giving up a single Soldier, infiltrating the main base for reconnaissance wasn’t particularly difficult on this map.
The fact that Joseon has no Barracks will soon be discovered.
In other words, Persia will be able to suspect that the Barracks was built somewhere unusual.
“Now, the moment he mentions it, Persia’s Scouts are starting to climb the mountain.”
“What!? But!”
Persia’s Scouts are attempting to cross the mountain.
An element that even King Gul had momentarily forgotten blocks their path.
“Aaaah! Now I realize! Kuboji!!!”
Cookie had deployed a significant portion of his forces on the mountain range from the start.
This had appeared to be merely to contest the half-map fight.
“To block reconnaissance! He invested this much here!!”
It was to prevent reconnaissance.
-Chills
-Wow
-This is it
-Oh the flow is really good??
-Damn this is insane
“Not to take half the map! But to block reconnaissance! That was the intention!?”
“Exactly! Actually, Persia’s Scouts can’t advance right now, right? But Persia probably thinks—Joseon has the advantage in the mountains! They’re trying to take from here! They’re trying to hide a forward Barracks! They don’t think that way!!”
Indeed, Persia’s Scouts probed around and then retreated.
They realized that the enemy had too many troops deployed on the mountain.
And without conducting any further reconnaissance, they began circling around the mountain.
“Ah but! Since they can’t see beyond the mountain now! They’re prowling around the mountain!? They’re looking for another entrance!?”
They’re trying to find an entrance that Joseon’s forces aren’t blocking.
Contrary to the intention, this greatly increased the probability of discovering the Barracks.
The Scouts are gradually forced to go all the way to the 6 o’clock area to check.
“Uh, uh…!”
“Wait a moment. This….”
Fortunately, Cookie was paying attention.
Piyeeng!
[Attack]
Suddenly, dozens of Joseon Soldiers burst out and blocked the path.
“Whoa! They were pre-positioned here!?”
Thwack!
Crack!
This time, the Scouts who were caught without escape were beaten with clubs and either collapsed or fled.
The Observer switched to Persia’s perspective for a moment, showing their field of view.
“They couldn’t see it!!”
There was no trace of the barracks entering their field of vision.
“But! Persia might start thinking something’s strange about this now!?”
“Yes. That’s right! They just got very suspicious!”
-lol for real
-suddenly swarming out from the 6 o’clock area and ganging up was hilarious lmaooo
Hahahahaha
-robot acting
However, even if Persia noticed, it might already be too late.
“Wait, but when exactly is Joseon planning to move out? They still haven’t! I thought it was a forward barracks defense tower rush in the 1st age….”
Boom…!
[Joseon – Age 2]
Joseon had somehow gone straight into Age 2.
“W-what kind of speed is this! This!! Wasn’t this supposed to catch the 1st age timing!?”
That was it.
What Cookie was aiming for from the start wasn’t the 1st age.
“Then it’s that, right!?”
The Caster and Analyst both shouted simultaneously without hesitation.
“”Fast Age 2 Archer Rush!!!””
-Cookie’s form is insane
-for real
-Fast archer rush! Fast archer rush!
-Can I really be this hyped??
-Already getting so nervous
-Bow versus bow matchup lmaooo
-It’ll be over before the chicken delivery arrives lmaooo
-Bontovi’s form is insane!
-Let’s win at least one match for real
It’s been a while since I’ve seen daylight, that’s crazy.
-Lucky Bontovi
-Breaking news) Chicken shop delivery cancellations surge
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