AWDS Hard Campaign Guide - Mission 16: Snow Hunters
Difficulty: Easy – Moderate.
Objective: Destroy the three Minicannons to the West of the map or rout the enemy. There is a lab in the South East city for the Piperunner. The Piperunner can help vastly on the penultimate mission in this Campaign.
Suggested Main COs: Hawke, Eagle, Zak/Koal.
Support COs: Andy, Sami, Adder.
Suggested skills for Main CO: Conqueror, Snipe Shield, Backstab/Seamanship, APC Boost.
Suggested skills for Support CO: All three tag bonuses, Slam Shield.
General Strategy
A great map. daunting to begin with since you’re short a Missiles unit from the Normal Campaign and Hawke just has you completely outnumbered so routing isn’t such a good idea against an attrition CO. Still, you’re better deployed to capture the city to the South East with that Battleship.
Destroy the southernmost pipe seam to stop the Piperunners from getting around to your more vulnerable units. Let your Battleship scare them away. Use your Artillery and your Rockets to stop Hawke’s Infantry capturing the Factories then send them to the North to deter his main force from supporting the Western units.
A clever placement of dived Submarine and Cruiser will allow you to have the first strike on the Cruiser with your own giving your Cruiser a better chance at surviving from the attack of the second Cruiser when Hawke switches them around.
Use the Missile from the silo to hit the dived Submarine and both Cruisers for an easier time. Otherwise, use the Missile to attack whatever else is immediately threatening our units.
In-Depth Guide
You cannot let the Submarine and the two Cruisers from entering the South ocean. Let the Cruiser “bump” into your dived Submarine to buy you more time while you get a foot soldier to the silo. Prevent Hawke from getting to it first by covering it with your Anti-Aircraft unit and another one so that a Md. Tank can’t punch its way through. Take out two Battle Helicopters with your own ones. This way, Hawke will join up the wounded ones and attack you with his fresh Battle Helicopter. You’ll have to use your Anti-Aircrafts to take down both Bombers. Perhaps even resorting to the Cruiser if gets into range.
Ideally, you’ll want to tag your way through to capture the city to the South East but it’s not necessary if you cover it well with your Battleship. Instead, use your tag to position yourself well and destroy Hawke’s Battleship.
Further Intelligence
Hawke is just too powerful as an enemy CO here. Mass damage and mass healing is a ridiculously powerful power at his disposal. So fight fire with fire, choose Hawke as your main so you can heal all of your units after he has used his power. Let Andy back him up to fortify the entire force if things really go wrong.
My Score: 300 points, 9 days.