Ground unit tactics

[mcissell]

What is the tactical difference between "deliberate" vs "shock".
If you want to use engineers to reduce enemy forts, should I use deliberate rather than shock, or does it matter?

Thanks

[tocaff]

Deliberate: a normal attack

Shock: an all out assault, very bloody, may gain what normal can't. Key word may.

[Alfred]

Combat engineers work just as well against fortifications in a deliberate attack.

Alfred

[treespider]

IIRC....Shock Attackers can double their AV....in exchange the defenders hit them with an extra fire phase prior to the assault.

[witpqs]

...and in practice sometimes shock attacks work but sometimes they shatter your attacking force.

[inqistor]

Fort reduction can result from two things:
Combat Engineers,
or final force ratio. Generally for every point of ratio you will see reduction by 1 level (so 1:1 reduces by 1, 2:1, by 2 etc.).

So, if you expect assault to push your ratio into another level, you should shock attack. If you do not expect even 1:1, Combat Engineers are your only hope, so deliberate attack is better option.