Terrain and combat

[Jeff_Ahl]

If I have understood it right Mechanized forces have a reduced effectivnes fighting in urban areas? Are there other effects depending on terrain? Are infantry fighting better in forests or marsh than armor and mechanized?

[LLv34Mika]

simpley check the properties of a unit and the properties of terrain types.
There you see the attack/defend values and for terrain the defense bonus for each unit category.

But don't forget that terrain with good defense also reduces supply most of the time. A forrest next to a supply 10 city without a road has only 8 supply instead of 9 --> minus 2 per hex. For mountains that value is even lower! I think minus 3 per hex. So fighting somewhere in rural areas might give you a bonus but keep in mind to have an eye on your supply. Getting destroyed at supply <5 is not what you want.

[Jeff_Ahl]

Thanks - will try to place the unit in respective terrain and take a closer look. Yeah HQ is necessary to make sure those units are not cut down because of the supply situation. I could not find any god explanation in the rule book. Is there any good tables on some forums or some where else for combat with all modifiers and units represented? I have read the one in the rule book, but that does not include terrain modifiers for example.

[LLv34Mika]

There is just the formula that is more or less self explaining. Since this formula is a bit more complex it is a bit hard to make any examples. But to know where to get a good bonus is enough.

In SC2 it was best to place a tank in a city. In SC3 armies get a better bonus. Took me some games to get it