1) Ok. First off, the cyclops will be really spread out over the base so carpet bomb = loss for you. You will kill some but it will hurt you more than it hurts me.
2) I'm not saying to do it on convenant, but if you do the D-bomb just kills. Without UNSC teammates the covenant are in big trouble.
3) The point is, if you happen to have 4 or 5 EHG and send them to attack my cyclops I'll just ignore them and keep slashing the base with the other 10 cyclops. You won't kill them fast enough.
4) 30 seconds is more than enough time for 15 cyclops to kill every building at your base. (considering you'll have 5 buildings at this point)
5) Hogs could potentially be a problem, but you would need at least 7 or 8 to get rid of all the cyclops before they can take out 3 or 4 buildings.
Not saying its the best rush you can do, but its pretty effective if the leaders are away (which they should be) and there are not a lot of hogs. Overall there are a lot more effective rushes, but this is sort of just to set them back and allow you to build with very little setbacks (1 tank at 4:30). If you kill them its a bonus.
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