Hey can somebody give me some advice on rushing Covy players 1v1?

I usually play as Prophet and do the Honor Guard rush and it works swimmingly against UNSC but I hate using it against Covenant because its a huge risk trying to kill their leader. What I need help with is deciding whether to attack super early with 2-4 units (depending on how many crates I find) or wait a little bit and build a small army of Jackals and HG's? The problem with super early is I waste money Cleansing his leader to death to where I don't have money to build units, screwing me if he locks up and builds jackals and the problem with build up is he'll have enough money to Rage or Vortex me, stopping my rush in its tracks. Halp.

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Rage is so OP oh my GOD. Nerf now plex I mean why should he get health back when he kills me? When he rages my Prophet to death because there's no way to keep track of him in Rage to Cleanse him, he basically gets any health back that he lost, and that is a basic upgrade for Arby? That type of thing should be a final upgrade, I mean Jesus.

 

 

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Hey can somebody give me some advice on rushing Covy players 1v1?

I usually play as Prophet and do the Honor Guard rush and it works swimmingly against UNSC but I hate using it against Covenant because its a huge risk trying to kill their leader. What I need help with is deciding whether to attack super early with 2-4 units (depending on how many crates I find) or wait a little bit and build a small army of Jackals and HG's? The problem with super early is I waste money Cleansing his leader to death to where I don't have money to build units, screwing me if he locks up and builds jackals and the problem with build up is he'll have enough money to Rage or Vortex me, stopping my rush in its tracks. Halp.

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Rage is so OP oh my GOD. Nerf now plex I mean why should he get health back when he kills me? When he rages my Prophet to death because there's no way to keep track of him in Rage to Cleanse him, he basically gets any health back that he lost, and that is a basic upgrade for Arby? That type of thing should be a final upgrade, I mean Jesus.

 

 

hmm....Well....make atleast 7 jackals and maybe 4-6 HG's. Aside from that, i also agree that the arbiter is OP. Anyone notice that there is alot of Arby rushes lately? Or is it just me?

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Nobody hog rushes anymore....or DO they???

just depends who the covy leader is in 1v1.

 

Vs. Brute i would start with wraiths, hard to vortex them with the heavy shield upgrade and they just stomp the chieftain with small micro. if he has a hall, i would dispose of the factory and build banshees, they are a bit fragile to vortex so just keep away and pound the base. imo HGs arent really worth the money. and cleanse beam only counter units, the leaders have a bit too much health for an un-upgraded beam. the beam is more of a quick counter to thier counters, well thats how i use it anyways in rushes, it saves alot of money.

 

Vs Arbiter yea hes just annoying so i cant really say much there. he really hurts on money used from rage b4 he gets the 500 rage upgrade. so you have to rush him before he gets there, or you're basically screwed. mostly me plan would b is focus on leader upgrade over power upgrade against arbiter for early rush. his money wont support enough to kill u all the way w/o him taking massive damage. just bring a couple of trash units along to distract him from your leader so u can pound in a few shots. if you see he has the health upgrade then just stop sending units and focus on the leader ups. just attack early and force him into using his rage alot. don't use your beam on him. a good rush against an arbiter is to cripple him if you cant kill him. just make sure u recall before ur shields go away and resend him back to his base once you recall so hes always raging or spending money on weak counters.

build order is temple, wh, wh, wh, wh and send your ghost for suplies. as soon as your prophet is made send him toward the arbiter base, upgrade to blessed imo asap and don't upgrade your wh. you get to his base with blessed imo and start to kill is whs getting made. when he will try to defend with the arbiter and then you got him, now attack him. you make 1 elite honour gaurd and keep him at your base when the prophets shield is half dead, send him over and cue up another elite. prophet and elite can kill his arbiter if he does not use rage. keep seending elites and letting him rage them and let your prophet take shield damage, if you must tele back to base with prophet. you will make him run out of money very fast. if he builds a turret move to blind spot or cleans it. if he makes a shield gen, send your ghost to the back of his base and keep it attacking the main base and you deal with the arbiter. you should be able to kill the arbiter with about 3-4 elites. once this is down kill his shield gen and kill all his wh before his arbiter is back and you win.

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If you are against an Arby, you may want to hold back - but with any other leader, make Jackals as well

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