Explanation of My Rally

I realized today that just showing my rally isn't going to do anything for you guys, and I thought that you guys might just see my rally and think, what are all these heroes doing here?

So I decided to make a post on explaining my rally and how it works.

Before we start, I just want to remind you guys that my rally generally will only work on players with PL 100+.

Here's my rally:

First of all, my rally is a 5 + 1 style rally.

What exactly does this mean?

It means I have 5 rows of heroes, with a hole somewhere, and Reinhard or other tank solo tanking two rows.

Let me start from the bottom row, which goes:

Cantello--Barfoot--Edward--Seamas

This is what is commonly known as a 'stun row'.

Cantello and Seamas (with Scutarii minions) both stun as much as possible to the enemy, while Edward's heavy musketeers do double damage to stunned enemies.

However, Barfoot isn't really part of this 'stun row', because I divert him.

What usually happens is that Seamas and Cantello chase their enemy quickly and Edward follows. Barfoot's attention is the directed to the row above.

Why divert Barfoot's attention?

Because he works better with the troops in the next row:

El Cid--Einar--Belthor--Carther

El Cid and Carter are the tanking of this row, they will hold back the enemy.

Meanwhile, Einar is proc'ing a massive amount and doing big AOE damage, while Belthor's polymorph helps the damage of that row (as well as his combat mages enhancing Einar's skill).

Einar's troops are Parthia MA, which effectively ruin an enemy healing effect.

I plan to upgrade Barfoot's troops to Augurs, which will reduce enemy defense until the enemy receives healing. But, even if the enemy heals and wastes my Augur's effects, Einar's troops will ensure that the heal is wasted.

The next row is a powerhouse row,

Sarky--Leonidas--Joan--Cedric

Cedric tanks the enemy, while the other three heroes destroy it.

Joan boosts, enhancing Leonidas' already high amounts of damage.

Sarky's massive AOE top off the row. It's a very simple row to understand.

The next row involves more diversion:

Baldwin IV--Jerome--Ignatius--Achilles

Baldwin IV's attack boost help Ignatius and Achilles inflict absolute wreckage. This is a very good breakthrough row. It is called a pike row because it combines a boost hero with two very storng pikemen heroes.

Jerome is diverted, to help kill the troops Reinhard is tanking. The top half of my rally tends to be more vulnerable, so Jerome's resurrection ability definitely comes into handy.

The row above that is simple again.

Philinus--Terim--Alash--BLANK

Alash and Terim tank (Terim's dragon deals with AOE)

Philinus is there to heal Reinhard periodically, Jerome may revive Reinhard if he somehow gets killed.

And Reinhard is up at the top solo-tanking.

Reinhard--BLANK--BLANK--BLANK