Humankind: Closed Beta – Tips and Tricks for Perfect Victory

This shows tips and tricks for perfect victory in Humankind: Closed Beta.

Tips and Tricks for Perfect Victory

Tips/Tricks to overcome the odds and ensure Japanese dominance in Humankind OpenDev scenario. Fog of War and Vision are key elements to victory.

Deploying for Victory

Once commencing the battle, both sides become shrouded in Fog of War and cannot see each others units being deployed.

Key takeaways:

Line of Sight (LoS) and vision over the battlefield is key.
Ranged Units cannot shoot through rough terrain
The AI has Initiative and engages the player first.
AI doesn’t cross rivers (unless forced/baited)
AI uses longest range first and melee units last.

Deploying Units:

Units within forest tiles (rocky texture) are not seen by the AI until 1. an enemy unit is adjacent or 2. they engaged from that spot.

Our ranged and (most) melee units should take advantage of these spaces to ensure the AI does what we want.

The AI wants to engage but can only do so on exposed units. Our exposed melee unit is bait to force the AI’s ranged units forward to counter engage.

Since the AI uses its longest range first, it’ll position them forward to attack “bait” before melee units can fill-in the front line (trapping ranged units behind them).

Turn 1a

After initial AI engagement:

Notice the two exposed ranged and cannon on either side of the battle field.

Game Plan:

Damage/Destroy AI Ranged Units with our own from tiles A, B, C, and D. Tile A is special as it is exposed and takes more damage. Only use it to pick-off their exposed ranged units.

Tile E is for picking off melee units.

River Crossing:

Only attack the cannon from the most distant river tile. Don’t be greedy and engage with another melee unit too early… bide your time till the cannon is almost destroyed.

The mortar fire from the cannons is annoying, but we’ll silence them for good soon enough.

The AI only needs to be baited once, our melee unit can lineup to crossover the river.

Turn 1b

After AI engagement:

Keep pummeling the ranged unit with your ranged (A, B, & C) and the cannon with your solo melee. Again, don’t be greedy by crossing with another melee too early.

Ranged on E keeps hammering melee units.

Turn 1c

After AI engage:

Ranged B’s hit should finish the weak AI ranged unit. Ranged on A can slide over to D to start pummeling melee units with E.

The AI’s rear ranged unit is not worth moving our ranged up for.

Crossing:

Leading up, we’ll destroy the cannon with another melee and immediately make an attempt on the high ground.

Our bait melee moving with the rest to secure a footing on the opposing bank.

Turn 1d

After AI engage:

If the AI’s ranged unit slides up, pick-it off with A, B, & C, otherwise don’t slide a ranged unit into A and continue to pick-off melee units.

The Plan:

It’s almost time to secure a footing on the opposite shore. Continue working on the cannon till a single hit can take it out.

The cannon bombardment is really quite annoying.

Turn 1e

The Plan after AI engage:

Ranged:

1. Pick-off the exposed ranged unit while pummeling melees.

Melee:

Now is the time to finally swing the battle in our favor.

1. Silence the cannon with another melee unit.

2. Our already waterlogged melees will make an attempt on the upper more defensible location.

3. Start crossing with more melee units, but keep one over looking the river to provide cover.

Result:

In a straight-up melee, Japanese melee outclass the AI allowing us to swing the battle in our favor… starting now.

Turn 2a

The Plan after AI engage:

With a foot hold on the hill, our melee just wants to defend and wait for reinforcements to drag themselves out of the river. The AI is still eager for a fight and will come to us.

Ranged:

With the battlefield shifting, finish off melee while letting the low HP units take shelter in the back.