Game was winding down so I threw 500 CKOs at Elacrai.

[aimlessgun]

Posted this on reddit but I figure I might as well put it here too: http://imgur.com/a/MQGq3

Summary: First attempt I get headshot pretty quickly, troops charge, get slaughtered. Noldor firing lasers from the two side towers kill most of my guys before they even make it up the ladder.
I spend a several more attempts finding hiding spots not to die and trying to do my normal siege routine (shoot defenders until they all die), but the 'blind spots' on Elacrai are gigantic and my guys mostly aren't shooting.
So, looking for a way to cheese things, I pulled back to the mountaintops and finally got my knights shooting. As a bonus, it seemed also like the Noldor had more trouble shooting back. Eventually I thin them out enough to take the walls, and Elacrai and its crappy loot is momentarily mine.

Anyone have other stories about taking this place? Has anyone succeeded in a direct assault? Like maybe with a axe/shield CKHO setup?

 

[Articulo34]

...I get headshot pretty quickly, troops charge, get slaughtered. Noldor firing lasers from the two side towers kill most of my guys before they even make it up the ladder.

I think that pretty much defines everybody´s experience assaulting Elacrai. 

 

[Leonion]

I once tried throwing either 500 or 600 cheated noldor twilight knights at Elacrai - they lost.

 

[Serazu]

I once tried throwing either 500 or 600 cheated noldor twilight knights at Elacrai - they lost.

You should have tried an equal number of demonic magni.

 

[aimlessgun]

I once tried throwing either 500 or 600 cheated noldor twilight knights at Elacrai - they lost.

You should have tried an equal number of demonic magni.

I bet even that might not work, but they do have way more HP than Twilight Knights.