Command and Conquer 3

Tip of the Week #18 - Selling Structures Part 2

This TotW is a continuation of the First Selling Structures Tip of the Week by Sm34g0l. To go the first one click HereCountering firehawks to get at least a refund of your structureWhen a Firehawk drops its bombs it takes a few seconds for the bomb to land, giving you the time to sell the...

Nod MCV Rushing Guide

Ok, so you want to MCV rush as Nod huh? It's a pretty viable option, and can even beat top players. However, it has restrictions just like every other strategy in the book. For starters, it doesn't work on all maps, nor does it work vs all factions. It's best used against GDI, not Nod but...

Tip of the Week #17 - Countering MCV Rushes

NodBeating the nod MCV rush is the easiest when you are nod yourself. Almost any build order you do, will counter the MCV rush. The first and most common build order you can do is a 3 man ST rush OR a 4 man ST rush. Either will fully counter it. So you see his MCV walking to your base when your...

Tip of the Week #16 - Storm Columns

Requires: Technology AssemblerCost: 3000Build Time: 30 SecondsPower Consumption: 12Description: The Storm Column is the Scrin Tier 3 base Defense. It is the most Unique advanced base Defense in the game. It will Generate a Localized Ion storm Above the Area around it. The Storm will Bombard Enemy...

Tip of the Week #15 - Firehawk Micro

What's a Firehawk you ask? A Firehawk is one of the most devastating air units in Command and Conquer 3 that you have at your disposal as a GDI player, allowing you to cripple an opponent's entire tech with a couple ground pounder bombs, allowing you to start clearing those overpowered sonic...

Tip of the Week #14 - Tank Battle Micro

Micromanagement of your units is hugely important and can be difference between loosing just 5 tanks or 10 tanks in a battle. Micro refers to a player's management over individual units in combat situations, and is a tough skill to master. You need to be fast and precise in your...

Scrin Guide

A small introduction before starting the guide, the Scrin are the new faction in cnc3. They are some sort of aliens who plan to invade earth, but I won't throw in too many spoilers for those who haven't played the Single player yet. Why would someone like to play Scrin?The Scrin have the most...

Tip of the Week #1 - Stormrider Spam

I think it can be agreed upon that a good build order and proper harassment leads to the best possible start, and if followed up by the proper units, can lead to victory. Each faction has different beginning BOs that utilize each army’s main strength. One of the Scrin’s main advantages is its...

Tip of the Week #2 - Shadow Teams

The Shadow Team is an elite infantry unit of the Brotherhood of Nod. It is very powerful against infantry, but its main purpose is covert infiltration: Shadow Teams are stealthed, can fly and are equipped with powerful explosive charges that can tear down enemy structures in seconds. Shadow Teams...

Tip of the Week #3 - Disintegrators

This week's tip is about a type of unit that allot of people think are useless. Infantry. For GDI and Nod, they would be right. Infantry gets slaughtered by turrets, tanks, apc units, and air. Infantry really does not have a use due to their slow reload time and relatively poor damage and speed....